Sep 28, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min · 13 segments
Your hosts get together for the first time and get to know each other right alongside you as they discuss the movies that kicked off their Horror journey. From the true horrors of growing up religious…
This episode is called The One.
Basically, it's about the one that got you started, the one that got your, your, your fever pitch pitching for, um, whatever it is that you like about horror.
Uh, where- wherever it started, it had to start with one movie, and can you recall it? Can you recall how you feel? Can you tell us about where you were, what you were doing and, and how it, uh, affected you? Um, that, the beer, I'm just gonna breeze right over this, and this is a surprise to everybody because I haven't had this beer since I first tried beer.
Oh, wow.
And I was, uh, probably seven.
Oh.
[laughs]
And it was...
Well, it was like, it was like, "Dad, can I have a sip of beer?"
Right.
Yeah.
And he's like, "Yeah, you're gonna fucking hate it.
Uh, but here's a sip of beer."
Sure did.
Yeah.
And sure enough, I fucking hated it.
Um, but now, I mean, beer is one of my major loves.
Um, oh, by the way, I'm Christian, and, uh, uh, I, I, uh, have, uh, hosted HFMs, uh, f- in the Bay Area.
They were horror film meetups.
They started there.
Uh, we got a whole b- I, I just didn't know anybody, so I, I went on Craigslist when Craigslist was okay and it wasn't fucking weird.
Um-
Mm-hmm
... and which is how I met you fucking weirdos.
This episode is called The One.
Basically, it's about the one that got you started, the one that got your, your, your fever pitch pitching for, um, whatever it is that you like about horror.
Uh, where- wherever it started, it had to start with one movie, and can you recall it? Can you recall how you feel? Can you tell us about where you were, what you were doing and, and how it, uh, affected you? Um, that, the beer, I'm just gonna breeze right over this, and this is a surprise to everybody because I haven't had this beer since I first tried beer.
Oh, wow.
And I was, uh, probably seven.
Oh.
[laughs]
And it was...
Well, it was like, it was like, "Dad, can I have a sip of beer?"
Right.
Yeah.
And he's like, "Yeah, you're gonna fucking hate it.
Uh, but here's a sip of beer."
Sure did.
Yeah.
And sure enough, I fucking hated it.
Um, but now, I mean, beer is one of my major loves.
Um, oh, by the way, I'm Christian, and, uh, uh, I, I, uh, have, uh, hosted HFMs, uh, f- in the Bay Area.
They were horror film meetups.
They started there.
Uh, we got a whole b- I, I just didn't know anybody, so I, I went on Craigslist when Craigslist was okay and it wasn't fucking weird.
Um-
Mm-hmm
... and which is how I met you fucking weirdos.
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