Halloween haunts, from front-yard displays to fun parks, with their fake body parts and jump-out scares, is the focus of this grave episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as the duo discuss disgusting decorations and the heart (plastic and metaphorical) that goes into crafting a superb Halloween haunt. Keep the lights on as Kat and Marshall explore the emergence of "extreme haunts". Then settle in as they recall with fondness their favorite family-run operations. It's the time of year for a good ...
Oct 14, 2015•58 min
“Carrie” by Stephen King and the movies it inspired is the topic of this bloody-good episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. Lend us your ears as we compare the book to the movie, and the book to the other movie, and the other movie to the first movie. Listen in wonder as the “Boys and Ghouls” duo takes the story of the adolescent misfit back to its inspirations and through its adaptations as they illustrate just how crappy high school could be (just in case anyone forgot). Before diving into Carrie’s tel...
Sep 13, 2015•58 min
Horror hosts would present the late-night monster movies, giving the viewer a bloody buddy to watch the movie with, make the scary movies fun and the bad movies better. In this episode of Boys and Ghouls, we present the hosts that presented the horror. Join Kat and Marshall as they take a lingering look at Vampira and Elvira. Then stay tuned as they do their darndest to include as many of the legion of history’s horror hosts as they can, paying particular attention to each their home-states (Pen...
Aug 14, 2015•56 min
Carnivals and circuses are great places to set a horror movie. Join the Boys and Ghouls duo as they explore just what it is about these fun and colorful experiences that also provides dread and menace enough for generations of horror films. Spanning the decades of cinema, this episode focuses on two such movies; "Freaks" (1932) directed by Dracula's Tod Browning, and "The Funhouse" (1981) directed by Tobe Hooper as he lets us know, once again, that everything's bigger in Texas, including the ter...
Jul 13, 2015•59 min
Fright Night, the 1985 original, is the topic of this fang-filled, fun episode of Boys and Ghouls. Join Kat and Marshall as they spoil-all-the-way, gleefully recapping the entirety of this vampire romp. Along the way the Boys and Ghouls duo asks some hard questions of this 1980's classic... mostly about Amy. Like, why does Amy have such a scary urban walk home? And, where did that dress come from? And, what happened to her motorcycle that was in just one scene? So, listen in as we celebrate all ...
Jun 13, 2015•51 min
The third ever Boys and Ghouls episode has risen from the grave, returned with the purpose of entertaining and informing you all about the gags and gimmicks of horror movie ballyhoo. Listen in as the Boys and Ghouls duo pay homage to the king of horror film promotion, William Castle. They detail how he brought the movie-going public, skeletons flying over the audience, life insurance in case they died of fright, and devices in the seats to zap their butts. Stay tuned as ballyhoo is further explo...
Jun 01, 2015•59 min
Comedy meets horror as Marshall and Kat incite a real laugh riot. Listen along as they examine those movies that use monsters and mayhem to make you scream… with laughter. And shriek… also with laughter. Join the duo as they discuss the classic Young Frankenstein and why it still holds up. Then, they examine a few that don’t quite hold up, a couple of famous filmmakers’ first films, as well as the fabulously crafty Death Becomes Her and the outrageously bawdy Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken D...
May 13, 2015•58 min
Vampire strippers and vampire hookers was the sub-sub-genre of horror films which Kat and Marshall chose to be the topic of their second ever episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as the duo navigates through three movies that well represent the topic; Vamp (1986), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), and Bordello of Blood (1996). All three are populated with beautiful and deadly women of the night, all of who follow their queen (be it Grace Jones, Selma Hayek, or Angie Everhart). No man can resist them ...
May 01, 2015•58 min
The “Saw” franchise is well covered in this torturous episode of Boys and Ghouls. Marshall and Kat watched the original from 2004 and its six one-every-year sequels. It’s left them with a new appreciation for the highest grossing horror movie franchise; and left them scratching their heads, trying to unravel seven movies worth of crisscrossing flashbacks. Join this intrepid duo as they get together to report which of Jigsaw’s devious traps made them squirm the most and which twist endings made t...
Apr 13, 2015•58 min
Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge was the first episode Boys and Ghouls produced. Three years after its initial debut (April 2012), its now back and available for your listening enjoyment. So look back with us as we looked back to 1985 and the sophomore effort of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Just finding our podcasting feet, we go through every beat of this odd, deliciously-80’s movie and throw in our two cents at its many hard-to-believe moments as Freddy goes about taking o...
Apr 01, 2015•44 min
Insanity in horror films is the topic of this mad, mad, mad, mad episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as Kat and Marshall take a look at a selection of movies where the main character’s biggest problem is the touch-and-go status of their own sanity. The Boys and Ghouls duo take a look at what Anthony Perkins got up to in the 1983 sequel to “Psycho”, “Psycho II”, as well as his wonderfully titled made for TV movie, “How Awful About Alan”. We look at the movie that started the term gaslight, “Gas...
Mar 13, 2015•58 min
Urban Legends are the focus of this classic episode. The 1998 movie "Urban Legends" and the heard-it-from-a-guy-who-heard-it-from-a-guy stories that inspired it are explored by the Boys and Ghouls duo. THRILL as Marshall and Kat dare to ingest Pop Rocks and soda. GASP as they tempt fate by reciting "Bloody Mary" into a looking glass. And listen in as they cover the urban legend inspired movies, "When a Stranger Calls" and "Candyman". Also, SWOON as Kat makes Marshall guess what notable actor she...
Mar 02, 2015•59 min
H.P. Lovecraft wrote in the horror and sic-fi pulp magazines of his day. A writer's writer, mass appreciation of him came after his death as his influence found its way into an abundance of horror writing and horror movies through the years. And so, he is the subject of this episode of Boys and Ghouls. Join Kat and Marshall as they discover the source of many of the spooks and chills they've loved for years, and explore the man behind them, that odd recluse from Rhode Island. So, listen in as Ma...
Feb 14, 2015•1 hr
Does what scared us as kids still hold up? Join the duo as they explore this topic and share what frightened them as little boys and ghouls. This classic episode was originally recorded as part of the “Something Wicked This Way Comes” installment of Boys and Ghouls. But, the coverage of this topic came out so fun and nostalgic as to release it on its own, along with Kat’s spooky gab about her time spent on the set of an indie horror movie. So, listen in as Kat discovers that 1990’s “Arachnophobi...
Feb 01, 2015•50 min
Terrifying and Oscar winning, “The Silence of the Lambs” gets its own episode with the Boys and Ghouls duo. Listen in as they pretty much go through the entire movie, scene by scene, spoiling all the way. Hear Kat take a feminist perspective on the movie with its unmatched lady-hero, and hear Marshall as he lets you know what it would have sounded like if original-choice actor Sean Connery had performed as Hannibal the Cannibal. Also, learn just how much Kat doesn’t like the Dr. Chilton characte...
Jan 14, 2015•55 min
Ray Bradbury wrote the book and then screenplay for “Something Wicked This Way Comes” about a sinister carnival that preys on the desires of a small town in yesteryear Illinois. As well as a master of horror, Bradbury was a master of nostalgia and simpler times. And, way back in the simpler times of 2012, recorded in tribute of Bradbury’s passing, the Boys and Ghouls duo dedicated an episode to the masterwork’s movie adaptation. While Marshall had been getting spooked for years by this tale of t...
Jan 01, 2015•51 min
The Thing movies are put under a microscope in this chilling episode of Boys and Ghouls. Join Kat and Marshall as they follow the franchise from its origin as the story “Who Goes There?”, to the classic RKO movie, “The Thing From Another Planet” to John Carpenter’s bleak masterpiece “The Thing” and its ambitious prequel of the same name. From the icy south pole, to the north pole, then to the south pole again, the Thing stories keep you asking, “What door is the Thing behind?” and then “Which pe...
Dec 13, 2014•1 hr
The Ghost of Christmas Past has brought you to this classic December 2012 “Boys and Ghouls” episode, all about the spooky side of the joyous Christmas season. Join Marshall and Kat as they guide your sleigh from the eerie appearance of Jacob Marley’s ghost to the 1984 Santa slasher “Silent Night, Deadly Night” to novelty monster Christmas albums. Then, Kat gives Marshall the highlights and the scream count of her favorite Christmas treat, the early Tales From The Crypt episode, “And All Through ...
Dec 01, 2014•59 min
Witches in the movies, witches who ride brooms, and witches who don’t ride brooms are discussed in this spellbinding episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as Kat details the witch hunt of 1692 Salem and the more recent witch hunt of the West Memphis Three. Then, Marshall bridges the gap between the movie “I Married A Witch” and television’s “Bewitched”. Before the hour is through, Marshall will make a shocking discovery about “Little Witches” and Kat will share her viewing experience of the witc...
Nov 13, 2014•1 hr
Revenge is a dish best served at Thanksgiving (according to Kat) and so way back in historic times (2012) the Boys and Ghouls duo made their November episode all about revenge. Listen in to this classic episode when Marshall and Kat took two very different approaches to the concept that drives so very many horror movies. While Kat brought to the table her experience watching “I Spit On Your Grave” Marshall covered “Pumpkinhead”, “The Abominable Dr. Phibes”, and the Old Chief Woodenhead portion o...
Nov 01, 2014•58 min
Halloween and its varied history is effectively explored by Kat and Marshall in this treat of an episode. Follow along as they trace Halloween’s history from its Celtic roots, to its union with Catholic holidays, to its exportation to America where it became a night for fortune telling and mischievous pranks. Listen in as the duo explore the holiday up to its present form of costumes and candy. Also, Marshall shares his recollections of working in a Halloween store in the weeks following 9/11....
Oct 13, 2014•59 min
“Halloween” the 1978 slasher and Halloween the enchanting holiday is the topic of this classic Boys and Ghouls episode from all the way back in October of 2012. Join Kat and Marshall as they discuss John Carpenter’s horror masterpiece and everything that makes it Kat’s favorite movie. Marshall, who can’t leave well-enough alone, breaks down Michael Myers’ motivation in “Halloween” if it were a stand-alone film vs. his motivation if you consider the back-story reveal of its sequel, “Halloween II”...
Oct 01, 2014•59 min
Classic monsters sharing the screen, getting along or getting into fights. That’s the topic of this episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. Join Kat and Marshall as they follow the mixing of the classic creatures from “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf-Man”, through “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” and then forward forty years to “The Monster Squad”. Also, we take a look at the song that stands out above all other novelty Halloween songs, “The Monster Mash” and how its friendly gathering of monsters took...
Sep 13, 2014•59 min
Horror movies set in schools was the topic of this early “Boys and Ghouls” episode. From teenage werewolves, to eerie conformity, to all the dangerous objects in a classroom. Originally released in September of 2012, this examination of the terrors of educational institutions is the first to be exhumed from the “Boys and Ghouls” episode graveyard. So, take a look back at the time that Marshall and Kat took a look back at those old school days. Join them as they recount the movies that use school...
Sep 01, 2014•1 hr
Teen vampires turn a California beach town into the debatable murder capital of the world. Join Kat and Marshall as they explore this premise in the 1987 horror-fun flick, “The Lost Boys”. From the young Coreys, to the jangle-when-they walk teenage toughs, to the mid-life romance of a pair of adults (though one of them is quite old) "The Lost Boys" has managed to grow up along with its fans, providing a character for everyone to relate to. So listen in, as Kat and Marshall revel in its rock and ...
Aug 13, 2014•56 min
The "Scream" series is explored in this episode. From the game-changing first one, where everyone is a suspect but only killers had cell phones, to the fourth one where everyone had cell phones and is still a suspect. So, join our duo as they take a look at these mainstream, meta masterpieces and discuss the real psychos who have haunted our headlines as Kat looks for the answer to, "Do the movies make psychos or do they just make the psychos more creative?" Also, Kat tells Marshall about going ...
Jul 13, 2014•58 min
The Slumber Party Massacre movies are examined, from the feminist claims of part one, to the single unsettlingly good scene in part three. And through part two, which Kat has a crazy crush on (seriously, you guys, it might be love). So, spend the night with Kat and Marshall as they discuss these three driller killer flicks as well as their own sleepover memories, and the horror movies (cable or VHS) that they watched when staying up past their bed times. We dare you....
Jun 13, 2014•58 min
Mummy movies are unwrapped in this episode. From the classic Karloff mummy, to its more bandages-less fezzes follow-ups, to Hammer’s contribution, to Tales From The Crypt AND Tales From The Dark Side's mummies. So, join Kat and Marshall as they explore the sub-genre of mummy movies like an Egyptologist exploring a cursed burial chamber. Also, Marshall and Kat share their recent visits to cemeteries (just browsing).
May 13, 2014•58 min
The Evil Dead films are explored in this episode. That's the original "The Evil Dead", "Evil Dead II", "Army of Darkness", and the remake, "Evil Dead" (which is like the original but, among other differences, doesn't have the word "The" in its title). Join Kat and Marshall as they discuss what's in the movies and what the film makers had to endure to make them. Both perspectives will send shivers down your spine. Also, Marshall shows Kat what he bought at Monsterpalooza.
Apr 13, 2014•58 min
The year 1984 and its contributions to spooky movies is explored in this totally awesome episode. Join Kat and Marshall as they take a look at what was giving folks goosebumps thirty years ago. Along with big hair and Michael Jackson jackets, there were children of the corn, cannibalisitc humanoid underground dwellers, a dreamy slasher, and the "Where's The Beef" lady. Also, 1984 was the release of "Ghostbusters". Listen in as Kat and Marshall pay tribute to the groundbreaking supernatural comed...
Mar 13, 2014•59 min
