Calling all Scott Bakula fans! We go in depth about Clive Barker's novella "The Last Illusion" and the film adaptation as "The Lord of Illusions," which Clive wrote and directed. The name change is important here, as the works basically have nothing to do with each other. Let' just say the bad guy in the novella appears a bit differently in the film.

What is this, a good adaption of a Clive Barker story? We cover the short story "The Forbidden" and the adaptation as "Candyman." Don't you want to be like an eyeless old man and a castrated mentally challenged boy and join the Candyman? Sure you do!

We cover Clive Barker's "monster on the rampage" short story and the farcical film adaptation. As Clive said: "They got it all completely wrong. I whined at them a little bit and they said 'get out of our face'."

Do you dare tempt The Beast! Clive Barker's short story "Dread," a lesson in cruel irony becomes....something else when adapted to the big screen.

It's the adaptation no one asked for, fittingly watched by basically no one! How do you adapt what is essentially a 15 page framing story that is really all climax? By adding a bunch of silly shit! And remember not to blink, you might miss Doug Bradley!

The Midnight Meat Train, a short story written by a pre-fame Clive Barker, adapted into a film featuring a pre-shame Bradley Cooper. How do they compare?

Part 3 of Clint Smith’s collection “Ghouljaw,” Break out your lit-horror bingo boards for self-loathing teachers, the exotic women they lust for, and car accidents galore.

Part 2 of Clint Smith’s collection “Ghouljaw,” Break out your lit-horror bingo boards for self-loathing teachers, the exotic women they lust for, and car accidents galore.

Part 1 of Clint Smith's collection "Ghouljaw," Break out your lit-horror bingo boards for self-loathing teachers, the exotic women they lust for, and car accidents galore.

Author Matthew Bartlett discusses fatal radio broadcasts, self-publishing, cute rams, being stuck in haunted New England, and the wonder of movie novelizations. You are listening to The Horror of Nachos and Hamantaschen. The podcast to put you in a cast.