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 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!
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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 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!
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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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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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Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
Welcome to the Transformative Twenty-Third official match off for Round 1 of The Slay Offs! Come Join your host Ben Ellt and 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 new body of horror, meta commentary and the joyfull noises of me cat sitting, come join the battle between years 1996 vs 2011!
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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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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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Monday Oct 13, 2025
Monday Oct 13, 2025
Welcome to the tap dancing Twenty-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! From body horror ballet to detectives who are not who they seem, prepare for a sick and twisted battle between years 1977 vs 2010!
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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 Oct 06, 2025
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Welcome to the trialing Twenty-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! From the horrors of demonic pregnancy to the horrors of the capitalistic faith, prepare to follow us into a witch trial between years 1968 vs 1970!
Check out the Lyric video I made for Deck Of Hearts using the original Night of the Living Dead clips; E-Motion https://youtu.be/aQUg-xOLf5A?si=y7dHqYI86qeQGbhN
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
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Sep 29, 2025
Monday Sep 29, 2025
Welcome to the Twisted Twentieth 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! Beware of new zoo exhibits, chaotic bisexuals and push in the videotape of the battle between years 1983 vs 1992!
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
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Sep 22, 2025
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Welcome to the nihilistic nineteenth 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! Fasten your necktie for the sinful battle between years 1972 vs 1995!
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
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Sep 15, 2025
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Welcome to the eternally evergreen eighteenth 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! It's time to witness a battle of re-animeted malformed men vying for eternal freedom by fire in the years 1969 vs 1985!
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
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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Monday Sep 08, 2025
Monday Sep 08, 2025
Hello and welcome to a special bonus interlude in the Golden Age tournament bracket where your host Ben Ellt looks over the horror movies that released in May through August of 2025 and takes a look at how horror has shaped up in the middle of 2025 so far.
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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 Sep 01, 2025
Monday Sep 01, 2025
Welcome to the self absorbed seventeenth 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! It's time to uncage your feelings about that toxic ex and fly away to this battle between years 1963 vs 1994!
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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Music made by Bran Reid
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8vLRB
Artwork made by pixiecorpses
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