Frankenstein's Podcast

Kalid and Joe are joined by comedy writer and movie connoisseur, Zed Cutsinger, to talk about David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of The Fly!  We discuss the themes of the film, the inherent gross-ness of Jeff Goldblum's infamous Brudlefly (and...really...everything about this movie), and of course we gush over how awesome Geena Davis is!

Featured Guest:

Zed is the co-host of the Views from the Vista and Male Gaze podcasts.  He's an avid Letterboxd-er and general film-lover.  Zed also dabbles in the world of comedy - you can check out some of his stuff at UCB or simply by doing a Google search of his name and of course, you can follow him on Twitter @zedcutsinger.

Exploring another corner of pop. culture, Kalid & Joe discuss the Eisner Award winning comic series from Image Comics, Bitter Root (written by Chuck Brown and David F Walker and illustrated by Sanford Greene), and its various array of monsters - specifically, the rage and hate-fueled Jinoo.

Kalid & Joe are joined by Rod Faulkner, creator of the 7th Matrix and host of the Eye on Sci-Fi Podcast, to discuss another 'corner' of pop. culture: short films! We discuss 5 independently produced short films that feature monsters that we think fans of this podcast would enjoy.

In order, we discuss:

- The Birch

- Blackwood

- The Fisherman

- Dark Wake

- Dispel

Featured Guest:

Rod is a self-proclaimed 'Blerd' and is the creator of the 7th Matrix and host of the Eye on Sci-Fi Podcast. He's a staunch advocate for indie sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, and particularly strives to help uplift voices of BIPOC communities within these genres. You can also find some of Rod's writings on his personal Medium site and you can follow him on Twitter @rodtfaulkner & @the7thmatrix.

On this episode, Kalid and Joe are joined by a very special guest: Nicole Praska (who also happens to be Joe's wife)!  Nicole is a scientist, geek and feminist who brings a unique perspective to this episode's discussion which centers around the 2009 Karyn Kusama/Diablo Cody film, Jennifer's Body, and the titular Jennifer who - through unfortunate circumstances - becomes a succubus who upends and disrupts the goings on in her small, northern-Minnesota hometown.

Featured Guest:

Nicole 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!

In this episode, Kalid and Joe shift gears to the small screen! The monsters in question here are the eerily creepy and unnervingly polite Gentlemen from the renowned Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, "Hush," which sees the residents of Sunnydale lose their abilities to make sounds or speak upon the arrival of a quartet of silent, smiling demons in need of human hearts.

Citations:

Screaming to be Heard: Reminders and Insights on Community and Communication in “Hush”

This episode, Kalid and Joe unpack David Robert Mitchell's 2014 horror flick, It Follows, then discuss the mysterious, amorphous, relentless...thing...that follows the characters known as The Entity!

✊🏻✊🏾 Social Justice Organizations mentioned:

National Bail Fund Network

Reclaim the Block

American Civil Liberties Union

Citations:

‘It Follows’ is Not About STDs. It’s About Life As a Sexual Assault Survivor.

Kalid and Joe marvel at the unique world of Don Coscarelli's 'The Beastmaster,' while discussing one of its oddest features: the eerie, humanoid, bird-like creatures known as the Winged Devourers!

Citations:

Monster of the Week: Winged Devourers (Beastmaster)

Kalid and Joe bite into Joe Cornish's 2011 alien creature-feature, Attack the Block starring John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker.  Do these aliens pass the 'four bears' test?  Will Kalid fight with or flirt with them?  Tune in to find out!

Citations:

Practical-ly Perfect: Celebrating the Creature Effects of ATTACK THE BLOCK with Spectral Motion’s Mike Elizalde

'The Host' is a 2006 South Korean monster flick directed by Bong Joon-ho about a mutated river creature that kidnaps a man's daughter the subsequent search for the missing girl by the man and his family. 

Listen to Kalid & Joe stammer, fumble and awkwardly pause their way through their...let's say 'pilot' episode of this podcast while hints of an intelligent conversation sometimes poke through about this movie and it's monster.