The Horror Flicks and Guitar Picks Podcast
Oct 16, 2026 · 44 min · 13 segments
On this week's episode, Tim is joined by returning guest Zach Stachura of the band 'Pain of Truth' to dive into Modern Horror! Listen as they discuss which films kicked off the new wave of modern…
Yeah.
No, I agree 100%.
Like, we kind of just mentioned, you know, where I mentioned briefly how Scream, you know, created, like, this whole, like, second half of the '90s being these Scream rip-off films.
And after that, the 2000s became, like, the torture porn era that they call it.
You know, the, even the remake heavy film, you know, that was a remake heavy era, but even those were trying to, like, lean into the torture porn stuff with, like-
... you know, being more gruesome and...
You know, and I feel like now we're finally at a day and age where you do get, you know, you can get a Hereditary, but then you can also get, like, you know, a- Uh, I'm trying to think of something super...
... a super fun horror movie, you know.
Or, you know, Weapons that doesn't even, you know-
... people are gonna argue is it horror.
Which I know those are-
...
both Craig R films, but they're both, you know, recent hits.
But one- And they're kind of completely different.
One's, you know, just a fun wild ride, like one crazy night in the dude's life, you know, pretty much playing the game Resident Evil.
And then the other one is, like, this huge movie that can honestly be looked at as, like, is it horror, is it not? Is it just, you know-
... got horror elements and...
Yeah.
No, I agree 100%.
Like, we kind of just mentioned, you know, where I mentioned briefly how Scream, you know, created, like, this whole, like, second half of the '90s being these Scream rip-off films.
And after that, the 2000s became, like, the torture porn era that they call it.
You know, the, even the remake heavy film, you know, that was a remake heavy era, but even those were trying to, like, lean into the torture porn stuff with, like-
... you know, being more gruesome and...
You know, and I feel like now we're finally at a day and age where you do get, you know, you can get a Hereditary, but then you can also get, like, you know, a- Uh, I'm trying to think of something super...
... a super fun horror movie, you know.
Or, you know, Weapons that doesn't even, you know-
... people are gonna argue is it horror.
Which I know those are-
...
both Craig R films, but they're both, you know, recent hits.
But one- And they're kind of completely different.
One's, you know, just a fun wild ride, like one crazy night in the dude's life, you know, pretty much playing the game Resident Evil.
And then the other one is, like, this huge movie that can honestly be looked at as, like, is it horror, is it not? Is it just, you know-
... got horror elements and...
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