The Halloween season may be done, but Mike and Tim still have treats in store for you, dear listeners!

Nick from Screen Refresh joins in to sync up on a film franchise that'll turn that frown upside down with a Spotlight On Fright: SMILE and SMILE 2! Then head out of the theater and into the studio audience to discuss the Anna Kendrick directorial debut WOMAN OF THE HOUR (now on Netflix!).

Is that not enough? Then settle in as we dive into our favorite trailers to keep your eyes on to round out 2024 and into the new year. So, grab your Voss Water because we're going on tour here at DON'T OPEN THIS PODCAST!

The countdown continues, dear listeners! Your faithful Halloween horror hosts return to bring you the scream-of-the-crop with 18 more morsels to satisfy your terrified tastebuds!

"But what if I've already seen some of these?" you ask? Well, we've got you covered as Mike, Tim, and Anthony wrap up the extravaganza with a lightning round of scary substitutions! We're digging up everything from demonic deals and fatal faeries to slasher spoofs and terrifying talk-shows. It's all treats, no tricks at Don't Open This Podcast HQ as we continue 31 NIGHTS OF TERROR PART 2!

October is officially upon us, Boils & Ghouls! Mike & Tim have assembled a spine-tingling holiday special SO SPECTACULAR… they had to dig up their ol’ pal Anthony to join in! 3 hosts you ask? HELL YES 3 Hosts!

We are covering a whopping 31 Fright Flicks (split into 2 parts) handpicked just for you for each and every day of October! A cinematic witch’s brew of Zombies, Vampires, Demons, Maniacs, and Bloodthirsty Beasties that go bump in the night await you!
It’s time kids!!! Clear those bats out of your belfry and curl up in your favorite coffin... with this horror list to die for, Episode 63: The DOTP “31 Nights of Terror” Part 1!

The Fall harvest is here, and Mike & Tim are bringing you all the best in farm-to-table fear with 6 locally-sourced scares! The boys make an overnight stop at Farmer Vincent's for the best fritters in town in MOTEL HELL before edging ever-closer to an accidental Anatomy Of A Franchise as they learn way too much about the corn export market in CHILDREN OF THE CORN 3. Be sure to beware the incubus as Wes Craven brings us a DEADLY BLESSING, and then prepare for a double-take of terror with 2 cosmic body-horror tales with THE CURSE and COLOR OUT OF SPACE. If that's not enough, grab your pitchfork and play the hiding game in DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW. We've been sowing so it's time to let it reap on Don't Open This Podcast's FARM RAISED FRIGHT! SIX SEEDS OF DOOM!

Big things have small beginnings, so join your "HOSTS" as Mike and Tim venture to LV-426 and beyond ...to investigate a franchise that will have you BURSTING with excitement! From the first facehugger aboard the Nostromo to the fresh alien onslaught of the Romulus, we're covering the Xenomorph through every phase in cinema. The meaning of life, prison planets, hybrid clones, Colonial Marines, and head-to-head death matches with Predators lurk in every corner... So, grab a Pulse Rifle, strap into your POWER LOADER and remember, "IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM" when Don't Open This Podcast presents "Anatomy Of A Franchise: ALIEN!"

Welcome back, devout listeners!

This episode is very special for us because Tim, much like Trash from “Return of The Living Dead” … is BACK FROM THE GRAVE & READY TO PARTY! To celebrate, the boys have selected a wide array of morbid morsels & disturbing main courses from past & present. Let’s call it “A Cornucopia of Carnage” for all to enjoy! Join us on a nightmarish thrill ride through the clay-covered psychosis of “ STOP MOTION “, dive head first into the surprisingly deep end of fear with “NIGHT SWIM”, while we board up the windows to avoid certain death in “ARCADIAN”. We wrap things up with a sermon on “IMMACULATE “ & chat about Tim’s fresh thoughts on a handful of films that Mike & Anthony previously covered for good measure ! Hopefully you brought your appetite for horror because “Episode 60: A CORNUCOPIA OF CARNAGE” offers a lot to chew on!

Mike & Anthony wrap up their True Crime miniseries this week, chronicling some of the most dastardly REAL LIFE deeds ever committed to celluloid! From the callous exploits of the murderous “DES” & voyeuristic character study of “HENRY: Portrait of a Serial Killer”, prepare yourselves for an unflinching foray into primal fears not easily forgotten. If the genuinely shocking death toll of “The Sacrament” doesn’t make your skin crawl…the boys dig deeper still to unearth the origin of a monster with “My Friend Dahmer”. The bravest of listeners will be lead down a final, decades- long road of police procedural perfection in “Memories of Murder” by Oscar winning Director Bong Joon-ho. Expect to be enthralled & disgusted in equal measure as Episode 59 “REEL REAL SLASHERS: PART 2” is NOT for the faint of heart. You've been warned!

Prepare yourselves for what is undoubtedly the GREATEST, MOST SHOCKING, NERVE RIPPING PODCAST you will EVER hear! DON’T OPEN THIS PODCAST is like equal parts JAWS meets CITIZEN KANE! No other podcast has ever… umm… hold on. Let’s try that again:

On this brand new episode of DOTP, Mike & Anthony tackle the very real problem of film marketing overhyping a movie to such hyperbolic levels that in some cases, it can actually hurt the film in question. They also excitedly offer up honest reviews of THREE recent horror releases!

From the Arthouse meets Grindhouse filth of “In a Violent Nature” and the neon-tinged grime of “Maxxxine” to the brooding darkness that shrouds “Longlegs”!

So pop some corn & strap in for an edge of your seat journey through modern terror in EPISODE 58: FRESH CUTS VOL 2!