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9 episodes
Language
EnglishPublisher
Someone's Favorite ProductionsExplicit
Yes
Date created
2026/06/10
Latest episode
2026/09/30
Average duration
74 min.
Release period
14 days
Description
In 2007, Stephen Thrower unleashed the behemoth film reference book Nightmare USA into the world. Spanning nearly 150 titles, Nightmare USA provides an in-depth look into the American regional horror film landscape popularized in grindhouse theaters and drive-ins during the 1970s and 80s. Join hosts Adam Hursey and Sam Panico as they use this tome as a guide to explore the underbelly of America, one horror film at a time.
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Mako: The Jaws of Death
2026/09/30
In this episode, Sam and Adam hop on an airboat and sail down to Florida to take in the sights of William Grefè's Mako: The Jaws of Death. Apologies in advance to the residents of St. Louis, Florida, and possibly Wisconsin.
You can currently watch The Jaws of Death on Arrow Player (along with a bevy of other Grefè titles). Or pick up the box set from Arrow Video, He Came From the Swamp.
Let's plan a road trip to The Wreck Bar, the lounge featured in the film that is still operational.
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Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Check out this year's Horror Gives Back challenge, brought to us as always by the Unsung Horrors podcast. We will have a special episode covering our picks for this challenge in November. Join us!
Next epidsode: Crazed (1978). AKA Slipping Into Darkness. AKA Bloodshed
Bloody Birthday
2026/09/16
In this episode, we celebrate the kids of Bloody Birthday. Mighty Mouse style. Make sure to save room for a slice of sheet cake. There is plenty to go around.
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Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
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Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Check out Sam's article about Night Train to Terror in the latest issue of The Physical Media Advocate
Check out this year's Horror Gives Back challenge, brought to us as always by the Unsung Horrors podcast.
Next epidsode: Mako: The Jaws of Death
Simon King of the Witches
2026/09/02
In this episode, Sam is positive and Adam is negative in their response to the psychodelic shenanigans of Andrew Prine in Bruce Kessler's Simon King of the Witches.
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Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Check out Sam and Bill's commentary track on the new Visual Vengeance release Reanimator Academy
Next Episode: Bloody Birthday
Girls Nite Out
2026/08/19
Unlike Hal Holbrook, Adam and Sam aren't phoning it in as they discuss the gender bent whodunit slasher from 1982, Girls Nite Out (AKA The Scaremaker).
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Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Next Episode: Simon, King of the Witches
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
2026/08/05
In this episode, Adam and Sam leave no crumbs as they discuss George Barry's fairy tale film Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.
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Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Next Episode: Girls Nite Out (AKA The Scaremaker)
I Drink Your Blood
2026/07/22
What do you get when you cross a ripped from the headlines story involving a pack of wolves attacking children in Iran with the salaciousness of the Charles Manson trial? Throw in a dash of influnce from producer Jerry Gross and you get I Drink Your Blood, the grindhouse classic directed by David E. Durston.
Do we find a way to talk about Creepshow 2 again? Yes we do.
Do we spend too much time discussing the Airport movies? Tastes may vary I guess.
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Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Sam and Adam each wrote an article in the current issue of The Physical Media Advocate. Sam wrote about the 80's supernatural A Nightmare on Elm Street inspired Bad Dreams, while Adam dove deep into the vault to discover the Golden Age of Exploitation classic from 1945, Mom and Dad.
The Physical Media Advocate can be purchased at several independent physical media retailers across the globe, and is available worldwide via Amazon (Issue 31).
Next episode: Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.
The Crazies
2026/07/08
In our second episode, Sam wanted to discuss a film literally near and dear to him--George Romero's The Crazies. Do we talk about Creepshow 2 more than the actual film we are covering? Maybe.
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Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
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Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Next film: I Drink Your Blood
Don't Go in the House
2026/06/24
In our first episode, Adam and Sam discuss Joesph Ellison's debut film, Don't Go in the House, which turns out to be very good advice for the women in this movie.
Don't Go in the House is currently available on Blu Ray from Severin and Arrow. Also streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi (subject to change of course).
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Next episode: George Romero's The Crazies (1973)
Episode Zero
2026/06/10
Get to know your co-hosts Adam and Sam as we begin our journey to discuss all of the films in Stephen Thrower's Nightmare USA.
Be sure to join us for our first episode where we dive into Joseph Ellison's debut film Don't Go in the House, currently available on Blu Ray from Severin and Arrow. Also streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi (subject to change of course).
Email us at [email protected]
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
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Unpopular Opinion Giver 2026/08/05
Great idea for a podcast!
Honestly surprised this hadn’t been done before, but I’m glad it’s here now! Stephen Thrower’s tome is essential reading for horror / cult / exploitat...
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