On the first episode of The Gory Days, Kyle and his guest, Mike, discuss the 1988 cult b-movie classic "Pumpkinhead". Follow @TheGoryDays on Twitter and Instagram to get your thoughts on each week's films read and discussed on the air!

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Pumpkinhead (1988) with Mike

It Came From Canada! Award winning screenwriter, director and producer Marilyn Thomas (@monkeymarilyn) joins host Kyle (@hoomler) to talk about paying your bills with scripts, finding the humor in horror and admitting your parents were right. Then they don their tuques to brave the chilling classic, John Carpenter's The Thing! 

(Watch Marilyn Thomas' Short Films)
Blood Bus: 
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JACK: 
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The Thing (1982) with Marilyn Thomas

What's your damage? Screenwriter and playwright Sierra Ducharme-Hansen (@Sierra_DH) joins host Kyle (@hoomler) to tell us about dog-sitting her way through college, her father's career through six different industries, and making the jump from tutor to writer's assistant. Then our two mean girls gossip and bully the 1988 Winona Ryder/Christian Slater cult classic, Heathers! Sierra's seen the musical and she lets us know how the film compares. How very.

Heathers (1988) with Sierra DuCharme-Hansen

Remember those classic horror films? Real gems like Ghoulies, Chopping Mall and Pumpkinhead? 

We do! 

Take a stroll down memory slain with host Kyle Leone on The Gory Days, a nostalgia trip through the sometime-scariest, usually-silliest horror movies of the 80s, 90s and beyond.  Kyle brings lovers and creators of horror together to dive deep into the movies of your nightmares!

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Recap last night's premiere episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984 with Kyle Leone (@hoomler) on a brand new weekly addition to The Gory Days! Relive the horror, recall the terror, beware the Night Stalker.

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American Horror Story: 1984 - Episode 01 "Camp Redwood"

Recap last night's episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984 with Kyle Leone (@hoomler) on a brand new weekly addition to The Gory Days! Relive the horror, recall the terror, beware the Night Stalker.

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American Horror Story: 1984 - Episode 03 "Slashdance"

American Horror Story: 1984 - Episode 04 "True Killers"

Recap last night's FINALE episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984 with Kyle Leone (@hoomler) on a brand new weekly addition to The Gory Days! Relive the horror, recall the terror, beware Margaret Booth!

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American Horror Story: 1984 - Episode 09 "Final Girl"

The nightmare continues! No not THAT nightmare, Wes Craven's other slasher: Scream 2! Screenwriter Jackie Borwick (@jackie_borwick) joins your intrepid host Kyle Leone (@hoomler) to solve the mystery of just how quickly Sidney Prescott bounced back from the events of the first movie! Do Randy's Rules hold up? Listen to find out…

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Scream 2 (1997) with Jackie Borwick

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the bottom of the ocean… Friday the 13th's Sean Cunningham takes us under the sea, proving sometimes it's NOT better down where it's wetter! Mike joins Kyle (@hoomler) on this nautical episode of The Gory Days as they probe the deepest fathoms of your nightmares. Just kidding, it's DeepStar Six (1989)!

DeepStar Six (1989) with Mike

Jason lives?! The kills are bloodier, the teens are hornier and the plot is sillier than ever in Friday the 13th: Part 2 (1981)! Kyle (@hoomler) returns to Camp Crystal Lake (A.K.A. Camp Blood) with Los Angeles-based writer/producer/performer James DeLorean (@jamesdelorean) on this unlucky episode of The Gory Days, proving once and for all that Jason is dead… or is he?

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Friday The 13th: Part 2 (1981) with James DeLorean

The Devil is real! And he's an illustrator! Imagine if Satan himself wrote a book. You're already picturing a better film than The Ninth Gate, unfortunately directed by Roman Polanski. This week, Kyle (@hoomler) ritual summons LA-based comedy writer @JeremyBlutstein (CollegeHumor, Comedywire) to discuss the Dark Prince's literary merits on this demonic episode of The Gory Days! (It's OK if you haven't seen The Eighth Gate…)

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The Ninth Gate (1999) with Jeremy Blutstein

Actor @PaulaALindberg (American Mary, Supernatural, Fringe) shares with host Kyle (@hoomler) the film that first inspired her to take up a  blood-soaked living in horror: Session 9! Read Paula's essay in "My Favorite Horror Movie 2: The New Blood" (@MyFaveHorror) available on Amazon. No I'm not going to do an asbestos joke. Asbestos is no joke.

Buy the Book: amzn.to/2Oq9h4F

I tried asbestos I could ;p

Session 9 (2001) with Paula Lindberg

A-Z = 26 Directors... Why are so many of them so weird and bad?!  Kyle (@hoomler) is your guide on this alphabetic jungle cruise through The ABCs of Death! Please enjoy the 8th Wonder of the World: The Backside of Water! But it's, like, a Blood waterfall! Boo!

...bet you can't leave a REVIEW wherever you're listening...

The ABCs of Death (2013)

Kyle (@hoomler) recaps his reactions to the recent trailers from Chris Rock's "Spiral: From the Book of Saw" and Jordan Peele and Nia DaCosta's "Candyman"! Dear Hollywood... More Black Horror Please!!

My friend and I released our first ever comic book! Support us by buying the first issue of the fantasy/western SPELLSLINGER on Amazon: amzn.to/39j97UZ

Spiral & Candyman Trailer Reactions

"Nine, Ten, Never sleep again..." Kyle (@hoomler) stays awake to cover one of the most influential horror movies of all time: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)! It's not much, but it's my little way of saying thank you to one of my favorite filmmakers of all time: Wes Craven.
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A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Enough is never enough of The Stuff! This week, Kyle (@hoomler) got his hands on The Stuff (1985) and he's hungry for more. Look at that poster! You would have thought this was a good horror movie too! Oh well.
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The Stuff (1985)

This week, Kyle (@hoomler) celebrates Christmas early with Pooka! (2018) directed by Nacho Vigalondo. Just because you guess the twist in the first scene, doesn't mean it's not a fun ride... right? "You never know what Pooka will do!" O_O
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Pooka! (2018)

How much blood will you shed to stay alive? This week, Kyle (@hoomler) relives the film that started James Wan's career and launched a massive franchise that just won't stay dead: SAW! Remember those taglines: "If it's Halloween, it must be Saw"? What a time to be alive!
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Saw (2004) Live Commentary

What could go wrong at a wax museum featuring the 18 Most Evil Beings that have ever been? This week, Kyle (@hoomler) takes you on a guided tour through Waxwork (1988)! Look to your left and you'll see monsters you love straight from the public domain. And we're walking...
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Waxwork (1988)

You know what the first Gremlins movie was missing? Electric Gremlins! Lady Gremlins! Talking Gremlins! Joe Dante is back and he's thrown in everything you can handle and a little bit you can't. This week, Kyle (@hoomler) remembers the absolutely wacky follow-up to the 1984 classic, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)!
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

This week, Kyle (@hoomler) has got some thoughts on how "A Nightmare on Elm Street" could be improved... Hollywood, take notes.
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How "A Nightmare On Elm Street" Should Have Ended

If you find yourself facing down a killer doll this Halloween, do NOT attempt to drive away... he's probably in the back seat with a knife! This is just one of many tips Kyle (@hoomler) shares on How to Beat Chucky!
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How To BEAT Chucky from Child's Play

Hey gang, I found some creepy tome bound in flesh and written in blood in the basement! And it's got a book on tape! This week, Kyle (@hoomler) unearths the Sam Raimi cult classic that just won't stay buried: The Evil Dead (1981)! Watch out for trees...
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The Evil Dead (1981)

This week, Kyle (@hoomler) BINGED The Purge! This 4-movie thriller/satire franchise made the jump from film to television in 2018. What is... The Purge? Ding Ding Ding! Seriously can we get some white-collar crime on purge night for once?
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The Purge (Season 1)

Happy Halloween! *Stab Stab Stab!* This week, Kyle (@hoomler) celebrates with candy, costumes, and killers: It's John Carpenter's infamous indie, Halloween (1978)! Not to be confused with Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, or Rob Zombie's Halloween...
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Halloween (1978)

This week, Kyle (@hoomler) puts up a down payment on the brand new horror film, His House (2020) from first-time writer/director Remi Weekes! Let's hope escrow closes...
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His House (2020)

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum!" This week, Kyle (@hoomler) is joined by Writer/Director/Producer S. Christian Roe to talk about his scripted podcast "The Martian Broadcast" and the prophecy that is John Carpenter's They Live (1988). OBEY
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They Live (1988) with S. Christian Roe

This week Kyle (@hoomler) survives in an unfamiliar world with Jenn Bertling (@jennybert), co-owner of Little Monster Pictures (@littlemonsterpictures), to rip and tear into the surprisingly heartwrenching thriller starring Will Smith and a German Shepherd: I Am Legend (2007)! Say it with me now... "DAMMIT FRANK!"
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I Am Legend (2007) with Jenn Bertling

"Have Gun Will Travel reads the card of a maaaan! A knight without armor in a savage laaaand!" This week, Kyle (@hoomler) joins Cathy Kyritsis (@ckyritsis), co-owner of Little Monster Pictures (@littlemonsterpictures), on a formative journey into the woods to find a dead body... and themselves. Stephen King wrote it and it doesn't get more 80s than this!
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Stand By Me (1986) with Cathy Kyritsis

"There was a barber and his wife..." This week, Kyle (@hoomler) duets with Actor/Singer Christine Aziz (@mschristineaziz) about the 2007 horror-musical hit of the holidays : Sweeney Todd! Who knew Johnny Depp could sing... kinda?
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Sweeney Todd (2007) with Christine Aziz

Kyle (@hoomler) is all alone this week on The Gory Days as he braves a night talking about a pretty boring, PG-13 "horror" movie based on one of the greatest ghost stories of all time: The Haunting (1999)!  Drink every time Owen Wilson says "Wow"! Remember those CGI wooden (chocolate) babies? Good times...
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The Haunting (1999)

This week Kyle (@hoomler) pounds back a mason jar of LSD with filmmaker and co-host of @Set_Stories_Potcast, Houry Magarian (@HouryMagarian) to talk about the visually incomparable revenge fantasy from 2018: Mandy!
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Mandy (2018) with Houry Magarian

This week Kyle (@hoomler) rises from the grave with new friend of the podcast Max Epstein to relive the maybe-best-definitely-funniest film in the Friday the 13th franchise, Part VI: JASON LIVES (1986)! "Some folks sure got a strange idea of entertainment."
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) with Max Epstein

Dead by Dawn! This week, Kyle (@hoomler) and Cinematographer, Producer and Creator of Set Stories (@elsetstories) and The Set Stories Potcast (@set_stories_potcast), Charles M. Cartwright (@charlesmichaelcartwright), stay up all night talking about Evil Dead 2 (1987)! Deadites, and chainsaws, and mothers oh my!
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Evil Dead 2 (1987) with Charles M. Cartwright

Remember those classic horror films? Real gems like Ghoulies, Chopping Mall and Pumpkinhead? I do! Take a stroll down memory slain with host Kyle Leone on The Gory Days, a nostalgia trip through the sometime-scariest, usually-silliest horror movies of the 80s, 90s and beyond.  Kyle brings lovers and creators of horror together to dive deep into the movies of your nightmares!

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