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Helping to make horror films more approachable, one die roll at a time. Hosted by Jeffrey Cranor and Cecil Baldwin of Welcome to Night Vale.
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An immersive fiction podcast told through found audio from an alternate universe. Each season is a standalone story set in the same world. Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Original music by Mary Epworth.
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The creators of Welcome to Night Vale Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink believe the only bad writing is not writing. Start With This is a podcast gone creativity playground designed to put your ideas in motion. Each episode centers around a writing topic. Then they give listeners two short assignments: something to consume and something to create. Make something—anything. Then make something else.
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Maximum Overdrive, but birds Approachability: 6/10 ( Tense and occasionally bloody; an all-timer scare in this one, too ) Content Warnings: Stalking; Animal harm; Child harm; Blood/gore Live Stream: Sat May 10 @ 3pm ET Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Log…
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265 - Black Mirror (2011) - selected episodes
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S3E2 "Playtest" / S3E3 "Shut Up and Dance" / S4E5 "Metalhead" Approachability: 4/10 ( Bleak as hell with lots of blood in these episodes ) Content Warnings: Spiders; Jump scares; Human trafficking; Pedophilia; Blood/gore; Medical imprisonment; Suicide Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our w…
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264 - In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
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Black Lodge noir Approachability: 4/10 ( Mindf*ck, 90s-style ) Content Warnings: Blood/gore; jump scares; Creepy visuals; Suicide; Strobe effect Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon YouTube, Bluesky, Letterboxd, & I…
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263 - Leprechaun (1993) w/Sarah Maria Griffin
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Let's learn about Irish culture Special Guest: Sarah Maria Griffin Approachability: 7/10 ( Silly horror comedy with some mild gore ) Content Warnings: Blood/gore; Spider; Jump scares Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Pat…
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Dereks don't run Approachability: 2/10 ( Comedically gory splatter fest ) Content Warnings: Violence/gore Livestream April 12: Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon YouTube, Bluesky, Letterboxd, & Instagram: @RandomH…
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261 - The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
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Send more cops Approachability: 6/10 ( Spoof-level gory comedy ) Content Warnings: Blood/gore; Jump scares Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon YouTube, Bluesky, Letterboxd, & Instagram: @RandomHorror9 We are part o…
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Take a picture. It'll last longer. Approachability: 6/10 ( Documentary-style zombie disaster ) Content Warnings: Blood/gore; Racism; Creepy photos; Child/Animal Death Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon YouTube, Bl…
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Hope you're not eating lunch Approachability: 1/10 ( Extreme gore/grotesqueries; Legit scary/disturbing ) Content Warnings: Creepy imagery; Sexual Assault; Torture; Jump scares; Trans-/homophobic language; Blood/Gore; Vomit Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale…
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Every New York apartment has its imperfections Approachability: 4/10 ( Argento-level blood/gore/style ) Content Warnings: Jump scares; Stylized blood/gore; Animal cruelty; Animal death; Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 …
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Let's talk Huey Lewis and the News Approachability: 7/10 ( Dark, dry, satirical horror about Reagan-era misogyny & violence) Content Warnings: Misogynistic violence; Bloody murders; Homophobic slurs. Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Ra…
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Dirtbike Shithead vs The Space Goo Approachability: 6/10 ( Gloopy/gloppy 80s sci-fi horror ) Content Warnings: Blood/Gore; Body horror; Sexual Assault; Child Death; Strobe Effects Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreo…
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255 - An American Werewolf in London (1981)
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Typical American tourists Approachability: 5/10 ( Gory, body horror comedy classic ) Content Warnings: Blood/gore; Jump scares; Body horror; Mass shooting; Suicide ideation; Trans-/Homophobic slurs Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Rand…
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Don't Look Now is a Valentine's Day movie. Approachability: 8/10 ( Classy, classic horror that’s more unsettling than scary. ) Content Warnings: Creepy faces; Child death; Blood Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon …
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Vampires versus were-horses Approachability: 7/10 ( Gothy action/fantasy flick with plenty of CGI splatter ) Content Warnings: Blood splatter; Body horror; Gun violence; Jump scares Next Week’s Film LiveStream: NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984) Sat Feb 8 @ 3pm ET RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcom…
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Another adorable song ruined by ghosts Approachability: 6/10 ( Super fun Haunted House/Person story; lots of jumps and creepy specters) Content Warnings: Jump scares; Creepy faces/specters Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror…
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Welp! Let's relive some recent memories. Approachability: 8/10 ( Pandemic Thriller; not really horror, but still unsettling ) Content Warnings: Pandemic/Quarantine; Child death; Brain surgery Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Hor…
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No, not *that* PREY. Nope, not that one either. Approachability: 5/10 ( Jump scares and CGI gore; but mostly pretty light/silly ) Content Warnings: Blood/Gore; Animal death; Child death Next Week’s Film Jan 18 Live Stream at Patreon RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: …
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Always keep your promises Approachability: 9/10 ( Cinematic classic; elegantly haunting, but not bloody or scary ) Content Warnings: Creepy imagery; Blood/violence; Suicide Next Week’s Film Jan 18 Live Stream at Patreon RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin…
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248 - Scanners (1981) w/Robin Virginie
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Tell me what's on your mind. Special Guest: Robin Virginie Approachability: 4/10 ( Very splattery/gory sci-fi thriller ) Content Warnings: Blood/Splatter; Suicide Join the Random Horror 9 Patreon (fun things even for free membership levels!) Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Wel…
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But when do they kiss? Approachability: 8/10 (Prime-time TV-level horror) Content Warnings: Blood; Jump scares; Suicide; Demonic imagery; Cannibalism; Sexual Assault Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon YouTube, Blu…
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Season 9, Cassette 10: Finding Your True Voice
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"There’s an event horizon that I reach where everything is drowned out for a while." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by…
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246 - Dracula (1931) w/Symphony Sanders
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Show me the Carfax Abbey Special Guest: Symphony Sanders Approachability: 10/10 (Very G-rated by today's standards; but classic spooks and scares) Content Warnings: General spookiness Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Pa…
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245 - Possibly in Michigan (1983) & other horror shorts
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"Sushi Noh" (2024); "Hedgehog in the Fog" (1975); "Storytime" (2024); "No Through Road" (2009); "Possibly in Michigan" (1983) Approachability: 2 or 9/10 (Hedgehog & Michigan - very approachable if you're horror-squeamish; The others - not as much) Content Warnings: Blood/gore/violence; Jump scares; Vomit; Creepy faces/figures; Home invasion Dec 14 …
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🎵 D-E-L-T-O-R-O / Who loves ghosts? It's Guillermo 🎵 Approachability: 8/10 (Lots of blood, but the ghosts are good, if that makes sense) Content Warnings: Blood/Violence; Child death; Child abuse; Creepy imagery Dec 13 Bonus Episode: Horror Shorts. Watch them here. Dec 14 Live Stream on Patreon at 3pm: SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984) Next Week’s …
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"You know not to take me seriously when I’m like that." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Ma…
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"I’m only just now understanding what loneliness feels like." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and Jan…
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Judge *some* books by their covers. Approachability: 2/10 ( Envelope-pushing (and mostly funny) gore-fest ) Content Warnings: Physically violent Sexual Assault; Blood/gore Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon YouTub…
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"Have you ever made a really big mess?" # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Within …
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You love this episode? That's 150,000 lira. Approachability: 6/10 ( Sexy and gory dark comedy ) Content Warnings: Blood/gore; Ableist Caricature; Mass shooting; Mention of Sexual Assault; Mention of Suicide Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Bal…
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Hon, I think this soup's gone bad. Approachability: 7/10 ( Surreal; trippy. Not scary but some gross bits ) Content Warnings: Blood/gore; Body horror; Graphic animal death Patreon Live Stream Sat Nov 23 @ 3pm: GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to …
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Season 9, Cassette 6: Talk Your Way Out of This One
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"And, I’m trying to… Hell, I don’t know what I’m trying to do." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and J…
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Season 9, Cassette 5: History Is Narrative
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"I actually think I demonstrate remarkable discretion" # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Mat…
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Gills Gone Wild Approachability: 2/10 ( Super gory; super silly; Super-filled with boobies ) Content Warnings: Blood/gore; Claustrophobia; Jump scares; Sexual exploitation Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon YouTub…
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Be a doll and fetch me that murder victim. Approachability: 4/10 ( Bloody and stylized giallo w a really freaky doll ) Content Warnings: Blood/Gore; Graphic animal harm; Scary doll; Homophobic tropes Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Ra…
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"Of course I feel calm and happy. Why wouldn’t I?" # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthew…
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238 - Too Many Cooks (2014) & other horror shorts
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"Slut" (2019); "Home Invasion Help" (2021); "There's a Man in the Woods" (2014); "Tea Time" (2009); "Too Many Cooks" (2014) Approachability: 6/10 ( Broadly approachable shorts ) Content Warnings: Blood/gore; Creepy imagery; Home invasion Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome…
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"Well that’s very good for you, but we can’t all be scholars." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and Ja…
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If you gotta start over, 1960s Malibu in Rock Hudson's body is the way to go Approachability: 9/10 ( Leans more into tension/thriller than scares/gore ) Content Warnings: Sexual Assault; Up-close surgery; Depression Watch these Horror Shorts for this week's Halloween bonus episode Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cec…
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Season 9, Cassette 2: Listening Carefully
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"I would simply love some clarity." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Within the …
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Such typical Gemini behavior Approachability: 3/10 ( Not super graphic but lots of jump scares & creep-factor ) Content Warnings: Jump scares; Suicide; Blood/gore; Strong racist Imagery Next Week’s Film Live Stream Oct 26 @ 3pm: Discussion of HELL HOUSE LLC (2015) RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work …
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"This is exactly the problem, it creates an unprofessional atmosphere." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cran…
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