Much like any sitcom in the 80's and 90's, Jason and Rachel have a memory episode where they talk about everything they've seen and go through for the past 20 episode, in between discussing their final movie together: Freddy vs Jason. They talk

#19: NOT My Freddy

Mar 19th, 2020 1h 6m

When we decided to cover the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, there was one film that Jason was totally not looking forward to, besides Part 2. And that was the very unneeded remake. But here we are. How does Rachel feel about this pointless bla

#18: Fancy Robert Englund

Mar 5th, 2020 1h 23m

Things get ultra meta in this episode as Jason and Rachel talk about Wes Craven's New Nightmare, which is a movie about the stars and filmmakers of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, especially Heather Langencamp, coming across a real life Fred

#17: Secret Shed of Murder

Feb 20th, 2020 1h 9m

This week of Maniac with a Machete has Jason and Rachel visiting Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, the movie that was suppose to end the Nightmare on Elm Street series once and for all. Clearly, that didn't happen. But they had fun discussing

#16: Can You Breastfeed Souls?

Feb 6th, 2020 55m 23s

In this speedy episode, Jason and Rachel talk about A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 5: The Dream Child and the continuing adventures of Alice. I'm serious, this is a pretty quick episode. You see, Rachel wasn't feeling too good, the movie isn't

#15: Sucking Face With Freddy

Jan 23rd, 2020 1h 9m

It is now time for Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4, where we say goodbye to some "classic characters" and say hello to some new ones. This is the one that Jason and Rachel felt split on so give it a listen and see who liked it and who didn't thi

#14: He Undoes The Tongues

Jan 9th, 2020 1h 13m

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors has a lot of fans. It's a lot of people's favorite entry in the series. One of those people is Nolahn, Jason's former podcasting partner. So Nolahn practically begged to come on the show to talk

#13: Lamemare on Lame St. Part Lame: Freddy's Lamenge

Dec 20th, 2019 1h 5m

Jason knew there was going to be some rough patches in the Nightmare on Elm Street series but he totally forgot how stupid A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's "Revenge" was. But he and Rachel plugged on ahead and...oof.

#12: Glenn Is Useless

Dec 5th, 2019 1h 19m

We are back, baby! And for this season, we are tackling all the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, starting with the first and original film in which we realize just how useless Glenn (Johnny Depp) is in this movie.But before that, Jason and Rac

#11: Chekhov's Woodchipper

Oct 3rd, 2019 1h 28m

This is it. For real. The season finale of the show where we cover the final Friday the 13th film, which unfortunately means we're covering the 2009 much unnecessary remake, produced by Michael Bay and directed by the guy who gave us The Texas

#10: Evil Gets An Upload

Sep 20th, 2019 1h 20m

Time for me to upgrade this episode onto Podomatic and for you to downgrade it onto your listening devices! It's time for JASON!! IN!! SPAAAAACE!!!!! Jason and Rachel take on the most fun Friday the 13th film they've watched in awhile and discu

#9: Eat Your Heart Out

Sep 7th, 2019 1h 24m

So this is going to be an interesting episode for a couple of reasons. I won't say what they are here. You'll just have to click play and find out yourself. To give you a hint: pay very close attention to Rachel's, um, "state of mind" if you wi

#8: Jason Takes (His Time Getting To) Manhattan

Aug 22nd, 2019 1h 52m

This is a long episode but we hope you still listen to it because it's a good one. There's a lot to cover and Jason and Rachel certain do cover it all. There's a brief history on Kane Hodder, the most famous guy to play Jason to all the differe

#7: Carrie Vs Jason

Aug 8th, 2019 1h 19m

Ok, the title isn't the most imaginative and there's no audio clips from the movie sprinkled throughout the episode. The reason for that is Jason Soto is fighting a cold and isn't feeling too imaginative right now. And there weren't a lot of gr

#6: Jason Voorhees: Feminist

Jul 18th, 2019 1h 9m

When Jason Soto came up with the idea for this podcast, there was one episode he was looking forward to doing. We have reached that episode. So now you get to hear him and Rachel Thuro discuss the majesty of Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives!

#5: An Ode To Cocaine

Jul 3rd, 2019 1h 30m

Turns out Paramount learned they had something of a cash cow on their hands and decided to make ANOTHER Friday the 13th film, despite claiming the last film was "The Final Chapter". But now Jason and Rachel get to talk about crazy horny teenage

#4: Crispin Glover Died For Your Sins

Jun 20th, 2019 1h 12m

Well, it's been a nice short ride but Jason and Rachel have to cover the final Friday the 13th movie ever made. We don't know what's going to happen in the next 8 episodes but I'm sure it'll be exciting.They talk about everything including Cor

#3: A Shelly-bration!

Jun 7th, 2019 1h 23m

Tacos, vans, biker trios, barns, hammocks, pregnancies, and of course Shelly is all discussed by Jason and Rachel as they cover Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D! But...what about Jason Voorhees? Where's he at? Hmm...

#2: Sexy Slingshot

May 23rd, 2019 1h 17m

Is Baghead Jason the best Jason? Is there a place that teaches you HOW to be a camp councilor? Do bra's not exist in the future? Are slingshots sexy? Jason Soto and Rachel Thuro attempt to answer these questions and more as they talk about "Fri

#1: Six Degrees of Jason Voorhees

May 9th, 2019 1h 16m

Welcome to Maniac With A Machete! Your hosts Jason Soto (super nerdy horror guy) and Rachel Thuro (Not into horror movies; never seen any of the Friday the 13th films) will go on a journey together as they watch every Friday the 13th film in or