Frankenstein's Podcast

Kalid and Joe welcome the team behind the new song celebrating the classic Universal Monsters, “Children of the Night.” to the show! Jason Ginsburg, Eduardo García Rascón and Brette Alana, pop on to chat about their new song as well as the 2004 Universal Monster mash-up film starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale, Van Helsing, from writer/director Stephen Sommers!

​​*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!

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Featured Guests:

Jason Ginsburg is a former Universal Studios tour guide, creator of the Fake Theme Park twitter account, and lifelong fan of classic monsters. He recently wrote the film Age of Stone and Sky: The Sorcerer Beast.

Eduardo García Rascón is a musician and composer for video games and television shows. Check out his site, 8-bit Studio.

Brette Alana is an international award winning vocalist and musician. Check out her recent endeavor into creating personalized holiday music at Musical Charms.

References:

It takes computer effects to make movie monsters -- but elbow grease helps - SFGate

Van Helsing creatures - Below the Line

New Blue Sun - André 3000

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

Quiz Lady on Hulu

Fortune and Glory a Treasure Hunter’s Playbook by David A. McIntee

Dungeons & Dragons

Electric Christmas Playlist on Spotify

This week Kalid & Joe discuss the 1985 sci-fi film, Enemy Mine, from director Wolfgang Peterson!

​​*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!

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References:

Drac - alien species Wiki

Revisiting Cinefex (25): Enemy Mine, Der Trickfilm, Fright Night - Graham Edwards

Invincible season 2 on Prime

The Curse on Paramount+/Showtime

SurrealEstate on Syfy

Kalid and Joe discuss the 2023 home-invasion/alien thriller flick, No One Will Save You, from writer/director, Brian Duffield!

*Note: It was incorrectly stated that this was Brian Duffield's directorial debut - Duffield DID direct and write the 2020 film, Spontaneous. Apologies for the mixup!*

*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!

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References:

‘No One Will Save You’ – Brian Duffield Talks Elaborate Alien Mythology and Avoiding Familiar Tropes - Bloody Disgusting

The Spoiler Interview: Brian Duffield On NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU - Fangoria

No One Will Save Your project page - Mikkel Frandsen

Killers of the Flower Moon

The Worm and his Kings by Hailey Piper

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 on Paramount+

This spooky season, Kalid & Joe decide to watch the scariest movie according to science: Scott Derrickson's Sinister! Joined by wife of the podcast, Nicole Praska, we dig into the movie's mythology, themes, and of course, scares.

*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!

References:

Interview with Nicholas King Bughuul from Sinister and Sinister 2 - Love Horror

How Internet Art Inspired the Monster in Ethan Hawke's Sinister - Gizmodo

Bagul wiki page

Marvel's Spider-man 2 (game)

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation² (comic)

Kalid and Joe take a trip on the Dracula Boat! This episode we’re diving into the 2023 film, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, from director, André Øvredal. 

*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!

Support us on Patreon!

References:

The Last Voyage of the Demeter's Biggest Changes From the Dracula Book - CBR

Writer talks ‘Last Voyage of the Demeter’ - Bloody Flicks

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is Basically Alien, Just Set in the 1800s on a Ship - SYFY

‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ – How Production Designer Edward Thomas Built the Biggest Ship of His Career - Bloody Disgusting

Exclusive Interview: “Last Voyage of the Demeter” Makeup Master Göran Lundström - Rue Morgue

Why Dracula Looks So Good in 'The Last Voyage of the Demeter' - Collider

Gen V on Amazon Prime

The Baked Potato (Los Angeles restaurant and lounge)

Starplex by Robert J Sawyer

Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime

Kalid and Joe interview creature modeler/designer Mikkel Frandsen about the art of modeling monsters! We chat about Mikkel's work in the industry on creatures like the Kikimora from Netflix's The Witcher, the Hunter Predator from Shane Black's The Predator, and Valentine the Zombie Tiger from Zach Snyder's Army of the Dead. Be sure to check out Mikkel's work on his Instagram and on his website!

*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:

Mikkel Frandsen is a professional Creature Designer/Modeller with over 10 years of experience. He’s worked with multiple VFX companies. You can see some of his creature work in Zach Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead,’ ‘The Predator,’ and ‘The Witcher.’

References:

Malcolm in the Middle

Schitt's Creek

Twisted Metal on Peacock

Quake II

This week, Kalid & Joe welcome Marshall Julius & Howard Berger on the pod to lend their expertise to a discussion on the classic 1954 film, 'Creature from the Black Lagoon!' We also talk about Marshall & Howard's new book, Masters of Make-Up Effects: A Century of Practical Magic⁠, and take several, enlightening conversational detours down many different monster movie rabbit holes.

*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:

Marshall Julius is a writer, broadcaster, quizmaster and professional Geek who wrote the Vintage Geek ultimate quiz book for geeks!

Howard Berger is a special make-up effects creator & co-founder of KNB EFX. He has worked on over 400 film and television projects. He won an Academy Award for best makeup for his work on the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and an Emmy for his work on The Walking Dead.

Marshall and Howard's new collaborative book, Masters of Make-Up Effects: A Century of Practical Magic, is available now!

References:

24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters

Ben Chapman Interview - Chaos Control

The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara

Bottoms

Claymore by Norihiro Yagi

Meg 2: The Trench

Cinema Speculation By Quentin Tarantino

The Wild Bunch

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: XENOMANIA! - a series in which we take a deep dive into each entry into the Alien universe, one film at a time with special guests along the way. 

Kalid and Joe wrap up the XENOMANIA series with a bang! In this episode, we double-feature the two AvP films - the first, Alien vs. Predator, from 2004 directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, and its follow-up, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, from 2007 directed by the Strause brothers.

*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 Hunt Begins: The Early Days of Peter Briggs’ Alien vs. Predator - AvP Galaxy

Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator comic

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem's "Predalien" by Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.- Stan Winston School

StarBeast — Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem, the Predalien - Monster Legacy

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: XENOMANIA! - a series in which we take a deep dive into each entry into the Alien universe, one film at a time with special guests along the way. 

This episode we’re moving away from the films and digging into the Alien extended universe! The franchise is incredibly expansive at this point, and we touch on quite a bit, but our focus is on the most recent novels as we have a very special conversation with the voice of many of these books, audiobook narrator & voice actor, Shiromi Arserio!

*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:

Shiromi Arserio is an award-winning audiobook narrator & voice actor. At this point, she has narrated close to 250 audiobooks! She is particularly known as an 'accent chameleon' in her work. She is also an avid Alien fan and board game geek. Follow Shiromi on Instagram @Shiromi.arserio and be sure to visit her website to stay up to date on all her works!

References:

Aliens: Defiance (comic)

Alien: Isolation (game)

Nemesis

Lifeform

Alien: Fate of the Nostromo

Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps

Aliens: Bug Hunt

Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White

Alien: Into Charybdis by Alex White

Alien: Colony War by David Barnett

Alien: Enemy of my Enemy by Mary SanGiovanni

Loki's Ring by Stina Leicht

Project Greenlight: A New Generation

Vengeance (Prime)

Ghosts (UK version)

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: XENOMANIA! - a series in which we take a deep dive into each entry into the Alien universe, one film at a time with special guests along the way. 

This episode we’re making our way to the end (so far...!) of Ridely Scott's Alien prequel era Alien film series with his 2017 entry, Alien: Covenant.

*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:

Sarah Welch-Larson is a film critic, writer, and host of the Seeing & Believing podcast. She regularly writers for Bright Wall/Dark Room and has also written for RogerEbert.com and Tor.com. Her book (which we dig into) Becoming Alien: The Beginning and End of Evil in Science Fiction’s Most Idiosyncratic Franchise is available from Cascade Books now!

Be sure to check out Sarah's latest piece for Bright Wall/Dark Room: No Way Out: The Elusive Borders of Jafar Panahi’s No Bears

References:

Here’s what would’ve happened had Shaw been in Alien: Covenant - JoBlo

‘Alien: Covenant’: How the Xenomorph Continues to Horrify Audiences Decades Later - The Hollywood Reporter

ALIEN – COVENANT: Charley Henley – Production VFX Supervisor – MPC - Art of VFX

The Neomorphs – Alien: Covenant’s New Aliens! - AvP Galaxy

Ridley Scott: Inspiration for Alien: Covenant's Neomorph - IGN (YouTube)

Alien: Covenant’ VFX Team Hatches New Neomorph, Xenomorphs - The Hollywood Reporter

Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets - Prime Video

AvP Galaxy

Perfect Organism Podcast

Trigun Stampede - Hulu/Crunchyroll