DISCUSSIONS FROM THE OTHERHOOD

After months of waiting with 'bated breath I was finally able to skip down to my local theater to see Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Yes. It is a stunningly beautiful film and our fantastic main characters standing in opposition to each other were played brilliantly by Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer. There were characters and plot lines and all sorts of incredible things which have brought me to the conclusion that the Hollywood formula simply does not work. Join us to listen in and find out why a film like Maleficent is done a disservice being squeezed into the Hollywood mold.

EVIL, the CBS show that focuses on high tech and psychology and how we are influenced. Is this the shape of horror in the future or just a reboot of media from the past? Also A preview of Penelope Flynn's new novel The Chronicles of Renfields: Regarding Koescu!

The first shots have been fired and the Streaming Wars have begun. As fine consumers of science fiction, fantasy, horror and other speculative fiction fare who are prepared to "cut the cord", how will you decide who to ally with in the battle for your streaming dollars? https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/336650/the-best-video-streaming-services

Martin Scorsese and pal Francis Ford Coppola double down on their disdain for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Is the criticism well-earned or not? https://www.yahoo.com/news/coppola-backs-scorsese-row-over-marvel-films-173112180.html

We love Twilight Zone, Hitchcock and the Outer Limits as much as the next guy but after 30 years of marathons and re-runs in syndication there must be more harrowing and thrilling anthologies out there somewhere... Well, THERE ARE! Join us to discover some of best shows to stream to get you through the Horror-days!

Set in late 1970s early 1980s in a Gotham that looks a whole lot like New York City of he same era, Todd Phillip's gritty and chaotic film has been a darling of the festival circuit and was predicted to foster dissent if not out and out violence. We'll discuss whether the genre-warping Joker, a new take on Arkham Asylum's most celebrated inmate, is all it's cracked up to be.

In the spirit of the season Vulture has published its list of the 100 most frightening scenes in cinema. https://www.vulture.com/article/best-horror-movie-scenes.html

From jump scares to gore to hair-raising and goose-pimply scares, do any of these make your list? Have they left any out? Join us to check your list against theirs and ours!

If you're like us, you celebrate Halloween the entire month of October with TV and film selections that are good for entire family viewing and those that would give Dracula nightmares! Join us as we discuss our favorites from It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown to John Carpenter's The Thing! Let us share our favorite Halloween TV shows and films!

We'd all like to think we were top flight media critics from the moment we popped out of the womb but every now and then we stumble upon a book, film or television show that we SWORE was the best thing since sliced bread, then years (or months) later in review we wonder... "What the heck was I thinking?!" Tell us that film or television show you introduced your friends and family to way back when that you now realize was complete trash. What movie was it that had your friends asking, "Are you sure this is the same film?" Tonight we share our shame!

There are injustices in the world, but, really? People are condemning Joker weeks before it hits theaters, Friends, the other runaway TV success of the ‘90s is “guilty” of “fat shaming…” Has Gotcha! Culture gone too far? What are some legitimate issues that still need addressing but have not been, but should have? What are the gotcha issues we are creating for tomorrow today? And what should we be talking about today that we are ignoring?