Then Is Now Podcast

Filmmaker Chris Esper is on board for his first episode as permanent co-host! Today we interview podcaster/author SA Bradley, whose book "Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy" is a must-read for horror fans! He is also the host of the wildly popular podcast, Hellbent for Horror, which is also a must-listen for horror fans! Chris and I are addicted, and you will be too! We...

Happy Halloween 2021, everyone!!! The 13 th episode of our special series, 13 Days of Hallowtober, is upon us! This was our second VIDEO podcast, so please check out our YouTube page if you want to watch it! http://www.youtube.com/user/uncledeath1 I am joined by filmmaker Joe Lemieux, publisher Bill Van Ryn, and author Jim Harberson, as we dive into all 6 of the Romero zombie films as well as bran...

John Grace, from the Midnight Movie Cowboys podcast, returns! He previously joined us on the Kung Fu Zombies episode as well as joining Patsy and I on our other show, the East Meets the West! This is the penultimate episode of our yearly event called 13 Days of Hallowtober in which we've been discussing modern zombie films, that is, zombie movies that came after or were inspired by George Romero's...

Today, I am joined by the masterminds behind Pennsylvania's Drive-In Super Monster-Rama and the April Ghoul's Drive-In Monster-Rama, both held annually at the Riverside Drive-In in Vandergrift, PA, George and Gene! We take a dive into a film that is post Night of the Living Dead, but still has its roots in Voodoo. We tackle the Blaxploitation flick, Sugar Hill, from 1974, starring Marki Bey and Ro...

Patsy the Angry Nerd and Spency are back for more as we tackle the 2006 British Zombie Comedy (or Zombedy) Shaun of the Dead, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and directed by Edgar Wright. The three of us dive deep into it discussing the copious references, the subtext, and how it is basically a love letter to George Romero's films. Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a 30-something loser with a dull, easy e...

Amateur animator, filmmaker hobbyist, and monster movie/bad film historian, Mark Bailey joins me today as we continue our dive into post-Romero zombie films! Today we tackle another amazing Korean zombie film, Rampant from 2018! From the producers of Train to Busan, Rampant takes place in the 1600s in the Joseon area of Korea where Lee Chung, heir to the throne, returns home to take care of his de...

For those who haven't been following, we are in the middle of our yearly event called 13 Days of Hallowtober. Our theme this year is “Modern Zombie Films”, which are films that came after and were inspired by George Romero's Night of the Living Dead in 1968, which not only set up the rules for modern zombies, but has had a lasting effect on horror film-making and horror media for the l...

John Grace, host of the Midnight Movie Cowboys podcast joins me for a discussion of a delightfully silly and fun Chinese horror/comedy, Kung Fu Zombie from 1981! John previously joined my co-host Patsy and I on a two part episode of The East Meets the West, where we delved deep into the Shaw Brothers company and Spaghetti Westerns as a whole as a primer for new listeners and refresher for existing...

Spency and Patsy the Angry Nerd return yet again for a great Zombie comedy from 2006, Fido, starring comedian Billy Connolly! In an Earthly world resembling the 1950s, a cloud of space radiation has shrouded the planet, resulting in the dead becoming zombies that desire live human flesh. The humans have won the war against the zombies, for the most part, and while they can still only be killed by...

My co-host on this episode, Rod Barnett, had previously joined me on episode 52, in which we discussed the Polizziotechi film, Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man. He is not only the host of the Naschycast, The Bloody Pit, and Wild, Wild Podcast, but also a master DVD and Blu-Ray commentator! Today we dive into the 1974 film, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, also known as Let Sleeping Corpses Lie...

On this episode, we're going to do something a little different. Rather than cover a particular film, we are going to delve into the realm of zombie video games! Spency and Patsy the Angry Nerd join me once again as we tackle these games, and they bring their expert knowledge to the table! So if you are an aficionado of modern zombie video games, or (much like myself) know almost nothing about the...

13 Days of Hallowtober rolls on as we have been examining post-Night of the Living Dead zombie films! Today I am joined by horror author James Harberson. We take a dive into 1988's Dead Heat starring Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo. When Detective Roger Mortis (Treat Williams) and his loudmouthed partner Doug Bigelow (Joe Piscopo), try to apprehend robbers that turn out to be zombies, Mortis ends u...

As we continue our journey of discussing zombie films made after and sometimes inspired by George Romero's Night of the Living Dead in 1968, we turn to a recent picture, Army of the Dead from 2021! Joining me once again on this episode is Spency, as well as my co-host on The East Meets the West, Patsy the Angry Nerd!! Army of the Dead stars Dave Bautista as Scott Ward, a soldier who fought in a zo...

Welcome to the first episode of our yearly event called 13 Days of Hallowtober. Every October, for the last 13 days, we put out an episode a day, discussing horror movies that fall into whatever theme we've chosen. Last year, in 2020, the theme was scariest movies of all time, and with the assistance of my group of rotating co-hosts, we discussed what are widely regarded as the scariest movies of...

In previous episodes, we've discussed Exploitation films, which are films intended to attract an audience by means of its sensationalist or controversial content, usually attempting to succeed financially by exploiting current trends, niche genres, or lurid content. Exploitation films are generally low-quality "B movies" that sometimes attract critical attention and cult followings. Joining us tod...

For those of us who grew up, pretty much from the 1950s to the 1990s, Newspapers carried ads for movies, and listings for the theaters and drive-ins that were playing those pictures. I used to love poring through the movies section of the Boston Globe to see what was playing because my parents and I went to the Cinema or Drive-In once or twice a week! And in those days, movie posters (which is now...

In April, I had the good fortune to attend the APRIL GHOULS DRIVE-IN MONSTER-RAMA at The Riverside Drive In Theatre in Vandergrift, PA. The theme was 80s Horror Films with such movies as: SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE, SLEEPAWAY CAMP, PIECES, EDGE OF THE AXE, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, THE HOWLING, HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH and MAUSOLEUM. The guys who run it, George and Gene put together a...

As we often like to discuss things that have gone away from our pop culture, some things haven't gone away. Things like breakfast cereals and collectibles are still in full force. Back in the day, Saturday mornings used to be special because before we had 24 hour cartoon channels, we could only get our new cartoons on Saturday mornings on one of the 3 networks that we had. With the advent of cable...

We had Then Is Now's first LIVE VIDEO on Thursday, September 16 th , 2021. We streamed live on Facebook and YouTube, although two minutes into it, the Facebook stream cut out, but there was no indication of this! Zoom acted as if the stream was working fine, so we just plugged on with it. We are presenting it here for you in audio form, for your convenience, and to get this information out to as m...

One of the best representatives of the American family in the 1950s was the Cleaver household, as portrayed on the iconic and classic television series, Leave It to Beaver. The Cleavers exemplified the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century. The show, which ran from 1957 to 1963, was about an inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, and his adventures at home, sc...

Horror has been with us since the dawn of mankind in various forms over the years, and while horror movies have been with us since the early 1900s, horror books have been around far longer. Still going strong today is the horror novel market and new authors and books are appearing almost daily in all of the online and brick and mortar bookstores. Joining me on the show today is author James Harber...

Former child star, the iconic and legendary Johnny Whitaker joins us today! One of my childhood idols, Johnny is most well known for the classic TV shows, Family Affair and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. Johnny has had a fascinating journey in life, and he shares it all with us including details on the shows he worked on, a heartbreaking loss, a journey to “the dark side” (as he puts it...

Welcome to our first, Special Mini-Episode! Recently, Haven Podcasts had the good fortune to be able to sponsor “The Lost Year: A Festival of Short Films”, which showcased the works of actor/director Kris Salvi. The event took place at the Elm Draughthouse Cinema in Millbury, MA on August 7 th , 2021. Kris made all the films in 2020, and he and pretty much all of the cast and crew were...

General Hospital is an amazing daytime drama, or soap opera, that has been on the air since April 1 st , 1963. The originality, creativity, and sheer entertainment of this show has helped it to survive over the decades, constantly re-inventing itself to stay relevant. GH pioneered action and adventure on daytime television in the early 1980s, and continues to thrill today! On this episode, we have...

The star of the original Night of the Living Dead, Judith O'Dea, joins us today as we dive into her career! The film, of course, is the first of the modern zombie films, in which zombies are the dead who return to life as flesh eating ghouls. Judith has become an iconic figure and a living legend, having played the character, Barbara, in the film, and will be honored for generations to come! But J...