Category: Podcast
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 102: Ah-hoo, Werewolf of London
The vortex drops Jeff and Richard in Times Square once again, but nine years after their last visit. Things have changed and one of the original movie palaces is scheduled for demolition. Will they have time to watch Werewolf of London before the wrecking ball swings? And what will they think of it? Be sure…
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 101: Bat in the Belfry
Previously on the Classic Horrors Club Podcast… In the remote reaches of an undisclosed location, Jeff and Richard discovered a hidden door in their clubhouse. When they opened it, they were sucked into a vortex and sent tumbling through time and space… Where… and when… have they gone?!? Be sure to check out the Video…
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 100: Kong!
It’s finally here! Eight years in the making! You’re invited to join Rich and Jeff for the 100th meeting of the Classic Horrors Club! There’s only one movie star and one movie big enough for the podcast: King Kong (1933.) It’s an episode as big as Kong, and a celebration you don’t want to miss…
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 99: Them Body Snatchers
Putting the “C” in the Classic Horrors Club Podcast, Jeff and Richard finish this year’s annual summer at the drive-in with two bonafide classics: Them! (1954) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956.) With a double-time hop, they visit the Tri-City Drive-In in Loma Linda, California, on two different days. Alas, there never was a…
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 98: Giant Killer Shrews
The much-maligned Atomic Age films, The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews, both from 1959, may have been made on the cheap, but they accomplish something few Hollywood blockbusters do: inspire our imaginations! Join Jeff and Richard as they travel back in time to the Tri-City Drive-In in San Pedro, California, for the ultimate…
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 97: Freaky Poltergeist
Join Jeff and Richard as they travel only a few months into the past to watch two movies released 50 years apart, one of them that’s 92-years old! First up is Poltergeist (1982) and then it’s Freaks (1932.) If you think that’s an odd double feature, consider that the third movie on the triple bill…
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 96: Go Ape at the Drive-In
Surprise! We’re hitting the road early with the first of four summer trips to the drive-in. It’s the weekend of June 15, 1973, and Battle for the Planet of the Apes has just opened, giving the Hillcrest Drive-In in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the opportunity to host an unofficial “Go Ape” marathon. We both started our…
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 95: Musical Monsters
For a bit of a change of pace, Jeff and Richard discuss two films where there are as many songs as there are monsters: Phantom of the Paradise (1974) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975.) Both did their time on the Midnight Movie circuit before the advent of home video boosted one’s reputation and…
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 94: Mr. Murder
Jeff and Richard belatedly celebrate the birthday of Ol’ Blood and Thunder, or Mr. Murder, Tod Slaughter. Slaughter has been called a British Boris Karloff. Indeed he made a series of films in the 1930s as similar to each other as Karloff’s mad scientist movies were in the United States. However, with his roots in…
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 93: Die! Die! Sweet Charlotte
Jeff and Richard revisit the Hagsploitation subgenre with two films: Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) and Die! Die! My Darling! (1965.) Spoiler alert: we liked them both, but agree that while one is a better movie, the other one is more fun. Do you dare venture a guess as to which is which? The only…
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