Midnight Cinema with Art and Erik

About Midnight Cinema with Art and Erik

The ultimate horror movie podcast for fans of cult classics, horror gems, and genre oddities. Join hosts Art Hennessey and Erik Rodenhiser for sharp insight, offbeat humor, and just the right amount of nerdy enthusiasm. Each week, this horror movie podcast dives deep into everything from classic slashers to bizarre indie horror, breaking down wild performances, filmmaker "bad decisions," and the occasional philosophical debate over exploding heads. If you love your horror movies strange and your commentary hilarious, welcome to Midnight Cinema.

Publisher

Art Hennessey & Erik Rodenhiser

Category

tv & film · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

4 Mar 2025

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

78 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

   The First Cut Is The Creepiest Welcome to the Tilden Mortuary and Crematorium! When the Sheriff brings in a corpse after hours, you stay until you have a cause of death, no matter how many creepy sounds you hear or how many animated dead bodies start shuffling down the hallways. This week Art and Erik pull out the scalpels and fire up the furnace as they conduct a forensic examination of Director Andre Øvredal's  The Autopsy of Jane Doe. In this 2016 horror procedural, Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch play a father-and-son coroner team who get the job of autopsying a strange, unidentified female corpse. But in looking for the cause of her death, they find deeper and deeper secrets hidden in the body and in history itself. The eerie morgue spaces, atmospheric lighting and creepy screenplay boost this film onto many lists of underseen horror gems. Join us in the Midnight Cinema to experience this firsthand! Congrats to Brian Cox on receiving a Midnight Cinema Popcorn Bucket Award. We raved about him once before on our episode breaking down Trick 'r Treat. Check out our website: https://midnightcinemapod.com/ Subscribe to us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and please leave us a review! We love hearing from you, and reviews help us get the word out! You can visit us on Facebook, TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@midnightcinemapod), and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@MidnightCinemaPod) for video clips, show info and other behind-the-scenes craziness! LOJWYG3D2XBO1N1B

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Drag Me To Hell (2009)

   Button, Button, Who's Got the Button? Check your harvest cake for eyeballs, read your animal sacrifice manual closely, and whatever you do, make sure to approve all loan extensions for witches! Join us in the Midnight Cinema this week as we unspool Sam Raimi's 2009 horror movie Drag Me To Hell. Released in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, audiences and critics were delighted to watch a young bank loan officer (Alison Lohman) get tormented and face eternal damnation! Art and Erik dig into this short, fast and surprisingly nasty supernatural curse story that blends practical effects, CGI and Raimi's signature style. Moviegoers loved it, and critics ate it up in the early aughts, but does it still hold up today?  We'll take you through every shattered tooth, every killer handkerchief and every flooded grave! Watch out for anvils! And we have two new Popcorn Bucket Award winners to hang in the lobby! Director Sam Raimi, we previously discussed him when we covered  The Evil Dead. Actor Justin Long was praised once before in our episode on Jeepers Creepers! Check out our website: https://midnightcinemapod.com/ Subscribe to us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and please leave us a review! We love hearing from you, and reviews help us get the word out! You can visit us on Facebook, TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@midnightcinemapod), and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@MidnightCinemaPod) for video clips, show info and other behind-the-scenes craziness! 5TMOIR8KYCGKC5VO

3. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

   No matter how good the cottage looks, don't eat the candy! Instead, grab a crossbow, load up your Gatling guns, and find a white witch to tag along with you to the Midnight Cinema! Art and Erik are watching 2013's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. Hansel & Gretel is one of the best-known tales of the Brothers Grimm, but did you know the rest of the story?  It seems Hansel and Gretel grew up to become supernatural bounty hunters, and the forests of the fairy tale have been updated into an R-rated comedy-action-horror hybrid landscape. Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton play the feisty siblings, squaring off against a grand witch played by Famke Jannsen.  There are F-bombs, head explosions, brutal beatings and a lot of action choreography. When Director Tommy Wirkola pitched the idea, the studios were instantly hooked and saw a string of sequels in the headlights. But how did this updated Grimm story end up? Join Art and Erik as they follow the breadcrumbs to the center of the Witch Forest. Check out our website: https://midnightcinemapod.com/ Subscribe to us on Apple, Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/65ODauhpUlWHR2Wf7l5FND) or wherever you get your podcasts, and please leave us a review! We love hearing from you, and reviews help us get the word out! You can visit us on Facebook, TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@midnightcinemapod), and YouTube for video clips, show info and other behind-the-scenes craziness! EOWSLK7EWCUVXAKU

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

63

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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