Oh, the Horror! with Sam and Sarah

Five friends, one cabin, a creepy old book, and absolutely nobody making a good decision. What could possibly go wrong?
On this episode of OH, THE HORROR!, Sam Pancake and Sarah Burns head into the woods for Sam Raimi's 1981 cult classic, THE EVIL DEAD, joined by special guest Meika Grimm!
THE EVIL DEAD (1981)
Original Premiere: October 15, 1981
U.S. Theatrical Release: April 15, 1983
Budget: Approximately $375,000
Bruce Campbell stars as Ash Williams, who heads to a remote cabin in the Tennessee woods with his girlfriend Linda (Betsy Baker), his sister Cheryl (Ellen Sandweiss), and their friends Scotty (Richard DeManincor) and Shelly (Theresa Tilly). What starts as a relaxing getaway quickly turns into a nightmare when the group discovers an ancient book and a tape recording that unleashes demonic forces.
As the evil spreads and the group begins turning on one another, Ash finds himself fighting for survival against possessed friends, angry trees, and an alarming amount of bodily fluids.
Written and directed by Sam Raimi and produced by Robert Tapert, The Evil Dead became a cult horror phenomenon thanks to its outrageous practical effects, inventive camerawork, and a whole lot of fake blood.
Joining Sam and Sarah is special guest Meika Grimm, a Los Angeles-based audio engineer, video producer, and technology specialist who works across film, live entertainment, and experimental music. When she's not behind a mixing console or running video for a live production, she's probably watching horror movies, collecting something obscure, or finding another piece of equipment she absolutely doesn't need.
So grab your boomstick (wrong movie, we know), stay out of the cellar, and join Sam, Sarah, and Meika for a trip to one of the most infamous cabins in horror history.
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A beautiful home, a loving family, and a backyard full of corpses. Just another day in Reagan's America.
They're heeeere! This week on OH, THE HORROR!, Sam Pancake and Sarah Burns are taking a trip to the suburbs for the 1982 supernatural horror classic POLTERGEIST!
POLTERGEIST (1982)
Theatrical Release: June 4, 1982
Budget: $10.7 million
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Written by: Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais & Mark Victor
Produced by: Steven Spielberg & Frank Marshall
Starring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Beatrice Straight, and Zelda Rubinstein.
The Freeling family seems to have it all: a beautiful suburban home, three kids, and a television that apparently gets excellent reception from the other side. When strange occurrences begin disrupting their peaceful home, things quickly turn from amusing to terrifying after their youngest daughter, Carol Anne, disappears into a supernatural dimension.
With the help of paranormal investigators and a pint-sized medium named Tangina, the family must confront the terrifying forces lurking inside their home. Unfortunately, their property developer may have left out one very important detail about what was underneath it.
Join Sam and Sarah as they revisit creepy clown dolls, murderous trees, questionable burial practices, and one of the most iconic haunted houses in horror history. 
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In 1973, audiences discovered that the only thing scarier than the devil was a little girl with absolutely no filter.
This week on OH, THE HORROR!, Sam Pancake and Sarah Burns take on William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic, THE EXORCIST. Grab your holy water, keep a bucket nearby, and prepare for a little quality time with the devil.
THE EXORCIST (1973)
Theatrical Release: December 26, 1973
Budget: Approximately $12 million
Director: William Friedkin
Written by: William Peter Blatty
Actress Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) is living in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., with her 12-year-old daughter Regan (Linda Blair) when some very strange things start happening around the house. Regan begins behaving erratically, using very foul language, and displaying some rather alarming physical symptoms. After a parade of doctors, medical tests, and psychiatrists fails to explain what's happening, Chris begins to suspect that her daughter might have a problem that modern medicine can't fix.
Enter Father Damien Karras (Jason Miller), a Jesuit priest struggling with his own faith, and Father Lankester Merrin (Max von Sydow), an experienced exorcist who has encountered this particular evil before. Together, they attempt to save Regan from a demonic presence that has absolutely no intention of leaving quietly.
Based on William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel, THE EXORCIST also stars Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, and Jack MacGowran. The film became a cultural phenomenon, earned ten Academy Award nominations, and won two Oscars. Its disturbing imagery, groundbreaking makeup effects, and notorious production stories helped cement its reputation as one of the most terrifying movies ever made.
And yes, the bedroom was actually refrigerated to make the actors' breath visible, Linda Blair's demonic voice was provided by Mercedes McCambridge, and that infamous head-spinning scene is still one of horror cinema's most recognizable moments.
So put away the Ouija board, stay out of Georgetown, and join Sam and Sarah for a movie that made an entire generation reconsider their relationship with organized religion, antique furniture, and split pea soup.
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Marriage, motherhood, Manhattan real estate, and Satan. Rosemary really does have it all. Proof that an affordable New York apartment has always required some kind of deal with the devil.
On this episode of OH, THE HORROR!, Sam Pancake and Sarah Burns move into the Bramford for Roman Polanski's 1968 classic, ROSEMARY'S BABY.
ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
Theatrical Release: June 12, 1968
Budget: Approximately $3.2 million
Mia Farrow stars as Rosemary Woodhouse, a young woman who moves into a beautiful old New York apartment with her struggling actor husband Guy (John Cassavetes). Their new neighbors, Roman and Minnie Castevet, are a little pushy, a little strange, and very interested in Rosemary's plans to start a family.
After Guy's career suddenly takes off and Rosemary becomes pregnant following one deeply disturbing night, things around the Bramford get weirder. Rosemary grows increasingly suspicious of her neighbors, her doctor, and eventually her own husband as everyone around her insists that everything is perfectly normal.
Based on Ira Levin's 1967 novel, Rosemary's Baby also stars Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Patsy Kelly, and Charles Grodin. Gordon won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the aggressively helpful Minnie Castevet.
So grab a glass of tannis-root-flavored whatever-the-hell-that-is, avoid accepting desserts from the neighbors, and join Sam and Sarah as they revisit one of the most influential horror films of the 1960s.
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It's episode lucky number 13 and we are packing our bags for Venice, where the canals are beautiful, the grief is crushing, and following a mysterious little figure in a red coat is an absolutely terrible vacation activity. This week, Sam and Sarah take on Nicolas Roeg's deeply unsettling Don't Look Now.
DON'T LOOK NOW
Theatrical Release Date: December 9, 1973 (U.S.)
Budget: Approx. $1.5 million
Directed by Nicolas Roeg and adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier, Don't Look Now stars Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie as John and Laura Baxter, a married couple attempting to rebuild their lives after the accidental death of their young daughter.
The two travel to a cold, off-season Venice, where John is working on the restoration of an old church. But their attempt at moving forward takes a decidedly supernatural turn when Laura encounters two elderly sisters, one of whom is a blind clairvoyant who claims she can see the spirit of their dead daughter.
John is skeptical — naturally, because nothing bad has ever happened to the skeptical husband in a horror movie — but soon he begins experiencing strange visions of his own, including repeated glimpses of a small figure in a familiar red coat disappearing through Venice's twisting streets and canals.
What follows is less a traditional ghost story than a haunting meditation on grief, memory, fate, and the terrifying possibility that the universe may actually be trying to warn you — and you're just really, really bad at taking the hint.
Roeg turns Venice itself into something sinister and dreamlike, using fractured editing, recurring images, flashes of red, and a deliberately slippery sense of time to make the audience question what has already happened, what's happening now, and what may still be waiting around the corner.
So grab your raincoat, avoid any blind psychics bearing ominous messages, and whatever you do... if you see a tiny red coat darting down a dark Venetian alley, maybe just let that one go.
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