Chewing the Scenery Horror Movie Podcast

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Episode 193 has two minds about what to watch. You know how sometimes you suspect that the trailer gives too much away? You know that other thing where a movie doesn’t quite do what it looks like it could? Well, your mileage may vary, but your hosts figured that since they’d already watched “Ma”, they’d also watch something which looked like a little more fun. That would be the Shudder series, “Cr...

Episode 192 is a return to form! Yes, the three-part Voltron that is your team of hosts has reassembled! Listen as they talk about recently watched movies and TV as well as some adventures away from the screen! Find us on Instagram, where we are @chewingthescenery or easily find us on Facebook. Chewing the Scenery can be found on Soundcloud, iTunes and Stitcher. Please rate, review and subscribe-...

Episode 191 is one from the road. Well, it’s really one from the airport! You see, Richard was at HorrorHound Indy and hoped to pick up an interview that should’ve happened last year. Then it didn’t happen this year…almost! Finally it did…in the airport, during a flight delay. You may know Ed Edmunds from the Travel Channel show, “Making Monsters”, or from his company “Distortions Unlimited”, or a...

Episode 190 invites you to go for a ride. The vehicle is a showroom quality 1958 Plymouth Fury. Sound familiar? You may have read the Stephen King book, “Christine”, or perhaps you have seen the John Carpenter directed 1983 movie. Either way, Christine has a very physical presence, and Richard interviewed her “mortal caretaker”, Bill Gibson. Bill has stories about how such a beautiful car took for...

Episode 189 is the kind of thing that happens when one of your kind hosts takes off to Dragon Con in Atlanta and sets a course for one of his very favorite illustrators. That’s right- you get to meet Derek Yaniger! If you don’t know who he is, look him up and he’ll soon be a favorite of yours too! Derek grew up a monster kid and a fan of all things creepy, spooky and crazy! You’ll hear about his i...

Episode 188 is about an Italian horror movie “House by the Cemetery” (1981). Lucio Fulci decided that he would take the spirit of an HP Lovecraft story and just throw out the story part of the thing. Yeah, just take a bunch of people who don’t seem to want to escape or mind getting killed and put them in a house. By a cemetery. Oh, and dress them in chunky turtlenecks. Are you with it so far? Just...

Episode 187 is a behind-the-scenes peek at the upcoming Friday the 13th fan film, “Friday the 13th: Vengeance”. That’s right, the CTS family includes an actor who has lots of inside information about the film and its production! Have a look at the trailer, listen to what Jon has to say and start watching the calendar. This one looks and feels like the real deal, so get ready! Find us on Instagram,...

Episode 186 finds your hosts jumping into the 2019 interpretation of Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary” (2019). Did this need to be updated for a modern audience? Should the kid have been hit by an Uber and not a truck? Was there an actual script or were the lead actors directed to just mumble? Would setting the money on fire instead of spending it on this movie have been better? Listen and find out! F...

Episode 185 finds your hosts welcoming back Ziggy for a discussion of a sequel to one of her favorites, “Scream”. Yes, “Scream 2” is up for discussion! You’ve gotten this young person’s perspective previously for some “Friday the 13th” movies and the first “Scream”, and now the sequel! Can Wes Craven make the same movie twice? Listen and find out! https://soundcloud.com/chewing-the-scenery/cts_ep-...

Episode 184 is a bit of a host shortage, but Richard and Will have a great time talking about the unfortunate shortage of werewolf movies. Well, at least a shortage of good ones! Find us on Instagram, where we are @chewingthescenery or easily find us on Facebook. Chewing the Scenery can be found on Soundcloud, iTunes and Stitcher. Please rate, review and subscribe- it really does help listeners fi...

Episode 183 finds your hosts and friend of the show, Ziggy discussing "the Craft” (1996). This teen witch movie came from the 90’s, but some of the themes and lore still persist today, as you will find out. You know what else you’ll find out? that Will was able to get an “A” in school by writing out the whole plot from “Jaws”! And that translated alternate movie titles sound like they could either...

Episode 182 takes you on a lovely sailing trip with some strangers into the Bermuda Triangle. Or maybe the boat is just named “The Triangle”. Well this 2009 movie is named that and it’s set off the coast of Florida, so we’ll just pretend. So, Will chose this one because the “Devil’s Triangle” was of great concern back in the 70’s, along with killer bees and Bigfoot. This movie covers none of the a...

Episode 181 is about the new Jim Jarmusch zombie comedy, “The Dead Don’t Die” Thank you for listening! Find us on Instagram, where we are @chewingthescenery or easily find us on Facebook. Chewing the Scenery can be found on Soundcloud, iTunes and Stitcher. Please rate, review and subscribe- it really does help listeners find us! #horror #horrormovies #horrornerd #horroraddict #horrorjunkie #monste...

Episode 180 welcomes guest co-host Paul to the show! Will is on vacation and will return soon. Paul is the kind of guy who can tell you all kinds of things about prehistoric monsters and even draw them really well! He does incredibly well with “urban sketching” too, so you definitely want to hear about that. But what does all of this have to do with the 1990 Kevin Bacon movie, “Tremors”? Great que...

Find us on Instagram, where we are @chewingthescenery or easily find us on Facebook. Chewing the Scenery can be found on Soundcloud, iTunes and Stitcher. Please rate, review and subscribe- it really does help listeners find us! #horror #horrormovies #horrornerd #horroraddict #horrorjunkie #monsterkid #bmovie #scarymovies #monstermovie #podcast #chewingthescenery #zombies #zombie #VHS #moviemonster...

Episode 178 is about the 1975 David Cronenberg classic, “Shivers”. Made in part by taxpayer funds from the Canadian government, Cronenberg made his first feature-length film and blew some minds. It was the 70’s, after all! Sure, everything was brown and plaid and hairy and sweaty, but not usually drenched in blood from parasites! What do your hosts think? Is Will ready to go on another Cronenberg...

Episode 177 finds your hosts welcoming back Ziggy for an in-depth discussion of one of her favorites, “Scream”. Yes, you’ve gotten the young person’s perspective previously for some "Friday the 13th” movies, but this one is different. “Scream” is where she discovered horror was her thing. Do your old hosts get a similar charge out of it? Did Wes Craven really shake up the genre and all the tropes...

Episode 176 is a trip back in time and across an entire ocean. “Gorgo” (1961) is a British-American film about a giant monster who may or may not remind you of Godzilla. Of course, that’s not a bad thing! This was a childhood favorite for Jolyon and not exactly on the radar of your other two hosts. How did this giant monster movie land, considering the passage of time and advances in technology? L...

Episode 175 couldn’t be avoided. Well, to be honest, it just wasn’t avoided. Your hosts went ahead and did it - they watched “Castle Freak” (1995). Why? Whose idea was this? That isn’t exactly clear, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that Stuart Gordon and company stuck to the Barnes Limit™ and brought in in under 90 minutes. Will postulates that there are no main characters, even consideri...

Episode 174 is about one of those cult movies that earned it’s place in the Midnight Movie rotation. That’s right, "Basket Case", the 1982 Frank Henenlotter film, set in grimy 80’s New York and shot on 16mm film! This is the story of what happens when a bumpkin from upstate New York brings his no-longer-conjoined twin to the big city. Why does the twin kill? Is he jealous of his brother’s glorious...

Episode 173 is the best installment of your hosts being joined by a young person to discuss some old "Friday the 13th” movies. You may wonder why, but if you think about it, don’t we all get on this ride with Jason Voorhees starting around age 16? So, Ziggy gets into the Friday franchise with your other hosts and really has some fun with it! Does she have previous context for a Holodeck? Nope. Doe...

Episode 172 was eventually going to happen one way or another. Your hosts were going to watch a Troma movie and maybe even watch it live to clock their reactions. So, why not do that thing we just said and have it be the 1984 classic, “The Toxic Avenger”. You are welcome to get the movie all set up and follow along, or just listen to the audio here in the episode! Find us on Instagram, where we ar...

Episode 171 is about the Jordan Peele film, “Us” (2019). If you have not seen it, you must get to a theater while it’s still playing and see it on the big screen. This one is not just a home invasion horror, but one with doppelgängers and massive movements of scary individuals. Just don’t get caught up in the details of how such a thing could happen! Find us on Instagram, where we are @chewingthes...

Episode 170 is about a blaxploitation zombie revenge film. “Oh, really- which one?” you might ask. Well, “Sugar Hill” (1974), of course! That’s right, just when you thought it was safe to murder a nightclub owner in order to leverage the purchase of his club, you find out it’s not so easy. His girlfriend, Sugar Hill makes a plan to resurrect zombies and exact revenge on the well-dressed (for 1974)...