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"I was confused. I couldn't decide what to do. Then… I ate them!" Oh, oh. Join this episode's Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr, along with guest host Dirk Rogers – as they journey to a Pacific island and attempt to resist the lure of the deadly mushrooms found in Ishirô Honda's Matango (Attack of the Mushroom People, 1963) from Toho.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 135 – Matango (Attack of the Mushroom People, 1963)

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Synopsis: A group of pleasure-seeking young people is stranded on a mysterious island when their boat crashes. One by one they succumb to the lure of the deadly mushrooms.

• Director: Ishirô Honda
• Writers: Takeshi Kimura (screenplay); Shin'ichi Hoshi & Masami Fukushima (adaptation); William Hope Hodgson (story by, "The Voice in the Night," Blue Book Magazine, November 1907); Sakyo Komatsu (uncredited)
• Music by: Sadao Bekku
• Cinematography by: Hajime Koizumi
• Director of special effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
• Chief assistant special effects director: Teruyoshi Nakano
• Special effects unit production manager: Shigeru Nakamura
• Special effects art director/Special effects set decorator: Akira Watanabe
• Costume Design/Art Department: Shigeru Komatsuzaki
• Selected Cast:
  • Akira Kubo as Kenji Murai – Professor
  • Kumi Mizuno as Mami Sekiguchi – Singer
  • Kenji Sahara as Senzō Koyama – Sailor
  • Hiroshi Tachikawa as Etsurō Yoshida – Writer
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya as Masafumi Kasai – Owner
  • Hiroshi Koizumi as Naoyuki Sakuta – Skipper
  • Miki Yashiro as Akiko Sōma – Student
  • Takuzô Kumagai as Doctor (billed as Jiro Kumagai)
  • Yutaka Oka as Doctor
  • Keisuke Yamada as Doctor
  • Hideyo Amamoto as Skulking Transitional Matango
  • Haruo Nakajima as Matango
  • Toku Ihara as Transitional Matango
  • Kuniyoshi Kashima as Transitional Matango
  • Masaki Shinohara as Matango
  • Kōji Uruki as Matango
  • Tokio Ōkawa as Matango

In this episode, your Classic Era Grue Crew is joined by Dirk Rogers, a special effects artist with KNB EFX Group and a long-time friend of the show. As the guest host, Dirk chose Matango for this episode's topic and with the movie's use of effects – miniatures, suits, prosthetics, set dressing – it's easy to see why this is one of his favorites.

Dirk was originally drawn to Matango because it featured a lot of the same players from the Godzilla films. He loves the damp (shall we say moist?) atmosphere, the use of color reminiscent of Mario Bava, the sets, and the miniatures. He's always loved Matango and feels the English title, Attack of the Mushroom People, doesn't represent the depth of what you get from the film. Dirk also provides valuable insights into the effects work and the documentation of who did what during the production.

Matango is probably Chad's first exposure to body horror and the horrors of fungus. He loves the way the story ramps up the terror and the cringeworthy fungus-filled sets. As one of Toho's best, Matango still holds up for him. Daphne is blown away by the colors and the textures of the mushrooms and the fungi, loving it all over again. Jeff agrees that "Attack of the Mushroom People" sounds kind of hokey and doesn't represent the depth of the story told in Matango. He loves the concept, the story progression, the creepy and downright icky creatures and fungi, and the movie's cultural and historical relation to the horrors experienced by the Japanese from the atomic bombs of World War II.

Dirk was turned onto the writings of William Hope Hodgson by this movie as it is developed from Hodgson's short story, "The Voice in the Night." During the episode, the crew discusses several versions of this story, all of which are provided through the following links:

• Story: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Voice_in_the_Night
• Audio version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASIfPcyTAH0
• Suspicion (TV series, 1957-1958), Episode 24: "The Voice in the Night" (aired 24 March 1958); from the story by William Hope Hodgson; starring James Donald, Barbara Rush, Patrick Macnee, James Coburn. This is a very poor resolution but the Classic Era Grue-Crew still enjoyed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssi6_YWrrxc

If you have been motivated by this episode to catch Matango (and you should be), at the time of this writing, it is available to stream from Classic Horror Movie Channel, Tubi, The Criterion Channel, and various PPV sites. In terms of physical media, Matango is available on DVD.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule is one chosen by guest host, the one and only Dave Dreher: The Return of Dracula (1958).

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To each of you from each of them, "Thank you so much for listening!"

Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for October 3, 2022. JOIN US FOR casting news for NOSFERATU and AZRAEL, along with trailer news for BONES AND ALL and THE LAST OF US. All this, and more, coming up next…

I am your host Doc Rotten and this is HNR, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE HORROR NEWS podcast. Back with me again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net: Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6dead6irl and Jeff Mohr, host of Decades of Horror podcasts.

Eli Roth and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson teaming up for a trio of Horror Films: THE GUN, TRACKMASTER, and CREATURE HOUSE Source: Deadline

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: NEW YORK CITY (Season 11) lands on FX on October 19, 2022. Source: Deadline

Joko Anwar's SATAN'S SLAVES: COMMUNION sequel is headed to SHUDDER on November 4 Source: Deadline

UPCOMING MOVIES October 7, 2022

HELLRAISER (2022, HULU) Ed Martinez, a friend of the show, interviews Russell FX - Josh & Sierra - about their work on HELLRAISER. Check out his podcast!

Samara Weaving cast in lead role for AZRAEL. Evan Katz (Haunting Of Bly Manor) is aboard to direct the original script by You're Next scribe Simon Barrett. Source: Deadline

Bill Skarsgard and Lily-Rose Depp board Robert Eggers' NOSFERATU. Source: Deadline

Freya Allan (Ciri in "The Witcher") headed to KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. Source: Deadline

HALLOWEEN ENDS (October 14, 2022)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0vtbxLa-N8

GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES (October 25, 2022)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3E1URhCR60

BONES AND ALL (November 23, 2022)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjMt1MIk2EA

THE LAST OF US (2023, HBOMAX)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBRRDpQ0yc0

"It says here the body showed signs of cannibalism. … That's what it says, Chief!" Exactly what are "signs of cannibalism," Chief? Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they investigate the "signs" in Antonio Margheriti's Cannibal Apocalypse (1980), starring John Saxon.

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 216 – Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)

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Mentally unstable Vietnam vets who were held captive by the Vietcong come back to America after being rescued carrying a dangerous virus that turns people into cannibals when bitten.

• Director: Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony M. Dawson)
• Writers: Antonio Margheriti (screenplay) (as Anthony M. Dawson), Dardano Sacchetti (screenplay & story) (as Jimmy Gould)
• Music: Alexander Blonksteiner
• Special Effects
  • Giannetto De Rossi (special effects)
  • Bob Shelley (special effects coordinator)
• Selected Cast:
  • John Saxon as Norman Hopper
  • Elizabeth Turner as Jane Hopper
  • Giovanni Lombardo Radice as Charlie Bukowski (billed as John Morghen)
  • Cinzia De Carolis as Mary (billed as Cindy Hamilton)
  • Tony King as Tommy Thompson
  • Wallace Wilkinson as Captain McCoy
  • Ramiro Oliveros as Dr. Phil Mendez (billed as Ray Williams)
  • May Heatherly as Nurse Helen
  • Renzo Marignano as Dr. Morris
  • Venantino Venantini as Lt. Hill
  • Jere Beery as Biker Leader
  • Luca Venantini as Bobby
  • Joan Riordan as Tina
  • Don Ruffin as Carlos
  • Goffredo Unger as Mall Guard

Did you ever have one of those movies that you didn't think you'd seen, but when you finally watched it, it turned out you already had? That's the case for Chad and his pick for this episode, Cannibal Apocalypse, also known as Cannibals in the Streets, Cannibal Massacre, Cannibals in the City, Invasion of the Fleshhunters, Savage Apocalypse, Savage Slaughterers, The Slaughterers, Apocalypse domani, and Asphalt-Kannibalen. With all those alternate titles, it's easy to see how he might have been confused.

This time around, Chad points out that this allegory for Viet Nam veterans returning home has no one to root for. He's a John Saxon fan and thinks he is the best thing about the movie, but he is perplexed by the film and the fact that it even exists.

Crystal loves John Saxon as well, especially his confused and shocked look when he sees his troops in the pit eating human flesh. The film is trying to be serious with a metaphor depicting PTSD as some type of contagious cannibalism but in the end, it doesn't really know what it wants to be. And beware! There are triggers aplenty.

Bill generally appreciates director Margheriti's work and can see why Quentin Tarantino likes him, but Cannibal Apocalypse feels to him like Margheriti wanted to make a Viet Nam movie but could only get money for a horror film and it turns out to be a bit of a mess. He does like the idea of war as a virus that comes home. Just because you're no longer on the battlefield doesn't mean you can escape it.

Margheriti's The Long Hair of Death (1965) was covered in Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 110 but Jeff sees few similarities between that and Cannibal Apocalypse. He loves Giannetto De Rossi's special effects and of course, John Saxon's performance, but also gives a trigger warning for several scenes.

At the time of this writing, Cannibal Apocalypse is available to stream from Tubi and on physical media as a Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode's film, chosen by Jeff, will be Lady in White (1988), a serial killer/ghost story starring Lukas Haas.

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"You've made an unbreakable vow. In the name of vengeance, you must foreswear all human emotions, all love and hate, everything." Your basic all-inclusive vow, then? Got it. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out the major influence for Tarantino's Kill Bill Duology, Lady Snowblood(1973).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 172 – Lady Snowblood (1973)

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Synopsis: A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family

• Director: Toshiya Fujita
• Writers: Norio Osada (screenplay); Kazuo Kamimura (manga illustrator) & Kazuo Koike (manga writer)
• Cinematographer: Masaki Tamura
• Selected cast:
  • Meiko Kaji as Yuki Kashima ("Lady Snowblood")
  • Mayumi Maemura as young Yuki
  • Kō Nishimura as Dōkai the priest
  • Toshio Kurosawa as Ryūrei Ashio
  • Masaaki Daimon as Gō Kashima
  • Miyoko Akaza as Sayo Kashima
  • Eiji Okada as Gishirō Tsukamoto
  • Sanae Nakahara as Okono Kitahama
  • Noboru Nakaya as Banzō Takemura
  • Takeo Chii as Shokei Tokuichi
  • Hitoshi Takagi as Matsuemon
  • Akemi Negishi as Tajire no Okiku
  • Yoshiko Nakada as Kobue Takemura
  • Rinichi Yamamoto as Maruyama

Lady Snowblood, the horror-adjacent inspiration for Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) & Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), is Jeff's pick and he loves this movie, describing it as a visual feast with a non-traditional story structure incorporating Japanese culture and history. It is so much fun!

Seeing Lady Snowblood for the first time with excellent visual quality, Bill is completely absorbed in the film. He was already familiar with the lead actress, Meiko Kaji, from Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), which he also loved, and he loves her performance. It's the kind of performance the viewer can read a lot into. He describes the character and Kaji's performance as a female version of Clint Eastwood's "man with no name."

This is Doc's first time watching Lady Snowblood and he falls in love with the movie. The simple story with an interesting structure, amazing sound effects, plenty of gore for the gorehounds out there, and the great screen presence of the lead actress all contribute to him cherishing every moment of Lady Snowblood.

You've probably guessed by now that the Decades of Horror 70s Grue Crew heartily recommend Lady Snowblood. At the time of this writing, it is available to stream from HBOmax, the Criterion Channel, and various PPV sources. In terms of physical media, it is available in The Complete Lady Snowblood (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray], which also includes Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974). And if you are as infatuated with the acting of Meiko Kaji, you might want to check out her Female Prisoner series – Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972), Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973), and Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973) – all of which are currently available to stream from Shudder.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule, chosen by Bill, will be The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973. Ray Harryhausen, Caroline Munro, John Phillip Law, Takis Emmanuel, Tom Baker, Robert Shaw, and the usual assortment of stop-motion animation creatures? Oh yeah!

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Tonight, on Gruesome Magazine episode 359, the Grue-Crew review DON'T WORRY DARLING (2022, WB). Award-winning filmmaker Christopher G. Moore, Screen-writer Brian W. Smith, and Doc Rotten share their thoughts about this week's frightening addition to theatrical horror films.

A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company could be hiding disturbing secrets.

• Available in Theaters beginning September 23, 2022
• Directed by: Olivia Wilde
• Written by: Katie Silberman, Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke
• Cast: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, KiKi Layne, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Sydney Chandler, Douglas Smith

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Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for September 26, 2022. JOIN US FOR horror news for CLOVERFIELD 2 and SCANNERS on HBO, along with trailer news for HELLRAISER 2022 and KNOCK AT THE CABIN. All this, and more, coming up next…

I am your host Doc Rotten and this is HNR, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE HORROR NEWS podcast. Back with me again this week is Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6dead6irl.

Director Babak Anvari boards Bad Robot's CLOVERFIELD 2 as it officially goes into development Babak Anvari ("Wounds") is set to direct. J.J. Abrams is producing. Previous films in the series: Cloverfield (2008), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), The Cloverfield Paradox (2018). Source: Variety

David Cronenberg's SCANNERS returns with an HBO Series. William Bridges (Black Mirror "USS Callister") is the writer and showrunner. Yann Demange (Lovecraft Country) is set to direct.

Synopsis: Two women living on the fringes of modern society are pursued by relentless agents with unimaginable powers and thus must learn to work together to topple a vast conspiracy determined to bring them to heel. Source: The Hollywood Reporter

NETFLIX finally drops the WEDNESDAY premiere date and we're "thankful" - WEDNESDAY debuts on NETFLIX on November 23, 2022. The series is directed by Tim Burton and features Jenna Ortega in the title role. Source: Deadline

Lena Headey teams up with Nick Frost for the comedy/thriller SVALTA for XYZ Films, directed by Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil and written by Nick Frost.

Synopsis: a family begin their summer vacation to a remote island with a dark past. There, they discover that a serial killer is on the loose and that unfortunately for them, the hostile locals have no interest in helping them. Source: Deadline

Storm Reid joins Bonnie Aarons in THE NUN 2 with Taissa Farmiga in talks to return. Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) is set to direct. Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing are currently adapting the script from a screenplay penned by writer Akela Cooper (Malignant). THE NUN 2 is currently set to debut on September 8, 2023. Source: Collider

Michael Beihn heads to Australia to film THE RED along with Tess Haubrich (Alien: Covenant) and Angie Milliken (Elvis). The director is Ryan Coonan and the creature effects come from Toby Barron (Thor: Ragnorok).

Synopsis: A young sheriff (Haubrich) obsessed with living up to her dead father's legacy finds her mettle tested when locals are found ripped to shreds. She must finally face up to her past and work with her eccentric Vietnam veteran uncle (Biehn) to defeat the beast responsible for the murders before it kills everyone in town. Source: Deadline

HELLRAISER reboot drops on HULU October 7, 2022 Director: David Bruckner Writers: Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski, David S. Goyer Based on the book by Clive Barker Cast: Jamie Clayton, Odessa A'zion, Goran Visnjic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUlgwJNdu2I

Universal teases M. Night Shyamalan's KNOCK AT THE CABIN coming February 3, 2023 Director: M. Night Shyamalan Writers: M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond, Michael Sherman Based on the novel by: Paul Tremblay Cast: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Rubert Grint, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abby Quinn, Kristen Cui

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wiBHEACNHs

RLJE wants to party with KIDS VS ALIENS for early 2023 Director: Jason Eisener Writers: John Davies, Jason Eisener Cast: Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eW88_ssV6s

NETFLIX provides first look at THE MIDNIGHT CLUB coming October 7 Creators: Mike Flanagan, Leah Fong Cast: Samantha Sloyen, Zach Gilford, Igby Rigney, Heather Langenkamp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3cCROeOQLQ

Lionsgate doesn't want you to forget that PREY FOR THE DEVIL is coming to theaters this Halloween Director: Damian Stamm Writers: Robert Zappia, Todd R. Jones, Earl Richey Jones Cast: Virginia Madsen, Jacqueline Byers, Nicolas Ralph, Colin Salmon, Ben Cross in his final role

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkEnG6inG4c

"New sensation! Woman's head cut off! Read all about it! New sensation!" And don't forget… Hypno-Vista! Join this episode's Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr, along with guest host Steven Turek – as they discuss the quirky Horrors of the Black Museum (1959).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 134 – Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)

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Synopsois: A frustrated crime columnist and thriller writer wants accurate crimes for his next book so he hypnotizes his assistant to make him commit the required crimes

• Director: Arthur Crabtree
• Writers: Herman Cohen, Aben Kandel
• Selected Cast:
  • Michael Gough as Edmond Bancroft
  • June Cunningham as Joan Berkley
  • Graham Curnow as Rick
  • Shirley Anne Field as Angela Banks
  • Geoffrey Keen as Superintendent Graham
  • Gerald Andersen as Dr. Ballan
  • John Warwick as Inspector Lodge
  • Beatrice Varley as Aggie
  • Austin Trevor as Commissioner Wayne
  • Malou Pantera as Peggy
  • Howard Greene as Tom Rivers
  • Dorinda Stevens as Gail Dunlap
  • Stuart Saunders as Strength-Test Barker

Steven Turek of the DieCast Movie Podcast joins the Decades of Horror Classic Era Grue Crew for this episode and, in fact, picked the topic of discussion, Horrors of the Black Museum, an American-British production distributed by American International Pictures and Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors. As Steven points out, even though the film is blatantly billed in the U.S. as containing Hypno-Vista, there is nary an example of hypnosis in the story. For Steven, this Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde mashup is all about inventive kills with a few gadgets thrown in for good measure.

Daphne points out that Horrors of the Black Museum is part of what has been called Anglo-Amalgamated's Sadian trilogy along with Circus of Horrors (1960) and Peeping Tom (1960). From her point of view, it's a fun film and she most enjoys Michael Gough's arrogant character and the incredible kills.

Michael Gough's scenery-chewing performance is what stands out for Chad in Horrors of the Black Museum. It's an example of good acting coupled with a zany story with seemingly arbitrary twists and insane kills. Jeff agrees with Chad's appraisal of Gough's performance. For him, Horrors of the Black Museum is not a great movie, but it sure is fun watching Michael Gough chewing accompanied by the unique kills, the first of which takes place within the first three minutes of the movie.

Now, about that HypnoVista thing. A thirteen-minute prologue was added to the U.S. release by the folks at AIP as a Castle-esque gimmick. It featured hypnotist Emile Franchele and obliquely introduces the HypnoVista concept. Most streaming sources do not include this prologue, but it can be viewed here: Hypno-Vista intro of Horrors of the Black Museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWgU1lJHB4k

At the time of this writing, Horrors of the Black Museum is available to stream from the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Wicked Horror TV, and Tubi.

Be sure to check out our very own Whitney Collazo and Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff as they join Steven and Alistair Hughes for a discussion of Hammer's Vampire Lovers (1970) on Diecast Movie Podcast episode 125/Hammerama 7. Steve also conducts a very interesting interview of Whitney on episode 118.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule is one chosen by guest host and special effects artist Dirk Rogers: Matango (Attack of the Mushroom People, 1963). Get ready for some body horror from Toho and Ishirô Honda!

Please let them know how they're doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at [email protected]

To each of you from each of them, "Thank you so much for listening!"

Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for September 19, 2022.

JOIN US FOR casting news for VIOLENT NIGHT and A CREATURE WAS STIRRING, along with trailer news for CHUCKY Season 2 and GRIMCUTTY. All this, and more, coming up next…

I am your host Doc Rotten and this is HNR, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE HORROR NEWS podcast. Back with me again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net. Dave Dreher, the lead news writer at Gruesome Magazine Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6dead6irl And Vanessa, Podcasting Rock Star and International Cosplay Queen

UPCOMING FILMS

Stephen King's FAIRY TALE will be adapted and directed by Paul Greengrass "Paul Greengrass will adapt, direct and produce a feature adaptation of Fairy Tale, the bestselling novel by Stephen King that Scribner just published" "an epic tale that follows a 17-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a terrifying world where good and evil are at war. The stakes could not be higher, for that world and ours, as he journeys into the mythic roots of human storytelling." https://deadline.com/2022/09/fairy-tale-stephen-king-novel-paul-greengrass-to-adapt-direct-movie-1235119945/

Tubi set to debut TERROR TRAIN remake on October 21, 2022 'The new cast is led by Canadian actress Robyn Alomar ("Utopia Falls"), as well as Tim Rozon ("Schitt's Creek"). The remake is written by Ian Carpenter and Aaron Martin ("Slasher"), and is directed Philippe Gagnon ("Amber Alert"). ' https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3731650/tubis-terror-train-remake-pulls-into-the-station-in-october-teaser/

KIDS VS ALIENS coming in 2023 from RLJE and SHUDDER "RLJE Films will release the alien invasion film in theaters, on demand and across digital platforms in early 2023. A Shudder release will follow later in the year." Synopsis: "Gary, who wants to make awesome home movies with his best buds. All his older sister Samantha wants is to hang with the cool kids. When their parents head out of town one Halloween weekend, a teen house party turns to terror when aliens attack, forcing the siblings to band together to survive the night. " "The film was directed by Jason Eisener ("Hobo with a Shotgun"), who co-wrote "Kids vs. Aliens" with John Davies." The cast includes "Dominic Mariche ("Are You Afraid of the Dark?," "Team Zenko Go"), Phoebe Rex ("The Last Divide"), Calem MacDonald ("The Umbrella Academy"), Asher Grayson Percival ("Scaredy Cats"), and Ben Tecto" https://variety.com/2022/film/news/rlje-films-shudder-kids-vs-aliens-fantastic-fest-1235376824/

Coming to theaters, streaming, and VOD this weekend DON'T WORRY DARLING (9/23, New Line Cinemas) Theatrical RAVEN'S HOLLOW (9/22, SHUDDER) Streaming THE INFERNAL MACHINE (9/23, Paramount) VOD BLANK (9/23, Brainstorm Media) VOD

CASTING NEWS

Madelaine Petsch (Riverdale) Leds Renny Harlin's THE STRANGERS remake "Madelaine Petsch (Riverdale), Froy Gutierrez (Cruel Summer) and Gabriel Basso (Hillbilly Elegy) have been tapped to star in a Lionsgate remake of the 2008 horror pic The Strangers" "The new Strangers film will follow Petsch's character as she drives cross-country with her longtime boyfriend (Gutierrez) to begin a new life in the Pacific Northwest. When their car breaks down in Venus, Oregon, they're forced to spend the night in a secluded Airbnb, where they are terrorized from dusk till dawn by three masked strangers." Writers: Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland (The Freak Brothers, Due Date) https://deadline.com/2022/09/the-strangers-remake-starring-madelaine-petsch-in-works-at-lionsgate-1235117869/

From This Is Us to A CREATURE WAS STIRRING, Chrissy Metz scares up some Xmas Chills "The international and indie distributor Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to A Creature Was Stirring" Chrissy Metz, Annalise Basso, Scout Taylor-Compton, Connor Paolo star Damien LeVeck is directing Shannon Wells wrote the script Synopsis: "A Creature Was Stirring follows the overprotective mother and professional nurse Faith (Metz), who keeps her teenage daughter (Annalise Basso) locked securely in her room and subjected to constant methadone injections, their only means of sustaining a delicately balanced fever state that keeps a mysterious and terrifying affliction at bay. However, when a pair of strangers (Scout Taylor-Compton and Connor Paolo) breaks into the home while seeking shelter from the Christmas blizzard, they quickly discover that this mother-daughter relationship stretches the limits of both dysfunction and reality, and that the women are hiding a terrible secret — specifically, the presence of a malevolent houseguest who won't be content to lurk in the shadows much longer. (Hint: it ain't Santa.)" https://deadline.com/2022/09/chrissy-metz-horror-film-a-creature-was-stirring-acquired-by-well-go-usa-1235115569/

David Harbour debuts VIOLENT NIGHT poster while Sony announced he'll lead Neill Blomkamp's GRAN TURISMO Just as Universal Pictures teases Tommy Wirkola's VIOLENT NIGHT with a poster, coming to theaters on December 2, 2022, Sony announces that David Harbour will next star in Neill Blomkamp's adaptation of the racing video game, GRAN TURISMO https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-harbour-gran-turismo-sony-playstation-1235220238/

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CHUCKY Season 2 CHUCKY returns to SYFY on October 5, 2022 for season 2 "Brad Dourif and Jennifer Tilly will both be back for "Chucky" Season 2, with returning cast also including Zackary Arthur as Jake Wheeler, Björgvin Arnarson as Devon Evans, Alyvia Alyn Lind as Lexy Cross, Fiona Dourif as Nica Pierce, Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay, Christine Elise as Kyle and Barbara Alyn Woods as Mayor Michelle Cross." The first episode is titled "HALLOWEEN II" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cat19KG-mNQ

MR. HARRIGAN'S PHONE Begins streaming on NETFLIX on October 5, 2022 John Lee Hancock writes and directs, adapting the short story by Stephen King Jaeden Martell, Donald Sutherland, Kirby Howell-Babtiste lead the cast Synopsis: When Mr. Harrigan dies, the teen who befriended and did odd jobs for him, puts his smart phone in his pocket before burial and when the lonely youth leaves his dead friend a message, he is shocked to get a return text. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Un_ker71dg

GRIMCUTTY Begins streaming on HULU beginning October 10, 2022 Synopsis: In this modern creature feature, a scary internet meme called "Grimcutty" stirs up panic amongst all the parents in town, convinced it's making their kids harm themselves and others. When a real-life version of Grimcutty starts attacking teen Asha Chaudry, her parents believe that she's cutting herself as part of a challenge. With her phone taken away and no one who believes her, Asha has to figure out how to get through to her parents and stop the Grimcutty once and for all. Written and directed by John Ross Sara Wolfkind, Shannyn Sossamon, and Usman Ally lead the cast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb3FCMpMN4s

V/H/S/99 Begins streaming on SHUDDER on October 19, 2022 Synopsis: Witness a hellish vision of 1999, as social isolation, analog technology and disturbing home videos fuse into a nightmare of found footage savagery. Directors: Flying Lotus … (segment "Ozzy's Dungeon") Maggie Levin … (segment "Shredding") Tyler MacIntyre … (segment "The Gawkers") Johannes Roberts … (segment "Suicide Bid") Joseph Winter … (segment "To Hell and Back") Vanessa Winter … (segment "To Hell and Back") Writers: Zoe Cooper … (segment) (segment "Ozzy's Dungeon") Flying Lotus … (segment) (segment "Ozzy's Dungeon") Maggie Levin … (segment) (segment "Shredding") Tyler MacIntyre … (segment) (segment "The Gawkers") Johannes Roberts … (segment) (segment "Suicide Bid") Joseph Winter … (segment) (segment "To Hell And Back") Vanessa Winter … (segment) (segment "To Hell And Back") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYY6Q34C10Y FEEDBACK

ANDY L - Hi Doc, I've been meaning to write for a while but been rather busy. Just wanted to say that I'm glad to see the return of horror news to Horror news radio. I think it was a good choice to divide things into horror news radio for news, and Gruesome magazine for reviews. It was often the case in the past or there's a lot of overlap between what belonged in what feed. This is a much more clear delineation. While I agree with you that it's nice to see Kurt and Wyatt Russell together on screen, I still have a bit of misgivings about the idea of either a Godzilla or a king Kong series. Not sure if either one is really well designed for that kind of multiple interconnected episodes. However, I will keep an open mind. Thank the crew for the continued entertaining podcast

DON JOE - These all look good to me but a new Marcus Dunstan film gets the vote from me. The dude has a great track record with multiple franchise pictures under his belt with writing and directing credits on Feast, Saw, Collector, Piranha. Although it's just a story credit, his take on Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was a lot of fun and showed he could work in the family horror category too. Also loved his Into the Dark episode 'Pilgrim', a highlight episode on an under appreciated series. Here's hoping this next directing credit goes well and gets him even more work.

PAUL CARRO - I will watch anything with Samara Weaving, she has yet to be in a film that I did not enjoy. Great show!

CHAD WHITE - looking forward to Spirit Halloween. actually looks better than I expected. Thank you for hanging out with the Grue-Crew. Be sure to hit the LIKE, SUBSCRIBE buttons, or Share with a Friend. Every click counts.

"I am Ergo, the magnificent. Short in stature, tall in power, narrow of purpose, and wide of vision. And I do not travel with peasants and beggars. Goodbye!" No brag, just fact. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out the epic quest depicted in Krull (1983).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 215 – Krull (1983)

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A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.

• Director: Peter Yates
• Writer: Stanford Sherman
• Special makeup designer: Nick Maley, Bob Keen
• Visual effects:
  • Steven Archer (animator);
  • Terry Reed (supervising modelmaker)
  • Derek Meddings (visual effects supervisor)
• Selected Cast:
  • Ken Marshall as Colwyn
  • Lysette Anthony as Lyssa
  • Trevor Martin as the voice of the Beast
  • Freddie Jones as Ynyr
  • David Battley as Ergo the Magnificent
  • Bernard Bresslaw as Rell the Cyclops (credited as Cyclops)
  • Bandits:
    • Alun Armstrong as Torquil, a man who favors an ax and is leader of the group of bandits that includes
    • Liam Neeson as Kegan, an axe-wielding polygamist
    • Robbie Coltrane as Rhun (voice dubbed over by Michael Elphick), who fights with a spear
    • Dicken Ashworth as Bardolph, who favors daggers
    • Todd Carty as Oswyn, who uses a bō staff;
    • Bronco McLoughlin as Nennog, who throws a net;
    • Gerard Naprous as the archer Quain
    • Andy Bradford as whip-wielder Darro
    • Bill Weston as whip-wielder Menno.
  • John Welsh as The Emerald Seer.
  • Graham McGrath as Titch, the Seer's young apprentice.
  • Francesca Annis as The Widow of the Web
  • Tony Church as King Turold, father of Colwyn
  • Bernard Archard as King Eirig, father of Lyssa
  • Clare McIntyre as Merith, one of Kegan's many wives.
  • Belinda Mayne as Vella, Merith's assistant

Crystal has always been a fan of fantasy and has loved Krull since her childhood so it's not surprising that this is her pick. In fact, she always wanted to be Lyssa. She also loves the handsome and oh-so-precious lead and the costumes, and when she first saw the film, she was afraid of the Widow of the Web.

Steven Archer's stop motion animation of the crystal spider is Bill's favorite part of Krull. Well, that and the cyclops. He's disappointed in the way the Beast is shot, especially after learning of all that went into its design. And, of course, you've got to love the glaive, a very stupid yet very cool weapon.

Chad is a big fan of sword and sorcery, and distinctive weapons so Krull is one of his favorites. He is particularly impressed with the cyclops, the beast, and some of the sets with their feel of German expressionism. He does, however, view it as being incohesive with a lot of the story that doesn't make sense. Jeff describes Krull as a beautiful movie with its sets, locations, production design, and costumes, He also gives a special nod to Freddie Jones for the added gravitas he gives the film.

If you are hungering for some glaive-work or an 80s, sword and sorcery, quest movie with horrific elements (did we forget to mention the changelings?), Krull is just the ticket. At the time of this writing, Krull is available for streaming from HBOmax and various PPV options. As far as physical media, Krull is currently available as a Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Blu-ray.

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode's film, chosen by Chad, will be Cannibal Apocalypse (1983), directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring John Saxon! Or is it Cannibals in the Streets? Or Apocalypse domani? Or Invasion of the Fleshhunters? Or Cannibal Massacre? Or… well, you get the picture.

Please let them know how they're doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the gruesome Magazine Youtube channel, on the website or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at [email protected]

"May God bless you. This message was pre-recorded and automatically programmed." It's so nice to know they gave it the personal touch. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out a nuclear apocalypse as imagined in Chosen Survivors (1974).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 171 – Chosen Survivors (1974)

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Synopsis: After being selected at random by a computer to seek safety in an underground bomb shelter on the eve of a nuclear attack, a group of refugees makes a horrible realization: They are sharing the space with a colony of vampire bats.

• Director: Sutton Roley
• Writers: Joe Reb Moffly, Harry Spalding (credited as H. B. Cross)
• Special effects: Tony Urbano (bat effects)
• Selected cast:
  • Jackie Cooper as Raymond Couzins
  • Alex Cord as Steven Mayes
  • Richard Jaeckel as Major Gordon Ellis
  • Bradford Dillman as Peter Macomber
  • Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. as Luis Cabral (as Pedro Armendariz Jr.)
  • Diana Muldaur as Alana Fitzgerald
  • Lincoln Kilpatrick as Woody Russo
  • Gwenn Mitchell as Carrie Draper
  • Barbara Babcock as Dr. Lenore Chrisman
  • Cristina Moreno as Kristin Lerner (as Christina Moteno)
  • Nancy Rodman as Claire Farraday
  • Kelly Lange as Mary Louise Borden

Chosen Survivor is a movie Grue-Believers will remember as one mentioned more than once by The Black Saint. It took the 70s Grue Crew a while, but they are finally covering it. Chad describes Chosen Survivors as an apocalyptic tale with cool actors that he kind of likes but with which he is also kind of bored to tears. In the end, he was hoping the bats would eat everyone. Chosen Survivors feels like a 70s TV movie to Bill and most of it looked to him almost like it was shot through gauze. On top of that, a fear of bats is not one of his phobias and the inaccuracy in the film's depiction of vampire bats took him out of the movie.

Jeff thinks the Chosen Survivors has a lot of cool visuals despite the omnipresent soft focus. He enjoys it even though the plot is a bunch of nonsense and found it a little interesting in conjunction with the actual plan the government had formulated in the event of a nuclear apocalypse. The pure, 70s-gold cast is the high point for Doc. Describing Chosen Survivors as more science fiction than horror with reasons to like it, in the end, he admits it's not very good.

If a group of people locked up in a facility far underground during a nuclear apocalypse while under attack by unnaturally behaving vampire bats is your thing, you need to check out Chosen Survivors. At the time of this writing, it is available to stream from YouTube and on physical media as a Kino Lorber Blu-ray.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule, chosen by Jeff, will be Lady Snowblood (1973), complete with swordplay and blood galore.

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at [email protected].