Bringing You All The Horror Franchises One Episode At A Time

Episodes

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June 29, 2020

ALIEN COVENANT

This week we’re joined by Sarah Stubbs (@geekswhoeat) and filmmaker Josh Stifter (@joshstifter) to talk about Ridley Scott’s followup to the divisive 2012 Prometheus. Pressed by studio and fan reaction that rebelled against the purer sci-fi and philosoph...
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June 22, 2020

PROMETHEUS

In 2012 Ridley Scott returned to the Alien universe, looking to answer the question “who the hell is the space jockey?” The result, Prometheus, divided audiences that came to theaters expecting a straight forward prequel to Alien but instead found Scott ...
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June 15, 2020

ALIEN RESURRECTION

This week we're joined by Daily Grindhouse's ROB DEAN (@neuroticmonkey) to break down the 1997 sci-fi horror romp, Alien Resurrection, a movie that could only exist between 1992-1999 for all the good and bad that entails.
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June 9, 2020

Alien 3 part 2

This week Nat Brehmer (Dread Central, Bloody Disgusting) and Terry Mesnard (Gayly Dreadful, Scarred For Life podcast) are back for part two of our look at Alien 3. Last week we explored the troubled behind the scenes production. This week we dive into th...
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June 1, 2020

ALIEN 3 (part 1)

This week Mike is joined by Nat Brehmer (Dread Central, Wicked Horror, Bloody Disgusting) and Terry Mesnard (Gayly Dreadful, Scarred for Life pod) to talk about David Fincher's Alien 3. This is the first of two episodes, as it breaks down the many attemp...
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May 25, 2020

ALIENS

This week were joined by Jessica Parant form Spinsters of Horror to breakdown James Cameron's sci-fi action packed sequel to Alien.
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May 22, 2020

Bonus Episode: CHATTANOOGA FILM FEST PREVIEW With Festival director CHRIS DORTCH

A preview of this weekend's CFF with festival director and lead programmer Chris Dortch.
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May 18, 2020

ALIEN with Lindsay Traves

This week kicks off our coverage of the Alien franchise. We’re joined by Daily Dead’s Lindsay Traves (@smashtraves) to dissect perhaps the greatest science fiction and horror hybrid of all time, Ridley Scott’s Alien. From the iconic image of the chestbur...
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May 12, 2020

THEY LIVE plus Booker T & Diamond Dallas Page

We have a bit of a twofer for listeners this week. Jerry and Mike break down a film John Carpenter called "a documentary" with a special one-off look at THEY LIVE. We examine how the film challenged 8 years of Reaganism, what made Roddy Piper such a char...
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May 4, 2020

CREEPSHOW 3 & SHUDDER'S CREEPSHOW

Well, we put this one off for as long as we possibly could, but this week Mike & Jerry return to talk about thi sequel in name only to Romero & King's horror anthology masterpiece, Creepshow. The third time id decidedly not the charm here, as this one is...
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April 20, 2020

CREEPSHOW 2

This week we're joined by Terry Mesnard (Gaily Dreadful, Scarred For Life podcast) to discuss Creepshow 2. The general consensus is without King and Romero steering the ship, this is a step down, but still fun followup. We explore what works and where it...
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April 17, 2020

Bonus Episode: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: THE DREAM CHILD Table Read

Mike & Jerry are joined by Nat Brehmer, Izzy Lee, Veronica, Brian, Johnny, Jacob, Erin, Diana Porter, & Mike Vanderbilt as Freddy himself, for a roundtable Skype reading that involved an early draft of ANOES5 and a lot of alcohol. We hope our listeners d...
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April 13, 2020

CREEPSHOW

Imagine if Magic Johnson & Larry Bird both played for the Celtics in the early 80s. That’s what it was like in bringing two masters of horror, Stephen King and George Romero together for Creepshow, the finest horror anthology ever created. This week Mike...
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April 6, 2020

Shelter In Place Q & A Part 2

This week Jerry and Mike finish off the second half of their listener mailbag with their first ever live stream.
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April 3, 2020

MAXIMUM KING Table Reading

This week we have a very special bonus episode for our listeners. Given that we're all trapped in our homes with the shelter in place orders in full effect, we're missing socializing and seeing our friends lovely faces. We had the idea of doing Skype tab...
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March 30, 2020

CRITTERS ATTACK

This week Jerry and Mike put another franchise to rest with their look back at 2019’s CRITTERS ATTACK. First we catch up with what’s been keeping us sane during week number three of being locked down and cooped up inside our homes. Critters Attacks  has ...
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March 26, 2020

Episode 51: SHELTER -IN -PLACE MAILBAG PART 1

We've got some bonus content for you, since we're all cooped up and if we don't start doing something to pass the time, it's going to turn into The Shining, Act Three very quickly around these parts. Mike & Jerry are here to answer your horror-movie them...
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March 23, 2020

Episode 50: MANDY Commentary

It’s the episode no one thought would ever happen. For our fiftieth show, Mike gives in to talk about the movie he swore on his mother’s future grave he would never talk about, the 2018 action-horror jam MANDY. While most of the horror community and Film...
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March 16, 2020

Episode 49: CRITTERS 4

Crites in Space! Question for the listening audience: has adding "in space" to any long running movie franchise ever made that entry better? We're thinking a hard no on our end, because despite a baller cast that includes Angela Bassett and Brad Douriff,...
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March 9, 2020

Episode 48: CRITTERS 3

He’s won Oscars. He’s dated supermodels. He’s worked with Marty and Quentin and Cameron and Spielberg. But before he was a legend and an icon; before he was considered one of the top actors of his generation, Leonardo DiCaprio battled the Crites. This we...
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March 2, 2020

Episode 47: CRITTERS 2 THE MAIN COURSE

We want the Crites! Our coverage of the man-eating, space traveling furballs continues with 1988’s Critters 2: The Main Course. Jerry, Mike and their special guest talk about their love for this Mick Garris feature, as well as give an overview of Garris ...
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Feb. 25, 2020

Episode 46: CRITTERS

Nat Brehmar joins the coveted three time cohost club this week to bring us his love and knowledge bombs for the sci-fi infused horror comedy of CRITTERS. While tiny monster movies are decidedly not Mike's jam (the man has only seen one Puppet Master for ...
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Feb. 17, 2020

Episode 45: POLTERGEIST (2015)

We wrap up our coverage of Poltergeist with a look back at the 2015 remake. You would be forgiven if you had already forgotten this movie's existence. Trust us, it's just kind of there. That doesn't stop us from having a lively discussion of the film, in...