Haunted house movies have been a cinema staple for well over a century. Lorimer Johnston, Buster Keaton, D. W. Griffith, and Elliott Nugent all knocked on the creaky doors of the subgenre well before film married even sound. It’s a familiar trope, one that has permeated our culture for a very long time. Naturally, as […]
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Spooky season is not complete without a haunted house and its share of lonesome ghosts. Well, our Chicagoland readers are in luck because Bloody Disgusting and Halloweenies: A Horror Franchise Podcast invite you to see one of the greatest haunted house movies of all time on the big screen: Peter Medak’s 1980 classic The Changeling […]
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With summer behind us, it’s time to embrace the Fall season ahead. Pumpkins, black cats, and deadly rats. Be sure to keep an eye on your watch as the sun hits that horizon much, much earlier this time of the year. Before you know it: Full Dark, No Stars. Alas, The Losers’ Club has reached […]
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Four years after Curse of Chucky reunited horror hounds with their favorite Good Guy, writer-director Don Mancini continued to pile on the decades-long story with its seventh entry, Cult of Chucky. Like Curse, the straight-to-VOD sequel revolves around one location — in this case, a mental hospital — and follows the exploits of Nica Pierce […]
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To celebrate 40 years of Lewis Teague’s Cujo, the Losers count down and match up to identify — and crown — the best critter in all of King’s Dominion. Watch out! The critters take control in this episode and duke it out with each other until only one remains. But never fear! No animals were […]
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This month, the Halloweenies are covering Cult of Chucky, the last feature of the Don Mancini run before heading into two (and soon-to-be three) seasons of Chucky. It’s also the 50th anniversary of The Wicker Man. So, yeah, cults are on the mind, and cults are what we’re talking about on our first list episode […]
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By closing the book on 2009’s Under the Dome, The Losers’ Club have finally reached the end of Stephen King‘s prolific run in the ’00s. That means it’s time to hand out some awards. Constant Listeners, you are cordially invited to another round of The Kingies – a night where the Losers celebrate the best […]
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Rise and shine, listeners. You’re probably wondering where you are. I’ll tell you where you might be. You might be listening to the last podcast you ever hear. Up until now you simply sat in the shadows watching others live out their lives. But what do voyeurs see when they look into the mirror? Now, […]
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Ten years ago, CBS hit it big with its series adaptation of Stephen King‘s Under the Dome. The show arrived on June 24, 2013, shattering records to become the most watched summer drama premiere on any television network since 1992. It was a genuine summer event, and then, well, three years later it was all […]
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With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, and McKenzie Gerber shoot the shit about all kinds of spooky stuff, specifically The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Subspecies V, 65, Brainscan, Creature, and A Perfect Getaway. Stream […]
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On August 27, 1993, Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock Entertainment continued its expansion into Stephen King’s works with Needful Things. Directed by Fraser C. Heston, the star-studded affair arrived only two years after King published the expansive novel. Screenwriter W.D. Richter took on the Herculean task of adapting the 700 page novel, and what came to […]
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Filmmaker Daphné Baiwir joins The Losers’ Club to discuss her new Stephen King documentary, King On Screen. Before they chat, though, the Losers put on their shades, rev up their ol’ Plymouth Fury, and make a pitstop in Hollywood King, where they discuss all the new King books announced, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, and more. Stream […]
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In 2013, nearly 10 years after Seed of Chucky hit theaters, Charles Lee Ray came home. Sort of. He arrived on the doorsteps of not only the Pierce family, but all the fans who had been waiting for years to see their favorite Good Guy in another misadventure. Needless to say, Don Mancini delivered with […]
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“You’re saying that that’s a real person… underneath?” Join the Halloweenies as they head to Ambrose to discuss Dark Castle’s 2005 remake of House of Wax. Together, Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, and Justin Gerber “wax” nostalgic on all of those gritty remakes from the aughts, debate what happened to Chad Michael Murray/Elisha Cuthbert, and spend […]
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1998’s Bride of Chucky was a major blockbuster success for Universal. So, then, why did it take so long to get a sequel? And, even more to that point, why was it through Rogue Pictures? Those are good questions, all of which the Halloweenies will explore across two episodes as they revisit 2004’s Seed of […]
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