“You’ll never get rid of me, Toddy.” Somehow, when Boris Karloff says this line, you believe him. Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they try to keep from getting snatched and “Burked” in The Body Snatcher (1945), an RKO Val Lewton production featuring Boris Karloff and […]
“Perhaps the sight of beauty makes him lose control of himself, so he kills.” Yeah, that makes no sense at all, but Mario Bava still makes it work. Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Joseph Perry, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they discover that the latest trend in fashion is murder in Mario […]
“I summon the vampires! I summon the werewolves!… I summon Viy!” You’d think spending three nights with a witch’s corpse would be enough of a trial. Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, and Jeff Mohr along with special guest Doc Rotten – for a trip to Ukraine to take in Viy […]
“I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks. I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do!” He also believes in wicked witches, flying monkeys, anthropomorphic trees, and wizards! Join […]
“Hand down the Shark-repellent Batspray!” Let’s hope the Boy Wonder doesn’t get it confused with the Barracuda-repellent Batspray. That could create a toothy problem for the Caped Crusader. Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Joseph Perry, Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they join Batman and Robin in their fight against the […]
“Doctor, you’ll perform an autopsy!” “On a body that’s turned to stone?” Wait a minute! Isn’t that a Joe Walsh song? Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Whitney Collazo, Joseph Perry, and Jeff Mohr – as they struggle to avert their eyes from the horrors of The Gorgon (1964). Decades of Horror: The Classic EraEpisode […]
“Haven’t you found anybody to put in your straight jacket yet?” “No, but I will by the time I leave.” Good luck with that! Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Joseph Perry, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – when they book a room in an old dark house and try to identify who is the […]
“I sometimes foretell things that are frightening.” Please, tell us more! Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, Jeff Mohr, and special guest host Doc Rotten – as they take a deadly train ride with Dr. Terror who manipulates the cards in the tarot deck he refers to as his house of […]
“I can’t believe that Godzilla was the only surviving member of its species… But if we continue conducting nuclear tests, it’s possible that another Godzilla might appear somewhere in the world again.” Of course, Godzilla appeared in the world again, many, many times! Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, and Jeff […]
“Well, maybe he fell in love with a whale?” Of course! Nobody ever suspects interspecies shenanigans! Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, and Jeff Mohr – as they struggle to keep the two Gargantuas straight in one of Ishirô Honda’s Toho classics, The War of the Gargantuas! Decades of Horror: The […]
“Where does the dream finish, and reality begin?” At times, we’ve all had trouble distinguishing a nightmare from reality. Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they struggle to discover exactly what is real in Nightmare from Hammer. Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 56 – […]
“Why does the doctor always come at night?” It’s just a guess, but maybe he’s one of the children of the night? Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Whitney Collazo, Joseph Perry, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they visit the somnambulistic world of Carl Theodor Dreyer in his underrated classic, Vampyr (1932). Decades […]
“Dead people who walk! You still don’t believe in zombies?” Of course we do! Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Whitney Collazo, Joseph Perry, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in some Lucha libre featuring the great El Santo in Santo vs. the Zombies (original title: Santo contra los zombies). Decades of […]
‘Walter has a clear mind. One day something will enter it, feel lonely … and leave again.’ The quote, of course, is referring to Walter Paisley, the character that eventually became the alter ego of the late, great Dick Miller. Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, Joseph Perry, and Jeff Mohr […]
‘The old ones called it “the hour of the wolf.” It is the hour when most people die, when most children are born. Now is when nightmares come to us. And if we are awake … we’re afraid.’ Everyone experiences this phenomenon but it was Ingmar Bergman who brought this bit of Swedish folklore to […]