Don't have a few hours to read Burnt Offerings? How about spending a few hours instead watching it in movie form? The boys see how the movie stands up to the novel and see if it is one of the rare examples of film that is better than the book. Barring that, at least they can see that cool the chauffeur looks.
Episode 277 - Burnt Offerings, Part 2
The gang bids farewell to their quaint mansion in the country as they finish up Burnt Offerings. If the building will let them bid farewell that is. IF ONLY WE COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WEIRD MANSION OWNED BY CREEPS WHICH WAS AVAILABLE WAY BELOW MARKET VALUE AND REPAIRS ITSELF WHEN PEOPLE SUFFER AROUND IT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM!
Episode 276 - Burnt Offerings, Part 1
The gang heads out of the city to spend some time at a quaint mansion in the country with Robert Marasco’s 1973 novel Burnt Offerings. When it comes to haunted houses, forget about ones just full of ghosts, this bad boy is plain evil. Also part of it takes place in Queens so you know JR won’t shut up about that.
Episode 275 - Horror Roundup, October 2022: The Roundup Fulfilled
Lair of the White Worm, Deadstream, Saloum, and something else I can't remember. Alone, that's it. Listen, you get how a roundup works by now, so enjoy this last one before we cover a book next week.
Episode 274 - Horror Roundup, October 2022: Season of the Roundup
The gang is live (barely) and in person for yet another roundup. Is hearing them talk about Hellraiser (2022), Final Prayer, Don’t Go In The House, and Pulse worth putting up with their coughing? You’ll find out!
Episode 273 - Horror Roundup, October 2022: The Roundupening
Get ready to clutch your pearls, not only do the boys cover SEVEN different properties this episode, but they even cautiously or even non-cautiously recommend all of them! You never thought you’d see the day, but they never thought they’d see Horror Express (Not Terror Train), Smile, Drag Me To Hell, Fairy Tale, Mandy, Nope, and Day Shift. Well, maybe 7 things that are fine.
Episode 272 - Horror Roundup, October 2022
Another roundup, another chance for the boys to recommend a bunch of movies. Barbarian, that's the film you should see. Look how easy that was? Oh yeah, they also talk about Scream (2022), Predator 2, Glorious, Extraordinary Tales, and Don’t Worry Darling, but Barbarian, that’s the chef’s kiss.
Episode 271 - Pred-Heads 3: Prey (2022)
If you were looking for a review of 2022’s Prey that wasn’t just a bunch of sexist BS, the gang has you covered today! This isn’t to say there aren’t other problems they’re going to talk about, like how the marketing would have been better if it wasn’t shown as a Predator film, or as a God of War knock-off where Amber Midthunder fights a 500-foot tall alien, but what can you do. Grab your faithful pup and listen along.
Episode 270 - Pred-Heads 2: Predators (2010)
The gang gets to the juicy meat of the Predator franchise sandwich (If you don’t count the AvP films) with 2010’s Predators. Featuring 2 Oscar winners and a murder’s row of not quite yet famous supporting cast, it’s a shame the Predators are so unimpressive. At least you’ve got Danny Trejo.
Episode 269 - Pred-Heads 1: Nomads (1986)
The boys, their thumbs always on the pulse of the horror zeitgeist, spend the month looking at all things Predator related, beginning with a fairly tangential one. In 1986, a young Arnold Schwarzenegger thought he was watching a movie about the Sega Genesis portable game system, but was actually the film debut of John McTiernan. Schwarzenegger was so blown away that he demanded Fox hire him to direct Predator the following year. Good idea? You decide.
Episode 268 - 2022 NecronomiCon Roundup
After three years away the gang returns to the Lovecraftian holy land of Providence, Rhode Island for another NECRONOMICON. The food, the fans, the firewater, the fun, it’s the Oscars of weird fiction. Well, probably closer to the Tonys, but what can you do. Talk about it, that’s what you can, and what we, do.
Episode 267 - Slaxx (2020)
It has come to this, a horror movie about a killer pair of pants. And we had to watch it thanks to ol’ JR. Give this one a listen, then let him know your opinions. I wash my hands.
Episode 266 - We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021)
Step aside Cinnamons and Slendermans, there's a new online challenge/creepypasta in town! 2021's "We're All Going to the World's Fair" is an online game all the cool kids are playing, and has separated the critics and audiences score by 90% to 32%. Even Momo has a less divisive score than that, but listen to see what the gang thinks.
Episode 265 - Come True (2020)
Listeners, for you a review of Come True (2020) to decide if you should view. Damn this film for not coming out in 2022 to extend the rhyme. Sleep studies, vampire teeth, shadow men, but no genies, it’s not that kind of “come true” film.
Episode 264 - Altered States (1980)
Collect your Epsom salts and get your sensory-deprivation tanks ready, the gang drops a few tabs of what the kids on the street call “Altered States” before this episode. Whether this 1980’s film is getting a critical reappraisal, or people are just posting more pictures of 7-eyed goats, is uncertain, but it is at least warning us of the dangers of devolving into monkey men or space worm babies. Give it a listen to feel like you’re being harpooned by some raging monk in the act of receiving God.
Episode 263 - Rob Zombie's 'The Munsters' Trailer
Robert Bartleh Cummings, a.k.a. Rob Zombie, has just released the trailer for his upcoming adaptation of 'The Munsters'. Whether you love or hate Rob Zombie or The Munsters, one thing can be agreed on: it looks like this was shot on a potato instead of a camera made this century. It ain't his usual rednecksploitation, but can this be anything other than a passion project boondoggle? Take a ride in the Dragula with us and find out.
Episode 262 - Why Don't I Love "Ash vs Evil Dead"?
You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger Evil Dead/Army of Darkness/Ash Williams fan than ol’ Derek, so why does JR like "Ash vs Evil Dead" more than him? The gang sits a spell to discuss the franchise as a whole. Yeah yeah, it's groovy alright.
Episode 261 - Live from New York, it's a Roundup! Part 2
As previously mentioned; JR, sound levels, not checked, another fantastic live episode recording! The gang gets right down to business with Mad God, Offseason, and The Cursed, as well as chatting a bit about The Brothers Quay and Butt Boy. Hey, remember when they released a genre movie called "Butt Boy", but it was actually a quality film? 2019 was a crazy time alright.
Episode 260 - Live from New York, it's a Roundup! Part 1
Sometimes you go to visit JR and record a live episode where you trust him to check the sound levels before you record… and then there's this time! Hear about some movies, and more importantly, how to respond when a young man on the bus asks your blood type. You better hope you don’t have the psychic vampire kind.
Episode 259 - Nothing But Blackened Teeth, Part 2
The gang finishes up "Nothing But Blackened Teeth" and it continues to not be a book about ohaguro. It does continue to be a story about a bunch of rich a-holes in a haunted Japanese mansion, so look forward to their continuing stupid escapades. You'll laugh like you heard the joke that killed God!