Hello again, friends, and welcome to our special Noirvember episode! We’ve got a double-header for you, starting with Otto Preminger’s 1944 film noir staple starring Vincent Price, Laura. If you haven’t seen Laura, you should really remedy that

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

Oct 30th, 2017 48m 27s

Whatever happened to scary movies for kids? In the early 1980s, Disney produced a string of both animated and live-action films that pushed the boundaries of the macabre in family entertainment. Movies like Return to Oz, The Black Cauldron, The

THE CRAFT

Sep 15th, 2017 57m 44s

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GRINDHOUSE

Jul 24th, 2017 1h 16m

Hello again, monster kids! On this episode of VPL, we’re turning back the clock a bit to 2007, the year that Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino released their cult classic-informed double feature, Grindhouse.Nostalgia is kind of a weird bea

SPLIT

Jun 26th, 2017 56m 12s

Greetings and salutations! Today we are delving into the mind of the prolific-yet-classically underrated director, M. Night Shyamalan. In this episode, we’re discussing his most impressive work-to-date, Split. M. Night gets a lot of grief for h

GHOST SHIP / BELOW

May 29th, 2017 1h 4m

Ahoy all ye buccaneers and scalawags! Grab yer grog an’ get yer sealegs on because we’re ’bout to set sail on the haunted high seas! Ahem. I mean, hey guys! On this episode of VPL we are bringing you two ghastly, ghostly maritime tales: 2002’s

POLTERGEIST & POLTERGEIST

May 1st, 2017 1h 13m

This episode is a long time coming. Over a year ago, we set out to do a show on 2015’s Poltergeist by itself. However, as we discuss in this show, it’s not exactly possible to examine a remake without the original film entering into the convers

WITCHFINDER GENERAL

Apr 3rd, 2017 50m 48s

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A CURE FOR WELLNESS

Mar 6th, 2017 32m 59s

Hello again, friends and monster kids! After a short hiatus, Andrew and I have returned to once again bring you our silly little horror movie podcast. We took some much-needed time off, but we’re eager to get the ball rolling again. And so, we

RAVENOUS

Dec 26th, 2016 35m 43s

This week we’re going back to the 90s to discuss a film that received poor critical reception, and due to off-base marketing, performed quite poorly at the box office. We’re talking about 1999’s Ravenous.Set during the Mexican-American War, t

CRIMSON PEAK

Dec 12th, 2016 34m 29s

Happy Holidays, Monster Creeps!So, you may be thinking: Elbee, this is the Christmas episode of VPL. Why in the Peace-on-Earth-and-Goodwill-Towards-Men are you talking about a most-decidedly un-Christmas movie like Crimson Peak?I’ll tell you!

HEIR / BURKITTSVILLE 7

Nov 28th, 2016 31m 58s

This week, we’re talking about a couple of short films. We didn’t plan on it when we discussed which ones we should include in this episode, but turns out the ones we chose have a bit of a similar theme. They both have to do with how society pe

BLOOD RAGE

Nov 14th, 2016 23m 18s

Happy soon-to-be-Thanksgiving, creepazoids and monster kids! On this episode, we take a look at a hidden gem of a slasher film, 1987’s Blood Rage.Although we watch them, we’re not the biggest slasher fans. Honestly, we’d rather cozy up with a

HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH

Oct 31st, 2016 36m 8s

More than 30 years ago, power trio Tommy Lee Wallace, Debra Hill, and John Carpenter set out to change the game when it came to Halloween movies. They envisioned a franchise that would be an anthology of sorts, birthed out of the story of Micha

GHOSTWATCH / WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

Oct 17th, 2016 35m 57s

How’s everyone’s October going? We hope it’s extra spoooooooky! For this episode, we wanted to talk about a couple of our most favorite Halloween specials. No, not the Paul Lynde Halloween Special, but that’s a close third. Friends, this week w

HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL

Oct 3rd, 2016 32m 39s

Lately we’ve been encountering a few lost souls who seem to think the horror genre didn’t start until 1970. An “old” scary movie to them is The Exorcist, or Texas Chainsaw Massacre, or Lord have mercy, even Friday the 13th. It’s probably a gene

KM31

Sep 19th, 2016 34m 22s

On this episode, we tackle the Ariel Award-winning Spanish-language film, Kilometro 31! This film showed up on our radar a couple of years after its initial Mexican release. We saw it sometime around 2008 or 2009, and were impressed by its visu

THE EVIL DEAD SERIES

Sep 5th, 2016 47m 43s

Join us this week as we tackle not one, not two, not even three films! This jam-packed episode covers The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, Evil Dead (2013), and Ash vs. Evil Dead. What can we say about the Evil Dead series that hasn’t

LET US PREY / PRINCE OF DARKNESS

Aug 22nd, 2016 29m 21s

Here we go with another two-fer, folks! The two films discussed in this episode of Vincent Price’s Laugh are remarkably similar, however retaining distinct differences. They’re both “siege” films in their own ways, both involve the confrontatio

THE DESCENT

Aug 8th, 2016 29m 47s

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ANTON YELCHIN MEMORIAL SPECIAL

Jul 25th, 2016 47m 5s

This week’s Vincent Price’s Laugh is a bit somber, as we honor one of our favorite actors, the late Anton Yelchin.In the episode, we discuss some of Yelchin’s best genre work, and why we loved him as a performer. Featured films:Odd Thomas (2

THE TINGLER

Jul 11th, 2016 32m 28s

Ladies and Gents, how about a bonafide Vincent Price movie this week? After all the show is called Vincent Price’s Laugh.We chose Vincent Price as our inspiration because, frankly, though familiar with him through pop culture of the 60s, 70s a

PONTYPOOL & AM1200

Jun 27th, 2016 24m

This week’s episode is a two-fer as we discuss a pair of radio-themed horror features! First, the Canadian-made zombie thriller, Pontypool, and then the award-winning short feature, AM1200.PONTYPOOL (2008)What if a zombie epidemic s

MACBETH (2015)

Jun 13th, 2016 34m 21s

Did William Shakespeare write horror?Literary scholars may snub their noses at that question, remaining firm in their belief that the horror genre is nothing more than pulp trash. And how could anyone accuse the glorious and perfect Bard o

EXETER

May 30th, 2016 21m 5s

Is Exeter a legitimate scary movie? Is it a clever and subtle satire of the demon possession / party teens horror subgenre? The director, Marcus Nispel, is a highly capable genre director, known initially for music videos. But, like s