Fake Ritual

Lucas is joined by artist, musician and occultist Bat St. Chip to talk the unforgettable television experience that is Twin Peaks as well as explore some of the reality-bending theories put forth in co-writer Mark Frost's epistolary novel 'The Secret History of Twin Peaks'. Pour yourself a cup of good, hot, black coffee and tune in as they investigate atom bombs and aliens alike! You may even catc...

Lucas welcomes back Fake Ritual alumns Albert C. Hall & Caleb Pass for a movie recommendation two-fer. Listen in as they talk the survival-horror gem Rituals (1977) & the heavenly comedy-drama Static (1985).

Lucas welcomes to the show filmmaker and fellow podcaster Lance Parkin (Neon Brainiacs) to talk the teenage-trauma mecha-drama that is Neon Genesis Evangelion. They take a stab at breaking down the anime into its core parts before meeting some of the more memorable monsters from the show's angelic catalogue. Suit up, plug in and go BERSERK!

Kate Sweeney returns to discover the many magical creatures lurking in Finland's countryside and rate them on sheer brutality (or lack thereof).

Lucas sits down with returning guest Kate Sweeney to talk Adult Swim's blacker-than-the-blackest-black-times-infinity death-metal-centric animated series, Metalocalypse. They band together to dissect the show's characters and music while also unearthing a plot that's about as brain-dead as the members of Dethklok, themselves. Brutal enough for ya? There's only one way to find out...

Longtime friend of the show Caleb Pass returns to talk the many video game interations of that fiery underworld we know and love so much. He and host Lucas pit together two well-known condemned classics in a Hell-off to make the devil proud before unearthing some dishonorable mentions, each featuring their own torturous netherrealms. Go to Hell! We'll see you there.

Lucas welcomes to the show fellow podcaster Gregg Harrington (Neon Brainiacs) to dive deep into the nautical nonsense that is Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants. Together they absorb some of the series' more obscure fan theories before dredging up a few of Bikini Bottom's most notable monsters, mutants and myths. Are ya ready, kids? I can't hear you!

Emily Burnett is back to see if she can handle the soul-sucking nothingness that is the Void! Lucas does his best not to lose his mind as he probes the Void's slimy depths to bring forth a number of silly little questions.

Toddy Tondera (THRIFTY Podcast, Brick Body Kids Vintage) returns to the show to talk the juggernaut of childhood fright that is the Goosebumps franchise. Lucas picks his brain over some of the series' most spine-tingling covers, monsters and plot twists before settling in to dissect a few commercials from a boo-gone era. Faker Beware, You're in for a Scare!

Lucas welcomes back longtime friend of the show Emily Burnett to talk the Tremors film franchise and those pesky Graboids we know and love so much. Tread lightly as they sift through many a ground-breaking sequel before turning an occult eye to the sandworms themselves and testing Emily's knowledge of other subterranean wigglers. Can you dig it?

Lucas is once again joined by Albert C. Hall and Caleb Pass to test their knowledge of television-dwelling extraterrestrials and the planets that spawned them.

Lucas welcomes back fellow podcasters Toddy Tondera (THRIFTY) and Sarah Hamm (Ghoul on Ghoul) to share in the the spook-tacular bounty Halloween has to offer. Join them as they go head-to-head in a game of 'Wouldst Thou Like To?' before dusting off their drama chops for a Fake Ritual Theatre presentation of 'Hocus Pocus'! Trick or treat? How about BOTH!

Lucas is joined by returning guests Albert C. Hall and Caleb Pass to discuss four of their favorite scary movies to watch this time of year. Featuring such spooky flicks as Martin (1977), TerrorVision (1986), Ghoulies (1985) and Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992). Join us before the credits roll!

Lucas is joined by fellow Pittsburgh podcaster Eanna Isabel (Queens of NC-17) to talk the one and only Elvira, Mistress of the Dark! They chat about what makes this Queen of Halloween such a timeless icon of schlock, from her big hair to her even bigger - ahem - fanbase, before Eanna takes a stab at a Movie Macabre edition of Whose Tagline is it Anyway? Unpleasant dreams await, darlings...

Artist & horticulturist Michael Burch returns for yet another round of Questions From the Void! Lucas is careful to not give shape to unknown terrors as he reaches his hand into slimy nothingness and brings forth a horde of inquiries beyond your wildest imaginings.

Lucas sits down with baker, musician, shopkeeper, and Gemini Indigo Baloch to talk animator-extraordinaire Hayao Miyazaki. They take their time exploring what makes his films so timeless before sharing some of their favorite flicks and testing Indigo's knowledge of the very mythical creatures Miyazaki-san is so fond of!

Lucas is once again joined by educator, mother and witch Maggie Lynn Negrete to talk four of their favorite folk-horror features. Listen close as they DELIGHT in our collective FRIGHT of those olden things that go bump in the NIGHT.

Fake Ritual welcomes artist, musician and horticulturalist Michael Burch for another long-awaited installment of Fake Talk! Together, he and Lucas enjoy a casual converastion concerning age-inappropriate animation, woefully melancholic weirdos and exhaustingly Catholic contradictions. The Talk may be Fake, but the Fun is all-too-Real!

Illustrator, educator, astrologer, and mother Maggie Lynn Negrete returns to the show to help referee the ultimate maternal showdown, pitting the BEST supernaturnal-horror-movie moms against the absolute WORST. Will good triumph over evil? Or will bad parenting prevail? Enter the ring and find out!

Lucas is joined by fellow podcaster Ande Strega (Queens of NC-17) to discuss the most evil film ever made, 1973's The Exorcist. The power of Christ compels them as they confront horrifying babysitters, pottymouthed children and quote the devil himself in a game of Demon Says. Pea soup, anyone?

Educator and painter Kenneth Nicholson returns to talk director David Cronenberg's recently-released return-to-form, Crimes of the Future. Together, he and Lucas dissect the film's inner-workings and take a mechanized scalpal to their own pre-conceived notions of pain, pleasure and junk food (literally).

Christina Conway returns to the show to talk Furby knock-offs and the mysteries surrounding these unfortunate creatures.

Returning guest Krispy the Patchouli Charmer sits down with Lucas to gaze deep into the endless nothingness that is the Void! Will its questions melt their minds? Listen to find out!

Longtime friend of the show Caleb Pass returns to talk about the devilish, dopamine-dumping dungeon-crawler that is Diablo. He and Lucas hack and slash their way through the video game's lore, testing Caleb's knowledge of the series' first installment and making many an infernal friend along the way. Dante: eat your heart out!

Lucas chats with folk-chaos witch, Krispy the Patchouli Charmer, about the ground-breaking, heart-staking, ritual-faking tv series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Together they conjure up what makes Buffy such a magical milestone, play a spell-laden game of Fake Ritual's Fake Rituals, and commune with the series' resident nerd/witch/fashion icon, Willow Rosenberg. The sun is falling fast! So grab your...