Screams from the Basement

Joining hosts of Screams from the Basement Sam Lenz and Casey Kelderman is filmmaker Virat Pal, writer and director of the ''Dream Girl'' segment in V/H/S/Beyond! Virat joins us in the basement to chat about the 7th installment in the acclaimed found footage series, being the first director to shoot a V/H/S segment in India, and just how quick the film went from concept, to production, to final product!

We know the title says not to, but we can't help but F with ghosts as we are joined in the basement by the filmmaking duo behind Don't F**k with Ghosts, Stu Stone and Adam Rodness! Stu and Adam join us to chat about their latest blend of reality and fiction, now with a supernatural twist as the duo set out to prove to the world the existence of the paranormal.

Don't F**k with Ghosts begins streaming on VOD October 31st. For more information, please visit fivesevenfilms.com

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Screams from the Basement celebrates two Halloween CLASSICS on this episode as we discuss the 1986 supernatural rock and roll horror Trick or Treat starring Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne. We also look at the ultimate Halloween movie with the 2007 anthology flick Trick 'r Treat starring everyone's favorite little pumpkin demon Sam!

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October is here, and that means Halloween festivities all month long! One of our favorite festivities is the annual Halloweenapalooza Convention in Ottumwa, Iowa, put on by our Prescribed Films "fathers" Jason Bolinger and ''Insane'' Mike Saunders! The duo began the festival over 10 years ago, with this year's event set to be the biggest to date with over a half dozen cast members from the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise attending!

You can get your tickets for Halloweenapalooza now at www.halloweenapalooza.com

Recorded LIVE at Little Con of Horrors in Council Bluffs, IA, Screams from the Basement ranks the TOP 10 horror movies from one of horror's greatest Scream Queens, Brinke Stevens. With over 200 acting credits to her name, we narrow the best down to the Top 10! Where will Slumber Party Massacre land? Will Nightmare Sisters make the list? How about any of the films Brinke directed? Listen to find out!

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Exorcisms are on the rise in the United States in the past 15 years. The church receives hundreds of new cases each week, most of which are only a hoax. In the case of Anna Scott, her reality has becoming a living hell. NAME THE DEMON is an 2024 found footage exorcism movie from filmmaking brothers Carmelo and Nicholas Chimera, starring Danny Bohnen, Jessie Nerud, and Joe Castro. We are joined on this conversation with Carmelo and Danny to chat about straight up one of our favorite movies of the year, the incredible practical effects of NAME THE DEMON, and how they pulled off the films HOUR LONG ONE SHOT!

You can check out NAME THE DEMON at the SiouxperCon Film Festival in Sioux Falls, SD on September 27th. The film hits VOD on October 4th.

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Submitted for approval of the Midnight Society this is "The Tale of Screams from the Basement". On this episode hosts Casey and Sam chat two of our favorite Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes The Tale of Laughing in the Dark and The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner. These two episodes in particular caused many of nightmares for millennials who grew up on the Nickelodeon kindertrauma show.

We also preview all our upcoming events this and where you can find us at in-person the rest of September!

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It was fun...until it wasn't. A group of lifelong friends take a weekend trip to a secluded house as a break from life, and to partake in a hallucinogen binge. As the group swap stories, they soon learn that the house they inhabit may have a dark past. We are joined in the basement with Director, Writer, Producer, and Star of the 2024 film The Trip, Dean Jacobs as we chat about the Kickstarter produced film that stars genre staples Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), Hannah Fierman (V/H/S), and Lori Cardille (Day of the Dead).

We also discuss Dean's upcoming project "Water Rites", a folk horror film starring Lynn Lowry and Michael Berryman. You can help support Water Rites on Kickstarter!

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We’re taking it back to childhood frights this week on Screams from the Basement, talking about the master of kids’ horror, R.L. Stine! Sam and Casey are joined by Katie Hettenbach, host of the Katie Afraidy podcast, to talk The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It (2007) and Mostly Ghostly (2008) both based on the early aughts R.L. Stine novels. Katie also helps us scratch more of that childhood horror itch with some Scooby-Doo talk in the back-half of the episode!

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