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Hosts Livio Merino from Kansas City and Jim Towns from Los Angeles humbly bring to you thorough, exciting, and fun reviews of all your vintage horror movie favorites. Our #1 focus, besides having a total blast talking about horror, is researching and delivering to the listeners little known and obscure facts about their favorite movies. The hosts have a special fondness for the Universal Studio films from the 1920's to the 1950's. This podcast is extremely interactive with the listeners thru social media, and are always open to movie suggestions and feedback!

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The Man Who Reclaimed his Head

2026/08/13

Claude Rains and Lionel Atwill co-star in this 1934 Universal war drama that while technically isn't a monster movie, has its share of monsters in it.

Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man

2026/06/27

An era comes to an end, as The Borgo Pass Horror Podcast covers the last of the famous (infamous?) 'Meet the Monsters' films starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello--wrapping it up with 1951's "Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man".

Bedlam

2026/06/11

It's absolute madness as Jim Towns and David Ullman dissect this 1946 Boris Karloff-starring RKO thriller.

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

2026/05/25

The fur is flying as Monster Kid par excellence Frank Dietz joins Jim in the podcast cave to review this 1957 study of adolescent lycanthropy, starring a very young Michael Landon.

The War of the Gargantuas

2026/05/10

Fellow Monster Kid Tony Salvaggio teams up with Jim to dive deep into Toho Studios' 1966 masterpiece THE WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS.

The Beast with Five Fingers

2026/04/28

Jim & Livio return to the Borgo Pass! Their subject: Warner Bros.' THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS, from 1946.

The Leopard Man

2026/03/26

Recurring guest co-hosts David Ullman & Chris Sahlin team-up to fill in for Jim, and explore the dark depths of The Val Lewton-produced THE LEOPARD MAN.

Night Key

2026/02/24

Come listen as Jim Towns and guest co-host Ian Bates from universalstudiosmonsters dig into this lesser-known Universal Boris Karloff thriller from 1937, co-starring Samuel S. Hinds as Karloff's nemesis!

The Black Camel

2026/02/12

Hosts Jim Towns and Chris Sahlin dig into the oldest surviving Charlie Chan mystery, Fox's 1931 whodunit THE BLACK CAMEL, starring Warner Oland and Bela Lugosi.

The Most Dangerous Game

2026/01/28

*SPOILERS* it's people. Jim Towns and David Ullman take a dangerous trip to Count Zaroff's Island to talk about this 1932 RKO thriller, which was made by much of the same creative team as KING KONG.

The Giant Gila Monster

2026/01/15

A sheriff and a scrappy group of small-town hot rodders match wits with a gigantic reptile in Ray Kellogg's indie masterpiece The Giant Gila Monster! Fan-favorite co-host Tony Salvaggio returns in our first episode of 2026.

The Bishop's Wife

2025/12/18

Please enjoy this little holiday gift from your friends at the Borgo Pass Horror Podcast- a bonus episode where Jim Towns and guest host Ian Bates discuss the very under appreciated Christmas film The Bishop's Wife starring Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young, and co-starring classic horror stars Elsa Lanchester (Bride of Frankenstein), Sara Haden (She-Wolf of London) among other talents!

The Fly

2025/10/30

Happy Halloween!! In this year-end episode, Livio returns to discuss the Vincent Price classic from 1958 "The Fly". The film stars David Hedison, Herbert Marshall, and Patricia Owens. This is a late 50's classic that blends science fiction and horror together, offering a great and tragic story behind it all. Enjoy your Halloween this year and listen to us discuss "The Fly"!

Abbott & Costello meet the Creature from the Black Lagoon

2025/10/16

In this special bonus episode of Borgo Pass Horror Podcast, frequent co-host Chris Salin visits the LA basement podcast studio, and he and Jim record an impromptu episode about the 1954 Colgate Comedy Hour episode which brought Lou Costello face to face with the Gill Man, hot on the heels of the release of Creature From the Black Lagoon!

Terror By Night

2025/10/02

Chris Sahlin joins Jim Towns down in the Borgo Pass podcast cave to discuss one of his favorite installments from Universal's run of Sherlock Holmes films... Terror By Night!

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4.7 out of 5

92 reviews

★★★★★

DallasDobsch 2025/10/13

Awesomeness!!!

I love the podcast! I listen to while at work, driving and etc. One thing I miss is Scott Kelley. His love for these movies really does come across in...

★★☆☆☆

Ian McDowell 2024/06/29

Jim’s delivery has really declined

I feel guilty about writing this, as I used to enjoy this podcast, but with each episode, Jim seems to pause more and to become increasingly incapable...

★★★★★

Monsterjuju 2024/05/01

Good show

I think these guys do a decent job. It’s informative, they’ve done a bit of research and even though Ive read my share about the Universal Monsters an...

★★★★★

TechSupport84 2024/01/22

The podcast I’ve been looking for

Sine the closure of the late, great Horroretc podcast I’ve been looking & now I’ve found it! This is the one. Love these movies, love the pace, love t...

★★★★★

joshthe86 2024/01/05

A great podcast for gods and monsters

As someone other a lifelong love of classic horror this podcast naturally appeals to me for the subject matter. But beyond that Jim and Livio as hosts...

★★☆☆☆

OGMonsterKid 2023/12/01

You can do better (or maybe you really can’t)

You say Toovor, we say Továr; you say Medford, we (and your cohost) say MeLford; you say Baldersteen, we BalderSTON. You continue to disseminate misin...

★★☆☆☆

It's alright; I'm a doctor. 2023/08/31

Audio cuts out a lot

C’mon, have you never listened to your own recordings? I was so pleased to find a podcast where folks chat about a Bogart horror film, but I’ve had to...

★★★★★

fantomenos 2023/08/27

Classic Horror done right!

Brilliant summaries and analysis of some classic horror films. I was familiar with the standard Universal Monsters, but looking through these episodes...

★★★★★

SSRipley 2023/08/05

Five Stars!

Love this podcast! If you are a fan of horror films from the 20’s to the 50’s, this is the one for you.

★★★★★

iTunes User 2018 2023/05/30

One of the best of its type

This podcast has introduced me to great movies that I may have otherwise not considered in the classic horror genre. Great commentary by folks who lov...

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