A naked, greased-up elderly man who strangles people, eats their eyes and then scrubs off in a carwash. After watching The Greasy Strangler (2016), Veronica is not sure of anything anymore.

This week, Hoser Horror goes into the backwoods to find two of the meanest, sleaziest revenge movies this side of the great white north.

Carlo and Jenna are making up for years of ignoring Japanese cinema by focusing on some choice classics. First up are the charming and mesmerizing films of Yasujiro Ozu–including Tokyo Story, Floating Weeds, Good Morning, and more.

The fetishization of the family unit is only now beginning to get picked apart as people are becoming more honest and aware of the skewed, unfair dynamics that can play out within an insular group. Veronica takes a look at Captain Fantastic, The Wolfpack, The Midnight Swim and We Are What We Are.

Animals are attacking on Hoser Horror, eh? Giant rats, killer fish, oh my! Carlo & Dan discuss Psycho Pike and GNAW: Food of the Gods II - and live to tell the tale!!

While it might seem like a simple tale of revenge, Mandy is a post-Vietnam War story about ideological wars and the inescapable systems in which we find ourselves.

Jim Jarmusch seems downright mad about our collective complacency and emotional compartmentalization towards the world. He’s hoping that if he dresses it up real nice in a fun, mainstream package, maybe you’ll get mad too.

This week on the podcast, Veronica and Dan discuss trashy jump-scare horror and the current trend of calling certain genre films “elevated.”

This week Dan and Carlo take a look at two firsts for Canadian horror: The Mask & Cannibal Girls.

This week on the podcast, Dan and Carlo get their toques on and don some flannel… it’s time for HOSER HORROR!

Horror films are like yoga for the primordial parts of our brains, and when something is so directly tied to our lower instincts, it can be hard to ‘pretty it up.’

After being subjected to Jerry Lewis movies, Carlo challenges Jenna to watch some of his favorite action films–including The Heroic Trio, and the first two Female Prisoner Scorpion films.

Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell perfectly depicts the push-and-pull ecosystem of the public’s relationship to a celebrity whose toxicity overshadows her talent.

Stories that pit man against nature are classic and universal. They remind us how far we’ve come and yet how easily it can all be taken away. The films Arctic, Sorcerer and Embrace of the Serpent each touch upon different existential horrors one can encounter when exposed to the elements.

Jenna and Veronica bring I Watched It So You Don’t Have To segment to the podcast to discuss Gaspar Noe’s hyper violent dance-torture film Climax. They suspect this is actually the superior remake of Suspiria.

It’s The Man vs Florida Man in this double feature focusing on Magic Mike and Wild Things. Both films focus on the unhappiness of those who have money all of the money in the world and those who are desperately trying to claw their way to the top.

Carlo interviewed writer, actor, composer, and jack-of-all-trades Carmine Capobianco! Best known for his work on Psychos In Love, Galactic Gigolo, Cemetery High, and a whole lot of other stuff.

This week on Notes From The Back Row, we dive into women filmmakers and the movies they created - from the overlooked to the downright classic.

Ishtar’s reputation stinks. But do you know what stinks even more? The men that undermined director Elaine May at every opportunity throughout the production, shooting, editing and promotion of the film.

Resourceful, talented, intelligent, strong and super cute, Taraji P Henson makes you believe the American Dream is actually achievable. Around the Way Girl: A Memoir: Taraji P. Henson is full of interesting anecdotes about working in and breaking through a system that’s working against you.