Third Channel Podcast
A horror podcast delving into the franchises you love from the perspectives of a life-long horror hound and a newbie to the genre. đź“ş
Episodes
83 episodes
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Welcome to the worst nightmare of all. Reality. Join PJ and Derek as they try to get to the bottom of the bizarre hallucinations and psychological fever dreams in Rick Bota’s Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002). In this episode the guys welc...
Hellraiser: Inferno
Hunt for the Engineer and the Engineer will hunt you. Join PJ and Derek as they attempt to solve the grimy, guilt-ridden puzzle at the heart of a noir-influenced nightmare in Scott Derrickson’s Hellraiser: Inferno (2000). In this episo...
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Welcome to Oblivion! Amen. Join PJ and Derek as they dismantle the ambitious, but fractured sequel that took the Cenobites from 18th century France to the far reaches of deep space in Kevin Yagher’s Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996). In thi...
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Oh, you wouldn’t believe what I can dream of now. Join PJ and Derek as they dive headfirst into the chaotic nightmare that turned Pinhead into a horror icon in Anthony Hickox’s Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992). In this episode the ...
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
And to think… I hesitated. Join PJ and Derek as they descend into the labyrinth of Hell itself in Tony Randel’s grotesque and operatic sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988). In this episode the guys explore the wild expansion of Clive...
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser
We have such sights to show you! Join PJ and Derek as they open the puzzle box and step into a world where desire and suffering are hopelessly intertwined in Clive Barker’s directorial debut Hellraiser (1987). In this episode the guys ...
John Carpenter’s The Fog
Get inside and lock your doors… There's something in the fog. Join PJ and Derek as they visit the windswept shores of Antonio Bay for the slow-burn ghost story that is John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980). In this episode the guys discuss h...
Leprechaun Returns
With no gold these 25 years, I've lost me knack. Join PJ and Derek as they return to the woods where it all began in Steven Kostanski’s Leprechaun Returns (2018). In this episode the guys are pleasantly surprised by this blood-soaked r...
Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood
All out of clovers, lad? Oh, that’s too bad. Join PJ and Derek as they head back to the streets of Los Angeles in Steven Ayromlooi’s Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood (2003). In this episode the guys continue to debate this franchises bizarr...
Leprechaun In the Hood
Lep in the hood, come to do no good. Join PJ and Derek as they take a wild detour into one of horror’s most baffling franchise pivots with Rob Spera’s Leprechaun In the Hood (2000). In this episode the guys try to make sense of the fil...
Leprechaun 4: In Space
Look upon them and know that you are forever doomed. Join PJ and Derek as they blast off into one of the strangest corners of the cosmos in Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996). In this episode the guys unpack how this...
Scream 7
This isn’t going to stop unless I stop it. Join PJ and Derek as they return to the meta-slasher franchise that re-invented the genre, along with Kevin Williamson the writer who crafted the original, for Scream 7 (2026). In this episode...
Leprechaun 3
Look out Vegas! I’m taking over! Join PJ and Derek as they head to Sin City hoping to win big with Brian Trenchard-Smith’s chaotic, campy, and surprisingly mean-spirited Leprechaun 3 (1995). In this episode the guys unpack how the movi...
Leprechaun 2
What's that ya say? Leprechauns don't exist? Join PJ and Derek as they dive headfirst into the crock of chaos that is Rodman Flender’s outrageous sequel Leprechaun 2 (1994). In this episode the guys explore how this film leans harder i...
Leprechaun
It’s not nice to steal gold coins from a leprechaun. Join PJ and Derek as they find the end of the rainbow in Mark Jones’ low-budget oddity, Leprechaun (1993). In this episode the guys unpack Warwick Davis’ unforgettable performance be...
My Bloody Valentine
Well, after all, the first Valentine’s Day dance in 20 years has to be something special. Join PJ and Derek as they dig into the shadowy tunnels at the heart of George Mihalka’s My Bloody Valentine (1981). In this episode the guys expl...
Candyman (2021)
When it’s all done, they’ll tell his story, and Candyman will live… forever. This week PJ and Derek are joined by Producer Ty as they step back up to the mirror to summon Nia DaCosta’s Candyman (2021). In this episode they exp...
Candyman: Day of the Dead
You won't know true ecstasy until you have tasted death. Join PJ and Derek as they reach this franchises strangest crossroads in Turi Meyer’s straight-to-video finale, Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999). In this episode the guys debate t...
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
I am the writing on the wall, the whisper in the classroom. Join PJ and Derek in The Big Easy as they inspect Bill Condon’s sorrow-soaked sequel to the urban legend that never dies in Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995). In this epi...
Candyman
You were not content with the stories, so I was obliged to come. Join PJ and Derek as they step up to the mirror to summon Bernard Rose’s Candyman (1992). In this episode the guys discuss Tony Todd’s iconic performance, Philip Glass’s ...
Dario Argento’s Inferno
Have you ever heard of The Three Sisters? Join PJ and Derek as they descend into the nightmare of color and sound that is Dario Argento’s Inferno (1980), the second chapter in the Three Mothers trilogy. In this episode the guys wade th...
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
There are some things that man is not meant to splice. This week PJ and Derek are joined by special guest Charlie as they dive headfirst into the pure cinematic mayhem of Joe Dante’s sequel that gleefully tears up the rulebook in Gremlins 2...
Gremlins
Look Mister, there are some rules that you’ve got to follow. Join PJ and Derek as they unwrap the strange magic that is Joe Dante’s Christmas classic Gremlins (1984). In this episode the guys discuss why the gremlins themselves are bot...
The Thing (2011)
It's like a virus. So what do we do with any virus? Quarantine. We isolate it and then we kill it. Join PJ and Derek as they revisit the Norwegian outpost of The Thing (2011), Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s chilling prequel to Carpenter...
John Carpenter's The Thing
If I was an imitation, a perfect imitation, how would you know if it was really me? This week PJ and Derek are joined by special guest Bug as they venture into the icy isolation of John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982). In this episode, th...
