By FANGORIA Podcast Network
A Stephen King Podcast For Stephen King Obsessives
SNL's James Austin Johnson joins The Kingcast boys to delve deep into Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower series. Turns out, Johnson is a deeply addicted Dark Tower junkie and he came to play, going deep into the bizarre...
The very funny and insightful Tim Heidecker (Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, On Cinema) stops by to answer the truly pressing questions, like "are assassinations good, actually?", and reveals a long time connection to Stephen King's work... so...
Horniness, bullying, big studio complexity of the 1970s and the hungry nature of both Brian DePalma and Stephen King are on the docket for this chat as director Scott Derrickson (The Black Phone, Doctor Strange) returns to The Kingcast stage,...
The Kingcast boys are joined by Andy Levy, co-host of The Daily Beast's The New Abnormal podcast, to talk about the most recent piece of fiction from Stephen King: the short story Finn. The conversation balances the tangential chaos you...
The very funny Paul Rust (of Netflix's Love, Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and With Gourley and Rust podcast fame) joins the Kingcast boys to break down this odd made-for-TV movie, the original much darker short story and inject a copious amount...
Akela Cooper, the writer and producer behind Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Malignant, joins the Kingcast boys to dig into mutated rat-bats, Stephen Macht's outrageous Maine accent and Brad Dourif's commitment to the bit. Akela also regales Vespe and...
The Ballad of Chutt Buggins brings the iconic Kingcast mascot (along with his legendary mullet) into the fold as Chutt teams up with Crystal, Bug and Bruce on their quest to battle the forces of evil that is quickly enveloping...
You are cordially invited to celebrate The Kingcast 2nd Birthday at this prestigious, classy and very, very serious special event: The Night (Shift) of 100* Stars. Celebrating the onset of The Kingcast's Terrible Twos is a veritable who's who of...
Things are looking dire for our weirdo New England kids. Crystal is not only hurt, she's in the clutches of a crazed adult while Bruce and Bug cluelessly flip through old copies of Highlights Magazine. As the forces of darkness intensify...
Shelbyville Chapter 2 - The Haunted Hotel brings Crystal, Bug and Bruce in contact with spooky ghosts, a mysterious artifact and the scariest monstrosity concealed in the deepest, darkest depths of New England: canned bread. So, jump on your sick-ass bike...
Welcome to Shelbyville, an Actual Play RPG series presented by The Kingcast and featuring your beloved co-hosts, Scott Wampler and Eric Vespe, as well as Kingcast favorite and mother of Chutt Buggins Mallory O'Meara and Game Master Jacob Hall. Set in...
David Lowery (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story) returns to The Kingcast to take a look at one of our favorite Stephen King short stories: Crouch End. The boys once again force Lowery to pitch how he'd adapt this story...
Actress, writer and whirlwind personality Dani Fernandez (Ralph Breaks the Internet) joins Wampler and Vespe to talk a little bit about The Outsider. The conversation starts with loving up on the Twilight Zone before moving onto the HBO adaptation of...
Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson are the masterminds behind Showtime's fantastic series Yellowjackets and they also happen to be big Stephen King nerds to boot, so they joined up with the Kingcast boys to dive deep into the book that...
We didn't know what the Stephen King topic would be when Bill Hader came on the show and we thought that was kinda fun, so we're not telling you, either. What we can say is that Bill Hader is a...
Vanity Fair's Anthony Breznican joins the Kingcast boys to take a look at this important, but under-discussed entry into Stephen King's canon in which an old man recalls a run-in with Satan himself while he was a young child. As...
Elan Gale, a writer on Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass and the producer of popular reality shows FBoy Island, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, joins Wampler and Vespe to discuss the important topics on the minds of every man, woman and...
Enjoy this bonus episode, pulled from behind our Patreon paywall as a special gift this April Fool's Day, in which Wampler and Vespe nerd out while talking with the legendary fantasy illustrator Michael Whelan, who also just happened to provide...
The Moving Finger is one of Stephen King's weirder short stories and many people don't realize there was an early '90s adaptation of it starring the great Tom Noonan for a horror anthology TV series called Monsters. What a fitting topic...
Moon Knight head writer Jeremy Slater joins Vespe and Wampler to break down what works and what doesn't work in King's extremely entertaining book. Slater also talks about a pitch he went on with Sam Raimi to adapt this particular...
Director Chelsea Stardust (Satanic Panic) joins Vespe and Wampler to break down this lovely and oddly overlooked King title while also sharing stories about traumatic theme park experiences. Other topics include a lengthy discussion on why carnies are so fascinating,...
The ghoulishly delightful hosts of Shudder's The Boulet Brothers' Dragula join Vespe and Wampler to talk about King's super creepy short story, Children of the Corn, and its oddball '80s film adaptation. You will hear about drag queen drama, nightmarish camping...
Patton Oswalt joins Vespe and Wampler to pour through King's disturbing short sci-fi story The Jaunt, which features a happy little family about to go on their first teleportation trip together. What could possibly go wrong? In this episode you...
The day has finally come. The Kingcast boys are joined by the one and only Stephen King to discuss his books, the adaptation process and some incredibly nerdy Dark Tower questions. Topics discussed: the funny story behind the publication of...
Blank Check's Griffin Newman and David Sims joins The Kingcast Boys to pick apart all of the many questionable choices that went into Lawrence Kasdan's all-star AAA Hollywood blockbuster adaptation as well as many of the insane choices King himself...
Reno 911's Thomas Lennon (Lt. Jim Dangle himself!) pays a visit to The Kingcast boys to explain why he finds Stephen King's The Shining to be one of the best American novels ever written. Naturally, things go off the rails...
Continuing his streak of covering The Mangler on this show, comedian and author DC Pierson (Mystery Team, Captain America: Winter Soldier) returns once more to delve deep into this bizarre Canadian production that gives us the gift of a cyborg...
The Walking Dead and The Shield screenwriter/showrunner Glen Mazzara makes his triumphant return to The Kingcast stage to go beat by beat through his sadly unproduced Shining prequel script titled The Overlook Hotel. This thing was somewhere between Kubrick's film...
The Kingcast boys are joined by FREAKY screenwriter Michael Kennedy to fully examine this absolute time capsule of a movie. There are deep thoughts about this era in horror and what it was trying to say and also lots of...
The hilariously funny Flula Borg makes his triumphant return to The Kingcast with this episode focusing on the infamous Maximum Overdrive. Flula fills us in on how his New Years was, the current condition of his muscular buttocks, how his...
The Kingcast boys are joined by The Haunting of Bly Manor and Creepshow director Axelle Carolyn for this episode digging into the satirical meat of Needful Things. They talk how the book is even more relevant today than when it...
Horror author Grady Hendrix (Horrorstor, Final Girl Support Group) joins in on the discussion and the conversation goes about as off the rails as you'd expect a chat about this bonkers King book to go. Vespe doesn't like the book,...
Renowned comic book writer Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Invincible Iron Man) returns to dive deep into one of the most entertaining books in the Dark Tower saga. Listen to Fraction and the Kingcast boys love up on the book, discuss its...
Director Mike Flanagan never got to record a commentary track for Doctor Sleep and we thought that was a travesty, so we... corrected that mistake and pulled in Mike for a full feature length commentary for The Director's Cut of...
Who better than Hannibal's Bryan Fuller to join us for The Talisman's first ever starring role on The Kingcast? Nobody. Bryan is quickly becoming a Kingcast staple with his incredible insight, hilarious sense of humor and a keen eye for...
Screenwriter, Podcaster and film critic April Wolfe joins Vespe and Wampler for a deep dive into this insanely weird, ridiculously fun Direct-To-Video sequel that pits corn brother against corn brother in downtown Chicago, of all places. The discussion goes off the...
Our guest this week is screenwriter, comic book writer, journalist and podcast host Marc Bernardin who joins us to break down the class struggles and prescience of King's book as well as detour down some fun alleyways. This episode will...
Guillermo del Toro joins Vespe and Wampler for an exciting chat about all things King with a special focus on "It." The discussion jumps back and forth between other King titles, like Carrie and 'Salem's Lot (wait until you hear...
In this Kingcast Interview, Bronson Pinchot comes ready to talk about his role in The Langoliers, his pretty epic introduction to Stephen King on that set, his reading of the audio book for King's Eyes of the Dragon and, yes,...
The great comic book writer and the novelist behind the new Star Wars: The High Republic series joins Wampler and Vespe to discuss Gerald's Game. The discussion ping-pongs between King's original novel and Mike Flanagan's impressive Netflix adaptation. Would any...
The star of Final Destination, Idle Hands and the currently airing Chucky comes back to the Kingcast to discuss Vincenzo Natali's adaptation of In the Tall Grass. Topics of conversation include: Personal stories about getting lost, the challenges of adapting such...
Kate Siegel makes a triumphant return to The Kingcast and this time she brought along her Midnight Mass co-star Rahul Kohli to discuss one of the weirdest damn things we've ever talked about on the show. It's an absolutely chaotic episode...
Returning Kingcast champion (and the originator of Chutt Buggins) Mallory O'Meara joins Wampler and Vespe to break down and defend the much derided domestic abuse tale Rose Madder. This episode has everything: laughing at an angry cop getting peed on,...
Veteran actor Anthony Michael Hall joins Vespe and Wampler to talk about the iconic Halloween series, how Stephen King is similar to John Hughes, his wild child years with Robert Downey Jr, his hatred of hats and even some good...
Topics of discussion include (but are not limited to) how Mr. Myers handles his rage issues, his perfect day with Laurie Strode, Jethro Tull, a Dachshund named Thumper TK Wiggles, "porno Santa," the likelihood of seeing him go to space,...
The absolutely delightful Judy Greer joins the Kingcast Boys to talk a little bit about Misery, horror film lighting, "handsy" fans, Michael Myers, spelling complicated celebrity names, James Caan's manliness and the pros and cons of doing Ayahuasca.
Jamie Lee Curtis comes out swinging in this lively chat that touches on her personal connection to the making of Stand By Me as well as looks back at her own free-ranging childhood experiences that involve donkeys, teasing friends and...
Famed cosplayer, OnlyFans creator and kitten foster mom Laura Lux joins The Kingcast boys to tackle Stephen King's Desperation and Mick Garris' TV movie adaptation. Topics of discussion include (but are not limited to): blind cats, Ron Perlman's awesomeness, hiding...
Legendary comic book author Matt Fraction (Hawkeye and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen) joins Vespe and Wampler break down one of the most entertaining books in The Dark Tower series. Is this book King's subconscious grappling with addiction? How do the...
Director David Yarovesky (Brightburn and Netflix's Nightbooks) joins Wampler and Vespe to talk about gateway horror, the power of creativity, working with genre giants like James Gunn and Sam Raimi, dick elephants and, of course, Frank Darabont's balls of steel....