The Slay Offs
”Alien vs Predator”, “Freddy vs Jason”, “Sadako vs Kayako”, horror fandom has always thrived on the clash of horror icons! The Slay Offs Podcast aims to definitively solve the long held argument, “Which year has been the best year for horror movies?” As each episode your host Ben Ellt and various guest pit the top 10 most popular horror movies from two seperate years against each other in the ultimate horror brackets to crown which years are the Golden Age and Silver Age of horror movies!
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Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Welcome to the Three-way Triathalon Thirty-Second official match off for Round 1 of The Slay Offs! Come Join your host Ben Ellt as they continue navigating the terrifying tournament to find the best year for horror movies in the Golden Age of horror! Due to some miscalculated bad maths, we are having a battle between three years instead of two, so exit the stasus pods, catch up on the last 15 years and stare down the face of oceans favourite Kaiju in the war between years 1979 vs 2003 vs 2023!
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Check out our list on Letterboxd to stay up to date with the movies representing each year: https://letterboxd.com/benworldpro/list/the-slay-offs/
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Music made by Bran Reid
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Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Welcome to the Thriving Thirty-First official match off for Round 1 of The Slay Offs! Come Join your host Ben Ellt as they continue navigating the terrifying tournament to find the best year for horror movies in the Golden Age of horror! Don a samurai's demon mask and dance into craziness to fight for the God of gold in the battle between years 1964 vs 2018!
If you want to email us go to: theslayoffspodcast@gmail.com
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Check out our list on Letterboxd to stay up to date with the movies representing each year: https://letterboxd.com/benworldpro/list/the-slay-offs/
If you want to follow Ben Ellt:
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Music made by Bran Reid
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bran_reid?igsh=N25hZGwxNGprOW4x
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Hello and welcome to a special holiday bonus interlude in the Golden Age tournament bracket where your host Ben Ellt looks over some good, some bad but all jolly, Christmas horror movies to stuff in your stocking this Christmas day!
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Check out our list on Letterboxd to stay up to date with the movies representing each year: https://letterboxd.com/benworldpro/list/the-slay-offs/
If you want to follow Ben Ellt:
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Music made by Bran Reid
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Welcome to the Thirsty Thirtieth official match off for Round 1 of The Slay Offs! Come Join your host Ben Ellt as they continue navigating the terrifying tournament to find the best year for horror movies in the Golden Age of horror! From young dreams of chainsaws past, prepare to break the rules in the battle between years 1974 vs 1984!
If you want to email us go to: theslayoffspodcast@gmail.com
Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theslayoffspod.bsky.social
Check out our list on Letterboxd to stay up to date with the movies representing each year: https://letterboxd.com/benworldpro/list/the-slay-offs/
If you want to follow Ben Ellt:
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/3RAyR
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Music made by Bran Reid
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
Welcome to the tumbleweeded Twenty-Ninth official match off for Round 1 of The Slay Offs! Come Join your host Ben Ellt and returning guest host Rosie as they continue navigating the terrifying tournament to find the best year for horror movies in the Golden Age of horror! It's time to wrestle massive snakes, fight the killer snow and prepare for to be the breakout pop idol for the battle between years 1997 vs 2015!
If you want to email us go to: theslayoffspodcast@gmail.com
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Check out our list on Letterboxd to stay up to date with the movies representing each year: https://letterboxd.com/benworldpro/list/the-slay-offs/
If you want to follow Ben Ellt:
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Music made by Bran Reid
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bran_reid?igsh=N25hZGwxNGprOW4x
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Welcome to the thingamabobing Twenty-Eigth official match off for Round 1 of The Slay Offs! Come Join your host Ben Ellt and returning guest host Rosie as they continue navigating the terrifying tournament to find the best year for horror movies in the Golden Age of horror! It's time to venture down to Antartica, relive the 60's and prepare for a ghostly paranormal battle between years 1982 vs 2021!
If you want to email us go to: theslayoffspodcast@gmail.com
Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theslayoffspod.bsky.social
Check out our list on Letterboxd to stay up to date with the movies representing each year: https://letterboxd.com/benworldpro/list/the-slay-offs/
If you want to follow Ben Ellt:
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Music made by Bran Reid
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Nov 17, 2025
Monday Nov 17, 2025
Welcome to the invasive Twenty-Seventh official match off for Round 1 of The Slay Offs! Come Join your host Ben Ellt as they continue navigating the terrifying tournament to find the best year for horror movies in the Golden Age of horror! From home invasions to one eyed cursed birds, prepare to confront the past in the battle between years 1967 vs 2019!
If you want to email us go to: theslayoffspodcast@gmail.com
Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theslayoffspod.bsky.social
Check out our list on Letterboxd to stay up to date with the movies representing each year: https://letterboxd.com/benworldpro/list/the-slay-offs/
If you want to follow Ben Ellt:
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/3RAyR
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Music made by Bran Reid
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Welcome to the killer musical Twenty-Sixth official match off for Round 1 of The Slay Offs! Come Join your host Ben Ellt as they continue navigating the terrifying tournament to find the best year for horror movies in the Golden Age of horror! From real life serial killers to singing plants looking for a shave, prepare to merge with a fly in the battle between years 1986 vs 2007!
If you want to email us go to: theslayoffspodcast@gmail.com
Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theslayoffspod.bsky.social
Check out our list on Letterboxd to stay up to date with the movies representing each year: https://letterboxd.com/benworldpro/list/the-slay-offs/
If you want to follow Ben Ellt:
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/3RAyR
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Music made by Bran Reid
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Nov 03, 2025
Monday Nov 03, 2025
Welcome to the takeover Twenty-Fifth official match off for Round 1 of The Slay Offs! Come Join your host Ben Ellt as they continue navigating the terrifying tournament to find the best year for horror movies in the Golden Age of horror! From second chances to one good scare, prepare for a pod person carrying on screaming in the battle between years 1966 vs 1978!
If you want to email us go to: theslayoffspodcast@gmail.com
Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theslayoffspod.bsky.social
Check out our list on Letterboxd to stay up to date with the movies representing each year: https://letterboxd.com/benworldpro/list/the-slay-offs/
If you want to follow Ben Ellt:
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/3RAyR
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Music made by Bran Reid
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Oct 27, 2025
Monday Oct 27, 2025
Welcome to the Timeless Twenty-Fourth official match off for Round 1 of The Slay Offs! Come Join your host Ben Ellt with a special spook interval by guest host Bran Reid as we continue navigating our terrifying tournament to find the best year for horror movies in the Golden Age of horror! From the found footage fables, harrowing trials and foreign frights, come join the battle between years 1999 vs 2008!
If you want to email us go to: theslayoffspodcast@gmail.com
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Check out our list on Letterboxd to stay up to date with the movies representing each year: https://letterboxd.com/benworldpro/list/the-slay-offs/
If you want to follow Ben Ellt:
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/3RAyR
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If you want to follow Bran Reid:
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Spook Station Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/spook-station/id1788477112
Deck of Hearts: https://open.spotify.com/artist/49NooQHvGle1vJYMS9fyGq?si=4_L-969rQraY8g1nSAr0Hg
Music made by Bran Reid
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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