Stephen King

Love Nest

It's not easy bein' green.

Reviewed May 26, 2020

Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Carrie

If you don't get this series at nowplayingpodcast.com THE...

Reviewed Oct 1, 2013

Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn. Genres: Horror, Thriller

Salem’s Lot

That master wants you...to listen to this podcast now!

Reviewed Nov 19, 2013

Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves. Genres: Mystery

The Shining

We're the podcast hosts here. We've ALWAYS been the podca...

Reviewed Dec 10, 2013

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within. Genres: Horror, Thriller

Brown Arrow

Creepshow

It's Father's Day. I want my podcast!

Reviewed Sep 6, 2016

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches. Genres: Comedy, Horror

Cujo

Does this movie really bite?

Reviewed Apr 26, 2016

A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town. Genres: Drama, Horror

The Dead Zone

You said some things were worth waiting for. Haven't you ...

Reviewed Jan 13, 2015

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact. Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Christine

Does Arnie love Christine as much as Arnie loves Christine?

Reviewed Oct 11, 2016

Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other. Genres: Horror

Children of the Corn

Now Playing Podcast listeners, lend us your ear (of corn)!

Reviewed Aug 19, 2014

A traveling couple end up in an abandoned Nebraska town inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields. Genres: Horror, Thriller

Firestarter

We didn't start the fire, but we're here to review it!

Reviewed Jun 2, 2015

Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency which wants to destroy her? Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Cat’s Eye

Every breath you take, every move you make, every smile y...

Reviewed Mar 4, 2014

Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat. Genres: Horror, Thriller

Silver Bullet

Does this King werewolf movie have bite, or does it just ...

Reviewed Feb 28, 2017

The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside… Genres: Horror

Brown Arrow

Maximum Overdrive

Dirty podcasts done dirt cheap!

Reviewed Jun 17, 2014

When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Stand by Me

This is big time, baby!

Reviewed Aug 30, 2016

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives. Genres: Crime, Drama

Creepshow 2

Is this Creepshow, or is this Cheapshow?

Reviewed Sep 13, 2016

Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A Return to Salem’s Lot

It's Thanksgiving week, so let's carve up this turkey of ...

Reviewed Nov 26, 2013

Anthropologist Joe Weber takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot, unaware of its vampire population. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they seek Weber to write a bible for them. Genres: Comedy, Horror

The Running Man

Arnold Schwarzenegger, come on down! You're the next cont...

Reviewed May 3, 2016

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Pet Sematary

A Legend of Zelda like you've never seen before..

Reviewed Oct 18, 2016

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery. Genres: Horror

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

If little Timmy doesn't get out of the cell, he's going t...

Reviewed Oct 4, 2016

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Graveyard Shift

The poster has more creativity than the movie

Reviewed Mar 11, 2014

John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all. Genres: Horror

It

It’s IT! (What is IT?)

Reviewed Aug 27, 2019

In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight against an ancient shape-shifting alien who poses as a child-killing clown, while also dealing with bullies and abusive parents. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the creature once and for all when it returns to their hometown. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Misery

Look what you made us do!

Reviewed Dec 31, 2019

After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off. Genres: Drama, Thriller

Sometimes They Come Back

Take a listen daddio!

Reviewed Apr 15, 2014

Desperate for a job to help him support his family, Jim Norman takes a position teaching high school in the town where his brother was murdered in front of him by teenage bullies twenty-seven years before. The teens who committed the crime are long dead, but now the kids in Jim's new class keep dying and being replaced by new students who look like the deceased hoodlums. Genres: Horror, TV Movie

Golden Years

A storyline to make Blanche, Rose, Dorothy and Sophia gre...

Reviewed Dec 15, 2020

When an explosion at a top-secret government lab injures an elderly janitor, no one could have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious chemicals causes him to undergo a bizarre transformation. He is slowly... incredibly... growing younger every day. Now, a ruthless CIA assassin will stop at nothing to take him prisoner and turn him into a government guinea pig. With his future on the line, the janitor goes on the run with his wife and a feisty female agent. All the while, he continues to transform... into a being with powers that are as deadly as they are unimaginable. Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV Movie