Blood and Black Rum Podcast - A Cult Film / Horror Podcast

Continuing our foray into tangentially-related Clive Barker films for Halloween, we cover the 2009 movie Book of Blood, which actually just takes the wraparound story from the collection of the same name and turns it into a full-length movie. We talk about how that was probably a misguided concept, the banality of this drab miserable movie, and the frustrations we had with a paranormal film that doesn't explore its own spooky house.

We're also drinking Saranac's Darktoberfest, which is back this year after a long hiatus!

Check back all Halloween season for more Bobbing for Barker!

We're covering arguably one of Clive Barker's most popular projects Nightbreed, a tour de force of monster designs and special effects work that actually serves the Halloween season very well. Again, because this is a Clive Barker series, we're covering the Director's Cut version of this film that restores Barker's original vision and matches his novella Cabal a bit better than the theatrical. We talk about the effects, Danny Elfman's overbearing score, the themes buried underneath, and a whole lot more.

As a special treat, we're drinking Ryne's very own homebrewed beer - it's Hank's Hefeweizen, a recipe from Northern Brewer. He's calling it Boggy Creek Brews' Haunted Hefeweizen.

Stay tuned all Halloween season for more Bobbing for Barker!

We're taking a train going to the bowels of hell - or perhaps just the city underbelly - in our Bobbing for Barker episode about The Midnight Meat Train! While this one's just based on a short story by Clive Barker, we discuss the ways this one feels very 2000s torture porn - its sterile aesthetic and lighting, to its shiny meat hammer wielded by the villain, to director Ryuhei Kitamura's flashier action flair.

We're also drinking Ommegang's Fest Bier marzen style lager on the show!

Tune in all Halloween season for more Bobbing for Barker!

We start our Halloween season and our Clive Barker series with Barker's final directorial stints, Lord of Illusions. Production issues plagued this film much like Nightbreed, so we're watching the director's cut to ensure we get all the Famke Janssen action. We're talking Antichrist themes, the excellent practical effects, and whether Scott Bakula is a good leading man.

We're also drinking the new LL Bean collaboration with Harpoon on their fan-favorite Flannel Friday hoppy amber ale!

Stick with us all Halloween season for more Bobbing for Barker!

In our final episode, where we leave the West, we're tackling something a little different - a contemporary western, and one that adds some weirdness to the proceedings with Bone Tomahawk. This horror-tinged western stars the good man Kurt Russell as a sheriff bound to his duty to track down kidnapped townsfolk who might be eaten by the neighborly troglodytes. We talk about the influences, the suspense, and the potential sus-ness of S. Craig Zahler's debut film.

We're also drinking Blue Barrel's New Fashioned Hard Root Beer!

Red Hot Action Summer is over, but that means we're starting our Halloween season. We'll be back in September with our new event, running all Samhain long.

We continue our western coverage heading back to 1957 with 3:10 to Yuma, the original and not the remake. Neither of us have seen this classic, but we both picked up on a tinge of toxic masculinity running through the whole thing as one man battles his own cowardice to try to turn over an outlaw to police by making the 3:10 train.

We're also drinking Breckenridge Brewing Company's Summer Cerveza with salt and lime!

We've got one more surprise episode of Westward Ho! coming next week!

We continue our westward expansion with a look at Clint Eastwood's vehicle The Outlaw Josey Wales, a mid-70s American western directed by the actor which melds an revenge plot against the Union with... a libertarian ideal about starting your own community outside government rule? We talk about the interesting ideas at play in the film, the inclusion of a lot of spit, and a whole lot more!

We're also drinking the new recipe Newcastle Brown Ale!

Tune in all August as we continue Red Hot Action Summer!

Westward Ho! continues with a look at The Duke and his western "romantic" comedy McLintock! While neither of us are John Wayne fans, we thought it only appropriate to include one of his films in this series, and we picked one that has the appropriate amount of misogyny. From spankings to clay slide fights, we pick apart the very odd, fetish-y film that stars not just John Wayne but also his son Patrick - a true family affair.

Stick with us all August for our Red Hot Action Summer!

Howdy folks! We're hitting the old dusty trail with Red Hot Action Summer: Westward Ho!, and we start it off with a banger from Sam Peckinpah (literally - there are a lot of squibs). We talk about this American western that follows a group of outlaws recognizing that their way of life needs to change, thanks to the exploits of the Mexican Revolution. We discuss the violence, the familiar themes, and even somehow get the Vietnam War in there.

Listen in all August as we tackle American westerns in our Red Hot Action Summer!

We went out to see Evil Dead Burn to continue our coverage of the franchise; while we were viscerally entertained, our enjoyment of the film critically was a lot different than just admiring the creative gore and cinematography. We get into a whole lot of conversation about the franchise itself, the feeling that this movie is slapped with the Evil Dead moniker even if it doesn't really feel like the series, and a lot more.

We're also drinking Ommegang's collaboration with Prison City Brewing, the Neon Riot Belgian IPA!