31 Days of Halloween 2026, Part II

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Our 31 Days of Halloween 2026 continues! Dan is joining me for Part II of our special as we work through another batch of horror movies we've been watching throughout October.

This time, we're covering everything from familiar favorites and 1980s creature features to Stephen King adaptations, horror comedies, and some more recent releases.

I'm revisiting The Exorcist III, Ernest Scared Stupid, John Carpenter's The Thing, and Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, while Dan brings Clown in a Cornfield, The Midnight Meat Train, Critters, Arachnophobia, The Monster Squad, and Night of the Creeps to the conversation.

We also get into Carrie (2026), Exit 8, It Lives Inside, Scream 3, Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends, Howl, Hardware, Anaconda (2025), and a brief detour into Deep Blue Sea.

It's another wide-ranging conversation about the movies making their way onto our Halloween watch lists.

Check out our 31 Days of Halloween article series for more horror movie reviews and analysis throughout October.

Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:09 Episode Overview

00:00:38 Patrick: Carrie (2026)

00:05:14 Dan: Clown in a Cornfield

00:07:56 Patrick: The Exorcist III

00:10:29 Dan: The Midnight Meat Train

00:12:18 Patrick: Ernest Scared Stupid

00:16:42 Dan: Scream 3

00:19:56 Patrick: Exit 8

00:22:16 Dan: Critters

00:25:58 Patrick: It Lives Inside

00:28:25 Dan: Arachnophobia

00:31:11 Patrick: Halloween Kills/Ends

00:39:54 Dan: Howl

00:41:26 Patrick: John Carpenter’s The Thing

00:44:06 Dan: Monster Squad

00:47:12 Patrick: Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight

00:50:32 Dan: Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocolypse

00:52:17 Patrick: Hardware

00:54:10 Dan: Anaconda (2025)

00:56:54 Deep Blue Sea

00:58:02 Dan: Night of the Creeps

01:00:28 Episode Wrap

Patrick Bark

Patrick is a podcaster, marketer, physical media enthusiast, and lifelong film obsessive who hosts The Bark Knight Podcast, where he dives into everything from creature features to cult classics. He writes about movies with an eye for atmosphere, storytelling, and the strange corners of genre cinema. When he’s not discussing films, he’s diving into board games, video games, or attending industry events.

https://www.youtube.com/@barkknightpodcast
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