CadaverCast: A Monster Movie Podcast

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad discuss a real legendary father-son team in Godzilla and son, Minilla, from 1967's SON OF GODZILLA! Listen in to hear Al get a plot point so wrong that it makes CadaverMom laugh so hard she cries and to find out how Al lost his tail! You can support CadaverCast with your ratings and positive reviews on Apple Podcasts, by donating to our network at patreon.com/wordsalad...

7-year-old Al's never seen John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN (1978), but he's seen pictures of Michael Myers, plus a couple TV spots. And he has some pretty wild ideas about who Michael Myers might be! So listen in to hear Al's speculations about what happens in HALLOWEEN, a film he imagines as nothing short of a complex nesting doll of murder revenge narratives! Here's one of the TV spots Al saw: https:...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad tackle Al's favorite zombie movie, George A. Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), just in time for Halloween! Listen in as they talk about zombies/ghouls and get endlessly sidetracked by chicken hearts, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, and copyright law. You can support CadaverCast with your ratings and positive reviews on Apple Podcasts, by donating to our network at pa...

7-year-old Professor of Monsterdom Al teaches you how to recognize and defend yourself against haunted houses, should you ever find yourself trapped in a horror movie this Halloween season! So listen in, critters and creeps, for potentially life-saving tips on dealing with ghosts, spooks, and specters of house-based variety. You can support CadaverCast with your ratings and positive reviews on App...

7-year-old Al counts down the Top 5 Spookiest Movies he's ever watched... or tried to watch! Some of them he loves, some we've done entire episodes about, and others still he couldn't finish. Al even picks CadaverDad’s brain about what movies terrified him as a kid and which ones freak him out as an adult! You can support CadaverCast with your ratings and positive reviews on Apple Podcasts, by don...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad tackle everyone's favorite kaiju flying turtle for the first time on the series when they talk GAMERA VS. VIRAS (1968). Worried you'll be lost because you haven't seen the first three Gamera flicks? Well, GAMERA VS. VIRAS is like 75% comprised of footage from those movies anyway. Plus, there's a squid from space in it and flying-bee-butt donuts! You can support Cadaver...

7-year-old Al's never seen Wes Craven's SCREAM (1996), but he's got some pretty clear ideas about who Ghostface is and what the film is all about. It's the age-old story of one home cook and the practical joker who takes his “love of fear too far” in his efforts to ruin her baking! As wacky as that may sound, Al turns out to be so very right about one key plot twist that CadaverDad nearly gasped w...

In this long-awaited installment of Al's Monster Stampede, our 7-year-old resident Professor of Monsterdom, Al, teaches you how to recognize and defend yourself against movie sharks. Whether it's your standard Bruce-type, a ghost shark, or a full-blown sharknado, Al's got the lessons you need to survive, should you ever find yourself trapped in a shark movie! You can support CadaverCast with your...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad break down the Universal Monsters classic, SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939), starring Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi. They also talk about the movies Al's forgotten, how Al learned to sneeze properly, and a movie they saw recently called INVISIBLE INVADERS (1959). [This review is also a part of the multi-podcast event, Sequels of the Universal Monsters Vol 2,...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad tackle the surprisingly R-rated fifth CRITTERS film, CRITTERS ATTACK! (2019), ahead of its television premiere on SYFY. So be warned, there are spoilers herein, but there's also a capsule review of THE SUPER INFRAMAN (1975) and another installment of our newest segment, "Scream Themes"! And don't forget to check out the first installment of Sequels of the Universal Mon...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad discuss the monsters of Netflix's STRANGER THINGS (2016-present). Listen in to not only hear all about 3 seasons' worth of monsters from The Upside Down, but to learn about Al's ever-growing Pokemon obsession and hear some nice things people wrote about our show too. And we promise to keep things as spoiler-free as possible where STRANGER THINGS 3 is concerned! You can...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad tackle the obligatory in-space entry in the CRITTERS franchise with their discussion of CRITTERS 4 (1992), starring Brad Dourif and Angela Bassett. Despite the film's stellar cast and its characters journey into deep space AND the future, it's probably the least beloved of the franchise... but you'll have to listen to find out where it ranks in the series in Al's estim...

7-year-old Al's never seen Stan Winston's PUMPKINHEAD (1988), but that doesn't stop him from speculating on what the Lance Henriksen-summoned revenge demon is all about. So listen in to find out what happens when you try to summon demons using sub-par pumpkins and how limited edition bandannas could lead to an entire town's destruction as Al answers the question: Who the Al is PUMPKINHEAD? You can...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad scratch another installment of the CRITTERS franchise off their to-review list when they discuss CRITTERS 3 (1991). It's a movie most people only seem to care about because it's Leonardo DiCaprio's first film role, yet Al deemed it worthy of discussion in its own, standalone episode. So strap yourself in as they talk about DiCaprio, pie fights, Critter farts, and Al's...

7-year-old Al's never seen CANDYMAN (1992), but that doesn't stop him from speculating on what the Tony Todd-starring adaptation of a Clive Barker story is all about. So listen in to find out just how mad bees can get about pollution and to learn all about the bizarre practices of American cemeteries as Al answers the question: Who the Al is CANDYMAN? You can support CadaverCast with your ratings...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad dive into the CRITTERS franchise once again. Only, this time it's to celebrate the upcoming Easter holiday with director Mick Garris' seasonally-appropriate CRITTERS 2: THE MAIN COURSE (1988)! You can support CadaverCast with your ratings and positive reviews on iTunes, by donating to our network at patreon.com/wordsalad, and spreading the word about CadaverCast to you...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad met actor Gerrit Graham last week and he urged CadaverDad to show Al the Brian De Palma musical PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974), in which Graham himself co-stars as the iconic Beef. So here we are with our review of the cult classic, Faustian monster-musical... a "monster-cal" as Al calls it! You can support CadaverCast with your ratings and positive reviews on iTunes,...

7-year-old Al's never seen LEPRECHAUN (1993), but that doesn't stop him from speculating on what the Warwick Davis-starring franchise is all about based solely on having seen the poster and on his knowledge of leprechaun mythology. So listen in to find out just how mad unicorns can get and to learn about the Leprechaun's bizarre religious practices when Al answers the question: Who the Al is LEPRE...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad basically watched JAWS... only this version's about a bigfoot instead of a shark and it's set at a ski resort instead of on beaches. Oh, and it's a made-for-TV movie called SNOWBEAST (1977) instead of JAWS. So listen in for more about this wild JAWS knock-off and to learn how to eat your local sheriff the bigfoot way too! And you can check out our review of GRIZZLY (19...

7-year-old Al's never seen MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981), but that doesn't stop him from speculating on who the gas mask-wearing killer Harry Warden might be, based solely on viewing the film's TV trailer and seeing CadaverDad's MY BLOODY VALENTINE T-shirt. So listen in and find out why you should avoid Valentine's Day parties at all costs when Al answers the question: Who the Al is HARRY WARDEN? You...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad at last tackle the most requested film in the history of the show: CRITTERS (1986). And with as much singing, laughing, and Critter-imitating as we could possibly cram into a single episode, we think it was worth the wait! To hear Al's wild predictions about CRITTERS before having seen it, go back and listen to "Who the Al is Critters?": https://soundcloud.com/cadaverc...

7-year-old Al ended up watching about 10 minutes of Don Coscarelli's PHANTASM (1979) on The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs and walked away with some pretty definite ideas about who and what The Tall Man is. And boy the tale Al weaves (sort of) about The Tall Man is a real head-scratcher, when he answers the question: Who the Al is THE TALL MAN? You can support CadaverCast with your ratings and...

7-year-old Al and CadaverDad celebrate the holidays with the Syfy Original movie, SANTA SHARK (2018). Truly, it's the only film bold enough to ask: what would happen if a shark in a comic book ate evil old Santa Claus, gained his powers and stole his hat, and was then brought to life by an angsty youth with a magical, German pen? It's every bit as incredible as it sounds! You can support CadaverCa...

7-year-old Al's never watched any of the CRITTERS movies-- not in their entirety anyway. But that doesn't stop him telling a curiously anti-colonialist story of his own devising about everyone's favorite porcupine-space-piranhas when he answers the question: Who the Al is CRITTERS? You can support CadaverCast with your ratings and positive reviews on iTunes, by donating to our network at patreon.c...

In honor of an American holiday largely about gorging yourself until you pass out, 6-year-old Al and CadaverDad discuss Bert I. Gordon's film of H.G. Wells' THE FOOD OF THE GODS (1976). It's all overfed giant animals and random film noir recommendations in this episode, critters and creeps! Also listen in to hear Al and Dad adopt a new FOOD OF THE GODS-inspired unit of measurement that's sure to c...