Half a decade later, Gary Dauberman‘s long-awaited and much-delayed adaptation of Stephen King‘s ‘Salem’s Lot has hit… Max. The Losers assemble outside the Marsten House to a record a review for the ages, finally sinking their teeth into a production they’ve been covering nearly since the beginning of the podcast. Join co-hosts Randall Colburn, Jenn […]
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On November 16th, 1957, Ed Gein was arrested in the tiny town of Plainfield Wisconsin. Suspected of a single murder, what authorities found in his isolated farmhouse would shock the nation. Jenn and Joe tackle their second case by unraveling the twisted life and crimes of the Butcher of Plainfield in the latest episode of […]
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“Can I rely on you not to get me killed?” What happens to our souls when we die? Do we return in another body to live life again? Do we wink out of existence like an imploding star? Or do we become ghostly spirits, doomed to haunt the world of the living? If this is […]
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This past September at Creep IE Aftermath, Halloweenies executive producer and co-host Michael Roffman hosted a panel featuring Hollywood legends Nick Castle and Tom Atkins for a career-spanning interview that went in all sorts of unpredictable places. From budgeting surrounding Dennis the Menace to helicopter fears about Lethal Weapon , the three go everywhere. Naturally, […]
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The Bath Tub Scene We spent the first half of September with discussions of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (listen) and Colm McCarthy’s The Girl With All the Gifts (listen) before celebrating our 300th episode (and the start of a six-week theme on Divas/Anniversaries) with a revisit of Karyn Kusama’s Jennifer’s Body (listen). Next up: Nicole Kidman in Jonathan Glazer‘s […]
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“I’m the cunt you married. The only time you liked yourself was when you were trying to be someone this cunt might like. I’m not a quitter, I’m that cunt. I killed for you; who else can say that? You think you’d be happy with a nice Midwestern girl? No way, baby! I’m it.” Marriage […]
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First Month Take-Aways. It’s been a busy and also heavy first month on the Murder Made Fiction podcast for Jenn and I. We’ve spent September looking at a variety of texts that explore Jeffrey Dahmer as a teenager, as a man, as a sexual predator, as a bogeyman, and as an example of social injustice, […]
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“I killed Liz. I killed the teen dream. “Deal with it.” Every high school has them: the beautiful ones. Glamorous, popular, happy, and thriving, these teenage dream girls rise to the top of any social environment and effortlessly achieve anything they put their minds to. Serving as both role models and fashion plates, they’re worshiped […]
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“Needs moar bewbs.” After kicking September off with discussions of Tim Burton’s classic Beetlejuice (listen) and the modern zombie film The Girl With All the Gifts (listen), we’ve finally reached our 300th episode! To celebrate this milestone, we’re doing a 6-week theme month of Diva/Anniversary worship (running all the way through Halloween), and we’re starting by revisiting a […]
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Stephen King is no stranger to murderous cars. From Christine and From a Buick 8 to the malevolent Goblin truck haunting the roads of Maximum Overdrive, the master of horror knows his way around gory gear shifts, sinister steering wheels, and dangerous drivers. In 2014, he released Mr. Mercedes, a crime novel pitting Bill Hodges, […]
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When hearing the words Jeffrey Dahmer and early aughts horror combined, most genre fans would expect a grisly and upsetting film; an adaptation told with torture porn flair, filled to the brim with bloody power tools and decaying flesh. What they wouldn’t expect is a tender and contemplative drama that softens the details of one […]
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The Halloweenies (Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Rachel Reeves, Michael Roffman, and Justin Gerber) deliver their final transmission on the Alien franchise. No, really. This is the season finale that sees the gang rank the entire series — from Ridley Scott‘s Alien to Fede Alvarez‘s Alien: Romulus. It’s their most divisive ranking yet. Bonus: They also […]
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Hungries Trace and I spent August discussing Paul Morrissey’s melodramatic Blood for Dracula (listen), Julia Ducournau’s body horror Titane (listen), and Stephen Herek’s family creature feature Critters (listen) before kicking off September with Tim Burton’s ode to weird, Beetlejuice (listen). For episode 299, we’ve hopped across the pond to tackle director Colm McCarthy‘s under seen contemporary zombie […]
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Live in this World After spending August discussing Paul Morrissey’s Udo Kier-starring Blood for Dracula (listen), Julia Ducournau’s Raw follow-up Titane (listen), and Stephen Herek’s comfort classic Critters (listen), we wrapped up the month with a look at Tim Burton‘s 1988 classic, Beetlejuice! In the film, Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara (Geena Davis) are perfectly content […]
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This Friday is the 13th, and you know what that means. So does the Halloweenies, which is why the gang has re-assembled at Camp Crystal Lake to take another look at the Friday the 13th franchise. If you recall, the series covered the iconic series way, way back in 2020. Today, however, they’re sharpening their […]
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