From Mexico and director Fernando Mendez comes MISTERIOS DE ULTRATUMBA (1959), translated as "mysteries from beyond the grave" but released in the U.S. as BLACK PIT OF DR. M! Discover the weird atmosphere of this high point of 1950s Mexican horror.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 7:36; Discussion 21:25; Ranking 32:47

Our first weird Western and it comes to us from Universal Pictures: It's CURSE OF THE UNDEAD (1959), directed by Edward Dein and starring Eric Fleming, Michael Pate and Kathleen Crowley!

Will our small town preacher fight off the gunslinging vampire? Listen and find out!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 15:26; Discussion 29:18; Ranking 38:37

For July's horror adjacent movie, we chant his name three times in order to watch BEETLEJUICE (1988)!

An early Tim Burton film with memorable performances from Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones and Winona Ryder, we discuss how the film works, doesn't work, and whether it holds up today.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 1:28:41; Discussion 1:37:48

Ed Wood's once-thought-lost film, NIGHT OF THE GHOULS (1959), terrorizes the neighbourhood once more!

We discuss Ed Wood's career, film hobbyist/"archivist" Wade Williams, and the effects of creative burnout.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 31:28; Discussion 37:50; Ranking 48:29

Let's travel to Japan for their response to Hammer's DRACULA... it's ONNA KYÛKETSUKI (1959) aka LADY VAMPIRE from director Nobuo Nakagawa!

This episode features a look at the Japanese film industry and the relationship between vampires and Catholicism!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 26:20; Discussion 35:52; Ranking 47:41

It's an amusement park ride through horror -- it's HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) from director William Castle and starring Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Carolyn Craig, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Elisha Cook Jr and Julie Mitchum!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 28:25; Discussion 49:50; Ranking 1:05:56

Your dedicated hosts travel back to 1926 for F.W. Murnau's FAUST - EIN DEUTSCHE VOLKSSAGE, translated as FAUST - A GERMAN FOLKTALE!

We cover the many iterations of Faust: The man, the myth, the legend.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 59:20; Discussion 1:17:36; Ranking 1:44:39

For June's horror adjacent movie, we turned our horrific eyes upon 1959's THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES from Hammer Film Productions!

We see the return of director Terence Fisher, actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, as well as how Hammer handles a non-horror Gothic film...

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 1:04:35; Discussion 1:10:29

This week your hosts head to Norway for DE DØDES TJERN (1958), translated as LAKE OF THE DEAD, from director Kåre Bergstrøm!

What happens when a group of friends go to a lone cabin in the woods near a haunted lake? ...Murder!

Your hosts talk Norwegian film, Riksmål and the Norwegian language conflict, and author André Bjerke.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 35:07; Discussion 45:40; Ranking 1:09:29

Your deadicated hosts address an appeal to reconsider the ranking of the 1931 DRACULA from Tod Browning, currently ranked at #22. We discuss the Philip Glass score and the impact it has on the atmosphere and horror of the overall film.