Legends of Halloween comes to a close for 2026 by going to the dogs! We started with rats, we spent time with mothers and motherly figures, and now we're wrapping up with a 2025 canine-centric horror flick that premiered at SXSW! In the film, writer-director Ben Leonberg turns a classic horror trope on its head by telling a haunted-house story from the dog's perspective. Starring Leonberg's own dog, Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, the film follows the loyal pet who senses a supernatural presence threatening his owner, Todd, in their new rural home. Shot over three years on a shoestring budget of just $70,000, this inventive indie grossed $8.8 million and earned rave reviews for its atmosphere, craftsmanship, and four-legged lead. Indy even took home an Astra Award for his performance, becoming the first dog to win a major film acting award previously reserved for humans. But now we'll decide if Good Boy deserves Best in Show, or if it should spend Halloween in the doghouse!

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Legends of Halloween checks in to the Bates Motel for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 horror film. Based on the 1959 novel by Robert Bloch, from a script by Joseph Stefano, this film was a bit of a departure for Hitchcock, who had become one of Hollywood's biggest directors. Just the year prior, Hitchcock released North by Northwest, "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures," a multi-million-dollar budgeted, massive color production. This film, by contrast, was made for less than one million and shot in black-and-white by the crew of the television anthology series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Martin Balsam, the film divided critics at the time of release, but audiences were enthralled. The pic grossed over $50 million, and is now considered one of Hitchcock's best films and arguably one of the greatest horror films ever made. But will our hosts shower the film with praise, or will we be declared insane as we debate the mother of all slasher films… Psycho!

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Legends of Halloween celebrates eight hundred episodes with the thirteenth. Friday the 13th, that is! Courtesy of Listener Matthew, we're recording a never-before-recorded review on Legends Podcast of the slasher film that set Jason Voorhees, that hockey-mask-wearing, machete-wielding, unstoppable killing machine, loose on the world. Well, kinda. We'll get there in a minute. With a cast of teens including a very young Kevin Bacon, something is amiss at Camp Crystal Lake, and before long their necks are getting slashed. But there is a twist here, even for those with passing familiarity with the franchise. Don't worry, we won't spoil it yet! The 1980 film was a runaway hit, and to date has spawned sequels, crossovers, reboots, TV series, comics, video games, and plenty of merchandise. Now we're watching the flick that started it all and paying homage to 800 episodes of Legends Podcast. And unlike Jason, we talk A LOT.

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