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‘Child’s Play’, ‘Scream VI’, ‘Evil Dead Rise’, and What We’re Carving Up in 2023 [Halloweenies Podcast]
Happy Belated New Year! To kick things off, the Halloweenies assemble and offer a preview of what’s to come: a full season devoted to Child’s Play, a spinoff series on Indiana Jones, a trip to New York City for Scream VI, and the return of the deadites with Evil Dead Rise. Beyond that, they also look at all the horror coming your way … whether you like it or not.
Stream the episode below or via iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. Stay tuned in a couple of weeks when the gang sticks around Chicago to help Detective Mike Norris solve a string of murders in the wake of Charles Lee Ray’s death. You guessed it, they’re covering the Chucky franchise.
Until then, you can 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, and The Evil Dead. You can also become a member of their Patreon for hilarious commentaries and one-off episodes, including their forthcoming dive into 78’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
After winding down June with discussions of our vey first William Castle film Homicidal (listen) and queer director Roland Emmerich’s summer tentpole Independence Day (listen), we’re heading back to 1981 to check out Joe Dante‘s seminal werewolf film The Howling.
The Howling sees television journalist Karen White (Dee Wallace) attend a psychiatric retreat with her husband Bill (Christopher Stone) after being attacked and traumatized by local serial killer Eddie Quist (Robert Picardo). It isn’t long before Karen realizes that the retreat is actually a secret cult of werewolves, and they’ve already got their sights set on Bill.
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Episode 394: The Howling (1981)
Make note of that smiley face sticker and snag that conveniently-placed jar of acid because we’re talking Joe Dante’s stealth werewolf classic The Howling (1981)!
Join us as we discuss the film’s deviations from its source material before doing a deep dive into this very tongue-in-cheek, self-aware horror film. It honestly feels like a precursor to Scream, in many ways!
Plus: Roger Corman (again!) those incredible special effects, differentiating “color movies” from “movies in color,” and why queer icon Elisabeth Brooks has us going “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!”
Cross out The Howling!
Coming Up Next: We’re tackling our very first Ken Russell film with a look at his controversial 1984 erotic thriller Crimes of Passion!
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