Horror's Greatest
Embark on a thrilling journey through the genre's best with insights from the masterminds behind your favorite scares.
- 2024-2025
- 2 seasons
- Shudder
- Documentary, Horror
Embark on a thrilling journey through the genre's best with insights from the masterminds behind your favorite scares.
Season 2 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2024 - 2025
Episode 1
Animal Attacks
Tue, Dec 31, 2024 54 mins
A great animal attack movie pushes all of our human-against-nature buttons. From demented sharks to unhinged chimps, this episode sorts out the leaders of the cinematic pack. We also shame the worst horror pets (and give treats to the best).
Episode 2
Killer Dates
Tue, Jan 7, 2025 48 mins
Dates in horror are worst-case scenarios that go way past awkward silences. Your lovemate is either a serial killer, a tormented psychic, or comes from a family that wants to hunt you for sport. Looking for love inevitably leads to blood and carnage.
Episode 3
Hidden Gems
Tue, Jan 14, 2025 43 mins
What special film would you recommend to the ghoul who has "seen everything?" In this episode, genre mavens select 13 movies that have been forgotten, overlooked, unfairly maligned, or are hard to find--all bloody gems hidden beneath the floorboards.
Episode 4
Film Scores
Tue, Jan 21, 2025 53 mins
From King Kong's epic orchestra to the unnerving electronics of Under the Skin to the suspenseful muted strings in Psycho, composers have used every style of music to frighten audiences. Horror scores blaze trails, bringing new instruments and radical musical forms into popular consciousness.
Episode 5
Space Horror
Tue, Jan 28, 2025 55 mins
Alien. 2001. Forbidden Planet. Many of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made are also horror films. The vastness of space, the claustrophobia of space travel, and the inconceivable horrors that might lurk in the void make for spine-tingling filmmaking.
