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- 1 weeks ago1h 12m
321: The Breathing Method with Jason Pargin
Author Jason Pargin stops by to discuss the latest installment of his John Dies At The End series titled There Are No Giant Crabs In This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs as well as the undersung Stephen King novella The Breathing Method, published in Different Seasons alongside Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Body (Stand By Me), and Apt Pupil.We talk about the realities of the publishing world, the largely negative impact of A.I., and then dive into this particularly interesting world that King cooked up where a bunch of stuffy elites visit a mystical New York gentlemen's club and tell spooky stories. Would King ever revisit this space? We have some insight on that, too!There Are No Giant Crabs In This Novel is available right now in e-book and audiobook form and the hardback is on track to hit shelves in early December.
- 3 weeks ago1h 1m
320: A Halloween Chat with Night of the Living Dead's Judith O'Dea and Russ Streiner!
"They're coning to get you, Barbara." One of the most iconic and oft-repeated lines in horror movie history and we have both the person who said it and the one he said it to on The Kingcast to talk all about the legacy of George A. Romero's genre-setting 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead, the impact that it had on Stephen King, and their own personal favorite King stories.Judith O'Dea and Russ Streiner are delightful and filled with so many stories about Romero, making a genre classic, and all the fallout, both good and ill, that came from that experience. There's no better duo to spend your lead up to Halloween week with than Judy and Russ. Vespe and Brez ain't chopped liver, either. Happy Halloween and if you like what you hear, you can support the show with some bucks over at www.patreon.com/thekingcast and your support will unlock hundreds of bonus episodes.
- Oct 7, 20261h 23m
319: An Interview with Big City Greens Creator Shane Houghton
The last thing we expected to arrive in ye ol' Kingcast mailbox was an email from Disney+ saying "hey, we think there's a Stephen King connection you might like in our super popular family-friendly cartoon series." Thankfully they did reach out, though, because we ended up with this delightful chat with Big City Greens's co-creator, Shane Houghton, who arrived to fill us in on getting King himself on as a cameo in their brand new Halloween episode.We talk about what it was like for a die hard King fan to work with his favorite author, how King has repeatedly reintroduced himself to new generations going back to the early '80s, and all the King connections in this new episode.There's also some (non-spoiler) talk about the new King, a Talisman sequel called Other Worlds Than These, and some Dark Tower discussions. Houghton was a very chill dude and had a lot of great insights.You can check out Stephen King's Big City Greens episode right now on Disney+.Also, a big thanks to our sponsor Morsels, a new horror thriller novel by Abe Moss, available now wherever books are sold!
- Sep 25, 202648 min
318: Bonus Ep: Throttle (and Giant Snakes) with Mike P. Nelson Live At Fantastic Fest 2026!
This past weekend The Kingcast held a live show at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX. The guest was genre filmmaker Mike P. Nelson who was at the fest for his new flick, a giant killer snake tale called Beware Boiuna starring Jessica Rothe, Kiana Madeira, and Kingcast alum Logan Marshall-Green. It must also be noted that Mike was just announced as the director taking over the SAW franchise.He's a good dude and joined Vespe on stage at the raucous Highball to talk a bit about Joe Hill and Stephen King's collaboration: Throttle, a story he's actively trying to get the rights to. We also pit his huge constrictor antagonist from Beware Boiuna against some large Stephen King creations and talk through who might come out on top.It's a fun chat with a noisy crowd, the exact kind of thing you expect from a live show.If you like bonus episodes like this, make sure to sign up for our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thekingcast where you'll get first access to all bonus eps that eventually make their way to the main feed and a ton that stay exclusive to the Patreon. It's the single best way to support the show.Catch Beware Boiuna in theaters October 2nd! Many thanks to Lionsgate and Mike for showing up for this chat!
- Sep 23, 20261h 1m
317: My Dinner With Malachai - An Interview with Courtney Gains
Children of the Corn continues to be a Stephen King staple after all these years so it's fitting that the Kingcast boys get a chance to corner actor and musician Courtney Gains to talk about his experiences playing the red-headed, scythe-wielding, teenage rapscallion Malachai.Of course we also talk about some of his other endeavors as well, from his latest album, Liberation Day (available now), to his memorable turn as one of the mysterious Klopeks in Joe Dante's The 'Burbs. Courtney was never less than open about his career experiences, good and bad, and the result is this fun chat with an actual cornboy. Also, make sure to stick around at the end for an exclusive listen to a track from Courtney's new album!
- Sep 10, 20261h 4m
316: The Talisman and Black House with Kate Siegel
Kingcast favorite Kate Siegel (Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass) returns to the show to discuss her latest genre appearance as the special guest star for the Season 3 premiere episode of The Creep Tapes, debuting next Tuesday, September 15th on Shudder/AMC+. We talk about the sexual politics of that episode, her working relationship with star Mark Duplass, and how she prepared for one specific tender, yet powerful moment in the episode before we moved on to talk about her Stephen King fandom, her experiences directing an episode of the upcoming Carrie, and, of course, the topic at hand: The Talisman universe.With Other Worlds Than These (aka The Talisman 3) coming out next month it's about time we discuss a little bit about what King and his co-author, Peter Straub, set out to do with not just The Talisman, but their divisive sequel: Black House.Vespe and Kate have different opinions on the sequel, but that just leads to a more riveting discussion at what's at the heart of this particular series from King.
- Aug 26, 202658 min
315: An Interview With Casper Kelly
If you're a weirdo like us here at The Kingcast then you'll hold Casper Kelly's work up as an ideal beacon of the bizarre. From Too Many Cooks to his Cheddar Goblin commercial in Mandy, Kelly's been bouncing between pitch perfect nostalgia and crap-your-pants creepiness his whole career. He finally got to make a feature film called Buddy, which is essentially what if Barney was really a hellish purgatory for the characters trapped inside the tube. Yes, it's as sweet as it sounds. Bloody, profane, and fun as all hell. Kelly joins The Kingcast boys to talk about this film and to talk about the strange Stephen King influences that can be found therein. The Shining, Misery, and On Writing all had at least a backwards impact on how this crazy flick came together.And thanks to this episode's sponsor The Calamities, written by Chuck Wendig and published by Penguin/Randomhouse, available right now wherever books are sold.
- Aug 12, 20261h 0m
314: Doctor Sleep with The Boulet Brothers
Are The Boulet Brothers the hardest working drag queens in the world? There's an easy case to be made that they are. From hosting their long-running and Emmy nominated show The Boulet Brothers' Dragula, to guest-editing Heavy Metal, to producing and hosting their Creatures of the Night podcast, it's a wonder Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet found the time to join Vespe and Breznican to talk over Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep.Join in on this rambunctious conversation in which we talk about how drop dead sexy Rose the Hat is, debate about which is better: the director's cut or theatrical, figure out if baseball kids kind of deserve to get murdered by psychic vampires, and definitively answer which Stephen King character is best represented in drag.
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