Boys and Ghouls

Hello, Boys and Ghouls. It’s the second episode of our new series, “Behind the Screams!” Listen in to Kat’s chat with Neal McLaughlin , writer and director of the feature film ‘I Was a Teenage Wereskunk’ (which Marshall and Kat had a cameo in!)...enjoy…

‘Salem’s Lot has gone from being Stephen King’s second published novel, to an influential 1979 mini-series, to a second mini-series in 2004 that expanded on the townsfolk and the darkness of the doomed Maine town of ‘Salem’s Lot. Join Kat and Marshall as they take a bite out of this story of vampires in a small town and follow its effect on the next couple decades of vampire movies.  Stay tuned as...

Hello, Boys and Ghouls...Welcome to our new series, “Behind the Screams,” where we’ll explore the world of fear, shock, and horror by talking to tastemakers in the genre. Our first interview is with Daniel Montgomery, one of the Artistic Directors of the immersive haunt CREEP Los Angeles . Listen...If you dare...

The year 1976 is explored in this star-spangled episode.  Join the  “Boys and Ghouls” duo as they look at the fashions of  “Carrie” and examine what the energy crisis did for the “King Kong” remake. Hitch a ride, as they look at the first batch of “Jaws” rip-offs to hit the theater.  Then, they have sympathy for the devil as they take on ’76 satanic cinema with “The Omen” and “To the Devil a Daugh...

"The Wolf Man" (1941) and "An American Werewolf in London" (1981) are the subjects of this moon-eyed episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as Kat and Marshall discuss these two transformative films and how they changed what the public looked for in a werewolf movie and even in a werewolf myth. Then, join Kat as she takes a trip through history, learning what werewolf legends were like in different...

I Know What You Did Last Summer, the 1997 horror movie with a hook, is the subject of this scorching episode of “Boys and Ghouls”.  Join Kat and Marshall as they look at the original 1973 book that started it all as well as its 2010 update (it has more cell phones). Listen close as we dive into the story of four friends who try to keep a secret about the horrible thing they did last summer, and wh...

“Invasion of the Body Snatchers” is explored in this podcast by pod people Marshall and Kat.  Join them as they explore the classic tale from it’s start as a magazine science fiction story, to a novel and a 1956 movie. Set in the McCarthy era suburbs (or, disco era in the book) the invasion takes people over and enters them into a conformity that takes a long while to notice in an era of conformit...

Clowns in horror movies can make you scream... with laughter.  But also with terror.  So join the Boys and Ghouls duo as they take a long look at a few of these most frightening jokesters. Starting at the top, we spend some time with Pennywise, the terrifying manifestation of evil from the 1990 mini-series, "Stephen King's It".  Then, for a laugh, we talk about the comedy horror sci-fi cult favori...

Ed Wood’s 1959 sci-fi thriller “Plan 9 From Outer Space” is the focus of this grave episode. Listen in as we follow the life of Edward D. Wood Jr as it was presented in the Tim Burton biopic, “Ed Wood”; through the films Ed made with Bela Lugosi while he was alive, and the one produced posthumously. Hang in there as Kat and Marshall discuss just what’s so great about the worst movie.  They take a...

The Addams Family is paid a visit in this episode of “Boys and Ghouls”.  We start with the poisoned pen of artist Charles Addams and follow his creation of a macabre family from being a New Yorker comic, to a prime time show that presented the sit-com family in a new darkness, to a pair of excellent 90’s movies. Join the “Boys and Ghouls” duo as they get to know every member of this mysterious and...

Terrifying “Alien” (1979) and its action-packed sequel “Aliens” (1986) are the subject of this stellar episode of Boys and Ghouls.  Join our intrepid duo as they explore what it took to make these first two awesome installments of the “Alien” franchise. Listen in as we discuss the unlikely roots of both projects, spoilers through “Spaceballs”, and the odd genius of “Alien” artist H.R. Geiger.  Fol...

Christmastime horrors is the subject of this joyous installment of Boys and Ghouls.  Following up the 2012 "Slay Bells Ring" episode, this time the duo unwraps the cinematic gifts that are, "Silent Night, Deadly Night 2", "Black Christmas", and the sci-fi campy, kiddie classic, "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians". Then, keep the home fires burning as we look for some spooky classic TV that deliver...

The Boys and Ghouls duo formerly request the honor of your presence at their 44th episode, all about weddings. Join us for a fun look at matrimonial movies: from the stop-motion "The Corpse Bride" to the Spanish psycho-sexual "The Blood Spattered Bride", to the 1950's domestic sci-fi classic, "I Married a Monster From Outer Space". Also, Marshall learns that he might have picked up a ghost bride a...

Halloween haunts, from front-yard displays to fun parks, with their fake body parts and jump-out scares, is the focus of this grave episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as the duo discuss disgusting decorations and the heart (plastic and metaphorical) that goes into crafting a superb Halloween haunt.  Keep the lights on as Kat and Marshall explore the emergence of "extreme haunts".  Then settle i...

“Carrie” by Stephen King and the movies it inspired is the topic of this bloody-good episode of “Boys and Ghouls”.   Lend us your ears as we compare the book to the movie, and the book to the other movie, and the other movie to the first movie.  Listen in wonder as the “Boys and Ghouls” duo takes the story of the adolescent misfit back to its inspirations and through its adaptations as they illust...

Horror hosts would present the late-night monster movies, giving the viewer a bloody buddy to watch the movie with, make the scary movies fun and the bad movies better.  In this episode of Boys and Ghouls, we present the hosts that presented the horror. Join Kat and Marshall as they take a lingering look at Vampira and Elvira.  Then stay tuned as they do their darndest to include as many of the le...

Carnivals and circuses are great places to set a horror movie.  Join the Boys and Ghouls duo as they explore just what it is about these fun and colorful experiences that also provides dread and menace enough for generations of horror films. Spanning the decades of cinema, this episode focuses on two such movies; "Freaks" (1932) directed by Dracula's Tod Browning, and "The Funhouse" (1981) directe...

Fright Night, the 1985 original, is the topic of this fang-filled, fun episode of Boys and Ghouls.  Join Kat and Marshall as they spoil-all-the-way, gleefully recapping the entirety of this vampire romp. Along the way the Boys and Ghouls duo asks some hard questions of this 1980's classic... mostly about Amy.  Like, why does Amy have such a scary urban walk home?  And, where did that dress come fr...

The third ever Boys and Ghouls episode has risen from the grave, returned with the purpose of entertaining and informing you all about the gags and gimmicks of horror movie ballyhoo. Listen in as the Boys and Ghouls duo pay homage to the king of horror film promotion, William Castle.  They detail how he brought the movie-going public, skeletons flying over the audience, life insurance in case they...

Comedy meets horror as Marshall and Kat incite a real laugh riot.  Listen along as they examine those movies that use monsters and mayhem to make you scream… with laughter.  And shriek… also with laughter. Join the duo as they discuss the classic Young Frankenstein and why it still holds up.  Then, they examine a few that don’t quite hold up, a couple of famous filmmakers’ first films, as well as...

Vampire strippers and vampire hookers was the sub-sub-genre of horror films which Kat and Marshall chose to be the topic of their second ever episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as the duo navigates through three movies that well represent the topic; Vamp (1986), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), and Bordello of Blood (1996).  All three are populated with beautiful and deadly women of the night, all o...

The “Saw” franchise is well covered in this torturous episode of Boys and Ghouls.  Marshall and Kat watched the original from 2004 and its six one-every-year sequels.  It’s left them with a new appreciation for the highest grossing horror movie franchise; and left them scratching their heads, trying to unravel seven movies worth of crisscrossing flashbacks.  Join this intrepid duo as they get toge...

Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge was the first episode Boys and Ghouls produced.  Three years after its initial debut (April 2012), its now back and available for your listening enjoyment.   So look back with us as we looked back to 1985 and the sophomore effort of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.  Just finding our podcasting feet, we go through every beat of this odd, deliciously...

Insanity in horror films is the topic of this mad, mad, mad, mad episode of Boys and Ghouls.  Listen in as Kat and Marshall take a look at a selection of movies where the main character’s biggest problem is the touch-and-go status of their own sanity. The Boys and Ghouls duo take a look at what Anthony Perkins got up to in the 1983 sequel to “Psycho”, “Psycho II”, as well as his wonderfully titled...

Urban Legends are the focus of this classic episode.  The 1998 movie "Urban Legends" and the heard-it-from-a-guy-who-heard-it-from-a-guy stories that inspired it are explored by the Boys and Ghouls duo. THRILL as Marshall and Kat dare to ingest Pop Rocks and soda.  GASP as they tempt fate by reciting "Bloody Mary" into a looking glass.  And listen in as they cover the urban legend inspired movies,...