Religion and Death Collide in ‘Saint Maud’ [The Lady Killers Podcast]

Of life’s many mysteries, few are as powerful or as complicated as religion and death. Are we alone at the moment we cease to live or will there be someone waiting for us on the other side? Who pulls the strings that guide our lives and what will they require from us during our time […]

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The High Strangeness of ‘The Mothman Prophecies’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Mothman’s Got Cakes. After spending our month-long theme on toxic masculinity with difficult watches like Funny Games (listen), Deadgirl (listen) and Hard Candy (listen), we’re taking a break from the theme and wrapping up November with a look at Mark Pellington‘s 2002 high strangeness chiller The Mothman Prophecies. The Mothman Prophecies sees journalist John Klein’s […]

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’11/22/63′: Stephen King Returns to Derry With Familiar Faces and New Terrors [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

The Losers continue their journey through Stephen King‘s time-traveling drama: 11/22/63. In the second of six episodes, the Losers head to Derry, Maine, where they reunite with familiar faces and meet a new villain in King’s Dominion: Frank Dunning. Along the way, they also discuss the evolution of Jake Epping — err, George Amberson — […]

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The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings – New Episode of Bloody FM Horror Fiction Podcast Features Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel!

Announcing one of the newest additions to Bloody Disgusting’s Bloody FM network! The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings is a weekly anthology horror fiction podcast, brought to life as a full cast production. Every week, join the antique dealer as he takes you through the shop’s collection, where every relic has a sordid and bizarre tale […]

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’11/22/63′: Unpacking Stephen King’s Evolving Politics with Blowback’s Brendan James [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Look, we would’ve been perfectly happy enjoying 11/22/63 without getting into the weeds of the JFK conspiracy, but Stephen King himself took pains to detail how his research for the book convinced him that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. “It is very, very difficult for a reasonable person to believe otherwise,” he writes in the […]

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‘The Craft’ Casts a Spell on Complicated Family Dynamics [The Lady Killers Podcast]

“Now is the time. This is the hour. Ours is the magic. Ours is the power.” As the nights grow longer and the snow begins to fall, we begin to insulate ourselves from the outside world and spend more time with our nearest and dearest. While comforting for others, this time of year can also […]

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’11/22/63′: How Stephen King Found One of His Best Stories By Turning to History [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

After surviving a full dark night with no stars in sight, the Losers make their way to Lisbon Falls, Maine to try out one of Al Templeton’s world renown Cat Burgers. To their surprise, though, there’s no one in the diner. Just a sulfuric smell that leads them straight to the pantry, where not only […]

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Queer Overtones and Showy Psychos in ‘Murder By Numbers’ [Horror Queers]

Bullock’s Badly Behaved Baboon. After kicking off our month-long theme on toxic masculinity with difficult watches like Funny Games (listen) and Deadgirl (listen), we’re slowing things down a bit this week with Barbet Schroeder‘s 2002 Leopold and Loeb adaptation (of sorts) Murder By Numbers. In Murder By Numbers, two gifted high school students named Richard and […]

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‘Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques’ Brings Stephen King to the Coffee Table [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

The sun is setting, it’ll be dark soon. Anxious, the Losers’ Club scans the nearby skyscrapers and gazes at the monstrosities watching from above. The stone monsters. The gargoyles! Join co-hosts Dan Pfleegor and Dan Caffrey as they celebrate the 35th anniversary of Stephen King and f-stop Fitzgerald’s 1988 coffee table book Nightmares in the […]

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‘You’re Next’ Works as a Stealth Thanksgiving Horror Movie [Halloweenies Podcast]

Look, we know: You’re Next is not a Thanksgiving movie. But goddamn does it feel like one. Directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, the 2011/2013 slasher sees indie darlings (Amy Seimetz, Ti West, Joe Swanberg) and Hollywood heroes (Barbara Crampton, Rob Moran, Larry Fessenden) gathering around the table for a family reunion. […]

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Asking the Hard Questions About Extreme Cinema Like ‘Deadgirl’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Asking Questions. With Spooky Season firmly in the rear view mirror, Trace and I are now mid-way through our month on Toxic Masculinity. And while we probably could have counted Apt Pupil (and maybe even Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2), we officially kicked things off with Michael Haneke’s Funny Games. Things get considerably darker with our […]

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Stephen King News Roundup: On ‘You Like It Darker’, ‘The Life of Chuck’, and ‘Salem’s Lot’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

The heat is on across King’s Dominion. To cool off,  The Losers’ Club put on their shades, put the top down on their 1958 Plymouth Fury convertible, and feel the breeze in Hollywood King. It’s another high-octane news episode that finds Losers Michael Roffman, Jenn Adams, Dan Caffrey, and Randall Colburn cycling through the latest Stephen […]

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Heads Roll to a Femme Fatale in Tim Burton’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’ [The Lady Killers Podcast]

“You’re just in time to have your head cut off.” As the autumn days wear on, horror fans around the world mourn the passing of spooky season and turn their lonely eyes to November. What better film to watch while finishing off the Halloween candy than Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow? Adapted from Washington Irving’s 1820 […]

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Getting Lectured by Michael Haneke in ‘Funny Games’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Silly Americans… After concluding spooky season with a reappraisal of Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (the Director’s  Cut), we’re moving into November by kicking off a new theme of episodes on toxic masculinity. First up is Michael Haneke‘s fourth wall-breaking film Funny Games! In Funny Games, Anna (Susanne Lothar) and Georg (Ulrich Mühe) and their son Georgie (Stefan […]

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Now Showing: On ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’, ‘Dark Harvest’, ‘Hell House LLC Origins’, and More [Halloweenies Podcast]

With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Michael Roffman, McKenzie Gerber, and special guest Jenn Adams shoot the shit about all kinds of spooky stuff, specifically Five Nights at Freddy’s, Dark Harvest, Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, Deathdream, […]

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