Rise and shine, listeners. You’re probably wondering where you are. I’ll tell you where you might be. You might be listening to the last podcast you ever hear. Up until now you simply sat in the shadows watching others live out their lives. But what do voyeurs see when they look into the mirror? Now, […]
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Ten years ago, CBS hit it big with its series adaptation of Stephen King‘s Under the Dome. The show arrived on June 24, 2013, shattering records to become the most watched summer drama premiere on any television network since 1992. It was a genuine summer event, and then, well, three years later it was all […]
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Touch That Tush. August has featured an American giallo in Eyes of Laura Mars, a Spanish ghost story in The Others, and a Jewish horror comedy in Shiva Baby. Now it’s time to head back to literal summer camp with director Michael A. Simpson‘s very silly horror comedy: Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988). In […]
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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, Dan Caffrey, and McKenzie Gerber shoot the shit about all kinds of spooky stuff, specifically The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Subspecies V, 65, Brainscan, Creature, and A Perfect Getaway. Stream […]
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On August 27, 1993, Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock Entertainment continued its expansion into Stephen King’s works with Needful Things. Directed by Fraser C. Heston, the star-studded affair arrived only two years after King published the expansive novel. Screenwriter W.D. Richter took on the Herculean task of adapting the 700 page novel, and what came to […]
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Sugar Goop. We kicked off August discussing the ins and outs of the photography industry in the American giallo Eyes of Laura Mars before getting serious with a discussion on the afterlife and religion in queer director Alejandro Amenábar‘s The Others. Now we’re somewhere in between drama and comedy with writer/director Emma Seligman‘s raucous comedy slash anxiety-driven Jewish […]
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Filmmaker Daphné Baiwir joins The Losers’ Club to discuss her new Stephen King documentary, King On Screen. Before they chat, though, the Losers put on their shades, rev up their ol’ Plymouth Fury, and make a pitstop in Hollywood King, where they discuss all the new King books announced, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, and more. Stream […]
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Bitch, you dead. We closed out July with a look at Joshua Grannell’s 2010 campy horror comedy All About Evil, and kicked off July discussing the ins and outs of the photography industry in the American giallo Eyes of Laura Mars. Now we’re getting serious with a discussion on the afterlife and religion in queer director […]
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In 2013, nearly 10 years after Seed of Chucky hit theaters, Charles Lee Ray came home. Sort of. He arrived on the doorsteps of not only the Pierce family, but all the fans who had been waiting for years to see their favorite Good Guy in another misadventure. Needless to say, Don Mancini delivered with […]
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The little worker ants of The Losers’ Club conclude their digging through Stephen King‘s Under the Dome. In the third and final episode dedicated to the epic 2009 novel, Losers Randall Colburn, Ashley Casseday, Dan Caffrey, and Dan Pfleegor take stock of the scares and smut within Chester’s Mill. Together, the Losers tuck in their […]
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Let’s All Chant. July wound up being another wild month as Trace and I veered all over the place. From cross-dressing serial killers in Insidious: Chapter 2 and Psycho, to trans representation in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, to the incredibly queer cast and crew of Peaches Christ’s All About Evil. Now we’re closing out the month with an […]
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“You’re saying that that’s a real person… underneath?” Join the Halloweenies as they head to Ambrose to discuss Dark Castle’s 2005 remake of House of Wax. Together, Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, and Justin Gerber “wax” nostalgic on all of those gritty remakes from the aughts, debate what happened to Chad Michael Murray/Elisha Cuthbert, and spend […]
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The little worker ants of The Losers’ Club continue digging through Stephen King‘s Under the Dome. In the second of three episodes dedicated to the epic 2009 novel, Losers Randall Colburn, Ashley Casseday, Dan Caffrey, and Dan Pfleegor mingle with the heroes and villains of Chester’s Mill. Together, they answer questions like: “Is Barbie boring?”, “Is […]
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“America’s two great specialties are demagogues and rock and roll, and we’ve all heard plenty of both in our time…” The little worker ants of The Losers’ Club are wiggling beneath the lens of your magnifying glass in the first installment of their three-part series on Stephen King‘s Under the Dome. Three parts? Yes, three […]
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The concept of a standalone sequel feels like a relic of a bygone era. Sequels that co-exist within an established game world but can be enjoyed on their own. And as studios emphasize building franchises, sequels that are an immediate continuation of what came before it is almost entirely the industry’s standard approach. Color me […]
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