Executive Producer/Showrunner

Writer/Director, all episodes

 

Celebrating the very best the genre has to offer, Horror’s Greatest is a deep dive into everything we love about horror. Featuring fresh looks at the classics and unearthing scores of hidden gems, this series has something for every fright film enthusiast, from newbies to cinephiles, gorehounds to “elevated” horror heads. A gallery of ghoulish pros, including actors, directors, writers, composers, and special effects artists, draw on their unique knowledge to answer the big questions: What are the must-see films in horror’s many sub-genres? What’s the appeal of horror tropes, and how do today’s filmmakers subvert our expectations? What shape does horror take in countries outside of the United States? What unique qualities make horror the most cinematic of all genres? Their answers encompass the width and breath of the nightmares we watch for our entertainment.

SEASON ONE - Fall 2024

 

Tropes & Cliches

Creepy houses, murderous rednecks, final girls: horror films often rely on these tried-and-true storytelling devices, and audiences have come to expect them. What are the most common genre tropes and clichés? How do modern filmmakers subvert them?

 

Giant Monsters

Nearly a century after King Kong first ran amok, images of giant marauding monsters continue to enthrall us. Godzilla is hotter than ever, and filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho, J.J. Abrams, and Jordan Peele have all added their unique spins to the genre.

 

Japanese Horror

Veering between slow dread and shocking violence, the wild world of Japanese horror has something for everyone. From Ugetsu to Ring, Onibaba to Audition, Tetsuo to Battle Royale: the greatest J-Horror films are essential viewing for horror fans.

 

Horror Comedies

Horror comedies make us laugh at things we might recoil from in real life. They come in many flavors, including splatstick (Evil Dead II), high camp (M3GAN), subversive “family entertainment” (Gremlins) and stone-cold classics (Shaun of the Dead).

 

Stephen King Adaptations

Stephen King’s stories attract the world’s greatest filmmakers, and have been the basis of over a dozen horror classics – and at least as many failures. What elements need to come together to successfully adapt King on the page to King on the screen?

 

 

SEASON TWO – Spring 2025

 

Animal Attacks

A great animal attack movie pushes all of our human-against-nature buttons. From demented sharks to unhinged chimps, this episode sorts out the leaders of the cinematic pack. We also shame the worst horror pets (and give treats to the best).

 

Hidden Gems

What special film would you recommend to the ghoul who has “seen everything?” In this episode, genre mavens select 13 movies that have been forgotten, overlooked, unfairly maligned, or are hard to find – 13 bloody gems hidden beneath the floorboards.

 

Killer Dates

Dates in horror are worst-case scenarios that go way past awkward silences. Your lovemate is either a serial killer, a tormented psychic, or comes from a family that wants to hunt you for sport. Looking for love inevitably leads to blood and carnage.

 

Film Scores

From King Kong’s epic orchestra to the unnerving electronics of Under the Skin, composers have used every style of music to frighten audiences. Horror scores blaze trails, bringing new instruments and radical musical forms into popular consciousness.

 

Space Horror

Alien. 2001. Forbidden Planet. Many of the greatest science fiction movies ever made are also horror films. The vastness of space, the claustrophobia of space travel, and the inconceivable horrors that might lurk in the void make for spine-tingling filmmaking.