Netflix continues the horror love as it unleashes Veronica! This Spanish language horror film from [rec] director Paco Plaza is sparking the world a flame. Is it too scary to keep your browser up? Well, Doc Rotten, Thomas Mariani, Dave Dreher, Vanessa Thompson and special guest from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Jeff Mohr are here to argue this. Do the scares transcend the language barrier or do they get lost in translation? Tune in to find out! Along the way, Dave returns to Horror News of the Week with a bevy of film news. Rob Zombie resurrects the Firefly Clan for 3 From Hell? Shout Factory buys the rights to Roger Corman’s filmography? The director of The Void is making… a new Leprechaun movie?! We don’t make it up. We just report it. Plus, Thomas steps in with another edition of Phantom Factor! Lots of fun to go around!
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Episode 259 — Veronica
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INTRO [00:00:38]
HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:03:49]
- WTF: The Void Director to Continue the Leprechaun franchise with Leprechaun Returns?!
- Prepare to be Corman-ized! Shout Factory buys rights to the film library of Roger Corman
- Don Coscarelli slated to recount his career in True Indie due this fall
- James Wan and Shawn Levy team up with Netflix for There’s Someone Inside Your House
- Rob Zombie Confirms Firefly Clan Film ‘3 From Hell’ is Filming
FEATURE REVIEW: Veronica [00:24:14]
- Veronica (2018)
- director: Paco Plaza
- cast: Sandra Escacena, Bruna Gonzalez, Claudia Placer
ANNOUNCEMENTS [01:13:11]
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PHANTOM FACTOR [01:18:30]
- Our Game Show Segment In Which You the Listeners Forge Suggestions For The Grue Crew To Guess!
- This week’s topic: Foreign Frights
- Those who enter in March will be in contention to win a copy of The Ultimate Guide to Strange Cinema!