Friday Night Frights

Friday Night Frights

By: Michael Huie

Language: en-us

Categories: Tv, Film, Reviews

Each episode Michael Huie, author and college professor, recommends a classic horror double feature. It’s a spoiler free discussion with a new theme each episode.

Episodes

Stranger Things - The Final Season Reviewed!
Jan 09, 2026

Grab your flashlights. It's time to battle Vecna one last time. Michael is joined again by his Stranger Things pal (and daughter) Lucy as they review the final season of the Netflix phenomenon. SPOILERS abound as they dive into each block of episodes to decide if the Duffer Brothers stuck the landing. They also dive into the connections between the Broadway play Stranger Things:The First Shadow and the show,  and choose their MVPs (Most Valuable Performer) from this last season. 

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Duration: 00:49:56
Kolchak’s Back, Baby
Dec 12, 2025

In the 70s only one seersucker-suit wearing reporter took on the classic monsters. Carl Kolchak. Michael takes a look back at the groundbreaking made-for-TV movies THE NIGHT STALKER, THE NIGHT STRANGLER and the TV series KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER. Join us for our final episode of 2025!

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Duration: 00:33:03
Stranger Things: The First Shadow Review
Nov 21, 2025

Michael and his STRANGER THINGS pal, Lucy (also his daughter) breakdown the Broadway prequel STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW. They rave about the spectacular cold open, list the many classic horror references in the series and play and debate who might die when the TV show returns to Netflix this Thanksgiving.

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Duration: 00:40:09
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein - A New Classic?
Nov 07, 2025

Just in time for its debut on Netflix, father and son discuss a movie that’s about a...father and son. Michael is joined by his cinephile son, Ian, to break down Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. They compare it to Frankensteins Past, rave about the creation scene and ask the big question; will Frankenstein 2025 stand the test of time.

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Duration: 00:44:04
Hammer Horror Top 10 Countdown
Oct 24, 2025

Just in time for Halloween Michael counts down his top 10 Hammer Horrors with special Halloween recommendations. Dracula may be mentioned once or twice.

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Duration: 00:53:26
Frankenstein! Plus del Toro Trailer Review
Oct 10, 2025

He’s big and he’s back! With the imminent release of Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN we offer you a Frankenstein Sequels double feature. It’s Universal’s SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939) and Hammer’s THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN  (1958). Michael takes a look at these two classics and also wonders is it Ygor or Eyegor?

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Duration: 00:35:15
Intro to Hammer Double Feature
Sep 26, 2025

New to Hammer? Love Hammer? We’ve got the perfect Hammer double feature for you today as Michael dives into “the most satisfying Dracula film ever made” and a film that’s a western, a vampire film, a swashbuckler and a whodunnit. 

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Duration: 00:35:08
Pass the Marmalade: An Abridged Guide to Hammer Horror
Sep 10, 2025

We kick off the podcast with a very brief look at the history of the studio that dripped blood, gush over the unmitigated joy of creating horror double features and ask the age-old question - Camp and Cleavage?

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Duration: 00:25:43