Video Monsters

This is what you wanted...an episode of The Gargyle Podcast with special guests Brian Lonano (writer/director of short films, such as BFF Girls, Gwilliam, and Crow Hand), Jessica Shipp (who plays Lily in BFF Girls), and William Mahaffey (director of the Knoxville Horror Film Festival)!! Tonight's episode focuses on BFF Girls (Brian's latest short film), which is a wonderfully off-kilter action com...

If you caught any of my 2018 Chattanooga Film Festival coverage, then you know how much I loved Dementia Part II! This black and white, neo-noir, midnight horror movie about a guy struggling against an increasingly uncomfortable situation (and maybe an amorous zombie??) is the brain-child of writers/directors (actors, cinematographers, and practically every thing else-ers) Matt Mercer and Mike Tes...

Adam and I are back at it again with the next episode in our coverage of the Harry Potter series! In tonight's episode, we discuss (among other things): the intense trauma inflicted upon Neville by seeing the cruciatus curse inflicted upon a spider, Angry-dor, Growly-Ron, Dead-ric, and the connection between Hagrid and the Tremors franchise. So, grab your dragon egg, say hello to the mer-people, a...

Welcome to another episode of The Gargyle Podcast!  Closing out our coverage of the 2018 Chattanooga Film Festival , tonight Daniel, Tim, and I discuss our top picks of the weekend.  While we love just about everything that we see at CFF each year, these are the films that especially stood out to us this year:   Emergency (short film),  Lowlife ,  A Prayer Before Dawn ,  Summer of 84 , and  Tigers...

Welcome to another episode of The Gargyle Podcast!  Tonight's episode was recorded at the Chattanooga Film Festival , with special guests Matt Mercer, Graham Skipper, and Kevin Sluder!  If you aren't familiar with their work, they are awesome actors, directors, writers, producers (and so on), and podcasting with them was probably...no...DEFINITELY the best part of the weekend at CFF for me!!  The...

Welcome to another episode of The Gargyle Podcast!  Continuing our coverage of the Chattanooga Film Festival , tonight Daniel, Tim, and I discuss some of the most "fun" movies of the weekend.  All of the movies discussed in tonight's episode were either horror or violent in nature, some of which were very, very bloody...hence the "fun" being in quotes.  They were violent and bloody, but they also...

Welcome to another episode of The Gargyle Podcast!  Continuing our coverage of the Chattanooga Film Festival, tonight Daniel, Tim, and I discuss the various documentaries that we saw over the weekend.  The Chattanooga Film Festival has shown some amazing documentaries over the past several years, many of which have ended up being some of our top picks of the fest.  And this year was no exception.....

Welcome to another episode of The Gargyle Podcast! Continuing our coverage of the Chattanooga Film Festival , tonight Daniel, Tim, and I discuss another round of films that you aren't too likely to see in a theater outside of a film festival or art house theater. Tonight's movies include Night of the Comet, King Boxer, Let the Corpses Tan , and Mohawk . As I've mentioned int he past few episodes,...

Welcome to another episode of The Gargyle Podcast!  Continuing with our coverage of the Chattanooga Film Festival, tonight Daniel, Tim, and I discuss the films that we saw that were more akin to big budget movies than the indie flicks to which we are typically drawn.  Tonight's movies include  Ghost Stories ,  Gemini ,  I Kill Giants , and  The Last Movie Star . As I've mentioned in the past coupl...

Welcome to another episode of The Gargyle Podcast!  Tonight, we are continuing our coverage of the Chattanooga Film Festival.  And no, the title was not a typo.  In tonight's episode, Tim, Daniel, and I discuss the various talks that we attended at the Chattanooga Film Festival.  So, we are talking about talks about movies - starting with Izzy Lee's talk  Socio-Political Themes in Horror Film , th...

Once again, I was able to return to the Chattanooga Film Festival!  I love cinema in all of its forms, so the Chattanooga Film Festival is (without a doubt) one of my favorite times of year because I am able to spend four days being surrounded by movies and fellow film lovers...and Chattanooga Film Festival 2018 was no exception!! On tonight's episode, Tim, Daniel, and I discuss the movies we saw...

What do Happy Death Day, Event Horizon, Knoxville Horror Film Festival, and Chattanooga Film Festival have in common??  Well, aside from horror, they are all talked about on tonight's episode of The Gargyle Podcast!! The majority of the podcast is an analysis/review of Event Horizon, but Eric and I also have a brief discussion about Happy Death Day and talk about how awesome the Chattanooga Film F...

Adam and I are back at it again with the next episode in our coverage of the Harry Potter series!  In tonight's episode, we discuss (among other things):  the interaction of horror and child-like wonder and fantasy, whether the giant frogs in the choir are singing or being played like instruments, our interpretations of J. K. Rowling's infusion of social and political commentary into her stories,...

The podcast is about to begin...sir!  There is something so awesome and inherently creepy about Phantasm, but it can be kind of difficult to discern exactly why.  So, on tonight's episode, Eric and I discuss mental health, sex and violence, loss of humanity through technology, and the fear of the unknown in our analysis of Phantasm & Phantasm II in an attempt to explain it!! You play a good game b...

After a little time off for the holidays, Adam and I are back with the next episode in our coverage of the Harry Potter series!  In tonight's episode, we discuss (among other things):  the ethical treatment of house elves, why Hogwart's kept the Slytherin house (despite Salazar Slytherin's view on racial purity), and the impact of the discrepancies between book and movie.  Plus, Adam makes several...

A few weeks ago, Adam and I podcasted about our time at CONjuration .  While CONjuration is a con for all things magical, it grew out of a love for the Harry Potter and much of the con does revolve around the Harry Potter series.  Consequently, a good portion of the conversation that Adam and I had on that podcast also revolved around Harry Potter.  In fact, we were enjoying the conversation so mu...

If you've been following me for the past couple months, you know that I've been watching nightly horror movies since the start of September (well, mostly nightly movies...on the nights that I didn't have time for a movie, I at least watched an episode or two of shows such as Goosebumps and Tales from the Crypt ) with themed weeks all leading up to Halloween.  I love Halloween and had an absolute b...

From mythical creatures, to fantastical worlds, to epic journeys, to endless imagination, the fantasy genre covers such a wide spectrum of topics and interests that it's easy to understand why it is so loved by so many people.  One of the most beloved fantasy series is Harry Potter - due in part to how relatable the characters are, as well as how real J. K. Rowling makes the fantastical elements f...

A couple weeks ago, special guest William Mahaffey (Director of the Knoxville Horror Film Festival ) joined me and Eric to talk about the Knoxville Horror Film Festival, Central Cinema , partnering with the Ijams Nature Center , and horror movies for IFC Midnight Week .  And as much as I have been loving all of the horror movies that I've been watching each week, I have been looking forward to the...

After two solid months of horror and Halloween movies, my 60 Days of Halloween coverage is drawing to a close.  Having just finished up Anthology Week, the last week leading up to Halloween will be comprised of some of my favorite Halloween movies.  The movies for Halloween Favorites Week won't necessarily be the scariest, or even necessarily the best, horror movies...but they are movies that I ju...

The Universal Monsters are unarguably iconic.  They have permeated cinema and pop culture ever since they first terrified audiences from the silver screen.  While horror movies have become much more graphic and special effects have become much more advanced, the tragic tales of the Universal Monsters continue to have a lasting impact on the horror genre...and no Halloween movie list would be compl...

It's after midnight...do you know where your movies are???  They are on IFC Midnight, of course!!  If you know me even a little, you know how much I love indie cinema!!  I have so much respect and appreciation for filmmakers who pour their heart and soul into their art!!  Regardless of the quality of the movies themselves, I will always love indie cinema for the simple fact that someone pursued th...

If you’ve listened to just about any of my podcasts, you know that one of the things that I love most about movies is analyzing them, especially when it comes to horror movies.  Horror movies reveal so much about humanity that just isn’t found in most other movies.  What terrifies us?  How do we overcome diversity?  Who are we when things are at their worst?  What are the horrors of humanity?  Wha...

Surgery.  Needles.  Scalpels.  Stitches.  Dental drills.  Chances are, seeing one of those words made you cringe a little.  But why?  Why does just reading a word related to medical procedures make so many people cringe?  From creating hideous monsters to reviving the dead, doctors have seemingly always been a staple of horror movies.  But what is more terrifying...the mad doctors of our imaginati...

To us here at The Monster Pod,  Evil Dead is hands down one of our all time favorite horror movies!  From the heart, to the gore, to the jump scares, to the genuine horror, to the practical effects, to the laughs, to the blood, sweat and tears that they poured into this low-budget indie horror flick...it is absolutely part of why we love horror the way we do!     Lucas and I have mentioned this ep...