Chelsea and James are back with a long-awaited review of horror’s most precious jewel- Pearl.

Chelsea reads the creepy classic short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Best enjoyed with headphones!

Chelsea tortures James with a horror-themed version of the very difficult, very British game show, Only Connect.

Chelsea and James are joined by James Graessle to sample the offerings of The Menu.

Chelsea and James tackle the divisive Halloween Ends (Season of the Corey).

Chelsea and James review Smile 😊

Chelsea and James go back to Fiji this week for Horror Survivor season two. Island romance! Betrayal! A contestant quits! Who will be sole Survivor?

Chelsea and James are joined by Heather Langenkamp (@langenkampH) & David LeRoy Anderson (@afxstudio) for a seasonal, bizarre trip through a book published in 1912 about Halloween party ideas.

Chelsea and James review the much-requested Barbarian, after having to mute it on Twitter due to the sheer volume of listeners requesting it.

Chelsea and James cover the much requested Bodies Bodies Bodies TWICE this week after a lost partial recording session, because podcasting takes a LOT OF WORK, OKAY? YOU HAVE TO ORGANIZE THE GUESTS, YOU HAVE TO DO A GOOGLE CALENDAR, AND YOU BUILD A FOLLOWING- IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND I’VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A WHILE.

Chelsea and James FINALLY talk about the sequel to everyone’s favorite movie starring everyone’s favorite orphan.

Chelsea and James are joined by friend of the show Joey Clift to talk the newest installment in the Predator franchise, Prey!

Chelsea and James dig into Jordan Peele’s newest nightmare, Nope! Thumbs up.

Chelsea and James discuss Alex Garland’s Men, or: Oops, All Rory Kinnear!

Chelsea and James go on a journey to one man’s version of puppet hell. It’s Phil Tippett’s 30-years-in-the-making stop motion masterpiece Mad God!

Chelsea and James explain & explore The Backrooms, a forum post turned sprawling narrative that’s inescapable.

Chelsea takes you all on a visit to the SCP Foundation this week while James rests and recovers.

Chelsea and James realize how much of the podcast they don’t even remember recording when they play a game with out of context quotes from past episodes.

Chelsea and James go back to teh 2000s & review da kewlest movie EVAR!!! Stay Alive!!!!! ^_^ w00t!!1!

Chelsea and James talk Ti West’s X, a deeply sad, deeply horny movie.

Chelsea and James talk the horrors of modern dating as depicted in 2022’s Fresh.

Chelsea and James pit 18 horror villains against each other on a desert island. Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast to become SOLE SURVIVOR?

Chelsea and James do a quick review of all the horror movies (and one movie that’s not horror but is a nightmare nonetheless) they’ve been watching lately.

Chelsea and James discuss the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre and all of its characters, such as Dante’s Partner and Gubbins.

Chelsea and James talk The Night House, a movie with plenty of scares and plenty of man ass.

Chelsea and James are married and they like to get scared together.

Chelsea and James hit the pool one more time to talk Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin.

Chelsea and James take a well-planned shortcut through the Sierra Nevada this week & discuss 1999’s Ravenous, an underrated flick with a lot of dudes covered in dirt.

Chelsea and James are joined this week by Bonnie Aarons (@bonnieaarons1) to talk about *that* part of Mulholland Drive, Nun business, and the mental benefits of horror.

Chelsea and James discuss all four Scream movies from the comfort of Stu Macher’s living room.

Chelsea and James review Halloween Kills, a divisive movie we have divided feelings about.

Chelsea and James are joined by their friend Johnny Berchtold to talk about home haunts, scare school, and controversial candy.

Chelsea introduces James to Predator Island, a movie she rented so often from Hollywood Video it maybe kept them solvent.

Chelsea and James talk about the global phenomenon that is Squid Game.

Chelsea and James are joined by Joey Clift to talk about the weird, magical intersection of wrestling and horror.

Chelsea and James visit a movie that Chelsea had not seen until last week because the trailer for it scared her so much- White Noise!

Chelsea and James review Malignant, [I re-wrote this episode description like ten times and cannot find the words to describe the indescribable -Chelsea]

Chelsea tortures James this week with the second part of our favorite but absolutely impossible game show- GUESS! THE! KILL!

Chelsea and James discuss Nia DaCosta’s Candyman: its themes, its position in the canon, and how Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is extremely handsome.

Chelsea and James discuss movie with a SPOOKY SKELETON IN IT, The Green Knight.

Chelsea and James are back with the impossible job of ranking all of our favorite Friday the 13th townies, cops, and people with dirt on them.

Chelsea and James are joined by James Graessle to play a classic party game.

Chelsea and James have a VERY wideranging discussion about horror, film in general, and more with director of Mayhem and Wrong Turn 2 Joe Lynch!

Chelsea and James fill their hearts with so much love as overnight Reddit front-pager & surreal final girl Katie Adkins joins us to discuss Too Many Cooks!

Chelsea and James are AGAIN joined by friend of the show/guy who lives above their garage James Graessle to make a bunch of horror characters who AREN'T VILLAINS fight each other, finally finding our true champion who can solve the Mary Shaw problem.

Chelsea and James interview Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills & talk metal subgenres, favorite horror movies, and getting banned by Disney.

Chelsea and James are joined by friend of the show/guy who lives above their garage James Graessle to make a bunch of horror villains fight each other, ranging from “oh yeah I’ve heard of that guy I think” to “you’re just making this movie up”.

Chelsea and James interview Brea Grant about her newly released film Lucky & talk all things 12 Hour Shift.

Chelsea and James discuss Psycho Goreman & his legion of gleep glops.

Chelsea and James finally analyze the film His House this week after last week’s history lesson (highly recommended to listen to that first!)

Chelsea and James bring you up to speed with the history of South Sudan, which is crucial for enjoying this week (and next week’s!) film, His House.

Chelsea and James spread the Good Word & learn which horror movie villain has the potential to heal the left/right political divide.

Chelsea and James journey to Lake Mungo, promptly poop their pants, and meet Bob Smeet.

No gods this week but chaos. Chelsea and James debate whether a slew of movies are even horror in the first place.

Chelsea and James wonder how you can know a field is sad if there isn’t a sad person in it.

Chelsea and James are okay-ish detectives in this week’s thrilling episode!

Chelsea and James return from their holiday break to discuss a cautionary tale about rugged dads- Hunter Hunter.

James and Chelsea review a movie that made them both scream. Head trauma! Tooth trauma! Taint! It's Possessor!

James and Chelsea get freaky with Freaky, Chelsea's second favorite horror movie featuring Vince Vaughn.

James and Chelsea finally keep their appointment with the ORIGINAL Wicker Man.

James and Chelsea assume the roles of Codebreaker and Codemaster in a thrilling, experimental, horror version of the classic board game Mastermind.

James and Chelsea finally tackle Godzilla's 1954 screen debut (& more) with the help of special guest D Man1954.

"It's like Jaws but a car. 3 and 1/2 stars."

James and Chelsea cram 20 movie reviews into one episode as we catch you up on our October horror screenings.

James and Chelsea answer more of your lovely letters.

James and Chelsea answer your letters in part ONE of a mailbag two-parter!

James and Chelsea test their real estate appraisal skills & shop around for haunted houses.

James and Chelsea say goodbye to their apartment and send it off with a kind of mediocre but still enjoyable monster flick, Deep Rising. Total spooky town.

James and Chelsea talk about 1970s BEE HYSTERIA & why “killer bees” aren’t really real!

James and Chelsea are talking snakes, and talking planes, and talking SNAKES ON PLANES

James and Chelsea talk Bong Joon-Ho’s 2006 monster masterpiece The Host & explore Korea’s relationship with the United States throughout the 20th century. This episode is sponsored by TheraOne! Go to for an exclusive buy one, get one free...

James and Chelsea discuss Eight Legged Freaks & decide to drink during this episode.

James and Chelsea talk 1990's Arachnophobia, a movie that made us feel itchy after!

James is off this week so Chelsea is here with two stories from HP Lovecraft- Dagon and From Beyond!

James and Chelsea are talkin’ THE MEG this week, m8. It’s a previously-thought-to-be-extinct mega shark innit

James and Chelsea get froggy this week with Frogs, a movie where frogs don't do a whole lot.

James and Chelsea review the much-requested Kevin Bacon flick Tremors. Buckle up, motherhumpers

James and Chelsea are joined by Ivotres Littles (Horror Movies and Beyond) to continue creature feature summer with GIANT ANTS!!!

It could only lead to this.

James and Chelsea are joined by writer/director Mike Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat, Krampus, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) to discuss why horror fans are uniquely equipped to handle a pandemic.

James and Chelsea jump into Lake Placid this week for a swim neither of us enjoyed

James and Chelsea are headed into the heart of darkness with Jon Voight and J Lo in this week’s review of Anaconda, a very good movie.

James and Chelsea discuss the film trend that strikes true terror into the heart- THE DREADED REMAKE. No genre, not even horror, is safe.

It’s the 100th episode of the Dead Meat Podcast. You cannot be surprised at what we’re reviewing.

Happy Easter! Gore, guts, and the Good News.

James and Chelsea review a timely, gruesome Spanish flick recently picked up by Netflix.

James and Chelsea reflect on the great Stuart Gordon with a review of From Beyond.

James and Chelsea review the controversial, delayed, & adequate movie The Hunt

We’re extremely over the current primary season, so we’re forming a new SCARY THIRD PARTY. WE’RE GOING TO ELM STREET AND CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE AND HADDONFIELD! AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO TAKE BACK THE WHITE HOUSE! HYAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Chelsea and James talk about the absolutely terrifying 2020 reboot of The Invisible Man. The Dark Universe LIVES AGAIN See Dead Meat live! This week's episode is sponsored by HelloFresh! Go to and use code deadmeat10 for 10 free meals including...

Chelsea reads three short stories by Ambrose Bierce: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, A Tough Tussle, and The Boarded Window.

James and Chelsea sit down with the team behind Slashback Video to talk about the cozy era of local video stores & their newest installation at the Mystic Museum.

James and Chelsea sit down with the legend, the queen: Heather Langenkamp!

James and Chelsea review Greml- no, Critt- no, GHOULIES.

James & Chelsea interview Tyler, Matt, and Chad of Radio Silence (Ready or Not, V/H/S, Southbound) about their path to making one of last year's best horror flicks.

HAAAAAAARK! James and Chelsea review 2019's The Lighthouse.

James and Chelsea are back and starting off the new decade with a Patty Dubs joint.

James has to guess what's in a box.

D-E-A-D MEAT PODCAST IS HERE to review the film that's bringing Fred Durst an Oscar, babeeeyyy- 2019's THE FANATIC.

James is out this week, so join Chelsea for an ASMR-friendly reading of "The Dead Smile" by F. Marion Crawford (complete with a crackling fireplace!).