Years of Fear: A History of Horror

Years of Fear is a horror history podcast that explores the movies that shaped horror, the people that made them, and the culture that made them possible. Each episode centers on the most important horror films of every year, beginning in 1960 with the first true Slasher film and all the way through the modern era.

1961: The Pit and the Pendulum 11/13/2025

1960: Psycho (Part 2) 10/30/2025

1960: Psycho (Part 1) 10/23/2025

Coming Soon- Years of Fear: A History of Horror 10/16/2025

Vintage Episode: The Host with Jesse Akman + the End of Toxic Schlock 02/09/2022

Vintage Episode: The Fly (1986) with Sam Sutherland (155, Extremely Online, Junior Battles) 01/05/2022

Vintage Episode: Godzilla with Winston Ward (Infinite Worlds) 12/09/2021

Vintage Episode: The Crawling Eye with John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats) 11/17/2021

Vintage Episode: 3rd Annual Toxic Schlock Halloween Bonus Episode 10/27/2021

Vintage Episode: Frankenstein with Horror Vanguard 10/13/2021

Vintage Episode: Cosmic Horror and Pessimism with Tomas Lindberg (At the Gates, Disfear) 05/25/2021

Vintage Episode: The VVitch with Meredith Graves 05/04/2021

Vintage Episode: The House of the Devil with Scott Hicks (Totally Slow) 04/13/2021

Vintage Episode: The Omen with Chris Colohan (Sect, Cursed, Left For Dead) 03/30/2021

Rosemary's Baby with Ivotres Littles (Horror Movies and Beyond) 03/17/2021

Scream with Tom Breihan (Stereogum, AV Club) 02/16/2021

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter with Inge Johansson (Gatuplan, Against Me, International Noise Conspiracy) 01/26/2021

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Sam Sutherland (155, Extremely Online, Junior Battles) 01/05/2021

A Bay of Blood (Twitch of the Death Nerve) with William Hellfire 12/15/2020

Tetsuo: The Iron Man with Gregg Harrington (Neon Brainiacs) 11/24/2020

Vintage Episode 44: From Beyond with Ben Roberts (Children of the Grave) 11/10/2020

Vintage Episode 43: The Brood with JR Hayes (Pig Destroyer) and Mike Prophet (Pageninetynine) 10/27/2020

Vintage Episode 42: Eraserhead with Erik Button (Dollar Signs) 10/13/2020

Vintage Episode 41: Slumber Party Massacre 2 with Carolina Hidalgo (No Dogs in Space & Movie Sign with the Mads) 05/27/2020

Vintage Episode 40: Drag Me to Hell with Dylan Wachman (Dollar Signs) 05/11/2020

Vintage Episode 39: Rear Window with Josh Robbins (Late Bloomer, Alright, Self Aware Records) 04/27/2020

Misfits Monday #10: Monster From Green Hell 04/13/2020

Vintage Episode 38: A 1980's Horror Film Spectacular with Neon Brainiacs 04/01/2020

Vintage Episode 37: The Gate with Matty Morand (Pretty Matty & Self Defense Family 03/26/2020

Vintage Episode 36: Alien with Connor Jacobus (The Districts) 03/10/2020