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by John Seavey
A deep dive into the half-price horror rack of the local used bookstore, coming away with classics, cult treasures, and the strangest stories the genre has to offer.
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- Yesterday43 min
The Innocents (1961)
It's one of the most influential horror films of the 20th century, a masterpiece of cinematography with gorgeous, lush exterior vistas and claustrophobic interiors, and yes, it's often cited as a perfect adaptation of a difficult-to-film novella that captures the ambiguity of its unreliable narrator... but what does a guy with a podcast think of it? Well, listen and find out!
- 4 days ago34 min
The Black Castle (1952)
Everyone talks about the Universal Monsters, but the studio did a lot of horror that didn't feature its iconic stable of creatures and plenty of movies that featured its legendary actors in very different roles. So join HPH, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Junior, and Richard Greene in exploring the perils of... the Black Castle![This is a repost of an earlier episode erroneously removed by Spotify due to a copyright claim on the public domain theme used by this podcast. A new theme has been substituted.]
- 5 days ago33 min
Bloody Birthday (1981)
Time to celebrate another trip around the sun, although this time with a solar eclipse and a trio of killer kids to liven things up in the cult classic 'Bloody Birthday'! Can Joyce and her little brother Timmy survive the onslaught of murderous tweens? Will they ever even notice that there's a mystery to be solved? Listen and find out![This is a repost of an earlier episode erroneously removed by Spotify due to a copyright claim on the public domain theme used by this podcast. A new theme has been substituted.]
- 1 weeks ago47 min
The Mummy (1999)
Time to tackle a beloved classic and the bisexual awakening of an entire generation of moviegoers, 1999's 'The Mummy'! Thrill to tales of angry camels, Brendan Fraser passing out on set, and all the dazzling CGI the late 90s had to offer as we do a deep dive into one of the biggest classics of one of cinema's best years!
- 2 weeks ago34 min
The Black Castle (1952)
Back before the 50s sci-fi horror craze took off, Universal was trying to find something to do with all those classic horror actors they had lying around with no Universal Monsters to play. And they figured, why not try a swashbuckling period piece? So strap on your rapier, grab your twin flintlock pistols, and get ready to face the crocodile pit as we meet Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Junior, and the horrors of being buried alive in 'The Black Castle'!
- 3 weeks ago46 min
The Wolfman (2010)
One of the great truths of art is that sooner or later, every Universal Monsters property gets a remake. And in 2010, it was the Wolf Man's turn. But there were a lot of stumbles on the way from script to screen, a lot of creative differences and personnel changes and reshoots... but did this hurt the finished work, or is this an underappreciated gem that deserves its due? Listen to this episode and find out!
- 4 weeks ago32 min
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Everyone knows about the age of atomic horror in the 1950s, filled with science fiction movies about giant lizards and giant ants and giant grasshoppers and giant tarantulas and giant men and giant women. But one film took a very different tack, creating a tiny universe of terror for one Scott Carey... and as you're about to learn, there's more than one way to make a spider look big. Come check it out!
- Aug 16, 202652 min
Scream 7 (2026)
After a brutal preproduction that saw both leads departing the series, a change in director, and numerous ancillary controversies, 'Scream 7' finally came out with Neve Campbell back as the main actor and Kevin Williamson behind the director's chair. What happened, and what kind of movie did it result in? Give this episode a listen and find out!
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