Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown

Terrifier began as a small horror film that shocked audiences into paying attention and unexpectedly grew into a major franchise. Years later, actress Catherine Corcoran says the story behind its success includes claims of mistreatment and financial promises that were never honored once the film became far bigger than anyone anticipated.   For ad-free and bonus episodes: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts -OR- Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorwoodpodcast   Follow us! IG, FB   Send us an email: [email protected]   Episode Sources: “‘Terrifier’ Star Sues Producers, Alleging Unpaid Royalties and Filming Nude Scene Without Consent” by J. Kim Murphy, October 27, 2025, Variety ““Terrifier” Filmmakers Face Lawsuit for “Toxic” Behaviour” from Scream Magazine, November 10, 2025 “Terrifier actor Catherine Corcoran sues franchise for breach of contract” by Emma Keates, October 27, 2025, AV Club “Catherine Corcoran Isn’t the First to Feel Cheated by ‘Terrifier’” by Alison Foreman, October 31, 2025, IndieWire “'Terrifier' star Catherine Corcoran says producers shortchanged her, filmed her nude without written permission” by David K. Li, October 29, 2025, NBC News “‘Terrifier 3’ Creator Spills Secrets Behind his Killer Sequel and Art the Clown’s Success” by Lina Lecaro, October 9, 2024, updated August 21, 2025, Los Angeles Magazine “How Terrifier's Art The Clown Was Created” by Quinn Bilodeau, May 21, 2025, Slash Film “Horror Business: The Making of Damien Leone’s TERRIFIER” by Nick Taylor, July 2, 2018, Dread Central “How Terrifier Went From Low Budget Gore-Fest to Audience-Sickening Horror Franchise - Stream Terrifier 2on Peacock” by Mason Brady, July 7, 2023, SyFy “Catherine Corcoran” on IMDb “Terrifer (2016)” on IMDb “Terrifier 2 (2022)” on IMDb “About Catherine” on Catherine Corcoran’s website   Creeptastic theme music by: Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast   Privacy Policy

It's almost NYE, so we're looking back at 2025 in this special Crime Couch. Bear with us, we're using different mics and the sound is not up to par. WE ARE SO SORRY. You can listen to the audio version of this episode wherever you get your podcasts, or watch the VIDEO on Patreon and YouTube. Happy New Year!

As we take a few days off to enjoy the holidays, enjoy this Patreon episode from December 2023. Founded in 1965 by entrepreneur Sapuran “Spoony” Singh Sunder, the Hollywood Wax Museum on Hollywood Boulevard has delighted visitors for decades. Even if the famous wax figures aren’t considered the most artistic, the Museum has a charm that keeps people coming through its doors. The building that houses the Museum used to be an old brassiere and luggage factory, and of course was a front for a speakeasy in the 1920s. So, naturally, it’s HAUNTED AF. Hear the history of Spoony Singh, the Hollywood Wax Museum, and the ghosts that linger among the wax…with suitcases filled with bras! Episode Sources: “Los Angeles’ Most Haunted Places” by CBS Los Angeles, October 15, 2015, KCAL News, CBS “Hollywood Wax Museum” by Eduardo Brugman, November 10, 2021, Small Business Development Corporation of Orange County “Hollywood Wax Museum” website “Spoony Singh” Wikipedia “Hollywood Wax Museum” Wikipedia “Spoony Singh, 83, Dies; Created Hollywood Wax Museum” by Douglas Martin, October 25, 2026, The New York Times “Spoony Singh, 83; Established Wax Museum” by Valerie J. Nelson, October 21, 2006, Los Angeles Times “Haunted Hollywood” by Evelyn Ciattei Monica Barge, LA Tourist “Ghosts of the Stella Adler Theatre” by admin, October 13, 2011, Creepy LA “An Open Letter to the Worst Wax Museum in America” by Jamie Lee Taete, December 27, 2013, Vice “Brandstatter brought the party to old Hollywood” by Charles Perry, April 14, 2011, Los Angeles Times “10 Creepy Places to Visit in Los Angeles” by Harry Stewart, Hotels.com Send us an email: [email protected] Creeptastic theme music by: Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast Privacy Policy

It's a tale as old as time: Girl meets lion, lion moves in, girl gets a few dozen more lions, puts them all in a movie and gets bitten numerous times, fractures a leg, develops gangrene, is nearly scalped, loses all her money, ends her marriage and continues to...*checks notes*...live with lions. If you'd like to donate to the Roar Foundation, visit https://www.shambala.org/donate_preserve.htm   For ad-free and bonus episodes: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts -OR- Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorwoodpodcast   Follow us! IG, FB   Send us an email: [email protected]   Episode Sources: “The Cats of Shambala” The Extraordinary Story of Life with the Big Cats” by Tippi Hedren, Tiger Island Press, 1985, updated 1991 “Fifty Shades of Grrrrrr: The insane story of ‘Roar’" by Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly, Apr 15, 2015 “In 1981, 70 People Were Mauled On The Set Of The ‘Most Dangerous Film Ever Made’—A Biologist Tells The Story” by Scott Travers, Forbes, Feb 19, 2025 “Surviving 'Roar': The Most Dangerous Film Ever Made” by Randolph Sellars, Stage 32, 2014 Review: “Roar” Variety, Dec 31, 1980 “‘Roar’: Cast and crew risked life and limb in the most dangerous movie ever made, 1981” by Bart Bealmear, Dangerous Minds, Apr 14, 2015 Roar website “‘We were stupid beyond belief to have that lion in our house’: Tippi Hedren reveals her regrets at letting beast share family home” by Tom Leonard, Daily Mail, Oct 17, 2014 “Dakota Johnson reveals grandmother Tippi Hedren, 90, still lives with '13 or 14' big cats” by Alyssa Newcomb, Today, May 24, 2020 “EPISODE 19: ROAR with SPECIAL GUEST JOHN MARSHALL” Frank Mengarelli, Podcasting Them Softly, Nov 6, 2015 “‘Roar’: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made” Atlas Media Corporation, 2017 “Before Tiger King, Tippi Hedren was the Tiger Queen of Hollywood” by Brooke Marine, W Magazine, Mar 27, 2020   Creeptastic theme music by: Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast   Privacy Policy

Hello Misfits! Our lives have been a teeny bit bananas lately so we're taking the week off and bringing back an episode from this time last year. We're talking about the 1984 holiday classic "Gremlins." We've got WWII fighter pilots, inspiration from Playboy, and lots of mice and cockroaches. Who knew?   Episode Sources: “Gremlin Trouble!: The Cursed Roald Dahl Film Disney Never Made” by Jim Korkis “Creature Feature: The Oral History of ‘Gremlins’” by Alan Siegel, The Ringer, Jun 6, 2024 “Sexual Anxiety? Racism? The Vietnam War? No One Knows What ‘Gremlins’ Is a Metaphor For” by JM McNab, Cracked, May 23, 2023 “The 50 Most Racist Movies” Complex, May 9, 2012 “Roald Dahl, Author of Gremlins Book, Visits The Walt Disney Studios” by Lucas Seastrom, WaltDisney.org, Dec 9, 2021 “Why Gremlins Didn't Use Monkeys To Create The Special Effects” by Gregory Wakeman, CinemaBlend, Jun 22, 2015 “Chris Columbus on why 'Gremlins' is a Christmas movie — and the dark Santa story the studio wanted to cut out” by Kevin Polowy, Yahoo! Entertainment, Dec 18, 2020 "'Gremlins' Writer Chris Columbus on His Hard R, Darker Original Script” by Adam Chitwood, Collider, Nov 24, 2020 All the Right Movies Podcast “21 Crazy Facts Behind The Making Of The Gremlin Movies” by Christopher Hodges, Screen Rant, Aug 24, 2018 “The True Origin of Disney’s Gremlins” by Jim Korkis, Mouse Planet, Apr 5, 2017 “Protecting the Gremlins” by Jim Korkis, Mouse Planet, Jun 27, 2018 “Gremlins Week: The Evolution Of Gizmo” by Nick De Semlyen, Empire, Jun 30, 2014 “Gremlins' Director Had A Wild Theory For The Mogwai Origin” by Murray Ferguson, Screen Rant, Dec 13, 2021   Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/horrorwoodpodcast   Follow us! IG, FB   Send us an email: [email protected]   Creeptastic theme music by: Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast   Privacy Policy