Creator of the Chop Shop and horror hound, Steve, served as co-host for episode #004 of Horrorlust Radio.
In the fourth episode of Horrorlust Radio, Steve and I discuss horror films, the role of sequels and the often blasphemous practice of remakes. We also talk at length about Steve’s childhood and teenage recollections of Halloween which include his involvement in a basement home haunt and a harrowing encounter with a woodland lunatic.
This episode of Horrorlust Radio also features two fresh segments — Cauldron Questions and Pop Horror. In Cauldron Questions my co-host and I answer three burning questions and then in Pop Horror we discuss all things horror in the land of film and television such as The Walking Dead and an independent film titled The Houses October Built.
Steve and I also explore the the history of his spooky but likable alter-ego, Uncle Dead Guy. And unsurprisingly, we have some fun with speculation regarding potential haunted house visits.
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SHOW NOTES
The book I referenced on several occasions during the podcast is called Shock Value and was written by Jason Zinoman (Penguin Press, 2011).
Required reading…seriously, go and read it.
Steve and I also discussed a number of old horror comic books which included EC Comics’ most popular title, Tales From the Crypt. In addition to Tales From the Crypt, EC Comics also published The Vault of Horror, The Haunt of Fear and a slew of other non-horror related comics. The company published this style of comic from the 1940’s until the mid-1950’s when it began to focus on the well-known humor magazine, MAD.
In addition to EC Comics’ line of titles we also discussed a pair of titles that Steve was more familiar with from his youth, Creepy and Eerie by Warren Publishing. The former originally had an 18 year run from late 1964 until publication ceased in February 1983; Creepy was resurrected in 2009 and is currently published by New Comic Company LLC in partnership with Dark Horse Comics. Eerie was launched in 1966 and it too ceased publication in February 1983.
For your pleasure, I’ve included a few examples of cover art below.
Tales From the Crypt would later become a hit HBO series from 1989-1996.
Creepy, undoubtedly inspired by its EC Comics forerunners.
Eerie, the sister publication to Creepy.
The songs and audio clips featured in this episode are listed below in chronological order:
1. “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Cow Finger & Mosquito Pie, 1956)
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Theatrical Trailer, 1974
3. “Boogie Man” by Mad Sin (Burn & Rise, 2010)
4. Kirk meets Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974
5. “Out of the Dark” by Mad Sin (A Ticket Into Underworld, 1993)
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