Classic Horrors Club

Jeff and Richard return to correct a wrong (the “lost” Karloff episode) by recording a brand new retrospective of the life and films of the classic horror legend, Boris Karloff. Among all… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 111: King Karloff Redux

Jeff & Richard arrive at the beginning of a new era in Mexican film history and experience El vampiro (1957) and its sequel, El ataud del vamprio (1958) on the big screen… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 110: Dos Vampiros

Sounds like a zombie movie, huh? Or a alien/mutant brain movie. Well, it surprised at least one of us who learned it’s more of a body snatcher movie. But why nitpick? Perhaps… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 109: The Brain Eaters

Another summer at the drive-in comes to a close with two movies that were surprisingly #1 at the box office the week of Halloween, 1970. As a child, Jeff saw this double-feature… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 108: Taste the Blood of Trog

We’re back to the drive-in for a 1963 double feature of troubled productions involving the likes of Roger Corman, Jack Nicholson, and Francis Coppola: The Terror and Dementia 13. Listen what happens… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 107: The Terror of Dementia 13

It’s another summer at the drive-in and we’re starting with a real double-feature, just like when our two movies were actually shown at the Big Sky Drive-In in 1960… Caltiki, the Immortal… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 106: Tormented Caltiki

It’s another world premiere movie event as Jeff and Richard are “whooshed” across the pond to London on Friday, February 21st… 1936. There are still seats available, so join us. The “programme”… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 105: Things to Come

Do you like your calamari so fresh it could crawl off your plate? How about your oysters extra slimy? If so, join Jeff & Richard at the Union Oyster House in Boston,… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 104: The Crawling Slime

You’re invited to a world premiere event as the vortex drops Jeff & Richard into a car at the Tascosa Drive-In in Amarillo, Texas, on August 29, 1958. The stars of “The… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 103: Hideous!

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.… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 102: Ah-hoo, Werewolf of London

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… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 101: Bat in the Belfry

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… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 100: Kong!

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… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 99: Them Body Snatchers

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… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 98: Giant Killer Shrews

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… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 97: Freaky Poltergeist

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… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 96: Go Ape at the Drive-In

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… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 95: Musical Monsters

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… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 94: Mr. Murder

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… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 93: Die! Die! Sweet Charlotte

We’re thrilled to have as our guest award-winning writer, illustrator, and pop culture historian, Rob Kelly, from the Fire & Water Podcast Network! Rob recently provided the commentary track for the VCI… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 92: Horrors of the Black Zoo Museum

We don’t consider 2023 to be a complete disaster; however, we started the year with It’s a Disaster Pt. 2, and are ending it with another episode about 1970s disaster movies. Not… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 91: What’s the Difference Between a Zeppelin and a Blimp?

Two years ago, we embarked on a journey into the world of Paul Naschy for the first “Naschy November.” Now we’re back with part two. This time, we take a deep dive… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 90: Naschy November Pt. 2

Happy, happy Halloween! This year we’re celebrating the season by dropping a new episode every Monday in October. But not just a regular episode… We’re changing the format a bit and inviting… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 89: House on Haunted Hill (1959)

Happy, happy Halloween! This year we’re celebrating the season by dropping a new episode every Monday in October. But not just a regular episode… We’re changing the format a bit and inviting… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 88: The Changeling (1980)

Happy, happy Halloween! This year we’re celebrating the season by dropping a new episode every Monday in October. But not just a regular episode… We’re changing the format a bit and inviting… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 87: Scream & Scream Again (1970)

Happy, happy Halloween! This year we’re celebrating the season by dropping a new episode every Monday in October. But not just a regular episode… We’re changing the format a bit and inviting… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 86: Sugar Hill (1974)

Happy, happy Halloween! This year we’re celebrating the season by dropping a new episode every Monday in October. But not just a regular episode… We’re changing the format a bit and inviting… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 85: The Other (1972)

Corman! Poe! Price! Milland?!? Lovecraft?!? Roger Corman laid a foundation for his unexpectedly successful series of films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe with House of Usher in 1960. He… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 84: Premature Burial in the Haunted Palace

While the world falls apart around us, Jeff and Richard focus on two specific disasters. In San Francisco, a fire rages out of control in the world’s tallest building. In New York,… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 76: It’s a Disaster II

Strap yourselves in; it’s going to be a topsy-turvy, shaky, wet ride as Jeff and Richard have fun with three disaster films of the 1970s: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Earthquake (1974), and… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 54: It’s a Disaster!

Welcome to the new year: 2133 A.D. Either Dylan Hunt (Alex Cord or John Saxon) or Anthony Vico (John Saxon) wake from suspended animation to find the world has changed. During this… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 53: The Strange New Genesis of Planet Earth

Rich and Jeff are honored to have author and film historian David J. Skal as their special guest for this month’s meeting. You may have seen David on TCM last Friday night… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 49: Fright Favorites with David J. Skal

After last meeting’s part one cliffhanger ending, Jeff and Richard return with their Fall Preview TV Guides for the 1973 and 1974 seasons. They watch the beloved Don’t Be Afraid of the… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 48: Don’t Be Afraid of All the People

When is one movie really three movies (or four, or five)? When it’s an anthology! It’s Halloween season and there’s no better way to maximize your movie-watching time than by consuming as… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 36: Sit Right Back & You’ll Hear a Tale

In this surprise bonus episode, a previously-unannounced meeting of The Classic Horrors Club, Jeff and Richard welcome Justin Humphreys, film historian and author of The Dr. Phibes Companion, which has been nominated for… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 30: The Dr. Phibes Companion

Three times the terror; three times the… time? Wow, this is a record breaker! But not only do Jeff and Richard discuss three movies: The Omen (1976), Damien Omen II (1978) and… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 29: The Omen Trilogy

Jeff & Richard discuss how the UK, best known for its gothic horrors, fares when London is invaded by giant monsters. Are the British suited for the sub-genre? Look no further than… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 28: Britain Under Siege!

Born on February 10, 1906, Lon Chaney Jr. is the latest icon to receive a Classic Horrors Club Podcast tribute. As they’ve done in the past, Jeff and Richard discuss three films… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 27: Man Made Alligator/Spider Baby

Come gather ’round for the song of the enchilada man… or the discussion of three “horror comedies”: The Cat & the Canary (1939), The Ghost Breakers (1940), and Scared Stiff (1953).  For… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 26: The Cat, Canary & Ghost Breakers are Scared Stiff!

Happy Holidays from The Classic Horrors Club podcast!  Not only is this special episode our gift to you, but the movie we discuss is a really fun package to unwrap: Santa Claus… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 25: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

  Nothing says Christmas like monster babies!  And no one gives ’em to us like Larry Cohen, the king prince of low budget movies.  Two out of three ain’t bad, as we… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 24: A Creepy Cohen Christmas

Island oasis or jungle hell?  While Jeff looks for a vacation getaway, Richard is wary… particularly considering the movies we’re discussing: Island of Lost Souls (1932), The Twilight People (1972) and The… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 23: Dr. Moreau’s Island of Lost Twilight People

‘Tis the season.  What better way to celebrate Halloween than with three Hammer Horror classics from the creative peak of the great British studio’s output: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Horror of Dracula… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 22: A Happy Hammer Halloween

On August 16, 1956, we lost horror legend Bela Lugosi at the age of 73.  As we did with Boris Karloff in Episode 15, we pay tribute to Lugosi by discussing three… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 21: Lugosi Lives!

Join Jeff and Rich in welcoming a special guest at this month’s meeting.  When he heard our Dark Shadows episode, Steve Turek was inspired to watch the entire series during 2018.  He… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 20: Taste of Dark Shadows

On May 13, 2018, we were saddened to hear of the unexpected death of Margot Kidder at the age of 69.  Sure, everyone knows her as Lois Lane, but she’s perfectly at… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 19: Dear Margot Kidder

  As the temperature heats up, Richard and Jeff enjoy some flies you don’t want to swat: The Fly (1958), Return of the Fly (1959) and Curse of the Fly (1965).  Well…… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 18: Those Pesky Flies!

On this day (April 22) in 1894, Rondo Hatton was born in Hagerstown, Maryland.  On this day (April 22) in 2018, Jeff and Richard celebrate his birthday by discussing his life and… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 17: Happy Birthday, Rondo Hatton!

It’s time for our monthly meeting, but we’re squeezing in a bonus episode!  Jeff tells Richard all about his trip to Los Angeles to attend “50 Years of Planet of the Apes”… Read more: The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 16.5: Classic Horrors Goes Ape!