Test Pattern: A Horror Movie Podcast

As we hang up our horror host costumes, we can't help but pass out that sweet sweet Test Pattern Halloween Candy. It's time for one final Halloween Hoorah!

We contemplate life and death and come to the realization that sometimes… dead is better. We read Stephen King's darkest novel, Pet Sematary and watched the 1989 adaptation!

Sources:

On Writing by Stephen King

Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary, documentary

We come full circle, as we revisit our first movie together ... Sleepaway Camp! Stay tuned after the episode for a bonus conversation with Jacob and James about their OG bad movie nights!

Sources:

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

"Robert Hiltzik Talks the Making of Slasher Classic Sleepaway Camp" by Don Kaye, Den of Geek

Actor commentary with Felissa Rose and Jonathan Tierston

Director/Actor commentary with Robert Hiltzik and Felissa Rose

We're joined by Brian Ivanhoe to explore the boundaries of reality with Jacob's Ladder and Silent Hill!

Sources:

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

"Hell Can Wait: Art, Trauma, and Other Demons" by Rich Johnson, Fangoria

"Up Jacob's Ladder and into the Hell of a Veteran's Psyche" by Tim Golden, The New York Times

"Understanding Jacob's Ladder" by Pinchas Leiser, My Jewish Learning

"What is the Story of Jacob's Ladder" by Joel Ryan, Christianity.com

"Jacob's Ladder", Abrahamic Study Hall

Director commentary with Adrian Lyne

Silent Hill (2006)

"The Making of Silent Hill", featurette

Find Brian Online:

• Twitter
• IMDB
• "The Legend of Drizzt Homeland Prologue and Chapter 1" (fan film)
• "Porcelain" (short film)
• "Swag: Episode 1" (short film - editor)

The Dead have waited ... for our final installment of the Romero Dead Trilogy! We wrap things up with Day of the Dead!

Day of the Dead (1986)

Sources:

Director/Crew/Actress commentary with George Romero, Tom Savini, Cletus Anderson, and Lori Cardille

The World's End: The Making of Day of the Dead (documentary)

Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever by Joe Kane

First . . . there was the Night. Now, see if you can live through the Dawn! We continue our coverage of George Romero's Dead Trilogy with the original Dawn of the Dead!

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Sources:

The Dead Will Walk (Making of documentary)

Director/SFX commentary with George Romero, Tom Savini, and Chris Romero

Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever by Joe Kane

They're coming to get you ... we kick off October (and our coverage of the Romero Dead Trilogy) with the classic that started it all - Night of the Living Dead!

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Sources:

Director/actor/producer commentary with George Romero, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, and John Ruso

Actor/producer commentary with Russell Streiner, Vincent Survinski, Judith O'Dea, Bill Hinzman, Kyra Schon, and Keith Wayne

Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever by Joe Kane

We welcome you to ... Jurassic Park! We're joined by Tab's husband, Kris, to talk about his favorite movie and the Michael Crichton novel from which it was adapted!

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Sources:

"Michael Crichton on the Jurassic Park Phenomenon", featurette

"Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era", featurette

Jurassic Park (1993)

"The Movies That Made Us: Jurassic Park", Netflix

Where to find Kris Online:

@OffbrandKris

Don't lose your head! We're joined by JX Dill to explore the Scottish Highlands with Highlander and Justin Kurzel's adaptation of Macbeth!

Sources:

Highlander (1986)

"There Can Only Be One: Why Highlander Will Live Forever" by Ed Power, The Telegraph

"15 Immortal Facts About Highlander" by Jake Rossen, Mental Floss

Macbeth (2015)

"Michael Fassbender and the Robes of Royalty" by Rachel Lee Harris, The New York Times

"Macbeth in Historical Context", Columbia College

We're joined for the final time (at least officially) by James to talk about the gorgeous and ghostly Japanese anthology film, Kwaidan!

Sources:

Film historian commentary with Stephen Prince, author of A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki

"Kwaidan: No Way Out" by Geoffrey O'Brien, Criterion

"Why Japan Keeps Apologizing for World War II", NowThis World

"Guillermo Del Toro talking about Kwaidan and Lafcadio Hearn", Criterion

"Ernest Dickerson on Kwaidan", Trailers From Hell

Find James on Twitter at @CalamityJames4