Nameless Cults

Nameless Cults is back! In this episode we tackle Brandon Cronenberg's cyberpunk-by-way-of-body-horror sophomore effort, Posessor! We also discuss corporate psychopathy, tailless whip scorpions, and Rob Ford. We're pretty divided on this one, so enjoy the flying sparks...

Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein/list/nameless-cults-episode-56-possessor/

Happy Holidays, Cultists! We come bearing gifts, the gifts being our discussion of the ultimate AntiChristmas horror film, Álex De La Iglesia's 1995 cult classic The Day of the Beast! Topics include He-Goats, Battletoads, and the joys of soft lighting. Plus, a two minute capsule review of 1989's Elves! You can open this one before Christmas, we won't tell anyone.

Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein/list/nameless-cults-episode-55-el-dia-de-la-bestia/

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Nameless Cults brings you the Halloween Hangover! We discuss some of our favorites among the movies we watched this past Halloween season and then we delve back into the Nameless Cults Mailbag. Topics include homunculi, Warhammer 40K, and countries with underrepresented horror scenes. Enjoy!

Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein/list/nameless-cults-episode-54-halloween-hangover/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! We revisit a childhood favorite that gives you all your favorite monsters in one place, Fred Dekker's 1987 classic The Monster Squad! Topics include the state of modern screenwriting, tales from our childhood, and whether Fred Dekker should sue James Cameron. Enjoy!

Howdy Cultists! This episode finds us catching up on our post-plague hellscape with some pregaming for the Halloween season, including lots of reading, viewing, and videogaming recommendations. Plus, some more Q&A from the Nameless Cults mailbag! Topics include pumpkin spice, weirdo rich financiers of movie theaters (bless up), and our ideological problems with Sony. Enjoy!

Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein/list/nameless-cults-episode-52-halloween-pregaming/

Ahoy, Mateys! The Crew of the S.S. Nameless Cults is ringing in Summer with two horror movies about the seas and coasts of America, 2019's The Lighthouse and 1961's Night Tide. Topics include sensitive sailors, fine art, and the occult in Hollywood. Enjoy!

Hello and welcome to our fiftieth episode! In which we discuss the career of the Guru of Gore, the Sultan of Splatter, special effects legend Tom Savini! Topics include our favorite effects moments in Savini's filmography, effects artists as auteurs, and the first movies to make us want to throw up. Enjoy!

Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein/list/nameless-cults-episode-50-tom-savini/

Greetings from the Quarantine Zone! We're back with another Patron Request Episode, this time talking about 1984's Sole Survivor. We discuss whether or not Final Destination and It Follows blatantly ripped this movie off, our favorite Twilight Zone episodes, and Batman.

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Check out tha god Erik on Twitter at @Unrealized_Tomb

Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein/list/nameless-cults-episode-49-sole-survivor/

Greetings... from beyond! In this episode we discuss the new adaptation of one of our favorite H.P. Lovecraft stories by the fresh-out-of-director-jail Richard Stanley, Color Out of Space! We also discuss the paperback Necronomicon, the case of the Radium Girls, and an aesthetic we like to call Contemporary New England Weird. Enjoy!

Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein/list/nameless-cults-episode-48-color-out-of-space/

Happy New Year! The Nameless Cults Crew and the Hawke Cast Crew (Kyle Amato and Corey Purcell) join forces to discuss how our brains were all melted by 2019's hallucinatory Lovecraftian horror musical, Cats! We also give you some other cat-related horror reading and viewing recommendations. Enjoy!

Full list of films discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein/list/nameless-cults-episode-47-cats/

View the spooky horror short film The Cat With Hands here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PR9NZlAB4