Episode 120: Lost Films and Crazy Movies You Never Saw with Roxanne Guarino
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 73 ratingsHorror movie collectors live to find those rare movies that eluded us. These are the movies that are so obscure and bizarre that it becomes a quest to see them and pass them on to other fans.
Join our guest, Roxanne Guarino (Cinema Insomnia with Mr. Lobo), author of the new zine The Craziest Movies You NeverSaw, as we discuss the growing lost media culture, legendary "Holy Grails" of horror and cult, and our own favorite cinematic lost causes.
Follow Roxanne on Instagram: @basement_mind_meds
Dare to go down the lost media rabbit hole of the Lost Media Wiki: https://lostmediawiki.com/Home
I hope you enjoy the show!
Movies, Books, and TV Shows Discussed:
The Story of Vampires by Thomas G. Aylesworth (1977 Children's book)
Big Bad Beetleborgs (TV Series, 1996-1998)
Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Short Films by Short People, “Attack of the Giant Vulture” (TV-Nickelodeon, 1995)
Cuckoo Clocks of Hell (1973) aka Last House on Dead End Street (1977)
Sesame Street Episode 847- with Margaret Hamilton (TV-1976)
Sesame Street Short- “Cracks (aka Crack Master)” (TV-1975)
Rock Odyssey (1987)
Heidi’s Song (1982)
Mean Parents Suck/aka For Parents Only (1991)
Plan 10 From Outer Space (1995)
London After Midnight (1927)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (Anime-2007)
Freaks: Deleted Scenes (1932)
Nighty-Night: Midnight Nightmares (1986)
Happy Mother’s Day, Love George/ aka Run, Stranger, Run (1973)
Twice Upon a Time (1983)
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Episode 123: The Killer Elite- Part Two
March 10, 2024 03:04 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBThe 96th Academy Awards Ceremony is upon us, but we fans know that the only award that matters is if you recommend a horror movie to your friends and they love it! In reality, 2023 was such a good year for horror movies that I needed two episodes to cover my favorites! Join me as we celebrate PART TWO of the "Killer Elite," a list of horror movies that surprised me and that I recommend to horror fans! I hope you enjoy the show! Movies Covered: The Sacrifice Game(2023) In My Mothe...
Episode 122: The Killer Elite- Part One
February 22, 2024 11:20 - 57 minutes - 46.7 MBThe 96th Academy Awards Ceremony is in a few weeks, but the annual outrage over the lack of horror movie nominations is in full swing. We fans know that the only award that matters is if you recommend a horror movie to your friends. In reality, 2023 was a damn good year for horror movies, with diverse styles and subgenres to satisfy any horror fan's tastes, and I have so many recommendations I needed two episodes to cover them! Join me as I celebrate the "Killer Elite," a list of horror ...
Episode 121: A Christmas Ghost Story- A View From a Hill
December 25, 2023 11:53 - 53 minutes - 43.6 MBIt's Time for our annual Christmas Ghost Story! We return to the Grandfather of the modern ghost story, M.R. James. Join me as I read his classic short story, A View From a Hill, and find out what a "Borgia Box" is! Happy Holidays to everyone! I hope you enjoy the show! Story: A View From a Hill from the collection A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925)
Episode 120: Lost Films and Crazy Movies You Never Saw with Roxanne Guarino
December 13, 2023 05:57 - 1 hour - 72 MBHorror movie collectors live to find those rare movies that eluded us. These are the movies that are so obscure and bizarre that it becomes a quest to see them and pass them on to other fans. Join our guest, Roxanne Guarino (Cinema Insomnia with Mr. Lobo), author of the new zine The Craziest Movies You Never Saw, as we discuss the growing lost media culture, legendary "Holy Grails" of horror and cult, and our own favorite cinematic lost causes. Follow Roxanne on Instagram: @basement_m...
Episode 119-Death or Glory: SOV Horror (Tape Two)
November 25, 2023 10:15 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBWelcome to "Tape Two" of S.O.V. (shot on video) movies that prove that Horror is the Punk Rock of Cinema! For decades, fans made movies without Hollywood, money, or distribution deals. Following the DIY ethos, regional horror movies sprung up everywhere and told crazy, original, and personal stories and created a subculture. Just like punk rock did! Join me as I curate a list of movies that show the diversity of SOV movies, how filmmakers worked out personal traumas by creating, an...
Episode 118-Death or Glory: S.O.V. Horror (Tape One)
November 20, 2023 00:22 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBHorror is the Punk Rock of Cinema, and S.O.V. (shot on video) movies prove it! For decades, fans made movies without Hollywood, money, or distribution deals. Following the DIY ethos, regional horror movies sprung up everywhere and told crazy, original, and personal stories and created a subculture. Just like punk rock did! Join me on "Tape One," where I discuss the long history of renegade moviemaking outside the system, some of my favorite SOV movies, and make a confession about my o...
Episode 117- Casting the Runes: Halloween 2023
October 31, 2023 21:44 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBHappy Halloween! Join me as I talk about all of the little annual "rituals" I do around Halloween, including books, movies, decorations, old memories of Samhains gone by, and new "ritual bits" added this year! I hope you enjoy the show! Books Discussed: Ghost Story -Peter Straub Books of Blood- Clive Barker The Year’s Best Hardcore Horror- Edited by Randy Chandler and Cheryl Mullenax Chain Saw Confidential – Gunnar Hansen Shock Value – Jason Zinoman True Indie- Don Coscarel...
Episode 116- Empathy for the Devil: William Friedkin
August 30, 2023 07:09 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBLegendary Filmmaker William Friedkin died on August 7th, 2023, a few months before the 50th Anniversary of THE EXORCIST. As his legend would dictate, Friedkin was a bit of a demon himself to those who worked with him and opposed him. "Hurricane Billy" would do anything for a shot, even at the risk of life and limb. Join me as I take a personal look at my utter fascination with the director, whose work captivated me at an early age, and how his persona left me conflicted. Love him or hat...
Episode 115- Seasons in the Abyss- Part One
January 31, 2023 03:19 - 53 minutes - 74.5 MBThree years of the pandemic is enough. We stared into the abyss, and it changed us. And horror movies got us through. Horror movies also told us the scary and ugly truth about how monstrous we were. As we spent our Seasons in the Abyss, here are some trends I noticed... and NO ZOMBIE MOVIES INCLUDED! PART ONE OF TWO. Movies Discussed: SYNCHRONIC (2020) ST. MAUD (2021) DEMENTER (2021) THE VIGIL (2021) RELIC (2022) HIS HOUSE (2020) HOST (2020) DASHCAM (2022)
Episode 114- The Grinch Who Ate Christmas
January 01, 2023 03:20 - 26 minutes - 36.8 MBHere's my Postmortem on the 2022 Christmas Holiday Season, where I discuss Killer Santas, Trolls, Yule Logs, and the death of "The War on Christmas!" Movies Discussed: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983) TROLL (2022) CHRISTMAS, BLOODY CHRISTMAS (2022) THE MEAN ONE (2022) VIOLENT NIGHT (2022) ADULT SWIM'S YULE LOG (2022)
Episode 113: A Christmas Ghost Story- Casting the Runes
December 25, 2022 00:33 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBHappiest of Holidays to you! Just in time for Christmas Eve is the Hellbent for Horror Annual Christmas Ghost Story! Keeping the old British tradition going, I've been reading ghost stories for Christmas over the last few years. Because Christmas and horror go together like cookies and milk and Santa! This year's story is M.R. James' "Casting the Runes," which is the story that was adapted into the excellent 1957 film directed by Jacques Tournier, Night of the Demon, released as Curse...
Episode 112: Does Humor Belong in Horror? Guest Vincent V. Cava
December 01, 2022 02:17 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MBJoin acclaimed horror author Vince V. Cava (CREEPYPASTA, JUST A LITTLE TERRIBLE) as we look at how comedy and horror work together (or not). We discuss Bizarro horror, Creepypasta, crazy Anime, and "the Amazon Smut Illuminati." This is a pre-recorded live podcast from the FAN EXPO-SAN FRANCISCO performed on Black Friday (11/25/2022). I hope you enjoy the show! MOVIES: SCANNERS (1981) CREEPSHOW (1982) RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985) SAINT MAUD (2019) THE RITUAL (2017) RELIC...
Episode 111- I Remember Halloween
November 01, 2022 03:55 - 1 hour - 21.8 MBIt's no surprise that I love Halloween and that I love decorating my place into a haunted House for Trick-or-Treaters to enjoy. But there is a specific history behind my love of Halloween, and in this episode, I'm going to "open a vein" and give you more insight into what makes me believe that horror brings people together and, for some of us, frees us and gives us purpose. Special Edition: I read my short story, THE RELEQUARIANS. I hope you like the show!
Episode 110- The Director That Ate Pittsburgh- A Visit to the George A. Romero Archives
August 18, 2022 21:24 - 1 hour - 35 MBEvery town has ghosts and the late George Romero is Pittsburgh's beloved boogeyman! Romero still looms large there, and I was honored to visit the George A. Romero Archival Collection (1962-2017) at the Hillman Library at the University of Pittsburgh. Horror Studies Collection Coordinator Ben Rubin sat for an interview and gave me a tour of the vast collection that documents his career through the ups and downs and how Pittsburgh became "the Zombie Capitol of the World." I hope you lik...
Episode 109- Ernesto and James: Portrait of a Killer Collection
May 26, 2022 03:19 - 1 hour - 28.5 MBFreddy's glove! Jason's machete! Jigsaw's mask! Leatherface's Chainsaw! Like any religion, horror and sci-fi movies can be such a spiritual experience for fans that props and costumes can become holy relics. Join my guests, James Azrael and Ernesto Avina, partners, and curators of The Horror & SciFi Prop Preservation Association (HSPPA), as they discuss passion, obsession, and how art is in the eye of the beholder. What is the "Holy Grail" of movie props? Might it be...the Holy Grail...
Episode 108- He Was a TV Horror Host- Creature Features Legend John Stanley
April 06, 2022 22:12 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBBefore the MCU became mainstream and before horror films won Oscars, Horror Hosts helped create the Monster Kid Culture and legitimize fandom and genre conventions. My guest, John Stanley, was not only the legendary host of Creature Features on KTVU-2 from 1979-1984, but also a novelist, film critic, and horror film director (NIGHTMARE IN BLOOD). Join us as we talk horror host history straight from the source, what it was like to be there when ALIEN, PHANTASM, and even STAR TREK first pr...
Episode 107- Monstrous Music and Battle Hymns
February 12, 2022 00:33 - 1 hour - 142 MBMusic and Horror are kindred spirits. And many of us love it when music and horror meet in the shadows of our imaginations. Join my guests, the hosts of the excellent DISCOVER THE HORROR PODCAST as we look at how we were attracted to the dark side of music, our influences, and how many different ways music express that darkness. This is a joint podcast with my good friends from Discover the Horror and the music conversation, focusing on horror movie soundtracks, continues on their podca...
Episode 106- Christmas Ghost Stories- 2021
December 27, 2021 06:16 - 1 hour - 25.8 MBJust when you thought all the festivities were over... There's one more gift under the horror tree for you! Keeping the old British tradition going, I've been reading ghost stories for Christmas over the last few years. Because Christmas and horror go together like cookies and milk and Santa! So, here are two stories for 2021! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Blessed Yule to all of you! I hope you enjoy the show! Stories Performed: "The Kit Bag" by Algernon Blackwood First pu...
Episode 105- Esprit de Obstacle Corpse with Hope Madden and George Wolf
December 02, 2021 09:29 - 56 minutes - 77 MBPassion makes us do crazy things. For many lifelong horror fans, the love of the genre is so intense that being a spectator is no longer enough. These fans are compelled to have their creative voices heard. Some paint, others start podcasts, or they write articles and books. And then there are the really crazy ones who decide they want to make their own full-length horror movies! In this episode, we speak to Hope Madden and George Wolf, the creative team behind the Fright Club Podcast ...
Episode 104- Uncanny Traveler: Algernon Blackwood's Weird Fiction-with Scarlett Amaris
October 30, 2021 01:20 - 1 hour - 119 MBSkinwalkers! Psychic Vampires! Desert Gods! Cat People! Pagan Sex Beasts! Sentient Forests! Witchcraft! Ancient lands that Feed on humans! Mountain and Snow Goddesses! The Weird Fiction of the 19th and 20th Centuries paved the way for modern horror and science fiction, and one of the greatest voices was Algernon Blackwood, whose work inspired none other than H.P. Lovecraft. Join my guest, Scarlett Amaris (H.P. Lovecraft's Color out of Space, The Theatre Bizarre, and the Saurimonde book ...
Episode 103- The Mad Love of Jay Michaels and Phoenix FearCon
October 06, 2021 23:33 - 1 hour - 106 MBFor some of us, going a little crazy is just the time when life starts getting fun. Madness? Mania? Fanaticism? Call it what you like. I call it passion, and I am drawn to people who need to create something out of their mad love. The creation might seem crazy to the average person, but to those it speaks to, it is a beautiful gift. My guest is Jay Michaels, independent stage and film producer, director, and actor, who is also the host and executive producer of Phoenix FearCon, Arizona...
Episode 102- Kat Ellinger & The Deep Woods of Folk Horror
September 24, 2021 22:42 - 1 hour - 84 MBThe woods are nature at its most feral. The deep, dark forest is the original home of the boogeyman, long before there were dark closets and basements and that space under your bed. The Folk Horror subgenre has gained a new audience as more young filmmakers exploit the fine line between the natural and the supernatural...and openly ask if there's a line at all. In honor of Kier-La Janisse's fantastic and masterful documentary, "WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR...
Episode 101- The Devil Made Them Do It- Hot Summer Nights at the Skyline Drive-In
August 27, 2021 18:41 - 1 hour - 115 MBSummer isn't over yet! And neither is my discussion of the passion of fandom and how it makes us do crazy things for what we love! In this episode, I talk with Joe Gaudin and Matt Masters, the owners of the Skyline Drive-in in Shelbyville, Indiana about how they took a dying drive-in and turned it into a movie-lovers paradise! They specialize in a two-day Dusk-To-Dawn Show of horror movies, and gourmet food to die for! I hope you enjoy the show!
Episode 100- Summer Nights and Dark Delights, Or, How Fandom Saved Your Soul
August 27, 2021 09:20 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MBThis is the "official" 100th episode of Hellbent for Horror! In this episode, I want to discuss PASSION, the driving force behind creativity, and the mad devotion to movies, art, and pop culture we call fandom. Fandom can make us seem crazy, but that mad passion can change lives, and I discuss the amazing story of the resurrection of The Mahoning Drive-In and the way their passion for movies enchanted a worldwide community. I hope you enjoy the show!
Episode 099- Season of the Witches- The Spinsters of Horror
July 07, 2021 07:21 - 1 hour - 129 MBBela Lugosi got it right all those years ago when he said that it was women who truly love horror. My guests, The Spinsters of Horror, prove it with every episode of I Spit on Your Podcast, one of the sharpest, passionate, and fun shows around. Join us in a deep-dive geek conversation as we discuss dozens of topics including horror in pop culture, heavy metal, folk horror, taboo terrors, paganism, feminism, fetishes, "comfort horror movies", and why horror does not deserve your shame! ...
Episode 098- Travel Prepared to Survive
March 26, 2021 01:44 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBDeserts are the natural world at its most supernatural. They are dangerous and merciless reminders that everything, including civilization, is temporary. Deserts remind us that we are one worldwide crisis away from entropy. A perfect location for horror movies! Join me as I discuss desert horror movies, the way they speak to our social anxieties, and I recount my own drive through the Mojave Desert to visit Death Valley! I hope you enjoy the show! Movies: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)...
Episode 097- Christmas Ghost Story 2020: The Derelict
January 12, 2021 09:02 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBJust when you thought all the celebration is over, H4H finds one last present hidden under the sofa! The Annual (although late) Christmas Ghost Story! Actually, it's more like it got kicked under the sofa by the amazing amount of chaos that this past year brought. This year we are offering you William Hope Hodgson's THE DERELICT to chill your bones! It's a creepy story about the unknown dangers of the open sea and I think you'll realize how this story might have influenced the works o...
Episode 096- Horror Double Feature- Part Two: Filmmakers Mike Watt and Amy Lynn Best
November 06, 2020 09:50 - 1 hour - 103 MBHalloween is NEVER over! H4H decided to keep the bone dance going for a few more days to raise our spirits! We survived the weirdness of Halloween 2020 and now we're in the final stretches of the Year the Wouldn't Die. H4H is doing a Horror Double Feature with two podcasts of extended conversations with horror enthusiasts and creators! Part Two is a stream-of-consciousness conversation with the filmmaking team of Amy Lynn Best and Mike Watt (The Resurrection Game, Spla...
Episode 095- Horror Double Feature -Part One: The Unholy Three ft. Jon Kitley, Bryan Martinez, and S.A. Bradley
November 02, 2020 11:15 - 2 hours - 130 MBHalloween is a state of mind. We survived the weirdness of Halloween 2020 and now we're in the final stretches of the Year the Wouldn't Die. I think we all deserve a little more Halloween this year, so H4H is doing a Horror Double Feature with two podcasts of extended conversations with horror enthusiasts and creators! Part One is a fly-on-the-wall conversation between Jon Kitley (Kitley's Krypt, Discover the Horror: One Man's 50-Year Quest for Monsters, Maniacs, and the Meaning of it ...
Episode 094- The Two-Headed Monster of Horror and Science Fiction with Lisa Gorski
September 09, 2020 01:41 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBIn the world of genre and fandom, the universal currency is passion. Fans of different genres normally would not mix, but there are areas of overlap, LIKE a GENRE VENN DIAGRAM. Join me and H4H producer, Lisa Gorski, as we discuss the overlap between two of the most passionate fandoms, HORROR AND SCIENCE FICTION. (shock: Lisa is NOT a horror fan!) #horror #scifi #lovecraftcountry #sayhorror #alien #thething #TheExpanse #TheRitual Movies, Books, and Artists Discussed: A Nightmare on E...
Episode 093- Again, Volatile Substance: Caligari Goes to the Oscars
April 27, 2020 00:33 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MB2020 is the 100-year anniversary of 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari', the German Expressionism film that created the visual and thematic template for the modern horror movie. And I think it is very fitting that three films up for Best Picture at the Academy Awards this year were horror films in disguise. Join me as I show how three very different films carry the Caligari DNA and continue to expand the language of the modern horror film. I hope you enjoy the show! Movies Discussed: The...
Episode 092-Death by Convenience: Part Two
April 02, 2020 11:16 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBWelcome to Part Two of my post-mortem on 2010-2019, the Decade of Dread! Was 2010 to 2019 an embarrassment of riches, or just an embarrassment? The honest answer is…BOTH. This is my deep dive into "the State of Horror" as we move towards a new decade and brace ourselves as we walk into the maelstrom that is 2020. In Part Two, I investigate the dark side of the geek and horror culture throughout the decade. This episode is a critical look at some of the trends that weren’t so hot, s...
Episode 091-Death by Convenience: Part One
February 04, 2020 13:19 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBIt's a month into 2020 and the "terrible teens" are due for a post-mortem! There were huge changes in the world of entertainment in the years 2010 to 2019 and the horror genre was right in the middle of it all. The advent of streaming services and the popularizing of "binge-watching" changed the way we watched horror and the amount of new and old films and television shows were available to us. This was also a period where there was a huge variety of subgenres to choose from and it was a...
Episode 090- Christmas Ghost Stories- 2019
December 26, 2019 05:08 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBHello, my friends! Happy Holidays! I hope you got what you wanted for Christmas and Hanukkah! And...here's one last present that I was hiding behind the sofa! Last year I did a traditional Christmas ghost story reading. This is a tradition that harkens back to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and has been kept alive by the BBC throughout the decades. I’ve decided I want to make this an annual event. So, what I want to do this Christmas season is to tell a few short tales to chi...
Episode 089-Blood & Flesh & Obsession: Unearthing the Cult of Al Adamson
October 27, 2019 21:58 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB'Horror Film Director Found Slain, Buried Under Floor', screamed the August 1995 headline in The Los Angeles Times. From the 60s to the 80s, producer/director Al Adamson made cheap, crazy and effective exploitation films, like SATAN'S SADISTS and DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN for the drive-in market. But the whole truth behind Al Adamson's strange life and gruesome death reveals perhaps the most bizarre career in Hollywood history. The new documentary BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE AND GHAST...
Episode 088- Home of "DEPRAVED": The Larry Fessenden Interview
September 13, 2019 20:38 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBGreat horror stories, like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, have universal appeal and artists can reinterpret them to reflect the anxieties of every generation. And on Friday, September 13th, legendary Independent Horror Auteur Larry Fessenden releases Depraved, his newest vision of the Frankenstein story. Since 1985, Larry Fessenden has been creating his own fiercely independent, critically-acclaimed horror films (No Telling, Habit, Wendigo, The Last Winter, and Beneath)through the ...
Episode 087- Dinosaur Horror! Double Feature
August 22, 2019 00:24 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBWelcome to PART ONE of a podcast double-feature with the I Know Dino Podcast! Dragons! The xenomorph from Alien! The shark from Jaws! These monsters are descendants of real creatures that walked the earth- the dinosaur. Horror movies have used the dinosaur as a source for monsters since the silent era because they are a source of endless fascination and terror. But, do the dinosaurs deserve their role as horror movie villain? Are there dinosaurs that are even weirder and scarier t...
Hellbent for Horrible Questions: Sarah K. Reimers
June 29, 2019 22:31 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBThe 6th Annual Etheria Film Night will be held on Saturday, June 29th at the legendary Egyptian Theatre, and H4H is celebrating with a series of interviews with the filmmakers! Etheria Film Night is the world's most prestigious showcase of new short genre (horror, science-fiction, fantasy, action, comedy, and thriller) films directed by women. This interview is with director Sarah K. Reimers to discuss her short film (and festival favorite), Bitten, her life-long love of horror f...
Episode 086- Horror Pride
June 28, 2019 11:36 - 1 hour - 73 MBHorror is an emotion first and a setting later. It's the only genre that is directly named after an emotion, and that gives horror a universal appeal. It also makes each person's experience and interpretation personal. We close out June, Pride Month, with a celebration of the contributions the LGBTQ community has brought to the horror genre since the creation of the Gothic novel. My guest is Waylon Jordan, the Associate Editor for iHorror.com, one of the largest online horror resources i...
Hellbent for Horrible Questions: Chelsea Lupkin
June 07, 2019 21:45 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBThe 6th Annual Etheria Film Night will be held on Saturday, June 29th at the legendary Egyptian Theatre, and H4H is celebrating with a series of interviews with the filmmakers! Etheria Film Night is the world's most prestigious showcase of new short genre (horror, science-fiction, fantasy, action, comedy, and thriller) films directed by women. This interview is with writer/director Chelsea Lupkin (Flutter, Uncovering Eden) to discuss her newest short film, Lucy's Tale and her love of...
Hellbent for Horrible Questions: Ivy Liao
May 29, 2019 11:30 - 11 minutes - 20.7 MBThe 6th Annual Etheria Film Night will be held on Saturday, June 29th at the legendary Egyptian Theatre, and H4H is celebrating with a series of interviews with the filmmakers! Etheria Film Night is the world's most prestigious showcase of new short genre (horror, science-fiction, fantasy, action, comedy, and thriller) films directed by women. This interview is with writer/director/special effects supervisor Ivy Liao (The Chase, Synesthesia) to discuss her newest short film, Cupid's ...
Episode 085- Last Kiss
May 23, 2019 11:30 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBNothing marks the end of an era more potently than when the icons of that era pass away. The cold reality is that when horror icons pass away, they rarely get memorialized in mainstream arenas. So, I wanted to give an "Irish Wake", a happy send-off for several of the people who passed away over the last few years. The people who gave horror fans their First Kiss. Consider this episode the Last Kiss, a retrospective of the careers of writers, directors, actors, and illustrators and ...
Episode 084- Screaming for Pleasure LIVE! From Dark Delicacies
April 22, 2019 02:12 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBThe best thing about being a horror fan is sharing the love with other horror fans! And I had the pleasure to do just that! On April 11th, 2019 we did a live podcast of Hellbent for Horror and a live reading from my book, "Screaming for Pleasure" from the legendary horror bookstore, Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA. Special guest Heidi Honeycutt and I discuss horror, horrible/beautiful, and how we need a new "Santo and the Blue Demon" in our culture. I hope you enjoy the show! Follow...
Episode 083- We Need to Talk About Guillermo
March 25, 2019 21:29 - 1 hour - 96.7 MB(Photo credit: CHRISTOPHER WAHL/CONTOUR BY GETTY IMAGES) If director Guillermo del Toro didn't exist, we horror fans would have had to invent him. He's a true lifelong fan himself, who brought his unique style and passion to horror films, and his love for monsters paid off when The Shape of Water won Best Picture in 2017. So...why is there so little conversation about Guillermo del Toro in the horror community? Has the man who makes horror films as love letters to the Outsider been...
Episode 082- The Hidden Horror of Disaster Movies
March 18, 2019 06:36 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBFire! Flood! Earthquake! Killer bees! Disaster Movies have been a staple of cinema since the Silent Era, and they are far more diverse in scope than you might think. Most Disaster Movies want to thrill you, but there are those proud few that really want to scare you. Let's take a look at some of those movies that put the Fear of God into us! I hope you enjoy the show! We’re taking Hellbent for Horror to Burbank! Join host and author S.A. Bradley for a live author event and book sig...
Episode 081- Hellbent for HORROR NOIRE
February 27, 2019 23:32 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBThe excellent new documentary, HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR, is a love letter to the rich, powerful history of Black American artists in horror cinema. The story is told by the artists who made the movies, and they give their unflinching perspectives on the past, present, and future of black horror. Join me as I speak with Executive Producers Dr. Robin Means Coleman and Tananarive Due about their documentary, Black horror, and their "First Kisses" with horror! Dr. Coleman is...
Episode 080- Violent Femmes: Women in Horror Film Festival
February 22, 2019 15:22 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBOn October 4th, 2018, hundreds of figures dressed in black walked into the Wisdom Woods of Georgia to perform an unholy ceremony. Beasts were conjured and blood was spilled by the gallons in the pursuit of graven images. And popcorn was eaten. I was a witness to the Women in Horror Film Festival, and I lived to tell the tale! I interview festival co-founder and film director Vanessa Ionta Wright as well as several of the talented filmmakers in attendance as we discuss film inspiratio...
Women in Horror Month: Rakefet Abergel Interview
February 05, 2019 08:08 - 8 minutes - 8.27 MBFebruary is Women in Horror Month, and we're celebrating with an interview with the writer/actress Rakefet Abergel! We discuss her short horror film, the multiple-award-winning Jax in Love (2017). Join us as we discuss horror and comedy timing, Rakefet's First Kiss with horror, and her cinematic "guilty pleasures"! Want to watch the video of the interview? Go to my YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/0VU9FORzjzE More on Jax in Love here: https://www.jaxinlove.com/ And follow the pr...
Women in Horror Month: Tara Hall Interview
February 02, 2019 07:49 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MBFebruary is Women in Horror Month, and we're starting things off with an interview with Tara Hall, the writer of the feature-length film, Buzzard Hollow Beef (2017). Tara sat down with me to discuss her film, horror movies, how Sam Raimi made her want to be a filmmaker, her First Kiss with horror, and her favorite comedy! Want to watch the video of the interview? Go to my YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/alvfxgeuCsc You can watch Buzzard Hollow Beef on Amazon Prime here: https://...
EPISODE 079- RANGER DANGER: AN INTERVIEW WITH JENN WEXLER
January 18, 2019 10:52 - 58 minutes - 48 MBSo, what does “Punk Rock Attitude” mean, anyway? There are as many answers to this question as there are punk rockers. Although the connection between heavy metal and horror is well documented, the connection between horror and punk rock isn’t discussed as much. Yet, movies like CLASS OF 1984, and LIQUID SKY, and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, and even RE-ANIMATOR exude a punk rock attitude with a nihilistic brand of humor and irreverence. And now, there's a new punk rock kid in town! T...