Tobe Hooper’s ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Is Horror Lightning In a Bottle [Halloweenies Podcast]

The podcast which you are about to hear is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of four co-hosts, in particular Daniel Caffrey, Rachel Reeves, Justin Gerber, and the obnoxious Michael Roffman. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But, had, they lived very, very long lives, they could not […]

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Two Horror Icons Were Born in 1984’s ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Go To The Fucking Boiler Room. After seven weeks of our Icons and Anniversaries theme, which included titles like Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (listen), Kevin S. Tenney’s Night of the Demons (listen), and Robert Zemeckis’ Death Becomes Her (listen), we’re ready to wrap things up with Wes Craven‘s iconic slasher entry, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In the […]

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Which Stephen King Villain Should Run America? [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

With their Bag of Bones mailbag episodes, The Losers’ Club answers questions submitted by their patrons. Each Bag features assorted Qs that traditionally range from absurd to essential, genius to gross, and weird to wild. As such these are freewheelin’ outings for the gang that are as unpredictable as they are hilarious — and they’re […]

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Ti West Brings a Faux Documentary to Jonestown in ‘The Sacrament’ [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

Faux Documentary. After spending the month of October discussing Ed Gein and the various cinematic adaptations of his crimes, including The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (listen here) and House of 1000 Corpses (listen here), Jenn and I are now deep into cult territory in November. After opening with […]

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The Devious Divas at the Center of ‘Death Becomes Her’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Now, a warning. After wrapping up October with discussions of horror classics like Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (listen), Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (listen) and Kevin S. Tenney’s Night of the Demons (listen), we’re checking in with two of cinema’s fiercest divas in Robert Zemeckis‘ Death Becomes Her (1992). In Death Becomes Her, novelist Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn) loses […]

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‘Cujo’ Is a Top Tier Stephen King Movie That Growls With an Oscar-Worthy Turn [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Friday was All Saint’s Day, so we thought: Why not celebrate the greatest saint of all?  Join the Losers below as they remain in Castle Rock post-Gwendy’s Button Box to discuss Lewis Teague‘s 1983 Stephen King adaptation, Cujo. Starring Dee Wallace, the film is world renown for being the de facto killer dog movie. But, […]

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Rob Zombie’s ‘Halloween II’ is a Gritty Exploration of the Final Girl’s Burden [The Lady Killers Podcast]

“You know who I am, Angel. Now, repeat after me: I love you, Mommy.” In all of horror, few characters remain so beloved as Laurie Strode. Originated by Jamie Lee Curtis in John Carpenter’s Halloween, this intrepid babysitter anchors one of the genre’s greatest films while helping to create an iconic trope that has changed […]

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Cast of ‘E.T.’ Reflects on the Film That Redefined Modern Americana [Halloweenies Podcast]

Fact: E.T. is a Halloween movie. Make no mistake about that. The landmark Steven Spielberg blockbuster primarily takes place in October with the most iconic sequence — that being the moon-tinted bike ride, which has become the literal logo for Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment — goes down on All Hallow’s Eve. So, consider this episode a […]

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Investigating Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

Peoples Without The Apostrophe After spending the month of October discussing Ed Gein and the various cinematic adaptations of his crimes, including The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (listen here) and House of 1000 Corpses (listen here), Jenn and I are broadening our perspectives for November. On the Main […]

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Celebrate Halloween with ‘Idle Hands’ Director Rodman Flender! [The Horror Show Podcast]

To celebrate Halloween, join Bloody FM’s The Horror Show as they cover Idle Hands with director Rodman Flender.  Sean and Joe are joined by Rodman Flender in this special Halloween episode of The Horror Show. Flender speaks of the movies that inspired him as a child and discusses being an undergrad in film at Harvard. […]

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‘Poe: Evermore’ Launches on the Bloody FM Network for Halloween [Podcast]

Following on the success of his work on Bloody FM’s The Dead, Jeff Whitehead is returning to Bloody FM having created a world in which audiences can experience the works of renowned author, Edgar Allan Poe, in a unique and innovative format, from the lips of Poe himself. Far from just a recanting Poe’s stories […]

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‘Halloween II’ (1981) – The Horror Show Learns What Death Is [Podcast]

This week on Bloody FM’s The Horror Show, Sean and Joe cover their final entry in the franchise, Halloween II. They discuss the mythos surrounding the polarizing sequel including lawsuits, never-ending rewrites, hundreds of planes flying by that made filming virtually impossible, and Dr. Loomis’s obsession with dental records. The guys walk through each scene of the […]

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The Double Divas at the Heart of ‘Night of the Demons’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Weirdo Angela Our run of Gay Icons and Anniversaries continues. After kicking off October with discussions of David Fincher’s Gone Girl (listen), Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (listen), and Bob Clark‘s Black Christmas (listen), we’re celebrating Halloween early with Kevin S. Tenney‘s Night of the Demons (1988). In the film, Judy (Cathy Podewell) is […]

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The Horror Show Finally Covers the Original ‘Halloween’ [Podcast]

This week on The Horror Show, Sean and Joe finally sit down and talk about the movie that every other podcast in the world has covered. Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about Halloween (1978), the guys delve into the making of, the personalities on set, and other lesser-known trivia for […]

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‘Gwendy’s Button Box’ Is a Breezy Stroll for Constant Readers [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

The Losers turn the clock back half a century and return to Castle Rock for Stephen King and Richard Chizmar ‘s 2017 collaboration Gwendy’s Button Box . Together, they discuss the timeline of the book, the implications of the titular box, and the ways it may or may not dovetail with what we know of […]

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