{"podcast":{"title":"Halloweenies: A Horror Franchise Podcast","slug":"halloweenies-a-horror-franchise-podcast-709372","podcast_index_feed_id":709372,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/hj2hf0Wu","website_url":"https://www.instagram.com/halloweeniespodcast/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f1e69125-e778-4eea-bf41-5f072f7f8644/7ad368ad-a8e4-4ed7-a980-72c99af78f6b/3000x3000/halloweenies-20hellraiser.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The Losers' Club LLC","episode_count":341,"summary":"Halloweenies® is a weekly horror franchise podcast. Each season, co-hosts Justin Gerber, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Rachel Reeves, and Michael Roffman slice and dice through an iconic series -- one movie at a time. In the past, they've covered Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Chucky, and Alien. This year? The Universal Monsters! Produced by Michael Roffman. Edited by Eric Bunnell. Music by McKenzie Gerber, The Most/Charlie Laurence, and Billy Yost/The Kickback.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T10:19:25.674775+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/halloweenies-a-horror-franchise-podcast-709372"},"episode":{"title":"Freddy's Back, Crystal Lake, and The Odyssey","slug":"freddy-s-back-crystal-lake-and-the-odyssey","published_at":"2026-07-19T18:23:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/halloweenies-a-horror-franchise-podcast-709372/freddy-s-back-crystal-lake-and-the-odyssey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/halloweenies-a-horror-franchise-podcast-709372","url":"https://www.instagram.com/halloweeniespodcast/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/afp-898815-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/2a3c1de4-397b-4cda-9073-fa2f0c550594/episodes/d43226db-3cd0-4cce-831d-529e74d80ca8/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2a3c1de4-397b-4cda-9073-fa2f0c550594&awEpisodeId=d43226db-3cd0-4cce-831d-529e74d80ca8&feed=hj2hf0Wu","summary":"Welcome back to Coming Soon & Now Showing, our monthly series that catches up on the latest horror headlines and round robins capsule reviews of new and old horrors. Today, Mike and Mac hit up Elm Street, Haddonfield, and Crystal Lake before braving the high seas to discuss the horrors within Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. They also review this year's Exit 8 and Forbidden Fruits before dusting off old classics for the first time in 2020's Caveat and 1985's The Mean Season. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.","meta_description":"Welcome back to Coming Soon & Now Showing, our monthly series that catches up on the latest horror headlines and round robins capsule reviews of new and o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7271,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/halloweenies-a-horror-franchise-podcast-709372/episodes/freddy-s-back-crystal-lake-and-the-odyssey/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/halloweenies-a-horror-franchise-podcast-709372/freddy-s-back-crystal-lake-and-the-odyssey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}