The Gruesome Magazine Podcast hit the electro-magic universe with episode one on January 10, 2018. During our first year, we recorded 48 episodes in which we covered the 2018 Nevermore Film Festival and interviewed Tiffany Arnold and Daniel Kiely of Bong of the Living Dead; director Ben DeLoose of Escape from Dark; and Danielle Harris on the release of her latest film, Inoperable. We also managed to review 131 feature films!
A little over halfway through the year, Rafe Telsch had to bow out as one of our co-hosts due to unavoidable scheduling conflicts, but we hope to find a way to get him back in 2019. We miss you, Rafe!
Naturally, it seemed like the next logical thing to do would be for each of us to create our own Top 10 list of films from the 131 we reviewed. We had a fine batch of movies to review in our first year so it was not an easy task. We all struggled to get the list down to ten, so before we change our minds again (which we surely will), here is the current state of our Top 10s – the films that tripped the individual, cinematic triggers of each co-host. As usual, Jeff couldn’t follow the rules and threw in a couple extra titles in a 3-way tie for 10th, and Rafe chimed in with two of his favorites: Terrifier and The Night of the Virgin. Spoiler alert: Revenge, Terrified, Lowlife, and The Ritual are on all three lists. if you haven’t seen them, what are you waiting for?
Doc Rotten’s Gruesome Magazine Podcast Top 10
1) REVENGE, d. Coralie Fargeat
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2) THE NIGHT COMES FOR US, d. Timo Tjahjanto
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3) LOWLIFE, d. Ryan Prows
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4) TERRIFIED, d. Demian Rugna
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5) THE RITUAL, d. David Bruckner
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6) TERRIFIER, d. Damien Leone
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7) THE RANGER, d. Jenn Wexler
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8) SUMMER OF 84, d. Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell
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9) CAM, d. Daniel Goldhaber
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10) SATAN’S SLAVES, d. Joko Anwar
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Vanessa Thompson’s Gruesome Magazine Podcast Top 10
1) THE RITUAL, d. David Bruckner
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2) BONG OF THE LIVING DEAD, d. Max Groah
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3) REVENGE, d. Coralie Fargeat
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4) TERRIFIED, d. Demian Rugna
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5) THE NIGHT OF THE VIRGIN, d. Roberto San Sebastian
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6) LOWLIFE, d. Ryan Prows
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7) KING COHEN, d. Steve Mitchell
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8) SUMMER OF 84, d. Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell
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9) WILDLING, d. Fritz Bahm
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10) TERRIFIER, d. Damien Leone
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Jeff Mohr’s Gruesome Magazine Podcast Top 10
1) TERRIFIED, aka ATERRADOS, d. Demian Rugna
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2) HOLD THE DARK, d. Jeremy Saulnier
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3) THE NIGHT COMES FOR US, d. Timo Tjahjanto
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4) BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99, d. S. Craig Zahler
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5) REVENGE, d. Coralie Fargeat
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6) THE RITUAL, d. David Bruckner
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7) LOWLIFE, d. Ryan Prows
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8) MUTE, d. Duncan Jones
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9) COLD HELL, d. Stefan Ruzowitzky
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10) tie – GHOST STORIES, d. Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman
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tie – THE CLOVEHITCH KILLER, d. Duncan Skiles
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tie – WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE, d. Colin Minihan
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Jeff has written for Horrornews.net and SQ Horror Magazine. He currently writes for Gruesome Magazine and is a co-host of the Decades of Horror podcasts - The Classic Era, 1970s, and 1980s - and the Gruesome Magazine Podcast.
