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Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast

David Garrett

A Cinephile takes you on a journey through new and old favorites in their favorite genre, horror.

tv & film film reviews

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01:08:24

Episode 324: Primate/Screams in the Night

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2026/01/19

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 324 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., continues his New Year, New Movie with Episode 24. I saw Primate (2025), which is getting wide released this year. The randomizer selected Screams in the Night (1981). This double feature has similar themes of corrupted domestication and the ‘returning past’. I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: The Bad Seed (1956), Contagion (2011), Scum of

01:01:38

Episode 323: The Initiation/We Bury the Dead

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2026/01/15

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 323 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., rings in 2026 by officially starting his New Year, New Movie segment. This marks number 23. The randomizer selected The Initiation (1984) and I’m pairing it with We Bury the Dead (2025). This double feature uses the concept of trapped protagonists, family secrets and different evolutions of the ‘final girl’. I also got to see these films for

03:37:01

Episode 322: Top Horror Films 2025

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2026/01/12

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 322 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., celebrates the start of a new calendar year by recapping his top horror films of 2025. It will be the Top 100, Honorable Mentions and Bottom 10. I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: V/H/S/Halloween (2025), Cannibal Mukbang (2023), Keeper (2025), KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Run Hide Fight (2020) and Dracula’s Daughter (1936). I also cover the

00:47:54

JwaC Presents: Depp Dive: Episode 25

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2026/01/01

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 25 of JwaC Presents Depp Dive: A Depper Look into Johnny’s Feature Filmography. Your host David Garrett Jr. is joined by his Co-Captain and wife, Jaime. For this episode, our first film was one that neither of us had seen before in Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016). This is a comedic take from Funny or Die. Then the second film is Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016). Jaime had seen this one before. We again are getting a quirky comedy

01:01:19

Episode 321: The Carpenter’s Son/Bloody New Year

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2025/12/29

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 321 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., continues with his Winter/Year End Round, number 30. This double feature is playing with Christmas and New Year’s. First I checked out The Carpenter’s Son (2025) and I’m pairing that up with Bloody New Year (1987). I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Angel’s Egg (1985), Piranha (1995), Black Phone 2 (2025), Marshmallow (2025) and For God’s

00:50:39

JwaC Presents: Depp Dive: Episode 24

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2025/12/24

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 24 of JwaC Presents Depp Dive: A Depper Look into Johnny’s Feature Filmography. Your host David Garrett Jr. is joined by his Co-Captain and wife, Jaime. For this episode, our first film is one that David saw in the theater which is Black Mass (2015). This is a biopic about a real gangster from South Boston. We are then pairing this up with the Kevin Smith horror film, Yoga Hosers (2016). This double feature has two different types of films, with different

01:02:42

Episode 320: Hosts/Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)

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2025/12/22

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 320 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., continues with his Winter/Year End Round, number 29. This double feature goes farther as a Christmas double feature. First I checked out Hosts (2020) and paired this with Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025). I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Better Watch Out (2016), The Day of the Beast (1995), Weapons (2025), The Parenting (2025) and Good

00:50:06

Episode 319: Night of the Reaper/The Chill Factor

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2025/12/15

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 319 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., continues with his Winter/Year End Round, number 28. This double feature has a retro feel. First I checked out Night of the Reaper (2025) and paired it with The Chill Factor (1993). Where the first is new, it is a period piece of the 1980s, using VHS tapes as an element. The latter is from the tailend of that era. I also got to see these films for

00:57:53

Episode 318: Liverleaf/Match

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2025/12/08

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 318 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., continues with his Winter/Year End Round, number 27. This double feature has brutal elements. First from Japan is Liverleaf (2018). That will be paired with 2025’s Match. Both have revenge in different ways. I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Howling: New Moon Rising (1995), The Daughters of the Domino (2025), Dangerous Animals (2025) and

00:50:21

Episode 317: Keeper/Winterbeast

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2025/12/02

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 317 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., moves into the holiday season. This is the first Winter/Year End Round, my 26th episode. This double feature has two films set in isolated locations. First is 2025’s Keeper. I’m pairing it with the low budget creature feature, Winterbeast (1992). I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Blood & Donuts (1995), Manor of Darkness (2025), Lonely

00:53:59

Episode 316: Shock/The Forbidden Room

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2025/11/24

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 316 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., celebrates his last Italian Horror Month episode for the season. This double feature is the most popular Italian horror film that I’ve not seen, Shock (1977), and pairing it with the highest rated, The Forbidden Room (1977). I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Frankenstein (2025), Last Stop on the Night Train (1975), Rufus (2025) and

00:59:17

Episode 315: Planet of the Vampires/The House of...

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2025/11/18

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 315 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., continues with Italian Horror Month. This is a Mario Bava Double Feature. First I checked out Planet of the Vampires (1965). I paired this up with the odd The House of Exorcism (1975). This makes for a surreal double feature. I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Predator: Badlands (2025), Cut and Run (1984), Lilith: A Jay Crimson Film (2025),

00:57:01

Episode 314: Aenigma/Dracula in the Provinces

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2025/11/13

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 314 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., continues with Italian Horror Month. This is a Lucio Fulci Double Feature. First I checked out Aenigma (1987) and Dracula in the Provinces (1975). Doesn’t make for the greatest combo, but here we are. I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Bloody Pit of Horror (1965), The Blade Cuts Deeper (2025), Voice of Shadows (2023), Final Destination:

00:59:11

Episode 313: Masters of Horror: Jenifer/Eyeball

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2025/11/10

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 313 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., moves into season 6 and Italian Horror Month. I knocked off the final Dario Argento film, Masters of Horror: Jenifer (2005). I’m then pairing this with an Umberto Lenzi giallo, Eyeball (1975). I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Horror Castle (1963), Shelby Oaks (2024), Night of the Eagle aka Burn, Witch, Burn (1962), Blackest Heart aka The

01:00:39

Episode 312: V/H/S/Halloween/Cemetery of Terror

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2025/11/03

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 312 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., celebrates Halloween with the last episode of Season 5. For the two Featured Reviews, I saw V/H/S/Halloween (2025) at Nightmares Film Festival, so I decided to push it for this episode. I’m pairing it up with the Mexican film, Cemetery of Terror (1985). I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Black

01:42:24

Episode 311: Nightmares Film Festival X

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2025/10/27

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 311 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., got the chance to attend the tenth year of Nightmares Film Festival. I watched 14 films that will be reviewed here. I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Severed (2005), The Blackening (2022), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), The Most Dangerous Game (1932), Bingo Hell (2021) and Pig Hill (2025). Also I received a critic’s copy of a book,

01:45:35

Episode 310: Top Horror Films from 1935

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2025/10/15

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 310 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., will celebrate this milestone episode with a list of ranking the films from 1935, worst to first. I also give what information I could find on the lost films and my stats for the year. I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Embrace of the Vampire (1995), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), Forgive Us All (2025), A Serbian Film (2010) and Shaman

00:46:51

JwaC Presents: Depp Dive: Episode 22

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2025/10/09

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 22 of JwaC Presents Depp Dive: A Depper Look into Johnny’s Feature Filmography. Your host David Garrett Jr. is joined by his Co-Captain and wife, Jaime. For this episode, we're starting with a first time watch for both of us where David has seen the second film. First is Lucky Them (2013), where Johnny has a small cameo. The other is a sci-fi film that explores very real modern ideas in Transcendence (2014). Regardless, Depp takes on two of his more unique

01:11:01

Episode 309: Zombies on Broadway/Good Boy

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2025/10/06

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 309 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., will continue with Voyage through the FiVes for episode number 24. My featured reviews are Zombies on Broadway (1945) and Good Boy (2025). What we get here are innocent characters, going to a dangerous place and doing what they can to survive. I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: The Hem (2025), Hell House LLC (2015), Scurry (2024), The Man

01:05:32

Episode 308: HIM/Dead of Night (1945)

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2025/09/29

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 308 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., will continue with Voyage through the FiVes for episode number 23. My featured reviews are HIM (2025) and Dead of Night (1945). The best I can say here as the common theme is people happening to things that are unexplained or supernatural. I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: Brute 1976 (2024), Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995),

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