Who Goes There Podcast

This week WGT revisits 1991's THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS. For our much appreciated Patreon subscribers, its a double dose of Wes Craven as they also get an exclusive episode of the bonkers 1989 slasher, SHOCKER. You can become a WGT Patreon member at www.patreon.com/whogoestherepodcast, or click the hyperlink further down the page. The People Under the Stairs was previously discussed in the show's first year by Jorge and former cohosts/co-founders Matt and Chris, wayyyyyy back in 2014. This marks the first time WGT has revisited the same film in it's 10 year history. This is also Jacob's first watch of the film, which is insane. "Every generation more insane than the one before it. They got their fingers into real estate, started making a lot of money taking over people's homes. The more money they got, the greedier they got. The greedier they got, the crazier they got. All sorts of rumors about what's going on in that place. Never proved it because the police never took it serious. But believe me, when

Look, like any year, 2024 has already had its fair share of traaaaash horror genre offerings. Night Swim and Imaginary immediately come to mind. No reason to bury the lead here, TAROT is another one. So why review it at all then you might ask? Because it's fun goddamnit. We're doing the work so you don't have to. "I read your cards. It's over. In readings, Death can mean the end of something or the start of something new. But in your case, it just means death." It's the Who Goes There Podcast Episode 115!  Join our Patreon if you enjoy the show! As a patreon member you get the episodes early, bonus content, access to our Discord, and exclusive merchandise. Most importantly, you get to help us continue doing the show. Thanks for listening and a huge thanks as always to @calgee for his original art. Go give him a follow on Instagram. The Who Goes There Podcast is available to subscribe to on iTunes and Spotify. You can also find us on Instagram. 

How ya been? We're back with a review of another 2024 horror entry, INFESTED. Aka 'Vermines' in it's native France.  People are so repelled by spiders they've got their own sub-genre: 1990's Arachnophobia (see episode 219 of WGT for our review), 2002's Eight Legged Freaks, 1977's Kingdom of the Spiders (starring motherfucking William Shatner), 1958's Earth vs. the Spider (an MST3K classic), 2024's Madame Webb (truly horrifying), and many more. So how does this one stack up against the rest? Listen and find out. INFESTED is currently available to stream on Shudder.  Incidentally, it's the debut feature of director Sebastien Vanicek, reportedly tapped to helm the next film in the Evil Dead franchise.  "The Spider will eat you alive! Bullets...won't kill it! Flames...can't burn it! Nothing...can stop it! 50 tons of creeping black horror! It Must Eat You to Live!" It's the Who Goes There Podcast Episode 414! Join our Patreon if you enjoy the show! As a patreon member you get the episodes early, bonus content,

Welcome back! This episode is a double feature review of two 2024 genre offerings: blasphemous horror prequel The First Omen, and indie creature feature Arcadian. The First Omen is currently available on Hulu for those who haven't seen it. "Belief is power. How do you control people who no longer belove in your stories of fire and brimstone? You create something to fear. I'm sorry this is happening to you, my child. But nothing will change if you decide to leave. They will be coming for you." It's the Who Goes There Podcast Episode 413!  Join our Patreon if you enjoy the show! As a patreon member you get the episodes early, bonus content, access to our Discord, and exclusive merchandise. Most importantly, you get to help us continue doing the show. Thanks for listening and a huge thanks as always to @calgee for his original art. Go give him a follow on Instagram. The Who Goes There Podcast is available to subscribe to on iTunes and Spotify. You can also find us on Instagram. 

This episode King Hans, benevolent lord of our Patreon, has decreed we discuss BLOODY MUSCLE BODY BUILDER IN HELL, aka “Japanese Evil Dead.”  Originally filmed in 1995, this super low budget J horror eventually made it to DVD and theaters in Japan in 2014 before international release in 2017. It’s picked up quite a bit of steam in the years since as a cult classic. It’s currently available to stream on Shudder. “We did as we were told and hacked him to pieces, didn’t we?! You think you can just run away? I told you you’re not going anywhere. I’m not gonna let that ugly bitch have you!” It’s the Who Goes There Podcast Episode 412! Join our Patreon if you enjoy the show! As a patreon member you get the episodes early, bonus content, access to our Discord, and exclusive merchandise. Most importantly, you get to help us continue doing the show. Thanks for listening and a huge thanks as always to @calgee for his amazing original art. Go give him a follow on Instagram. The Who Goes There Podcast is available t

Late Night With the Devil had great reception and strong word of mouth on the festival circuit late last year, so naturally all three of us were looking forward to it's eventual release to a broader audience. Well, the special day has come and gone and now it's finally time for us to share our thoughts about this indie horror which incorporates found footage and mockumentary elements. Shoutout to mastermind Cal Gee for the original art as always. This time, the dude decided to take the controversial AI artwork from the film and draw it with his HUMAN HANDS. "Welcome back. Ladies and gentlemen, before we continue, I’d like to apologize to anyone who may have been upset or offended by what you saw before the break. It’s not every day that you see a demonic possession on live television." It's the Who Goes There Podcast Episode 411! Join our Patreon if you enjoy the show! As a patreon member you get the episodes early, bonus content, access to our Discord, and exclusive merchandise. Most importantly, you get

As we continue getting into some new 2024 horror releases, we take a drastic swing from the indie horror of Stop Motion in our previous episode, to the big studio fuckery of IMAGINARY. It's Blumhouse, it's PG-13, and it's directed by the same individual who directed modern classics (SIKE) like Blumhouse's Truth or Dare and Blumhouse's Fantasty Island. GODDAMN. Needless to say, we had fun talking about this one. "Every culture has a name for it, entities that tether to the young. The Spanish call it "El Cuco". The Trinidadians, the "Jumbie". We call them imaginary friends." It's the Who Goes There Podcast Episode 410! Join our Patreon if you enjoy the show! As a patreon member you get the episodes early, bonus content, access to our Discord, and exclusive merchandise. Most importantly, you get to help us continue doing the show. Thanks for listening and a huge thanks as always to @calgee for his amazing original art. Go give him a follow on Instagram. The Who Goes There Podcast is available to subscribe

It's finally time we here at WGT get into a slate of some new 2024 genre offerings. First up, STOPMOTION, the debut feature length film from director Robert Morgan, who's got a bunch of fantastic short films you should probably check out. He's also the guy responsible for the D is for Deloused segment of 2014's 'ABC's of Death' horror anthology. We invite you to join our Patreon subscribers if you enjoy the show! As a patreon member you get the episodes early, bonus content, access to our Discord, and exclusive merchandise. Most importantly, you get to help us continue doing the show. Thanks for listening and a huge thanks as always to @calgee for his amazing original art. Go give him a follow on Instagram. The Who Goes There Podcast is available to subscribe to on iTunes and Spotify. You can also find us on Instagram. 

Welcome back haomies! One more trip to the 90's before we get it going with some 2024 horror releases. This episode we get into the chamber piece horrors of 1997's CUBE. The film is fairly influential and has developed a niche cult following over time. Jorge and Jacob also discuss Cube 2, which is fucking insane. Both are currently available on Prime for those wanting a re-watch or watching for the first time. "It's all the same machine, right? The Pentagon, multinational corporations, the police. If you do one little job, you build a widget in Saskatoon, and the next thing you know, it's two miles under the desert, the essential component of a death machine. I was right! All along, my whole life, I knew it! I told you! Nobody's ever going to call me paranoid again! We've gotta get out of here and blow the lid off this thing!" It's the Who Goes There Podcast Episode 408! We invite you to join our Patreon subscribers if you enjoy the show! As a patreon member you get the episodes early, bonus content, access

Greetings! We’ve got a couple more visits to the late 90’s before getting into some current 2024 horror releases.  DISTURBING BEHAVIOR is the raw essence of 1998 distilled into pure, shameless, trash. Katie Holmes, horny/homicidal teens, an incoherent mind control premise, stock thematic elements about the dangers of conformity, and James Marsden looking like a full grown man in his early 30’s portraying a high school student. Join us as we discuss this important milestone in cinematic history.  "It's a class system here at CB High, Stevie Boy. Check it out...Those three guys are Cradle Bay's answer to Manson, McVeigh and OJ. Music of choice: the hum of perfection, the buzz of ambition. Drug of choice: life, the pursuit of clean living at the expense of all who sniffle at the hem of their gowns. The you've got kids like me and UV here, those who like their metal heavy, their Marlboro's light. Music of choice...Harvester of Sorrow, Language of the Mad. Drug of choice: what have you got? That's it. Lesson ove

It's Cronenberg time. A bit of a spiritual successor to Videodrome, 1999's eXistenZ sees Papa Cronenberg fucking with gaming and virtual reality in his characteristically cerebral, absurd, and physically repellent way. eXistenZ joins Dark City and The Matrix as late 90's, pre-millenium forays into the notion of simulated reality and this is definitely the most surreal of the bunch, and possibly the most prophetic. This is Jorge's first viewing in a couple decades and Jacob's first ever. Enjoy and long live the new flesh! "You're stuck now, aren't you? You want to go back  because there's nothing happening here. We're safe. It's boring. It's worse than that. I'm not sure... I'm not sure here, where we are, is real at all. This feels like a game to me. And you, you're beginning to feel a bit like a game character." It's The Who Goes There Podcast Episode 406!   We invite you to join our Patreon subscribers if you enjoy the show! As a patreon member you get the episodes early, bonus content, access to our Disc

Greetings idiots! We've got a few episodes coming up in rapid succession the next couple weeks- and it's a damn weird slate. First up is 2001's French dark fantasy/period piece, action/horror genre mashup, BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF. It's got French knights, indigenous warriors, vatican spys, harlots, political intrigue, martial arts, sword fights, secret societies, and a big damn monster that rips people apart.   "Wolves howl. I went not warily. Though I bore no malice, verily, your sly eye caught my heart in it's prowl! I howl! I howl!! I howl!!!" It's the Who Goes There Podcast episode 405! We invite you to join our Patreon subscribers if you enjoy the show! For less than the cost of a beer, or whatever reasonably affordable means you use to temporarily alleviate or deny the pain of living, you get the episodes early, bonus content and exclusive merchandise. Most importantly, you get to help us continue doing the show. Sincere thanks once again to our listeners and Patreon for your ongoing support. Thanks

Picture this if you will, it's January 1999. Britney Spears' debut album is all over the place, bands like Sugar Ray and Limp Bizkit saturate alternative radio, Michael Bay's Armageddon was the biggest movie last Summer, and Bill Clinton "did not have sexual relations with that woman." SIKE! Just as we begin our spiral into the imminent Y2K apocalypse, Universal Pictures decides to dump an R-Rated $75 million scifi-horror adaptation of a dope Dark Horse comic book in theaters. This episode, King Hans, the benevolent, bearded lord of our Patreon has decreed we review 1999's VIRUS, starring the likes of Jamie Lee Curtis, Billy Baldwin, and motherfucking Donald Sutherland with a strong contender for the most absurd Irish accent in cinema history. It's the Who Goes There Podcast Episode #404!!! We invite you to join our Patreon subscribers if you enjoy the show! For less than the cost of a beer, or whatever reasonably affordable means you use to temporarily alleviate or deny the pain of living, you get the epis

It's that time. Once again we find ourselves counting down our Top 5 Best and Worst films in the horror genre from the year that was 2023. What are yours? Tell us you disagree with us, tell us that we're IDIOTS! Or just listen. It's the Who Goes There Podcast Episode 403!  As always, if you enjoy the show, please consider joining our Patreon subscribers. That means for less than the cost of a beer, or whatever reasonably affordable means you use to temporarily alleviate or deny the pain of living, you get bonus content and exclusive merchandise. We’re also planning on reworking our Patreon tiers and such as we get going again. Most importantly, you get to help us continue doing the show. Sincere thanks once again to all of you listeners and Patreon for your ongoing support. Thanks as always as well to @calgee for his amazing original art. Go give him a follow on Instagram. The Who Goes There Podcast is available to subscribe to on iTunes and Spotify. You can also find us on Instagram although we’re basic

Happy New Year pilgrims! Welcome back and welcome to 2024. This episode (our last recorded in 2023) we discuss Eli Roth’s holiday-themed slasher, THANKSGIVING.   Is the movie a new annual tradition or is it just another seasonal annoyance? Listen and find out.  "Show some enthusiasm. Thanksgiving is an institution here. It's Thanks-fucking-giving! Every weapon he's using is straight off a Thanksgiving table. This year, there will be... no leftovers!" It's the Who Goes There Podcast Episode 402! As always, if you enjoy the show, please consider joining our Patreon subscribers. That means for less than the cost of a beer, or whatever reasonably affordable means you use to temporarily alleviate or deny the pain of living, you get bonus content and exclusive merchandise. We’re also planning on reworking our Patreon tiers and such as we get going again. Most importantly, you get to help us continue doing the show. Sincere thanks once again to all of you listeners and Patreon for your ongoing support. Thanks as

Another year has come and (almost) gone but we've got a couple more episodes for you as we close out 2023. Gojira is one of the most enduring film characters in cinema history. Since first appearing in the 1954 original, everyone's favorite reptilian Kaiju has starred in a total of 38 films and counting. Between Warner Bros. MonsterVerse film franchise and the Monarch: Legacy of Monsters series on Apple TV+, Godzilla is having a bit of a moment right now, again. We've seen a lot of iterations of the guy; the good guy version, the bad guy version, the neutral force of nature, the rubber suits, the bad 90's CGI, cartoons, and lots of dope toys. GODZILLA MINUS ONE is the first period piece in the franchise and the first since the 1954 original to reset the clock and setting back to post-World War 2, and post-atomic holocaust, Japan. So what'd we think of this genre hybrid spectacle that returns the big guy to his roots? Listen and find out. If you enjoy the show, consider joining our Patreon. You get early

We had a little poll not too long ago to select what film we should do for our milestone 400th episode. When all was said and done, there was one film which ended up narrowly edging out other finalists like American Werewolf in Paris and Tales From the Hood. That film was Rob Zombie’s 2005 ode to psychotic trash , THE DEVIL’S REJECTS.    If you enjoy the show, consider joining our Patreon. For less than the cost of a beer, or whatever reasonably affordable means you use to delay or deny the pain of your own existence, you get early access to episodes, bonus content and exclusive merchandise. Most importantly, you get to help us continue doing the show. Thanks for listening and thankyou to our Patreon for your support. Thanks as well to @calgee for his amazing original art. Go give him a follow on Instagram. The Who Goes There Podcast is available to subscribe to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and everywhere else you get podcasts. You can also find us on Instagram.

This episode we weigh-in on WHEN EVIL LURKS, Argentinian writer/director Demian Rugna’s follow up to his 2017 feature film debut, Atterados. There's a whole lot of films in the demonic possession horror sub-genre. Is it still possible to create something fresh and unique with such an arguably overused trope? Listen and find out. Also, watch and find out. WHEN EVIL LURKS is currently available on Shudder if you haven't seen it. If you enjoy the show, consider joining our Patreon. For less than the cost of a beer, or whatever reasonably affordable means you use to delay or deny the pain of your own existence, you get early access to episodes, bonus content and exclusive merchandise. Most importantly, you get to help us continue doing the show. Thanks for listening and thankyou to our Patreon for your support. Thanks as well to @calgee for his amazing original art. Go give him a follow on Instagram. The Who Goes There Podcast is available to subscribe to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and everywhere else yo

The year is 1995. Kurt Cobain blew his head off last year, or someone blew his head off, at the very least. Singles from Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Offsprings’ Smash, and Radiohead’s The Bends are lighting up the radio. And Wonderwall, don’t forget Wonderwall. Secretly, and shamefully, you regularly check VH1 to see if the video for Collective Soul’s song, “December” is on. No one must ever know about this

There’s been a whole lot of talk about aliens lately. Some of it potentially historic, some of it hilarious. This episode we take a deep dive into the film adaptation of Whitley Streiber’s best-selling book based upon his own alleged experiences with extraterrestrials, 1989’s COMMUNION