Macabre Bros: A horror movie podcast

Raw Cuts: "Episode 100" American Horror Story 1984 Ep6

Phil Lindeman and family — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:13:00 +0000

AKA The Rebirth Episode

Raw Cuts: "Red Dawn" American Horror Story 1984 Ep5

Phil Lindeman and family — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:11:00 +0000

AKA Fake Finale

The Drinking Games: "True Killers" American Horror Story 1984 Ep4

Phil Lindeman and family — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 14:01:00 +0000

AKA The Revelation Episode

Drinking Game rules

"Billy idol is the truth, man" -- 1 drink for everyone

"Montana, whats with this metal shit? I'm trying to get shredded!" -- 1 drink for guys

"Bubblegum barbie is into blades?" -- 1 drink for girls

Rudy is hanging "shredded" from the rafters... and Montana kinda likes it -- 1 drink

We learn Sam (aka Montana's brother) got shot dead by Brooke's crazy jealous fiance -- 1 drink

Chet aka Gus Kenworthy has to rely on dudes named Xavier and Trent to clean his wounds and save his life... and it works! Trevor has talents! -- 1 drink

Did we mention 1 drink for every jump scare?? But only if you jump...

Sassy lunch lady Bertie has a history with Benjie aka Mr Jingles -- 1 drink

We figure out who dug the punji stick pit... and it's for science -- 1 drink

Xavier's face haunts him more than Bertie's assisted suicide -- 1 drink

We learn Margaret's REAL connection to Mr Jingles -- 1 drink

The 2 killers throw down -- 1 drink for the guys

The 2 strong women aka maniac masterminds throw down -- 1 drink for the gals

Benjie gets lobotomized and traumatized -- 1 drink

We learn who really slayed the camp counselors of 1970 -- 1 shot of the hard stuff

When you wonder if Xavier is still alive cuz he's a virgin... same as Mr Jingles (think about that one) -- 1 drink

The Night Stalker lives!! -- FINISH YOUR BEER

Raw Cuts: "Slashdance" American Horror Story 1984 Ep3

Phil Lindeman and family — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 23:59:00 +0000

AKA The Accomplice Episode

Raw Cuts: "Mr. Jingles" American Horror Story 1984 Ep2

Phil Lindeman and family — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:12:00 +0000

AKA The Backstory Episode

Raw Cuts: "Camp Redwood" American Horror Story 1984 Ep1

Phil Lindeman and family — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 14:11:00 +0000

AKA The '80s slasher season opener

Scream Grabs: Pet Sematary (1989)

Phil Lindeman and family — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:33:00 +0000

Lil' Gage gets murdery

This is SCREAM GRABS, a bingeable weekly podcast series from Macabre Bros and Brahs where we dissect a single scene from horror film, TV or literature, showing how just one scene makes great horror legendary, good horror better... and even shitty horror memorable.

In this episode, Phil remembers when lil' Gage murders old man Jud at the end of Pet Sematary (1989), and wonders why no one thought to just kick the toddler.

We wanna know: What horror scene tarnished your childhood? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Scream Grabs: Poltergeist (1982) face melting scene

Phil Lindeman and family — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:48:00 +0000

How a melting face ruined my childhood...

In this episode, Kailyn remembers how a melting face in Poltergeist (1982) tarnished her childhood, until she grew up and the real-life horror of Denver's Cheeseman Park made it all seem plausible.

We wanna know: What horror scene tarnished your childhood? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Scream Grabs: The Cabin In The Woods (2011)

Phil Lindeman and family — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 21:45:00 +0000

Tequila is my LADY!

Spoilers: Stop now if you haven't seen this film

For our long-awaited return to your earholes, Jessica dissects her favorite scene from The Cabin In The Woods (2011), where Stoner Marty throws a wrench in the gears by saving Final Girl Dana -- and possibly dooming the planet.

BONUS!! We want you to select this year's winner of Macabre Madness! Shoot us your favorite from the 8 films at the start of this podcast for a chance to win something special from yours truly.

We wanna know: What's your go-to horror parody? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Macabre Madness 2021: The Losers Bracket

Phil Lindeman and family — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 23:26:00 +0000

Welcome to Season 3 of MACABRE MADNESS: the one, the only, the original horror movie bracket tournament!

In this episode, we roll through the all the badass films that didn't even make it out of the first 3 rounds, like

- The Babadook (2014)

- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

- The Thing (1982)

- The Shining (1980)

We started with 60 films going head-to-head in a March Madness-style bracket tournament, this year pulling from decades of horror: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s and the wild card division.

NEW THIS YEAR: Play to win! Fill out the bracket below and share with us on social (@macabrebros) to win a Macabre Bros prize pack with t-shirt, stickers and films hand-selected by the bros and brahs.

PDF Bracket... GET IT HERE!

Come back for the Evil 8 and championship finale!

Let the best horror film win!

Macabre Madness 2021: The Opening Rounds and Savage 16

Phil Lindeman and family — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 23:44:00 +0000

Welcome to Season 3 of MACABRE MADNESS: the one, the only, the original horror movie bracket tournament!

In this episode, we roll through the opening 3 rounds...

- Round 1 (highest Metacritic score)

- Round 2 (highest Rotten Tomatoes score)

- The Savage 16 ("Best of Web")

A preview of the savagery to come...

- Carrie (1976) vs. The Shining (1980)

- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) vs. The Babadook (2014)

- Midsommar (2019) vs. Train to Busan (2016)

We started with 60 films going head-to-head in a March Madness-style bracket tournament, this year pulling from decades of horror: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s and the wild card division.

PDF Bracket... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRjzWVwUl_UTbHTNaXifBkXjNpAVPrxZ6RLfAx55bw5118x-EPozq_l1ey5YWPwyGm2dHxQbhd2vRow/pub?gid=1745765665&single=true&output=pdf

Come back for the quarter-finals and semifinals!

Let the best horror film win!

Scream Grabs: Train to Busan

Phil Lindeman and family — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:10:00 +0000

Next stop: HELL

In this episode, Phil gets caught in the giddy chaos of a cracked-out zombie attack at a South Korean train station. It's when all hell truly breaks loose in 2016's Train to Busan, probably the first (but hopefully not the last) "zombies on a train" flick.

We wanna know: What's your favorite zombie movie? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoilers: Minor

Macabre Madness 2021: The Bracket Draw

Phil Lindeman and family — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:11:00 +0000

"I watched hard and did the winning thing. If you wanna win, just f*ckin win!" -- Jessica, 2-time Macabre Madness winner

Welcome to Season 3 of MACABRE MADNESS: the one, the only, the original horror movie bracket tournament!

We've got 60 films going head-to-head in a March Madness-style bracket tournament, this year pulling from decades of horror: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s and the wild card division.

In this episode, the whole Macabre Family gets together to preview our selections and talk shit with the live bracket draw.

PDF Bracket... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRjzWVwUl_UTbHTNaXifBkXjNpAVPrxZ6RLfAx55bw5118x-EPozq_l1ey5YWPwyGm2dHxQbhd2vRow/pub?gid=1745765665&single=true&output=pdf

Come back soon for Rounds 1 and 2: Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes

Let the best horror film win!

Scream Grab: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Phil Lindeman and family — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 23:23:00 +0000

Sweet transvestite!

In this one, Kailyn gets envious of Tim Curry's moves (in 5-inch heels!) from the show-stopping "Sweet Transvestite" number in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). When we're all allowed to dress up in fishnets and leather, and throw things in theaters again, a Rocky Horror shadow play should be your first stop.

So tell us: Have you ever been to a Rocky Horror shadow play? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoilers: None, other than your preconceived notions of sexuality

Scream Grabs: The Haunting of Hill House Ep. 5

Phil Lindeman and family — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:34:00 +0000

The bent-neck lady!

Spoiler alert: MAJOR spoilers, seriously, don't ruin this one for yourself

For this episode, Phil unpacks the most devastating moment from the best episode in the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Episode 5: "The Bent-Neck Lady."

So tell us: What TV horror series are you watching right now? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Scream Grabs: Us and the family in the driveway

Phil Lindeman and family — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:32:00 +0000

"It's us"

This week (our 50th episode!!), Jessica gets scared shitless by a quartet of shadowy doppelgangers just standing there, in the tense moments before shit goes sideways in Jordan Peele's Us (2019).

So tell us: What scene scared you the most in Us? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoiler alert: Yep they're in there

Scream Grabs: The Descent

Phil Lindeman and family — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:32:00 +0000

Bite down on this...

In this episode, Phil dives deep into The Descent (2006) with 6 friends lost in a claustrophibic cave system, where they're forced to fix a broken leg as something ungodly watches on.

So tell us: What scene is almost too hard to watch? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoiler alert: Minor spoilers

Scream Grabs: The Host

Phil Lindeman and family — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 21:14:00 +0000

Demon fish-frog monster attacks!

This week, Jessica takes us through the opening scene of South Korea's The Host (2006), one of her top-3 monster movies from Oscar-winning directorBong Joon Ho.

So tell us: What is your favorite foreign horror flick? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoiler alert: Sure, if you call the first 15mins of a movie a spoiler

Scream Grabs: Alien

Phil Lindeman and family — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:54:00 +0000

The arggggrrugleAAAAH chestburster!

In this episode, Jessica walks us through one of the most dissected and vivisected scenes in horror history: the moment the chestburster erupts from Kane's ribcage in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979). You've seen it before, but never like this!

We wanna know: Does the chestburster scene still scare the shit out of you? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoiler alert: Only if you've been living under a rock for 45 years

Scream Grabs: The Ring (2002)

Phil Lindeman and family — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:22:00 +0000

Samara escapes the well!

This week, Kailyn revisits a scene that has haunted her for more than a decade: the moment Samara Morgan breaks into the real world in the 2002 North American version of The Ring.

We wanna know: What was the first movie to scare the hell out of you? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoiler alert: Lots of em

Scream Grabs: Doctor Sleep

Phil Lindeman and family — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:08:00 +0000

Baseball Boy dies!

In this episode, we suffer through the kidnapping, torture and killing of Baseball Boy from Doctor Sleep (2019), the fascinating sequel to The Shining from superb horror director Mike Flanagan.

We wanna know: What's the best scene in a Stephen King adaptation? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoiler alert: Minor spoilers

Scream Grabs: Black Christmas aka Silent Night, Evil Night (1974)

Phil Lindeman and family — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:47:00 +0000

"It's the moaner!"

The holidays get nasty with a deep dive into 2.5 minutes of Black Christmas (1974), a deeply disturbing holiday horror film that relies on audio and atmopshere for chills -- and became the blueprint for slashers like Jim Carpenter's Halloween.

Hit us back: What's your favorite holiday horror film? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoiler alert: NONE! for once

Scream Grabs: Rare Exports

Phil Lindeman and family — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 23:29:00 +0000

"We've got... Santa Claus"

For this holiday episode, Jessica walks through the terrifying interrogation scene from Rare Exports, in which fearless Lapland natives are scared shitless of a scrawny old coot they caught in a wolf trap. It's an oddly satisfying twist on the Santa Claus legend with evil corporations and a whole lotta naked old men.

We wanna hear from you: What's your favorite holiday horror film? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoiler alert: Spoilers abound

Scream Grabs: House of 1,000 Corpses

Phil Lindeman and family — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:38:00 +0000

Buried alive!!

In this episode, Phil tries to defend his love for Rob Zombie's nasty brand of ultra-violence by picking through the director's 2003 debut, House of 1,000 Corpses.

We wanna hear from you: What buried alive scene gives you the chills? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoiler alert: Lotsa spoilers in this one

Scream Grabs: IT

Phil Lindeman and family — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:37:00 +0000

Hiya, Georgie...

This week, Kailyn looks at the horrifying opening scene of IT from three angles: the book, the mini-series and the 2017 remake.

We wanna hear from you: What's your favorite version of IT? Send your audio or text to macabrebros (at) gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook @macabrebros

Spoiler alert: We spoil the first 15mins of both movies and 20-30 pages of the book