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Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 27 - The twist is that neither of us were ever realAn uninvited visitor finds her way into this episode... but it's okay, it's just a cat.
Sarah and Jonathan revisit some of 2000s horror's most audacious twist endings this episode. The movies covered (and spoiled!) are: Identity (2003), The Skeleton Key (2005), Drag Me To Hell (2009), and Orphan (2009). Which one of these almost ended our friendship forever? Only one way to find out.
(Also, beware drive-by spoilers for Adaptation, Switchblade romance, Split, and Last Christmas. Oops.)
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2023-11-221h 16Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 26 - Who's hiding under your bed?It's Friday the 13th and it's October, you know we had to get extra spooky!
This episode, Jonathan and Sarah investigate a string of movies that all reckon there's nothing scarier than the wardrobe in a child's bedroom after dark: we're talking Boogeyman (2005), Dead Silence (2007), and Insidious (2010), with bonus They (2002) and Darkness Falls (2003).
Mainly, we learned never to heckle ventriloquists...
Let us know what you thought of this episode on X (we're @ChillennialHPod) or via email (chillennialhorrors@gmail.com).
2023-10-131h 17Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 25 - Wet and mangled j-horror remakesWhat's the scariest film you've ever seen and why is it The Ring (2002)?
Sarah and Jonathan rewatch three fairly unloved remakes of Japanese horror movies to check if they were actually any good or if the received wisdom that the originals were better is actually true.
No prizes for guessing the answer.
Films covered include The Ring (2002), The Grudge (2004), and Dark Water (2005), with a deservedly brief mention of Pulse (2006) and One Missed Call (2008).
Got opinions? Chat about the episode with us on X at @chillennialhpod, @SarahDobbs and @JonathanHatfull.
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2023-09-251h 05Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 24 - Shake To Reload: 2000s adaptations of horror gamesJust when you thought this podcast was dead... it came back to life for one (and probably loads more, tbh) last scare!
This time, we're looking back at the 2000s trend for adapting computer games into movies so everyone could get really really angry about it. From Resident Evil (2002) through House of the Dead (2003) to Doom (2005) and Silent Hill (2006), we're asking the big question: did anyone ever make a good videogame movie?
As always, you can chat about the episode with us at @chillennialhpod, @SarahDobbs and @JonathanHatfull.
Music: Doors of Skin by Complexi-Tales
2023-07-171h 04Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 23 - It's Zombie Time!We've been avoiding it for about a year, but it's finally time for us to face our fears and revisit the zombie boom of the early 2000s! Join us as we relive our memories of 28 Days Later (2002), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Shaun of the Dead (2004), and Land of the Dead (2005). As always, spoilers for all of our main features abound, plus some chat about Anna and the Apocalypse (2017).
Have we come to terms with running zombies yet? What are our zombie survival plans? And what do zombies have to do with avocado toast? Have...
2023-04-251h 06Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 22 - Scream and Scream Again and Again and AgainWe've seen the new Scream film! And you're right, technically none of the Scream films fall under our remit, except mayyyyyyyybe Scream 3, but do you think that's going to stop us? No it's not.
We do have a rationale for that in the episode, but mostly we wanted to tell you our thoughts on Scream VI, as well as endlessly quoting the original one to each other and giggling about it. You know the drill by now.
Music: Doors Of Skin by Complexi-Tales
2023-03-191h 18Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 21 - Scream King Kyle Gallner Appreciation SocietyYou can't say we don't deliver on our promises. This episode, we revisited all the 2000s horror movies that made Kyle Gallner into our fave scream king (with the notable exception of A Nightmare On Elm Street, which we covered in Episode 3) and then dove into the evolution of Kyle, from 2009 to 2022.
Our main features - so, the ones we get into super spoilery chat about - are The Haunting In Connecticut, Jennifer's Body, and Red State, with mention of The Master Cleanse, The Cleansing Hour, Dinner In America, Ghosts Of War, Scream, and Smile.
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2022-10-3159 min
Devil Times Five horror podcast70: 80s Slasher One-OffsSarah Dodds from Chillennial Horrors returns to the DX5 fold for a look at some 80s slashers that never got themselves sequels, including My Bloody Valentine, StageFright: Aquarius, The Mutilator, Terror Train and Intruder.
There's a half-arsed attempt to write deceased TV magician Paul Daniels into a horror movie, zen poetry from Emily, and more Scary Noises!
2022-10-301h 02Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 20 - K-horror: So Much For Your Happy EndingThis episode, it's all supernatural business all the time as we revisit South Korean horror movies of the 2000s. Your watchlist:
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003)
R-Point (2004)
The Host (2006)
Hansel & Gretel (2007)
Thirst (2009)
Spoilers abound, and also the Unfriended ghost plagued us a bit this episode so there's a bit of extra crackle on the audio... call it the Halloween spirit.
Music: Doors Of Skin by Complexi-Tales
2022-09-071h 02Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 19 - Vampires vs werewolves: Bloodsuckers in Mad Men suitsWe're baaaaaaaack! Yes, we know, and we're sorry, it's been ages, we've got loads of excuses. But let's just get straight to the movies. In our second episode focused on vampires and werewolves, we cover the meaner and less sexy side of the genre. We're talking Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004), 30 Days Of Night (2007), Let The Right One In (2008) and Daybreakers (2009). And there's not a single leather catsuit in sight!
Music: Doors Of Skin by Complexi-Tales
2022-07-2456 min
Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 18 - Vampires vs werewolves: A surplus of leather trousersWe're back, and we're starting another new mini series!
This time round, it's vampires vs werewolves, and we're kicking it off with some of the decade's earliest entries in the genre: Dracula 2000 (2000) (aka Dracula 2001), Blade II (2002), Queen Of The Damned (2002), and Underworld (2003). Yes, that's a lot of leather trousers.
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2022-03-111h 23Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 17 - Found footage: Grief is always hiding in the backgroundIn the final episode of our found footage mini series, Sarah and Jonathan revisit two of the best regarded sad horrors of the subgenre: Noroi: The Curse, and Lake Mungo. You'll never look at blurry VHS footage in the same way again. Also: send more ectoplasmic worms.
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2022-01-2039 minChillennial HorrorsEpisode 16 - Found footage: Fast zombies, slow zombies, and maybe not zombies at allRun, or walk briskly, away from the monsters in our latest episode as we look back at found footage zombie (or at least "infected") movies REC and George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead. Jump scares, foregrounded social commentary, and...it's probably tonsilitis, right?
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2021-12-0738 minChillennial HorrorsEpisode 15 - Halloween Special: Blood, angst and monsters in Ginger Snaps and MayHappy Halloween! We get seasonal with an outsider double bill with werewolf coming of age movie Ginger Snaps and lonely monster-making horror May. A lot of big emotions, a lot of blood...do these teenage favourites stand up to the test of time?
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2021-10-2653 minChillennial HorrorsEpisode 14 - Found Footage: Big damn monsters and jinxing the horror film industryIt's alive! It's huge! It's... a new episode of Chillennial Horrors, and this time we're looking at found footage monster movies Cloverfield and Trollhunter.
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2021-10-1344 minChillennial HorrorsEpisode 13 - Found Footage: Paranormal Activity, big houses, night vision and bad boyfriendsIf your girlfriend tells you not to get a Ouija board, what do you not do? That's right, Paranormal Activity's Micah might be one of the worst boyfriends in horror history.
We have left the blood-soaked basements of the Splat Pack behind and we're heading into found footage territory with micro-budget found footage sensation Paranormal Activity. We talk about how Oren Peli created the blueprint for the subgenre's future and many Blumhouse horrors to come, the joys of a well-paced jump scare, and whether this era-defining chiller is still scary.
Plus, we look at how P...
2021-08-101h 11Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 12 - The Splat Pack Series: Alexandre Aja, Greg McLean and Doing Stuff With Body Parts - A Splat Pack Wrap-UpIt's a Chillennial Horrors double feature! We close out our Splat Pack series with the 00s horrors of Alexandre Aja and Greg McLean. Sarah and Jonathan brace themselves for the blood, the screaming, the mutant cannibals, the backpack killers and the killer croc of High Tension/Switchblade Romance (2003), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Mirrors (2008), Wolf Creek (2005) and Rogue (2007).
Does High Tension's twist still work, if it ever did? Are we here for the gruelling nastiness of breakdown horrors? What is going on with Kiefer Sutherland's performance in Mirrors? Why does Wolf Creek feel like such a different beast...
2021-07-211h 22Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 11 - The Splat Pack Series: Werewolves, Cave Crawlers and Neil Marshall's dark placesSarah and Jonathan light a flare and head into the darkness as they revisit the 00s films of British writer-director Neil Marshall: Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and Doomsday (2008).
Is the squaddies vs werewolves action-horror-comedy hybrid still tons of fun? Does the claustrophobic tension and sheer terror of The Descent hold up now that we've been locked inside our homes for over a year? Why is no one wearing a mask in a pandemic in Doomsday? Is "Live each day" really worth engraving on a pendant? Join us as we discuss whether references can ruin a moment, reassess...
2021-06-281h 09Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 10 - The Splat Pack Series: Hanging Upside Down with Cliff BarnesWith some serious trepidation, Sarah and Jonathan revisit former favourites Cabin Fever (2002) and Hostel (2005), plus Hostel Part II, to see how they stand up in the cold light of 2021.
This episode, Cliff Barnes, head devil of horror podcast Devil Times Five, joins us for a chat that somehow ends up being mostly about Eli Roth's face. Who will be cancelled, and what will be left of them?
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2021-05-221h 20Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 9 – The Splat Pack Series: We’re Just Here For The Saw Traps with Mike MuncerTime for the big one: Saw!
Jonathan, Sarah, and special guest Mike Muncer revisit the game-changing first movie in the Saw franchise... and then, inevitably, end up talking about all the others too. Which ones stand up? Which traps still confuse us? And how appropriate is the term "torture porn", anyway?
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2021-04-301h 15Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 8 - The Splat Pack Series: Three Rob Zombies Being Chased By Rob Zombie with CJ LinesHorror got nasty in the mid-2000s. We knew we wouldn't be able to fit everything we wanted to say about the torture porn (or "gorno") wave into one episode, so instead we'll be doing a whole series looking at the key directors and franchises that emerged during that period.
First up? Rob Zombie. In this episode, we cover House of 1000 Corpses (2003), The Devil's Rejects (2005), and Halloween (2007), with help from writer and Rob Zombie expert CJ Lines.
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2021-04-191h 01Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 7 - Educational Ghost Stories: The Sixth Sense, Stir of Echoes and The OthersWe see dead people. Sometimes they're even the main characters.
This episode, we're heading back to 1999 again to seek out the beginning of a turn-of-the-century trend where seeing ghosts is only half the story, and the goal is to sell you another ticket for another go around...
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2021-03-1753 minChillennial HorrorsEpisode 6 - Squished, Crunched, or Mashed: Death is your Final Destination with Louise BlainYou're going to want to rewatch the Final Destination movies once you listen to this. Or maybe before. Or during. Look, don't you always just kind of want to rewatch the Final Destination movies?
This episode, we're joined by writer and presenter Louise Blain to revisit everyone's favourite 2000s franchise (except for the one that no-one likes). Things get a little bit philosophical, and a lot gleeful.
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2021-02-151h 21Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 5 - The Internet Is Haunted: The J-Horror Influence, With Hayley ScanlonThis episode, Sarah and Jonathan are joined by Asian film expert Hayley Scanlon to discuss all things J-horror. Well, some things J-horror. Turns out, there were a lot of those movies, so to kick off we're discussing Ring (1998), Pulse (2001), Dark Water (2002), Ju-On: The Grudge (2002), and Audition (1999). One of these things is not like the others, except when it is.
Need more? Check out Hayley's Windows on Worlds and Through The Trees magazine.
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2021-01-221h 08Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 4 - Getting Lost In The Woods, Forever: The Blair Witch Project and the art of found footageIf you go down to the woods today... watch out for witches, don't punt your map into the creek, and look, maybe just stay home and forget about the woods altogether, yeah?
Sarah and Jonathan revisit The Blair Witch Project (1999) and Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) to find out if standing silently in the corner is still scary all these years later, and manage to make themselves kind of sad about everything in the process. Still lots of giggling going on, though.
Need more 00s? There's an accompanying a video series on 2000s horror over a...
2021-01-021h 04Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 3 – Don’t Stop Driving: Platinum Dunes and remaking every slasher everRemakes! There are loads of them! More than we imagined when we started planning this podcast!
This episode, we tackle Platinum Dunes and the slasher revival, via Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), House of Wax (2005), Prom Night (2008), My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009), Friday the 13th (2009), and the ever-controversial Nightmare On Elm Street (2010). There might've been more, too. Honestly, there are tons.
And if you enjoyed that, we've got a video series on 2000s horror over at Through The Trees mag (https://www.throughthetreesmag.com/), so you should definitely check that out too!
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2020-12-151h 03Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 2 - Running Down Dark Corridors: Dark Castle and spooky 2000s remakesRemember 1999? Y2K terrors, the dawn of a new millennium... and, for some reason, a load of horror movie remakes. In this first proper episode, Jonathan Hatfull and Sarah Dobbs revisit The Haunting and House On Haunted Hill, marvel at the audacity of setting up a production company just to remake William Castle movies, and try to find something good about The Fog.
And while we're on the topic of supernatural 2000s remakes, we also chat about Thirteen Ghosts, Ghost Ship, and The Amityville Horror. Buckle up, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
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2020-12-061h 03Chillennial HorrorsEpisode 1 - Why Are You Doing This To Us?What do you think of when you think about "00s horror"? That's what Jonathan Hatfull and Sarah Dobbs hope to unpack through this brand new shiny podcast series. In this first episode, we explain what 00s horror means to us, why we think it's interesting, and a bit about what's to come. Yes, this whole half hour episode is basically a trailer. But we're very excited about what happens next!
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2020-11-2829 min
DopeTown 3000A Sobering Story w/ Feraz OzelFeraz Ozel (Hollywood Darlings, Chillennial comedy special) gets real about drugs and his path toward sobriety by way of a dope AF alt-J concert. Follow us on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook @Dopetown3000 to get the latest on our live shows and dope AF photos with our guests!
2018-10-3043 min