Horror
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The Curator of Schlock #388: Silver Bullet
Happy Halloween, everybody! Be sure to stop by the Museum of Schlock tomorrow night. Edwige will be giving out Mary Janes and Bit-O-Honeys for the kiddies! Butch Patrick (TV’s Eddie Munster) will be giving a retrospective talk on Lidsville. Finally, we’ll end the evening with the unveiling of a live Chupacabra caught by a local… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #387: 1408
I used to grow up reading ghost lore books written by Daniel Cohen with such titles as Real Ghosts, Ghostly Terrors, Phone Call from a Ghost, Ghostly Warnings, Phantom Animals, etc. I found them in the nonfiction section of my local public library and my impressionable young mind reasoned that if these books were nonfiction,… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #386: Christine
I know I reviewed 1977’s The Car a while back and explained my frustration of there being no real explanation for why the car is evil except for a demon seeming to rise from the wreckage at the end of the movie. Why did they even need the car to be possessed? Just make the car a… Continue reading
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Episode 727: Schloctoberfest 2026 #2: A Discussion of Creature from the Black Lagoon & Godzilla, with Jeff Shuster!
Episode 727 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss two zeitgeist-defining 1954 horror films, Creature from the Black Lagoons and Godzilla. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES On November 5th, I… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Exorcist USA 1973 Director: William Friedkin Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Pazuzu The Exorcist was the first horror movie to make me realise the genre can deal with hefty subject matter. The first time I saw the film almost a decade after its initial release, it was… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #376: Evil Dead Burn
I did something kind of weird a few weeks ago. I ventured out to a movie theater. These are places where you purchase a ticket to watch a newly released movie projected onto a big screen. You can buy popcorn or other snacks and sit in a big comfy chair. I think I bought a… Continue reading
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Episode 721: A Secret DVD Commentary of Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive, with Chad Coup!
Episode 721 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King and Chad Coup discuss all of Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive, DVD Commentary style. NOTES To hear John and Jaroslav Kalfař discuss… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #375: Evil Dead Rise
I guess I have to do this. I have to review 2023’s Evil Dead Rise from director Lee Cronin. I have no idea if this is a sequel to the 2013 Evil Dead or if this takes place in the original trilogy starring Bruce Campbell or if this is the start of a whole new Evil Dead Universe. I… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #374: Evil Dead (2013)
I know I covered the Evil Dead movies a couple of years ago, but we now have three post-Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) Evil Dead movies that have been produced and spat out into theaters. We’ll begin with 2013’s Evil Dead from director Fede Álvarez, a remake of the original movie. Don’t let “remake” scare you off. This one’s actually pretty good.… Continue reading
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Episode 719: A Conversation about Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce (1985) with Shawn McKee!
Episode 719 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King and Shawn McKee dig down into the mysteries of taste and the effect a lot of nudity can have… Continue reading
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