Handle With Scare: A Horror Podcast
Film, TV & Pop Culture
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Good evening ghouls and welcome to Handle With Scare. Our show discusses horror movies and the phobias they emphasize. Join Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie every Wednesday as they deep dive into specific fears.
Episodes
- 246 - Saw
Throughout May we'll be highlighting decidophobia and the fear of making decisions. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie find themselves targeted by the Jigsaw Killer and chained inside a decrepit bathroom where it's esc…
- 245 - Truth or Dare
Throughout May we'll be highlighting decidophobia and the fear of making decisions. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie find themselves being drawn into a sinister game of truth or dare where being dishonest or refusing…
- 244 - The Terminator
Throughout April we've been highlighting technophobia and the fear of technology. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie turn to our community's selection - THE TERMINATOR. It's been over forty years since James Cameron se…
- 243 - Possessor
Throughout April we'll been highlighting technophobia and the fear of technology. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie find themselves in the prolonged and violent world of POSSESSOR where technology is used to implant o…
- 242 - Hardware
Throughout April we'll been highlighting technophobia and the fear of technology. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie find themselves trapped inside a complex with a military robot that can rebuild itself in HARDWARE. K…
- 241 - Cam
Throughout April we'll been highlighting technophobia and the fear of technology. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie see what happens when you can no longer differentiate between the performer and the performance becau…
- 240 - Strangeland
Throughout April we'll been highlighting technophobia and the fear of technology. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie find themselves on the early days of the internet when anonymity was a new category of danger in STRA…
- 239 - 10 Cloverfield Lane
Throughout March we've been highlighting cleithrophobia and the fear of being trapped. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie find themselves bunkering down into suffocating paranoia in 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE. Kick Watch Part…
- 238 - Green Room
Throughout March we're diving into cleithrophobia and the fear of being trapped. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie find themselves trapped inside a secluded venue pitted against red shoelaces in GREEN ROOM (2015)! Kic…
- 237 - The Belko Experiment
Throughout March we're diving into cleithrophobia and the fear of being trapped. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie find themselves trapped inside a highrise corporate office amidst a twisted death games social experim…
- 236 - Cabin Fever
Throughout March we're diving into cleithrophobia and the fear of being trapped. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie find themselves trapped inside a cabin in the woods admist a flesh eating virus outbreak... CABIN FEVE…
- 235 - The Thing '82
Tonight we're wrapping up teraphobia and the fear of monsters. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie are hunted down by a shape shifting alien in Antarctica leading to the most discussed ambiguous ending in cinema history…
- 234 - The Blob '88
Throughout the month we'll be taking a look at teraphobia and the fear of monsters. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie encounter a monster with no anamoty to exploit. It's only mass, movement, and appetite in THE BLOB…
- 233 - Splinter
Throughout the month we'll be taking a look at teraphobia and the fear of monsters. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie encounter a parasite out in Texas that reconfigures its host's locomotions entirely in SPLINTER. Ki…
- 232 - Feast
Throughout the month we'll be taking a look at teratophobia and the fear of monsters. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie seek refuge at the bar while all hell breaks loose in the adrenaline fueled and action packed cre…
- 231 - Mother of Flies
This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie seek out the witch in the woods in the Adams family's latest Shudder release MOTHER OF FLIES (2026). Sometimes healing can come through darkness. What one deems monstrous might offer…
- 230 - 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie return for the next installment in the 28 Days Later franchise with its latest theatrical release 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (2026). The Bone Temple may be a middle chapter but i…
- 229 - Top 10 Horror Films of 2025
It's time for us to look back and reflect on the year that was in the horror landscape. Tonight the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie wrap up their year end retrospect with their definitive top 10 horror films of 2025 before sharin…
- 228 - 2025's Surprises and Disappointments
It's time for us to look back and reflect on the year that was in the horror landscape. Tonight the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie share their thoughts on some of the year's biggest surprises and biggest disappointments. One of…
- 227 - 2025's Midnight Gems
It's time for us to look back and reflect on the year that was in the horror landscape. Tonight the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie shine the spotlight on some of the under the radar releases that deserve your attention. 2025 off…
- 226 - Together
Throughout December we'll be taking a closer look at some of our top rated horror releases from 2025. Our full top 10 rankings will be revealed on the final episode of the year. This week Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie tackle the body…
- 225 - Presence
Throughout December we'll be taking a closer look at some of our top rated horror releases from 2025. Our full top 10 rankings will be revealed on the final episode of the year. This week Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie tackle a divisiv…
- 224 - The Long Walk
Throughout December we'll be taking a closer look at some of our top rated horror releases from 2025. Our full top 10 rankings will be revealed on the final episode of the year. This week Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie take a closer lo…
- 223 - Bring Her Back
Throughout December we'll be taking a closer look at some of our top rated horror releases from 2025. Our full top 10 rankings will be revealed on the final episode of the year. This week Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie take a closer lo…
- 222 - Frankenstein (2025)
Throughout November we've been tackling the classic Universal monsters. This week Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie take a look at Guillermo del Toro's new FRANKENSTEIN (2025)! Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT on discord) Discord:…
- 221 - The Mummy (1999)
Throughout November we're celebrating the new Frankenstein release by tackling the classic Universal monsters. This week Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie seek out the treasures that await in Hamunaptra in THE MUMMY. Kick Watch Parties (T…
- 220 - Young Frankenstein
Throughout November we're celebrating the new Frankenstein release by tackling the classic Universal monsters. This week Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie discuss one of if not THE greatest parody in cinema history - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN! K…
- 219 - The Wolf Man (1941)
Throughout November we're celebrating the new Frankenstein release by tackling the classic Universal monsters. This week Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie bring it back to the origins of wolf mythology in THE WOLF MAN (1941)! Kick Watch P…
- 218 - Sleepaway Camp III Teenage Wasteland
This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie party all night in SLEEPAWAY CAMP III: TEENAGE WASTELAND! The camp's overgone a rebrand but Angela is back to her old tricks. Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT on discord) Disc…
- 217 - Sleepaway Camp II Unhappy Campers
This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie extend their summer camp stay. We're continuing our SLEEPAWAY CAMP activies in SLEEPAWAY CAMP II: UNHAPPY CAMPERS! Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT on discord) Discord: bit.ly…
- 216 - Sleepaway Camp
After a long two months the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie are back together again. For the remainder of the month we'll be heading down to Camp Arawak and joining the summer activites of SLEEPAWAY CAMP! Kick Watch Parties (Tues…
- 215 - Paranormal Activity
Found footage usually is often mentioned in hushed tones amongst many within the horror community. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie discuss the one that not only flipped the script but defied expectations with SEVEN…
- 214 - Screamers
Throughout July we'll be taking a closer look at technophobia and the fear of technology. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie traverse wastelands to negotiate a peace treaty in SCREAMERS (1995)! Kick Watch Parties (Tues…
- 213 - Y2K
Throughout July we'll be taking a closer look at technophobia and the fear of technology. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie fend off the roboapocalypse at the turn of the millenium in Y2K (2024)! Kick Watch Parties (T…
- 212 - 28 Years Later
This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie dive into the third installment of the 28 Days Later franchise with 28 YEARS LATER (2025)! Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT on discord) Discord: bit.ly/handlewithscare
- 211 - 28 Weeks Later
This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie dive into followup of the film that revitalized the zombie genre in the early 2000s, 28 WEEKS LATER (2007)! Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT on discord) Discord: bit.ly/handle…
- 210 - 28 Days Later
This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie dive into the film that revitalized the zombie genre in the early 2000s, 28 DAYS LATER (2002)! Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT on discord) Discord: bit.ly/handlewithscare
- 209 - Sinners
This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie dive into what we consider to be the masterclass horror film of the year. Join us as we disect the symbolic architecture of SINNERS (2025). Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT on…
- 208 - Companion
Throughout May we're celebrating halfway to Halloween by taking a closer look at some of this month's bigger horror releases as well as a few of this year's standouts. This week the fiends tackle the first real standout released this year…
- 207 - Final Destination Bloodlines
Throughout May we're celebrating halfway to Halloween by taking a closer look at some of this month's bigger horror releases as well as a few of this year's standouts. This week the fiends look to escape Death's design in FINAL DESTINATION…
- 206 - Clown in a Cornfield
Throughout May we're celebrating halfway to Halloween by taking a closer look at some of this month's bigger horror releases as well as a few of this year's standouts. This week we review the new teen slasher CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD (2025)! K…
- 205 - Buried
Throughout April we'll be taking a closer look at some of the fiends' phobias and the films that induce them. Next up is Kasseri's phobia - claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces). His selection for the week was BURIED (2010)! Kick Watch…
- 204 - Tremors
Throughout April we'll be taking a closer look at some of the fiends' phobias and the films that induce them. Next up is Bob's phobia -ammophobia (fear of sand). His selection for the week was TREMORS (1990)! Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs…
- 203 - Antiviral
Throughout April we'll be taking a closer look at some of the fiends' phobias and the films that induce them. Next up is Evan's phobia -trypanophobia (fear of needles and injections). His selection for the week was ANTIVIRAL (2012). Kick W…
- 202 - Fall
Throughout April we'll be taking a closer look at some of the fiends' phobias and the films that induce them. Next up is Jess's phobia -acrophobia (extreme or irrational fear of heights). Her selection for the week is FALL (2022). Kick Wat…
- 201 - Triangle
Throughout April we'll be taking a closer look at some of the fiends' phobias and the films that induce them. First up is Emily's phobia - agoraphobia (anxiety disorder characterized by intense fear and avoidance of situations where escape…
- 200 - Contagion
March is dedicated to thanatophobia and the fear of death. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie see how a viral outbreak reveals both the best and worst aspects of human nature in CONTAGION. Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thur…
- 199 - Signal 100
March is dedicated to thanatophobia and the fear of death. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie look to uncover all of the signals to avoid the unaliving triggers in SIGNAL 100. Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT o…
- 198 - Final Destination 2
March is dedicated to thanatophobia and the fear of death. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie look to thwart Death's design in FINAL DESTINATION 2. Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT on discord) Discord: bit.ly/h…
- 197 - As The Gods Will
March is dedicated to thanatophobia and the fear of death. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie look to survive a series of death games to become modern day Gods in AS THE GODS WILL. Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM…