In this episode we prepare for the holidays with a visit from Krampus! We chat about the history of the menacing anti-Klaus, the film's other creatures, and what exactly *that ending* means.

Special guests:

Jon DeHaan (co-founder and co-host of Nightmare on Film Street)

In this episode we discuss everything Lovecraft with director and Re-Animator / From Beyond producer Brian Yuzna! We chat about both films, Lovecraft and Lovecraftian entities, his collaborations with Stuart Gordon, and more! 

In this episode, we discuss Death Itself as exhibited in the beloved horror film series Final Destination... with series creator Jeffrey Reddick!  We discuss a variety of aspects of Death, it's history of personification, and how it works in the series... and in an unprecedented situation, Death tried to kill the podcast mid-recording for getting too close to its grand design.

Special guests:

Jeffrey Reddick (writer, director, and creator of the Final Destination franchise)

In this episode, we discuss the iconic Gill-Man from 1954 classic Creature from the Black Lagoon with detours into The Shape of Water and The Thing. We also discuss topics like: how does the Gill-Man challenge human dominance? How do we think about inter-species love and the personhood of monsters (aka the 'Shape of Water' question)? Would it be bad to be 'the Thing', or would that potentially be amazing?... and much more.                              

Special guests:

Thomas Casper (filmmaker and co-host, Twin Shadow Podcast)

In this first episode, we discuss monsters in general, touching on what a monster is, how to discover their meanings, and what they mean to us and people more broadly. We touch on creatures like Medusa (Clash of the Titans), the Xenomorph Queen (Aliens), the Kuchisake-onna (the 'slit-mouthed woman' of Japanese folklore and the film 'Carved'), the Babadook, and the titular creature of John Carpenter's The Thing. Also discussed are Friday the 13th films and the movie Revenge.