Boys and Ghouls

Does what scared us as kids still hold up?  Join the duo as they explore this topic and share what frightened them as little boys and ghouls.

This classic episode was originally recorded as part of the “Something Wicked This Way Comes” installment of Boys and Ghouls.  But, the coverage of this topic came out so fun and nostalgic as to release it on its own, along with Kat’s spooky gab about her time spent on the set of an indie horror movie.

So, listen in as Kat discovers that 1990’s “Arachnophobia” was actually a comedy (or thrill-omedy) and as Marshall reveals which MTV music videos gave him the willies.

As Marshall and Kat discuss what kids are afraid of and why, you can discover if this episode (Boys and Ghouls’ fifth ever) holds up.  Is what passed for top-shelf horror movie podcasting in 2012 still effective and engaging today?  It is as much as Ozzy Osbourne’s “Bark at the Moon” werewolf is still scary (because it totally is).

Terrifying and Oscar winning, “The Silence of the Lambs” gets its own episode with the Boys and Ghouls duo.  Listen in as they pretty much go through the entire movie, scene by scene, spoiling all the way.

Hear Kat take a feminist perspective on the movie with its unmatched lady-hero, and hear Marshall as he lets you know what it would have sounded like if original-choice actor Sean Connery had performed as Hannibal the Cannibal.

Also, learn just how much Kat doesn’t like the Dr. Chilton character.  At all.  And discover which tense scene was filmed on the site of where Marshall participated in democracy for the first time.

Ray Bradbury wrote the book and then screenplay for “Something Wicked This Way Comes” about a sinister carnival that preys on the desires of a small town in yesteryear Illinois.  As well as a master of horror, Bradbury was a master of nostalgia and simpler times.  And, way back in the simpler times of 2012, recorded in tribute of Bradbury’s passing, the Boys and Ghouls duo dedicated an episode to the masterwork’s movie adaptation.

While Marshall had been getting spooked for years by this tale of two boys running afoul a dark carnival, Kat watched it for the first time right before recording their classic episode.  

So, listen in as we take this ride through a great movie that still holds up (made by Disney all the way back in the golden days of 1983) for spooking kids and adults alike.

The Thing movies are put under a microscope in this chilling episode of Boys and Ghouls.  Join Kat and Marshall as they follow the franchise from its origin as the story “Who Goes There?”, to the classic RKO movie, “The Thing From Another Planet” to John Carpenter’s bleak masterpiece “The Thing” and its ambitious prequel of the same name.

From the icy south pole, to the north pole, then to the south pole again, the Thing stories keep you asking, “What door is the Thing behind?” and then “Which person is the Thing hiding in?”

Also, Kat shares her day’s activity of paying respect to the unknown dead of Los Angeles and Marshall shares his new purchase of an (apparently autographed) T-and-A horror aerobics spoof.

The Ghost of Christmas Past has brought you to this classic December 2012 “Boys and Ghouls” episode, all about the spooky side of the joyous Christmas season.

Join Marshall and Kat as they guide your sleigh from the eerie appearance of Jacob Marley’s ghost to the 1984 Santa slasher “Silent Night, Deadly Night” to novelty monster Christmas albums.

Then, Kat gives Marshall the highlights and the scream count of her favorite Christmas treat, the early Tales From The Crypt episode, “And All Through The House”.  And Marshall gives Kat the best bits of the Twilight Zone heart-warmer, “The Night of the Meek”.

Yule love it!

Witches in the movies, witches who ride brooms, and witches who don’t ride brooms are discussed in this spellbinding episode of Boys and Ghouls.

Listen in as Kat details the witch hunt of 1692 Salem and the more recent witch hunt of the West Memphis Three.  Then, Marshall bridges the gap between the movie “I Married A Witch” and television’s “Bewitched”.

Before the hour is through, Marshall will make a shocking discovery about “Little Witches” and Kat will share her viewing experience of the witchsploitation classic, “The Virgin Witch” before declaring her eternal devotion to 1996’s “The Craft”.

Also, Kat can barely contain herself after showing Marshall “Hocus Pocus” all-the-way-through for his first time ever.

Revenge is a dish best served at Thanksgiving (according to Kat) and so way back in historic times (2012) the Boys and Ghouls duo made their November episode all about revenge.

Listen in to this classic episode when Marshall and Kat took two very different approaches to the concept that drives so very many horror movies.  While Kat brought to the table her experience watching “I Spit On Your Grave” Marshall covered “Pumpkinhead”, “The Abominable Dr. Phibes”, and the Old Chief Woodenhead portion of “Creepshow 2”.

Also, join the boy and the ghoul as they catch up on how they spent Halloween and what local home haunts were the hauntedest.

Halloween and its varied history is effectively explored by Kat and Marshall in this treat of an episode.

Follow along as they trace Halloween’s history from its Celtic roots, to its union with Catholic holidays, to its exportation to America where it became a night for fortune telling and mischievous  pranks.  Listen in as the duo explore the holiday up to its present form of costumes and candy.  Also, Marshall shares his recollections of working in a Halloween store in the weeks following 9/11.

“Halloween” the 1978 slasher and Halloween the enchanting holiday is the topic of this classic Boys and Ghouls episode from all the way back in October of 2012.

Join Kat and Marshall as they discuss John Carpenter’s horror masterpiece and everything that makes it Kat’s favorite movie.  Marshall, who can’t leave well-enough alone, breaks down Michael Myers’ motivation in “Halloween” if it were a stand-alone film vs. his motivation if you consider the back-story reveal of its sequel, “Halloween II”.

And, listen in as they share their own memories of the spookiest most funnest night of the year, HALLOWE’EN.  From the candy, to the spooky movies on television, to that one house you shouldn’t go near.

It’s a real treat.