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Screams & Streams

Chad, Mike, & Sam

What if you could get a front row seat on a journey through the best and worst horror movies of the past half-century, all rated on Rotten Tomatoes? Brace yourself for an eerie tour with your hosts, Chad Campbell, Mike Carron, and Sam Schreiner, as they dissect each film with a surgeon"s precision and a fan"s passion. Our story began on a mundane work day, when two colleagues, Chad and Mike, decided to start a podcast centered on their shared love for horror films. The search for a genre was a

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Ep. 127: Tom Gormican's "Anaconda" (2025)

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2026/04/25

Anaconda (2025) dares you to answer a simple question: if your childhood favorite movie was a giant snake thriller, would you really remake it in the Amazon with your friends? We take that absurd premise and pull it apart from every angle, because this one sits right on the fault line between horror and comedy, and our reactions could not be more different. With a 47% Rotten Tomatoes score, it’s the perfect pick for a Screams and Streams review where the arguments are as entertaining as the m...

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Ep. 126: Chuck Russell's "Bless the Child" (2000)

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2026/04/18

A horror movie with a 4% Rotten Tomatoes score always raises the same question: is it secretly underrated, or is it a cautionary tale? We hit play on Bless the Child (2000) and quickly find ourselves in a swirl of chosen one mythology, satanic cult plotting, and a very serious attempt at a biblical supernatural thriller that rarely earns the weight it wants. We walk through the story of Cody, the girl everyone wants to control, and why the movie’s pacing feels endless even at under two hours...

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Ep. 125: John Fawcett's "Ginger Snaps" (2000)

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2026/04/11

A redheaded teen named Ginger gets her first period the same night something in the dark takes a bite out of her, and the movie never lets you pretend that’s just a coincidence. We’re Sam, Chad, and Mike, and we’re putting Ginger Snaps under the Screams and Streams microscope: the Rotten Tomatoes hype, the body horror puberty metaphor, and whether this one actually earns its reputation as a top tier werewolf film. We start with the basics and then get picky. The sister dynamic is the heartbe...

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Ep. 124: Nia DaCosta’s "28 Years Later: The Bone...

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2026/04/04

They skinned the “t-shirt,” called it charity, and somehow still found time for a hypnotic dance montage. We’re Chad, Mike, and Sam, and we’re back on Screams and Streams with a full-spoiler horror movie review of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026), directed by Nia DaCosta and sitting at a jaw-dropping Rotten Tomatoes score. We break down the film’s two main threads: Spike getting absorbed into Jimmy Crystal’s mainland gang and Dr. Kelson’s work with Samson that hints the Rage virus migh...

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Ep. 123: Rob Reiner's "Misery" (1990)

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2026/03/28

The scariest villains do not need a mask, they just need the keys to the door. We’re closing out the 1990s run by circling back to Rob Reiner’s Misery (1990), the Stephen King adaptation that turns a snowy rescue into a slow, personal war over control. With Kathy Bates’ Oscar winning Annie Wilkes and James Caan’s battered, calculating Paul Sheldon, the movie traps us in one house and somehow makes it feel endless. We talk through first impressions and rewatch revelations, from the silence th...

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Ep. 122: Wes Craven's "The People Under the Stairs"...

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2026/03/21

A booby-trapped mansion, a feral basement, and “parents” who weaponize piety—Wes Craven’s The People Under The Stairs is weirder, funnier, and meaner than you remember. We pull the floorboards up on this 1991 cult favorite to see how its wild set pieces hide a sharper story about slumlords, gentrification, and kids who refuse to stay quiet. We start with a tight plot walkthrough: Fool’s break-in to save his family spirals into a hallway hunt through hidden doors, vents, and a prayer room on ...

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Ep. 121: Brian Yuzna's "Bride of Re-Animator" (1990)

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2026/03/14

A glowing syringe, a beating heart, and a basement full of bad ideas. We crack open Bride of Re-Animator and ask the question that haunts every cult sequel: does the shock-and-laugh formula still pump blood, or are we reviving a corpse that should stay buried? We picked this overlooked 90s horror film to close out our decade run, then found ourselves arguing over what works, what rots, and why Jeffrey Combs continues to make Herbert West magnetic without turning him into a gag reel. We start...

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Ep. 120: '90-'99 A Decade of Horror

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2026/03/07

Think you remember 90s horror as wall-to-wall bangers? We put that memory on trial. After watching and rating 27 films from the decade, we map the real terrain: a handful of genre-defining masterpieces surrounded by bloated runtimes, limp sequels, and ideas stretched past their breaking point. We swap nostalgia for evidence, then rebuild our list—crowning the films that endure and demoting the ones coasting on reputation. We start with the numbers: which movies racked up the wildest body cou...

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Ep. 119: Peter Hyam's "End of Days" (1999)

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2026/02/28

Midnight is ticking down, Y2K is humming in the background, and a demon in a suit thinks New York owes him a date. We pour a Devil’s Margarita and dive headfirst into End of Days, the late-90s mashup of apocalyptic horror and action that pairs a haunted ex-cop with millennium panic. From the opening dread to the CGI inferno, we unpack why this movie fascinates even when it fumbles. We start with the big swing: casting Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jericho Cain. Can a quintessential action icon se...

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Ep. 118: M. Night Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense" (1999)

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2026/02/21

A whispered line changed movie history—but why does it still hit so hard? We dive back into The Sixth Sense and trace the artistry that keeps the fear alive: the red visual motif, breath in the cold, long takes that dare you to blink, and a score that hums beneath the skin instead of shouting cues. We talk about the scenes that branded themselves into our memories—the attic closet panic, the kitchen cupboards, the funeral reveal—and why the opening with Vincent Gray still shocks, even when yo...

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Ep. 117: Jan de Bont's "The Haunting" (1999)

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2026/02/14

Fear should crawl under your skin, not shout in your face—so why does a grand, gorgeous mansion feel so empty of real suspense? We dive into The Haunting (1999) with clear eyes and full receipts, unpacking how a stacked cast, a massive budget, and bold production design still end up smothered by noisy CGI and thin character stakes. From the ethically suspect “sleep study” setup to the locked gates that trap our crew overnight, we examine every red flag and how each choice undercuts tension ra...

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Ep. 116: William Malone's "House On Haunted Hill" (1999)

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2026/02/07

A millionaire promises $1 million to anyone who survives a night in a shuttered asylum, and our panel dives headfirst into whether House on Haunted Hill (1999) deserves its 31% reputation—or a little redemption. We start with a crisp plot recap, then break down what the movie does well: fast pacing, early kills, and a few set pieces that still deliver a jolt. The fake-out elevator, the roller coaster gag, and a clever camera-only surgery scene get real points for ingenuity and tension, even i...

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Ep. 115: Peter Medak's "Species II" (1998)

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2026/01/31

A Mars mission comes home with more than a headline, and a franchise sequel tries to turn sex into the scariest transmission vector imaginable. We dive into Species 2 with a clear lens and a stiff drink, tracing how a promising body-horror premise gets buried under wobbly effects, cliché military coverups, and a baffling appeal to “the human inside” a character the script treats like a test subject. We talk through the good (a few gnarly practical moments, a barn full of cocoons, an unexpecte...

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Ep. 114: Hideo Nakata’s “Ringu” (1998)

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2026/01/24

Seven days is plenty of time to argue about a classic. We throw open the case file on Hideo Nakata’s Ringu and ask the hard question: does that 98% score still fit, or did the remake sharpen the scares that the original merely hinted at? From the cursed videotape’s elegant simplicity to the gut-twist of the seven-day phone call, we unpack why this story endures: it punishes curiosity and forces a brutal choice—save yourself by copying the curse, or let it die with you. We walk through first ...

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Ep. 113: Michael Haneke's "Funny Games" (1997)

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2026/01/17

A polite knock. A request for eggs. And then the floor drops out. Our latest dives into Michael Haneke’s Funny Games (1997), a home-invasion thriller that refuses to play by genre rules. We unpack why this film still needles under the skin: the calculated pace, the suffocating silence broken by blasts of abrasive music, and the way two eerily courteous young men turn social niceties into weapons. We compare the Austrian original to the shot-for-shot American remake, outline what makes the ori...

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Ep. 112: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez’s "The Blair...

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2026/01/10

A map lost, a legend found, and a final image that still sets nerves on edge. We crack open The Blair Witch Project with a mix of reverence and skepticism, exploring why a film with no score, almost no gore, and a monster you never see became a horror milestone. Julie joins Chad, Mike, and Sam to share first-watch memories, theater lore about audiences who thought it was real, and the marketing sleight of hand that turned rumor into rocket fuel long before social media. We dig into the nuts ...

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Ep. 111: Anthony Waller's "An American Werewolf in...

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2026/01/03

The howling you hear isn’t from the monster—it’s from fans watching a beloved classic get saddled with a clumsy sequel. We dive into An American Werewolf in Paris and sort the few effective frights from an avalanche of awkward humor, rubbery CGI, and logic that faceplants off the Eiffel Tower. We set the scene with a spoiler warning and a tart “Sinister Sip,” then get honest about why a meager 7 percent score feels fair: the chemistry is flat, the jokes miss, and the tone wanders between frat...

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Ep. 110: Wes Craven's "Scream 2" (1997)

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2025/12/27

A packed preview screening. A masked crowd turned frenzy. A sequel that dares to out-meta itself while sprinting toward the next kill. We dig into Scream 2 with clear eyes and a full notebook—what still chills, what creaks, and why the twist loses oxygen on rewatch. From the opening Stab chaos to the theater-stage showdown, we trace how Wes Craven’s follow-up balances genuine tension with winks at horror rules, and where those winks become crutches. We trade first impressions and revisit fat...

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Ep. 109: Michael Cooney's "Jack Frost" (1997)

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2025/12/20

A serial killer collides with a chemical spill, reforms as a wisecracking snowman, and turns a quiet town into a slushy crime scene. That’s the outrageous hook behind Jack Frost (1997), a holiday horror curiosity that splits our panel right down the middle. We dig into what makes camp work—resourceful effects, punchy pacing, and knowingly silly kills—and where this movie fumbles, from cotton-ball snow and wobbly camera setups to a bathtub sequence that crosses a line and derails the fun. We ...

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Ep. 108: Holly Dale's "Blood & Donuts" (1995)

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2025/12/13

A moody vampire wakes up in a donut shop, the mob runs out of henchmen, and David Cronenberg delivers the most quotable line in the movie. We took the listener-suggested Blood and Donuts for a spin and found a late-night oddity that’s equal parts fog machine, love story, and lo-fi punchline—and somehow never fully commits to any of them. If you’ve ever wondered how a film can be too gentle for horror and too stiff for comedy, this is your case study. We walk through what works and what wilts...

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