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The THING about Films
Are you the one your friends turn to for horror recommendations? Do you have a running list of the best practical effects? Then you're one of us. The THING about Films is your weekly sanctuary for all things horror. We review the new, revere the classics, and unearth the hidden gems of the genre. From the goriest body horror to the quietest ghost story, no subgenre is off-limits. This is more than a podcast; it's a community for those who truly love to be scared.
|Thir13en Ghosts (2001): The Most Underrated Haunted House?
Send Us Your Scares! This week, Ambrose and Jessica step into Cyrus Kriticos's glass house of horrors to break down Thir13en Ghosts (2001). They tackle the wild Black Zodiac lore, the practical effects masterclass behind those twelve ghosts, and the question that splits horror fans down the middle —...
|Dolly (2025): The Doll-Masked Killer You Can't Unsee
Send Us Your Scares! Ambrose and Jessica head into the woods for Dolly (2025), Rod Blackhurst's nasty backwoods nightmare about a giant masked woman who doesn't want to kill you — she wants to keep you. We break down the brutal cold open, the nursery from hell, and the ending that flips the whole mo...
|Good Boy (2025) Ending Explained: Does The Dog Die?
Send Us Your Scares! This week we're breaking down Good Boy (2025), the seventy-thousand-dollar indie horror that out-grossed The Rock at the box office and won its golden retriever a real acting award against actual humans. We dig into whether the monster is real, why this movie is secretly a grief...
|Demons (1985): The Movie That Makes Horror Contagious
Send Us Your Scares! What if watching a horror movie was the thing that got you killed? That's the question at the heart of Demons, the 1985 Italian splatter classic from Lamberto Bava and Dario Argento — and Ambrose and Jessica are here to make the case that this film invented meta-horror a full de...
|The Serpent and the Rainbow: The Zombie Movie That Got It Right
Send Us Your Scares! What if the scariest thing in a horror movie wasn't a monster, it was a drug? This week, Ambrose and Jessica are covering The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Wes Craven's wildly underrated Haitian zombie film based on real events. And yes, there is a real tarantula on a real ope...