It's that time of year! The mornings are getting crisp, the leaves are starting to turn, and the kids are back in school. Speaking of school, we do a lot of that in this week's episode. We're counting down our top school-related horror as we celebrate back-to-school season. What's your favorite scary school movie?

We tackle another sequel this week with Sam Raimi's second entry in the Evil Dead franchise. Sometimes we surprise ourselves and this week was no exception, in some unexpected ways.

With just a few weeks left in summer, we spend some time in this special episode discussing our favorite summer horror movies. Plus a remixed and remastered version of our very first demo, The Ballad of Jack Deth inspired by Trancers!

We spent three weeks on Jaws, so of course we followed it with a whole episode on the shark movies that came after it. The sequels, a SeaWorld disaster, Dangerous Animals (still one of our favorite watches from last year), and the ones most shark movie lists forget. Stick around after the discussion for a studio demo of an original song from our Jaws trilogy.
Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:42 Shark Movie Roundup: Welcome
00:03:18 Jaws Sequels: Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D & Jaws the Revenge
00:10:10 Dangerous Animals (2025)
00:11:55 The Meg (2018)
00:13:39 Open Water (2003)
00:15:44 Deep Blue Sea (1999)
00:19:37 The Shallows (2016)
00:22:04 Piranha & More
00:31:45 Song Demo
00:35:57 Losing Light

Quint slides beneath the water, and Brody is alone on a sinking boat with nothing left but a rifle. We close out our three part dive into Jaws with the ending, the aftermath, our favorite lines, and two brand new songs written from opposite ends of that opening beach scene.
 
Citations
Baisas, Laura. “Why the creators of ‘Jaws’ regretted making sharks the monsters.” Popular Science. 22 July 2023. https://www.popsci.com/environment/jaws-sharks-attack/.
Escamilla, Christina. “Examining the Cinematography of Jaws for the 50th Anniversary.” Stinaesc. 10 September 2025. https://www.stinaesc.com/film/examining-the-cinematography-of-jaws-for-the-50th-anniversary.
Farr, John. “’Jaws’ - How Our Greatest Summer Movie Got Made.” Best Movies by Farr. https://bestmoviesbyfarr.com/seasonal/jaws-how-our-greatest-summer-movie-got-made/.
Germain, Jacquelyne. “Steven Spielberg Regrets How ‘Jaws’ Impacted Real-World Sharks.” Smithsonian Magazine. 20 December 2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/steven-spielberg-regrets-how-jaws-impacted-real-world-sharks-180981335/.
Jackson, Matthew. “How They Made the Shark in Jaws (and Why We Don't See It Very Much).” NBC. 20 June 2025. https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/how-they-made-the-shark-in-jaws-explained.
McLachlan, Ryan. “The True Story Behind the USS Indianapolis Monologue in ‘Jaws’.” War History Online. 31 August 2023. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/jaws-monologue.html.
Sackton, Laura. “’Jaws’: Book vs. movie.” Audible Blog. 17 September 2024. https://www.audible.com/blog/article-jaws-book-vs-movie.
 
Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:05:04 Story Time: Murder & Mayhem (continued)
00:22:46 Story Time: Themes
00:37:22 Story Time: Favorites & Quotes
00:41:45 Open Mic
00:52:19 Losing Light
 
 

We keep finding new corners of Jaws to get stuck in. This week we wrap up the production stories, spend a long while in the cinematography (the poster, the water box, that dolly zoom), sit with John Williams' two notes, and finally get to talk characters: Brody, Hooper, Quint, all of them. Part two of three - the boat's not big enough yet.
Chapters
00:00:00 Intro00:04:59 Let's Make a Movie: Production00:17:16 Vibe Check00:21:15 Vibe Check: Cinematography00:36:51 Vibe Check: SFX00:46:27 Vibe Check: Music & Sound Design00:58:40 Story Time: Characters01:18:01 Story Time: Murder, Mayhem & Myths01:28:55 Losing Light
Citations
Blair, Caroline. “Where is the cast of ‘Jaws’ Now?” AOL. 20 June 2025. https://www.aol.com/where-cast-jaws-now-look-220000959.html.
Danko, Meredith. “8 Actors Who Could Have Starred in ‘Jaws’.” Mental Floss. 28 May 2025. https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/movies/actors-who-could-have-starred-in-jaws.
Escamilla, Christina. “Examining the Cinematography of Jaws for the 50th Anniversary.” Stinaesc. 10 September 2025. https://www.stinaesc.com/film/examining-the-cinematography-of-jaws-for-the-50th-anniversary.
Novak, Laureen. “Who’s Still Alive from ‘Jaws’?” Remind Magazine. 16 June 2025. https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/31158/jaws-whos-still-alive/.
Parker, Ryan. “’Jaws’ and the Internal Debate Over Who Wrote the Iconic USS Indianapolis Speech.” The Hollywood Reporter. 20 June 2022. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jaws-debate-over-who-wrote-uss-indianapolis-speech-1235168476/.
Rennie, Daniel. “Revisiting Bruce, the Malfunctioning Animatronic Shark that Made ‘Jaws’ a Horror Classic.” Bold Entrance. 15 July 2020. https://boldentrance.com/remembering-bruce-the-malfunctioning-animatronic-shark-that-made-jaws-a-horror-classic/.
Slor, Zhanna. “Remembering ‘Jaws’ Actress Susan Backlinie.” Remind Magazine. 13 May 2024. https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/6178/susan-backlinie-talks-opening-jaws-scene/.
Watkin, Hannah. “What happened to the cast of Jaws?” Smooth Radio. 17 June 2025. https://www.smoothradio.com/news/entertainment/jaws-cast-then-now/.
 

Steven Spielberg's "little" movie about a very big shark kicks off part one of our three part deep dive into Jaws. We get into Peter Benchley's novel, the mechanical shark that refused to cooperate, and why shooting on the real Atlantic nearly ended a young director's career before it started. Two more parts to come.
 
Chapters
00:00:00 Intro00:09:24 Intro: Distribution & Reception00:30:03 Let's Make a Movie: Filmmakers00:51:14 Let's Make a Movie: Cast01:02:32 Let's Make a Movie: Production01:24:03 Losing Light
 
Citations
“’Jaws’ - How Our Greatest Summer Movie Got Made.” Best Movies by Farr. 2026. https://bestmoviesbyfarr.com/seasonal/jaws-how-our-greatest-summer-movie-got-made/.
Court, Andrew. “A Montauk Monster Hunter.” Field Ethos. 1 July 2025. https://fieldethos.com/montauk-monster-hunter/.
McLachlan, Ryan. “The True Story Behind the USS Indianapolis Monologue in ‘Jaws’”. War History Online. 31 August 2023. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/jaws-monologue.html.
Newman, Dean. “Who The Cast of Jaws Could Have Been.” The Daily Jaws. 18 January 2021. https://thedailyjaws.com/blog/2021/1/18/who-the-cast-of-jaws-could-have-been.
Rennie, Daniel. “Revisiting Bruce, The Malfunctioning Animatronic Shark That Made ‘Jaws’ a Horror Classic.” Bold Entrance. 15 July 2020. https://boldentrance.com/remembering-bruce-the-malfunctioning-animatronic-shark-that-made-jaws-a-horror-classic/.
Sackton, Laura. “’Jaws’: Book vs. movie.” Audible. 17 September 2024. https://www.audible.com/blog/article-jaws-book-vs-movie.
Scott, Andy. “The Untold Truth of Jaws.” Looper. 10 October 2017. https://www.looper.com/24598/untold-truth-jaws/.
Vaziri, Todd. “The Myth of the ‘Jaws’ Shooting Stars.” FXRant. 19 February 2026. https://fxrant.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-myth-of-jaws-shooting-star.html?m=1.