By FANGORIA Podcast Network
A Stephen King Podcast For Stephen King Obsessives
When you have a story featuring timeaters that may or may not resemble flying meatballs with metal teeth you have to bring in the best of the best to break it down. Lucky for us Elan Gale (The Bachelor, FBOY...
Kotaku's Alyssa Mercante joins Wampler and Vespe for an interesting thought experiment: What would you do if you could design your own Stephen King video game? Would you make a AAA giant budget title or something smaller and more indie?...
Writer, editor, and cartoonist K. Thor Jensen has been summoned onto The Kingcast to help cover the prestigious King-related title that is 2011's Children of the Corn: Genesis. We are deep into the Corn Boys catalogue now, my lovelies, and...
You haven't really lived until you hear the acclaimed actor and director Keith Gordon (Christine, Back to School, Dressed to Kill, Mother Night) contemplate the blowjob dog ghost for a surprisingly long period of time. You get exactly that, plus...
Best Selling Author Stephen Graham Jones has a brand new book out called The Angel of Indian Lake that wraps up his Jade Daniels Trilogy and to celebrate he has returned to The Kingcast to discuss the bonkers film Sleepwalkers....
The great writer, producer, and podcaster Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick, Indoor Kids) returns to The Kingcast to talk about Bag of Bones, a title long demanded by The Kingcast listenership and one filled with chewy topics of conversation....
Film critic and podcaster Jeff Zhang (Strange Harbors) joins Wampler and Vespe to chat about 1408, both the original King short story and the surprisingly good 2007 adaptation starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. We dive into both, decide...
Director Jeff Wadlow (Imaginary, Fantasy Island, Cry Wolf) joins Wampler and Vespe to dig into the notorious Bachman Books. Conversation turns from all of our real life imaginary friends to the bleak stories contained in The Bachman Books, including Rage,...
Are you ready for the podcast crossover event of the century? Well, you damn well should be because The Kingcast boys are welcoming Screen Draft's Clay Keller and Ryan Marker and turning the tables on them. Wampler and Vespe serve...
The Kingcast boys finally dive into arguably the very worst direct adaptation of a Stephen King story: 2009's Dolan's Cadillac starring Christian Slater and American Beauty's Wes Bentley. Joining us is fellow podcaster and Kingcast favorite guest Wynter Mitchell (Tangent...
Evil Dead Rise star Lily Sullivan joins The Kingcast boys to talk about her latest genre outing, a thriller called Monolith, as well as Brian De Palma's Carrie. Lily dives into her own quasi-traumatic upbringing thanks a horror-loving mom, how...
This isn't your typical Cujo conversation this week as we welcome the very talented writer, performer, and singer Sam Haft (Hazbin Hotel, The Living Tombstone) onto the show. He doesn't just come ready to get silly while talking about Cujo,...
Horror and music video director Barnaby Clay (The Seeding, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) joins Vespe and Wampler to discuss the parallels between his new movie and Stephen King's Misery, which naturally cascades into a deeper conversation about fan's ownership over art,...
There have been many attempts to make The Stand and only two have ever succeeded. One of the early at-bats was by John Boorman's go-to writer Rospo Pallenberg (Excalibur, Exorcist 2: The Heretic) who delivered a very unfortunate screenplay in...
Charles Soule, the novelist and comic book writer behind all of your favorite Marvel, DC, and Star Wars books, returns to The Kingcast to dissect Stephen King's novella The Life of Chuck, soon to be released as a major motion...
On the eve of the release of her season of True Detective, longtime Kingcast favorite Issa Lopez (Tigers Are Not Afraid) returns to chat with Wampler and Vespe about the Stephen King influences on her season of True Detective, why...
Thomas Jane makes his triumphant return to The Kingcast stage to talk about his work in 1922. Well, that's the goal anyway, but when you get Thomas Jane on the line the conversation is gonna go where it's gonna go....
Matt Fraction (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Hawkeye) returns to continue his Dark Tower adventure. Every time Matt finishes a new Dark Tower book he checks in with The Kingcast boys to talk about his thoughts on the series. Despite spearheading...
The Kingcast welcomes the great Carla Gugino to the main stage for a lengthy discussion of her work on Gerald's Game and her recent award-nominated turn in Mike Flanagan's The Fall of the House of Usher. Discover Carla's Stephen King...
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines director Lindsey Beer joins The Kingcast boys to talk a little about her prequel and the iconic, legendary, massive tome known as Stephen King's It. We ask ourselves if It has killed McDonald's famous mascot, which of...
Our favorite saucy, but sweet, author Chuck Tingle (Camp Damascus, Space Raptor Butt Trilogy) returns to The Kingcast to discuss one of King's more obscure short stories: Ur. This one's all about an otherworldly Kindle and serves as something of...
Kingcast favorite guest, the James Beard-winning author and co-host of the Reading Glasses Podcast, Mallory O'Meara comes back to the show to discuss the intriguing TV mini-series Rose Red. Mallory brings the smarts, citing her deep knowledge of Shirley Jackson,...
Legendary artist Coop (aka Chris Cooper), the man behind iconic rock posters for Nirvana, White Zombie, Soundgarden, and The Foo Fighters, joins The Kingcast boys for a look into Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Doctor Sleep. Why does this adaptation work...
Noted funnyman, writer, producer, and prankster Ben Mekler (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Die Hart 2, and Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight) was tasked to surprise your beloved Kingcast hosts with a Stephen King title and see how...
The duo that make up the Satanic doo-wop group known as Twin Temple join The Kingcast to talk about the feminism and the lampooning of religious zealotry behind Stephen King's Carrie. Alexandra and Zachary James share their love of Carrie...
Kingcast favorite son, Mr. Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians, The Indian Lake Trilogy), returns to the show in order to discuss Stephen King's most recent book: Holly. It wouldn't be right if Dr. Jones didn't show up with...
Remedy head honcho Sam Lake joins The Kingcast boys to dive into Stephen King's On Writing and also answer some fanboy questions about his own Alan Wake video game series. The sequel is just about to come out and this...
Joe Lynch (Mayhem, Everly) returns to The Kingcast to talk about his upcoming HP Lovecraft adaptation, Suitable Flesh, starring Heather Graham and Judah Lewis, as well as horny horror's place in a world growing more and more repressed. His chosen...
The Kingcast celebrates its 200th Episode by gathering together a couple dozen of their most popular guests to tell some spooky stories around the campfire. There have been disturbing reports of a killer wearing a baby doll mask roaming the...
Renowned author and horror enthusiast Sadie Hartmann (101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered) joins Wampler and Vespe to dig into King's most personal novel, Lisey's Story, a first time appearance for both in the Kingcast main feed. Discussion...
The Kingcast Boys are joined by a whooooole family of macabre individuals, known collectively as The Adams Family. John Adams, Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and Trey Lindsay are a family that makes horror movies together (The Deeper You Dig, Hellbender,...
Writer/Director Brian Duffield (Spontaneous, No One Will Save You) joins Wampler and Vespe to discuss his new movie (which premieres this Friday on Hulu), an alien home invasion story that Wampler in particular fell head over heels in love with,...
Satanic Hispanics directors Alejandro Brugues and Gigi Saul Guerrrero join The Kingcast boys to talk about the art of the anthology movie, their work on Satanic Hispanics, and, of course, Stephen King's epic novella, The Mist, and Frank Darabont's masterful...
Joining us for this week's episode is Ice Nine Kills lead singer Spencer Charnas. He's here to talk about his favorite Creepshow segment, his least favorite, the influence Stephen King and horror in general has on his music and just...
Actress, writer, and content creator Maggie Mae Fish has watched Dreamcatcher an unusual amount of times and now she's here to talk about what works and what doesn't about this particular story. Spoiler alert: the what doesn't work part is...
Actress, producer, director, writer, and podcaster Clarke Wolfe (Malum, Satanic Panic) joins the Kingcast boys to discuss The Eyes of the Dragon. What is it about this story that still grabs us? Why hasn't it been adapted? Will it ever...
The Kingcast boys break formula a little bit with this week's episode, which focuses on four particularly head-scratching Stephen King related video games: The Running Man, The Lawnmower Man, The Dark Half, and F13. They are joined by video game...
It took us a while, but we finally get to cover Dolores Claiborne thanks to writer/director Mike Flanagan. It only makes sense that Flanagan be the one to break this title in since this is the sister story to Gerald's...
Today's episode of The Kingcast brings in two new guests, the co-hosts of the popular podcast Ruined, Alison Leiby and Halle Kiefer, to talk about Gerald's Game, with a focus on Mike Flanagan's 2017 outstanding adaptation starring Carla Gugino and...
Artist Rob Sheridan, known for his work with Nine Inch Nails and his crazy clothing line over at Glitch Goods, joins Wampler and Vespe to chat about one of the worst King adaptations ever put to celluloid. We don't hold...
The very funny Matt Lieb (of the Pod Yourself A Gun podcast) joins The Kingcast boys in a rollercoaster of a chat that somehow incorporates terrible Stephen King impersonations, what a wet noodle Richard Sloat is in The Talisman, speculation...
Noted author and animal whisperer Stephen Graham Jones joined The Kingcast boys for a live show at The Highball following a 35mm screening of Stephen King's sole directorial effort, Maximum Overdrive. This is that recording, complete with yet another series...
The Kingcast boys are joined by one of their favorite people, actor, writer, and man of a thousand voices, Mr. Josh Robert Thompson (The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Barb and Star) to dive into The Stand. Josh invites...
When documentarian and podcaster Jay Cheel (Cursed Films, How To Build A Time Machine, Film Junk Podcast) agreed to talk about Needful Things we had no idea the discussion would end up turning to Dick Tracy toys and failed death...
The Kingcast boys are once again joined by the very talented model and social media star Laura Lux to chat about The Green Mile. The conversation that results is somehow both light and funny as well as deeply serious as...
Indie filmmaker Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here, Mohawk) is here to discuss his newest movie, Brooklyn 45, and also to explain to Vespe and Wampler just what the hell is going on in Children of the Corn 666. Can...
David Dastmalchian (The Boogeyman, The Suicide Squad) returns to The Kingcast to talk about working on the latest big screen King adaptation and why Creepshow was so influential to him as a creative mind. Dastmalchian was a child of EC...
The Boogeyman director Rob Savage stops by to chat up Night Shift, the short story collection The Boogeyman first appeared in. Up for discussion are the bulk of the stories, including the 'Salem's Lot prequel and sequel short stories, The...
Director Peter Atencio (Key & Peele, The Last Man On Earth, Keanu) joins The Kingcast boys to talk a little bit about his upcoming Bert Kreischer comedy The Machine as well as Will Forte's superhuman kindness and some chitchat about...
The extremely funny Joe Lo Truglio (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Wet Hot American Summer, The State) joins The Kingcast boys to discuss this nasty little King short story as well as get the inside dirt on Lo Truglio's brand new horror film,...
