The Video Dead: A Horror Movie Podcast
Welcome to The Video Dead: A Horror Movie Podcast, and a place for Criterion Collection Bros, and Troma Studio Hoes. Your hosts Ren's Dad & Nyah Nightmare met on Letterboxd over a shared love of wide-ranging cinema, and as your favorite unlikely Horror BFF's we're here to yap all about it, and talk your ears off. If you love all things horror from Cronenberg to Tubi B-Movies, we'll cover it all!Tune in for weekly episodes as we discuss horror films from all eras, horror subgenres and more!
20 - TVD Bonus Episode - Beware Boiúna (2026) w/ Noah The Editor
On this special BONUS episode of The Video Dead, special guest, and our very own editor Noah joins Nyah Nightmare to talk about Mike P. Nelson's 2026 creature feature Beware Boiúna.
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Our intro & outro music is done by Flowerbabe
19 - Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Ren's Dad and Nyah Nightmare put on their best burlap sack masks before taking on the cult classic, 2007 horror anthology Trick 'r Treat, directed by Michael Dougherty.
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Our intro & outro music is done by Flowerbabe
18 - Bones (2001)
Put on your best early 2000's club attire as Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad share their experience with Club Ill-Bient in Ernest Dickerson's 2001, Snoop Dogg starring supernatural homage to blaxploitation Bones.
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Our intro & outro music is done by Flowerbabe
17 - TVD Bonus Episode: Dead Sushi (2012) w/ The PinkCat Podcast
Get ready to fall in love with the most adorable Tamago Sushi you've ever seen as our friends from the PinkCat Podcast join us for this very special collab BONUS episode on Noboru Iguchi's Dead Sushi from 2012. Listen to the PinkCat Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts!
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Our intro & outro music is done by Flowerbabe
16 - It's What's Inside (2024)
If you're confused in this one, so are Nyah Nightmare & Ren's Dad in this 'Body Switch' episode on Greg Jardin's 2024 game of mental basketball, It's What's Inside. Don't worry, we figured out how to switch back.... eventually. PLUS! Nyah shares a couple interviews from this year's edition of Horror Hound Weekend!
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Our intro & outro music is done by Flowerbabe
15 - Cemetery Man (1994)
Prepare to have your undead craniums split in half as Ren's Dad & Nyah Nightmare take on Michele Soavi's surrealist Zom-Com Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore) from 1994 on this week's episode of The Video Dead.
P.S. Our brand new intro music is done by the incredible Flowerbabe. If you're a fan of the show, please listen and support one of our favorite music acts!
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14 - TVD 'Drive-In' Double Feature - Guinea Pig Part 3: He Never Dies & Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole
"Get in losers, we're going to the drive-in!" Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad take on TWO Japanese horror exploitation films from the infamous Guinea Pig Film Series: Guinea Pig 3: He Never Dies, and Guinea Pig 6: Mermaid in a Manhole in a special 'TVD Drive-In' Double Feature episode.
*Episode Trigger Topic Warnings*: Suicide, Domestic Violence
Resources for our friends and listeners:
Suicide Prevention and Crisis Hotline: 988
988lifeline.org
Domestic Violence Support: 800-799-7233 or Text BEGIN to 88788
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13 - Scream (1996)
Dust off your landlines, Caller ID & Ghostface costumes as this week, Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad cover a big one: Wes Craven's genre revitalizing, seminal meta-slasher Scream from 1996.
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12 - Carrie (1976)
Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad try to tap into their telekinetic powers as The Video Dead takes on Brian De Palma's seminal 1976 film Carrie.
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11 - TVD BONUS EPISODE: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
Ren's Dad & Nyah Nightmare snuck their notebooks into the movie theaters for their listeners on this BONUS EPISODE of The Video Dead on Jane Schoenbrun's contemporary Horror masterwork Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.
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10 - TVD's Top 10 Horror Films of All-Time
In our 10th episode, Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad peel back the curtain behind their pod-personas and both share their 'Top 10 Horror Films of All-Time'. Which films made the cut? Find out in The Video Dead's 10th episode!
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9 - Deadstream (2022)
Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad try not to get kicked off of LivVid while watching 'The Wrath of Shawn' and yapping about paranormal occurrences on this week's episode on Joseph & Vanessa Winter's Deadstream (2022).
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7 - The Invisible Mother (2018)
Get ready to head back to Grandma & Grandpa's house as Ren's Dad and Nyah Nightmare get to dish on one of the most criminally underseen horror films in recent memory: Matt Diebler & Jacob Gillman's The Invisible Mother from 2018.
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8 - TVD BONUS EPISODE: Interview w/ Matt Diebler & Jacob Gillman - Directors of The Invisible Mother (2018)
It's a BONUS EPISODE WEEK! The Video Dead get to sit down and talk all about one of their favorite films, The Invisible Mother (2018), with its co-directors & co-writers Matthew Diebler and Jacob Gillman. Thank you so much to both of these amazing artists to take some time to yap with Nyah Nightmare & Ren's Dad.
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6 - The Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad pine over "all the good guys and the bad guys that they've been" in The Video Dead's latest episode on Brian De Palma's 1974 Horror-Rock-Opera The Phantom of the Paradise.
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5 - The Fly (1958)
Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad learn how to run a hydraulic press two times and share their adoration on Vincent Price in the latest The Video Dead episode on Kurt Neumann's The Fly from 1958.
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3 - Sissy (2022)
Repeat your mantras and do your hyperventilation exercises as The Video Dead take on Kane Senes & Hannah Barlow's 2022 Australian psychological-influencer-horror-comedy Sissy.
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4 - Brain Damage (1988)
A couple of Frank Henenlotter superfans, Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad, take on his not so subtle drug-addiction allegory Brain Damage from 1988.
*Episode Trigger Topic Warnings*: Substance abuse, addiction, suicide.
Resources for our friends and listeners:
Substance Abuse Help Line: 1-855-780-5955
Suicide Prevention and Crisis Hotline: 988
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2 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Ren's Dad and Nyah Nightmare tackle one of horror's most divisive films, Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Listen in as we find perhaps our biggest ever gap between film ratings in our second episode.
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1 - The Snow Woman (1968)
Grab your winter coats as The Video Dead takes on Tokuzo Tanaka's 1968 Japanese fantasy-horror classic The Snow Woman!
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The Video Dead Podcast Trailer
Welcome to The Video Dead: A Horror Podcast, and a place for Criterion Collection Bros, and Troma Studio Hoes. Your hosts Nyah Nightmare and Ren's Dad met on Letterboxd over a shared love of wide-ranging horror cinema, and as your favorite unlikely Horror BFF's we're here to yap all about it, and talk your ears off. If you love all things horror from Cronenberg to Tubi B-Movies, we'll cover it all!
