This Week In Horror History Episodes

Explore horror film, television, game and book anniversaries with Henrique Couto. This Week in Horror History revisits memorable releases, influential creators and milestones in scary entertainment.
Nov. 25, 2025

This Week in Horror History | Misery, Scrooge & Violent Night

This Week in Horror History is your winter horror watchlist, breaking down Christmas horror movies, winter thrillers, and classic ghost stories for the week of November 26–December 2. In this episode of the Weekly Spooky horror podcast, host Henrique Couto revisits Misery (1990), Scrooge / A Christmas Carol (1951), Violent Night (2022), deep-cut sequel The Descent Part 2 (2009), and cult anthology Deadtime Stories (1986) to help you build the perfect cold-weather horror marathon. We start in th...
Nov. 18, 2025

This Week in Horror History | Sleepaway Camp, Sleepy Hollow & Salem’s Lot

Step into late November with This Week in Horror History, the horror podcast that digs into the spooky anniversaries hiding between Thanksgiving and Christmas. In this episode, we dive into a full week of genre milestones for November 18–25, from cult slashers and gothic ghost stories to Stephen King adaptations, survival horror gaming, and a haunting cannibal romance. We kick things off at summer camp with Sleepaway Camp (1983), the infamous 1980s slasher movie whose shocking final twist made ...
Nov. 11, 2025

This Week in Horror History | Creepshow, Dracula & Ravenholm

Creepshow, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Half-Life 2’s Ravenholm anchor a date-driven week of horror history spanning films, games, television, and Stephen King. Also inside: Interview with the Vampire, Cycle of the Werewolf, Duel, Supernatural’s “Home,” horror birthdays, and a Slumber Party Massacre recommendation. Inside this episode Creepshow (Nov 10, 1982): Romero + King bring EC-comics mayhem to multiplexes. Interview with the Vampire (Nov 11, 1994): Velvet-and-venom epic opens #1 and rewri...
Nov. 4, 2025

This Week in Horror History | Gojira, Carrie, They Live

This Week in Horror History is your weekly horror podcast tracking classic anniversaries and where to watch. For Nov 3–9, we hit Gojira (Godzilla, 1954), Carrie (1976), They Live (1988), The Twilight Zone: “Escape Clause” (1959), Silent Hill Origins (2007), and cult slasher The Prowler (1981)—plus birthdays for Bram Stoker and Tom Savini and a holiday-horror flashpoint with Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). We wrap with a Weekly Recommendation and U. S. streaming info to watch tonight. Inside ...