Classics Episodes

Something queer is afoot at Jim & Linda's house...and it has nothing to do with their Oujia board! Sometimes you revisit an old favorite you haven't seen in a long time, and discover a whole new movie. This is one of those time. Helping me navigate these strange new uncharted waters are special guests MATT KNIFE and CUBBY HALL! WITCHBOARD was directed by KEVIN TENNEY and stars TAWNY KITAEN, TODD ALLEN, STEPHEN NICHOLS and KATHLEEN WILHOITE. SLASHER SATURDAY WATCH PARTY of POPCORN (1992), Apr...

You got to pick the movie for the conclusion of WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH, and the landslide winner was THE HITCHHIKER directed by IDA LUPINO. The Hitchhiker starring EDMUND O'BRIEN, FRANK LOVEJOY, and WILLIAM TALMAN is a film noir thriller based on the real-life crimes of highway killer BILLY COOK whose 22-day reign of terror left six people dead and the American public horrified. Also, we take a look at the incredible life and groundbreaking career of the woman behind the camera, the fabulous ID...

Celebrate Women in Horror Month with a flashback to episode 75 discussing the radical lesbian feminist slasher classic THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE directed by AMY HOLDEN JONES and written by RITA MAE BROWN. My special guests are world famous actress ALENA ACKER and author ROBERT R. BEST. Plus, you get a brand new rant about the disservice you're doing if you only think of the film as "feminist". Mentioned in this episode: Bliss Book Pick up the gnarly new survivor horror novel BLISS by Brandon...

Join me as we continue to explore the "NEW YEAR! NEW YOU! NOT YOU!" theme with a classic tale of paranoia and forced assimilation: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS starring DONALD SUTHERLAND, BROOKE ADAMS, JEFF GOLDBLUM, LEONARD NIMOY and my goddess, VERONICA CARTWRIGHT. To add to the insanity, I'm being joined by the reigning Queenz of Crazy, STACY and CINDY from CREEPY KITCH Plus, prepare to give a 21-tiara salute to PAUL HOBBS and EVAN JONES from YOUR QUEER STORY, our latest inductees into the...

This episode is part of the EVERY DAY IS HALLOWEEN FUNDRAISER Benefitting NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR HOMELESS LGBT YOUTH Help save a life this holiday season. Donate at NewAlternativesNYC.org An unsuspecting group of moviegoers attending a sneak preview of a new horror movie in a mysterious old cinema find kife is imitating life far too closely when the murderous demonic creatures from the film unleash a gory reign of terror upon the real real world. DEMONS aka DEMONI was directed by LAMBERTO BAVA ...

Things are about to get gooey at ScreaQueenz Headquarters, because PAUL STEVENSON & MARCO PATSOS from the WHO WILL SURVIVE? podcast are here... ...And they brought THE BLOB! THE BLOB. directed by CHUCK RUSSELL, stars SHAWNEE SMITH, KEVIN DILLON, CANDY CLARK and DONAVAN LEITCH ******* EVERY DAY IS H A L L O W E E N: A Fundraiser for New Alternatives For Homeless LGBT Youth Donate directly at bit.ly/sqpodna or through Facebook at bit.ly/sqpodfb This episode was recorded with SQUADCAST: Remote...

Robert R Best on Amazon Jeff Baldree SKEWERED UNIVERSE SHOW NOTES TBA EVERY DAY IS H A L L O W E E N: A Fundraiser for New Alternatives For Homeless LGBT Youth Donate directly at bit.ly/sqpodna or through Facebook at bit.ly/sqpodfb This episode was NOT recorded with SQUADCAST: Remote Interviews for Professional Podcasters. Find out more at bit.ly/squadqueenz Mentioned in this episode: Bliss Book Pick up the gnarly new survivor horror novel BLISS by Brandon Halsey on Amazon! "It's like 28 DA...

Start your holiday season with the movie that continues to scare me more than any other, BLACK CHRISTMAS: directed by BOB CLARK and starring OLIVIA HUSSEY, MARGOT KIDDER, ANDREA MARTIN and JOHN SAXON. I'm joined by that Delightful Duo CHRYSTEN PEDDIE and DAN COHEN from KILLING YOUR DARLINGS, the podcast that dissects your favorite movies from childhood with just a wee smidgen of snark. EVERY DAY IS H A L L O W E E N: A Fundraiser for New Alternatives For Homeless LGBT Youth Donate directly at ...

This episode is hopefully the last of the test episodes to ensure the fixes we put in place are actually working. Enjoy a trip back to Season One of ScreamQueenz when Joan Crawford got axe-happy and hilarity ensued in William Castle's STRAIT-JACKET. Donate to New Alternatives and help out homeless LGBT teens at bit.ly/sqpodna. Mentioned in this episode: Bliss Book Pick up the gnarly new survivor horror novel BLISS by Brandon Halsey on Amazon! "It's like 28 DAYS LATER meets THE STAND meets TR...

Day 4 of the Countdown To Halloween Pod-a-Thon finds me trapped in an ancient British manor house with a horde of creepy rich people; one of whom is murdering the other guests one by one via witchcraft! We're talking about director Richard Marquand's elegantly wicked chiller, THE LEGACY, starring Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott and his chest pelt, Roger Daltry, creepy cats, creepy nurses, janky jewelry, choking chicken, luxury plaid muumuus, the song stylings of Kiki Dee and some spectacular black ...

What's Halloween without a classic ghost story? You'll never have to know, because for this episode I'm revisiting one of my all-time favorite haunted house films: THE UNINVITED directed by LEWIS ALLEN and starring RAY MILLAND and RUTH HUSSEY as a bickering brother-sister duo who, on a whim, purchase that old abandoned mansion on the edge of that spooky cliff without ever dreaming the place is very, very haunted. And whatever evil force haunts those halls seems hellbent on destroying their shy ...

Main Segment Begins at 9:00 Jaywalking is always tacky. Even After The Apocalypse... The voting results for the Holiday Horror movie choice were unanimous, so Santa's bringing you all a small army of Teenage Comet Zombies! We're covering the happiest end-of-the-world movie you're ever likely to see, NIGHT OF THE COMET starring CATHERINE MARY STEWART, KELLI MARONEY and MARY WORONOV. I'm joined by world famous actress ALENA ACKER and host of the NOT ABOUT LUMBERJACKS podcast, CHRISTOPHER GRO...

And Now For Something Completely Different... Please enjoy this casual conversation I had with out gay horror filmmaker BART MASTRONARDI recorded just before Halloween. This is the first in a series of interviews I'll be doing with the people behind some of the movies featured in during this year's COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN POD-A-THON. During our insightful chat, we discuss some of the behind-the-scenes stories of the making of TALES OF POE, featured in Episode 227, how he managed to wrangle all...

SHOW NOTES TBA DUE TO EXHAUSTION Mentioned in this episode: Bliss Book Pick up the gnarly new survivor horror novel BLISS by Brandon Halsey on Amazon! "It's like 28 DAYS LATER meets THE STAND meets TRAINSPOTTING!" Bliss Promo This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 16 When the hot new guy next store turns out to be a vampire, life is going to suck (and not in a fun way....) Charlie Brewster (WILLIAM RAGSDALE) can't get anyone to believe his new neighbor (CHRIS SARANDON) is really a vampire. When blood-drained corpses start piling up, he enlists the aid of his sweetheart (AMANDA BEARSE), the class weirdo (STEPHEN GEOFFREYS) and an aging TV horror host (RODDY MCDOWELL) to defeat him. Instead, he just moved them all to the top...

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 13 When Art Deco Weirdness Meets Modern Day Potty Mouth, NO ONE IS SAFE!! Get ready for some classic high-camp horror, because you've got an appointment with THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES! (Matron, please! He really isn't that sort of doctor!) Screen titan VINCENT PRICE, in one of his greatest roles, takes Old Testament-style revenge on the medical professionals that he thinks killed his wife. To assist me in warding off this diabolical doc, I've enlisted two theatr...

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 8 In which a controversial theory will either blow your mind or make you hate me forever... Tonight, we're having a most informal chat about one of the most influental horror movies of our times: JOHN CARPENTER's trick or treat tale of terror in the house across the street, HALLOWEEN from 1978. I've got a most controversial theory about the motivations behind this film. I can back it up with pages and pages of criminal psychology and forensic evidence. But you m...

The Second Annual COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN POD-A-THON has officially begun! Our first stop on this treacherous tour brings us a big gay serving of big gay horror classics served with a big gay modern twist. TALES OF POE is a anthology of three of Edgar Allen's classic tales of terror, treachery and melancholy, "The Tell-Tale Heart"."The Cask of Amontillado" and the poem "Dreams". All have been modernized, stylized and had a few extra buckets of grue tossed about by the out, proud and ferocious co...

It's time for another FRIDAY THE 13th SPECTACULAR! We're taking a looking at the 1986 whodunnit APRIL FOOL'S DAY produced by FRANK MANCUSO JR (F13 2-7, F13: The Series) and starring the series' beloved Final Girl AMY STEEL (F13 Part 2). Joining me once again are my favorite wacky Californians ALLISON NOWACKI and BRYAN POLK. But the real horror awaits when Allison realizes there are NO BOOBS in this movie. I may not survive.

Join me for another look at the childhood-ruining world of the made for TV horror movies of the 1970's as HOPE LANGE goes head to head with a coven of vengeful witches in CROWHAVEN FARM.

Time to set sail once again with my favorite mystery-solving queens, TRAE DEAN and DOUG SHAPIRO. This time, we join PETER USTINOV, BETTE DAVIS, MAGGIE SMITH and ANGELA LANSBURY as HERCULE POIROT tries to crack a bizarre on-board homicide in a land older than time in DEATH ON THE NILE. (Live cobra not included!)