The Monster Rally Podcast

It's a Monster Rally Minisode! We break the format of the show a bit to interview Jason Ginsburg & Eduardo Garcia Rascón, the lyricist & composer of the 2023 song Children of the Night, a love letter to the Universal Monsters that we all know & love. Check out the song on Spotify and YouTube. Read Jason's piece about the Universal Monsters on The Daily Dead. Follow Jason on Instagram and Threads....

The Monstie Men are joined by writer & comedian Chelsea Dallas Falato to talk about what may just be Sam Raimi's greatest film. Chelsea gets thrown into the deep end, as this is her first foray into Ash Williams's descent into madness. Join the three of them for a bloody good time or we'll swallow your soul! Check out Chelsea's website, follow her on Instagram, and don't forget to subscribe to her...

*TW: there is brief discussion of sexual assault about midway through the episode* In 1981, five friends went to a cabin in the backwoods of Tennessee. What became of them became horror movie legend. Before the boomstick, there was The Evil Dead, a video nasty that would start Sam Raimi's ascent in Hollywood & make Bruce Campbell the genre luminary he is today. The Monstie Men tuck in for this bri...

It's Gary's birthday, so James has gifted him with the incredible 2004 zombedy Shaun of the Dead from minds of Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg. Being lifelong best friends, it just fits that the Monstie Men's first zombie movie is about best friends? Join us for a reclamation of Prince's Batman soundtrack, and remember...dogs CAN look up. Follow the Monster Rally on Instagram, and make sure to rate/revi...

The Monstie Men head to Merry Olde England for their first alien invasion! his movie is widely available for free online, but that doesn't mean that it won't look more pixelated than an NES being played on an 8K tv. This one's admittedly a weird one, but it does seem like it's a foundational film. Talking points: carnivorous plants, Unbreakable, saltwater hoses, A Quiet Place Day One, Unbreakable,...

It's James's birthday, so it was Gary's job to pick a gift episode for him and boy, did he deliver! The Monstie Men are big Buffy (the show) fans from way back, but it's been a long time since either of them had watched the Kristy Swanson/Luke Perry(RIP)/Paul Reubens(RIP)/Rutger Hauer(RIP) cult classic. Join us, Lil Monsties, for this early-90s classic(?). Follow us on Instagram, don't forget to r...

Sad to say, but it's the last episode of the Stephen Summer. But don't fret, Lil Monsties: we're going out with an absolute banger. Geekscape's very own Matt Kelly (host of Weird Al-Gorithm, White People Problems, Horror Movie Night, to name a few) join the Monstie Men to talk about the rip roaring, terror on the high seas cult classic Deep Rising! We mourn the late, great Treat Williams, talk abo...

Hey Lil Monsties, the penultimate episode of the Stephen Summer is here! The Monstie Men are joined by friend of the show & horndog-for-vampires Alessia Dawn to talk about Van Helsing, which is absolutely a movie that was made...and nobody can take that away from them. This one goes off the rails in the best possible way. Don't find Alessia online, but make sure to follow us on Instagram, subscrib...

The Stephen Summer just can't stop with a movie that is definitely not a monster movie, but it maybe, perhaps, possibly could be considered monstrous...and that's good enough, right? But what it does is give us the chance for an inter-Geekscape crossover! Today, the Monstie Men are joined by Chris from Bulletproof Action (both the Podcast & Website). We wax poetically about our love of GI Joe, and...

*Editor's note: James's audio is bad in this one, and we are so sorry* The Stephen Summer continues with another Stephen behind the camera. This week, the Monstie Men are joined by author of the upcoming graphic novel Youth Group, Jordan Morris (Jordan Jesse Go, Free with Ads)! We talk about a little indie movie called Jaws by this up & coming director named Stevie Spielberg. You probably never he...

The Stephen Summer barrels on with the final entry of the Mummy Trilogy (so far, at least) with a movie that wasn't directed by Stephen Sommers! This time, the Monstie Men are joined by Asa Waggoner, from the Californian ska band For the Record. Rob Cohen's entry into the Mummyverse has been derided in the 16 years since the movie's release, and while Asa definitely agrees with the masses, what do...

The Stephen Sommer heats up as the Monster Rally goes international with our special guest this week: internationally known, locally tolerated, Toronto's favorite redhead, Red Herring! Red & the Monstie Men dive into The Mummy Returns, the sequel to the perfect(?) modern classic The Mummy. Is it as maligned as some claim? Is it a hidden gem? Why's The Rock in it? Why doesn't Gary eat cheeseburgers...

TW: allergies are the absolute worst, so there's some awful background sounds at parts of the episode, and we did our best to take them out, but...we're sorry. The time has finally come...a promise made at the very outset of this show: The Monstie Men are sitting across the table from each other to talk about the 1999 Stephen Sommers masterpiece, The Mummy. Do we have huge crushes on Rachel Weisz,...

The Monstie Men are back with a new episode straight out of the theater! What do you get when you mix a heist film, a revenge story, a vampire flick, and buckets of blood under the watchful eye of Radio Silence? A heck of a good time. Suffice to say, spoilers abound! Click here if you want to know why we call Creech a gentleman in the cold open Follow us on Instagram ⁠@monsterrallypod⁠ Buy some me...

*Trigger Warning: this movie deals heavily with domestic abuse, and it is discussed in the episode.* James & Gary close out their miniseries about Universal's Dark Universe-adjacent movies as they talk about Blumhouse's 2020 hit, The Invisible Man, starring Elizabeth Moss & Aldis Hodge. It's an interesting modern take on the classic HG Wells story, and it makes the Monstie Men ask the question: Ar...

This week on the Bob Iger Podcast, the Monstie Men are joined by their good friend & noted Kaiju Preservationist, Professor Matthew Sloyan, DKS (Doctor of Kaiju Studies), better known as the YouTube sensation GreenWitEvil! Gary & James lean *heavily* on Matt's wide breadth of Godzilla knowledge as he explains pretty much the entire lore of the Monsterverse, Gary is deeply involved in the Titans' l...

James & Gary are joined by their first guest ever, filmmaker & documentarian Taylor Morden! Talking points include: portals, sky beams, carrots, and metallurgy in shop class, amongst so much more. Back Taylor's current project Bampire on Indiegogo now! It's also not too late to support his documentary "Getting Lost." Make sure to follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠@monsterrallypod⁠⁠ Buy some merch at our ⁠⁠...

The Monstie Men witness the birth (and death) of the Dark Universe TM. This is it folks: the first, and only, entry into the Dark Universe canon: a Mummy movie that can't tell if it's a rip-roaring adventure movie or a horror movie or an Avengers knock-off. Does Gary love it? Does James hate it? Are these leading questions? Welcome to a new world of gods & monsties. Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@mon...

TW: drugging and attempted sexual assault The Monster Men talk about 2024's Lisa Frankenstein by Zelda Williams & Diablo Cody. Spoilers will happen in a big, bad way, but here's a little one at the very start: this movie is extremely our kind of movie. Follow us on Instagram @monsterrallypod Buy some merch from our Teepublic store #monsterrallypodcast #monsterrally #lilmonsties #lisafrankenstein #...

Does this movie have the sexiest Dracula? Is it proto-Morbius? Would it have been a better starting off point for the Dark Universe? How cool is Charles Dance? Join us, Lil Monsties, as James & the Big Sombrero talk about Dracula Untold starring Luke Evans. It is TOTALLY cool if you don't remember this one either. Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@monsterrallypod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy some merch at our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TeePubl...

The Monstie Men are back with Season 2, now hosted by Geekscape! This week, we talk about the Benicio Del Toro-starring The Wolfman from 2010, directed by Joe Johnston. A number of talking points are brought up, including just how sweaty BDT gets. Join us next episode for 2014's Dracula Untold! Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@monsterrallypod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy some merch at our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TeePublic ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shop! Plea...

As we come to the end of the original Classic Universal Monster canon, Gary & James take both a look back at season one of the podcast, where we look at the best & worst of the bunch, as well as a look to the future of the show. Thank each & every last one of you for supporting us so far. Next episode's movie will be The Wolfman (2010), directed by Joe Johnston & starring Benicio Del Toro! Follow...

The Monster Men come to the end of the Classic Universal Monster canon with 1956's The Creature Walks Among Us. James & the Big Sombrero are both fighting off some Gnarly Winter Yuck, but we do it for you, the listener. Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@monsterrallypod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy some merch at our ⁠⁠⁠⁠TeePublic ⁠⁠⁠⁠shop! We really want to give a big thanks to our corporate sponsor Severe Cold & Flu Medicat...

Abbott & Costello Meet The Monster Rally for one last jaunt in A&C's final Universal picture! We've seen some tall, emaciated mummies in previous Mummy movies, not to mention swole mummies & dumpy LCJ mummies...but this is the first time we see a Pajama Gram mummy. Talking points include what would the best Abbott & Costello Meets The X-Files title? Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@monsterrallypod⁠⁠⁠ Bu...

The Monster Rally Men strap on their aqualungs, grab our leg-knives, and take a trip down to Florida for the follow-up to Creature from the Black Lagoon. Can Big Creech learn to love? How much force does it take to throw a man against a tree & have him fold like a wallet? Should Flipper have a gun? Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@monsterrallypod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy some merch at our ⁠⁠⁠⁠TeePublic ⁠⁠⁠⁠shop! Please...