The ghosts of your horror movie club explore a different sub-genre each month! Featuring creators from the spooky community, stoner filmmaker DeVaughn Taylor & film journalist Garrett McDowell discuss the recurring motifs of various sub-genres and what makes the best genre films work. New episodes every Tuesday! NOTE: We recommend starting at Season 2 (Ep60) as that's when Garrett joined and began our current format. Season 1 was the experimental phase haha NOTE: The first 99 episodes, we were under "Bloody Blunts" however the show didn't change, so Season 3 is where we continued as "Specter Cinema"
https://specter-cinema-club.captivate.fm
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 10 hours 29 minutes
episode 68: THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982) - #68
It's a new month and we have one word for you: WOMEN! In celebration of Women's History Month, we're going to dive into the Slumber Party Massacre series. Each film was directed by women during the 80s hay-day of slashers, so let's see how this makes the films different from their contemporaries...
episode 69: SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II (1987) ft. Jessica Scott - #69
Let this podcast rock & roll your soul! We continue our Women's History Month exploration of the SPM series, talking the wild and chaotic sequel with writer/editor Jessica Scott. The boys & Jessica discuss the film's exploration of Final Girl trauma, tonal evolution of the franchise, and compare slumber parties (and Batman mouths lol)...
episode 70: SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE III (1990) - #70
Yes, there is a third one of these movies! Garrett & DeVaughn discuss the somewhat forgotten conclusion to the SPM series. Garrett thinks its lame back to basics, while DeVaughn think it's underrated with a giallo twist. However, the boys can agree this one has the most unique kills and upsetting scene of the entire franchise...
episode 71: SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (2021) ft. Cat Benstead - #71
We came to party and massacre...and we're all out of party! Cat Benstead (TGIF: A Horror Podcast) joins the boys to close out the SPM series with the meta remake released just last year. We discuss the new feminist layers added, the twists, the added gore, and compare snacks...
episode 72: FINAL GIRLS FOREVER: Discussing Women in Horror w/ BJ & Harmony Colangelo - #72
Bringing our celebration of Women's History Month to a close, the boys are joined by Bloody Blunts alums BJ & Harmony Colangelo (This Ends at Prom Podcast) to have a discussion on women in the horror genre. Taking a look in front and behind the camera, we chat about: our favorite female-directed films, Final Girls, and why horror has always been such a female-centric genre...
episode 73: LIFE (2017) // Hostile Aliens
We're already high on horror, but I think we can get even higher...like outer space! Kicking off our month of April Aliens, we're starting with the unofficial-but-maybe-multiverse prequel to Venom, talking Daniel Espinosa's Life (2017). The boys discuss the unfair Alien comparisons, where Calvin ranks among movie monsters, and of course the Summer of Morbius...
episode 74: SLITHER (2006) ft. Joe Lipsett // Hostile Aliens
After some time in space, the boys have landed in the small town of Weasley, SC to battle nasty slug aliens: Horror Queers co-host Joe Lipsett returns to chat James Gunn's Slither. We're discussing Gunn's blending of many sub-genres, the goopy & tactile body horror, and the sexual nature of invasive aliens...
episode 75: THE BLOB (1988) // Hostile Aliens
Time to take a trip to Anywhere, USA where everyone knows each other and there's a Blob on the loose! A first time watch for both DeVaughn & Garrett, the boys discuss the 1988 remake of the 1958 classic. We're talking co-final girls, justice for Chuck Russell, and whether or not this actually counts as an alien movie...
episode 76: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) ft. Stephen Foxworthy // Hostile Aliens
Closing out our month of extra terrestrial shennanigans, we're talking the *SCREACH* 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Stephen Foxworthy of the Disenfranchised podcast. The boys are talking paranoia, phenomenal special effects, and why this story is so easily adapted in multiple decades (there's 4 of these bad boys). Take a hit and pass that spooky shit!
New episodes every Tuesday; subscribe and don't miss out...
episode 77: ANOMALISA (2015) // Almost Horror
Welcome back to your favorite horror podcast, except this month; we're not talking horror movies! For May, we are taking a look at movies that could be horror movies. What about Anomalisa could make it a horror movie? The exploration of a mid-life crisis through paranoia, is a start. Much more to talk about, take a hit and pass that spooky shit!
New episodes every Tuesday! Next week we take a trip down the information super highway to chat The Cable Guy...