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For our 2023 Halloween special, we grab our blankets and find some spots to sit around the campfire that Patrick Kortkamp built for us as he tries to scare the pants off of Niles Mattox and Andy Triefenbach with stories that span from our own backyard to Europe. We’re now boarding “Spirit Airlines”, please keep your seatbelts fastened while you’re in the…SCARE!

Book:
“Poltergeist! : A Study in Destructive Haunting”
by Colin Wilson

BBC’s article on Britain’s Strangest Hauntings

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Episode 93’s main topic is Kyle Edward Ball’s Skinamarink. Join Andy Triefenbach, Niles Mattox, Rinn Mattox, and Jeremy Jones as they talk about the film as a narrative and the sensory delivery of the film.

Niles: Halloween Kills (JustWatch | Letterboxd), Halloween Ends (JustWatch | Letterboxd)

Rinn: Cabin Fever (JustWatch | Letterboxd), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (JustWatch | Letterboxd)

Jeremy: The Curve (JustWatch | Letterboxd), Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go To College (JustWatch | Letterboxd)

Andy: The Boogey Man (JustWatch | Letterboxd), A Blade in the Dark (JustWatch | Letterboxd)

Here’s our story on Letterboxd including all the films in our previously viewed segment as well as our main attraction.

Check out director Kyle Edward Ball’s short film, Heck, on YouTube NOW.

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Andy, Niles, Patrick, and Jeremy talk about the new A24 film, Talk to Me – out in theaters now! If you haven’t seen it, hang out with us for the first hour as we talk about recent films we’ve watched. We’ll let you know via our Spoiler Zone audio cue so we don’t spoil this new film for y’all.

00:06:35 – What We’ve Been Watching
Niles: Fallen, Lifeforce
Patrick: The Return of Captain Invincible, Insidious: The Red Door
Jeremy: Sick, Knifetime: Psycho Wedding Crasher
Andy: Satan Wants You, The Forest of the Wolf (aka. The Ancines Woods)

01:05:10 – Main Topic: TALK TO ME
01:46:00 – Spoiler Zone

RackaRacka 101 – To Watch After You See TALK TO ME

Join us for Late Nite Grindhouse Presents ‘CLASS OF 1984’ & ‘ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL’ on August 18 & 19 at Des Peres 14 Cine.
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Episode 93 will cover Skinamarink
…coming soon.

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After a 5 month hiatus, the creatures at DTB have risen! Join Andy, Jeremy, Roger, and Josh as they reflect on “LNGH THE 13TH”, our 13-hour mystery movie marathon celebrating our Late Nite Grindhouse birthday!

BEWARE!!! Spoilers are given on ANGUISH, please refer to the timestamps below!

—TIMESTAMPS—
Click on the film titles below to see where to stream (unless otherwise noted):
WITCHFINDER GENERAL – 0:06:30 – 0:12:45
IMPULSE – 0:12:45 – 0:21:50
Check out this clip that we talk about around 0:20:22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJ56d6iemU
VIGILANTE – 0:21:50 – 0:32:20
THE WARRIORS – 0:32:20 – 0:51:00
I, MADMAN – 0:51:00 – 1:02:58
ANGUISH (1987) – 1:02:58 – 1:27:10 (this title is not available to stream)
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THE NEON SLIME MIXTAPE – 1:27:10 – 1:45:10 (this title is not available to stream)
BOARDINGHOUSE (theatrical cut was exhibited) – 1:45:10 – END

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On this episode of the Destroy the Brain podcast, Andy Triefenbach, Jeremy Jones, and Roger Henderson discuss December’s Late Nite Grindhouse pick, Don’t Open Till Christmas from 1984.

00:01:58 – What We’ve Been Watching

Roger: Blood Delirium, Christmas Bloody Christmas
Jeremy: All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, Amityville Christmas Vacation
Andy: Violent Night, Night of the Comet

00:42:10 – Main Feature: Don’t Open Till Christmas

Link to watch The Wild, Wild World of Dick Randall (Part 1) documentary on YouTube

Jeremy’s Yuletide Terrors

After exorcising the computer demons from Andy’s system, Episode 89 of the Destroy the Brain podcast is here! On this episode, we cover November’s Late Nite Grindhouse pick from a couple of weeks ago, The Beyond: The Composer’s Cut. Join myself, Jeremy Jones, and Nikki Angulo as we talk about Fulci’s original and this new version which features Fabio Frizzi’s re-score.

00:12:48 – What Have We Been Watching?

Nikki – Vengeance, Torn Hearts

Jeremy – Shark Side of the Moon, Amityville in Space

Andy – Salem’s Lot (1979), Needful Things

00:39:40 – The Beyond: The Composer’s Cut

Patrick lights the campfire for our Halloween episode to tell stories about the myth of THE MOTHMAN while Niles hides under his blanket! We’re also joined by The Mothman Prophecies writer and producer Richard Hatem.

Stories compiled by Patrick Kortkamp.

Thanks to Richard Hatem for joining us on this episode. Follow him on Twitter at @RichardHatem

Niles’ Halloween Spotify Playlist
Patrick’s Halloween Spotify Playlist

00:17:43 – Where the spooky stories start
01:20:00 – Conversation of Richard Hatem, writer and producer of “The Mothman Prophecies”
02:56:26 – Closing Thoughts

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Music & Effects Credits:
“Gathering Darkness” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Phone sound effect by https://www.youtube.com/user/mycompasstv

Manipulation and other vocal sound effects by Andy Triefenbach

Featured image from Jacob Weber (https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia)

Andy Triefenbach and Roger Henderson sit down to talk about October’s Late Nite Grindhouse pick, Lucio Fulci’s Zombie.

00:01:54
What We’ve Been Watching
Roger: All About Evil, Vampire’s Kiss
Andy: Werewolf by Night, The Munsters (2022)

00:34:16
Main Topic: Lucio Fulci’s ZOMBIE

On this episode of the Destroy the Brain podcast, Andy Triefenbach and Nikki Angulo talk about two of the latest theatrical terrors to grace theaters last month, Pearl and Barbarian.

Timestamps:

00:03:00 | PEARL | Read Andy’s Review

00:21:31 | BARBARIAN

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Since it’s the Monday after Late Nite Grindhouse, join Andy, Jeremy, and Josh as they talk about this month’s LNGH pick, Don’t Go In the House. The film sits somewhere in between Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Bill Lustig’s 1980 exploitation classic Maniac.

Jeremy: Tim Capello/Corey Feldman Concerts

Josh: Murder by Phone (YouTube link)

Andy: Pearl

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