Grave Tone is our little corner of the internet where horror fans like you can kick off your shoes, grab a snack, and talk about the movies that won’t leave your brain alone. We are Meaghan and Arthur, two people who started watching horror way too young, never grew out of it, and finally decided to make that obsession useful.

If you’ve ever finished a horror movie and thought, “Okay, but I need to yell about this with someone who gets it,” you are exactly who we had in mind when we created this podcast.

How It All Started

Grave Tone actually started with books. Meaghan fell in love with podcasting when she launched Fully-Booked: Literary Podcast, a show all about stories, authors, and the magic of reading.

But in between recording sessions, she kept circling back to horror movies. The new releases. The overlooked gems. The “so bad it’s good” ones you watch at 1 a.m. just to see how weird it gets. We would talk after a movie and send way-too-long voice notes, because we didn’t really have a regular group of people who wanted to talk horror on that level.

For years, we kept joking, “One day we should start a horror podcast.” In early 2025, we finally stopped joking. Grave Tone was born, powered by tea, a shared notes app full of movie titles, trivia and notes, and the feeling that horror deserved its own space in our world.

Raised On Horror, Against All Parental Advice

Both of us started watching horror movies way earlier than any responsible adult would recommend. You know that feeling of sneaking a VHS or queuing up something you definitely should not be watching at that age, then pretending you’re fine while secretly checking the shadows in your room for a week? Yeah. That era shaped us.

Those too-early scares are part of why we care so much about the genre today. Horror is where people work out real fears through monsters, ghosts, and whatever lurks in the dark. Sometimes it is smart and sharp. Sometimes it is messy and chaotic. Sometimes it is just fun, bloody chaos, and a bucket of popcorn. We love all those versions.

Every year, we also do our “31 Days of Halloween” tradition. For the whole month of October, we watch 31 horror movies in 31 days. It is exactly as ridiculous and amazing as it sounds. There are sleepy eyes, half-finished teas, and a lot of “okay, one more movie.” That marathon energy finds its way into the show, especially around spooky season.

What You’ll Hear: Reviews, Deep Cuts, And Conversations With Creators

On Grave Tone, we talk horror in a way that feels like hanging out on the couch with friends. You’ll hear:

  • Honest, spoiler-aware horror movie reviews that balance guts and brains
  • Thematic episodes where we talk about trends, subgenres, and why certain scares hit so hard
  • Our mini-series Childhood Traumas, where we basically have a therapy session about movies that traumatized us as children and live in our heads to this day
  • Recommendations to help you decide what to watch next, whether you want psychological dread or creature chaos
  • Interviews with horror movie directors, producers, and book authors who live in this genre every single day

This year, the podcast has grown a lot. That growth gave us chances we used to only daydream about.

We have sat down with horror filmmakers and writers, asking them how their projects came together, what kept them up at night during production, and which scenes almost broke them. Hearing those stories from the people behind the scares has made us appreciate the genre even more, and we bring that energy right back to you.

Why Horror Fans Feel At Home Here

If you are tired of people rolling their eyes when you say you love horror, you are in the right place. We know the struggle.

Maybe your friends tap out at anything scarier than Scooby-Doo. Maybe you are always the one saying, “No, stay through the credits, trust me.” Maybe you just want someone to notice the tiny detail in that one scene that proves you were right all along.

Our goal is to give you a space where your horror obsession feels normal. Where you can enjoy smart conversation without losing the fun. Where it is totally acceptable to say, “Yes, that movie messed me up, and I loved every second.”

We are not here to talk down to you or gatekeep what “counts” as real horror. Whether you are all about black-and-white classics, found footage, arty slow-burns, or the wildest new releases, we want you here with us.

Join Us On Grave Tone

If all of this sounds like your kind of thing, we would love to have you as part of the Grave Tone community. Subscribe to the podcast, queue up an episode, and let us keep you company while you work, commute, fold laundry, or scroll through streaming services trying to pick your next scare.

We are Meaghan and Arthur, and we started Grave Tone because we needed a home for our horror obsession. If you are still reading this, there is a good chance you need one too.

Pull up a chair. Press play. Let’s talk horror.