Test Pattern: A Horror Movie Podcast

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Episode 129: I Want Some More - Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice & Interview With the Vampire (1994) Apr 23, 2020

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In this episode, we're out for blood. We read Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire and watched the film adaptation starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise!

Sources:

Interview With a Vampire by Anne Rice

"Anne Rice: The Interview with the Vampire novelist on her daughter's death, living through her own funeral and the dangers of Oxford" by Adam Jacques, The Independent

"What is Postmodernism?", Victoria & Albert Museum

"Why the Grand Guignol was so shocking" by Holly Williams, BBC

"Literary Blueprints: The Byronic Hero" by Amber Kelly, Ploughshares at Emerson College

Interview with the Vampire (1995)

Directory commentary

"In the Shadow of the Vampire", featurette

Not to Go Off On a Tangent About John Carpenter - Episode 1 (Featuring James!) Apr 22, 2020

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James joins us to talk about his upcoming anthology picks and, well, we get derailed.

Music is "Supernatural" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetch

Find it at https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4446-supernatural

Carpenter quotes from the documentary, Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue

Monster Kid Mailbag #21 Apr 17, 2020

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In this edition of the Mailbag, we read your answers to the listener question, answer a couple of questions from you guys, and tell you what we've been up to!

Monster Kid Projects

Hamish's horror movie review blog For Dying Out Loud
James D's (@jamesd7004) short film "The Monster"
Pete's band The Smart Folk
Andrew Tibbs - My Horror
Listen to @DJBadHombre spin metal on Thursdays at 6PM Eastern - The Stress Factor on 91.5 WUML

Superfight!

Setting: Abandoned shopping mall

Handicap: Ground is slick with blood and gore

Jacob - Army of the undead, posessed by demonic Buffalo Bill

Tab - Cujo, multiplies when wet

Episode 128: If It Bleeds ... - To Die For & Nightcrawler Apr 02, 2020

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We're exploring the darker side of TV journalism and the desire for fame with To Die For and Nightcrawler!

Sources

To Die For (1995)

"Grins, Gore, and Videotape: The Trouble With the Local TV News" by Eric Pooley, New York Magazine

"A Role to Die For" by Bob Strauss, South Florida Sun Sentinel

"Women Who Kill Part 2" by Katherine Ramsland, TruTV Crime Library

Nightcrawler (2014)

"Dan and Tony Gilroy of Nightcrawler Talk Media Ugliness in the Digital Age: Q&A" by Mike Fleming, Jr., Deadline

"Jake Gyllenhaal's Grueling Nightcrawler Transformation", ABC News

"WWE", "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"

"Facebook", "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"

"THAT'S CRINGE: Jake Paul Teacher Diss", Cody Ko

Episode 127: Family Dinner - Parents & We Are What We Are Mar 19, 2020

Show notes

We sit down to a nice family dinner with Parents and Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are!

Sources:

Parents (1989)

Director/producer commentary with Bob Balaban and Bonnie Palef

"Leftovers to Be" featurette

"Inside Out" featurette

"Vintage Tastes" featurette

"Mother's Day" featurette

"Once Upon a Honeymoon" short

We Are What We Are (2013)

"We Are What We Are Director Q&A" by Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly

"Director Jim Mickle sinks teeth into We Are What We Are remake" by Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

Monster Kid Mailbag #20 Mar 13, 2020

Show notes

In this edition of the Mailbag, we read your answers to the listener question, answer a couple of questions from you guys, and tell you what we've been up to!

Monster Kid Projects

Hamish's horror movie review blog For Dying Out Loud
James D's (@jamesd7004) short film "The Monster"
Pete's band The Smart Folk
Andrew Tibbs - My Horror
Listen to @DJBadHombre spin metal on Thursdays at 6PM Eastern - The Stress Factor on 91.5 WUML

Superfight!

Setting: Antarctic research station

Handicap: Surrounded by a horde of final girls

Jacob - Birds, wearing razorblade gloves

Tab - Leatherface, wearing a razorblade glove

Episode 126: Humanoid Dwellers of the Deep - The Descent & Pandorum (2009) (with Mando!) Mar 05, 2020

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Mando joins us to talk about two excellent films dealing with creatures that aren't quite human, but aren't exactly monster either - The Descent & Pandorum!

Sources:

The Descent (2005):

"Millar's Movie: Shauna loved working in the dark" by John Millar, The Sunday Mail

"Descent into hell" by Nick Morrison, The Northern Echo

"10 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About the Descent" by Kayleigh Marie Edwards, The Spooky Isles

"Beneath The Descent", featurette

Pandorum (2009)

"Underrated Film: Pandorum (2009)" by Simon Andrews, ScreenGeek

"Interview with Infinity Chamber and Pandorum's Travis Milloy" by Taylor Holmes, taylorholmes.com

Episode 125: Via Con Diablos - Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight & From Dusk Till Dawn Feb 26, 2020

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Can we last the night? We talk siege narratives with the criminally underrated Demon Knight and the Tarantino/Rodriguez mashup From Dusk Till Dawn!

Sources

Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

Director commentary with Ernest Dickerson

Special effects commentary with special effects creator Todd Masters, visual effects supervisor John Van Vilet, special effects coordinator Thomas Bellissimo, and demon performer Walter Phelan

Under Siege: The Making of Demon Knight, featurette

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Full Tilt Boogie (1996), making of documentary

"From Dusk Till Dawn - The Oft Forgotten 90s Classic", Scaretissue

"Robert Kurtzman Interview", Backwoods Horror

"15 Things You Probably Didn't Know About From Dusk Till Dawn", IFC

Episode 124: Tales of Horror Vol. 6 - Southbound (with James!) Feb 20, 2020

Show notes

We're joined yet again by James to discuss a more modern take on cyclical anthologies, Southbound!

Sources:

"TIFF 2015: Southbound directors discuss their horror film" by Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly

"Meet the Crew: Composers: Nick Castle and James Bairain", Ain't it Cool News

Dana Gould:

"Let Me Put My Thoughts In You"

"Funhouse"

The Dana Gould Hour Podcast

Find James on Twitter - @CalamityJames4

Monster Kid Mailbag #19 Feb 13, 2020

Show notes

In this edition of the Mailbag, we read your answers to the listener question, answer a couple of questions from you guys, and tell you what we've been up to!

Monster Kid Projects

Hamish's horror movie review blog For Dying Out Loud
James D's (@jamesd7004) short film "The Monster"
Pete's band The Smart Folk
Andrew Tibbs - My Horror
Listen to @DJBadHombre spin metal on Thursdays at 6PM Eastern - The Stress Factor on 91.5 WUML

Superfight!

Setting: Transylvanian Castle

Handicap: Fighting on top of a cursed Native burial ground

Jacob - Edgar Allan Poe as a ghost, can only be defeated by destroying his physical remains

Tab - Pazuzu, can command armies of the undead

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