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HORROR 101 with Dr. AC

Aaron Christensen

HORROR 101 with Dr. AC is a horror movie podcast that revisits classic horror films on milestone anniversaries (20, 30, 40, 50 years, and more). Each episode features a lively rotating panel of horror fans discussing the film"s legacy, personal memories, cultural impact, and what makes it a lasting favorite. If you love deep dives into horror movies like The Exorcist, A Nightmare on Elm Street, or Frankenstein, this podcast is for you. Come celebrate horror history—one anniversary at a time.

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01:21:36

Ep 145 - THE HITCHER (1986) Turns 40 — Rutger Hauer...

HORROR 101 with Dr. AC ·

2026/04/24

THE HITCHER (1986) d. Robert Harmon (USA) While driving from Chicago to San Diego, Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) picks up a hitchhiker (Rutger Hauer) who introduces himself as John Ryder. Little does Halsey realize that this simple act of kindness will change the course of his road trip, and his life, forever. The Hitcher failed spectacularly during its 1986 release, as a confused fan base and critics rallied against it. Throughout the early to mid-'80s, films like Halloween, Friday the 13th and A

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02:15:02

Ep 144 - THE BEST (AND WORST) SLASHERS OF 1981 (Part...

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2026/04/16

WHO WANTS TO TALK SLASHERS?? FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 (1981) d. Steve Miner (USA) HALLOWEEN II (1981) d. Rick Rosenthal (USA) THE BURNING (1981) d. Tony Maylam (USA) HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME (1981) d. J. Lee Thompson (Canada) MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981) d. George Mihalka (Canada) THE FUNHOUSE (1981) d. Tobe Hooper (USA) HELL NIGHT (1981) d. Tom DeSimone (USA) THE PROWLER (1981) d. Joseph Zito (USA) NIGHTMARE (1981) d. Romano Scavolini (USA) JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981) d. Jeff Lieberman (USA) The early 1980s

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01:36:47

Ep 143 - FROM BEYOND (1986) & DAGON (2001): Goo, Gore...

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2026/04/09

FROM BEYOND (1986) d. Stuart Gordon (USA) DAGON (2001) d. Stuart Gordon (Spain) After the cult success of Re-Animator, Stuart Gordon expanded his visceral, darkly comic take on H. P. Lovecraft with From Beyond (1986) and Dagon (2001). Working with writer Dennis Paoli, Gordon transforms cosmic dread into something immediate, tactile, and perversely entertaining. From Beyond reunites Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton in a story of scientific obsession and bodily mutation, featuring surreal

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01:18:46

Ep 142 - SESSION 9 (2001) at 25 - Dread, Danvers, and...

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2026/04/02

SESSION 9 (2001) d. Brad Anderson (USA) Tonight we're talking about 2001's Session 9, director/co-writer Brad Anderson's exceedingly tense tale of a five-man asbestos removal team tackling cleanup duty at an inactive mental asylum. When lawyer-in-training Steven Gevedon (who co-wrote the intelligent script) discovers a collection of audio recordings of patient sessions, a haunting dual storyline develops between the events on the abandoned reel-to-reel tapes and the blue-collar crew's increasing

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01:24:35

Ep 141 - Best Cheesy Horror of 1986: Maximum...

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2026/03/27

MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) d. Stephen King (USA) NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986) d. Fred Dekker (USA) CHOPPING MALL (1986) d. Jim Wynorski (USA) TERRORVISION (1986) d. Ted Nicolau (USA) KILLER PARTY (1986) d. William Fruet (Canada) If you love horror with a little extra cheese on top, 1986 might be one of the most glorious years the genre ever produced. Tonight, we're digging into five low-budget cult favorites that prove horror and comedy have always made a deliciously messy combination. MAXIMUM

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01:49:49

Ep 140 - FRANKENSTEIN (1931): It's Alive! at 95 -...

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2026/03/20

FRANKENSTEIN (1931) d. James Whale (USA) BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) d. James Whale (USA) SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939) d. Rowland V. Lee (USA) THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942) d. Erle C. Kenton (USA) The legacy of Frankenstein is one of the most influential in the history of horror. Released by Universal Pictures in 1931 and directed by James Whale, the film helped define what audiences now recognize as the classic Hollywood monster movie. Drawing from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel and

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01:33:33

Ep 139 - THE INNOCENTS (1961): The Greatest Ghost...

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2026/03/13

THE INNOCENTS (1961) d. Jack Clayton (UK) Tonight, we're disussing The Innocents, the spellbinding 1961 screen version of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw. Producer/director Jack Clayton and cinematographer Freddie Francis conjure a haunting onscreen atmosphere with an eye for hypnotic, symbolic imagery, where the sunlit scenes are frequently more chilling than those set at night. Truman Capote and William Archibald's screenplay also introduces layers of sexual frustration, repression, and

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02:06:17

Ep 138 - FEMALE VAMPIRES OF 1971: Forbidden Blood &...

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2026/03/06

DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (1971) d. Harry Kumel (Belgium/France) VAMPYROS LESBOS (1971) d. Jesus Franco (Spain) THE VELVET VAMPIRE (1971) d. Stephanie Rothman (USA) TWINS OF EVIL (1971) d. John Hough (UK) LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (1971) d. Jimmy Sangster (UK) THE SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRE (1971) d. Jean Rollin (France) THE WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMAN d. Leon Klimovsky (Spain) 1971 was a remarkable year for the female vampire — seductive, dangerous, liberated… and deeply entangled in the contradictions of

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01:36:04

Ep 137 - LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971) - A '70s...

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2026/02/27

LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971) d. John D. Hancock (USA) Tonight we're talking about director John Hancock's brilliant low-budget psychological chiller, Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971), which combines elements of ghosts, vampires, and zombies, yet manages to find its own uniquely eerie voice. Shot independently in and around Connecticut, over the course of 25 chilly Autumn days on a budget of only $250,000, Jessica ultimately brought in $20 million during its theatrical release after being

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01:32:57

Ep 136 - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) 35th...

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2026/02/20

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) d. Jonathan Demme (USA) MANHUNTER (1986) d. Michael Mann (USA) HANNIBAL (2001) d. Ridley Scott (USA) RED DRAGON (2002) d. Brett Ratner (USA) HANNIBAL RISING (2007) d. Peter Webber (USA) This week, we're talking about 1991's The Silence of the Lambs, that rare beast that's both mainstream Oscar-winning success as well as a first-rate horror film. A masterful blend of psychological terror and physical violence, screenwriter Ted Tally's dynamite script (adapted from

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01:28:46

Ep 135 - DRACULA (1931) Turns 95: A Fang-tastic...

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2026/02/13

DRACULA (1931) d. Tod Browning (USA) DRACULA (Spanish version) (1931) d. George Melford (USA) DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (1936) d. Lambert Hillyer (USA) SON OF DRACULA (1943) d. Robert Siodmak (USA) Released on Feb 14, 1931, Dracula from Universal Studios stands as perhaps the most influential horror film ever made. Directed by Tod Browning with cinematography by Karl Freund, the film was adapted from the wildly successful Broadway stage version of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel. At the center is Bela Lugosi,

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01:15:29

Ep 134 - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960 vs 1986) - Cult...

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2026/02/06

THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960) d. Roger Corman (USA) LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986) d. Frank Oz (USA) Tonight we're talking about Little Shop of Horrors—a title that refers to two very different movies yet equally beloved cult classics that share a carnivorous plant, a down-on-his-luck florist, and a surprisingly dark sense of humor. Producer/director Roger Corman's The Little Shop of Horrors is an infamously low-budget black comedy shot in just a couple of days on leftover sets. Seymour

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01:48:00

Ep 133 - 45 Years of THE EVIL DEAD: How Sam Raimi and...

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2026/01/30

THE EVIL DEAD (1981) d. Sam Raimi (USA) EVIL DEAD II (1987). d. Sam Raimi (USA) ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992) d. Sam Raimi (USA) EVIL DEAD (2013) d. Fede Alvarez (USA) EVIL DEAD RISE (2023) d. Lee Cronin (USA) Sam Raimi's Evil Dead franchise is a cornerstone of independent horror cinema, redefining what low-budget filmmaking could achieve. Beginning with The Evil Dead (1981), Raimi combined raw ingenuity, kinetic camerawork, and extreme gore to create a relentlessly inventive horror film that left a

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01:49:46

Ep 132 - THE THING (1951) vs. THE THING (1982) - Cold...

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2026/01/22

THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) d. Christian Nyby (USA) THE THING (1982) d. John Carpenter (USA) THE THING (2011) d. Matthijs van Heijningen (USA) Tonight we're discussing Howard Hawks' The Thing from Another World (1951) and John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), two science-fiction horror films that, despite sharing a source in John W. Campbell Jr.'s novella Who Goes There?, reflect very different eras in filmmaking and cultural anxiety and both represent landmark moments in genre cinema. The

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01:09:30

Ep 131 - THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS– 50 Years of...

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2026/01/16

THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (1976) d. Pupi Avati (Italy) On tonight's episode, we're talking about Pupi Avati's The House with Laughing Windows (1976), one of the most quietly unsettling films in the history of Italian horror, a slow-burn nightmare that lingers long after its final moments. Set in the foggy, insular villages of rural Emilia-Romagna, the film follows Stefano, a young restorer hired to repair a disturbing fresco depicting the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. As Stefano settles into

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01:18:12

THE BEST HORROR MOVIES OF 2025!! (and the ones we're...

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2026/01/14

We're breaking down the best horror movies of 2025, from mainstream hits to indie standouts—and arguing about which ones actually deserve the title. AC joins his Streaming and Screaming co-hosts Chad the Bird ‪‪@ChadTheBird‬ and Lucy Ba'al ‪‪@lucybaal2299‬ as they count down their favorite fright flicks of 2025! Movies mentioned in this episode: 00:00 Episode Intro 03:40 Final Destinations: Bloodlines 07:55 The Ugly Stepsister 10:26 The Monkey 14:19 28 Years Later 23:38 El Conde 24:34 Bring Her

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Ep 129 - EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960) – The French...

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2026/01/09

EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960) d. Georges Franju (France) In this episode, we're talking about a yet another haunting horror landmark from 1960, Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage). Adapted from the 1959 novel by Jean Redon, Franju and his vaunted team of collaborators transform the pulp thriller material into something strangely lyrical and tragic, resulting in a bona-fide art-horror classic. Pierre Brasseur stars as Dr. Génessier, a respected surgeon whose obsession with

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01:09:28

Ep 128 - MAD LOVE (1935) at 90 | Peter Lorre, Colin...

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2026/01/02

MAD LOVE (1935) d. Karl Freund (USA) Based on Maurice Renard's 1920 French serialized novel The Hands of Orlac, in which the hands of a murderer are transplanted onto an injured concert pianist, Mad Love is remembered above all for Peter Lorre's stunning performance as Dr. Gogol, a brilliant surgeon driven mad by obsessive love. Lorre, fresh from his success in Fritz Lang's M (1931), delivers one of the genre's's most unsettling portrayals of pathological fixation. He is incredibly well-supported

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01:03:36

Ep 127 - THE DAY OF THE BEAST (1995): Alex de la...

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2025/12/25

THE DAY OF THE BEAST (El Dia de la Bestia) (1995) d. Alex de la Iglesia (Spain) Tonight we're discussing Alex de la Iglesia's cult classic The Day of the Beast (1995) (El Día de la Bestia), one of the most chaotic, hilarious, and subversive horror films of the 1990s! Blending satanic panic, apocalyptic prophecy, heavy metal, and pitch-black comedy, The Day of the Beast follows a priest who believes the Antichrist will be born on Christmas Eve—and decides the only way to stop it is to commit as

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01:12:15

Ep 126 - HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, DEVIL'S REJECTS & 3...

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2025/12/19

HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003) d. Rob Zombie (USA) THE DEVIL'S REJECTS (2005) d. Rob Zombie (USA) 3 FROM HELL (2019) d. Rob Zombie (USA) Rob Zombie's Firefly Trilogy is one of the most controversial and influential horror sagas of the 2000s. In this episode, we discuss House of 1000 Corpses (2003), The Devil's Rejects (2005), and 3 From Hell (2019) to explore the evolution of the Firefly Family, Rob Zombie's filmmaking style, and the trilogy's lasting impact on modern horror. From the grindhouse

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