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George A. Romero returns to the Stephen King universe after Creepshow to deliver another hidden gem. Between the film being generally good with no major surprises and Jason and Jim's bedraggled brains manifesting in mildness, they paw through this discussion like two well-behaved opossums hoping to get to the other end of a suburb without encountering anything larger than themselves. Join a filmma...

Shane and Bennett discuss the third most important event of 2001, Bill Paxton's directorial debut in Frailty. When similar murders to "The God's Hand Killer" begin again, Adam (Matthew McConaughey) recalls his childhood with his father (Bill Paxton) who claimed to be killing demons in order to prevent Judgement Day. But when Adam's brother, Fenton, also begins seeing the demons, new questions aris...

Despite Jason's adamant protests, Jim drags the boys to a new kind of hell in The Lawnmower Man (1992), a movie that isn't actually based on a Stephen King story? But this isn't another Devil's Gift scenario — this movie is a gift from a Cyber God. Joining the boys is Jason's father, Jem Michelitch, who was just trying to visit with his grandson, but Jason made him watch this movie instead. Famili...

Jason subjects his father, Jem, to watch a Stephen King film that's barely a movie — that ends up being so much movie — and guest on Hell to the King. Sleepwalkers marks the point where Stephen King films become a gimmick factory and also the first King film to be written exclusively for the silver screen. Cat people, vampire-energy beasts with shape-shifting abilities and a very unclear interpret...

We were happy as we gazed on The Graveyard Shift But Stephen knows we’re Misery-able now We moved on to the next film and then we watched the film And Stephen knows we’re Misery-able now In our lives Why do we give valuable time To this podcast that is literally killing us slowly every day a little bit of our brains and souls go there they go goodbye bye brains and soul byeeeeeeeeeeeeee Join a fil...

The TV film is filled with King's favorite things—'50s-style greaser gangs, cool cars and children suffering terrifying deaths. Jason and Jim have thoughts. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as they venture into the dark heart of their own befuddled relationship to culture, the youth, the internet, friendship, love, hate, time, space and, of...

Week three kicks off with a rat-laden hidden King gem. A textile mill being tormented by an evil foreman, workers meet a bat-rat monster in a musty basement; a rat cannon is fired. Jason and Jim agree that Graveyard Shift is the most fun King viewing experience and a movie that demands a resurgence. Jason also pitches why Kelly Wolf's character should have been made the lead character to take this...

An email from the desk of Cinesthesia host Jason Michelitch: "Episode Fourteen is uploading. It's a big rambly one, about the 1990 TV movie IT, but also about my weird theories about epicenters of cultural events and also a lot about the book IT, and I am afraid it is our most boring episode yet but I don't really have time tomorrow to do more aggressive editing on it. So it is as proportionately...

Reel Rap is taking a break from Sofia Coppola films to jump into Split Tooth's 31 Days of October Horror series. Actor Charles Laughton's first and only directorial effort, Night of the Hunter (1955) follows a mysterious preacher with "LOVE" and "HATE" knuckle tattoos, looking for $10,000 hidden in a little girl's doll. Reel Rap puts on their best southern accents to dig into the strange Gothic fa...

Jason and Jim start to crack after 13 straight days of episodes. Reincarnated cats, children and brides. Neighbors with good intentions and bad advice. Truck 666 and tonally awkward Ramones theme songs. Cinesthesia visits the original Pet Sematary, created during a writer's strike at the end of the first golden age of Stephen King films. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film tea...

Cinesthesia tackles the first King adaptation written under his pen name Richard Bachman. Jim finds a new love in this dumb smart movie with a terrible title, unlike Romper Stomper, which is a terrible movie with a great title; he also pitches a movie in a smallternate universe. In The Running Man Arnold Schwarzenegger runs through a death gauntlet reality TV game show in a dystopian America. Pack...

Predictable werewolves and alcoholic uncles fuel Dan Attias' 1985 adaptation of King's Cycle of the Werewolf. A Stephen King calendar turned into a possibly ghost-directed Don Coscarelli film, Gary Busey delightfully stomps around and rides dirt bike wheelchairs and Jason deals with a mysterious carpet cleaner straight out of a King novel. In episode 10 of Hell to the King, Jim and Jason talk abou...

Cujo director Lewis Teague redeems himself with an anthology film told through a storyline-traveling cat. Jim's car headlight catches fire, Jason battles his fear of ledges, practical goblins appear and Stephen King tackles his first feature-length screenplay. The Cinesthesia Boys debate whether this anthology film falls into the good or bad King film category and how King portrays women. Join a f...

"Overdriving by a gas station on a maximum evening Whose truck this is I think I know His keys are in his pocket though Who was it drove the goblin green Into the gas attended spleen" — Jason Michelitch, a poem for Maximum Overdrive Stephen King directs the most cocaine-fueled King adaptation in existence featuring surprise rocket launchers and homicidal trucks threatening humans in a movie fully...

It's a new week in Hell, and the Cinesthesia Boys are starting it off with an evil toy monkey that is definitely from the Devil, and maybe(?!?) from Stephen King. Also from the Devil? Jason's audio! It's very bad! Tune in to hear a real whoopsie episode about 1984's The Devil's Gift, and learn more than you knew you wanted to know about the rules of death cymbals, how Merlin spends his free time a...

Killer nose-bone punches, the social obligations of being set on fire and Drew Barrymore's telepathic flame abilities. In this episode about Mark Lester's 1984 adaptation of Stephen King's Firestarter, Cinesthesia hosts Jason and Jim welcome their first special guest to Hell to the King — independent filmmaker, compositor and motion designer Amanda Gotera. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teac...

Day 4: Jim abandons his thesis that all Stephen King adaptations are great. Stephen King created his most ubiquitous monster with Cujo, but the film adaptation hardly lives up to its character's legendary name. In this Hell to the King, Cinesthesia hosts Jason Michelitch and Jim Hickcox rip into Lewis Teague's 1983 adaptation that features an increasingly slimy dog played by dudes in St. Bernard s...

Confident sedateness and ineluctable forces, young Christopher Walken's strange acting choices and John Carpenter attempts at a studio film. Jason and Jim look at two classic films, a Cronenberg and a Carpenter, in a double header from the hosts of Cinesthesia. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as they venture into the dark heart of their ow...

Outlander, we have a special Hell for you today. Fritz Kiersch directs a rare Stephen King film to take place outside of New England; A child preacher convinces children to murder all of the adults in town; A 30-year old man acts as a child in a clumsily plotted cult classic and the Cinesthesia boys explore the bare-bone truth involved in King lore. Jim and Jason also spend a full fifteen minutes...

Starting Oct. 1 as part of Split Tooth Media's October Horror series, Cinesthesia presents Hell to the King: A 31-part miniseries about Stephen King film adaptations. Come hear what we see.

Floating vampire children at the window, psychic houses, Nosferatu-types and the power of the self. Jason revisits one of the foundational horror films from his childhood; Jim's longstanding belief about 'Salem's Lot' being a film about witches is disproven. After directing 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,' Tobe Hooper tackled one of Stephen King's most famous novels in a 3-hour made for TV movie. T...

Day 3 of Hell to the King covers George Romero and Stephen King's collaborative series of hit-or-miss short films in the 'Creepshow' universe A resurrected request for cake, a comic book come to life, Ed Harris' neck-jerk dancing and Stephen King's first doofy cameo in a series of twisted short stories. Cinesthesia hosts Jim Hickcox and Jason Michelitch take on a slate of short films in 'Creepshow...

In the first installment of Cinesthesia's 31-day special series about Stephen King film adaptations, Jason and Jim break down Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of 'The Shining' (1980) and Brian De Palma's 'Carrie' (1976). Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as they venture into the dark heart of their own befuddled relationship to culture, the yout...

Time travel, mouths covered in plastic, fish-based revenge and another drive-by Cronenberg mention. Join the Cinesthesia Boys, Jim Cine and Jason Sthesia, as they get more talking done about bad movies, ironic appreciation, which Nolan brother is Mama Nolan's favorite and the ideal iteration of Jaws V: Sharks Hold a Grudge. It's another certified classic fresh from the presses (we call our mouths...

Reel Rap eats their cake and likes it while talking about Coppola's divisive third film. In this episode they discuss the initial reception to the film's historical inaccuracies, how its style emphasizes the story and Rip Torn's portrayal of a disgusting, decadent monarch. Also in this week's episode, Bennett contemplates quitting his job, Shane talks like a pirate and they argue the value of fire...