Ted Levine fights his own jacket, Jim auctions off his eyeballs and Jason introduces his son to "spooky skulls" just in time to end October.
Full StoryMonth: October 2019
The Phantom Sound of Terror: ‘The Town That Dreaded Sundown’ (1976)
In Charles B. Pierce’s 1976 proto-slasher film, sound takes center stage alongside a monstrous murderer who was never caught in real life
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 22: ‘Needful Things’ (1993) — Cinesthesia
Logan Taylor guests on this episode about Needful Things, a Stephen King adaptation that plays like a more murderous It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Full StoryReel Rap: ‘Frailty’ (2001)
Shane and Bennett discuss the third most important event of 2001, Bill Paxton's directorial debut in 'Frailty.'
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 21: ‘The Tommyknockers’ (1993) — Cinesthesia
Lipstick vaporizers, charming machines and ancient architecture in the woods provide bright spots in a series that struggles to stretch to three hours
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 20: ‘The Dark Half’ (1993) — Cinesthesia
With Jason and Jim's bedraggled brains manifesting in mildness, they paw through this discussion like two opossums hoping to reach the other end of a suburb
Full Story‘Begotten’: Images Never Meant to Be Seen
While it may look like it was beamed in from another universe, Begotten emanates a deeply human yearning to explore the darkest shadows of humanity’s origins
Full StoryCosmic Horror: Glimpsing the Secret Structures of the Universe in Moving Pictures
Shapes that won’t cohere, colors that don’t align, flows and forces descending from infinity. This is Cosmic Horror is a thing of a different order.
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 19: ‘Sleepwalkers’ (1992) — Cinesthesia
Cat people, vampire-energy beasts with shape-shifting abilities and a very unclear interpretation of what a sleepwalker can be power the film.
Full StoryJoel Potrykus’ Midwestern Monsters Pt. 2: ‘The Alchemist Cookbook’ and ‘Relaxer’
In the finale of a two-part series, Bennett Glace dissects the Chaotic Neutral in Joel Potrykus' The Alchemist Cookbook and Relaxer
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