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by Brian Onishi + Jeffery Stoyanoff

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Latest episodes

Hokum - Witches 3

October 19, 2026 · 48 min

In this episode of Horror Joy Jeff and Brian discuss Damien McCarthy’s 2026 film Hokum, following mystery writer Ohm Baumann (Adam Scott) to Ireland’s Bilberry Inn over Halloween after an apparition leads him to his parents’ ashes. As…
***Horror Joy Fresh Cuts: Whalefall

October 16, 2026 · 15 min

From a parking lot outside an AMC in Central Pennsylvania, Brian reflects on seeing Brian Duffield’s film adaptation of Daniel Kraus’s Whalefall and traces how a lifelong fascination with deep-water horror, rooted in thalassophobia and…
Luke Dumas on Meet Your Maker

October 12, 2026 · 40 min

Brian and Jeff interview USA Today bestselling author Luke Dumas about horror’s link to joy, his path into the genre, and his novel Nothing Tastes as Good. Dumas describes early horror influences with his father, writing seriously since…
***Horror Joy Fresh Cut: Other Mommy

October 9, 2026 · 18 min

From an AMC parking lot in Central Pennsylvania, Brian offers an immediate take on Other Mommy (a James Wan-produced Blumhouse/Atomic Monster film, retitled from Josh Malerman’s Incidents Around the House) with mixed expectations due to…
The Autopsy of Jane Doe

October 5, 2026 · 55 min

***WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD*** Brian and Jeff cut deep into the 2016 film The Autopsy of Jane Doe as part of their witch-themed Horror Joy series. Set almost entirely in a Virginia morgue, the film follows father-son coroners Tommy (Brian…

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Briana N. Cox on Meet Your Maker

September 28, 2026 · 38 min

Brian reunites with author Brianna N. Cox to discuss her March release, Indigent, after earlier conversations about Sinners and Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory. Cox frames horror as a genre of empathy and connection that makes taboo…
***Horror Joy Fresh Cut: Resident Evil (Stale Slice Edition)***

September 23, 2026 · 16 min

Jeff returns with a “Horror Joy Stale Slice” to discuss Resident Evil after missing opening night due to post-BlizzCon illness. He teases future Horror Joy topics from Blizzard news (a Diablo announcement, a long-horizon StarCraft title…
The VVitch (2015) - Witches 1

September 21, 2026 · 58 min

Brian and Jeff Horror Joy begin a spooky-season series on witches by discussing Robert Eggers’ 2015 film The Witch, outlining its colonial New England setup in which an exiled Puritan family suffers escalating losses and turns toward…
***Horror Joy Fresh Cuts*** - Resident Evil (2026)

September 18, 2026 · 15 min

Brian shares spoiler-free thoughts after seeing Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil. He argues Cregger’s work (from Barbarian to Weapons to this film) carries a sense of fun, and praises Resident Evil for evoking video-game mechanics through…
Craig Wallwork on Meet Your Maker

September 14, 2026 · 31 min

Jeff interviews British author Craig Wallwork about the connection between horror and joy, his early exposure during Britain’s “video nasty” era, and how his father desensitized him by explaining gore effects, creating a rare bond through…
The Plague (2025) - Summer Camp (Slasher) 3

September 7, 2026 · 58 min

Brian and Jeff continue their camp horror series with Charlie Polinger’s 2025 film The Plague, set at a 2003 summer water polo camp where the central terror is not a slasher but toxic masculinity, bullying, and an ambiguous “plague” used…
Neil Williamson on Meet Your Maker

August 31, 2026 · 29 min

Brian and Jeff interview Glasgow-based award-winning writer, editor, and musician Neil Williamson about the relationship between horror and joy.. Neil frames horror as the fun of “relishing the darkness” through traditions like Halloween…