Frankenstein's Podcast

Joined by artist and regular friend of the podcast (aka Friendenstien), Jim Tandberg, the monster crew chat about the new, hit anime series on Hulu, Chainsaw Man. Chainsaw Man, adapted from the manga of the same name by Tatsuki Fujimoto, tells the story of Denji, a human/devil hybrid, working for a special government division that hunts and kills devils that pose a threat to humanity. 

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

Featured Guest:

Jim Tandberg is a local Twin Cities artist and a geek at heart. He counts himself as a member of countless fandoms, but often gravitates towards comics, manga, anime, model building and Dungeons & Dragons. You can see his latest art pieces here. Follow Jim on Instagram @Jimstagram2 and on Twitter @TequilaGundam29.

References:

Chainsaw Man wiki 

Leon Bridges: Gold-Diggers Sound 

The Legend of Vox Machina - Amazon Prime 

Doctor Who - BBC/HBO 

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition (Steam)

Joined by the awesome dog-walking cinephile, Zach Grooten, the Kalid & Joe discuss Jordan Peele's 2022 film, Nope, and its mysterious and beautiful creature, Jean Jacket!

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

Featured Guest:

Zach Grooten is a Brooklynite who walks dogs for a living. He's a lover of movies, books, comics, and music. Zach is also one of the mods for the popular movie-discussion facebook group, The Dissolve!

References:

Inside How 'Nope' Invented its Killer Creature & Literally Built a VFX Night Sky for the Big Bad - Syfy Wire

Nope's Science Consultant Reveals the Name and Inspiration for the Movie's Alien - Nerdist

Glow from Phoebe Alice Lou

The artist, Stromae

Gene Rodenberry's Andromeda (currently on Freevee)

Blood on the Tracks by Shūzō Oshimi

Ripley series by Patricia Highsmith

Joined by actor & writer, Dominic Burgess, the monster crew takes on the 1984 classic, Gremlins! In our chat, we sink our teeth into all the wonderful practical VFX, the wild mashup of monster movie & Christmas film, and why this film remains a classic today.

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

Featured Guest:

Dominic Burgess is an actor, writer, cat-lover and fan of all kinds of awesome geeky things. He's been featured in numerous projects such as SyFy's The Magicians, Star Trek: Picard, The Good Place, Feud: Bette & Joan, Dr. Death, Our Flag Means Death, and Netflix's Monster. He'll also be appearing in the upcoming Apple+ series, Mrs. American Pie. You can follow Dominic on Twitter @dominicburgess and on Instagram @domincburgess1.

References:

Confess, Fletch

Star Trek: Prodigy on Paramount+

I'm Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

The White Lotus on HBO

Welcoming back wife-of-the-podcast, Nicole Praska, the monster crew chats about Zach Cregger's new film, Barbarian, and all the inherent wtf-ness that comes along with it. 

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

Featured Guest:

Nicole Praska is a regular Frankenstein's Podcast guest and she's also a scientist - you can also listen to her discus fingerprint science in a segment on the Brains On! Podcast (Body Bonanza: Yawns, hiccups, goosebumps and more!), an episode of the Double Loop Podcast (2019 IAI Conference – Episode 204), and on the true-crime podcast, Crime Therapy (Episode 27: Koala Fingerprints aka Our First Special Guest). Nicole and Joe also co-host the new Star Trek podcast, Deep Space Love!

References:

Why ‘Barbarian’ Actor Matthew Patrick Davis Went ‘Ass Out’ to Transform Into Horror Film’s Creature - Variety 

How A Self-Help Book Inspired The Horror Film “Barbarian” - As the Bunny Hops 

Barbarian Director Reveals Biggest Influences For Surprise Horror Hit - ScreenRant 

'Barbarian' Actor Matthew Patrick Davis Tells NFS How to Become a Movie Monster - No Film School

Weird: the Al Yankovic Story on Roku

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

Kalid and Joe sink their teeth into the Marvel's new 'special presentation,' Werewolf By Night, from composer-turned-director, Michael Giacchino. The crew discuss the special's place and significance in the MCU, its homages to classic horror, and of course the creatures featured throughout!

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork! Werewolf By Night's Practical Effects Offer A Very Different Visual Style To Inspire Marvel's Future

References:

Werewolf By Night's Practical Effects Offer A Very Different Visual Style To Inspire Marvel's Future - SlashFilm

Werewolf by Night Director Shares How Man-Thing Used Practical Effects - comicbook.com

How ‘Werewolf by Night’ Honors Universal Monsters and Brings Gnarly Kills to the MCU - IndieWire

Howard Berger's behind the scenes Instagram post

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Kalid and Joe tackle Dan Trachtenberg's entry into the long-running Predator franchise, Prey, from 2022 staring the incomparable Amber Midthunder, and discuss a new (...old?) breed of Yautja: the Feral Predator!

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

References:

Nappy Gilmore Youtube chanel

Prey Cinematographer Jeff Cutter On The Challenges Of Filming A Predator Movie  - Slash Film

Why sci-fi movie Prey moves the needle for Indigenous American visibility - National Geographic

How ‘Prey’ Forged a New Look for an Iconic Sci-Fi Creature - Animation World Network

The new album, Prism, from Say She She

The Clocktaur War duology by T. Kingfisher

Abbot Elementary

Kalid & Joe get animated! In getting a chance to gush about The Simpsons, the monster crew dig into the very best perpetually drooling, tentacled, one-eyed alien monsters: Kang & Kodos! We focus in on a few Treehouse of Horror episodes, specifically the original, Treehouse of Horror VII, Treehouse of Horror XVIII, and Treehouse of Horror XXX. We also breifly mention the Simpsons/Futurama crossover, "Simpsorama."

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

References:

The Simpsons: Kodos and Kang Got Their Names From One of Sci-Fi's Most Important Series - CBR

Mo (Netflix)

Industry (HBO)

On The Count of Three (Hulu & Amazon Prime)

Mercy Point (Crackle)

Kalid & Joe are joined by the multi-talented and awesome Sadè Sellers of the Afro Horror Podcast to chat about Neil Marshall's 2006 subterranean monster flick, The Descent!

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

Featured Guest:

Sadè Sellers is a screenwriter, producer, director, actor, the founder of the voter education and literacy organization, The Social Ripple Effect, and host of the awesome Afro Horror podcast. She has worked on numerous projects int he film and television industry (all of which can be found on her website). Follow Sadè on Twitter @IAMSadeSellers and on Instagram @sadesellers.

References:

Subterranean sick blues: Ingenious touches help turn Neil Marshall's The Descent into a powerful piece of genre film-making - Irish Times

Blood Baths, Crawlers, and the Dual Meaning Behind ‘The Descent’ - Bloody Disgusting

Interview: Shauna Macdonald/Natalie Mendoza - Icon Cinema

Sprung on Freevee

Dark Air with Terry Carnation

Renaissance - Beyonce

Best Movie Ever: An Oral History of Kaplan and Elfont's "Josie and the Pussycats"

Sade's short film, Decisions

We somehow made it to 50 episodes and this week we're taking a victory lap to celebrate! Joining the monster crew is Nicole Praska (who is stepping in the hot seat as a guest host), and Joel H Brewster who joins the conversation to generally geek out about monsters.

Inspired by the Films to be Buried With podcast, Nicole interviews Kalid, Joe & Joel about the monster films and properties that have had the most influence on them as fans and creators in the genre!

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

Featured Guests:

Nicole Praska is a regular Frankenstein's Podcast guest and she's also a scientist - you can also listen to her discus fingerprint science in a segment on the Brains On! Podcast (Body Bonanza: Yawns, hiccups, goosebumps and more!), an episode of the Double Loop Podcast (2019 IAI Conference – Episode 204), and on the true-crime podcast, Crime Therapy (Episode 27: Koala Fingerprints aka Our First Special Guest). Nicole and Joe also co-host the new Star Trek podcast, Deep Space Love!

Joel H Brewster is an avid science-fiction and horror fanatic and host of the No Stranger to Horror podcast. He's put his passions to practice in screenwriting a number of short films and promoting weird, obscure and fun horror-themed content through his Facebook page Instagram and Twitter. Recently, Joel won an award from the Vancouver Badass Film Fest for a screenplay he'd for a feature film! Look for his upcoming audio short, Baneful, which is set for a release close to Halloween. You can find Joel's writings and links to all of his work at his website, Westcoast Strange.

References:

[A more comprehensive list of all the movies and properties mentioned will be coming soon!]

Bertie Bassett licorice allsorts Classic Vintage British Tv Ad - YouTube

Corrective Measures on Tubi

Better Call Saul

Nepenthes (2018) - Award Winning Short Horror Film - YouTube

Severance on Apple TV+

Kalid & Joe find themselves back in the John Carpenter sandbox! This time, the crew unpacks the 1995 conclusion to the unofficial 'Apocalypse Trilogy,' In The Mouth of Madness.

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

References:

‘In the Mouth of Madness’: John Carpenter’s Love Letter to H.P. Lovecraft and the Subgenre of Cosmic Horror - Koraljka Suton, Cinephilia and Beyond

[Retrospective] John Carpenter's Overlooked Cosmic Apocalypse Picture, 'In the Mouth of Madness' Turns 25 - Bloody Disgusting

Wall of Monsters - Villains Wiki

Paper Girls on Amazon Prime

The Resort on Peacock

Reservation Dogs season 2 on FX/Hulu

Wellington Paranormal - HBO Max