Josh, Mark & Billy gaze into the abyss of various horror movies to find out what will gaze back and how their mental health themes challenge us as viewers.
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We’re staring into the abyss of 2024’s Hellboy: The Crooked Man to see what will gaze back. The gents return with a brand new episode to discuss what maybe the best adaptation of big red yet with The Crooked Man. However, does that mean a good adaptation makes for a good movie? Plus, we sat down with paranormal investigator, Steve Dills, of Transcend Paranormal (https://www.transcendparanormal.com), at this year’s Nightmare Weekend (https://galaxycon.com/pages/nightmare-weekend-richmond?srsltid=AfmBOopCdaL6pmKnvDUzLIxUpFR2AQwiuvqvAUN9sGl6KMj9UDiQHJmP) to talk about all the spooky things they are doing in the Central Virginia area.
If you or someone you know is reading this right now and struggling with suicide, depression, addiction, or self-harm - please reach out—comment, message, or tweet’ at us. Go to victimsandvillains.net/hope (https://www.spreaker.com/hope) for more resources. Call the suicide lifeline at 988. Text "HELP" to 741-741. There is hope & you DO have so much value and worth!
Abyss Gazing: A Horror Podcast is a production of Victims and Villains is written by Brandon Moore, Mark Moore & Billy Tabor. Music for this episode comes courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (https://bit.ly/agktheme (https://bit.ly/agktheme)) & Purple Planet (https://bit.ly/ppcoms (https://bit.ly/ppcoms)). You can now support us on Patreon. Help us get mental health resources into schools and get exclusive content at the same time. Click here (http://bit.ly/vavpatreon (http://bit.ly/vavpatreon)) to support us today!
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18 Oct 2025
Hellboy (2019) | Episode #173
We’re staring into the abyss of 2019’s Hellboy to see what will gaze back. Hellboy Halloween continues with the polarizing 2019 reboot of big red. The gents fly solo as they navigate through the David Harbour led reboot, discussing everything from destiny & mental health to the film’s messy nature & more.
This episode features music from Pain Generator. (https://open.spotify.com/artist/0cxVzIXqxQkmr4Pm6IrCnP) They will be joining our Mosh for Mental Health fundraiser show (https://www.victimsandvillains.net/events/5zrlsw869fdhby2famle6md49heanp)October 18th at Banditos. Come out and support them, us and the other bands. All proceeds will be going towards mental health education.
If you or someone you know is reading this right now and struggling with suicide, depression, addiction, or self-harm - please reach out—comment, message, or tweet’ at us. Go to victimsandvillains.net/hope (https://www.spreaker.com/hope) for more resources. Call the suicide lifeline at 988. Text "HELP" to 741-741. There is hope & you DO have so much value and worth!
Abyss Gazing: A Horror Podcast is a production of Victims and Villains is written by Brandon Moore, Mark Moore & Billy Tabor. Music for this episode comes courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (https://bit.ly/agktheme (https://bit.ly/agktheme)) & Purple Planet (https://bit.ly/ppcoms (https://bit.ly/ppcoms)). You can now support us on Patreon. Help us get mental health resources into schools and get exclusive content at the same time. Click here (http://bit.ly/vavpatreon (http://bit.ly/vavpatreon)) to support us today!
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9 Oct 2025
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) | Episode #172
We’re staring into the abyss of 2008’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army to see what will gaze back. Hellboy Halloween rolls on with the last collaboration from Guillermo del Toro & Ron Perlman. In this episode, we welcome author, Patrick Tumblety (https://speakerpatrick.wixsite.com/patricktumblety), to discuss his bibliography & inspirations. Along side the mental health of fatherhood & identity.
This episode features music from WERTLOS (https://linktr.ee/wertlos?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafaKddW63w51WEdtzhXAcV2YU8VMlSq-VjOyb8RqwN-YBUZ8Zeo7jp_d_hBwA_aem_WO4mwN3LUnBXQO96pRuFrg) They will be joining our Mosh for Mental Health fundraiser show (https://www.victimsandvillains.net/events/5zrlsw869fdhby2famle6md49heanp)October 18th at Banditos. Come out and support them, us and the other bands. All proceeds will be going towards mental health education.
If you or someone you know is reading this right now and struggling with suicide, depression, addiction, or self-harm - please reach out—comment, message, or tweet’ at us. Go to victimsandvillains.net/hope (https://www.spreaker.com/hope) for more resources. Call the suicide lifeline at 988. Text "HELP" to 741-741. There is hope & you DO have so much value and worth!
Abyss Gazing: A Horror Podcast is a production of Victims and Villains is written by Brandon Moore, Mark Moore & Billy Tabor. Music for this episode comes courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (https://bit.ly/agktheme (https://bit.ly/agktheme)) & Purple Planet (https://bit.ly/ppcoms (https://bit.ly/ppcoms)). You can now support us on Patreon. Help us get mental health resources into schools and get exclusive content at the same time. Click here (http://bit.ly/vavpatreon (http://bit.ly/vavpatreon)) to support us today!
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