Nordic kaiju are back - the other Troll 2 stomps onto Netflix this week alongside B-movie classic Santa's Slay and Silent Night, Deadly Night on Shudder and Slither on Tubi. Plus - the Northman, Tremors: Shrieker Island, Brightburn, Hollow Man, Influencer, and "scream park" documentary Spooktacular, along with a shout out to Radu Vladislas and the Subspecies series.

The end is nigh - the first four episodes of the final season of Stranger Things hits Netflix this week, along with punk rock slasher Director's Cut on Shudder and The Ugly Stepsister on Hulu. Also, tell Scotty to beam you up with indie aliens in the Grey Ones and ghostly whodunnits in The Ruse on Tubi. If you're looking for indigenous horror to watch over Thanksgiving, you've got great options with Prey, Slash/Back, Blood Quantum and The Dead Lands.

Stay safe and stay sane over Thanksgiving. I'll be back in December.

Is there a better adjective for Creep and Creep 2 than, well, creepy? Find out this week when season two of The Creep Tapes hits Shudder, along with the unfairly maligned Krampus and the English dubbed version of The Ugly Stepsister. Tubi is in full form with Possession, an Showtime TV movie with Timothy Dalton and Christopher Plummer, Nuclear Hurricane and Reptisaurus, two high-budget gems that need no introduction, and the "difficult" Don't Breathe hits Hulu. Also, we proudly salute Predator: Badlands and struggle through spoiler-free praise for The Black Phone 2. Begonia ... ehh, not so much.

A horror junkie friend and familiar voice visits the podcast this week. My home recording audio setup isn't great but the conversation more than makes up for it.