With the recent release of Mike Flanagan's adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher , it seems like a good time to rerun this conversation about Edgar Allan Poe between Michael, Jessica Hickman, and Darla Ecklund from the old Filthy Horrors podcast. The episode begins in a cemetery as we dig into "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Masque of the Red Death," and "The Raven," with side-trips to other Poe stories and favorite adaptations of his work. Note: It was windy at the cemetery and the sound...
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Happy Halloween! Michael, Rob, Pax, and Becky finish the Underworld films with a visit to the ice vampires as they talk about whether Blood Wars is a satisfying conclusion to the series.
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Michael, Rob, Pax, and Becky return to the main Underworld timeline to briefly check on the Underworld: Endless War animated shorts before seeing what happens when humanity discovers the existence of vampires and werewolves in Underworld: Awakening .
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 32 min
Michael, Rob, Pax, and Becky travel back in time to the Dark Ages to witness how the war between the Underworld werewolves and vampires began. And whether the lack of Kate Beckinsale at all affects their enjoyment of this prequel to the previous two films.
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Michael, Rob, Pax, and Becky return to a look at the second Underworld film to see how well it deals with the awakening of Marcus from the end of the previous movie, adds to the world of the series, and develops Selene's relationship with Michael Corvin.
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 36 min
Michael, Rob, Pax, and Becky Tyler are talking about the Underworld movies in this week leading up to Halloween. Starting, logically enough, with the first one starring Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, and Bill Nighy. It's an old favorite for some of the panel, a second look for one, and a brand new experience for yet another.
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Michael, Rob, and Pax wrap up this month's Lounge with conversations about shark movies, ZZ Top, The Fall of the House of Usher , Ahsoka , Only Murders in the Building , After Party , “buying” digital movies, Haunted Mansion , Us , To Be or Not To Be: A Chooseable-Path Adventure by Ryan North, finishing the Harry Potter series, Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss, Totally Killer , the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina TV series, From Dusk Till Dawn sequels, Batman ‘66, Black Mirror , favorite museums, Reserva...
Oct 24, 2023•2 hr 40 min
Michael, Rob, and Pax gather again in the Lounge to talk about things they hate (and their tolerance for people who like them), favorite comics artists, re-visiting favorite art vs seeking out new art, appearing in documentaries, The Classified Dossier: Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula by Christian Klaver, Edgar Allan Poe, Joe Hill, James Bond comics, high school reunions, the surprising relevance of gothic stories to modern society, Jason X: The Experiment by Pat Cadigan, and The Cabin at the ...
Oct 23, 2023•2 hr 8 min
Michael and Rob welcome Joanna from Bloody Popcorn and Shawn Robare to create a horror-themed streaming service. Each panelist controls a sub-channel that includes 5 favorite horror films, 5 favorite horror-related TV series, and an original series created by the panelist themself. Listen and see if your favorites are available! (Special thanks to Shawn for the name: 'screaming service'.)
Oct 16, 2023•2 hr 23 min
Michael, Rob, and Pax talk about the third Planet of the Apes movie in which the series keeps going in spite of the planet's literal destruction at the end on the previous film. How convincing is the continuity? How well does the bold, new direction work? And what do Victor Newman and Khan Noonien Singh have to do with it?
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 46 min
Michael, Rob, and Karen discuss fun houses, slide whistles, kung fu nieces, and Mary Goodnight's espionage skills in this comprehensive conversation about Roger Moore's second Bond film. It's The Man with the Golden Gun , starring Christopher Lee, Maud Adams, Britt Ekland, and Hervé Villechaize.
Oct 02, 2023•2 hr 45 min
After spending a lot of time talking about the Conjuring and Amityville Horror movies, Michael and Jess finally get around to discussing the three Universal Frankenstein movies starring Boris Karloff as the Monster: Frankenstein (1931), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939).
Sep 29, 2023•2 hr 14 min
This month's After Dinner Lounge concludes with Michael, Rob, and Pax talking about video game encyclopaedias, the new Birds of Prey comic, Jughead, books and comics by Charles Soule, Greg Rucka, Ryan North, and Kieron Gillen, Harry Potter , ‘80s Spider-Man comics, The Pope’s Exorcist , more Elvis movies, Batman ‘66, the cancelation of Winning Time , breakfast preferences, Blue Beetle and the current state of superhero movies, the second seasons of Dark Winds and The After Party , the Equalizer ...
Sep 27, 2023•2 hr 39 min
Michael, Rob, and Pax gather again in the lounge to discuss what they've been listening to, thinking about, reading, and watching. And Evan Hanson stops in for a bit! In this episode, they dig into their favourite video games and Autumn traditions, various podcasts (including the impressive, new Remember That Show? ), Jimmy Buffett, the second seasons of Foundation and Good Omens , Justified , X-Men and Star Trek comics, Asteroid City , Werewolves Within , The Menu , 1917 , Attack the Block , Tw...
Sep 25, 2023•2 hr 39 min
In preparation for an upcoming episode of After Lunch After Midnight in which Michael and Jessica Hickman discuss the first three Universal Frankenstein movies, here's a rerun of a 2019 episode of the Filthy Horrors podcast where they and Darla Ecklund talked about the Mary Shelley novel and several adaptations of it.
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 28 min
Following up on Episode 132 from last year when we determined the Ultimate Literary Villain of All Time, Michael and Rob welcome Ben Graham and Paxton Holley to do the same with TV villains. Each panelists nominates four favorite boob tube baddies, then we put them into tournament brackets to discuss and vote. Will you agree with our choices? Did we leave off a favorite of yours? Listen and let us know!
Sep 18, 2023•2 hr 49 min
Michael, Rob, and Pax return to the Planet of the Apes and dig deep into its subterranean (and substandard) sequel.
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 45 min
Michael, Rob, and Karen discuss Roger Moore's first go as Bond and the mixing of British spy adventure with the blaxploitation and hicksploitation genres. It's a messy film with plenty to talk about in terms of what works and what doesn't.
Sep 05, 2023•3 hr 1 min
Inspired by last episode's Dracula discussion, we're rerunning another episode of the old Filthy Horrors podcast. Michael, Jess, and Darla talk about all things Dracula: from the original novel to their favorite movies, comics, games, and more.
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 45 min
Michael and guest Becky Tyler take a bat-driven carriage through an overview of Dracula movies from 1922's Nosteratu to this year's The Last Voyage of the Demeter .
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 2 min
As mentioned in Episode 199, After Lunch is starting a new series of horror-themed episodes that we're calling "After Midnight". Jessica Hickman joins Michael to kick off with a discussion of Universal's trilogy of Creature from the Black Lagoon films: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Revenge of the Creature (1955), and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956).
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 42 min
Michael, Rob, and Pax wrap up this month's Lounge talking about Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning , playlists for running, the Wham! documentary, Barbie , Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , video games we've been playing, the Jungle Cruise movie, Justified , Secret Invasion , They Cloned Tyrone , and Classic Doctor Who .
Aug 25, 2023•2 hr 7 min
Michael, Rob, and Pax chat about how reading goals affect reading enjoyment, death and funerals, life as a cartoon animal, Matthew Reilly’s YA book ( The Secret Runners of New York ), Old Habits (a Die Hard spec script turned novel), Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent , Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse comics, The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz, Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely , current Star Trek comics, and Elvis and Ann-Margret movies....
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 55 min
Michael, Rob, and Pax visit the Planet of the Apes! Kicking off a bunch of discussions about the simian series, we start with a quick conversation about Pierre Boulle's novel before exploring the 1968 movie that started a phenomenon.
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 58 min
Michael, Rob, and Karen Flieger close out the Sean Connery era of the Bond films with Diamonds Are Forever . They talk about the return of Connery, whether it's a worthy follow-up to On Her Majesty's Secret Service , and the wisdom of hiring a jazz musician and Crispin Glover's dad to play assassins. The movie's directed by Goldfinger 's Guy Hamilton and also stars Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, and Jimmy Dean.
Aug 07, 2023•2 hr 38 min
We're soon going to start a new horror-focused series of episodes called After Lunch After Midnight featuring Michael and his pal Jessica Hickman. It's sort of a spin-off of another podcast called Filthy Horrors that they did together with their mutual pal Darla Ecklund. So to introduce After Midnight , we thought it might be good to rerun the first episode of Filthy Horrors in which Jess, Darla, and Michael talk about their history with horror, the kinds of horror they like, and lots of example...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Michael and Rob wrap their Mission: Impossible movies watch-through (for now) with the new entry in the series: Dead Reckoning, Part One . They talk about all the spoilers and whether second viewings changed their perspective on anything. Well, one thing in particular, but sure, everything else, too.
Jul 31, 2023•2 hr 25 min
Michael, Rob, and Pax finish this months Lounge with discussion about their personal movie rating systems, Sherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock series, Daniel Pemberton movie scores, The Haunting of Bly Manor , the second season of Schmigadoon! , more about Ted Lasso , Kate Beckinsale in Love & Friendship , Nimona , modern Luddites, The Flash , Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny , Alamo Drafthouse, their top three favorite comic book artists, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts , maybe a little bit ...
Jul 28, 2023•2 hr 28 min
Michael, Rob, and Pax chat about farting soulmates, '90s revamped superheroes, Pax’s idea for a Batman ‘66 Season 4 crossover, Philip Marlowe in The Little Sister , Hammer Frankenstein and the Hammer House of Podcast , Men both Gray and Thin, weekly comics reading, crappy Spider-Man novels, the darkening of the Harry Potter books, and lots of other things.
Jul 26, 2023•2 hr 21 min
Michael, Rob, and Delaney Graham continue their Star Trek Trek with season 4 of Discovery . Find out what we thought of the butterfly people, the new Federation President, all that jargon (The DMA! Species 10-C! The Orb! The Hyperfield!), and the most contentious element of the season: Zora.
Jul 24, 2023•2 hr 23 min
