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For a post-Halloween treat, tonight we're watching THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, a movie that premiered on ABC at 9:00pm on November 1, 1985. Little known today, this is my favorite Halloween movie ever made, featuring a group of teenager's who unleash a witch's curse that causes all the demons of hell and the dead to walk the earth. Scary, funny, and featuring a full-on "Thriller" ripoff musical number, this is the perfect watch if you're not ready for Halloween to be over.

Join me on this actual Friday the 13th as we watch and do a deep dive into the seventh movie in the franchise: THE NEW BLOOD. Conceived as a movie that would win an Academy Award, it eventually became "Jason vs. Carrie" as the Crystal Lake killer meets his match in telekinetic Tina.

We continue our deep dive into the bloody goings on at Camp Crystal Lake with Part VI: JASON LIVES. Again featuring the character of Tommy Jarvis, who accidentally causes Jason Voorhees to be reanimated as an undead killer. With self-referential humor at least a decade ahead of its time, this movie is a hugely underrated slasher film.

Jason Voorhees is dead, but five years later Tommy Jarvis is still traumatized. Staying at a halfway house for troubled teens, he begins to have visions of Jason, and people start getting killed. With the most nudity and highest body count so far, this is one of the most controversial films of the franchise.

We continue our deep dive into the bloody goings on at Camp Crystal Lake with Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, considered by many fans to be the greatest movie of the franchise. Joseph Zito directs, makeup artist Tom Savini returns, and Corey Feldman is introduced as Tommy Jarvis. Grab your popcorn and watch along with me.

We continue our deep dive into the FRIDAY THE 13TH series with PART III, originally released in theaters in 3D. This movie picks up one day after the events of Part 2 - technically on Saturday the 14th - and introduces Jason Voorhees to his iconic hockey mask for the first time.

The summer of slashing continues as we resume our deep dive into the first eight Friday the 13th movies. We pick up this week with Friday the 13th Part 2, which introduces Jason Voorhees to the teenage counselors of Camp Crystal Lake and the body count continues!

It's a summer of slashing as Season 3 of Hitchens on Horror begins. We're doing a deep dive into the classic eight movies of the Friday the 13th franchise of the 1980's, starting with the film that began it all. Let's watch the movies together as we journey through the history of eight terrifying nights at Camp Crystal Lake, also known as Camp Blood.

Merry Christmas, everyone! 12 NIGHTS OF TERROR concludes with my favorite Christmas horror movie of all time: GREMLINS. I do a tremendously deep dive into the trivia about the making of this film and celebrate everyone involved in it, and also talk about how horror movies uniquely unite us as well as what the future holds for the HITCHENS ON HORROR podcast.

Christmas Eve is upon us, and that means it's time for a Krampus double feature on 12 NIGHTS OF TERROR. First up is the terrific KRAMPUS written and directed by Michael Dougherty and featuring a stellar cast. Our second movie is A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY, also released in 2015, featuring zombie elves and an epic battle between Santa Claus and Krampus!

It is Christmas Eve Eve and our next installment of 12 NIGHT OF TERROR is RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE. Made in Finland and taking full advantage of the area's beautiful winter landscape and scary mythology, this is a unique Killer Santa film, both terrifying and deeply funny. You won't know why this movie is called RARE EXPORTS until the end, but the final payoff is huge.

Night 9 of our 12 NIGHTS OF TERROR is about 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, released in 2007 and one of the most unique vampire movies of the 21st century so far. In a small town in Alaska, residents prepare to leave before the sun sets for the final time. For the humans who remain, the vampires are ready for a month of slaughter. This is a perfect horror film for a snowbound winter's night.