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Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for SEPTEMBER 12, 2022.

JOIN US FOR casting news for SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL and HAUNTED MANSION, along with trailer news for OLD MAN and WEREWOLF BY NIGHT. 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

OBITS

RIP Peter Straub, novelist, writer of Ghost Story and frequent collaborator with Stephen King

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/09/06/peter-straub-talisman-author-stephen-king-collaborator-dies-79/8004169001/

UPCOMING FILMS

THE LAST BREATH brings more shark-horror Director Joachim Hedén (Breaking Surface) and Writer Nick Saltrese (Prayer Before Dawn) Synopsis: The survival thriller follows five college friends who go scuba diving into a recently uncovered WWII shipwreck in the British Virgin Islands, where they find themselves trapped by great white sharks. Above is a first look image from the movie. Cast: Jack Parr (Peaky Blinders), Kim Spearman (As I Am) and Erin Mullen with Julian Sands (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

https://deadline.com/2022/09/shark-great-white-attack-thriller-last-breath-begins-belgium-british-virgin-islands-1235111014/

Vertical Entertainment will bring Brad Anderson's BLOOD to the US Director: Brad Anderson Writer: Will Honley Cast: Michell Monaghan, Skeet Ulrich, Skylar Morgan Jones, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, June B. Wilde, Rodrigo Beilfuss, Erik Athavale The film follows Jess, a nurse and mother recently separated from her husband, who moves with her daughter Tyler and young son Owen back into her old farmhouse. Shortly after settling in, Owen's dog escapes into the woods and returns days later, blood-soaked and rabid. When he attacks and bites Owen, the resulting infection from the bite grows more alarming by the day as Owen's behavior becomes frightening and deadly. As he spirals deeper into the depths of the illness, Jess discovers a disturbing cure, which makes her question how far she is willing to go to keep her child alive.

https://deadline.com/2022/09/michelle-monaghan-skeet-ulrich-horror-blood-acquired-by-vertical-ent-1235111979/

Marcus Dunstan set to direct ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD Director: Marcus Dunstan Written By: Josh Sims and Jessica Sarah Flaum Jade Pettyjohn whose list of credits includes Destroyer, Little Fires Everywhere, Trial By Fire, School of Rock, United States of Tara, and The Mentalist is in negotiations to star.

https://deadline.com/2022/09/marcus-dunstan-to-direct-all-my-friends-are-dead-1235115444/

CASTING NEWS

Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman join SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL Director Yuval Adler Written by Luke Paradise

https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/nicolas-cage-joel-kinnaman-movie-sympathy-for-the-devil-toronto-film-festival-1235360751/

Samara Weaving top-lines comedy-thriller BORDERLINE Director: Jimmy Warden Samara Weaving, Eric Dane and Ray Nicholson

https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/samara-weaving-eric-dane-ray-nicholson-starring-borderline-cocaine-bear-1235362768/

HAUNTED MANSION adds Winona Ryder, Dan Levy Joining previously announced stars Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield, and Owen Wilson are a number of veteran actors, including Dan Levy, Danny DeVito, Winona Ryder, Hasan Minhaj, Jared Leto, and the iconic final girl herself, Jamie Lee Curtis, as Madame Leota.

https://collider.com/haunted-mansion-movie-cast-winona-ryder-dan-levy-hasan-minhaj/

TRAILERS

OLD MAN coming October 14, 2022 Director: Lucky McKee Writer: Joel Veach Cast: Stephen Lang, Marc Senter, Patch Darragh, Liana Wright-Mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdhxdt6scTU

SPIRIT HALLOWEEN: THE MOVIE second trailer coming September 30, 2022 Director: David Poag Writer: Billie Bates Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Christopher Lloyd, Marla Gibbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9yIt_7D1d0

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT arriving on Disney+ on October 7, 2022 Director: Michael Giacchino Writer: Peter Cameron(teleplay), Heather Quinn(story by) Cast: Gael García Bernal, Laura Donnelly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLEFqhS5WmI

"Help me! Please, help meeeeeee! No! Go away! No! Please! Help me! Please, go away! Go away! No! No! No! No!" …said the fly to the spider …and his brother. Join this episode's Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss a movie that contains some of the most shocking scenes of the 1950s and which became a milepost in Vincent Price's career in horror films, The Fly(1958).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 133 – The Fly (1958)

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A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.

IMDb

• Director: Kurt Neumann
• Writers: James Clavell (screenplay); George Langelaan (based on a story by)
• Cinematographer: Karl Struss
• Special makeup effects: Ben Nye
• Selected Cast:
  • David Hedison (credited as Al Hedison) as André Delambre
  • Patricia Owens as Hélène Delambre
  • Vincent Price as François Delambre
  • Herbert Marshall as Inspector Charas
  • Kathleen Freeman as Emma
  • Betty Lou Gerson as Nurse Anderson
  • Charles Herbert as Philippe Delambre
  • Eugene Borden as Dr. Éjoute
  • Torben Meyer as Gaston

The first of five "Fly" movies, The Fly is Jeff's pick for this episode. It's one of those movies from his childhood that indelibly printed its horrific scenes in his memory. Watching now, he is still impressed with the movie, especially in the way the story is told and with the Ben Nye-created makeup effects.

Chad agrees that The Fly is a fantastic horror film. It feels more real to him than a lot of science fiction-horror movies of the 50s adding that it is the characters that help make it so. The reveal of Andre's (David Hedison) fly head feels almost like the face reveal in The Phantom of the Opera (1925). The Fly was nightmare fuel for Whitney when she first saw it as a child on Halloween night, complete with a candy bag that included fake spiders. Daphne fell in love with The Fly during the first few minutes when blood drips down the side of an hydraulic press and the night watchman's scream morphs into a telephone ringing in Francois's (Vincent Price) office.

It's probably not surprising that the Classic Era Grue Crew thinks The Fly is a true classic of the horror genre. If you're ready to refresh your memory, as of this writing, The Fly can be streamed from HBO max as well as several PPV sources. It is also available on physical media as a 20th Century Fox Blu-ray and as one of five Blu-ray discs included in Scream Factory's The Fly Collection. Also included in The Fly Collection are Return of the Fly (1959), Curse of the Fly (1965), The Fly (1986), and The Fly II (1989).

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 next episode's guest host, Steven Turek: Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) starring Michael Gough.

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 site or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at [email protected]

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

Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for SEPTEMBER 5, 2022.

JOIN US FOR casting news for THE CROW and FIRST OMEN, along with trailer news for SLAYERS and WINNIE THE POOH: Blood & Honey. 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

UPCOMING FILMS

NETFLIX confirms an October 5, 2022, debut date for John Lee Hancock's adaptation of Stephen King's MR. HARRIGAN'S PHONE

Mr. Harrigan's Phone is from the latest collection of novellas "If It Bleeds" from Stephen King, about a young boy living in a small town, who befriends an older, reclusive billionaire. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away, the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone, and finds himself able to communicate with his friend from the grave through the iPhone that was buried with him.

DIRECTOR: John Lee Hancock WRITER: John Lee Hancock CAST: Donald Sutherland, Jaeden Martell, Joe Tippett

https://deadline.com/2022/08/netflix-fall-release-dates-2022-knives-out-2-1235102815/

Jason (Guns Akimbo) Howden's adaptation of his comic MONSTERS OF METAL is heading to theaters Frankenstein's monster (named Frank) and his bandmates Medusa, Jack O'Lantern, Werewolf and the Bride have spent the last few centuries squatting in Dracula's castle – unbeknown to their slumbering host. But after a band rehearsal gets out of hand and wakes the fearsome vamp, the group gets booted from the castle and are forced to hit the road. As Frank and the band take their act on tour, they find themselves fighting off crazed groupies, monster hunters and fellow crypt creatures in a darkly comic tale that puts the death in "death metal."

https://deadline.com/2022/09/guns-akimbo-director-jason-howden-prepping-monsters-of-metal-comic-book-pic-1235105385/

Director Patrick Brice and screenwriter Blair Butler are bringing HOME BEFORE DARK to the big screen for SONY

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sony-home-before-dark-director-writer-1235208160/

CASTING NEWS

Danny Huston and Bill Skarsgard star in Rupert Sanders' reboot of THE CROW. Rupert Sanders is directing the feature which is now weeks-deep in production in the Czech Republic.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/danny-huston-the-crow-bill-skarsgard-1235203490/

Nell Tiger Free (Servant) attached to FIRST OMEN for 20th Century

https://deadline.com/2022/08/servant-star-nell-tiger-free-omen-prequel-first-omen-20th-century-1235103698/

R.L. Stine's ZOMBIE TOWN adds Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase tp the cast now shooting in Ontario, also stars Henry Czerny and co-teen leads Marlon Kazadi and Madi Monroe. The ensemble cast also includes Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch of the Canadian comedy show Kids in the Hall. Canadian animator Peter Lepeniotis will direct Zombie Town.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dan-aykroyd-chevy-chase-zombie-town-rl-stine-1235206863/

Rising star Sydney Sweeney will lead and produce - along with Brad Fuller - THE REGISTRATION The Night House writers Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski are adapting the script.

https://deadline.com/2022/08/sydney-sweeney-brad-fuller-sony-registration-1235102178/

TRAILERS

WINNIE THE POOH: Blood & Honey

It follows Pooh and Piglet as they go on a rampage after Christopher Robin abandons them for college. Directed by: Rhys Waterfield Writing Credits " A.A. Milne Characters from the book by: Rhys Waterfield Cast: Natasha Tosini, Amber Doig-Thorne, May Kelly, Maria Taylor, Craig David Dowsett (Pooh Bear), Richard D. Myers, Nikolai Leon, Chris Cordell (Piglet)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-IFS_upGGU

SLAYERS

A group of superstar influencers are drawn to a reclusive billionaire's mansion only to find themselves trapped in the lair of an evil vampire. The only way out is to be saved by a famous online gamer and an old school vampire hunter. Directed by: K. Asher Levin Writing Credits: Zack Imbrogno, K. Asher Levin

Cast: Thomas Jane, Kara Hayward, Jack Donnelly, Lydia Hearst, Malin Akerman, Abigail Breslin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhtKPrQTGP8

DON'T LOOK AT THE DEMON

A team of paranormal investigators head for the highlands of Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, to probe a series of alleged disturbances at a house with a dark past.

Directed by: Brando Lee Written by: Brando Lee, Alfie Palermo Cast: Harris Dickinson, Fiona Dourif, Malin Crépin, Randy Wayne, Jordan Belfi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dda63FuCNk

THE VISITOR

After a series of tragedies, Robert moves with his wife back to her childhood home. After he discovers an old portrait of a man who looks like him, he goes down a rabbit hole to discover the identity of this mysterious doppelganger. Director: Justin P. Lange Writers: Simon Boyes, Adam Mason Cast: Finn Jones, Jessica McNamee, Donna Biscoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuNAnj3x4f8

'Brundle stole my girl, your mother. Got her pregnant. Caused her death. Dissolved my hand and my foot with fly vomit! I had no love for the man. He "bugged" me!' Doesn't he know when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade? Sheesh. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out The Fly II (1989), the worthy sequel to David Cronenberg's The Fly.

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 214 – The Fly II (1989)

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The almost-human son of "Brundlefly" searches for a cure to his mutated genes while being monitored by a nefarious corporation that wishes to continue his father's experiments.

IMDb

• Director: Chris Walas
• Writers: Mick Garris, Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat, Frank Darabont (screenplay); Mick Garris (story); George Langelaan (characters)
• Special effects makeup supervisor: Stephan Dupuis (Chris Walas Inc.)
• Creature effects supervisor: Jon Berg (Chris Walas Inc.)
• Effects shop supervisor: Mark Walas (Chris Walas Inc.)
• Selected Cast:
  • Eric Stoltz as Martin Brundle
  • Harley Cross as 10 year old Martin (age 3, but advanced body)
  • Matthew Moore as 4 year old Martin
  • Daphne Zuniga as Beth Logan
  • Lee Richardson as Anton Bartok
  • Garry Chalk as Scorby
  • Ann Marie Lee as Jainway
  • Frank C. Turner as Norman Shepard (credited as Frank Turner)
  • John Getz as Stathis Borans
  • Saffron Henderson as Veronica Quaife
  • Rob Roy as Wiley
  • Andrew Rhodes as Hargis
  • Pat Bermel as Mackenzie
  • William S. Taylor as Dr. Trimble (as William Taylor)
  • Jerry Wasserman as Simms

The Fly II ain't no slouch, even when compared to David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986). This one is Bill's pick and to his mind, even though The Fly II doesn't have Cronenberg, effects guru Chris Walas does an excellent job directing his first film. It has a number of high points, including a really monstrous monster.

Chad is glad they didn't try to redo The Fly, taking The Fly II in a different direction and letting it tell its own story while carrying on themes from the first movie, thanks to writing from Frank Darabont. He loves the effects and the insane gore and almost always goes on to watch The Fly II whenever he watches The Fly.

Crystal likes The Fly II almost as much as The Fly because there are clear antagonists that get what they deserve. She loves the music and the crazy effects of this real and true sequel. She also identifies Eric Stoltz as a phenomenal actor. The Fly II is far better than Jeff remembers it being. He specifically calls out the cast, the story, the original creature, and the practical effects.

If you haven't seen The Fly II in a while, it's time to check it out again. While you're at it, make it a double feature with The Fly and throw in another listen to THE FLY (1986) — Episode 91 — Decades Of Horror 1980s. At the time of this writing, The Fly II is available to stream from HBOmax and as physical media on one of five Blu-ray discs included in Scream Factory's The Fly Collection. Also included in The Fly Collection are The Fly (1958), Return of the Fly (1959), Curse of the Fly (1965), and The Fly (1986).

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 Crystal, will be Krull (1983)! You asked for it!

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]

"This is the ant. Treat it with respect, for it may very well be the next dominant life form on our planet." It seems we're moving in that direction. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they shop for prime real estate in the Empire of the Ants (1977).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 170 – Empire of the Ants (1977)

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Con artist Marilyn Fryser tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants.

IMDb

• Director: Bert I. Gordon
• Writers: Jack Turley (screenplay); Bert I. Gordon (screen story); H. G. Wells (story, 1905)
• Selected cast:
  • Joan Collins as Marilyn Fryser
  • Robert Lansing as Dan Stokely
  • John David Carson as Joe Morrison
  • Albert Salmi as Sheriff Art Kincade
  • Jacqueline Scott as Margaret Ellis
  • Pamela Susan Shoop (as Pamela Shoop) as Coreen Bradford
  • Robert Pine as Larry Graham
  • Edward Power as Charlie Pearson
  • Brooke Palance as Christine Graham
  • Tom Fadden (in his last role before his death in 1980) as Sam Russell
  • Harry Holcombe as Harry Thompson
  • Irene Tedrow as Velma Thompson

Chad chose Empire of the Ants, his second H. G. Wells-related pick in a row after The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) in episode 166 and his second Bert I. Gordon pick after War of the Colossal Beast (1958) on episode 80 of Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. (This is also the second Bert I. Gordon film featured on Decades of Horror 1970s after Food of the Gods (1976) on episode 28.) Chad does recognize his hometown where some of Empire of the Ants is shot, but it is not a terribly good movie, just terrible. To him, it feels like a TV Movie of the Week. The nasty effects and nasty acting, however, are not counterbalanced by how big the ants are.

Robert Lansing is a plus for Jeff in Empire of the Ants but Joan Collins is a minus. Add in the terrible effects and jeff is in agreement with Chad. The movie is just terrible. Even though the movie is bad from its dreadful beginning to its terrible ending, Bill retains an affection for Bert I. Gordon and his work even though it doesn't work well in Empire of the Ants. Waiting for a bunch of unlikable characters to start dying is a bit of a drag. Doc is on board with the TV-movie-of-the-week feel to Empire of the Ants, adding that it is just bad and boring. To him, it seems workmanlike, but there is no pizazz to hold a viewer's interest. This one definitely fits into the "not-so-good" classification.

The Grue-Crew also go through some feedback, during which they promised to provide the link to Grue-Believer Scott's "erratically published" blog, so here it is. Check out his musings at Saturday Mad Theater.

If for any reason imaginable, you're looking for a way to watch Empire of the Ants, as of this writing, it is streaming from Plex w/ads and as PPV from Apple TV and Amazon.

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 Doc, will be Chosen Survivors (1974), a film oft mentioned by The Black Saint, starring Jackie Cooper, Bradford Dillman, Richard Jaeckel, Gwenn Mitchell, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Barbara Babcock, Diana Muldaur, and Alex Cord.

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].

Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for August 29, 2022. JOIN US FOR casting news for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and The Front Room, along with trailer news for Terrifier 2 and My Best Friend's Exorcism. 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

Live-Action KING KONG series coming to DISNEY+. Produced by James Wan's Atomic Monster. Written by Paper Girls creator Stephany Folsom. The series will explore the mythology of King Kong's origin story and the supernatural mysteries of his home based on IP from Merian C. Cooper's original books and the new King Kong novelizations by Joe DeVito. source: Deadline

https://deadline.com/2022/08/king-kong-series-disney-plus-stephany-folsom-james-wan-atomic-monster-disney-branded-television-1235098603/

HALLOWEEN ENDS going day-and-date to Theaters AND Peacock on October 14, 2022. Source: Deadline

https://deadline.com/2022/08/halloween-ends-peacock-theatrical-release-1235098413/

EVIL DEAD RISE dropped from HBOMax, will now release in theaters on April 21, 2023. Source: Deadline

https://deadline.com/2022/08/aquaman-2-shazam-fury-of-the-gods-hbo-max-house-party-evil-dead-rise-1235099521/

What to watch this weekend (September 2), you ask…

• THE HARBINGER (Screen Gems)
• ALL EYES (Gravitas Ventures)
• JAWS (1975) IMAX (Universal)

CASTING NEWS

Owen Teague cast in Disney's KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. Source: Deadline

https://deadline.com/2022/08/planet-of-the-apes-owen-teague-20th-century-1235097948/ The Eggar Brothers, Max Eggers (The Lighthouse) and Sam Eggers (Olympia), set to direct THE FRONT ROOM for A24. Cast includes Brandy Norwood (Queens), Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap (Snow White) and Neal Huff (Waves). Original short story by Susan (The Woman in Black) Hill. Source: Deadline

https://deadline.com/2022/08/a24-teams-with-eggers-brothers-on-first-feature-the-front-room-1235099583/

CAMP PLEASANT LAKE casts Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maquire, Stuart Little) as the film's…Villain! Source: Deadline

https://deadline.com/2022/08/camp-pleasant-lake-adds-jonathan-lipnicki-exclusive-prime-video-how-to-date-billy-walsh-pinewood-sean-connery-global-briefs-1235100157/

TRAILERS

TERRIFIER 2 is Gruesome-tacular!

Prime Video presents MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM in October

Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return with SOMETHING IN THE DIRT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SU1dZ5sWYM

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"The Angel of Death hovers over a great house. I see it in ruins. Weeds, vines growing over it, bats flying in and out the broken windows." Do you see anyone marrying a corpse or living in a grave, too? Join this episode's Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss Son of Dracula (1943), the third entry in the series of Universal Dracula films.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 132 – Son of Dracula (1943)

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ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https://classicscifichannel.com/; https://classichorrorchannel.com/; https://wickedhorrortv.com/

When Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a Pandora's box of horror on unsuspecting relatives and neighbors.

IMDb

• Director: Robert Siodmak
• Writers: Eric Taylor (screenplay); Curt Siodmak (original story)
• Selected Cast:
  • Lon Chaney, Jr. as Count Anthony Alucard / Count Dracula
  • Louise Allbritton as Katherine Caldwell
  • Robert Paige as Frank Stanley
  • Evelyn Ankers as Claire Caldwell
  • Frank Craven as Dr. Harry Brewster
  • J. Edward Bromberg as Professor Lazlo
  • Samuel S. Hinds as Judge Simmons
  • Adeline De Walt Reynolds as Queen Zimba (billed as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)
  • George Irving as Colonel Caldwell
  • Etta McDaniel as Sarah
  • Pat Moriarity as Sheriff Dawes (billed as Patrick Moriarity)
  • Walter Sande as Mac, Deputy (uncredited)
  • Sam McDaniel as Andy, Servant who greets Dracula (uncredited)
  • Cyril Delevanti as Dr. Peters, the Coroner (uncredited)

Son of Dracula is Chad's pick and he's surprised at how much he likes it! For him, Lon Chaney Jr. has an imposing presence as Count Alucard/Dracula even though he is sans accent and doesn't feel as dignified as Lugosi's version. Overall he thinks it's a cool story and the effects were better than he expected; especially the smoke/vapor transformations.

For Daphne, Son of Dracula feels more like Kay's (Louis Allbritton) story than Dracula's. Although Lon Chaney Jr. is physically imposing as Dracula, she is a little let down by his performance. She is, however, impressed with some of the actors and Robert Paige's performance as Frank reminds her a little of some of George Bailey's (James Stewart) frantic dashes to come in It's a Wonderful Life (1946).

On the surface, Son of Dracula felt a little lame to Jeff but once he got into it, it was better than he remembered. He also loves the smoke effects and the bat transformations and really appreciates the character of Queen Zimba, as short as her appearance is. The Classic Era Grue-Crew universally lament the plight of poor, poor, pitiful Frank.

As of this writing, Son of Dracula is currently available to stream from the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Wicked Horror TV, Tubi, Plex, and various PPV options. Of course, the Blu-ray is available in Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection [Blu-ray] and Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection [Blu-ray].

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 Jeff: The Fly (1958).

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 site or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at [email protected]

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

On Gruesome Magazine episode 346, Jeff Mohr interviews Josh Robins of the Invincible Czars, "Austin's Emperors of Eclecticism," as they prepare for their biggest tour yet, performing their original soundtrack LIVE with these 100th-anniversary showings of NOSFERATU (1922). The Alamo Drafthouse called this multi-faceted collective of musicians one of the best silent film orchestras in the nation. Jeff and Josh talk about Nosferatu, the upcoming tour (September 5 – October 31, 2022), silent film, how the Czars got their name, how they worked their way into silent film accompaniment, and more!

Check out their upcoming tour dates and links to purchase tickets from the individual venues at their website: https://invincibleczars.com/nosferatu

Grue-Believers do not want to miss this!

Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for AUGUST 22, 2022. JOIN THE GRUE-CREW FOR casting news for the MONSTERVERSE TV series heading to Apple+, along with trailer news for Tim Burton's WEDNESDAY series on NETFLIX. 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

Regal Theaters Brings George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD back to theaters this Halloween… NOW IN 3-D!

• https://rue-morgue.com/romeros-dawn-of-the-dead-is-returning-to-theaters-in-3d-for-halloween

What to watch this weekend (August 26), you ask…

• THE INVITATION from Screen Gems heads to theaters
  • A young woman is courted and swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot.
  • d. Jessica M. Thompson
  • cast. Nathalie Emmanuel , Thomas Doherty, Stephanie Corneliussen, Sean Pertwee
• MANEATER from Saban Films heads to VOD
  • After an accident during their vacations on a paradisiac island, a group of friends is stalked by a large shark.
  • d. Justin Lee
  • cast: Nicky Whelan, Trace Adkins, Shane West
• ALIENOID from Well Go USA heads to limited theaters
  • The door of time opens between the swordsman who wants to seize the legendary divine sword at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and those who chase after an alien prisoner imprisoned in a human body in 2022.
  • d. Dong-hoon Choi
• WATCHER streams on SHUDDER beginning August 26
  • A young American woman moves with her husband to Bucharest, and begins to suspect that a stranger who watches her from the apartment building across the street may be a local serial killer decapitating women.
  • cast. Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman

CASTING NEWS

• Mari Yamakoto joins the cast of Legendary's Apple Live-Action MONSTERVERSE series AKA the Untitled Apple/Godzilla and the Titans Project
  • Set after the battle between Godzilla and the Titans, revealing that monsters are real, follows one family's journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to Monarch.
  • previously announced series regulars Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett, Elisa Lasowski, Kurt Russell, and Wyatt Russell.
  • https://deadline.com/2022/08/mari-yamamoto-apple-series-legendary-monsterverse-1235095697/

TRAILERS

• WEDNESDAY heads to NETFLIX this OCTOBER
• starring Jenna Ortega in the title role, alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzman, Gwendoline Christie, Christina Ricci

FEEDBACK

Don Joe: Doc is going beast mode with the beard! Haha! I do enjoy this new News segment and wish I'd discovered you guys sooner. Saw 10 - bring it on, I love this series so much. I'd love a reboot (not happening, I know) to bring John Kramer back. I'm down with any King adaptation, no matter how good or bad it turns out, they're always interesting. All of those new streaming films look good but since I've never seen Orphan and ending got spoiled for me, I'm looking forward to watching them both now. Lisa Frankenstein - love the many takes on this story and how it has become it's own sub-genre of horror. GDT's COC (lol) - amazing, looks so good and makes me extra excited for my fav time of year.

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"What… the eff was that?" That's a very good question! Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out this legendary low-budget film with big-budget effects, The Deadly Spawn (1983).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 213 – The Deadly Spawn (1983)

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Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.

IMDb

• Director: Douglas McKeown
• Writers: Douglas McKeown (screenplay); Ted A. Bohus, John Dods, Douglas McKeown (story by); Tim Sullivan (additional dialogue)
• Special effects director: John Dods
• Music by: Paul Cornell, Michael Perilstein, Ken Walker
• Art Department: Tim Hildebrandt (poster artist) (uncredited)
• Selected Cast:
  • Charles George Hildebrant as Charles
  • Tom DeFranco as Pete
  • Richard Lee Porter as Frankie
  • Jean Talfer as Ellen
  • Karen Tighe as Kathy
  • James L. Brewster as Sam
  • Elissa Neil as Barb
  • Ethel Michelson as Aunt Millie
  • John Schmerling as Uncle Herb
  • Judith Mayes as Bunny
  • Tim Hildebrandt as Doctor
  • Rita Hildebrandt as Nurse #1
  • Diane Bohus as Nurse #2
  • Ted Bohus Sr. as Mayor

The Deadly Spawn is Jeff's pick by way of Doc Rotten. For him, this movie is balls out once the title characters appear. Charles, the film's monster kid, saves the day while everyone else flounders. He loves the scene with the women's group, the head removals, and the body thrown out the upstairs window.

Chad first heard of The Deadly Spawn in Fangoria, but it never seemed to be available for him to view it. He finally got it on DVD and holy cow, he loves this movie. The creature is absolutely bonkers and with characters that are interesting, the movie is a fun-as-hell, crazy romp. Crystal can't believe how low-budget The Deadly Spawn is and how good the acting and the special effects are. Bill also first heard of The Deadly Spawn in Fangoria but assumed it would be one of those movies where the monster looked good in the stills but not so good in the movie. Instead, he found a really good, practically iconic creature feature. It's hard to believe the budget is so low and yet the monster is better than those in some pictures from Holywood with much bigger budgets.

If you haven't seen this legendary film, the 80s Grue-Crew command that you do. As of this writing, The Deadly Spawn is streaming from Shudder and is available on DVD from Synapse Films.

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 Bill, will be The Fly II (1989) with Eric Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga and directed by Chris Walas.

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