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Stephen King on Transgressive Horror, Loving Corgis, and Why He Hasn’t Gone Soft [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

May 27, 2022June 1, 2022 Michael Roffman featured, Horror, Peter Straub, Podcasts, Stephen King

In January 2017, five friends gathered around a single microphone to dissect Stephen King‘s Carrie. Since then, they’ve spent more than half a decade making their way through King’s Dominion, chronicling his novels, his short stories, his essays, his adaptations, hell, even his recommendations. It’s been a journey, to say the least, and one that’s […]

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‘Evil Dead 2’ Gives Bruce Campbell the Keys to the Franchise [Halloweenies Podcast]

April 18, 2022 Michael Roffman Bruce Campbell, Evil Dead 2, Evil Dead 2 Dead By Dawn, Evil Dead Rise, Horror, Joseph Loduca, news, Sam Raimi, Ted Raimi

A week ago, the Halloweenies returned to the woods to hit record yet again on their reel-to-reel and discuss Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn. Together, they shared their first experiences with the brazen 1987 sequel and revisited its inspiring production history that saw Raimi & co. rebound tremendously in the wake of 1985’s […]

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Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ Traps Stephen King’s Prose In a Neverending Labyrinth [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

March 4, 2022 Michael Roffman Dashcam, Horror, Host, Jack Nicholson, Jed Shepherd, Podcasts, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, The Shining

“Some places are like people: some shine and some don’t.” The Overlook Hotel is back in business, and The Losers’ Club is checking into Room 237 to revisit Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Scatman Crothers, the iconic Stephen King adaptation continues to lull generations of cinephiles and horror fans alike […]

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Return to Room 217: Behind the Red Curtains of ‘The Shining Opera’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

February 7, 2022 Michael Roffman Horror, Opera, Paul Moravec, Podcasts, Stephen King, The Shining

Forty-five years ago, Stephen King invited Constant Readers to The Overlook Hotel with his 1977 novel, “The Shining”. Since then, the best-selling ghost story has haunted pop culture with an iconic film by Stanley Kubrick, a chilling miniseries by Mick Garris, and even a sequel novel and film in “Doctor Sleep”. In 2016, however, the […]

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Horror’s Power to Inspire – Why Scary Movies Can Be Good for Kids

February 3, 2022 Michael Pementel Coraline, Editorials, Family Horror, Gretel & Hansel, Horror, Stranger Things, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Wolfman

At around three or four I saw my first horror movie – it was the 1941 classic The Wolfman. As a kid, I didn’t register what horror was at the time, I was just wild for Halloween. It was a time of the year where I could feel the most like me; getting into costumes […]

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The 10 Most Anticipated Horror Movies of 2022 + Season 5 Preview [Halloweenies Podcast]

January 31, 2022 Michael Roffman Evil Dead Rise, Halloween Ends, Hellraiser, Horror, horror movies, Jordan Peele, Leatherface, Podcasts, Rob ZOmbie, salem's lot, Scott Derrickson, Stephen King, The Black Phone, The Munsters, The Texas Chain Saw Massace, Ti West, X

With Scream behind them and conquering the box office, the Halloweenies take a walk around the theater to look at what else is coming out in 2022. What they find is a blood-splattered smorgasbord of returning franchises and familiar faces behind the camera. Everyone’s back for another good scare: Leatherface, Pinhead, Michael Myers, hell, even […]

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In 2000, Stephen King Looked to the Future With ‘The Plant’ and ‘Riding the Bullet’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

January 21, 2022 Randall Colburn 2000's, Horror, Podcasts, Riding the Bullet, Stephen King, The Plant

As the ‘90s turned into the 2000s, Stephen King was learning how to write again. He was struck by a van the previous summer and the resulting injuries required rest, rehabilitation, and the complete upheaval of his writing routine. But, somewhat serendipitously, upheaval was also gripping his industry. All across culture, the Internet was changing […]

Five Years with Stephen King: The Losers’ Club Podcast Turns a Page Into 2022

January 7, 2022 Michael Roffman Horror, Horror Books, Podcasts, Stephen King

Five years ago, a bunch of friends in Chicago gathered around a single Yeti microphone and spent a few hours talking about Stephen King‘s first novel, Carrie. Two weeks later, they dusted off ‘Salem’s Lot. Then The Shining. Hell, they even covered Rage, King’s first novel under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. To their surprise, it […]

Stephen King’s “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” Is Swift Survival Horror for All Ages [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

November 26, 2021 Michael Roffman Horror, Podcasts, Stephen King, survival horror, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

“It’s God’s nature to come on in the bottom of the ninth, Tom had told her.” Don’t panic, but the Losers are a little lost. Somewhere on their hike through the Appalachian Trail, they managed to stumble off road. Now, they’re deep within the unmarked woods of Maine with just their wits to lean upon […]

10 Horror Movies for Thanksgiving Weekend [Halloweenies Podcast]

November 15, 2021 Michael Roffman Dawn of the Dead, Horror, Podcasts, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Youre Next

The Halloweenies have returned from Haddonfield and are back in Woodsboro, where things are decidedly quiet. We’d be suspicious, but it’s Thanksgiving, and the only slicing and dicing going down right now are with turkeys, hams, and pumpkin pies straight outta the oven. Don’t go away, though! Co-hosts Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, and McKenzie Gerber have […]

Stephen King Is Correct: Storm of the Century Is His Best Miniseries [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

October 29, 2021 Randall Colburn 90s Horror, Horror, Podcasts, Stephen King, Storm of the Century

Late last year, Stephen King opened up to The New York Times about the myriad basic cable miniseries adaptations bearing his name, the likes of which were near-inescapable in the ‘90s and ‘00s. “Tim Curry made a great Pennywise,” he said of Tommy Lee Wallace’s It. “It felt kind of cheap and thrown together,” King […]

What’s Next for the Halloween Franchise? [Halloweenies Podcast]

October 25, 2021 Michael Roffman David Gordon Green, Halloween, Horror, horror movies, Jamie Lee Curtis, michael myers, Podcasts

The Halloweenies are still in Haddonfield, Illinois, where the mobs are mean, the streets aren’t clean, and the system is completely broken, to borrow from one angry Laurie Strode. It’s been a long night of trick or treating for the guys, which is why they’ve now assembled at 45 Lampkin Lane, aka the Myers House, […]

Ray Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes” Ages the Same Way We Do [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

October 15, 2021 Michael Roffman Dark Fantasy, Horror, Podcasts, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King

“And if it’s around October 20th and everything smoky-smelling and the sky orange and ash grey at twilight, it seems Hallowe’en will never come in a fall of broomsticks and a soft flap of bedsheets around corners. But one strange wild dark long year, Hallowe’en came early.” With Danse Macabre, The Losers’ Club journeys through […]

Stephen King’s ‘It’ Turns 35: Here’s Your Ultimate Deep Dive Into the Horror Epic [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

September 15, 2021 Michael Roffman Horror, Horror Books, It!, Pennywise, Podcasts, Stephen King

In 1986, Stephen King was over horror. By then, he had given us killer teens, killer cars, killer cats, and killer vamps. No, despite the demand and the stack of receipts to prove it, The Master of Horror was hankering to close the door on the genre he conquered — only he didn’t see it […]

Uncrossing the Controversy Surrounding ‘Basic Instinct’ [Halloweenies Podcast]

September 14, 2021 Michael Roffman basic instinct, erotic thriller, Horror, Joe Eszterhas, Michael Douglas, Paul Verhoeven, Podcasts, Scream, Sharon Stone

It’s the ’90s. Hollywood stars are hotter than ever, particularly Michael Douglas. The Oscar-winning producer and actor is in search of his next chapter after owning the latter half of the ’80s. He’s found it in a new erotic thriller from scribe Joe Eszterhas (Flashdance, Jagged Edge) and filmmaker Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Total Recall). Together, […]