EPISODE 17: THE HALLOWEEN EPISODE (DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS & THE ASPHYX)

Hey! We're pretty damn proud of ourselves. We said we were going to post an episode on Halloween and we did it. Hooray and straight to hell with all the bastards that doubted us!

What exactly makes the Halloween episode different from our other episodes? Timing. That's all. Just timing. Everything else is the same. We talk about horror films and stuff and it's fun. We love this podcast and you should too.

We start out NOT talking about any books or music. We just head straight into the horrors with a bunch of movies that we've watched over the past few weeks. Ryan drops a bomb on everyone by admitting that he's just seen a classic for the first time in the past month. Jim babbles on about Fred Dekker movies that no one cares about, and there's some other fun stuff.

We eventually get to The Asphyx and Dracula: Prince of Darkness. Both great films, we thought, but John Weiners says otherwise with a scathing email about how bad he hates one of them.

For the Macabre Minute, we set up two heavyweight, classic horror films; Universal's classic The Mummy vs. Hammer's version of the same title. Who will win? Listen and find out!













Download Episode 17 HERE.

Films for next month:

The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

 

 

Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Happy Halloween!


WELLINGTON!

TOO MUCH HORROR BUSINESS: THE KIRK HAMMETT COLLECTION

Metallica has become a very polarizing band. Once considered the absolute thrash band, they have now become the ensign for every meat-head in the country. The days of Pushead artwork on a Zorlac deck are gone and have been replaced by a cliché love of hot rod culture. Creeping Death passed the torch to St. Anger.

Still, there are those that don't agree with me. Plenty of people still love the music that Metallica is turning out and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. As for me, it's Blackened or nothing. The soundtrack to hell will be Fuel. I don't mean the cool hell either. I mean eternal torment.

Either way, Metallica will always hold a special place in every metal-head's heart and we are no exception. When Ryan's boss sent him a recent video that Kirk Hammett put out about his horror collection and new book, we were both very excited. We've known about Hammett's obsession with horror for a while, but we didn't know too much about his collection until we read the announcement about his new book, Too Much Horror Business: The Kirk Hammett Collection.

I'm pretty excited to get my own copy. From what I've seen, it looks like Hammett is in almost every picture in the book. I'm more interested in his collection than seeing him posing with statues of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, but I think it'll still be a fun book to look at. Of all the dudes in Metallica, Hammett bugs me the least anyway. If it were Ulrich, the deal would be off.

EPISODE 16: QUATERMASS AND THE PIT & THE VAMPIRE LOVERS

Episode 16 marks the return of Professor Cushing's Crypt of the Macabre!

To start off, we're very excited to discuss news of Jeff Dixon's new TV horror series. Read more about it over on his blog. Jeff's blog is also a lot of fun during October because he lists daily recommendations of horror films you should check out.




As normal, we discuss everything we've been reading, listening to, and watching, but there's a little more chit-chat with this episode due to our 2 month hiatus. We rate Quatermass and the Pit and The Vampire Lovers, then move on to The Macabre Minute with discussion on a few more films from Ryan.


Our films for next time:

Jim:

The Asphyx (1972)

 

Ryan:

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

 

 

 

 

WELLINGTON! 

 

YOU MISS US?

Hello, Everyone.

We miss the hell out of you. We really do.

Everything is going well, but we're still a bit busy with life and such. Ryan and his lovely wife had their baby boy earlier this month, so he's had his hands full with all the craziness that comes with having a new born. Everything is going well though and Momma and baby are home healthy and happy.

We've been talking a bit lately about films we want to watch and Ryan has been catching up on his new love; Night Gallery.

We'll be back at recording very, very soon. In the meantime, make sure to watch some horrors and let us know what you've been watching!

WELLINGTON!

EPISODE 15: THE GHOUL & TWINS OF EVIL

Episode 15 is available for download here and on iTunes. If you like what you hear (and we know you do!), feel free to leave us a positive rating and a review. There's more about that during the episode.

During this episode, Ryan talks about his love for Rod Serling's Night Gallery that he's been watching on our new favorite television channel that also airs Svengoolie. We discussed the iconic paintings of the program and Ryan later found a few links about the paintings and how to get a hold of your own re-creation.



We also read a few emails from the official Crypt Librarian, Eric and our good friend, Brian. Eric brought up some childhood memories of watching Asylum, and it reminded Jim of a show that messed with him when he was a kid; The Darkroom. You probably don't remember it because it only ran for one season, but it made quite the impression on young Jim.

The films we chose for Episode 16:

Jim

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Ryan 

The Vampire Lovers (1970) 

You should have plenty of time to watch these two films. With a new addition to his family, Ryan will be pretty busy and we may not record for a couple of months or more. Jim will update the blog more regularly with tidbits we find on the web and notable news. 

As always, email us with anything you'd like to discuss. 

Wellington!

REST IN PEACE, RICHARD MATHESON

We were saddened to hear about the loss of iconic author and screen writer, Richard Matheson. Besides writing I Am Legend, What Dreams May Come, and a bunch of Twilight Zone episodes, he also wrote the screenplays for a few of our very favorite British films; The Devil Rides Out and Burn, Witch, Burn.

The guys over at Geeks of Doom wrote a very nice article on his life and work. Check it out.

Wellington.

EPISODE 14: ASYLUM & BURN, WITCH, BURN (NIGHT OF THE EAGLE)

I apologize for the late post. Get off my case!

Hopefully you've already listened and have at least started watching the films we've chosen to discuss for episode 15. Which two films did we choose?

Well, I picked The Ghoul (1975)

And Ryan?
Well, he picked another Cushing movie: Twins of Evil (1971).

Ryan has the Blu Ray of Twins of Evil, so we'll be talking about that as well. 

Wellington!