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Open-carrying oars in public, Johnny Depp barking like a dog and the baffling rise of Depp from outsider actor to one of the most famous people on the planet. Cinesthesia gazes through the 'Secret Window' and are unimpressed by what it holds. David Koepp's 2004 adaptation of Stephen King's novella "Secret Window, Secret Garden" is full of great moments but ultimately serves as a turning point in D...

A useful batch of keywords to accompany your viewing experience of Dreamcatcher: Shitweasel Grayboy Dumb guy psychics Morgan Freeman's eyebrows Gunphone Portentous farting The worst theatrically released Punisher but it's not his fault Oxycontin Inexplicable Wahlberg Special guest Mike Daley returns to help Jason and Jim sift through Lawrence Kasden's adaptation of a novel Stephen King wrote in cu...

Clearly sleep-deprived and falling apart at their basal cortices, Jason and Jim try to harness a wobbling conversation in the direction of 'The Night Flier,' but mostly talk about how much they love Miguel Ferrer. Also they put out a call for knowledge regarding the names of specific pratfalls. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as they ventu...

Stephen's attempt to take back his novel from Stanley Kubrick, this miniseries doesn't really work at all because it is a cranky argument instead of a movie, but it is an interesting argument to talk about for a minute. The boys discuss good actors being ill-used and rain down spite upon Mick Garris. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as they...

Ted Levine fights his own jacket, Jim auctions off his eyeballs and Jason introduces his son to "spooky skulls." Episode 23 of Hell to the King covers the misunderstood Tobe Hooper production of The Mangler (1995), a movie that guest star Victoria Quamme Rhoden returns to for the first time since the film inspired an early childhood trauma. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film...

A crossover episode with Reel Rap host Shane Pfender ends the only way it possibly could — in a podcast feud. A heavy-set man is cursed to grow forever thinner after he runs over a Gypsy man's daughter. Cinesthesia hosts Jason and Jim trek through Richard Bachman's horny portrayal of cosmic revenge in what Jason calls the King film that comes closest to encapsulating the feeling of reading a trash...

A whole lotta mackerel snappin' goin' on... Hell to the King vaults across Jason's concentric circles and into the realm where all the rules are thrown out. Logan Taylor guests on this episode about Needful Things, a Stephen King adaptation that plays like a more murderous It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Also, everyone involved swoons over Max von Sydow. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teach...

Jim thinks Jason is mad at him for forcing him to watch this miniseries. Cinesthesia has decided 'The Tommyknockers' has precisely 10 good moments in a miniseries that is all too long. Lipstick vaporizers, charming machines and ancient architecture in the woods provide bright spots in a series that struggles to stretch itself to three hours. Cinesthesia has decided The Tommyknockers has precisely...

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...