Writer/Director Kyle Kuchta (SURVIVAL OF THE FILM FREAKS, THE WOODSMAN) comes back… again… for more… of our Stephen King Halloween coverage! Kyle has selected a film about a teacher who has to relocate his wife and son to a remote part of the country for a new job after an outburst of anger causes him to lose his teaching position. That’s right! Tonight we’re talking about THE SHINI… oh, wait a minute… *checks notes* I mean… SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK (1991)! The made-for-TV short story adaptation that features the most fearsome recurring foe across all of King’s work: 50s GREASERS! So wipe the dust out of your eye, grab your rabbit’s foot keyring, and take a shortcut through the train tunnel on your way to our analysis of SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK with special guest Kyle Kuchta!

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Writer/Director Wolfe MacReady checks into the Overlook Hotel with the Video Monsters to passionately defend the oft-maligned ABC television miniseries version of THE SHINING (1997), directed by Mick Garris and written by King himself. The series is clearly a product of its time and suffers from the limitations of 90s network television but – despite its shortcomings – it is an earnest, emotional work with moving performances that faithfully (sometimes a little TOO faithfully) adapts the more personal elements of the novel that were omitted from the Stanley Kubrick film. So take your medicine, trim the topiary, grab your croquet mallet, and meet us in Room 217 as we… wait, hold on. You passed it... No, it’s 217, not 237. You’ve gone too far. Turn back around and… yeah. There you go. OK, great. Where was I? Oh, right. Now that we’re all here, it’s time to haunt the halls of THE SHINING with special guest, Wolfe MacReady!

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Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

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Spooky Season is upon us once again, which means it is FINALLY time to kick off our Halloween series for 2022! This is a big one for us. One that we have literally had planned out for well over a year in advance and we could not be more excited about it. So much so that we had to dedicate this entire episode to talking about the subject of our series, why he is so important to us, and what we are most looking forward to discussing this year. So, without further ado, let’s cut the ribbon on this bad boy. The Video Monsters are proud to present – in celebration of his 75th birthday this month – our Halloween series on the life and work of the one, the only, our Maine man, Mr. STEPHEN KING!!! So dust off those worn-out old paperbacks, start practicing your dodgy “Down East” Maine accent, and get ready to dive under the covers with the Video Monsters Halloween series on the man of our (nightmares and) dreams(capes), STEPHEN KING!!!

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Filmmaker George Popov returns to the podcast to talk about his SIDEWORLD documentary series, which takes a look into the myths and folklore behind some of the most terrifyingly beautiful places on earth. The discussion mostly focuses on the first entry, HAUNTED FORESTS OF ENGLAND, but he also gives us some insight into the newest entry, TERRORS OF THE SEA, and a little sneak peek at the next entry and the future of the SIDEWORLD series. So grab your camera and listen for the howls of the hellhounds as we go on a Wild Hunt through the Sideworld with filmmaker George Popov!

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Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

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We’re bidding a fond farewell to our Australian cinema series and riding off into the sunset with a brutal, beautiful Outback western that deconstructs the romantic mythmaking of the genre and delivers a sparse, unflinching, and heartbreaking portrayal of the sudden inevitability of violence, the hubris of trying to tame an “uncivilized” land, and the tenuous bonds of honor and brotherhood. Oh, and did we mention it’s a Christmas film? So finish up your bath, gather your loved ones together, and accept our proposal to sing the praises of John Hillcoat’s THE PROPOSITION (2005)!

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Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

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Do you want to build a fortress? Come on, it’s not a game. These armed men have come for us, they’ve taken us, and trapped us in a cave. We used to be sweet children, and now we’re not. I wish we didn’t have to fight. Do you want to build a fortress? We really need to build a fortress (and make some traps!) Yes, that’s right.

So put on your Santa mask, fill up the aquarium, and make a torch out of shoelaces so we can see what’s right in front of us and shed some light on the underseen Ozploitation/Kidventure gem, FORTRESS (1985)!

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Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

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Come along as we turn the page on the first of our three-part trek into the weird, wild, and wonderful world of Australian cinema as we discuss the heartwarming story of two siblings and an Aborigine boy stranded in the Outback on a journey of self-discovery into the dark heart of mankind, the casual cruelty of civilized society, our inability or unwillingness to communicate due to internalized prejudice, and our incessant longing for a romanticized version of a past that never was and a future that never will be. *Deep breath* So grab your didgeridoo, swat away the flies, and take a dip with us as we dive deep into Nicolas Roeg’s gorgeous nihilistic masterpiece, WALKABOUT (1971).

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Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

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The Video Monsters are back at it again as its time for another AUSsome episode of our Popcorn Punchout: Video Rack Attack Bracket to determine which three films we will be discussing for our Australian theme!!  The films in the Skull of Decisions this time range from AUStere to emotionally exhAUSting to ridiculAUS.  So pack a picnic, hop on your BMX bike, and watch out for were-marsupials as we drill into our picks for tonight's Australian Popcorn Punchout where 20 films enter, but only 3 films leave!!

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Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

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Our musicals theme comes to its climactic conclusion as we discuss double-talking politicians, fame-hungry exploitation journalism, a mustachioed leading man torn between what's legal and what's right, and a kind-hearted madam fighting for the working woman.  So slip into something more comfortable, do a little sidestep, and meet us down at the Chicken Ranch as we bring you our analysis of THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (1982)!!

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We are blasting through our musicals theme like a cannon firing an apple as we discuss a futuristic version of a timeless tale of biblical proportions.  So put on your BIM mark, keep an eye out for an actual vampire, and join us in a golden ghost Cadillac in the sky because hey hey hey, Video Monsters are on the way with our analysis of The Apple (1980)!!

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Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

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