Wake Up Heavy

Hot take on a current movie I really dug. Trying to dig up the article about watching movies alone, will post when/if I find it. CHEDDAR GOBLIN RULES!! And so do The Carpenters.

Ah, Ed Gein, that perpetual paradigm of perversion spawned myriad torrid tales of terror, including, but not limited to, Psycho , The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , and Silence of the Lambs . His horrific happenings may have been presented in their truest and most disturbing form in this wicked number from 1974 helmed by Alan Ormsby, starring Roberts Blossom, and produced in part by Bob Clark. I think...

From the screenwriting power duo who brought you Howard the Duck , it's the 1973 (or is it 1971? or maybe 1974?? or...) oddball Messiah of Evil (or Second Coming ? or Revenge of the Screaming Dead ? or Return of the Living Dead ?? or the sublime Dead People ???). Any way you slice it this is one kooky flick. If little 13-year-old Mark had laid his eyeballs on this one he might have grown up to be...

Philipe Mora's films are quite varied, but they all share a certain bizarre quality. The Beast Within is no exception. I remember the box art for this one so distinctly but never took the plunge. I wish I had because it's a very unique horror film from one of the busiest years for the genre. Plus, those bladder effects!

If I ever start a band (which, to be honest, will never happen) I already have a name for it: The Regular Rentals. Back in the '80s my sister and I would watch the same movies again and again and rarely tire of them. If we liked something we really liked something. One of the movies that made it into heavy rotation was Dead & Buried , which remains a favorite of mine to this day. Atmospheric y...

October is always a special time for Horror Enthusiasts and it is no different for this guy. I watch horror movies all year long, but once October hits the juices really start flowing. Something about the change in weather--the shorter, colder, drearier days--makes warming up to a good spooky flick all the more enjoyable. I had planned to talk about Dead & Buried for October, but left it up to...

It's time for a new, full episode of Wake Up Heavy. This time I tackle David Schmoeller's 1979 classic freakfest Tourist Trap . Starring pre- The Beastmaster Tanya Roberts and post- The Rifleman Chuck Connors. Do mannequins creep you out? Then you're in for a bumpy ride with this one!

In which Mark, your Horror Host, rattles off another list of movies that are good and that you should watch. If your mom will let you! This time though it's the newer stuff, and it's the shortest episode yet.

I like lists! In this mini-sode I list my favorite horror sub-genres, and I list examples of each. It's List-o-mania! (This is not a perfect or complete list, there will eventually be more listy-list eps to fill in the gaps!)

Welcome to the first official episode of Wake Up Heavy! This is Mark, your Horror Host, with one of my all-time favorite movies, Don Coscarelli's PHANTASM. Give a listen and find out what it is that makes this gem from 1979 so darn special and why it has stuck with me for over 35 years!

In this introductory episode my daughter Cleo helps me tackle some questions about the podcast and offer some insight into why horror movies intrigued me when I was young and why I still love them now.