Scream Scene Podcast

From director Kenji Misumi and starring the prolific actor Kazuo Hasegawa comes YOTSUYA KAIDAN (1959)!

This adaptation of the iconic kabuki play offers a unique remix of classic moments, but at what point do we lose the original intent of those scenes?

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 32:15; Discussion 44:26; Ranking 53:48

You'll never see it coming! It's INVISIBLE INVADERS (1959) from producer Robert E. Kent and director Edward L. Cahn!

Starring John Agar, Philip Tonge, John Carradine and Robert Hutton, what moral imperatives will this DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL-rip off impart?

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 10:37; Discussion 25:21; Ranking 37:07

The infamous lost film arrives on the podcast with September's bonus horror adjacent episode.

This month we watch a reconstruction of Tod Browning's LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927) by producer Rick Schmidlin! The film stars Man of a Thousand Faces Lon Chaney in one of his most iconic disguises.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 36:31; Discussion 50:00

Your deadicated hosts return with THE FOUR SKULLS OF JONATHAN DRAKE (1959) from director Edward L Cahn!

The film is said to be written, produced and directed to scare the daylights out of you -- but will it? And how do shrunken heads factor in here? Listen to find out!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 20:47; Discussion 33:39; Ranking 49:24

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