Live from the Toni Rembe theater in San Francisco, it’s the Halloween Movie Draft! Sean and Amanda are joined by friends of the pod Chris Ryan and Alex Ross Perry to select their favorite spooky genre movies of all time.
(0:00) What makes a Halloween movie?
(21:12) The draft categories and order
(25:21) The Halloween Movie Draft
(1:51:28) Honorable menti ... Show More
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