Completely coincidental with the recent release of Joshua Miller's The Exorcism is this 48th episode discussing The Final Girls (the 48th episode of this podcast; there are probably far more podcasts out there discussing The Final Girls)! Mr. H

Ready or Not

May 8th, 2024 1h 27m

Just in time for the VOD release of Abigail I'm joined once again by Andrew Feistner to discuss Radio Silence's Ready or Not! Break out the champagne because this is a fun one! Andrew Feistner•Twitter: https://twitter.com/2feist2furious•Instagr

Come True

Apr 24th, 2024 1h 55m

What's good everyone? I'm back with a very special episode where we induct Dimitreus Newell into the Five Timers Club and talk about a banger of a somewhat recent indie horror flick in this the 46th episode of Murders With Mertens. Join us as w

Reincarnation

Apr 10th, 2024 1h 8m

I’m back with a new episode featuring an under appreciated gem from the Asian horror boom, 2005’s Reincarnation! Kate returns to the pod for one of the original Eight Films to Die For from the After Dark HorrorFest in this the 45th episode of M

Oculus

Feb 16th, 2024 2h 16m

What’s good, horror fam? It’s a new year and I’m finally back with a new episode! Join Madeline Stanley and me as we take a journey through the looking glass of Mike Flanagan’s Oculus on this the forty-fourth episode of Murders With Mertens! Ma

Halloween (1978)

Oct 31st, 2023 1h 34m

Just in time for the close of Spooky Season (Mariah’s coming like the force of nature she is to Christmas us all to death), Matthew Hidalgo returns to the pod for a blessedly glitch-free recording of an absolute all-timer: John Carpenter’s Hall

Saw

Oct 20th, 2023 1h 11m

Kate returns to the pod to talk about one of her favorite mid-'00s films, James Wan's Saw! The film spawned 9 sequels and you could use them as a calendar... after all, if it's Halloween it must be Saw! Do we get a little sloppy with cocktails

Trick 'r Treat

Oct 5th, 2023 1h 49m

Carlos Rodriguez of The @NerdADay Podcast returns to Murders With Mertens to kick off October with the frighteningly funny Trick 'r Treat! This one's been a long time coming and what a perfect time of year for it! Join us!Carlos Rodriguez:https

Seven

Sep 20th, 2023 2h 33m

MrYazMan300 returns to the podcast to discuss his favorite David Fincher film, Seven! Nearly 30 years later this film is still an absolute blast! Join us!Yaz: https://linktr.ee/yaz300pro#horror#horrorfam#kfbfs#ghoulishknights #thrillers #Seven

Don't Look Now

Sep 14th, 2023 1h 36m

Jose Ruckus and I break down the classic English thriller (and not quite giallo) Don't Look Now! I'm saying this a lot about this film but it just gets better every time I see it. It's even better when you get to discuss it at length with a fri

The Ring

Sep 14th, 2023 1h 33m

My long time friend Kate Matlen-Remer joins the show to talk about a mutual favorite, Gore Verbinski’s 2002 remake of The Ring! Is this the best American remake of the Asian horror boom? We sure think so, and a classic in its own right! Leave a

Tusk

Sep 14th, 2023 2h 9m

Mark Freeman returns for his third Murders With Mertens appearance to discuss Kevin Smith’s Tusk! This movie is so much better than I remember it, buoyed by some stellar performances! Join us! Mark FreemanTwitter: https://twitter.com/theindiebo

Crawl

Sep 13th, 2023 1h 35m

Cool Greg Gettys of Kinda Funny joins the pod to talk about one of the most tense films of the past few years, Alexandre Aja’s Crawl! What a ridiculously fun film and great conversation! Join us! Cool GregTwitter: https://twitter.com/kindacoolg

Shaun of the Dead

Sep 13th, 2023 1h 56m

My lifelong friend Jon Heger joins me to discuss one of the greatest horror-comedies (a romantic comedy... with zombies), Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead! This episode has been a loooooooong time coming and I'm so beyond happy we've been able

Demons

Sep 13th, 2023 58m 27s

Mario Rivera of ⁠⁠Point in Progress returns to discuss some dope mid-eighties Italian horror with Lamberto Bava’s Demons (not to be confused with Demons 2; looking at you, Germany)! Described by Mario as Evil Dead in a movie theater this a su

Zodiac

Sep 13th, 2023 31m 3s

Yikes! What was an awesome two hour conversation ended up being a half hour of barely useable audio. Everything was fine up until this episode and then the encoding lag monster finally got me. Apologies for that and apologies to Matthew Hidalgo

Midsommar

Jun 24th, 2023 2h 13m

Joe Medforth (AKA Joe Medforce) returns to gush about Ari Aster’s Midsommar and we lose ourselves in the madness! We’ve been meaning to do this one for a minute so it’s perfect timing that this releases in time for midsummer festivals around th

Jaws

May 29th, 2023 1h 59m

The man with the velvet voice, Graham Brooker, makes his Murders With Mertens debut to kick off Memorial Day Weekend with the ultimate summer horror film, Jaws! We discuss COVID parallels and the joys of capitalism as we gush about what might j

Disturbing Behavior

Apr 18th, 2023 1h 30m

The Brooklyn Bear, Joey Polanco, joins me to talk about his love for the late ’90s teen horror classic Disturbing Behavior! Here’s hoping that director’s cut sees the light of day but in the meantime, I love that this film is getting the respec

Infinity Pool

Apr 4th, 2023 1h 16m

Mr. Gyfteddim63 himself, Dimitreus Newell, returns to discuss Brandon Cronenberg’s latest mind fuck, Infinity Pool! This magnificent human being and I gush over Mia Goth and all the new bits we’ve caught on repeat viewings!Apologies to Dim for

Scream (2022)

Mar 7th, 2023 2h 2m

Mr. 2Feist2Furious himself, Andrew Feistner, returns to discuss the first Scream from Radio Silence! We’re wrapping up this look back at the Scream series mere days before the release of Scream VI; get hype! Also, thank you to everyone involved

Scream 4

Feb 28th, 2023 1h 39m

Carlos Rodriguez of The Nerd a Day Podcast joins me to chop it about Scream 4 and why Kirby is best Girl! I’ll be back each week (hopefully!) with a new episode and a new guest discussing another entry in this series leading up to the March rel

Scream 3

Feb 21st, 2023 1h 55m

Apologies for the week off! Mark Freeman returns to the podcast to talk about his misremembering of Scream 3 and I keep laughing about people getting hit in the head! I’ll be back each week with a new episode and a new guest discussing another

Scream 2

Feb 7th, 2023 2h 6m

Keigan Hill returns to the podcast to talk about his love of Scream 2 and good times are had! 😱 I’ll be back each week (hopefully!) with a new episode and a new guest discussing another entry in this series leading up to the March release of S

Scream (1996)

Jan 31st, 2023 1h 58m

New year! New logo! New theme! Let’s kick 2023 off with a banger as Aaron Roetcisoender and I discuss the immortal classic meta slasher Scream ‘96! 😱 I’ll be back each week (hopefully!) with a new episode and a new guest discussing another ent