Podcasts
Dusting Off the Uncollected Stories Behind Stephen King’s ‘Creepshow’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
In anticipation of The Creepshow, their Stephen King film festival this weekend in Chicago, The Losers’ Club is unlocking one of their older episodes from the Derry Private Library. It’s a volume of the Stephen King Archives, a recurring Patreon feature that sees co-hosts Randall Colburn, Michael Roffman, and Jenn Adams discussing King’s unpublished short stories, long-forgotten interviews, dusty manuscripts, and alternate versions of your favorite tales.
This particular chapter is dedicated to the uncollected stories from the Creepshow franchise. Specifically, 1976’s “Weeds” that inspired “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill”; 1979’s “The Crate” that inspired, well, “The Crate”; and the unused “Pinfall” segment that should have been in Creepshow 2. Together, they get into the weeds — pun, most certainly intended — of the prose and crawl through the context of which they were published.
Stream the episode below and return next week when the Losers wind back the clock on the last five years of The New Stephen King Renaissance. For further adventures, join the Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. You can also unlock hundreds of hours of content in The Barrens (Patreon) — from commentary tracks to Dark Tower spinoffs to episodes like this.
Podcasts
John Carpenter’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ Is Flawed But Undeniably Original [Halloweenies Podcast]
John Carpenter is back with a new album next week: Lost Themes IV: Noir.
To celebrate, the Halloweenies are unlocking their past episode from January 2022 on the maestro’s 1987 relic, Prince of Darkness. Join Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, and Rachel Reeves in the basement of a Los Angeles monastery as they decipher their feelings on the curious case study of the crossroads between science and faith.
Together, they debate whether or not this intriguing intersection overpowers the narrative and characters, chart where this fits in Carpenter’s overall oeuvre, and meditate on a few what-ifs in the casting department. They also marvel at the pulsing score, discuss its parallels to Inferno, and try to make sense of the mythos at the center.
So, go to the mirror and listen below. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? Alien.
You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for hilariously irreverent commentaries (e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gremlins), one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals (e.g. Saw, The Changeling), and even topical spinoffs like this past summer’s greatest adventure Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones Podcast.
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