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Special Guests: Caelum Vatnsdal, Sandor Stern, Andrew Neiderman, Cynthia Preston Guest Co-Hosts: Paul Corupe, Elric Kane Adapted from a novel by Andrew Neiderman, Sandor Starn’s Pin (1988) stars Terry O’Quinn as a doctor who speaks to his children Leon (David Hewlett) and Ursula (Cynthia Preston) through the anatomical dummy, Pin. Guests on this Shocktober bonus episode include Caelum Vatnsdal, author of They Came From Within: A History Of Canadian Horror Cinema, as well as director Sandor Stern, author Andrew Neiderman, and actor Cynthia Preston. Canuxplotation’s Paul Corupe and Shock Waves’s Elric Kane join Mike to discuss this eerie Canadian thriller. Buy Pin on DVD Buy They Came From Within: A History Of Canadian Horror Cinema by Caelum Vatnsdal Buy Pin by Andrew Neiderman Visit the official Sandor Stern website Visit the official Andrew Neiderman website Visit the official Cynthia Preston website Follow Cynthia Preston on Twitter Follow Elric Kane on Twitter Follow Paul Corupe on Twitter

On this Shocktober episode, the subject of “New French Extremity” films are under discussion, specifically Pascal Laugier‘s Martyrs (2008).

Alexandra West, co-host of The Faculty of Horror podcast (and author of Films of the New French Extremity: Visceral Horror and National Identity) and Elric Kane of the Shock Waves podcast join Mike to discuss Pascal Laugier‘s film along with the 2015 remake.

On this Shocktober special, Kat Ellinger of the Daughters of Darkness podcast and Jim Laczkowski of the Directors Club podcast (among others) join Mike to discuss the 1986 horror comedy from director William Fruet, Killer Party in which a trio of young women (Elaine Wilkes, Joanna Johnson, Alicia Fleer) rush a sorority with horrific results including hazing, murder, and demonic possession. Writer Barney Cohen talks about Killer Party, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, and the unmade Spiderman film. Links: Buy Killer Party on DVD Hear more of Jim Laczkowski on the Pop Culture Club and the Now Playing Network

Adapted from a novel by Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick The Shining (1980) tells the tale of Jack (Jack Nicholson), Wendy, (Shelley Duvall) and Danny (Danny Lloyd) Torrance, a family who spend a winter at the Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Jack plans on writing a book but, instead, battles the inner demons of alcoholism and anger, slowly going mad perhaps with the help of the ghosts of the Overlook…

Directors Keith Gordon and Vincenzo Natali join Mike to discuss Stanley Kubrick and The Shining as well as the many interpretations of the films (as presented in works like Rodney Ascher’s Room 237 and Rob Ager’s Collative Learning series).

Along with Ascher and Ager, cameraman Douglas Milsome and Steadicam operator (and inventor) Garrett Brown reminisce about working with Stanley Kubrick.

Chris Gore dishes about the future of Film Threat including a project with former Projection Booth host, Rob St. Mary!

In 1994, Roger Corman rushed to start the production of The Fantastic Four — an adaptation of Marvel’s quartet of superpowered beings who (somewhat) represented the four elements of earth (The Thing), Air (Invisible Girl), Fire (The Human Torch) and water (Mr. Fantastic).   The documentary Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s the Fantastic Four  tells the story of the making of — and ultimate fate of — the 1995 film. Interviews include writer/director Marty Langford, actor Carl Ciarfalio, and embedded journalist Chris Gore. Co-hosts Rod Lott and Rob St Mary join Mike to discuss the film and other “unmaking of” documentaries. Links: Visit the official Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s the Fantastic Fourwebsite Like DOOMED on Facebook Visit FlickAttack.com Visit Bookgasm.com

Special Guests: Fred Dekker, Tom Atkins Guest Co-Hosts: Heather Drain, Maitland McDonagh “What is this? A homicide, or a bad B-movie?” Fred Dekker’s Night of the Creeps (1986) is a love letter to science fiction movies of the ’50s. It’s the story of Chris (Jason Lively) and JC (Steve Marshall), two friends who accidentally unleash a zombie plague from outer space onto their college campus. It’s up to them, Cynthia (Jill Whitlow), and the grizzled Detective Cameron (Tom Atkins) to stop it. Maitland McDonagh and Heather Drain join Mike to discuss this wonderful film. Interviews feature writer/director Fred Dekker and star Tom Atkins Buy Night of the Creeps on DVD Buy the Night of the Creeps soundtrack by Barry DeVorzon Visit Mondo Heather’s website Visit Diabolique Magazine Visit the Miskatonic Institute

Directed by Leo McCarey, Duck Soup (1933) was the last of the four Marx Brothers’ run at Paramount. A send-up of politics and warmongering, Duck Soup is an anarchic collection of sight gags, wordplay, and surrealism in which Groucho Marx plays Rufus T. Firefly, the man who will save Freedonia from disaster, despite the efforts of Chicolini (Chico Marx) and Pinky (Harpo Marx), two Sylvanian spies.  Guest this week include Robert S. Bader (author of Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage), Robert Weide (producer of Marx Brothers in a Nutshell) and Joseph Adamson (author of Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo: A History of the Marx Brothers and a Satire on the Rest of the World).  Rob St. Mary and Jon Cross join Mike to discuss Duck Soup and the Marx Brothers.

Produced by Ovidio Assonitis, Sonny Boy 1989 stars David Carradine and Paul L. Smith as Pearl and Slue, two desert-dwellers who end up “adopting” Sonny Boy (Michael Boston). Slue turns his boy into a feral killing machine in something of a Frankenstein tale.

Screenwriter Graeme Whifler, director Robert Martin Carroll, and star Michael Boston share the history of this fascinating film.

Mike Malloy, author of the upcoming David Carradine: The Lost Auteur, and Maitland McDonagh join Mike White in discussing Sonny Boy.