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‘Nightmare Soup’ – Bloody FM Launches Horror Anthology Podcast Based on Popular Book Series by Jake Tri & Andy Sciazko
Inspired by Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Goosebumps, Nightmare Soup is a horror anthology podcast based on the Nightmare Soup books written by Jake Tri and illustrated by Andy Sciazko. Enter the Midnight Bite diner, where your friendly but unnerving waiters Betty and Billy serve up stories that will terrify all ages!
Creator of Bloody FM podcasts Haunted American History and the Nightmare Collective, Christopher Feinstein adapted the scripts from the Nightmare Soup trilogy: Nightmare Soup: Tales That Will Turn Your Stomach, Nightmare Soup II: The Second Helping, and Nightmare Soup III: Midnight Snack.
“They’re meant to scare you, gross you out, and even sometimes make you laugh,” said showrunner Daisy McNamara, known for horror fantasy podcasts Eeler’s Choice and Waterlogged, and for showrunning Bloody FM original SCP Archives.
“As quintessential 90s kids, Andy and I absolutely loved Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. And what started out as an experiment to see if we could capture the same feel as those books, has led to project spanning nearly a decade, with its own narrative style, its own trilogy, a podcast, and plenty more to come,” Tri said about the inspiration for the books.
The Nightmare Soup book series is technically for kids but is written with all horror fans in mind. “This means there are plenty of stories older readers (and now listeners!) will enjoy. This also means there are a few stories that might push the edge as far as younger listeners go (but hey, a few bad dreams never hurt anyone),” said Tri. For example, the stories don’t contain any harsh language or sexually explicit themes, but body horror, a bit of cannibalism, and kids getting eaten by monsters are all fair game.
“We’re incredibly excited to hear our stories brought to life with this new podcast series. The format that’s been created is a lot of fun, and we think listeners will love the characters of Billy Cleaver and Betty Boil as they serve up our tales that will turn your stomach over at the Midnight Bite Diner,” Tri and illustrator Andy Sciazko said of the new podcast.
The podcast premieres as Tri and Sciazko launch their Kickstarter for Nightmare Soup: The Ultimate Feast, a 7×10 hardcover anthology of updated versions of the original Nightmare Soup trilogy. It’s over 450 pages long, and contains over 90 original stories, each of them illustrated by Andy Sciazko.
Backers will also have the option of getting first dibs on a brand new batch of stories targeted at a young adult audience, Nightmare Soup: Bloody Bites, unlike the original stories for kids. In addition, they’ll be releasing an 8.5 x 11 hardcover artbook Just Desserts: The Art of Andy Sciazko, that will showcase the best of the best from Andy’s portfolio of work.
Follow the Nightmare Soup series on Instagram and Facebook for updates on the Kickstarter.
The Nightmare Soup podcast premieres July 15th on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all your favorite podcatchers. Subscribe now!
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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