Then Is Now Podcast

On episode 152 of Then Is Now Podcast, Eric Eichelberger returns to promote his Shock A-Go-Go Film Festival 2025 on June 7th & 8th at the Lumiere Cinema At The Music Hall in Beverly Hills. Eric joins Re-Gor and Chris, along with two filmmakers who have movies showing at the event: Michael Kallio, director of Dinner with Leatherface, and TJ Moore, director of Scream a Little Dream. We talked ab...

On Then Is Now Podcast Episode 151, Re-Gor and Rob are joined by filmmaker Kim Noonan, whose new thriller, Are You There?, is making waves with fans! We discuss his career and what went into making this fun, chilling feature! Join us! Kim can be found at: https://www.kimnoonan.me/ Are You There? Can be viewed at: https://darkskyfilms.com/film/are-you-there/ More links for the film: https://creepyc...

It's the 150th episode of Then Is Now Podcast! George and Gene join Re-Gor and Chris again to discuss their upcoming annual event, April Ghoul's Drive-In Monster-Rama at the Riverside Drive-In Theater in Vandergrift, PA, on April 25 and 26! Check it out! Here's What's Playing: Friday, April 25 will be a “Friday Freddy Fest” featuring A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM...

On this episode of Then Is Now Podcast, Julie Dove, who's well-known for playing Connie Viniski on Days of Our Lives, joins Re-Gor and Rob. We had a great time discussing her career journey as well as her time on DAYS. We also talked about her podcast, True Texas Crime: The Significant Life of Angela Stevens, which has been nominated for a Webby award! Check it out! Julie can be found at: http://w...

Joining us today on Episode 148 of Then Is Now Podcast is Jeff DePaoli who discusses all things Halloween, and his upcoming event on May 3, 2025, Wicked New England , in Salem, MA! Jeff and Re-Gor had a fun conversation and hopefully this show will fill your Halloween need, or at least tide you over until October! Wicked New England can be found at: https://www.wickednewengland.info/ Re-Gor can be...

General Hospital alum Natalia Livingston joins us on this episode of Then Is Now Podcast! We discuss her career, the films she's produced, her time on GH and whether or not she would return, and her new business venture, Bunny Bow Prints! Check it out! Natalia can be found at: https://www.bunnybowprints.com/ or https://www.etsy.com/shop/bunnybowprints Chris can be found at: http://www.storiesmotio...

On this episode of Then Is Now Podcast, Re-Gor and Chris compare and contrast their experiences growing up in two different generations. Topics include the state of TV when we were young, our earliest moviegoing experiences, remembering the video store and more! Send us your memories either below our social media posts, or email us at thenisnow42@gmail.com with Retro Memories 1 in the subject line...

Eric Eichelberger joins me once again to discuss May's Shock-A-G-Go Film Festival event! Among the films they'll be showing is “The Monster Squad” and “Shivers,” as well as many more, plus shorts and trailers! Also, guests appearing live include Fred Dekker, Lynn Lowry, Brinke Stevens and more! Plus, the world premiere of Eric's documentary pilot, “Exploit This!&rdquo...

George and Gene from the Drive-in Super Monster-Rama join Re-Gor and Chris to discuss the 2024 April Ghoul's event at the Riverside Drive-In, in Vandergrift, PA, on Friday April 26 and Saturday April 27! They've got a great lineup of films: Friday has “The Return of the Living Dead,” “Deathdream,” “Messiah of Evil,” and “The Children!” Saturday they'...

Happy Halloween, everyone! It's finally here: Day 13 of 2023's 13 Days of Hallowtober event! Our topic this year has been werewolf films and as such we present a round table discussion of “The Wolf Man” (1941) and its remake, “The Wolfman” (2010). The original is a classic starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains. The remake stars Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. Does...

Day 12: In our penultimate 13 Days of Hallowtober episode for 2023, the Prince Regent of EDM, Dantes Alexander, joins Re-Gor to discuss the classic Hammer film, “Curse of the Werewolf,” starring Oliver Reed and directed by Terence Fisher. We noticed many elements borrowed in other films, and discussed what a badass Reed was in real life! Movie ads are also available on the web link! En...

Day 11: MyKill and the Prince Regent of Electronic Dance Music, Dantes Alexander, join Re-Gor on this episode of our 13 Days of Hallowtober event to discuss the werewolf film “Dog Soldiers” from 2002. Another little seen film, this one is fun, gory, and action-packed! It stars Sean Pertwee, the son of the third Dr. Who, John Pertwee, as well as Kevin McKidd, and was directed by Neil Ma...

Day 10: On this episode of Then Is Now's 2023 event 13 Days of Hallowtober, Juan Ortiz from the B-Movie Cast joins Re-Gor to discuss the Mexican horror classic “House of Terror” aka “La Casa Del Terror” starring comedian Tin-Tan, and surprisingly, Lon Chaney Jr. shows up as the Wolf Man!! An interesting and fun flick, we also discuss the horribly butchered, unintelligible v...

Day 9: Once again, MyKill and the Prince Regent of EDM, Dantes Alexander, join Re-Gor to discuss the relatively new film “Werewolves Within” (2021) on this episode of 2023's 13 Days of Hallowtober event. Starring Sam Richardson and Milana Vayntrub, who you may know as the AT&T girl! The film is a comedy with definite influence from other werewolf features of the past. We were divid...

Day 8: The Prince Regent of EDM, Dantes Alexander, joins Re-Gor for this episode of Then Is Now Podcast's annual 13 Days of Hallowtober event for 2023! We take a dive into the 1985 Michael J. Fox comedy, “Teen Wolf.” Critically lambasted, but still a huge hit for its time, this movie really gets better with age and we dive into its themes. Don't forget to take a gander at the movie ads...

Day 7: On this episode of Then Is Now's 13 Days of Hallowtober event for 2023, our werewolf discussion continues with “Cursed” from 2005, directed by horror legend Wes Craven and starring Joshua Jackson, Christina Ricci, and Jesse Eisenberg. The film is kind of a mess and we dive into its troubled production, but also pull out the good things about it. Being from 2005, there were a sca...

Day 7: On this episode of Then Is Now's 13 Days of Hallowtober event for 2023, our werewolf discussion continues with “Cursed” from 2005, directed by horror legend Wes Craven and starring Joshua Jackson, Christina Ricci, and Jesse Eisenberg. The film is kind of a mess and we dive into its troubled production, but also pull out the good things about it. Being from 2005, there were a sca...

Day 6: MyKill and Re-Gor tackle the little-known werewolf film “Wolves” (2014) on this episode of Then Is Now's 2023 event, 13 Days of Hallowtober! The movie stars Jason Momoa, Lucas Till, and veteran character actor Stephen McHattie, and is a refreshing direction as it doesn't rely on past films to shape its story. Sadly, because it was 2014, there were no movie ads, just listings, so...

Day 5: Frequent guest host Spency joins Re-Gor along with the Prince Regent of Electronic Dance Music, Dantes Alexander to discuss another 1981 classic werewolf film, “An American Werewolf in London.” Directed by John Landis and starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, and Griffin Dunne, we discuss the influences on the movie from previous werewolf films as well as its subsequent influe...

Day 4: On this episode, Re-Gor is joined by MyKill and Bill Van Ryn to discuss the classic 1981 werewolf film, The Howling! We talk about the stars and director Joe Dante who's been an influence on the genre. Check out the movie ads on the web page! Enjoy! Bill can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/DriveInAsylum https://www.etsy.com/shop/GroovyDoom https://www.facebook.com/frightlounge Re-Gor...

Day 3: As 2023's 13 Days of Hallowtober rolls on discussing werewolf films, Rod Barnett returns to talk more about legendary Spanish horror star, Paul Naschy! We dive into his films, “Hunchback of the Morgue” (1973), “The Devil Incarnate” a.k.a “El Caminante” (1979), and “Werewolf and the Yeti” aka “Night of the Howling Beast” (1975)! Mov...

Day 2: 13 Days of Hallowtober 2023 – On this episode, podcaster extraordinaire Rod Barnett joins Re-Gor as they discuss the Lon Chaney of Spain, the man who's played a werewolf more times than anyone else, Paul Naschy! In part 1, we specifically dive into his films, “Horror Rises From the Tomb” (1973), “Werewolf Shadow” aka “Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman”...

It's that time of year again! Welcome to the first episode of the 2023 event, 13 Days of Hallowtober, in which we post an episode a day for the last 13 Days of October! Our topic this year is werewolf movies! On this episode, Re-Gor and MyKill hit the ground running by diving into the 1994 Jack Nicholson film “Wolf,” co-starring Michelle Pfeiffer and directed by the legendary Mike Nich...

Eric Eichelberger returns to tell us all about his new 2023 Shock-A-Go-Go film festival subtitled “5 Nights Of Sinematic Weirdness” which is being held at the Film Noir Cinema in New York City, on October 18th to the 22nd! Lots of great films will be presented including, Bloodsucking Freaks (1976), Terror Firmer (1999), Ghoul Scout Zombie Massacre (2018), among others, as well as sever...

On this episode I'm joined once again by George and Gene to discuss their awesome Drive-In Super Monster Rama event at the Riverside Drive-In in Vandergrift, PA, on Friday, September 22, and Saturday, September 23!! We had a great conversation that went on quite a few hilarious tangents. Don't forget to click on the web link to check out the amazing newspaper ads and articles for each of the films...