This Is Why You Died: Horror Movie Reviews & Discussions

It's heeere!! A stone cold classic from Tobe Hooper (and Steven Spielberg) is 1982's "Poltergeist", and it's the first time RyanRossLIVE has ever seen it!! Will it melt his mind (and face) or has it not aged well enough for his young brain? And did he find it as scary as Sir Ian Dangerous and Dan Marcha Madness did when they were kids?? Plus, a packed show with more "Resident Evil" Fright Court, "The Cycle" in the Marcha Minute, Fangoria's Chainsaw Awards and Curry Barker's next project in the News, and a brand new Moment of Feminine Rage destroys Halloween 3!!

Things come unglued as Sir Ian Dangerous makes the Dead Boys celebrate Samhain with the red-headed stepchild of the Michael Myers franchise: "Halloween 3: Season of the Witch"...which features zero Michael Myers and all of the weird robots, spooky irish wizards, and misogyny that no one asked for! Ryan Ross Live loses his mind, Dan Marcha Madness wishes he was elsewhere, and everyone gets dragged to Fright Court! Plus, the Resident Evil debate rages on, Clayface and the new Hellraiser game in the news, and more Horror In The Wild!!

It's spooky season on This Is Why You Died as Dan Marcha Madness insists on bringing the holiday classic "Trick 'r Treat" to the show!! Serial killer high school principals, hot werewolves, and Brian Cox dressed up like John Carpenter, plus the cutest little holiday demon since Damian! So...why isn't Ryan Ross Live having a good time? Plus, Resident Evil and fun horror in the Marcha Minute, and Saw sequels and ScareScore in the news!!

Season 4 is underway with the controversial horror-western "Bone Tomahawk" and the Dead Boys are ready to tackle troglodytes, Matthew Fox, and Kurt Russell's facial hair!! Plus, the debut of two new segments, news about "Trick 'r Treat" getting the red carpet treatment, and the Marcha Minute says bring back childhood trauma?? Also, announcements about new merch and new opportunities to interact with the show!!

It's time for another blowout Finale episode as Season 3 comes to a close...and this time the gloves come off!! The Terror Triumvirate recap, rehash, and re-litigate the previous season's ups, downs, deaths, and dumb opinions, and introduce the brand new Fright Court!! Also, the best kills, the best movies, the characters we were happiest to see get offed, and of course, the setup for Season 4 with all the Powers being restored and the new Evil Urge Prompts being drawn from the refilled Buckets of the Beast. Join us for a party episode of epic proportions!!

What do a young Hugh Grant and Peter Capaldi have to do to get rid of these pesky snake cults? Find out on this episode, when the Dead Boys attack Ken Russell's whimsical 1988 bizarro film "Lair of the White Worm"! Overacting butlers, naked blue Adam Ant girlfriends, royalty in cheap undies, and broadswords that are too heavy all get a turn, and of course we have to talk about that dream sequence and the happy little pen...plus A24 goes after the SCP universe in the news, and the Marcha Minute goes after parents who are mad at the new movie "Buddy"!!

Is it possible to be a horror movie when you're a taut Korean revenge cop drama? The Dead Boys say an emphatic yes on this episode when they check out the brutal "I Saw The Devil" from 2010! In this cat and mouse game, anything goes...and no one can even tell who the worst person is in this movie: the sadistic serial killer played by "Oldboy"'s Choi Min-Sik or the morally questionable cop played by Lee Byung-Hun! Plus, RIP Tim Curry and Tom Savini's house, and Dan Marcha Madness shouts out a non-horror classic in the making in the Marcha Minute!!

This week the Dead Boys take a nice family trip to M. Night Shyamalan's family chiller "The Visit", and it turns into one of the most explosive and expletive-laden episodes yet!! Precocious teens, Millennial dialogue, and really bad rapping can't stop RyanRossLIVE and Dan Marcha Madness from finding the bright spots, but Sir Ian Dangerous has a bone to pick and an axe to grind! Will even Catherine Hahn be enough to save this movie? Plus, "Ice Cream Man" takes shots in the Marcha Minute and sequel fever strikes again in the News!!

It's a deep cut monster movie this week as RyanRossLIVE mandates the Dead Boys watch "Island Zero" from 2018, a low-budget movie about murderous fish critters in Maine!! Why do the critters always kill someone in a different way? What is the reason they're invisible to the naked eye? Why do they look like evil black sperm? And who in the world wrote this dialogue?? All this plus unfounded internet movie critiques in the Marcha Minute and a Nightmare on Elm Street arms race in the News!!

Things get hairy as The Dead Boys stray off the road and into John Landis' 1981 werewolf dramedy "An American Werewolf in London"! RyanRossLIVE finds out why you need to "beware the moon" as the boys discuss classic werewolf rules, Yoda cameos, Jenny Agutter flirting tips, and the Most Competent Character in Horror History. Also, what scene was the most terrifying for a much-too-young Sir Ian Dangerous? Plus, film trailers in the Marcha Minute and sequel madness in the News!!

Goopy space hell portals and blood orgies are on the menu this week, as the Dead Boys take in Paul WS Anderson's "Event Horizon"!! In a tribute to the dearly departed legend Sam Neill, Dan Marcha Madness describes how he went from hate to love on this film, while Ryan Ross Live goes to Neptune for the first time and wants more gore! Directors Cut trivia, Event Horizon comic book lore, and Jack Noseworthy's career are topics, and Sir Ian Dangerous explains why we haven't seen a sequel...yet!! Plus, the upcoming Zach Cregger Resident Evil in the Marcha Minute, and Other Mommy is in the News!!

An underseen Japanese horror-comedy gem is the surprise pick for the week as RyanRossLIVE picks 2017's "One Cut Of The Dead"!! It's an emotional rollercoaster as Sir Ian Dangerous almost turns the movie off, Ryan can't choose his favorite scene, and Dan Marcha Madness is brought to the brink of tears! Plus, new Freddy Krueger and Re-Animator movies in the News and the Marcha Minute takes a shot at horror remakes!!

This week the Dead Boys check out one of the scariest found footage movies of all time...2018's South Korean chiller "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum"! It's an episode full of wet whispering, camera tricks, and surprisingly personal takes on YouTube culture and the predatory nature of productions!! Plus, RIP to Sam Neill, Friday the 13th news, and a Marcha Minute on Chris Nolan's "The Odyssey" having horror chops!!

It's a wild trip through a violent purple cosmos as the Dead Boys talk Panos Cosmatos' hallucinogenic Nic Cage revenge flick "Mandy"! Things get testy and heated as RyanRossLIVE takes the film to task while Sir Ian Dangerous asks if this is the most "Nic Cage" movie ever?? Also, the Marcha Minute says it's Halloween already, and Marvel Midnight is in the Horror News!!

It's a vampire throwdown between Sir Ian Dangerous and RyanRossLIVE as they tussle over comparisons between Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" and his bloodsucker inspiration, 1996's Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez collab "From Dusk Til Dawn"!! Dan Marcha Madness plays referee as the Dead Boys chew on George Clooney's acting, the legend of Danny Trejo, and of course, THAT scene between Tarantino and Salma Hayek's foot!! Plus, "Dark Shadows" and "Universal Horror Nights" news, the Marcha Minute on indie horror, and a mind-bending trip through the mid-90's Tarantino-verse!

The vampire movie discussions continue as Sir Ian Dangerous opens the door for Tomas Alfredson's 2008 bloodsucker opus "Let The Right One In"!! Book-to-film comparisons, remake complaints, and THAT swimming pool scene are all chewed on, and RyanRossLIVE is NOT ok with some of the relationships between the characters! Plus, Rubik's cubes, teeth brushing tips, and how NOT to be a serial killer. Also, "The Substance" is back in the News, and Dan Marcha Madness' "Marcha Minute" tackles "Widow's Bay"!!

The vampire Hex continues with the bloodiest entry yet: David Slade's 2007 Arctic gore-fest "30 Days of Night"! The Dead Boys chew on comic book comparisons, cast trivia, and script woes while all swooning over Josh Hartnett. Also, is Danny Huston's Marlow the greatest vampire of the new millenium? Plus, Horror News, the Marcha Minute, and the most outrageous Evil Urge Prompt pick of ALL TIME!!

The vampire Hex continues with RyanRossLIVE choosing Bram Stoker's Dracula from Francis Ford Coppola! The Dead Boys discuss werewolves vs vampires, Keanu's "classic" performance, and Winona Ryder's jiggle physics. Also, new Blair Witch news, Dan Marcha Madness rips on Universal Studios, and has Ryan found his ideal cinematic vampire yet??

It's time to pop out of the coffin and suck some blood as RyanRossLIVE throws a HEX on the show and demands that the Dead Boys watch a trifecta of vampire movies, starting with Sir Ian Dangerous' entry, "Interview With The Vampire"! Are Anne Rice's mopey aristocrats better than the classic Transylvanian archetypes? Does Tom Cruise belong in this movie? And who the hell let Antonio Banderas out of the house with that drip?? Plus, Obsession crushes at the box office and Dan Marcha Madness has some words for young filmmakers in the Marcha Minute!!

The smash hit "Obsession" by wunderkind director Curry Barker is the object of this week's fixation...and things get SPICY as the Dead Boys tear into trifling trollops, betraying best friends, and toxic incels with bad intentions!! Dan Marcha Madness reveals deep dark secrets, RyanRossLIVE is aghast at what he has seen, and Sir Ian Dangerous unveils the very first Moment of Feminine Rage, submitted by a fiery Lady Danger. Plus, Alfred Hitchcock is in the Horror News, and a Marcha Minute for the kids!!