Podcasts

‘Salem’s Lot’ at 50: Stephen King Brings Classic Vampires Into the Modern World [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Jenn Adams Podcasts, salem's lot, Stephen King

“The town knew darkness.” When most non-horror fans conjure up the image of a vampire, they picture Bram Stoker’s legendary Dracula sitting in his dusty Transylvanian castle flanked by his devilish vampiric brides. But Constant Readers invariably picture an erudite antiques dealer and his bald familiar lurking in the darkness of the Marsten house. Stephen […]

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Eli Roth and the Team Behind ‘Dream Eater’ Aim to Redefine Found Footage Horror [Boo Crew]

Lauren Shand Bloody FM, Dream Eater, Eli Roth, Podcasts, the boo crew

This week, Bloody Disgusting’s The Boo Crew Podcast takes you into the shadows of Dream Eater, one of the most buzzed-about and terrifying new indie horror films of the year, and the second release from Eli Roth’s Horror Section Studios! Joining us are writer/director Jay Drakulic and writer/director/stars Mallory Drumm and Alex Lee Williams, the […]

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The Shifting Genres of J.A. Bayona’s ‘The Orphanage’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, J.A. Bayona, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Roger Príncep, The Orphanage

Scary Sad. Horror Queers Podcast has spent October celebrating 30 years of To Die For (listen), 50 years of Cronenberg’s feature debut Shivers (listen) and the ingenuity of the Chiodo Brothers’ Killer Klowns from Outer Space (listen). Now we’re closing out scary season with a classic contemporary ghost story with J.A. Bayona‘s The Orphanage (2007). In the […]

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‘Suspiria’ Conjures up a Sinister Coven [The Lady Killers Podcast]

Jenn Adams Dario Argento, Podcasts, Suspiria, The Lady Killers

“A coven deprived of its leader is like a headless cobra” What constitutes a coven of witches and what must one do to become its queen? Since the earliest examples of narrative fiction, humans have created stories about these occult practitioners, musing on the various rules that govern their powers. Despite generations of wisdom, there […]

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‘Deranged’ Is Low Budget Canuxploitation Take on Ed Gein [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Alan Ormsby, Canuxploitation, Deranged, Ed Gein, Exploitation, Jeff Gillen, Marcia Diamond, Marian Waldman, Murder Made Fiction, Podcasts, Robert Blossom, true crime

Jenn and I are in the midst of tackling all of the fictional adaptations of Ed Gein on Murder Made Fiction podcast, following past coverage on Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Silence of the Lambs, House of 1000 Corpses, and, most recently, Monster: The Ed Gein Story. There are two more prominent texts to […]

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Stephen King News Roundup: On ‘The Running Man’, ‘Chain Reactions’, ‘Rat’, and King’s Favorite Films [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Michael Roffman Chain Reactions, Edgar Wright, If It Bleeds, Movies, Podcasts, Rat, Stephen King, The Running Man, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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 Randall Colburn and Michael Roffman cycling through the latest Stephen King headlines. Topics […]

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The Rampant Sexuality of David Cronenberg’s ‘Shivers’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Barbara Steele, David Cronenberg, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Lynn Lowry, Paul Hampton, Podcasts, Shivers

Taxpayer Funded Sex Slugs. After wrapping up September with Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (listen), debating the merits of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (listen) and celebrating 30 years of To Die For (listen), it’s time for a David Cronenberg milestone: 50 years since his genre feature film debut, Shivers (1975). In the film, Starliner Tower is an exclusive, isolated […]

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Dusting Off Dennis Etchison/Jack Martin’s ‘Halloween III’ Novelization [Halloweenies Podcast]

Michael Roffman Dennis Etchison, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Horror Novelization, Jack Martin, Movies, Podcasts

The Halloweenies continue a new October tradition! In 2023, co-hosts Michael Roffman and Dan Caffrey ventured to the Haddonfield Public Library to read Curtis Richards‘ excellent 1979 screen-to-page adaptation of John Carpenter‘s Halloween. Last year, they dusted off the late Dennis Etchison‘s, whose pseudonym Jack Martin is credited, 1981 novelization for Halloween II. This year sees […]

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Joe Hill on ‘King Sorrow’, ‘Black Phone 2′, and the Influence of His Father Stephen King [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Randall Colburn Black Phone 2, Joe Hill, king sorrow, Podcasts, Stephen King

In this week’s episode of The Losers’ Club, Randall Colburn and Jenn Adams chat briefly about Joe Hill’s new book, King Sorrow (out October 21st) before Joe himself swings by the clubhouse. The son of Stephen King and author of books like 20th Century Ghosts, NOS4A2, and Locke & Key, Hill talks about his career […]

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Audio Drama ‘Re: Frankenstein’ Now Funding Through Indiegogo; Help Bring This Monster to Life!

Pacific Obadiah Dracula, Frankenstein, IndieGoGo, Podcasts, Re Dracula, Re: Frankenstein

Re: Frankenstein is an audio drama adaptation of Frankenstein from the team behind Re: Dracula and Re: Carmilla, which is crowdfunding now! Featuring an award-winning all-trans cast, Re: Frankenstein will bring this Gothic masterpiece to glorious un-life. This horror audio drama will be a faithful, text-accurate adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, featuring a full cast […]

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Deconstructing the Ideal Husband in “Bride of Chucky” [The Lady Killers Podcast]

Jenn Adams Bride of Chucky, Jennifer Tilly, Podcasts, Ronny Yu, The Lady Killers, Tiffany Valentine

“My mother always said love was supposed set you free. But that’s not true, Chucky. I’ve been a prisoner of my love for you for a very long time. Now it’s payback time.” How would you define the ideal husband? Some want a tall, handsome man who will provide a comfortable life while leading the […]

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The Biting Satire of ‘To Die For’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman David Cronenberg, Gus Van Sant, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joaquin Phoenix, Nicole Kidman, Podcasts, To Die For

Ice, ice, baby…. After wrapping up September with a look at the fowl queerness of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (listen) and debating the perils of reviewing 1/3 of a movie in The Strangers: Chapter 1 (listen), we’re kicking off October with a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Gus Van Sant‘s biting satire To Die […]

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Jayro Bustamante’s “La Llorona” Weeps for a Shattered World [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

Jenn Adams Jayro Bustamante, La Llorona, Murder Made Fiction, Podcasts, true crime

  The legend of La Llorona is fairly straightforward. A mother scorned by her thoughtless husband seeks an unthinkable revenge. Hoping to cut him to the emotional bone, she drowns their children in the river. Immediately regretful, the Weeping Woman joins her offspring in death, inadvertently dooming herself to an eternity of sorrow. Dressed in […]

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Trick, Treat & Charity: A Michael Myers Double Feature from The Horror Show & Needlessly Nostalgic Podcasts

Lexi Moyer Halloween, James Jude Courtney, Needlessly Nostalgic, Podcasts, The Horror Show, Tyler Mane

Two Michael Myers actors are stepping out of the shadows to kick off October, and they’re doing it to spotlight causes that matter. The Horror Show and Needlessly Nostalgic podcasts have come together to conjure a two-part Michael Myers special featuring conversations with James Jude Courtney and Tyler Mane on their time in the role […]

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The Perils of Reviewing 1/3 of a Movie with ‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Froy Gutierrez, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Letizia Fabbri, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Madelaine Petsch, Matúš Lajčák, Olivia Kreutzova, Podcasts, Renny Harlin, The Strangers, The Strangers: Chapter 1

1/3 of a Movie. After celebrating our 350th episode with From Dusk Till Dawn (listen), revisiting Katsuhiro Otomo’s iconic anime Akira (listen), and stopping over in Bodega Bay for Alfred Hitchcock‘s The Birds (listen), Trace and I have opened the Horror Queers Patreon vault to release our full-length episode on Renny Harlin‘s The Strangers: Chapter 1. […]

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