Nightmare USA Podcast
- Episodes
- 12
- Released
- every two weeks
- Latest episode
- Nov 11, 2026
About the podcast
In 2007, Stephen Thrower unleashed the behemoth film reference book Nightmare USA into the world. Spanning nearly 150 titles, Nightmare USA provides an in-depth look into the American regional horror film landscape popularized in grindhouse theaters and drive-ins during the 1970s and 80s.
Join hosts Adam Hursey and Sam Panico as they use this tome as a guide to explore the underbelly of America, one horror film at a time.
Episodes 12
Horror Gives Back 2026 Recap
In this episode, Adam and Sam recap their picks for the annual Horror Gives Back challenge, sponsored by the Unsung Horrors podcast. This year, over $2000 was raised, mostly benefiting Best Friends Animal …
Show notes
In this episode, Adam and Sam recap their picks for the annual Horror Gives Back challenge, sponsored by the Unsung Horrors podcast. This year, over $2000 was raised, mostly benefiting Best Friends Animal Society. A good time for a great cause.
Check out Unsung Horror's recap episode here
Adam's Letterboxd HGB 2026 List
Sam's Letterboxd HGB 2026 List
Recap on BandSAboutMovies
Sam's Capstone Project on You Can See Everything
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Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Next Episode: Blood Freak (1972)Curse of the Headless Horseman
In this episode, Adam and Sam head out west to check out the Curse of the Headless Horseman. While Ichabod Crane is nowhere to be found, we do get Andy Warhol superstar Ultra Violet wandering about, carrying a …
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In this episode, Adam and Sam head out west to check out the Curse of the Headless Horseman. While Ichabod Crane is nowhere to be found, we do get Andy Warhol superstar Ultra Violet wandering about, carrying a Superman lunchbox, and a Scooby-Doo inspired ending. Jinkies!
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Check out this year's Horror Gives Back challenge, brought to us as always by the Unsung Horrors podcast. We will have a special episode covering our picks for this challenge in November. Join us!
Next Episode: Horror Gives Back Recap
November 25th: Blood Freak (1972)Crazed (Slipping Into Darkness)
In this episode, Adam and Sam watch their Ps and Qs as they explore the tortured minds of Grahame and Karen in Richard Cassidy's 1978 film Crazed (AKA Slipping Into Darkness AKA Bloodshed).Watch Crazed on …
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In this episode, Adam and Sam watch their Ps and Qs as they explore the tortured minds of Grahame and Karen in Richard Cassidy's 1978 film Crazed (AKA Slipping Into Darkness AKA Bloodshed).
Watch Crazed on YouTube here
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Check out this year's Horror Gives Back challenge, brought to us as always by the Unsung Horrors podcast. We will have a special episode covering our picks for this challenge in November. Join us!
Next epidsode: Curse of the Headless Horseman (1972)Mako: The Jaws of Death
In this episode, Sam and Adam hop on an airboat and sail down to Florida to take in the sights of William Grefè's Mako: The Jaws of Death. Apologies in advance to the residents of St. Louis, Florida, and …
Show notes
In this episode, Sam and Adam hop on an airboat and sail down to Florida to take in the sights of William Grefè's Mako: The Jaws of Death. Apologies in advance to the residents of St. Louis, Florida, and possibly Wisconsin.
You can currently watch The Jaws of Death on Arrow Player (along with a bevy of other Grefè titles). Or pick up the box set from Arrow Video, He Came From the Swamp.
Let's plan a road trip to The Wreck Bar, the lounge featured in the film that is still operational.
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Check out this year's Horror Gives Back challenge, brought to us as always by the Unsung Horrors podcast. We will have a special episode covering our picks for this challenge in November. Join us!
Next epidsode: Crazed (1978). AKA Slipping Into Darkness. AKA BloodshedBloody Birthday
In this episode, we celebrate the kids of Bloody Birthday. Mighty Mouse style. Make sure to save room for a slice of sheet cake. There is plenty to go around.Email us at [email protected] us on …
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In this episode, we celebrate the kids of Bloody Birthday. Mighty Mouse style. Make sure to save room for a slice of sheet cake. There is plenty to go around.
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Check out Sam's article about Night Train to Terror in the latest issue of The Physical Media Advocate
Check out this year's Horror Gives Back challenge, brought to us as always by the Unsung Horrors podcast.
Next epidsode: Mako: The Jaws of DeathSimon King of the Witches
In this episode, Sam is positive and Adam is negative in their response to the psychodelic shenanigans of Andrew Prine in Bruce Kessler's Simon King of the Witches.Email us at [email protected] us …
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In this episode, Sam is positive and Adam is negative in their response to the psychodelic shenanigans of Andrew Prine in Bruce Kessler's Simon King of the Witches.
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Check out Sam and Bill's commentary track on the new Visual Vengeance release Reanimator Academy
Next Episode: Bloody BirthdayGirls Nite Out
Unlike Hal Holbrook, Adam and Sam aren't phoning it in as they discuss the gender bent whodunit slasher from 1982, Girls Nite Out (AKA The Scaremaker).Email us at [email protected] us on …
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Unlike Hal Holbrook, Adam and Sam aren't phoning it in as they discuss the gender bent whodunit slasher from 1982, Girls Nite Out (AKA The Scaremaker).
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Part of the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
Next Episode: Simon, King of the WitchesDeath Bed: The Bed That Eats
In this episode, Adam and Sam leave no crumbs as they discuss George Barry's fairy tale film Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.Email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @nightmareusapodFollow Adam …
Show notes
In this episode, Adam and Sam leave no crumbs as they discuss George Barry's fairy tale film Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Next Episode: Girls Nite Out (AKA The Scaremaker)I Drink Your Blood
What do you get when you cross a ripped from the headlines story involving a pack of wolves attacking children in Iran with the salaciousness of the Charles Manson trial? Throw in a dash of influnce from …
Show notes
What do you get when you cross a ripped from the headlines story involving a pack of wolves attacking children in Iran with the salaciousness of the Charles Manson trial? Throw in a dash of influnce from producer Jerry Gross and you get I Drink Your Blood, the grindhouse classic directed by David E. Durston.
Do we find a way to talk about Creepshow 2 again? Yes we do.
Do we spend too much time discussing the Airport movies? Tastes may vary I guess.
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Sam and Adam each wrote an article in the current issue of The Physical Media Advocate. Sam wrote about the 80's supernatural A Nightmare on Elm Street inspired Bad Dreams, while Adam dove deep into the vault to discover the Golden Age of Exploitation classic from 1945, Mom and Dad.
The Physical Media Advocate can be purchased at several independent physical media retailers across the globe, and is available worldwide via Amazon (Issue 31).
Next episode: Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.The Crazies
In our second episode, Sam wanted to discuss a film literally near and dear to him--George Romero's The Crazies. Do we talk about Creepshow 2 more than the actual film we are covering? Maybe. Email us at …
Show notes
In our second episode, Sam wanted to discuss a film literally near and dear to him--George Romero's The Crazies. Do we talk about Creepshow 2 more than the actual film we are covering? Maybe.
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Next film: I Drink Your BloodDon't Go in the House
In our first episode, Adam and Sam discuss Joesph Ellison's debut film, Don't Go in the House, which turns out to be very good advice for the women in this movie.Don't Go in the House is currently available on …
Show notes
In our first episode, Adam and Sam discuss Joesph Ellison's debut film, Don't Go in the House, which turns out to be very good advice for the women in this movie.
Don't Go in the House is currently available on Blu Ray from Severin and Arrow. Also streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi (subject to change of course).
Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
Next episode: George Romero's The Crazies (1973)Episode Zero
Get to know your co-hosts Adam and Sam as we begin our journey to discuss all of the films in Stephen Thrower's Nightmare USA.Be sure to join us for our first episode where we dive into Joseph Ellison's debut …
Show notes
Get to know your co-hosts Adam and Sam as we begin our journey to discuss all of the films in Stephen Thrower's Nightmare USA.
Be sure to join us for our first episode where we dive into Joseph Ellison's debut film Don't Go in the House, currently available on Blu Ray from Severin and Arrow. Also streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi (subject to change of course).
Email us at [email protected]
Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey
Follow Sam on Letterboxd: @bandsaboutmovie
Visit Sam's site B & S About Movies
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