Screams from the Basement

Submitted for approval of the Midnight Society this is "The Tale of Screams from the Basement". On this episode hosts Casey and Sam chat two of our favorite Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes The Tale of Laughing in the Dark and The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner. These two episodes in particular caused many of nightmares for millennials who grew up on the Nickelodeon kindertrauma show. W...

It was fun...until it wasn't. A group of lifelong friends take a weekend trip to a secluded house as a break from life, and to partake in a hallucinogen binge. As the group swap stories, they soon learn that the house they inhabit may have a dark past. We are joined in the basement with Director, Writer, Producer, and Star of the 2024 film The Trip, Dean Jacobs as we chat about the Kickstarter...

We’re taking it back to childhood frights this week on Screams from the Basement, talking about the master of kids’ horror, R.L. Stine! Sam and Casey are joined by Katie Hettenbach, host of the Katie Afraidy podcast, to talk The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It (2007) and Mostly Ghostly (2008) both based on the early aughts R.L. Stine novels. Katie also helps us scratch more of that childhood h...

Full Moon Features is celebrating the 400th film from producer Charles Band AND the first film in the Pulp Noir series, QUADRANT. Screams from the Basement is joined by QUADRANT screenwriter, and Full Moon staple C. Courtney Joyner, best known for his work on the Trancers series, Doctor Mordrid and Puppet Master 3. Courtney joins us in the basement to talk about the initial concept for Pulp Noir,...

Slap some sunscreen on your nose and some steroid cream on your "Little Elvis", because Screams from the Basement is discussing a Bruce Campbell double feature! First up, we’re talking Don Coscarelli’s cult classic BUBBA HO-TEP, a horror bro-mantic comedy in which Elvis and JFK team up to save their nursing home from a cowboy mummy. Then we dive into SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT, come...

Joining us in the basement is author, screenwriter, and director the ''TEENAGE MONSTER HUNTER'' himself, SAM IRVIN! Sam joins us to chat about the 30th Anniversary of the sci-fi cult classic from Full Moon Features, OBLIVION, starring the cosmic cast of George Takei, Julie Newmar, Meg Foster, and Isaac Hayes! We also discuss Sam's teenage years surrounded by the likes of Vincen...

The horror hostess with the most-est Elvira FINALLY finds her way to the basement as hosts Sam and Casey dive into the double feature Elvira: Mistress of the Dark and Elvira's Haunted Hills! They breakdown Elvira's first big screen outing hot of the heels of her TV show Movie Macabre, and her venture the world of iconic Vincent Price and Roger Corman with Elvira's Haunted Hills. We&#39...

Writer Richard T. Wilson joins Screams from the Basement to discuss his latest graphic novel, the horror anthology HEMLOCK AVE! Hemlock Ave is an anthology centered around the mysterious Alma, who helps(?) lost travelers reckoning with their respective pasts, presents, and futures. Wilson breaks down the process of writing the comic, a very personal endeavor born out of the pandemic, and how it di...

Alien invasions! Swinging parents! Women in tiny jars! No we're not talking about our typical Friday night, but the ultimate sci-fi comedy double feature TerrorVision and Bad Channels! From Director Ted Nicolaou comes the zany MTV and drug fueled 80's romp TerrorVision, about an extraterrestrial who invades the home of a yuppie, swinging family AND from the straight-to-video 90's comes...

Barbie and Kendra crash…Screams from the Basement?! Actors Cody Renee Cameron and Robin Sydney join us for an unhinged conversation about their new flick “Barbie and Kendra Crash Joe Bob’s Drive-In Jamboree.” The actresses discuss filming at Joe Bob’s Jamboree, Cody giving Robin her very first motorcycle ride, and how the filming of this movie lead to a marriage officiated by Joe Bob himself! This...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the basement...SCREAMS FROM THE BASEMENT is back with a brand new episode chatting the all time classic, the original blockbuster, in Steven Spielberg's Jaws, and the once titled Jaws 5, now better known as Cruel Jaws! We go into the depths of the ocean to discuss both of these shark filled frenzies, include our history with Jaws, and the bonkers...

Killer VHS? More like Killer VH-YES! Casey and Sam are joined by author Joshua Millican, talking about his new book TELEPORTASM! It’s a quick read full of vhs tapes with teleportation abilities, gruesome body horror, and cosmic dread. We discuss developing the story as part of an anthology series, creating the goopy-gory sequences, lovable characters suffering gruesome fates, and the surprising be...

We are SCREAMING with excitement as the head of the Full Moon family, the one and only Charles Band visits the basement to chat about his latest flick, “Barbie & Kendra Crash Joe Bob’s Drive-In Jamboree!” We discuss the making of the comedy, which was filmed over a few days at late night host Joe Bob Briggs's Drive-In Jamboree, and is the fourth entry in a series that repurposes and humoro...

Welcome to our NIGHTMARE! Screams from the Basement or should we say BOILER ROOM...is back with a brand new episode! Hosts Sam and Casey put on their best fedora and knife gloves to discuss the first two Freddy Krueger films to hit the big screen with 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street and 1985's A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge! For more information on the Saturday of Screa...

On this very special episode of Screams from the Basement, we’re talking about…a love story?! Friend of the show Ansel Faraj is back with co-writer/director Nate Wilson and actors Alexa Wisener and George Russing to talk about their new film, THE GREAT NICK D! Set in Venice Beach, the film follows a washed up adult film star attempting to make a comeback to mainstream acting. It’s a feel good inde...

Rain, rain go away, time to listen to SCREAMS today! This week on Screams from the Basement, Sam and Casey are talking a torrential downpour of a double feature, James Whale’s THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932) and James Mangold’s IDENTITY (2003). Both films follow a group of people stranded in a strange location during a storm, but each one goes in its own wildly different direction! We break down the imp...

Screams from the Basement welcomes back friend of the show Doug Murano to the basement! Doug is the founder and CEO of Bad Hand Books, South Dakota’s very own independent horror publishing company. We discuss the history of Bad Hand Books, working with authors including Chuck Palahniuk, Laird Barron, and Hailey Piper. We also chat all of the terrifying tales Bad Hand is unleashing in the back half...

Cover your eyes and don’t unlock the cellar door, because Screams from the Basement is tackling LUCIO FULCI’s “Gates of Hell” trilogy this week! We’ll be discussing, in depth, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE BEYOND, and THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY with friend of the show Tadd Good of the Snake Alley Festival of Film and Attack of the Killer Podcast! Also discussed is new release Infested, our recent wa...

“Let’s see if you’ve got any guts!” Screams from the Basement celebrates 40 YEARS of THE TOXIC AVENGER with Melvin Junko himself, MARK TORGL! Mark joins the show to chat the decades-long legacy of Troma’s iconic movie, his relationship with Lloyd Kaufman, convention appearances inspiring him to make his own film, and, of course…kissing that smelly sheep. Fans of Troma and Toxie aren’t going to wan...

Don't you hate when you marry an axe murderer or go on a date with a centuries old vampire? Us too! On this episode of Screams from the Basement, Sam and Casey scratch that comedic itch with a comedy juggernaut double feature, including the early Jim Carrey lead vehicle "Once Bitten", and the cult classic dark comedy "So I Married an Axe Murderer" starring Mike Myers. Also,...

Are haunted attractions a staple in your Halloween season, what about a haunted attraction halfway to Halloween? Screams from the Basement is joined by the creative team behind Terror 29 in Brandon, SD to talk about the process of building and running a haunted attraction. Zac Tenneboe and Aaron Krumholz break down the ins and outs of crafting a terrifying experience for customers, the art of the...

Gross Aughts April continues as Sam and Casey look at an early aughts staple, Wrong Turn, and its direct-to-video sequel, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, directed by Joe Lynch! Wrong Turn came in on a wave of gore-filled, ultra violent horror that permeated the early aughts, and sparked a long (and still running) franchise. Also in our discussion is the latest in horror, including Godzilla x King, The Fir...

We are joined by acclaimed comic book writer, screenwriter, and artist Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs) to discuss his two latest on-going comic book series, Feral and Army of Darkness Forever! Feral is a spiritual sequel to Tony's acclaimed Stray Dogs series, following a group of stray cats who find themselves in a hellish rabies outbreak. Army of Darkness Forever is a sequel to the 1992 Sam Raimi fi...

April is getting gross in the basement as Sam and Casey travel back to the aughts for a disgusting double feature! First up is Feast, a splatter alien horror flick produced by Wes Craven, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck followed by Slither, James Gunn’s Troma-inspired (and often overlooked) directorial debut! Join us as we dive into these two wild gore-fests, both staples in post-millennium cult horro...

If you could bring back a lost loved one, would you? That's the question we ask our guest, director of the Shudder exclusive release ''Baghead'' Alberto Corredor. Baghead follows a young woman who inherits her father's pub after his passing, only to find a woman in the basement who transforms into the deceased, but only for a moment. Alberto joins us to discuss the original...