Fright Mic

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By: Liz Knerr and Sam Keil

Welcome to Fright Mic- the ultimate horror movie podcast where casual conversations meet spine-tingling scares! Join hosts Sam and Liz every Wednesday for unfiltered discussions on all of your favorite horror movies. Picture a virtual horror movie night with friends, complete with laughter, banter, and shared nightmares. From cult classics to hidden gems, each episode is a laid-back journey into the heart of horror fandom. So grab some popcorn, turn down the lights, and join usss....Grab even more spooky content by joining our Fright Club on Patreon where you get access to tons of bonus episodes, exclusive content and...

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Now Playing: The Fifth Element
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#361
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It's officially Space Opera month at Fright Mic and we're starting off with singing blue aliens, an evil war lord with a crazy hair piece and shapeshifting gargoyle-looking creatures with fun guns. Grab your multi-passes because we're chatting about The Fifth Element from 1997!

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Now Playing: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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#360
10/28/2026

This week on Fright Mic, we're taking it back over 100 years ago to talk about one of the coolest looking movies ever made and served as a blueprint for so many others. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they discuss a sleepwalking murderer, a hypnotist in a traveling fair and one of the first plot twists ever made in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1922). 

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Now Playing: Hell Fest
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#358
10/21/2026

This week on Fright Mic, Sam and Liz are breaking down HELL FEST (2018) which features a masked killer unleashed in a traveling horror haunt/theme park stalking some teens and teleporting around with real weapons. 

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Now Playing: House of 1000 Corpses
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#357
10/14/2026

This week on Fright Mic, join Sam, Liz and the Firefly's for some gas station murder rides, awkward family dinners and fish boy body modifications in Rob Zombie's HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES from 2003.

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Now Playing: Carnival of Souls
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#356
10/07/2026

We're starting our carnEVIL month with an eerie, haunting slowburn with dream-like psychological terror and alienation. Join Sam and Liz as they chat about Carnival of Souls from 1962.

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Now Playing: Tremors (1990)
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#355
09/30/2026

We're closing out our Dead and Dusted month with a TREMORS from 1990! Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about the sand worm supremacy, Reba's full fledged doomsday bunker/armory and graboid gobbling. 

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Now Playing: Fantastic Fest 2026 Recap
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#359
09/29/2026

Fantastic Fest 2026 is officially over, but it's no worries because we have the scoop on some up and coming movies that you absolutely need to look out for.

On this bonus episode of Fright Mic Podcast, join Sam and Liz as they talk about kung fu demons, phone hackers, existential body horror and more from their top picks from this year's fest.

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Now Playing: Bone Tomahawk
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#354
09/23/2026

This week on Fright Mic, we're having a body splitting good time. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about the horrors of the old west, throat whistles and cannibalistic mountain people in BONE TOMAHAWK from 2015.

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Now Playing: The Hateful Eight
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#353
09/16/2026

A snowy, secluded Western with a top-notch cast, amazing dialogue, and gore galore? Sign us up! This week on Fright Mic, join Sam and Liz as they chat about exploding heads, a sassy Walton Goggins, and a whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie herself in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight (2015).

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Now Playing: John Carpenter's Vampires
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#352
09/09/2026

On this week's episode of Fright Mic, we're talking about exploding vampires, scumbag main characters and sleazy motel party carnage. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they break down John Carpenter's VAMPIRES from 1998.

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Now Playing: The Pale Door
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#351
09/02/2026

This week on Fright Mic, we're heading to the wild west and straight into a trap full of evil witches hell bent on a bloody killing spree. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about eye gouging, witch burning and train robbing in THE PALE DOOR from 2020.

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Now Playing: MadS
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#350
08/26/2026

This week on Fright Mic, join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they wrap up Rave to the Grave month with a mind-bending, French zombie flick, MadS from 2024. Shot in one continuous take, this is a trippy decent into a real-time zombie infestation full of drugs, parties and madness.

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Now Playing: Night of the Demons
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#349
08/19/2026

A Halloween seance set in an abandoned funeral home with a cursed past? What could go wrong? This week on Fright Mic, Sam and Liz are talking about lipstick demons, re-animated hands and crappy boyfriends in NIGHT OF THE DEMONS from 1988!

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Now Playing: Terror Train (1980)
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#348
08/12/2026

Grab your conductor hats and glowsticks because we're heading on the Terror Train. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about one unforgettable New Year's Party which features a masked slasher hell bent on revenge and a starring role for....David Copperfield?

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Now Playing: It's What's Inside
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#347
08/05/2026

This week on Fright Mic, we're attempting to figure out and break down this incredibly underrated Netflix movie about a friend reunion gone horribly wrong when a body-switching machine gets brought into the mix. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE from 2024!

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Now Playing: Fire in the Sky
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#346
07/29/2026

We're wrapping up our alien abduction month and heading into the Arizona wilderness where logging, a missing crew member, and aliens make for a rough day at work. Join your extraterrestrial hosts, Sam and Liz as they break down that infamous abduction scene in Fire in the Sky from 1993!

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Now Playing: The Vast of Night
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#345
07/22/2026

This week on Fright Mic, we're featuring an underrated movie which gives nods to 50's sci-fi and gives Twilight Zone vibes in the most stylized way possible. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about strange radio signals and small town alien abductions in The Vast of Night(2019). 

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Now Playing: Phoenix Forgotten
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#344
07/15/2026

A found footage movie with aliens?! This week on Fright Mic, join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk alien abduction POV, secret government conspiracies and awkward home movies in PHOENIX FORGOTTEN from 2017.

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Now Playing: The McPherson Tape
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#343
07/08/2026

On this episode of Fright Mic, join Sam and Liz as they talk about cheesy aliens, home movies and UFO abductions in the lesser-known alien flick, THE MCPHERSON TAPE (1989).

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Now Playing: Dark Skies
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#342
07/01/2026

This week on Fright Mic, join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they discuss the most unlucky family ever as they navigate weird occurrences, rocky dynamics and some pesky aliens in Dark Skies (2013). Think Paranormal Activity and a touch of Insidious.....with aliens!

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Now Playing: Only Lovers Left Alive
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#341
06/24/2026

We're closing out our new school vampire month with a slow burn, stylish pick. Join your blood lusting hosts, Sam and Liz, as they talk about crazy vampire wigs, parking garage acid pits and emo Tom Hiddleston in ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE from 2013.

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Now Playing: Transylmania
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#340
06/17/2026

We've seen spoof horror flicks before, but have we seen one that includes a bunch of stoners heading to Romania to party and get attacked by vampires? Unfortunately, we have. Join your bloodsucking hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about Franken-bodies, wild west train shootouts and the dangers of accidentally shooting yourself with a crossbow in 2009's Transylmania. 

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Now Playing: The Forsaken
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#339
06/10/2026

What's better than an early 2000's grainy horror road trip movie? One with vampires, naturally. This week on Fright Mic, your hosts Sam and Liz are discussing a lesser known vampire flick with slightly confusing lore, but hella good vibes in The Forsaken (2001). Think The Lost Boys meets Joy Ride meets Near Dark. 

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Now Playing- The Invitation (2022)
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#338
06/03/2026

It's new school vampire month and we're starting off with a fun, gothic pick which features a hot cast, a haunted manor and even a ghost. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they chat about The Invitation from 2022!

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Now Playing: One Cut of the Dead
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#337
05/27/2026

On this week's zom-com episode, join your re-animated hosts, Sam and Liz, as they talk about a one cut zombie movie making experience gone wrong which ends up being equally heartfelt and hilarious in ONE CUT OF THE DEAD.

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Now Playing: Zombieland
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#336
05/20/2026

Survival Rule #44 listen to this bangin episode because we're talking about zombie killin, twinkie eatin and good time havin during the apocalypse. Join your undead hosts, Sam and Liz as they discuss 2009's ZOMBIELAND.

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Now Playing: Shaun of the Dead
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#335
05/13/2026

Grab headphones, press play, listen to this cheeky little episode, grab a pint and wait for all this to blow over.

This week on Fright Mic podcast, join your zombified hosts, Sam and Liz as they gush about zombies (don't say the zed word), apocalypse hangovers, and the most perfectly timed Queen song/zombie attack in Edgar Wright's SHAUN OF THE DEAD.

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Now Playing: Night of the Creeps
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#334
05/06/2026

Alien slugs! Frat boy zombies in tuxedos! Tom Atkins being awesome! 

This week on Fright Mic, join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they discuss a zom-com gem which features plenty of fun meta horror goodness, body horror and flamethrower action in NIGHT OF THE CREEPS from 1986!

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Now Playing: Strangeland
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#333
04/29/2026

To close out our Nu Metal Month, we're taking a turn for the unusual as we discuss a film which features Dee Snider as a kidnapping, murderer with an inkling for body modifications and super drawn out monologues. Join Sam and Liz as they talk about Strangeland from 1998.

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Now Playing: Ghost Ship
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#332
04/22/2026

On this week’s episode of Fright Mic, join Sam and Liz as they set sail on the haunted high seas to defend and dissect GHOST SHIP from 2002. From one of the most iconic opening scenes in horror history to sinister soul-reaping schemes and ghostly mysteries lurking below deck. 

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Now Playing: Resident Evil
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#331
04/15/2026

This week on Fright Mic, join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they head underground into Hive territory for laser decapitations, mutated monsters, the undead and kung fu dog fights in RESIDENT EVIL from 2002. 

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Now Playing: Bride of Chucky
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#330
04/08/2026

The honeymoon's gonna be killer.....

On this week's episode of Fright Mic, join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about Ronny Yu's BRIDE OF CHUCKY. Our boy Chucky finally gets his killer match and we get to watch some sassy banter, toxic devotion and a trail of bodies in their wake.

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Now Playing: Freddy vs. Jason
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#329
04/01/2026

There can only be one! 

This week on Fright Mic, two horror giants are going head to head and giving us all the fan service we deserve. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about the infamous folded bed kill (still amazing), the intricate plot holes and of course, the badass soundtrack.

Who wins in the end? The audience of course

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Now Playing: Possessor
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#328
03/25/2026

For this week's out of body nightmare film, we're diving into Brandon Cronenberg's POSSESSOR. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about a body stealing assassin, brain-implant technology and spiraling into an identity crisis.

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Now Playing: The Cell
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#327
03/18/2026

This week on Fright Mic, we are continuing our out of body nightmares and into the mind of a serial killer. Join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk fever dreams, fashion choices and serial killer fetishes in THE CELL from 2000.

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Now Playing: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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#326
03/11/2026

Welcome to your nightmare.....This week on Fright Mic join your demon loving hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about one of the most iconic horror villains of all time in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street from 1984. We break down the one that started them all and gave us a blood geyser, Johnny Depp in a crop top and our forward thinking final girl, Nancy Thompson.

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Now Playing: Insidious
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#325
03/04/2026

This week on Fright Mic, join Sam and Liz as they talk about James Wan's Insidious which features a red faced demon that lurks in the corner, an INSANELY chilling sound design and that Lin Shaye being a badass in a gas mask.

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Now Playing: Hippopotamus
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#324
02/25/2026

On this week's episode of Fright Mic, join your hosts Sam and Liz as they talk about Hippopotamus from 2018 which features twisty mind games, gaslighting and questionable kidnapping methods. 

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Now Playing: Spring
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#323
02/18/2026

This week on Fright Mic, join your hosts, Sam and Liz as they talk about SPRING (2014), a monster, body and romantic horror all bundled into one. Think mythical man-eating woman, but with heart.....and some blood sacrifices.

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Now Playing: Warm Bodies
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#322
02/11/2026

Who knew zombies could be attractive? This week on Fright Mic, join Sam and Liz as they talk about the inner monologues of the walking dead, love at first bite and zombie humor in WARM BODIES from 2013.

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