Slay Away

Writer and director Sam Walker joins E.L. King to talk about The Seed (2022) — a twisted blend of body horror, sci-fi, gore, and dark comedy. What begins as a girls’ trip in the Mojave Desert quickly spirals into cosmic terror, alien erotica, and mind-bending madness. This episode originally aired in February 2022.

Writer and director Martin Melnick sits down with E.L. King to unpack LILLY LIVES ALONE (2025) — a harrowing descent fueled by addiction, paranoia, and the ghosts of generational trauma, while grief and guilt blur into waking nightmares driven by a deliciously unreliable narrator.

E.L. King discusses Ari Aster's whimsical sun-soaked psychedelic daylight horror Midsommar (2019) with DJ, content creator, and Twitch Partner DASGud⁠. We plunge into the film's ambiguity, folklore, symbolism, and Aster's exploration of trauma, grief, belonging, and ritual. Aster has called it a "breakup film, cheerfully disguised as a folk horror film."

E.L. King discusses Trick or Treat (1986) with creator, artist, and writer Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash) and Twitch Partner Death (GamesWithDeath). A bullied teenage "metal head" is devastated after the death of his heavy metal idol, Sammi Curr. As Halloween night approaches, he discovers that he may be the only one who can stop Sammi from making a Satanic comeback from beyond the grave.

E.L. King interviews special guests Lee Roy Kunz and Cru Ennis about their thrilling religious horror film Deliver Us (2023). The film follows the entwined stories of Father Daniel and Sister Yulia (Maria Vera Ratti). When the nun claims immaculate conception at a remote convent, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate, concerned about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: one the Messiah, the other the Anti-Christ.

E.L. King interviews special guest John Pata about his second directorial feature film, the psychological horror thriller Black Mold (2023). The film follows photographers Brooke (Agnes Albright) and Tanner (Andrew Bailes), who, while exploring a dilapidated building, encounter a squatter who causes Brook’s memories to resurface, forcing her to face off against her traumatic past.

E.L. King interviews special guests Anthony DiBlasi and Natalie Victoria about the reimagining of their film Last Shift (2014) and its evolution to Malum (2023). The film follows rookie cop Jessica Loren (Jessica Sula), who willingly takes the last shift at a newly decommissioned police station, attempting to uncover the mysterious connection between her father's death and a vicious cult.

E.L. King interviews special guests Angela Basolis and Michelle May, stars of the Cosmic Horror film The Outwaters, and its producer Beau J. Genot from 5100 Films. Screen the film exclusively on Screambox following its theatrical release. Written and directed by Robbie Banfitch, the film follows four friends on an excursion to the Mojave Desert to shoot a music video that turns terrifying while camping when they start to experience unexplained sounds, vibrations, and unnatural animal behavior. The foursome is sent on a mind-bending trip through terror.

E.L. King discusses the Spanish language film Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017), written and directed by Issa López with Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critics Kate Sánchez, Editor-in-Chief of But Why Tho? and Jessica Scott, a Content Editor at Film Cred. We explore the film's themes, including its fairy tale representation of childhood innocence and death. The film is a dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug wars in Mexico. López draws on the real-life consequences of the drug wars in Mexico for her dark fairy tale about orphaned children left behind in the aftermath of violence.

E.L. King interviews special guest Michael Indjeian, producer of the psychological thriller Follow Her (2022). Michael is a Daytime Emmy-winning Producer, and Daytime Emmy nominated Director with five total nominations (2019-2022) and 26 years in the film and television industry. Directed by Sylvia Caminer, the film sees an aspiring actress, Jess Peters (Dani Barker), responding to a mysterious classified ad and finding herself trapped in her new client's twisted revenge fantasy.

E.L. King interviews special guest George Popov, director of the folk horror documentary series Sideworld. Bulgarian-born Popov has been revered for his unique visual style and carefully crafted atmosphere. The SIDEWORLD series currently has three installments: Haunted Forests of England, Terrors of the Sea, and Damnation Village since its initial release in 2022. Each explores a trove of frightening tales, myths, and folklore.

E.L. King interviews special guest Richard Waters, the writer and director of the award-winning folk horror film Bring Out the Fear (2023), about the film, toxic relationships, and his love of horror. A couple struggling to fix their doomed relationship is lost in a dangerous forest that refuses to let them escape. Starring Ciara Bailey, Tad Morari, James Devlin, and Brian Matthews Murphy, the dark folk thriller will leave you questioning what is real and what is malicious trickery until the very last frame. The film is now available to stream on digital on-demand.

Join E.L. King with special guests Ten Backe, Sherri Nunn from the Scaredy Cats podcast, and Josh Ickes discussing the beloved Joe Dante and Chris Columbus horror-comedy Gremlins (1984) and its American consumerism subtext. A young man inadvertently breaks three crucial rules concerning his new pet Mogwai and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

E.L. King interviews special guests Aaron B. Koontz, director of Shudder Original Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge (2022), and segment directors Alex Barreto, Anthony Cousins, Jed Shepherd, and Rachele Wiggins. When horror guru Rad Chad Buckley's funeral turns into an elaborate series of hilarious death traps, the guests must band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game.

E.L. King interviews special guest Sam Zimmerman as part of Shudder's 61 Days of Halloween celebration. Sam is the VP of Programming at Shudder, curating the best horror, thriller, and supernatural films to create a truly diverse catalog that offers something for every horror fan. Queer for Fear, Resurrection, The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time, The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans, Dario Argento's Dark Glasses, She Will, and more are now streaming.

E.L. King interviews special guest Tim Seeley, series creator of comic books Hack/Slash and Revival, and one of the writers behind the Shudder Original Revealer (2022). The Queer and feminist horror feature is one hot Chicago summer night in hell. He collaborated on the story with comics author Michael Moreci and the film's director, Luke Boyce. Tensions rise when stripper Angie Pitarelli (Caito Case) and religious bible thumper Sally Mewbourne (Shaina Schrooten) are trapped together in a peep show booth and must come together to survive the apocalypse in 1980s Chicago.

E.L. King interviews special guest Luke Boyce, director of the Shudder Original apocalyptic, supernatural, Queer neon-horror, Revealer (2022). The dark comedy is Boyce’s feature debut. He collaborated on the story with Hack/Slash series creator and writer Tim Seeley and comics author Michael Moreci, who wrote the screenplay. Listen for a special announcement about the tie-in comic coming in August from Vault Comics.

E.L. King discusses Friday the 13th (1980) with special guests Chuy, host of the Exploring the Myths Behind the Legends podcast, avid horror enthusiast Bryan, and joining us once again is Twitch Partner and horror content creator Death (GamesWithDeath). The film follows a group of camp counselors trying to reopen a summer camp called Crystal Lake (Camp Blood), despite its grim past, while they are stalked by a mysterious killer. We explore the film's themes of teen sexuality and the gender reveal of the villain, along with discussing our favorite kills, summer camp urban legends, and more.

E.L. King discusses director Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) with film critic and writer Justin Lockwood. You can find his bylines in Fangoria, Bloody Disgusting, Scream Magazine, and many other publications. When Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) on the run from the police checks into the ramshackle Bates Motel, she becomes an object of obsession for the motel's strange proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). We explore the film's themes and analysis, the origins of Norman Bates, the infamous shower scene, and gush about its stars.

E.L. King discusses Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) with horror writer and director Karlee Boon. Knife-fingered boogeyman Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) is a long-dead child killer who appears in the dreams of teenagers in order to slice and dice them. We explore what inspired Craven to manifest a villain like Freddy, the Death Dream phenomenon, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) as a feminist icon, and the film's iconic tropes.