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"When we're born, we're carrying our death hidden in the liver… or in the stomach… or in the heart, that will one day beat no more." Join this episode's Grue-Crew - Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr - as they learn about dia de muertas in Macario (1960), a wonderful fable from Roberto Gavaldón, starring Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, and Enrique Lucero.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 115 – Macario (1960)

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Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

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• Director: Roberto Gavaldón
• Writers: Emilio Carballido & Roberto Gavaldón (screenplay); B. Traven (story "The Third Guest")
• Selected Cast:
  • Ignacio López Tarso as Macario
  • Pina Pellicer as Esposa de Macario (Macario's wife)
  • Enrique Lucero as La muerte (Death)
  • Mario Alberto Rodríguez as Don Ramiro
  • Enrique García Álvarez as Member of the Inquisition
  • Eduardo Fajardo as Virrey (Viceroy)
  • Consuelo Frank as Virreina
  • José Gálvez as El diablo (The Devil)
  • José Luis Jiménez as Dios (God)
  • José Dupeyrón (as Jose Dupeiront)
  • Celia Tejeda as Chona
  • Pepé y sus Marionetas (Pepé and his Puppets) as Marionetas que aparecen en el sueño de Macario (Puppets that appear in Macario's dream)

Whitney gives a special treat to the Classic Era Grue-Crew with Macario as her pick for this episode. She tells of watching Macario with her father and her emotional response to the film. For her, it's a beautiful movie about a character taking care of people, who must decide who to trust, and the consequences his choice brings. Chad identifies Macario as a fable, one of his favorite types of movie. In the case of Macario, the story of a good and honest man who is trying to care for his family but still desires something just for himself captures his heart. The importance of celebrating death in this culture appeals to Daphne. She loves the openness and honesty of the title character and his intriguing interactions with death as a character. Jeff also loves Macario. In particular, he is fascinated with the constant presence of hunger, Macario's relationship with his wife, his interactions with Dios, el Diablo, and la Muerte.

The Decades of Horror Classic Era Grue-Crew highly recommends Macario, a film with a great look and visuals in the telling of an emotional, supernatural fable. As of this writing, the only streaming available can be found on YouTube: Macario (1960) Roberto Gavaldón - English subtitles.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next on their very flexible schedule is one chosen by Chad: The Valley of Gwangi (1968). Ray Harryhausen, James Franciscus, Richard Carlson, Gustavo Rojo, Freda Jackson, and Gila Golan for the win! You will not want to miss that one!

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"I think this place is possessed by demonic demons." "Your head's going to be possessed by the butt of this gun if you don't shut up." Sounds like a typical conversation while hunting demonic scarecrows in the dark. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out Scarecrows (1988), a movie that saw a limited theatrical release in one theater… in Des Moines, Iowa.

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 196 – Scarecrows (1988)

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Criminals hijack a plane and force the pilot and his daughter to fly them to Mexico. However, an unexpected landing finds them in a cemetery inhabited by killer scarecrows.

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• Director: William Wesley
• Writers: William Wesley & Richard Jefferies (screenplay); Larry Stamper & Marcus Crowder & Stephen Gerard (additional dialogue)
• Cinematographer: Peter Deming
• Makeup Department: Norman Cabrera (special makeup effects artist)
• Cast
  • Ted Vernon as Corbin
  • Michael David Simms as Curry
  • Richard Vidan as Jack
  • Kristina Sanborn as Roxanne
  • Victoria Christian as Kellie
  • David James Campbell as Al
  • B. J. Turner as Bert
  • Tony Santory as Jakob Fowler
  • Phil Zenderland as Norman Fowler
  • Mike Balog as Benjamin Fowler
  • Don Herbert as Radio Newscaster (voice)

Scarecrows is Jeff's pick. He just couldn't resist a movie released only in Des Moines and, as it turns out, he kind of likes it, especially the effects and the nighttime camera work. It's better than Bill thought it was going to be even though there's no real explanation for the supernatural occurrences except… occult! He describes Scarecrows as fairly well made and technically sound with good effects work. Chad, too, is pleasantly surprised with Scarecrows. He felt like he was transported back to a theater in the 80s watching a cheesy movie with outstanding makeup effects.

If you're up for a trip out to the country for an encounter with a supernatural pickup and possessed scarecrows, as of this writing, Scarecrows is available to stream on Amazon Prime. Unfortunately, the 2015 Shout Factory Blu-ray is out-of-print.

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 Stepfather (1987) starring Terry O'Quinn. Nothing says psychotic family member like the holidays.

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On episode 480 of Horror News Radio:

• The Grue-Crew review… NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021).

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NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021, Fox Searchlight)

An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

• Available in Theaters on December 17, 2021
• Directed by Guillermo del Toro
• Written by Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan
• Cast: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Jim Beaver, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Blake Nelson

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"Yeah! We're alive and we're safe... and we're shipwrecked. Two outta three ain't bad." Yeah, that's not a line from the hit Meatloaf song. Join your faithful Grue Crew - Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr - as they check out some stop motion animation and a lot of walking in Planet of Dinosaurs (1977).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 154 – Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)

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A spaceship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. The planet looks much like Earth, only with no trace of civilization. Soon the crew discovers that there are dinosaurs on the planet and blood-thirsty buggers at that. The crew hopes to be found and rescued, but they have to struggle to survive until then.

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• Director: James K. Shea
• Writers: Ralph Lucas (screenplay); Jim Aupperle (story)
• Visual Effects:
  • Jim Aupperle (special visual effects) (as James Aupperle)
  • Doug Beswick (chief stop-motion animator) (as Douglas Beswick)
  • Stephen Czerkas (special visual effects)
  • Jim Danforth (matte artist)
• Selected cast:
  • James Whitworth as Jim
  • Pamela Bottaro as Nyla
  • Louie Lawless as Captain Lee Norsythe
  • Harvey Shain as Harvey Baylor
  • Charlotte Speer as Charlotte
  • Chuck Pennington as Chuck
  • Derna Wylde as Derna Lee
  • Max Thayer as Mike
  • Mary Appleseth as Cindy
  • Michael Lee as Charlotte's Son

Being the lover of stop motion animation that he is, it's not surprising that Bill picked Planet of Dinosaurs for this episode. For Bill, it's immediately apparent that most of this film's low budget is used to fund the stop motion animation. Bill enjoyed the effects and despite all the walking the characters do in Planet of Dinosaurs, he has a certain amount of affection for this film. Chad is a big fan of Doug Beswick's and Jim Danforth's work so he loves the stop motion animation in Planet of Dinosaurs. Outside of the dinosaurs, however, he calls it a horrible movie, stating that if you're going to watch it, you should watch the RiffTrax version. Jeff, too, loves what he calls the amazingly smooth stop motion animation but laments that there is just too much not-dinosaur in the film. Doc went into Planet of the Dinosaurs with low expectations and those low expectations were met. He finds the movie to be charming, in a weird and cheesy sort of way, and even ambitious. In the end, though, Planet of Dinosaurs is just kind of awful.

If you're a fan of stop motion animation, you should definitely check out Planet of Dinosaurs. At the time of this writing, the movie and RiffTrax: Planet of the Dinosaurs can be streamed from Amazon Prime and a variety of other streaming services.

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 will be Baron Blood (1972), chosen by Chad. Time for some more Mario Bava!

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"Ah, little lad, you're staring at my fingers. Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil?" Do tell! Do tell! Join this episode's Grue-Crew - Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr, along with guest host Bill Gabriel - as they geek out on Lillian Gish's, Shelley Winters's, and Robert Mitchum's performances in the only film directed by Charles Laughton, The Night of the Hunter (1955).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 114 – The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.

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• Director: Charles Laughton
• Writers: Davis Grubb (from the novel by); James Agee (screenplay by); Charles Laughton (screenplay contributor) (uncredited)
• Cinematographer: Stanley Cortez
• Music: Walter Schumann
• Editor: Robert Golden
• Art Direction: Hilyard M. Brown
• Producer: Paul Gregory
• Selected Cast
  • Robert Mitchum as Reverend Harry Powell
  • Shelley Winters as Willa Harper
  • Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper
  • Billy Chapin as John Harper
  • Sally Jane Bruce as Pearl Harper
  • James Gleason as Uncle "Birdie" Steptoe
  • Evelyn Varden as Icey Spoon, Willa's employer
  • Don Beddoe as Walt Spoon, Icey's husband
  • Peter Graves as Ben Harper
  • Gloria Castillo as Ruby, one of Rachel's girls
  • Paul Bryar as Bart the Hangman
  • Cheryl Callaway as Mary (uncredited)
  • Mary Ellen Clemons as Clary (uncredited)
  • Michael Chapin as Ruby's Boyfriend (uncredited)

You'll find no hate for The Night of the Hunter from the Classic Era Grue-Crew except on Chad's fingers. This is Daphne's pick and she loves The Night of the Hunter, calling it a beautiful piece of art. For Bill, the film has been in his DNA as far back as he can remember. He was scared out of his wits by Mitchum's performance while other scenes were tear-inducing. Whitney sees the bond of siblings amidst the trauma the two children are dealing with in the real-life horror of The Night of the Hunter. This is one of Chad's favorite films, referring to it as a beautiful, fairy tale of a movie with a dreamlike quality. He also tells a heartfelt story about watching The Night of the Hunter for the first time with his dad. Jeff found The Night of the Hunter to be a bit strange until he learned to view the exaggerations and eccentricities as seen through the eyes of young John. He now believes he must watch the movie much more often.

During the podcast, the Grue-Crew members refer several times to two videos. The first one is a 159-minute documentary, Charles Laughton Directs "The Night of the Hunter." In the manner of silent film directors, Laughton almost never called "cut" to a scene, filming continuously through an entire reel while giving repeated direction to the actors to get the performance for which he was looking. IMDb describes the documentary as "an assembled compilation of footage from rushes, outtakes, and behind-the-scenes moments featuring Charles Laughton directing 'The Night of the Hunter.' The second video is a 5-minute video of Guillermo del Toro commenting on the importance to him of The Night of the Hunter. Links to the two videos are included below.

1. Charles Laughton Directs "The Night of the Hunter" (2002)
   • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH6-t39B9Cg
2. Guillermo del Toro on The Night of the Hunter:
   • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4xpKwvI60

At the time of this writing, The Night of the Hunter is available to stream from The Criterion Channel and various PPV services, and on physical media as a Criterion Blu-ray.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next on their very flexible schedule is one chosen by Whitney: Macario (1960), an acclaimed, Mexican, supernatural drama directed by Roberto Gavaldón. You will not want to miss that one!

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!"

"Now let me get this straight. You're telling me that these, these things are inside the Golden Gate Bridge, one. Two, that they only come out at night. And three, that they're responsible for the death of fifteen or more kids and three of my police officers? [breaks down laughing]" What's so hard to believe about that? It is 80s horror, you know. Join your faithful Grue-Crew - Crystal Cleveland, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr - as they journey to the Golden Gate Bridge to battle monsters who are inexplicably known as Neon Maniacs (1986).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 195 – Neon Maniacs (1986)

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A group of teenagers in San Francisco discovers a nest of homicidal monsters living in a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, but when they try to tell authorities, no one believes them.

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• Director: Joseph Mangine
• Writer: Mark Patrick Carducci
• Selected Cast:
  • Clyde Hayes as Steven (as Alan Hayes)
  • Leilani Sarelle as Natalie
  • Donna Locke as Paula
  • Victor Brandt as Devin (as Victor Elliot Brandt)
  • David Muir as Wylie
  • Marta Kober as Lorraine
  • P.R. Paul as Eugene
  • Jeff Tyler as Wally
  • Amber Denyse Austin as Lisa (as Amber Austin)
  • James Acheson as Ray (as James Atcheson)
  • Chuck Hemingway as Gary
  • Joseph Shirley as Ape
  • Barry Buchanan as Archer
  • Scott McKenna as Archer
  • Douglas Markell as Axe
  • James H. Smith as Axe
  • Mark Twogood as Decapitator
  • Andrew Divoff as Doc
  • Robert E. Veilliux as Hangman / Juice
  • Scott Guetzkow as Juice
  • Chuck Cohen as Mohawk
  • Zac Baldwin as Punk Biker
  • Solly Marx as Punk Biker / Samurai (as Solly Mark)
  • Doyle McCurley as Samurai
  • Mario Valdez as Samurai (as Mario Valdes)
  • Jerome L. Dennae as Scavenger
  • Kathy Hooker as Scavenger
  • Chuck Secor as Scavenger
  • Daniel Burrell as Slasher
  • Joel-Steven Hammond as Slasher (as Joel Steven Hammond)
  • Allan Aperlo as Soldier

Neon Maniacs is Chad's pick and he thinks it's pretty cool. He loves the randomness of the story and let making sense be damned. Where do they come from? Why do monsters who can be destroyed by water live underneath a bridge? No one knows. Crystal loves Neon Maniacs, especially the music and the battle-of-the-bands sequence. Calling the story nearly nonexistent, she still thinks it's awesome. Bill likens monsters vulnerable to water living under a bridge to vampires hiding in a garlic factory over a silver mine where they make crucifixes. According to Bill, Neon Maniacs is typical 80s horror with an ending that seems to be building up to something and then… fade to black and go home. Though the story is filled with huge holes and the police are more clueless than usual, Jeff had fun with Neon Maniacs, watching it with a big smile on his face.

Though Neon Maniacs is not a good movie by any measure, it is a fun watch. If you choose to do so, it is currently available to stream on Tubi and on YouTube, and on Blu-ray as Spanish or German imports.

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 Scarecrows (1988), mostly because its one-theater theatrical release was in Des Moines, Iowa.

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]

On episode 479 of Horror News Radio:

• The Grue-Crew review… SILENT NIGHT (2021).

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SILENT NIGHT (2021, RLJE Films)

Nell, Simon, and their son Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

• Available in Theaters and streaming exclusively on AMC+ December 3, 2021
• Directed by Camille Griffin
• Written by Camille Griffin
• Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Sope Dirisu, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Rufus Jones

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"I swear I'm telling the truth! Do I look like a sex murderer to you? Can you imagine me creeping around, strangling all those women with ties? That's ridiculous. For a start, I only own two." Does that sound like a believable denial to you? Join your faithful Grue Crew - Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr - as they check out Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film, Frenzy (1972).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 153 – Frenzy (1972)

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London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.

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• Director: Alfred Hitchcock
• Writers: Anthony Shaffer; Arthur La Bern (based on the novel "Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square" by)
• Selected cast:
  • Jon Finch as Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney
  • Alec McCowen as Chief Inspector Timothy Oxford
  • Barry Foster as Robert "Bob" Rusk
  • Billie Whitelaw as Hetty Porter
  • Anna Massey as Barbara Jane "Babs" Milligan
  • Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Brenda Margaret Blaney
  • Bernard Cribbins as Felix Forsythe
  • Vivien Merchant as Mrs. Oxford
  • Michael Bates as Sergeant Spearman
  • Jean Marsh as Monica Barling
  • Clive Swift as Johnny Porter
  • Madge Ryan as Mrs. Davison
  • Elsie Randolph as Gladys
  • Jimmy Gardner as Hotel Porter
  • Gerald Sim as Solicitor in Pub
  • Noel Johnson as Doctor in Pub
  • Rita Webb as Mrs. Rusk (uncredited)

Frenzy is Jeff's pick and, maybe not surprisingly, he loves it. He points out the huge jump from Hitchcock pushing the censorship line with a scene of a toilet flushing in Psycho (1960) to the lurid kills and their aftermath as depicted in Frenzy. Bill is impressed with Frenzy and finds it to be simultaneously old-fashioned and modern. He also identifies a few top-notch Hitchcockian sequences. Calling Frenzy pure unadulterated Hitchcock, Chad loves how small details early mean something big later in the film. He also delights in the scenes between the Chief Inspector and his wife. Doc is a huge Hitchcock fan but does not like Frenzy, finding it to be an indication of Hitch losing his touch. In fact, he doesn't like the characters, the cast, the dialogue, or the ending and vows never to watch it again.

Depending on the Grue-Crew members' individual points-of-view, Frenzy is either Hitchcock's last hurrah or a film to be avoided. In either case, at the time of this writing, Frenzy is available to stream from the Criterion Channel and multiple PPV services, and on physical media as a Blu-ray from ‎Universal Home Entertainment.

While you're at it, check out Decades of Horror's coverage of these Hitchcock classics: Classic Era #1 - Psycho (1960), Classic Era #32 - The Birds (1963).

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 will be Planet of Dinosaurs (1977), chosen by Bill. Time for some stop motion animation!

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

"That is a nice ball you have." Creepy? Yes! Very creepy. Join this episode's Grue-Crew - Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr - as they take in what might well be the prototype serial killer film, Fritz Lang's M (1931), starring Peter Lorre.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 113 – M (1931)

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When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

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• Director: Fritz Lang
• Writers: Thea von Harbou (script), Fritz Lang (script)
• Cinematographer: Fritz Arno Wagner
• Selected Cast
  • Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert
  • Otto Wernicke as Inspector Karl Lohmann
  • Gustaf Gründgens as Der Schränker (The Safecracker)
  • Ellen Widmann as Mother Beckmann
  • Inge Landgut as Elsie Beckmann
  • Theodor Loos as Inspector Groeber
  • Friedrich Gnaß as Franz, the burglar
  • Fritz Odemar as Falschspieler (Cheater)
  • Paul Kemp as Taschendieb (pickpocket with seven watches)
  • Theo Lingen as Bauernfänger (con man)
  • Rudolf Blümner as Beckert's defender
  • Georg John as blind balloon-seller
  • Franz Stein as minister
  • Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as police chief
  • Gerhard Bienert as criminal secretary
  • Karl Platen as Damowitz, a night-watchman
  • Rosa Valetti as innkeeper
  • Hertha von Walther as prostitute
  • Hanna Maron (uncredited) as girl in circle at the beginning
  • Heinrich Gotho as passer-by who tells a kid the time
  • Klaus Pohl as witness / one-eyed man (uncredited)

Daphne is taken in by Fritz Arno Wagner's beautiful cinematography and Peter Lorre's mind-blowing performance. She is also intrigued with how Lang uses sound, emphasizing silence as much as sound. Certain elements of M, for instance, the pacing, make it hard for Whitney to get into the film. On the other hand, she enjoys Peter Lorre's performance and is definitely creeped out by some scenes. M seems almost like two different movies to Chad. The pacing during the first half is not to his liking, but once everyone is on the trail of Peter Lorre's character, he really got into it. And, of course, Peter Lorre for the win! Jeff loves M and could watch it just for the cinematography and Peter Lorre's acting.

You know you want to check out or revisit M, right? At the time of this writing, it is available to stream from HBO max, the Criterion Channel, and Kanopy. M is also available on physical media as a Criterion Collection Blu-ray.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next on their very flexible schedule is one chosen by Daphne: Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter (1955), starring Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish, and Shelley Winters. You will not want to miss that one!

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]

On episode 478 of Horror News Radio:

• The Grue-Crew review… RESIDENT EVIL WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY (2021).

Warning: possible spoilers after the initial impressions!

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This is HORROR NEWS RADIO, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE podcast. Back with Doc Rotten once again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net.

• Award-winning Film-maker, Christopher G. Moore.

RESIDENT EVIL WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY (2021, SONY)

Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City.

• Available Exclusively in Theaters on November 24, 2021
• Directed by Johannes Roberts
• Written by Johannes Roberts
• Based on Resident Evil game series
• Cast: Kaya Scodelario (Claire Redfield), Hannah John-Kamen (Jill Valentine), Robbie Amell (Chris Redfield), Avan Jogia (Leon S. Kennedy), Neal McDonough (William Birkin), Tom Hopper (Albert Wesker), Donal Logue (Chief Brian Irons), Lily Gao (Ada Wong), Marina Mazepa (Lisa Trevor)

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