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Larry Fessenden & Glenn McQuaid’s Horror Audio Drama ‘Tales from Beyond the Pale’ Returns for Season 6
Tales from Beyond the Pale, the horror audio drama anthology series created by filmmakers Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter, Habit) and Glenn McQuaid (V/H/S, I Sell the Dead), is back from the dead for a sixth season.
Listen to a teaser for the first new tale, “The Host,” below. It’s directed by Fessenden, written and scored by McQuaid, and stars Jaxon Bartok and Leon Barrett.
“The Host” will be released on November 13 on all podcast platforms, with new episodes following every second Thursday of the month. The line-up includes:
- “The Slaughtered” by filmmaker Joe Maggio (Bitter Feast)
- “Orpheus” by filmmaker Jenn Wexler (The Ranger, The Sacrifice Game)
- “The Next Voice You Hear Will Be Your Own” by filmmaker Emily Bennett (Alone with You)
- “Super” by actor Rigo Garay (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”)
- “Three Raps on the Buoy” by Glenn Mcquaid
- “Madge, the World Spider, and One Last Drink” by author Richard Newby (We Make Monsters Here)
- “Fox Hunt” by author Craig Ian Mann (Phases of the Moon)
- “Everything Must Go” by filmmaker Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here, Brooklyn 45)
Also in the pipeline are new tales from Fessenden, filmmakers Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2, Mayhem), Graham Reznick (Deadwax, Until Dawn), Roxanne Benjamin (Southbound, There’s Something Wrong with the Children), and authors Clay McCleod Chapman (Ghost Eaters) and April Snellings (Food Chain).
The voice casts include James Le Gros, Barbara Crampton, Alex Hurt, Emily Bennett, John Speredakos, Jeremy Holm, Rigo Garay, Lorraine Farris, Bill Sage, Kareem Savinon, Chloë Levine, Asta Paredes, Clay von Carlowitz, Xero Gravity, David Cardoza, Dante Fiallo, Romanichel, and Benjamin Frankenberg.
“Here we are, a little older, none the wiser, and once again trudging beyond the pale with a brand-new collection of Tales,” says McQuaid. “This season gathers some of the sharpest, strangest, and most brilliant writers we’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. The mics are hot, the celery’s snapping, and the tape is rolling.”
“It’s delightful to be back making mischief with artisans old and new,” Fessenden adds. “In a time when mounting a movie is so arduous, it’s fun and essential to be able to tell stories in a more spontaneous format.”
For Season 6, Fessenden and McQuaid have joined forces with producer Jordan Gass-Pooré, with primary recording and mixing by Matt Rocker of Underground Audio. Brian Level designed the poster below.
The series’ returning theme is composed by Jeff Grace. Musical collaborators McQuaid, Reznick, and Dave Eggar also make multiple contributions.
Launched in 2019, Tales from Beyond the Pale already has 47 audio dramas under its belt. The first five seasons are streaming now.
The Lost Boys: A New Musical officially kicked off on Broadway last month, and Deadline now reports that the show’s Broadway run has been extended into next year.
The show was originally set to run through November, but Deadline reports that The Lost Boys: A New Musical “has released a block of tickets through Sunday, March 7, 2027.”
The news comes in the wake of The Lost Boys: A New Musical becoming the most Tony-nominated musical of the season with twelve nominations including Best Musical.
Additionally, “The Lost Boys will launch a North American National Tour in Spring 2028, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. Additional cities and tour dates will be announced later.”
The Lost Boys: A New Musical is of course an adaptation of the 1987 horror classic from director Joel Schumacher, with the cast including Ali Louis Bourzgui as lead vampire David (originally played by Kiefer Sutherland), Maria Wirries as Star (originally played by Jami Gertz), and LJ Benet as the soon-to-be-turned Michael (originally played by Jason Patric).
The horror musical’s cast also includes Shoshana Bean as Lucy Emerson, Benjamin Pajak as Sam Emerson, Paul Alexander Nolan as Max, Jennifer Duka as Alan Frog, Miguel Gil as Edgar Frog, Brian Flores as Marko, Sean Grandillo as Dwayne, and Dean Maupin as Paul.
The Lost Boys: A New Musical is Directed by Michael Arden, featuring Music and Lyrics by The Rescues, Book by David Hornsby & Chris Hoch, Story by James Jeremias & Janice Fischer, and Produced by James Carpinello, Marcus Chait & Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.
When a mother and her two teenage sons move to Santa Carla in desperate need of a fresh start, they soon uncover the darker side of this sunny coastal community. While Lucy tries to piece her family’s life back together, Michael keeps pulling away in search of belonging.
As he finds connection with a local rock band and its charismatic leader, his younger brother Sam comes face-to-face with a terrifying reality: When night falls, Michael’s new friends are even more dangerous than they first appeared.
Joel Schumacher directed the original The Lost Boys vampire movie in 1987, wherein two brothers move to a new town and discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
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