Writer and podcaster Molly Lambert from the Night Call and Molly’s Sleazy Friends discusses everything Shelley, including her magical fairie tale kingdom on cable, as we watch Jack shifts into Scary Dad mode.   Download the file here: Shining Episode 31       The very first Shelley Duvall’s Fairie Tale Theatre episode, with Robin Williams […]

Gena Radcliffe from the Kill by Kill podcast and Megan Dooley stop by discuss the bathtub lady, an embarrassing fan theory about Jack, and King’s other big movies.   Download the file here: Shining Episode 30     If you enjoy the podcast, please support my work by donating!

Dan McCoy from The Flop House podcast stops by to discuss geriatric nudity, the physicality of soup, and the Stanley’s secret stash.   Download the file here: Shining Episode 29     Lia Beldam in her modeling days.   And today, still gorgeous.   If you enjoy the podcast, please support my work by donating!

We zoom from a bachelor pad in Florida to a bathroom in Colorado, hitting the midpoint of the movie on the way there. We ponder paintings and Peter Sellers, and Jack is finally terrified…until he’s not.   Download the file here: Shining Episode 28     Peter Sellers “A Hard Day’s Night”   Peter Sellers […]

We are at the halfway point in the podcast series, so it seems a fine time to put together a sampler of funny, interesting and philosophical bits from the podcast. Enjoy! And please pass it around!   Guests from the first half include: The New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator cinephile Megan Dooley Pete the […]

Jonny Coleman stops by to set Jack on his way to that room, and we visit another colorful bedroom in Florida, where we will discover a nod to Peter Sellers, a podcast exclusive!   Download the file here: Shining Episode 27     “Supernatural Dreams” poster featuring Azizi Johari.   Screenshot of the album at the […]

Marcus Pinn from Pinnland Empire and Zebras in America and The New Yorker’s Joe Dator discuss the Portlands, the white man’s burden, and we ponder if any other actor could have played Jack.   Download the file here: Shining Episode 26     Joe being interviewed.   If you enjoy the podcast, please support […]

Tasha Robinson and Bob Koester step up to Lloyd’s bar and talk about the wonderful Mr. Turkel, how he and Jack messed with Stanley, and why Jack owes Joe from waaaaaay back.   Download the file here: Shining Episode 25     On the set, with Joe, Jack and Stanley.   If you enjoy the […]

Cabin in the Woods “Cabin Minute Cast” host Heidi Bennett joins with Megan Dooley to talk female roles in horror films, authenticity in The Shining, and the debut of Dummy Danny.   Download the file here: Shining Episode 24     Trailer for Suspiria (1977) [NB: Graphic!]   Trailer for The Love Witch (2016) […]

Joe Dator is back to discuss the (obviously) fake moon landing, Jack’s moment of clarity, and The Shining cameo in Ready Player One.   Download the file here: Shining Episode 23   Launchpad 39A, from which the Apollo 11 was launched.   Fake confession from fake Stanley Kubrick on the fake moon landing.   If […]