For some of us, going a little crazy is just the time when life starts getting fun. Madness? Mania? Fanaticism? Call it what you like. I call it passion, and I am drawn to people who need to create something out of their mad love. The creation might seem crazy to the average person, but to those it speaks to, it is a beautiful gift. My guest is Jay Michaels, independent stage and film producer, director, and actor, who is also the host and executive producer of Phoenix FearCon, Arizona's Largest Independent Horror Film Festival and Convention Since 2006. Join us as we discuss our lifetime loves of the horror genre and the gift of mad passion! And…join us LIVE in Tempe, Arizona, on October 15th and 16th at the Sun Studios of Arizona! You can get tickets here: https://phoenixfearcon.com/box-office/ I hope you enjoy the show! Movies Covered: The Mummy’s Hand (1940) Horror of Dracula (1958) Dark Shadows  (TV) (1966-1971) Nights of Cabiria (1957) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway) (1979) Phantasm (1979) Followed (2018) Alone (2020) Evil Dead (1981)

Hellbent For Horror

Episode 103- The Mad Love of Jay Michaels and Phoenix FearCon

The woods are nature at its most feral. The deep, dark forest is the original home of the boogeyman, long before there were dark closets and basements and that space under your bed. The Folk Horror subgenre has gained a new audience as more young filmmakers exploit the fine line between the natural and the supernatural...and openly ask if there's a line at all.  In honor of Kier-La Janisse's fantastic and masterful documentary, "WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR", I welcome writer/producer/author/editor/and horror journalist, KAT ELLINGER (Editor-in-Chief of Diabolique Magazine) to discuss Folk Horror, the history of Heathenism in England, and several other obsessions! I hope you enjoy the show!   Movies Covered:  Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966) Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (2020) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) The Owl Service (1969) Fingerbobs (1972) The Moon and the Sledgehammer (1971) Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) Onibaba (1964) The Craft (1996) The Company of Wolves (1984) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Hour of the Wolf (1968)

Episode 102- Kat Ellinger & The Deep Woods of Folk Horror

Summer isn't over yet! And neither is my discussion of the passion of fandom and how it makes us do crazy things for what we love! In this episode, I talk with Joe Gaudin and Matt Masters, the owners of the Skyline Drive-in in Shelbyville, Indiana about how they took a dying drive-in and turned it into a movie-lovers paradise! They specialize in a two-day Dusk-To-Dawn Show of horror movies, and gourmet food to die for! I hope you enjoy the show!

Episode 101- The Devil Made Them Do It- Hot Summer Nights at the Skyline Drive-In

This is the "official" 100th episode of Hellbent for Horror!  In this episode, I want to discuss PASSION, the driving force behind creativity, and the mad devotion to movies, art, and pop culture we call fandom.  Fandom can make us seem crazy, but that mad passion can change lives, and I discuss the amazing story of the resurrection of The Mahoning Drive-In and the way their passion for movies enchanted a worldwide community. I hope you enjoy the show!    

Episode 100- Summer Nights and Dark Delights, Or, How Fandom Saved Your Soul

Bela Lugosi got it right all those years ago when he said that it was women who truly love horror. My guests, The Spinsters of Horror, prove it with every episode of I Spit on Your Podcast, one of the sharpest, passionate, and fun shows around. Join us in a deep-dive geek conversation as we discuss dozens of topics including horror in pop culture, heavy metal, folk horror, taboo terrors, paganism, feminism, fetishes, "comfort horror movies", and why horror does not deserve your shame! I hope you enjoy the show! Movies Covered: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) The Exorcist (1973) Candyman (1992) Midsommar (2019) A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) Monster Squad (1987) Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) Psycho Goreman (2020) Phantasm 2 (1988) Trauma (2017) The Untold Story (1993) Hostel (2005) Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (2006) The Bunny Game (2011) Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021) Calibre (2018) The Wicker man (1973) Hagazussa (2017) Without Name (2016) The Hallow (2015) Stake Land (2010) The Void (2016) Bug (2006) Bit (2019) R.L. Stine’s CHEERLEADER BOOK Series

Episode 099- Season of the Witches- The Spinsters of Horror

Deserts are the natural world at its most supernatural. They are dangerous and merciless reminders that everything, including civilization, is temporary. Deserts remind us that we are one worldwide crisis away from entropy. A perfect location for horror movies! Join me as I discuss desert horror movies, the way they speak to our social anxieties, and I recount my own drive through the Mojave Desert to visit Death Valley! I hope you enjoy the show! Movies: The Hills Have Eyes (1977) The Hills Have Eyes (2006) The Objective (2008) Dust Devil (1992) Wolf Creek (2005) The Hitcher (1986) Wake in Fright (1971)   My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW! https://hellbentforhorror.com/book/ Want to read a chapter for free? Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2x8cdds   Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes or Google Play.  It really helps.    You can keep up with Hellbent for Horror on iTunes @iTunesPodcasts   iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Google Play link:https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ibsk2i4bbprrplyvs37c6aqv2ny Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr  

Episode 098- Travel Prepared to Survive

Just when you thought all the celebration is over, H4H finds one last present hidden under the sofa! The Annual (although late) Christmas Ghost Story! Actually, it's more like it got kicked under the sofa by the amazing amount of chaos that this past year brought.  This year we are offering you William Hope Hodgson's THE DERELICT to chill your bones! It's a creepy story about the unknown dangers of the open sea and I think you'll realize how this story might have influenced the works of H.P. Lovecraft! This was recorded in December of 2020 but was unfortunately delayed over technical issues. We are happy to present it in its entirety. I hope you enjoy the show!  

Episode 097- Christmas Ghost Story 2020: The Derelict

 Halloween is NEVER over!   H4H decided to keep the bone dance going for a few more days to raise our spirits!   We survived the weirdness of Halloween 2020 and now we're in the final stretches of the Year the Wouldn't Die.   H4H is doing a Horror Double Feature with two podcasts of extended conversations with horror enthusiasts and creators!   Part Two is a stream-of-consciousness conversation with the filmmaking team of Amy Lynn Best and Mike Watt (The Resurrection Game, Splatter Movie: The Director's Cut, Razor Days). We discuss their films and their publications (Exploitation Nation, Grindhouse Purgatory), and convention life in the indie horror world, as well as some sobering observations about the horror of the "new normal" of 2020.   So grab a beverage of your choice and close your eyes and imagine yourself hanging out with us at the after-hours bar at Cinema Wasteland!   I hope you enjoy the conversation and thank you for listening!   Follow Mike and Amy here:    My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW! https://hellbentforhorror.com/book/ Want to read a chapter for free? Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2x8cdds   Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes or Google Play.  It really helps.    You can keep up with Hellbent for Horror on iTunes @iTunesPodcasts   iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Google Play link:https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ibsk2i4bbprrplyvs37c6aqv2ny Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr   

Episode 096- Horror Double Feature- Part Two: Filmmakers Mike Watt and Amy Lynn Best

Halloween is a state of mind. We survived the weirdness of Halloween 2020 and now we're in the final stretches of the Year the Wouldn't Die. I think we all deserve a little more Halloween this year, so H4H is doing a Horror Double Feature with two podcasts of extended conversations with horror enthusiasts and creators! Part One is a fly-on-the-wall conversation between Jon Kitley (Kitley's Krypt, Discover the Horror: One Man's 50-Year Quest for Monsters, Maniacs, and the Meaning of it All), Bryan Martinez (Film Deviant, The Giallo Room), and S.A. Bradley.  What started out as a Facebook Live conversation took on a life of its own as we delve into what movies still scare us, opinions on horror and popular culture, and real-life horror (and how we deal with it). This is as close to a late-night talk after the convention closes as you can get.  I hope you enjoy the conversation, and you get the feel of why we champion finding our horror tribe at conventions.  Technical note: this originated as a Facebook Live recording and because of that, the audio isn't at the highest quality. Jon Kitley: Kitley's Krypt His book: Discover the Horror: One Man's 50-Year Quest for Monsters, Maniacs and the Meaning of It All Bryan Martinez: The Giallo Room Film Deviant My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW! https://hellbentforhorror.com/book/ Want to read a chapter for free? Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2x8cdds   Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes or Google Play.  It really helps.    You can keep up with Hellbent for Horror on iTunes @iTunesPodcasts   iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Google Play link:https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ibsk2i4bbprrplyvs37c6aqv2ny Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr  

Episode 095- Horror Double Feature -Part One: The Unholy Three ft. Jon Kitley, Bryan Martinez, and S.A. Bradley

In the world of genre and fandom, the universal currency is passion. Fans of different genres normally would not mix, but there are areas of overlap, LIKE a GENRE VENN DIAGRAM. Join me and H4H producer, Lisa Gorski, as we discuss the overlap between two of the most passionate fandoms, HORROR AND SCIENCE FICTION. (shock: Lisa is NOT a horror fan!)  #horror #scifi #lovecraftcountry #sayhorror #alien #thething #TheExpanse #TheRitual   Movies, Books, and Artists Discussed: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Satan’s Triangle (1975) The Night Stalker (1975) Star Trek TV Series (1966) “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy (2006) “The Passage” by Justin Cronin (2010) “V Wars” by Jonathan Maberry (2012) Alien (1979) Aliens (1986) Alien 3 (1992) “Autonomous” and “The Future of Another Timeline” by Annalee Newitz “All the Birds in the Sky” and “The City in the Middle of the Night” by Charlie Jane Anders “A Closed and Common Orbit” and “The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet” by Becky Chambers Robert A. Heinlein Ray Bradbury Star Wars (1977) Jaws (1975) “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) Splice (2009) Star Trek (2009) C. Fontana Star Trek: Discovery (2017) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Contagion (2011) Robert Oppenheimer They Live (1988) John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998) Insidious (2010) The Conjuring (2013) The Ritual (2017) The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) (1997-2003) The X-Files (TV) (1993-1998) Supernatural (TV) (2005-2020) The Mercy Thompson book series by Patricia Briggs The Iron Druid Book Series by Kevin Hearne The Harry Dresden book series by Jim Butcher The Expanse (TV) (2015-) The Blob (1958) Lovecraft Country (TV) (2020) Edgar Rice Burroughs H.P. Lovecraft The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemesin The Lady Astronaut book series by Mary Robinette Kowal The Expanse book series by James S. A. Corey   My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW! https://hellbentforhorror.com/book/ Want to read a chapter for free? Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2x8cdds   Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes or Google Play.  It really helps.    You can keep up with Hellbent for Horror on iTunes @iTunesPodcasts   iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Google Play link:https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ibsk2i4bbprrplyvs37c6aqv2ny Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr  

Episode 094- The Two-Headed Monster of Horror and Science Fiction with Lisa Gorski

2020 is the 100-year anniversary of 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari', the German Expressionism film that created the visual and thematic template for the modern horror movie. And I think it is very fitting that three films up for Best Picture at the Academy Awards this year were horror films in disguise. Join me as I show how three very different films carry the Caligari DNA and continue to expand the language of the modern horror film. I hope you enjoy the show! Movies Discussed: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) The Shape of Water (2017) Get Out (2017) Combat Shock (1984) Joker (2019) The Dark Knight (2008) The Man Who Laughs (1928) Taxi Driver (1976) The King of Comedy (1982) Easy Rider (1969) 1917 (2019) Black Hawk Down (2001) Come and See (1985) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Johnny Got His Gun (1971) Parasite (2019) The Funeral (1984) Audition (1999) Sleep Tight (2011) US (2019) My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW! https://hellbentforhorror.com/book/ Want to read a chapter for free? Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2x8cdds   Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes or Google Play.  It really helps.    You can keep up with Hellbent for Horror on iTunes @iTunesPodcasts   iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Google Play link:https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ibsk2i4bbprrplyvs37c6aqv2ny Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr  

Episode 093- Again, Volatile Substance: Caligari Goes to the Oscars

Welcome to Part Two of my post-mortem on 2010-2019, the Decade of Dread! Was 2010 to 2019 an embarrassment of riches, or just an embarrassment? The honest answer is…BOTH. This is my deep dive into "the State of Horror" as we move towards a new decade and brace ourselves as we walk into the maelstrom that is 2020. In Part Two, I investigate the dark side of the geek and horror culture throughout the decade. This episode is a critical look at some of the trends that weren’t so hot, some trends and innovations that started with so much promise but, sadly, went south in the execution. I look at how we as horror fans and horror creators handled ourselves during a decade of extreme changes and social upheaval. I closed out Part One with a list of my favorite horror films from 2010-2015, and I’ll close out Part Two with the list of my favorite horror movies from the years 2016-2019 and discuss what movie I feel defined the decade. It’s bound to be controversial! I hope you enjoy the show!   Movies Discussed: Films of 2016: THE NEON DEMON DON’T BREATHE GREEN ROOM THE WITCH THE VEIL THE INVITATION 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE HUSH THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS UNDER THE SHADOW PHANTASM: RAVAGER PET THE MONSTER ABATTOIR THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE TRAIN TO BUSAN THE WAILING SPLIT SIREN THE BELCO EXPERIMENT FIRSTBORN SWEET, SWEET, LONELY GIRL TONIGHT SHE COMES A DARK SONG VIRAL. Films of 2017: IT GET OUT 47 METERS DOWN GERALD’S GAME THE BABYSITTER CREEP 2 CARGO REBIRTH IT COMES AT NIGHT LAKE BODOM TRAGEDY GIRLS THE EVIL WITHIN MOTHER! HAPPY DEATH DAY CULT OF CHUCKY MAYHEM THE RITUAL THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER… MARROWBONE I REMEMBER YOU COLD SKIN DESOLATION TERRIFIER Films of 2018: HEREDITARY WILDING UNSANE UPGRADE BAD SAMARITAN ANNIHILATION SUMMER OF 84 MANDY APOSTLE THE CLOVE HITCH KILLER BIRD BOX OVERLORD Films of 2019: US THE HOLE IN THE GROUND BRIGHTBURN SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK IT CHAPTER 2 SATANIC PANIC HAUNT THE LIGHTHOUSE RATTLESNAKE DOCTOR. SLEEP THE LODGE THE PLATFORM RABID THE BANANA SPLITS MOVIE (Honorable Mention)   My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW! https://hellbentforhorror.com/book/ Want to read a chapter for free? Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2x8cdds   Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes or Google Play.  It really helps.    You can keep up with Hellbent for Horror on iTunes @iTunesPodcasts   iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Google Play link:https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ibsk2i4bbprrplyvs37c6aqv2ny Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr  

Episode 092-Death by Convenience: Part Two

It's a month into 2020 and the "terrible teens" are due for a post-mortem! There were huge changes in the world of entertainment in the years 2010 to 2019 and the horror genre was right in the middle of it all. The advent of streaming services and the popularizing of "binge-watching" changed the way we watched horror and the amount of new and old films and television shows were available to us. This was also a period where there was a huge variety of subgenres to choose from and it was a time where diverse storytellers shared their visions of the world and mavericks pushed the envelope of what makes a horror film a horror film.  So, was 2010 to 2019 an embarrassment of riches, or just an embarrassment? Were the advances in technology good or bad for the horror genre? Were we a "Haunted House Divided" over all the changes? Join me as I take a 2-part deep dive into "the State of Horror" as we move towards a new decade. I look at the good trends and the bad ones and give my opinion of who was the most influential filmmaker in horror from 2010-2019, and what movie I feel defined the decade. It's bound to be controversial!  At the end of Part One, I'll also give a list of my favorite horror movies from the years 2010-2015. I'll give the rest at the end of Part Two. I hope you enjoy the show! Movies Discussed: Films of 2010: Black Swan The Crazies Dream Home I Spit on Your Grave Insidious The Intruder The Last Exorcism Let Me In Paranormal Activity 2 Piranha 3-D The Reef Rubber A Serbian Film The Silent House Sint (Saint) Stake Land Tucker & Dale vs Evil We Are What We Are The Wolfman Films of 2011: Absentia Fright Night The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) The Incident The Innkeepers Red State The Thing The Tunnel The Woman You're Next Films of 2012: American Mary The Bay Berberian Sound Studio The Cabin in the Woods Citadel Found Grabbers John Dies at the End The Lords of Salem Lovely Molly Maniac The Pact Sinister V/H/S The Woman in Black Films of 2013: Curse of Chucky The Conjuring Evil Dead Frankenstein's Army Jug Face Mama V/H/S/2 We Are What We Are Willow Creek World War Z Films of 2014: Annabelle As Above, So Below The Babadook The Canal Creep Deliver Us from Evil A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night It Follows Oculus The Purge: Anarchy Starry Eyes The Town That Dreaded Sundown Films of 2015: Crimson Peak Deathgasm Demonic The Invitation Krampus The Lazarus Effect Sinister 2 Stung We Are Still Here The Witch My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW! https://hellbentforhorror.com/book/ Want to read a chapter for free? Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2x8cdds   Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes or Google Play.  It really helps.    You can keep up with Hellbent for Horror on iTunes @iTunesPodcasts   iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Google Play link:https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ibsk2i4bbprrplyvs37c6aqv2ny Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr

Episode 091-Death by Convenience: Part One

Hello, my friends! Happy Holidays! I hope you got what you wanted for Christmas and Hanukkah! And...here's one last present that I was hiding behind the sofa! Last year I did a traditional Christmas ghost story reading. This is a tradition that harkens back to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and has been kept alive by the BBC throughout the decades. I’ve decided I want to make this an annual event. So, what I want to do this Christmas season is to tell a few short tales to chill you while you sit with just one flickering candle and a hot toddy or hot chocolate or a sugar-free energy drink. Whatever your poison, I hope these stories please you enough that maybe you can keep the tradition of the Christmas ghost story going with your own family. This year I'll be telling THREE GHOST STORIES! William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe (1839) The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft (1926) The Pale Man by Julius Long (1934) I hope you enjoy the show, and I look forward to having more conversations in 2020! Songs Used (with gratitude): Faceoff by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100403 Artist: http://incompetech.com/   Devastation and Revenge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100694 Artist: http://incompetech.com/   Decay by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100512 Artist: http://incompetech.com/   Dark Standoff by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100268 Artist: http://incompetech.com/   Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400021 Artist: http://incompetech.com/   Inner Sanctum by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100196 Artist: http://incompetech.com/   Comfortable Mystery 2 - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100537 Artist: http://incompetech.com/   My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW! https://hellbentforhorror.com/book/ Want to read a chapter for free? Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2x8cdds   Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes or Google Play.  It really helps.    You can keep up with Hellbent for Horror on iTunes @iTunesPodcasts   iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Google Play link:https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ibsk2i4bbprrplyvs37c6aqv2ny Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr

Episode 090- Christmas Ghost Stories- 2019

'Horror Film Director Found Slain, Buried Under Floor', screamed the August 1995 headline in The Los Angeles Times. From the 60s to the 80s, producer/director Al Adamson made cheap, crazy and effective exploitation films, like SATAN'S SADISTS and DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN for the drive-in market. But the whole truth behind Al Adamson's strange life and gruesome death reveals perhaps the most bizarre career in Hollywood history.  The new documentary BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE AND GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON, chronicles the movies, brushes with Charles Manson, bizarre UFO encounters, and an ill-fated business relationship that ends in horrific tragedy. Join producer/director David Gregory (LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY'S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU) and producer Heather Buckley (THE RANGER) as they discuss Adamson, the obsessive nature of horror fans, and the fascination of horror and fringe cinema. I hope you enjoy the show! https://www.facebook.com/AlAdamsonDoc/ https://vimeo.com/348116253/59e9b68578   Movies covered:  Psycho-a-Go-Go (1965) Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969) Satan's Sadists (1969) Hell's Bloody Devils (1970) Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) Blazing Stewardesses (1975) Carnival Magic (1981) Beyond this Earth (1994)   My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW! https://hellbentforhorror.com/book/ Want to read a chapter for free? Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2x8cdds   Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes or Google Play.  It really helps.    You can keep up with Hellbent for Horror on iTunes @iTunesPodcasts   iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Google Play link:https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ibsk2i4bbprrplyvs37c6aqv2ny Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr

Episode 089-Blood & Flesh & Obsession: Unearthing the Cult of Al Adamson

This is S.A. Bradley, and I’m a life-long horror lover. This podcast combines horror history, personal observations, common themes, and cultural trends to tell a story with each episode. Here we talk about all things horror. Horror movies, books, comics, hosts, conventions. The door swings wide here, and all types of horror are welcome. Each episode covers some aspect of horror with lots of viewing or reading suggestions for you to check out. I want to start conversations with people about all types of horror. I’ve been a fan all my life, and I love all the different styles: Classic Universal Monsters, Slasher Films, Found Footage, French Extreme, Asian Extreme, Korean Ghost Stories, J-Horror, Hammer Horror Films, Amicus Films, Glass Eye Pix, EC Horror Comics, Creature Features, Horror Hosts, Italian Zombie movies, Spanish Zombie movies, George Romero Zombie movies, Giallo, Silent Horror Films, Nature Run Amok, Atomic Age Horror, Roughies, Exploitation, Horror Literature, Serial Killer, Halloween, B-Movie, Splatter films, ghost stories, Folk Horror, supernatural, body horror, torture porn, VHS, Psycho.

hubhopper

Hellbent For Horror

hubhopper