At The Devils Ball

This week, we begin our memorializing of the late, great David Lynch with a conversation on TWIN PEAKS. Focusing on the pilot episode and part 8 of The Return, we talk strange visuals, the bucking of television conventions, and the decay of the American Dream while celebrating our favorite filmmaker.

Revenge of the Vampire Month concludes with the modernist FRIGHT NIGHT, which features two all time great performances: Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall. We discuss those performances, queer coding and the vampire film, underrated special effects, and how this film feels very Amblin despite not being Amblin. Come hear us enthuse about this incredible film!

Revenge of the Vampire Month continues with George A Romero's "Martin," a strange, melancholy little film. Along with special guest Eric Kent of The GARF 247 podcast, we discuss topics like urban decay, sympathy for harmful individuals and, of course, vampires.

Revenge of the Vampire Month continues with the surreal and dreamlike 1979 lesbian vampire film FASCINATION. Joined by special guest Scott Davis, we talk filmmaker Jean Rollin, class issues, and the film's place in the vast mythology of vampire cinema.

Revenge of the Vampire Month begins! Our third month of Vampire shenanigans begins with the moody 1936 sequel to DRACULA: DRACULA'S DAUGHTER, a surprisingly queer-coded film that struggles against the Hayes Code at every opportunity. We discuss that queer-coding, our enjoyment of the characters, and how the "hero" may be the worst psychiatrist ever.

This week, it's Flanamania 3 as we do our tradition of watching a Mike Flanagan miniseries for our New Years special. Along with our regular Flanamania guests (Emily Fabrizio, Maggie S and Jamie Alvey}, we discuss monologues, faith and, of course, vampires in our examination of Midnight Mass!

This week, in our final Happy Holi-Slays episode, we do something a little different: covering a Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode. With special guest Jenn Rich-Hartle, we cover Mike and the Bots covering the 1959 nightmare inducing Santa Claus, and we try to make sense of...everything. Happy Holi-Slays from us!

Another Happy Holi-Slays outing, with the guys discussing the occasionally confounding but gorily whacked out INSIDE, an entry into the french extreme movement and outside-the-box holiday choice. We talk a lot about the purpose of gore, post-modern slasher tropes, and overall narrative choices as we try to understand and appreciate this extremely intense little film.

This week, the guys celebrate the holidays with their first special. Joined by podcasters Maggie S (Insane Troll Logic) and Sarah Sinn (Sinnful Sarah's Horror Menagerie), they talk the strange but effective CHRISTMAS EVIL, focusing on themes of mental health, moral relativism and childhood trauma...and, of course, exploding eyeballs. Happy Holi-Slays from At The Devil's Ball!

This week, the guys tackle Spanish-Italian co-production The Day of the Beast, a wild and wacky apocalypse film that takes place on Christmas Eve. We gush about the greatness of Jose Maria, the film's sense of humor, physical media and whether or not most of the film is just an acid trip. Happy Holi-slays continues!