Garrett McDowell 🍉

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Patreon Exclusive 👻 // On the latest “Watching the Watchlist”, @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @daddydisco.bsky.social recap their January watches before discussing 1st time watches of RING (1998) and PLAINCLOTHES (2025) • #HorrorSky

Available at our $3 Found Footage tier: patreon.com/spectercinema

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Patreon Exclusive 🏝️ // SEND HELP (2026): @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social discuss Sam Raimi’s return to original horror with conflicting opinions! Available at out $1 Creature Feature tier or higher • #HorrorSky

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A podcast thumbnail for our episode on HEREDITARY (2018), featuring Charlie in an orange hoodie. In the background is Peter with a broken nose and Annie crying in anguish

New Episode 🥜// HEREDITARY (2018): @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social face generational trauma and prepare a host body for Paimon! Sub-genres include: folk horror, cults, family drama, possession • #HorrorSky

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Dale Cooper drives a car and speaks into a voice recorder “Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks.”

Happy #TwinPeaksDay ☕️🦉🪵

We have episodes on every season, as well as FIRE WALK WITH ME! Pour yourself a cup of coffee, have a slice of pie, and check into the White Lodge with @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social

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A podcast thumbnail for BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW, featuring Angel the cult leader looking proud. In the background are frightened villagers and a skeptical judge

New Episode 😈 // BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW (1971): @daddydisco.bsky.social @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @jamesmrose.bsky.social play some devilish games! Sub-genres include: folk horror, cults, curses • #HorrorSky

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A podcast thumbnail for THE VVITCH (2016) featuring Thomasin praying. In the background to the left is Black Phillip the goat and Katherine embracing the twins to the right

New Episode 😈 // THE WITCH (2016): @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social @daddydisco.bsky.social & @mbmcandrews.bsky.social are bewitched by Black Phillip the Satanic Goat! Sub-genres include: folk horror, coming-of-age, religious horror, isolation • #HorrorSky

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A podcast episode calendar featuring the movies we’re covering this month • 2/3: The VVitch • 2/10: Blood on Satan’s Claw • 2/17: Pumpkinhead • 2/24: Hereditary

February is all about folk horror! Get ready to talk witches, rituals, and The Devil 😈 #HorrorSky • linktr.ee/spectercinema

• THE VVITCH ft. @mbmcandrews.bsky.social
• BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW ft. James Rose
• PUMKINHEAD (@daddydisco.bsky.social)
• HEREDITARY (@garrettmcdowell.bsky.social)

A podcast thumbnail for IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (2025) featuring an exhausted woman holding a wine bottle. In the background is an apathetic therapist to the left and a man looking confused with his phone light

New Episode 🫩 // IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (2025): @daddydisco.bsky.social @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @kathughes.bsky.social ride the struggle bus with Rose Byrne! Sub-genres include: maternal horror, social cringe horror, existentialism • #HorrorSky

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A podcast thumbnail for 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE featuring Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal looking skeptical. In the background is Dr. Kelson looking feral on the left and Samson the Alpha screaming

New Episode 🔥 // 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (2026): @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social are tripping balls and dancing with the infected! Sub-genres include: satanic cults, existential horror, post-apocalyptic • #HorrorSky

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A podcast thumbnail for 28 YEARS LATER (2025), featuring a bald man covered in iodine. In the background is a young boy with his mother to the left and the young boy with his father to the right

New Episode 🍆 // 28 YEARS LATER (2025): @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social @daddydisco.bsky.social & @blondekwaidan.bsky.social try to find hope amongst the Rage Virus Outbreak! Sub-genres include: zombie/infection, folk horror, coming-of-age • #HorrorSky

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New Episode 🧟 // 28 WEEKS LATER (2007): @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social kick the year off running from those nasty ragers again! Sub-genres include: contagion outbreak, action horror, family drama • #HorrorSky #FilmSky

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A calendar for podcast episodes on: 1/6: 28 WEEKS LATER 1/13: 28 YEARS LATER 1/20: 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE 1/27: IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU

January: @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social kick off 2026 with some 2025 favorites while we catch up on the “28…” franchise!

• 28 WEEKS LATER
• 28 YEARS LATER ft. @blondekwaidan.bsky.social
• 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
• IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU ft. @kathughes.bsky.social

A podcast thumbnail for Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) featuring David Lynch as Gordon Cole with his thumb up. In the background are two versions of Dale Cooper; a mean one with long hair on the left and a happy one with short hair drinking coffee.

New episode 🎰 // TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (2017): @daddydisco.bsky.social @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @chewywalrus.bsky.social go on a sprawling, cosmic journey on the search for Dale Cooper(s)! Sub-genres include: manhunt, existentialism, Lynchian • #HorrorSky

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When you get the call from @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social at @spectercinema.bsky.social, you gotta answer.

You GOTTA!

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New Episode 👻 // BEST OF 2025: @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social @daddydisco.bsky.social & @whatascream.bsky.social disuss their personal Top 5 genre films of the year and give out some special awards! #HorrorSky

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Spotify Wrapped Stats • Listening time: up 118% from last year • 20 “Top Fans” had us as their number one podcast • Followers: up 42% from last year

Spotify Wrapped Stats: Growth • 70% increase total audience • 844% new audience reached • 5K listening hours

We say it every year, but 2025 was a big one for the pod! Thank you so much to all of our spectacular guests and everyone who has listened to at least a minute of our shenanigans 🖤 @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social got some fun stuff planned for 2026, Happy New Year 👻 #HorrorSky

SPINES: A Physical Media Show A yautja hunter stands triumphantly, holding up a VHS copy of Predator like a trophy

Coming to The Phantom Zone in 2026: SPINES! A show highlights selections from our physical media collections. @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @daddydisco.bsky.social will break down the art, bonus features, presentation, and more! Available at out $5 “Creature Feature” tier: patreon.com/spectercinema

Happy birthday to my movie husband @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social 🖤

These Twin Peaks episodes are killer, the last ones we recorded in person before I moved out of LA. I know we were lucky as most podcasters record remotely, but man the energy hits different when we’re in the same room. I miss it 😭

A thumbnail for our episode on Twin Peaks: Season 2 featuring The Tall Man Waiter. In the background is a crazed Wyndam Earl and Killer Bob screaming with Dale Cooper

New episode ♟️// TWIN PEAKS Season 2 (1990-1991): @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social go deeper into the idyllic town and solve Laura Palmer’s murder! Sub-genre include: cosmic horror, Lynchian, romance, mystery • #HorrorSky

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Thrilled to spoil my partner in crime @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social for his birthday month and celebrating the late David Lynch. A hefty episode that required a lot of extra editing, I think we’re doing the series some justice. One of our best episodes of the year, check it out!

A podcast thumbnail for TWIN PEAKS Season 1, featuring Dale Cooper speaking into his recorder. In the background is a dead Laura Palmer in plastic and a sinister looking man

New Episode ☕️ // TWIN PEAKS Season 1 (1990): @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @daddydisco.bsky.social are called upon by the owls amongst the Douglas firs to solve a murder! Sub-genres include: mystery noir, soap opera, small town drama, Lynchian • #HorrorSky

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🟢: bit.ly/48hbZ5M

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New Episode🩸// BATTLE ROYALE (2001): @daddydisco.bsky.social @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @blsaycewrites.bsky.social are pitted against their killer classmates! Sub-genres include: coming-of-age, death games, political satire • #HorrorSky

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Even after we recorded, @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social had to tell @daddydisco.bsky.social how he truly felt about ASSASSINATION NATION 😂

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A calendar for podcast episodes in December: • 12/2: Season 1 (Picture of a dead Laura Palmer wrapped in plastic) • 12/9: Season 2 (Dale Cooper sips a cup of coffee) • 12/16: Fire Walk With Me (Laura Palmer smiling strongly) • 12/23: The Return (an ominous figure in a mustard blazer)

We’re going on a road trip this month as @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @daddydisco.bsky.social cover all of TWIN PEAKS! Plus, our Best Films of 2025 episode to end the year 👻 #HorrorSky • linktr.ee/spectercinema

• Season 1
• Season 2
• FIRE WALK WITH ME
• The Return (ft. @chewywalrus.bsky.social)

A podcast thumbnail for PREDATOR: BADLANDS (2025) featuring Dek the Yautja roaring with Thia the synthetic in the background

New Episode 😤 // PREDATOR: BADLANDS (2025): @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social go on the hunt with a Yautja for the first time! Sub-genres include: coming-of age, siblings, sci-fi horror, action adventure • #HorrorSky

🍎: bit.ly/49RvYZL
🟢: bit.ly/3K0c6Js

A podcast thumbnail for PUNISHMENT PARK featuring a man screaming in agony with a trial and a fight happening in the background

New Episode 🌵// PUNISHMENT PARK (1971): @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social fight for their civil rights in the sweltering desert! Sub-genres include: political thriller, found footage/mockumentary, bleak • #HorrorSky

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🟢: bit.ly/4orn8GN

A podcast thumbnail for FREDDY VS JASON, featuring Lori looking worried with Freddy in the background to the left and Jason to the right

New Episode 🩸// FREDDY VS JASON (2003): @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social witness two horror icons duke it out! Plus, we rank the ANOES and Friday the 13th franchises (seperately & together) and give out some awards! • #HorrorSky

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A much maligned entry, so of course I think it’s one of the best in the franchise 🤣 listen to me make @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social question his podcasting decisions haha

@daddydisco.bsky.social drops one the craziest takes I've ever heard on any podcast