Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Episode 56 - Wine-day the 13th - special commentary episode
Get out your copy of Friday the 13th and watch along with us, as we attempt our very first commentary! Long in the making, we finally sat down and committed to this idea. We hope you enjoy!
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Episode 55 - The Ghoulies Franchise Afterthoughts
Folks, this one will be brief. Historically, I have not
found much enjoyment in franchises with little killers. Critters and Child’s
Play both had entry first films that I enjoyed and from there I got off the train. Leprechaun films? Well I would be happy to never watch a single one of them again. The humor for
some reason in these films is usually of the lowest common denomination and I am
not that scared of something that is 3 feet tall. These films by and large just
do not bring me much entertainment value at all.
Ghoulies is no exception to this pattern of my tastes. I
will say that Ghoulies part 2 and 3 brought me more enjoyment than the entries from the
franchises mentioned above. Part 3 in particular really surprised me with
enjoyment. Maybe because its just basically a co-ed movie with the ghoulies
thrown in? I am not interested to explore that any further.
Regardless, if nothing else I can check these off my lists
of those to watch as we navigate through horror cinema. You can’t love em all!
Until next time...
Beware the moon
The Professor
Episode 55 - The Ghoulies Franchise
Listen in as we navigate through the Ghoulies (seminal and innovative) franchise!
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Episode 54 - The Monster Mash X Afterthoughts
What a joy it was to do this episode with my two friends and
co-hosts! I hope that you, as listeners, felt the same way after listening to
it. I love that we covered true fear and laughter, schlocky b-grade and
top-tier work, old and new, independent and big budgeted movies. It was a
juxtaposition that ultimately we set out to accomplish more often than not with
this format. You already know my thoughts from the show on The Fly and Street
Trash so I wont dwell on those. What I would like to divulge a little more on
is not White Zombie but older horror in general.
Certainly by now, most of you have gathered that I love
vintage horror dating back to the beginning of film. Silent horror, studio
system era horror, 50’s atomic horror. I love all of the generations of scary
movies and think that if you have some imagination and a basic understanding of
film history you can really find a lot of pleasure in older films. What I have
never done is try and get people to watch this in any form of persuasion.
Watching and enjoying these films requires the viewer to do their homework and
have the genuine interest. What I was afraid to do was push a film like White
Zombie on my two co-hosts and listeners when they didn’t really have the
interest. So when Mad Chann selected White Zombie I was floored! I was even
more thrilled at the reaction and discussion on this episode from us that
ensued. I know that both the Grizz and Mad are smart film fans, if they weren’t
I would have never stuck with this show and I am sure the sentiment is the same
for them. 
However, this was uncharted territory covering an older
film. I never wanted to cover these films unless we were going to take an
academic approach to enjoying them. To watch a film from 1932 and not
understand it’s time and capability is a disservice to the film and the viewer.
I just feared covering these films and holding these films to the same
standards of a film made 70 years later. I thought that our coverage of the
movie was just right and I had a blast doing it. I hope that this branches us
in to some older films in the future from time to time and maybe even turn a
few listeners on to older films they have never watched.
Listeners, are there any old horror films you would like to
hear us cover? LET US KNOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA!! Until next time
Beware the moon
The Professor
Episode 54 - The Monster Mash X
You know the drill by now! We each pick an individual movie to cover, free of any of theme between them. With this episode we all three managed to inadvertently reverse some of our tendencies in taste. Listen in and find out how!
Friday, July 17, 2015
Episode 53 - DOTD Indy DOTD '15 Afterthoughts & Pictures!
Countless testimonials are posted on this blog as well as on
our show about our feelings for the Days of the Dead show, and their staff.
Feel free to look back over the past shows and see the relentless adoration we
have for this show. It is a unique experience that can only be had with Days of
the Dead and honestly, no other show. They are not the only horror convention
even within our region, but they damn sure are miles above the rest for any
passionate horror convention fan. I have experienced their show as a general
patron, a volunteer, and in recent times as a member of this genre’s
pseudo-press (we don’t have delusional big heads about it, we just like
spreading the word) and never once has any experience been a step back in terms
of quality or fun. As we mentioned on the show, it continues to grow in size
without any sacrifice in quality. The friends we have made have left it to feel
like a distant family we see, at minimum, twice a year. That’s more than some
of my actual family, and that’s okay. We look forward to these weekends with
great warmth and excitement, which is never left unfulfilled. Before I continue
to wax their car too much, allow me to simply stop and say this:
I hope you all enjoyed the weekend as much as we did. I hope
I will see many of you in 4 months from now in Chicago .
Below are some favorite pictures from this recent weekend in Indianapolis .
All apologies to all for this taking a few weeks, but we all have day jobs and
difficult schedules. We hope you enjoy.
Until next time…
Stay Scary
The Professor
PS - Special thanks to Todd for the blu-ray player assistance and to Ryan "RyBones" Williams for his pictures!
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