A Cure for the Common Craig

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the 16th Annual A-Z of Horror Festival. Join us, as we reveal and discuss movies for letters A-G. First, we spend time with some stereotypical, self-centered, 80s yuppies. Including one that seems to be a complete psychopath. Then, we have the misfortune of crossing paths with an irritating graverobber, who we just cannot seem to get rid of. A lonely man, who may or may...

Send us Fan Mail We're doing this the SCANNER way! We're gonna suck your brains dry! Or maybe not. It's probably totally safe to listen to the show. Our one year anniversary show! A Cure for the Common Craig is one year old! And we're here to celebrate with David Cronenberg's 80s sci-fi/horror classic, Scanners (1981), as our Focus of Fear. And then from there, IF your hea...

Send us Fan Mail Get ready for another TITLE VERSUS TITLE face-off! But THIS time, it's ANTHOLOGY DEATHMATCH style! First, we're subjected to a deadly premonition, ghosts, a haunted mirror, a ventriloquist dummy...and golf. Which story survives the first deathmatch, in the classic anthology film from Ealing Studios, Dead of Night (1945)? Then, we jump ahead to Dead of Night (1977), for o...

Send us Fan Mail The Summer of Clive concludes, as we delve into something magical, with Lord of Illusions (1995). But is it true magic, or simply illusion? Scott Bakula LEAPS into the roll of Harry D'Amour, a detective with a nose for the occult, who tries to discover just that. For a fee, of course. But it has to be frustrating, trying to solve a case, when your efforts are constantly being...

Send us Fan Mail The Summer of Clive continues with a raw meat double feature! Two more movies adapted from stories contained in Clive Barker's Books of Blood. First, Vinnie Jones and Bradley Cooper square off to determine who can be the better butcher, in the bowels of the New York City subway, on The Midnight Meat Train (2008). And then from there, we journey to Ireland, where a local farme...

Send us Fan Mail The Tribes of the Moon welcome us to Midian. Or do they? Will Nicole and the Common Craig be ousted from this monster refuge for being too critical of Clive Barker's ambitious project? And will Decker and The Mask be waiting to cleanse us? Stay away from us, nutball David Cronenberg! The Summer of Clive continues with Nightbreed (1990), which we compare with the Director&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Summer of Clive. A series of episodes celebrating films based on the works of Clive Barker. First up, we venture into Candyman country, Cabrini Green, Chicago, Illinois. The urban legend seems to have its hook right at the throat of this community. But is it the urban legend? Or is it all too real? Writer/Director, Bernard Rose, reveals the secret in Candyman (1992)...

Send us Fan Mail Nicole thought that this month would be a great time for a beach party, with the comedy troupe, Broken Lizard, as her guests of honor. Having been wanting to re-watch Club Dread (2004), she saw this as the perfect opportunity to work them into the podcast. But not so fast, Nicole! If we're going to watch a spoof of horror slashers that takes place at a resort, then you'r...

Send us Fan Mail That title says it all! Which movie is the most patriotic movie of ALL TIME? Can the financial might and star power of the Hollywood blockbuster, Independence Day (1996), crush its opponent into dust particles and then launch them into space? Or will the tiny, independent horror flick, Uncle Sam (1996), slice and dice its way through that whole alien invasion, before the fake pres...

Send us Fan Mail Adorable animals return for another assault! I never thought that it would be the bees. But it is definitely the BEES! And a few wasps. Nicole probably wishes that she had not suggested this topic, despite her frothing at the mouth at the opportunity to make fun of the Common Craig's MINOR bee phobia. First up, we discuss the origin of fear for the Common Craig, which oddly e...

Send us Fan Mail If someone asks me to recall my favorite action hero, from my youth, and we're not counting He-Man, or Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe, the first name that is going to come to mind is SCHWARZENEGGER. So, as a little horror break, we're going to focus on a little gratuitous action violence, instead. And if you want gore, Total Recall (1990), certainly will not disappoint. This M...

Send us Fan Mail We're back! And yes, it's another movie full of gratuitous violence. But it's totally silly and just so much gosh darn fun, gosh darn it! See? I'm trying to keep everything very tame and innocent. Just like those trips to the mall in my youth. Until one of the security robots uses its lasers to make someone's head explode. What do you think that we might b...

Send us Fan Mail Well, it was time to give poor Nicole a break from watching a bunch of old movies. Most of which she has been subjected to multiple times. She demanded some fresh meat! And that's what we have in this episode, as we discuss four movies that we were both seeing for the first time! And the catch is, they all had theatrical releases THIS year! These are movies that we should hav...

Send us Fan Mail If you despise REALLY long episodes, you're finally in luck! After that marathon 80s vampire episode, the Common Craig needed a kind of quick fix, easy-to-edit kind of break. Which means that we start the episode with some requisite whining, of course. And then from there, it's time to discuss ONE movie. Yes, just one. And no, it's not going to be for all tastes. Bu...

Send us Fan Mail Get ready to celebrate the decade of excess, with an excessively long episode! That's right, we're heading back to the 1980s, as we count down the top five vampire movies from that decade. Could the Common Craig discuss those movies in under an hour? Probably. But what's the fun in that? And even as Nicole tries, she cannot possibly hope to reel the Common Craig in...

Send us Fan Mail Forget about any other movie that might share this title! The battle for supremacy is right here, right now. First up, Rachel Ward and her one-room Australian schoolhouse are invaded by masked kidnappers. Can the schoolchildren come of age, all too quickly, in a struggle for survival to escape? Rural Australia is a dangerous place in Fortress (1985). Then, it's time for inter...

Send us Fan Mail Here we go, everyone! An all-new episode of A Cure for the Common Craig. Adorable Animals All-Out Attack! Get those teeth gnashing, because this time, we're featuring RATS! And when you talk about rats in horror, you have to start with Willard (1971). Watch poor Willard finally gain some friends, as they scurry around on thousands of tiny little feet that do his bidding! Then...

Send us Fan Mail Well, it HAS been a while, but the Actor Autopsy FINALLY returns! This time, our featured actor is horror icon, Linda Blair. And if we're going to talk about Linda Blair, how can we possibly avoid discussing The Exorcist (1973)? We can't! So, we join forces with Father Merrin and Father Karras, in an attempt to expel the evil. Just watch your step on those stairs! After...

Send us Fan Mail Ah, it's that special day again! And things seem to be warming up, as we get closer to Spring. You know what THAT means! Summer is right around the corner. Time to prepare for summer camp! The Common Craig and Nicole decide to check in on a camp counselor training facility, to see if anyone manages to survive, in Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981). And then from there, wait. Is th...

Send us Fan Mail Nicole forced the Common Craig into submission, allowing her to choose the trio of movies for this episode. And apparently, she has a thing for chocolate, men whose eyebrows meet in the middle and weapon-toting soldiers, it seems. Get ready for another AMASS OR MURDER triple feature! First, did you know that creeks lead to rivers? Well, if you didn't, the dreamy male lead in...

Send us Fan Mail The Common Craig and Nicole celebrate Valentine's Day with a very common Valentine's Day episode. SO common, in fact, that we just HAVE to cover the original My Bloody Valentine for Valentine's Day! I mean, we don't want to upset Harry Warden, now do we? Just in case we decide to visit a mine in Canada, anytime soon. Hey, you never know! And then from there, be...

Send us Fan Mail One might assume that our 13th episode may automatically be about the Common Craig's favorite slasher movie series. But NO! It's not Friday the 13th on the calendar, so that would be sacrilege! So, instead, we have a trio of AMASS OR MURDER segments, featuring three completely unrelated movies! Well, with one exception. They all share the number 13 in their titles. First...

Send us Fan Mail Well, it took twelve episodes, but we have FINALLY decided to discuss some unfortunate soul who happens to be imprisoned in our Dungeon of Directors! And who do we decide to call on for the debut? William Castle??? That's right! Jade returns to the show, as we discuss Vincent Price in House on Haunted Hill and completely beat the pronunciation of hysteria into the ground. Vin...

Send us Fan Mail The future has arrived, as we venture into 2020! But let's not forget that past decade, just yet. Before we put it behind us, the Common Craig and Nicole unleash their list of the top ten genre movies of the decade. Which happen to all be horror, of course. That shouldn't be too surprising to anyone. And then from there, we talk about a whole bucket full of other blood-s...

Send us Fan Mail Are you ready for a horror treat for the holiday season? A new episode of the podcast may just be the cure for the Common Craig's holiday humbugs. But we're not here to talk about 2019. Nope. And we don't want to talk about 2006. No way! We're going ALL the way back, forty-five years, to 1974, to discuss the bona fide horror classic, Black Christmas . Then, joi...