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Test Pattern: A Horror Movie Podcast

A bi-weekly look at the monster movies, TV shows, cult films, and horror stuff that keeps YOU up at night! In the days before syndicated stations and 24 hour programming, television stations often showed old monster movies hosted by local on-air talent. It is in this spirit that “Test Pattern” is made – a little bit spooky, a little bit silly, but always informative! Jacob and Tab have a new topic each week, with a focus on the macabre offerings shown on television starting in the mid 1950s, favorite creature features, and B-movies (with occasional forays into the outer realms of horror).

Latest Episodes:

Episode 145: TV Terrors - Bad Ronald & Dark Night of the Scarecrow Oct 16, 2020

Show notes

We're staying in to watch the movies of the week! Godzilla level patron Ryan M. has curated an episode featuring two TV terrors - Bad Ronald and Dark Night of the Scarecrow!

Sources:

Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)

Director/Writer commentary

Production documentary, featurette

Q&A with Larry Drake, Tonya Crowe, and J.D. Feigelson, featurette

Episode 143: Meeting of the Minds - The Dead Zone & Scanners Oct 07, 2020

Show notes

In this episode, we reach out to your minds with our exploration of The Dead Zone and Scanners!

Sources:

The Dead Zone (1983)

Commentary with Kim Newman and Tim Jones

"Memories of the Dead Zone", Blu-Ray featurette

"Visions and Horror From The Dead Zone", Blu-Ray featurette

"The Look of the Dead Zone", Blu-Ray featurette

Scanners (1981)

"How They Made the Exploding Head in Scanners", CriterionCollection

"Michael Ironside Remembers Narrowly Escaping Scanners Head Explosion Scene Unscathed" by Kevin Polowy, Yahoo Finance

"Exploding Head Aside, Scanners is One of Cronenberg's Most Conventional Films" by A. A. Dowd, The AV Club

"How They Blew Up That Head in Scanners" by Forrest Wickman, Slate

Monster Kid Marathon 2020 Oct 01, 2020

Show notes

We discuss our 2020 Monster Kid Marathon lists and pick favorites from yours!

Episode 142: Buffet Froid - Raw & Climax Sep 25, 2020

Show notes

Godzilla level patron Stephen curates a sumptuous French meal with Raw and Climax!

**We compare Raw to Contracted in the episode, but I accidentally called it Contagion and then we both called it Contagion the rest of the episode because we forgot the actual title.

Sources:

Raw (2016)

"Q&A with Raw Director Julia Ducournau" by James Prestridge, Close Up Culture

"Q&A: Raw (2017) French Director Julia Ducournau Speaks About Her Fascination with the Human Body", Victoria Advocate

"Julia Ducournau Discusses Raw", BUILD Series

"Raw Q&A with Julia Ducournau and Garance Marillier", Film at Lincoln Center

Climax (2019)

"Gaspar Noe's New Horror Movie Was Way Too Disturbing For Some Viewers" by Tatiana Tenreyo, Bustle

"Interview with Gaspar Noe: The master of provocation on his trippy dance masterpiece, Climax" by Maybelle Morgan, Wonderland Magazine

"Alcohol Makes You Stupid: Gaspar Noe Sums Up His New Film Climax" Manuela Lazic, Vice

"The Hidden History of Paris is Burning", Matt Baume

"Reconstructing Ballroom History: Older Generations vs. Today", Matt Baume

Episode 141: Terror Down Under - Patrick (1978) & Next of Kin (1982) (with Pete!) Sep 17, 2020

Show notes

We're joined by Shin Godzilla level patron Pete to talk about two underseen and underrated Australian horror flicks - Patrick (1978) and Next of Kin (1982)!

Sources:

Not Quite Hollywood, Ozploitation documentary

Patrick (1978)

Director commentary

Next of Kin (1982)

Director/producer commentary

Cast commentary

Original ending featurette

Find Pete online:

Twitter - @PeterIacono

The Smart Folk - Bandcamp

Episode 140: It's a Strange World - Blue Velvet & Mulholland Drive (with Hans!) Sep 03, 2020

Show notes

We're joined by Hans (aka @DJ_BadHombre) to journey into the strange world of David Lynch with Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive!

Sources:

Blue Velvet (1986)

"Blue Velvet" by Brian Eggert, Deep Focus Review

"Blue Velvet - Small Town Horror Tale" by Ron Magid, American Cinematographer

"Angelo Badalamenti", Criterion interview featurette

"A Suburban Romance, Only Different" by Kristine McKenna, excerpt from Room to Dream, co-authored with David Lynch

"Blue Velvet (1986)" by Jason Fraley, The Film Spectrum

"Deconstructing Blue Velvet: A Master Class in Screen Direction", American Cinematheque

"David Lynch: Creativity and Film", Masterclass

Mulholland Drive (2001)

"David Lynch's Mulholland Drive Explained" by David Thomson, Esquire

"Why Mulholland Drive is the Greatest Film Since 2000" by Luke Buckmaster, BBC Culture

"Inside the Making of Mulholland Drive, David Lynch's Dark Freudian Masterpiece" by Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair

"The Rise (and Fall) of Hollywood", Now You See It

Find Hans Online

Twitter - @DJ_BadHombre

The Stress Factor Twitter - @Stress_Factor86

WUML - Listen to The Stress Factor on 91.5 FM WUML on Thursdays from 6 to 9 PM ET!

Episode 139: Poisoned Nostalgia - Beyond the Black Rainbow & Mandy (with Jen!) Aug 21, 2020

Show notes

We're joined by Jacob's sister Jen to get weird with Panos Cosmatos' Beyond the Black Rainbow and Mandy!

Sources:

"Mandy and Beyond the Black Rainbow Share a Lot More Than the Year 1983" by Clayton Purdom, The AV Club

Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)

"Interview: Beyond the Black Rainbow Director Panos Cosmatos" by Phil Brown, That Shelf

"Journey Beyond the Black Rainbow with Panos Cosmatos" by Noah J. Nelson, Turnstyle

"Interview: Panos Cosmatos (Beyond the Black Rainbow)" by Joshua Miller, CHUD

"Panos Cosmatos (Beyond the Black Rainbow" by Don Simpson, Smells Like Screen Spirit

"Writer/Director Panos Cosmatos on his new film Beyond the Black Rainbow" by Jackson Truax, Living in Cinema

"Panos Cosmatos, Beyond the Black Rainbow" by Scott Macaulay, Filmmaker Magazine

"Beyond the Black Rainbow, Interview with Norm Li" by Allan MacInnis, Alienated in Vancouver

Mandy (2018)

"Mandy: Edge of Darkness" by Iain Marcks

"This One Scene in Mandy Makes it the Best 'Ban Men' Movie of 2018" by Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture

"Mandy: How Heavy Metal Inspired 2018's Most Psychedelic Action-Horror Film" by Ryan Reed, Revolver

"Mandy: Behind the Scenes" Shudder featurette

Episode 138: Nightmares in Ink - Uzumaki & Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack (with Louis!) Aug 13, 2020

Show notes

We're joined by Shin Godzilla level patron Louis to dive into the bizarre world of Junji Ito, with Uzumaki and Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack!

Sources:

"An Interview with Master of Horror Manga Junji Ito", Grape

"The Junji Ito Interview: A Conversation with the Creator of Uzumaki" by Akiko Iwane, Baum Geist

"Junji Ito Reacts to Anime Cats", Crunchy Roll

"How Media Scares Us: The Work of Junji Ito", Super Eyepatch Wolf

"The Horrifying Appeal of Junji Ito", The Artiface

"Into the Spiral: A Conversation with Japanese Horror Maestro Junji Ito" by Mira Bai Winsby, 78 Magazine

Twisted Visions: Interviews with Cult Horror Filmmakers by Matthew Edwards, pgs. 175-179

Episode 137: Go Ape! Vol. 3 - Battle For the Planet of the Apes & the Continuation of the Franchise Aug 06, 2020

Show notes

We're wrapping up our look at the original Planet of the Apes franchise with a deep dive on the final film, as well as the live action and animated series that followed! Help us send off the apes Test Pattern style!

Sources:

Battle of the Planet of the Apes (1973)

"How Battle for the Planet of the Apes Ended a Franchise" by Don Kaye, Den of Geek

"End of an Epic: The Final Battle", featurette

Episode 136: Tales of Horror Vol. 7 - Black Sabbath (1963) (with James) Jul 31, 2020

Show notes

We're joined once again by James to talk about the Mario Bava anthology masterpiece, Black Sabbath!

Sources:

Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark by Tim Lucas

Film historian commentary with Tim Lucas

"Maestro of the Macabre: The 6 Most Influential Mario Bava Films" by Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss, BBC documentary

"Color Me Bava", Fandor

Find James on Twitter - @CalamityJames4

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