Horror
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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 Sisters USA 1972 Director: Brian De Palma Cast: Margot Kidder, Lisle Wilson, Jennifer Salt, William Finney Brian De Palma is my favourite American filmmaker. I have been kneeling at his blood-drenched altar ever since I saw Carrie (1976) at a local drive-in. My eternal adoration was solidified with Dressed to Kill (1980) and Blow Out (1981). The only… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #11: The House by the Cemetery
The Curator of Schlock #11 by Jeffrey Shuster Freud + Frankenstein= Freudstein (The House by the Cemetery) 1981’s The House by the Cemetery from Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci starts out with a couple of teenagers getting brutally murdered in (you guessed it) a house by the cemetery. How are they murdered? Well, the one… Continue reading
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