The Alien franchise returns to theaters this past weekend with Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. While it is a direct sequel to Prometheus, featuring fan-favorite David (Michael Fassbender), the film suggests a new origin for the xenomorph species….and a plethora of gory, gruesome special effects! For the What Have You Been Watching segment, Thomas visits David Lynch’s Twin Peaks The Return on Showtime. Dave dives into the Horror News of the Week with the Sony announcement that Tom Hardy is Venom, George Romero is shopping Road of the Dead, and Universal has relabeled its upcoming monster franchise Dark Universe. Closing out the show Thomas and Santos participate in a battle of wits with this week’s Stump the Saint!
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Episode 216 — Alien: Covenant (2017) — Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
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SHOWNOTES
INTRO [00:00:42]
HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:04:15]
- Jordon Peele will head to Lovecraft Country for his next film
- Tom Hardy will be VENOM
- Two new Romero projects shambling in
- Resident Evil franchise getting a reboot – and James Wan will have a hand in it
- Universal unveils its Dark Universe
SUPPORT HNR [00:40:09]
FEATURE REVIEW [00:40:52]
- Alien: Covenant (2017)
- Director: Ridley Scott / w. Jack Paglen & Michael Green and John Logan & Dante Harper
- Cast: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demian Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Amy Seimetz, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England, w/ Javier Botet, James Franco, Guy Pearce, & Noomi Rapace
ANNOUNCEMENTS [01:31:24]
- Gruesome Magazine has launched the American Gods Fan Podcast
- Doc recaps the events at the Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival
- Crimson Screen Horror Films Festival (5/19-22 Charleston SC)
- Check out the shorts Lucid, The Corner, Born Again, Death Metal, and Puppy
- Convention and Film Festival Appearances
- Wizard World Philadelphia (June 1-4 Philadelphia, PA)
- Raleigh Supercon (July 14-16, Raleigh, NC)
- Monster-Mania (Cherry Hill, NJ – Aug 18-20)
- DRAGON CON (Atlanta, GA, September 1 – 4)
- Genre Blast (Winchester, VA, September 8-10)
- Wreak Havoc (Greensboro, NC, Sept 22-23)
- Monsterama (Atlanta, GA, Sept 29-Oct 1)
- Nightmares Horror Film Festival (Columbus, OH, October 19-22)
- Santos will once again be involved with the New York City Horror Film Festival (NYC October, 26-29)
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING [01:35:58]
- Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
- Creator: Mark Frost & David Lynch
- Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Kimmy Robertson, Russ Tamblyn, Madchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie, Everette McGill, Amy Shiels
STUMP THE SAINT [01:47:27]
FEEDBACK [01:55:21]
- Thanks to Tear Out the Heart and Victory Records for use of the song Undead Anthem for the intro and outro of the HNR podcast
NEXT WEEK
- Hounds of Love and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Doc a lifelong fan of horror films, sci-fi flicks and monster movies first discovering Universal Monsters and Planet of the Apes as a young child in the 1970's searching out every issue of Famous Monster of Filmland (and, later, Fangoria). Favorite films include Jaws, The Car, The Birds, The Tingler, Vampire Circus and The Exorcist. Still a huge fan of horror films from the 70s, Doc continues consuming horror films to this day for the site, for the podcasts and for the fun of it all.
