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Send us Fan Mail Marching on through another 50's monster "classic". What do you call something that lands in the middle of idyllic America in the 50's, devours people, and grows larger with each victim? Well, you call it "The Blob". Oh, and hey, Steve McQueen is in this bad boy. Something large indeed was heaving itself up from the ground. What sounded to be large fe...

Send us Fan Mail Turns out that Godzilla might be more than just a giant, radioactive dinosaur trashing miniature cities. We may not get to the bottom of it all, but we will at least talk a lot while we try. We are talking 'bout the original "Godzilla". I continued to lie prone while my eyes feverishly attempted to trace any possible sound. That's when I heard whatever was maki...

Send us Fan Mail If we’re gonna look at some monster movies, we gotta start with the king! It’s the original “King Kong” in all its black and white, stop motion jack glory! We might also just make you think about a few things too… Mostly, what Disney song you might strip to.          I’m not sure what exactly made me hesitate in answering the question. There was this overwhelming feeling that I wa...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to our new side project! Nick and Bill will take a look at the 80's ABC dramedy, "Moonlighting"; from start to finish. We're starting where it makes sense, with the pilot episode, where we'll encounter nazis, and diamonds, and the world's introduction to Bruce Willis. Look at  us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter  (or don't we&a...

Send us Fan Mail This one was ahead of the curve on mall walking, as well as mall motorcycling and mall mauling. George Romero may have started the zombie book with Night, but continued that book beautifully with “Dawn of the Dead”. “Are you still there? Jerry, son of Jerry?” the tapping continued. Look at  us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter  (or don't we're not really there  - and you...

Send us Fan Mail It’s time to introduce Kick Keyser to Herschell Gordon Lewis, the Godfather of Gore! And we’re starting at the top with 1963’s “Blood Feast”. Find out if he was more sickened by the lingering shots of organs and blood, or by the poor quality of… Well, everything. Spoiler alert, Wagner didn’t respond that night.           There was a slight tapping, almost a test of communication....

Send us Fan Mail Elvis and JFK might be just the guys to take on an undead Egyptian soul sucker. Grab your scarab beetles and your Ding Dongs, we’re continuing through another mummy movie with “Bubba Ho-Tep”. This episode is not brought to you by Burger Continental.           I was at a loss for words at this point. So cold, and the thought of my family munching on my seasoned soul sealed my lips....

Send us Fan Mail You can consider this our Valentine’s episode, and we’re going to consider this a love story. It’s another shot at a Universal horror classic with Boris Karloff, and it’s possibly a proto Indiana Jones epic with reincarnation at the center. We checked out “The Mummy” from 1932, and we possibly fell in love.           “You’ve invited the devil into that soul of an egg. And you’re g...

Send us Fan Mail Another listener recommendation, and another one that would not typically be considered a horror movie. But, we’ve absolutely watched other films that were lighter and less horrific than this little treat. A recent indie film from 2020, we watched “Shiva Baby”.           “Symbolically, what does it mean to take a piece of your soul, the deep part, the rich part of your soul, and m...

Send us Fan Mail Maybe not a horror movie in most people’s eyes, but drop this on the unsuspecting, and you will for sure find people horrified. It’s a listener recommendation and it’s an early Peter Jackson film, we checked out “Meet The Feebles”!           The scratches continued, and I read them as such, “If you run with the notion that an egg is a symbol of the soul, then what are you doing wi...

Send us Fan Mail Were you looking around here for another part 4? As luck would have it, we got one for ‘ya, even if the title is a little shy about saying so. We checked out “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.” It’s a… Remake? A sequel? It’s a requel, and it may make you question your own sanity.           “What is it that I’m missing? What’s the greater point to a recipe for a dev...

Send us Fan Mail Kicking off the start of our 4th full year with a part 4; “A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4: The Dream Master”. How do they raise up the dead Fred Kreuger this time? You’ll have to listen to… Oh the hell with it, a dog pees fire onto his grave. Yeah.           “Clever, but I think you may be missing a point with this deviled egg situation.” I thought about for a second, continuing...

Send us Fan Mail Preparing for New Year’s by watching “Terror Train” sure proved at least one thing… We might be into trains! It’s sorta Halloween on rails, including the amazing Jamie Lee, but also bonus David Copperfield for the win.           “Yolk hole was my nickname in college. Yolk hole, oh no.” Look at  us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter  (or don't we're not really there  - and...

Send us Fan Mail One of our favorite holiday traditions is back! It’s another Silent Night, Deadly Night movie, but you probably wouldn’t know it if the title wasn’t there to tell us. We took on “Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4”.           “Mash those yolks up with some mayo, maybe some spicy mustard. Heck, whatever you want to throw in there. And then pipe that mush back into the yolk ho...

Send us Fan Mail They dropped the “Part 6” from the title, and possibly any semblance of reason, but we are picking up with the third and final installment of the Thorn Trilogy. We are talking about “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers”           The scratches came softly and first, then with more urgency. “A deviled egg is an egg that is hard boiled, split in two, the yolk removed…” Look at  us...

Send us Fan Mail It may be the fifth chapter in the Halloween series, but we’re diving into the second part of the Thorn Trilogy within the series. Get your psychic connections tuned up as we witness the Revenge of… Wait. What is Michael needing revenge for? See if we get to the bottom of the whole shebang when we talk “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers”.           “What is a deviled egg?”...

Send us Fan Mail We’re going to start our look at the Thorn Trilogy (and names with nearly interchangeable subtitles) within the Halloween series with the 4th installment, “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers”. The Shape is back!           And then a slow horror dawned on me. Well, actually two slow horrors dawned on me. One, I didn’t know what a deviled egg was exactly. Two, I was laying on...

Send us Fan Mail The devil is in the details has probably never been more horrifically illustrated than in John Carpenter’s 1987 film “Prince of Darkness”. Is a group of scientists trying to stop the Anti-God, or are they there to bring about its rise?          “Deviled eggs”. Is that possibly what I was picking up from the other side? My super power might be deviled eggs? Look at  us on Instagram...

Send us Fan Mail In this corner, it's the Prince of Darkness, the Lord of the Flies, the Doctor of Dinosaurs, theeeeeee Antichrist! And in the other corner, it's... Well, check out the episode to possibly find out. We took a look at "The Final Conflict" from 1981. There was a long, contemplative scratch from the other side of the wall. Look at  us on Instagram Follow us on Twit...

Send us Fan Mail Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Leatherface. We took a look at the third chapter of the Texas Chainsaw series and came away with some questions about how to get through Texas, and the roads they apparently build atop canyons. Check out “Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III”.     “Can I get some sort of super power from you?” I held my breath. The heat from my body seemed to turn...

Send us Fan Mail Comin’ back around to Universal, back around to director James Whale, back around to Karloff, baby! We’re looking at the sequel to the monster, “The Bride of Frankenstein”.           “Can I?...” I could sense an impatience on the other side, a desire to tap scratch a denial and be done with it. Look at  us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter  (or don't we're not really the...

Send us Fan Mail Ok, I know, not technically a Frankenstein movie, but we weren’t getting out of here without talking about Herbert West the “Re-Animator”! Nick went in blind to the gory glory of this eighties masterpiece, Bill saw it for the… what? 85th time?           My lips twitched, I silently stammered… “Can I?...”  Look at  us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter  (or don't we're not...

Send us Fan Mail High art, high camp, let’s see what the 70’s New York art scene can do with this Frankenstein mythos. Released in some places as Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein (though he was a hands-off producer at best), we are covering “Flesh for Frankenstein” in our run through the legend of the famous doctor and creature creator.         No one had ever really bothered to ask me that before. I fe...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Hammer time. The British film studio that is, but you still can’t touch this. Put on your parachute pants and watch Grand Moff Frankenstein (and Christopher Lee as the creature) do their thing in “The Curse of Frankenstein.”           “Jerry, son of also Jerry,” the thing tapped and scratched back. “What question can I answer for you?” Look at  us on Instagram Follow us on Tw...

Send us Fan Mail We wanted to take a step back and look at one of the original, famous monsters – Universal’s “Frankenstein” from 1931. Young horror that really marked the trail for those that came after. Is this a gothic castle horror film that delves into themes of science vs. religion? Of negligent fathers and family dynamics? Or is Bill digging too deep again? Find out!           “Jerry, son o...