Scream Scene Podcast

Your hosts are incredibly excited for the next highly anticipated horror from Hammer Film Productions... it's THE MUMMY (1959) from director Terence Fisher, writer Jimmy Sangster, and starring Peter Cushing, Christoper Lee and George Pastell!

Will these legends of horror continue with their winning streak, or will the mummy's curse of tepid horror strike again?

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Your hosts briefly bounce back to 1958 for THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON produced, directed, cowritten and starring Robert Clarke!

What happens when an actor hires film students to make a monster movie to cash in on the horror craze? Well sometimes, trash turns out to be good.

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It's time for the horror adjacent bonus episode! This month, we look into DEATH BECOMES HER (1992) from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis!

This camp black comedy shows us yet again that less is more...

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Third time's the charm... your hosts tackle THE BAT (1959, Wilbur), a remake of the 1926 silent film and of the 1930 sound version.

This time 'round, we have Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead and Gavin Gordon starring, but will it make a difference for this old fashioned flick?

THE BAT (1926, West) was previously covered in Episode 16.

THE BAT WHISPERS (1930, West) was previously covered in Episode 23.

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This week, your hosts watch CALTIKI, IL MOSTRO IMMORTALE (1959) from director Robert Hamton or maybe Riccardo Freda or possibly Mario Bava!

In any case, it stars John Merivale and Gérard Herter in a blob-inspired Italian horror movie.

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Coming to you in Percepto! It's THE TINGLER (1959) from William Castle! Starring Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn and Philip Coolidge, plus more gimmicks than you can shake a stick at, the film is Castle's third horror... can he keep up his quality of work?

The special music you hear in this episode is from creature of the night Chris Crewe and his band the Special Agents! You can find their music here: https://thespecialagents.bandcamp.com/

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We've received an appeal for 1958's ONNA KYÛKETSUKI aka LADY VAMPIRE directed by Nobuo Nakagawa!

With additional context around the westernization of public displays of affection in Japan, we reconsider where this film was originally ranked.

Find the full list of ranked films at screamscenepodcast.com

It's a Tim Burton Christmas with 1993's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, directed by Henry Selick!

Your hosts cover the life and times of Danny Elfman, the making of NIGHTMARE and even dig into what death of the author actually means.

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Your hosts travel to West Germany for DIE NACKTE UND DER SATAN (1959) from writer/director Victor Trivas!

What's been happening in Germany since our last horror movie there in 1936? Is there cultural significance to our villain having blonde hair and blue eyes? Listen and find out!

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Hand puppets, shrew facts, racism... it's THE KILLER SHREWS (1959) directed by Ray Kellogg! Produced by Ken Curtis and Gordon McLendon, this regionally produced film made over one million dollars -- so it has to be good... right?

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