We talk about 1944’s the Uninvited this week. This is one of the first films to portray ghosts as legitimate entities as Rick Fitzgerald and his sister Pamela buy an abandoned 18th-century house from the stuffy, rude Commander Beech. Despite Beech’s granddaughter’s objections, they move in move in and soon find themselves experiencing a supernatural ... Read moreEpisode 34: the Uninvited

Joined by guest Mike Spada, we discuss the classic 1950 film, Night and the City: Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry’s schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan. His latest ploy, promoting an aging ... Read moreGuns Dames Cigarettes Episode 10

She’s alive! Alive! The monster gets a mate in James Whale’s visually stunning follow-up to Frankenstein. Listen as we gush over certain aspects of this film (special effects, atmosphere, Karloff’s development of the Monster character) and whine about others (lack of Bride screen time, recastings, Una O’Connor screaming all the time). Despite Scott’s insistence, Gene ... Read moreEpisode 33: Bride of Frankenstein

In this hard to find film featuring Angela Lansbury and Raymond Burr, a lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client and then finding out she did commit the crime.

JR from Slashenings Podcast joins us to discuss his pick of Plan 9 From Outer Space, featuring Bela Lugosi’s last on-screen appearance. Director Ed Wood’s favorite gets a run-through highlighting such things as the terrible acting, the terrible sets, and the terrible story. But we all enjoyed this terribleness because we knew it was made ... Read moreEpisode 32: Plan 9 From Outer Space

1947’s Out of the Past gets the treatment this week. The quiet life of small-town gas station owner Jeff Bailey is interrupted when a figure from his shady past, small-time crook Joe Stephanos, recognizes him. Stephanos’ boss, crooked gambler Whit Sterling, had hired Jeff to track down Kathie Moffat, a girlfriend who shot Whit and ... Read moreGuns Dames Cigarettes Episode 8

The GoreFriends (Story & Mars) join us this week for another dose of the potent Vincent Price/William Castle combo in the Tingler! What is the Tingler? Could it be some type of rubber worm creature made of pent up fear that grows inside your back? Could there be very illegal things carried out very casually? ... Read moreEpisode 31: the Tingler

This week we discuss the Billy Wilder 1950 classic, Sunset Boulevard. An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback. The screenwriter believes he can manipulate her, but he soon finds out he is wrong. The screenwriter’s ambivalence about ... Read moreGuns Dames Cigarettes Episode 7

1934’s the Black Cat gets a run through this week. It is the first film to feature both Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, as well as the first film to tackle PTSD, and the first to feature a Satanic cult! Not at all based on the Edgar Allan Poe story as the movie suggests beyond ... Read moreEpisode 30: the Black Cat

Police Lt. Diamond is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown, because he hasn’t been able to get any hard evidence against him. He then goes after Brown’s girlfriend who despises him, for information instead.