Podcasts
Cursed TV, a Xenomorph, and a Sinister Online Quiz Star in March’s Horror Bytes [Safe Room Podcast]
Before listening to this month’s edition of Horror Bytes, check out last month’s discussion on Atomic Heart, Resident Evil Village VR, and more!
For this month’s edition of Horror Bytes, in which Neil and I each highlight bite-sized indie titles, we have a new crop of horror experiences to chat about that can typically be completed in less than an hour.
And while some of these titles we’ll be discussing may be free, we believe it’s important to support the developers hard work: So if you can, please support them through their itch.io, steam, or Patreon pages.
Ever want to experience the final moments of Ridley Scott’s Alien, where Ripley must flee the Nostormo before it self-destructs? Now you can in Alien Survivor, a gorgeous recreation in Unreal Engine 5, but don’t be wary of the Xenomorph that is pursuing her!
A personality quiz with a demonic twist, Be Honest begins simple enough but grows increasingly unsettling with its personal questions and manipulation of the game’s presentation.
In The Deep combines the terror of Underwater with engrossing writing and atmospheric ambient track to make for a memorable text adventure experience.
Who else misses the days of channel surfing aimlessly? Nightmare Zapping preys upon our nostalgia with a series of disturbing vignettes that are all tied by a mysterious entity that is preying upon a small town.
Phobophobia Case File #0: The Orphanage
They thought the killings would stop when the serial killer was caught, but that turned out to just be the beginning. In Phobophobia Case File #0: The Orphanage the player explores an abandoned orphanage where the killer grew up in this unique hybrid of horror point-and-click and RPG mechanics.
A mysterious facility. A secretive company. A very dead body. Spectral Filter is an atmospheric exploration of the supernatural that relies on staggering sound design and gorgeous visuals to unnerve.
Safe Room is a weekly horror video game discussion podcast with new episodes every Monday on
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Coming Soon & Now Showing is a monthly series on Halloweenies that catches up on the latest horror headlines and round robins capsule reviews of new and old horrors.
This month, Michael Roffman and Justin Gerber discuss the blockbuster weekend involving Backrooms and Obsession. They also brush on some franchise news and dust off oldies for the first time: 1987’s Dead of Winter and 1977’s False Face.
Stream the episode below. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Chucky, Alien, and the Universal Monsters.This year? Hellraiser!
You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for hilariously irreverent commentaries (e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Re-Animator, Darkman), one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals (e.g. Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Manhunter, ), and even spinoffs like their recent run Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones Podcast.