Cult Film Club Podcast

On the third episode of Season 4 of Crestwood House, co-host Michael May finishes up our first trilogy of birthday year movies with a straight banger from 1967, Jack Hills creepy weird classic, Spider Baby. Starring Lon Chaney Jr. & a very young Sid Haig, the film tells the story of the inbred Merrye family and what happens when they're finally found out by the outside world...

In this episode Pax breaks down the novelization for the 2000 thriller Final Destination starring Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, and Kerr Smith.

On this week's episode of the Crestwood House, co-host Shawn digs back into his birth-year to pull 1977's Japanese weird horror flick House. Toho's supposed answer to Jaws, House is a psychedelic romp through Japanese folklore, post WWII trauma, and what it means to be a modern woman. No really.

Season 4 begins now!  Mike, Shawn, and Pax are covering movies from their birth year, and Pax starts with the classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Crestwood House returns!  Shawn, Mike, and Pax look back at Season 3 and look forward to Season 4.  Recorded last year.

In this episode Pax finishes out the Christopher Reeve Superman novelizations with the third movie, Superman III.

Pax takes Jaime and Shawn to the local swimming pool to talk about a movie none of them had seen before; Snack Shack!

In this episode Pax continues the Raimi Spider-man trilogy with part 2 written again by Peter David!

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, co-host Shawn walks Jaime and Pax through the "Hidden Gem" that is 1987's The Hidden.

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, Jaime takes Paxton and Shawn on a tour of Rooftops, one of the last films by legendary director Robert Wise. It's Capoeira meets West Side Story by way of the 80s, and it's pretty amazing.

In this episode Pax breaks down the novelization of the very first MCU movie, Iron Man!

Pax covers the fourth in the series Knight Rider novelization, 24 Carat Assassin.

In this episode Pax takes Shawn and Jaime on a little ride through downtown San Diego finding random objects like a toilet, a fox tail, and a fat guy in a checkered shirt.  That's right, we're going on a Scavenger Hunt!

In this episode Pax decides to do his own Kong Kong vs Godzilla by covering the 1933 King Kong novelization by Delos Lovelace and the 1954 Godzilla novelization by Shigeru Kayama.

In this episode Pax swims with the 1984 novelization of Splash!

On this month's episode of the Cult Film Club, co-host Shawn forces Paxton and Jaime to drive gnarly old trucks full of unstable dynamite across the jungle as we take a deep dive into the 1977 William Friedkin magnum opus Sorcerer.

In this episode Pax goes arm and arm with Stallone's 1987 arm wrestling epic, Over the Top!

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, co-host Jaime drops teh zero and gets with the hero as she leads Paxton and Shawn in a discussion of the 1991 disasterpiece, Cool As Ice. Starring Vanilla Ice, this movie is sure to make you cringe with delight.

On this episode Pax discussing the movie novelization of the romantic adventure Romancing the Stone!

In this, the final episode of 2023, Pax discusses the novelization of the futuristic sci-fi actioneer, Demolition Man, starring Sly Stallone and Wesley Snipes.

Shawn, Jaime, and Pax delve into an early comedic role for Tom Hanks, Money Pit, from 1986 co-starring Shelley Long and directed by Richard Benjamin.

On this special Halloween episode of the Cult Film Club, co-host Shawn drags Jaime and Paxton into the world of the Neon Maniacs! This 1986 horror flick is kind of obscure, but has enough fun junk to make it kind of a cult classic. Featuring 12 monstrous killers stalking a handful of local San Francisco teens, the film is full of weird gore, neon goop, and a score and soundtrack right out of a Joh...

The IRM Halloween episode featuring the Jason X novelization! 

For the final episode of the season, Pax, Mike, and Shawn are joined by Jay from Purple Stuff Podcast to talk about the 1979 Tobe Hooper TV mini-series, Salem's Lot, starring David Soul, James Mason and Bonnie Bedelia.

On this penultimate episode Michael invites comic book artist Brent Schoonover on to talk all about the 1973 art-house horror flick, Messiah of Evil . Featuring the eclectic writing/directing duo of Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz (American Graffiti, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Howard the Duck), the film taps into the dark mindset of the nation after the horrific Manson slayings, borrowing f...