Season 3 Episode 24 Podcast 81

Season 3 Episode 24 Podcast 81
Originally aired Saturday, February 3, 2023.

Prince of Darkness (1987) Movie Review [The Bedlam Files]
Some commentators would have you believe this 1987 low budgeter is one of John Carpenter’s biggest failures, while others maintain that it’s a masterwork. I say both views are wrong. PRINCE OF DARKNESS can be characterized as a misfire, but contains enough interesting things to earn a qualified recommendation.
https://thebedlamfiles.com/film/prince-of-darkness/

The True Father of Fantasy (Free Ebook) [The Obelisk]
The Irish Lord who Inspired Tolkien, Howard and Lovecraft
https://theobelisk.substack.com/p/the-true-father-of-fantasy-free-ebook

Frankie Avalon Biography [Brian’s Drive-In Theater]
Born Francis Avallone in Philadelphia on September 18, 1939, Frankie Avalon first came to the attention of American Bandstand's Dick Clark while still in high school. He cut his first album in 1958 but had been making recordings for several years prior to that, primarily as a trumpeter, not a singer. As a youth, Avalon mastered the trumpet and at age 13 was featured on the CBS TV series The Jackie Gleason Show during its first season. A few years later, when he traded his trumpet for a microphone, Avalon was featured in the rock and roll film Jamboree (1957; with Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis). In 1958, the young singer signed with Chancellor Records and, between 1958 and 1962, he charted 13 singles in the Billboard Top 40, including two number one hits: Venus topped the charts for five weeks in early 1959, and Why shot to number one in early 1960.
http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/frankieavalon.html

Svengoolie – Horror Host [MeTV]
Svengoolie has been the premier horror show icon of Chicago, since multiple Emmy award winner Rich Koz became the hand-picked successor to the original Svengoolie back in the late '70s. He has appeared on a national basis on MeTV since April 2011 - and generations of viewers have become fans of the monstrous mirth and movies that this video vampire dispenses every week over the airwaves.
https://www.metv.com/svengoolie/faq

Who was the real Normal Bates – Part 3 of 4 [The Astounding B Monster]
Fans of vintage horror films tend not to be drawn to the exploits of real-life serial killers; for our "fixes" of macabre mayhem, we turn instead to the silver screen and the (generally bloodless) bloodbaths harmlessly play-acted on Hollywood sound stages. And yet the name Ed Gein is familiar to most horror fans: We know that the shiftless, middle-aged Wisconsin ne'er-do-well was responsible for a string of grisly backwoods killings and mutilations (not always in that order), and the reason we know is because Robert Bloch reportedly used him as the model for the character of Norman Bates in the novel Psycho.
https://bmonster.com/horror29.html

VHS Store Sales Demo – Horror Hot Properties (1987) [Demolition Kitchen Video]
An HBO Cannon Home VHS Video promo for horror film releases, including clips from Dawn of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Martin, The Howling II, The Evil Dead, Martin, The Being, Blacula, The Babysitter, Xtro, and The Hill Have Eyes II from 1986.
https://archive.org/details/vhs-promo-hot-horror-properties-01

These 17 Horror Movie Franchises Are Coming Back to Life in 2024 [Bloody Disgusting]
Less than a full month into the New Year, we already have a running list of over 50 horror movies that we cannot wait to see in 2024, and one thing we noticed when looking over that list is that a lot of horror franchises are making big returns in the coming eleven months.
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3797308/horror-movie-franchises-are-coming-back-to-life-in-2024/

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark [Official Website]
When you hear the name Elvira only one person comes to mind: Horror icon and quintessential symbol of all things spooky, the one and only Mistress of the Dark.
https://www.elvira.com/about

Savage Cinema Magazine Issue 1, January 2003 [Official Website]
When you hear the words Doctor Butcher M.D., several different thoughts can be going through your head. Those few simples words may bring back images of the 1982 premiere at many of the seedy 42nd street theatres, or the flatbed Butcher mobile driving up and down the streets of Jersey and Manhattan. Posters of the mad doctor fill the walls of the old movie house. Cheesy lobby cards lie to your right on a little stool as you walk past the concession stand. The smell of cheap cigars, stale whiskey, and schwag fill your nostrils as you enter the room where the movie is about to begin. You walk through the rows of seats hoping to find one without a partially used syringe or dampened with fluid from someone who watched the latest John Holmes film an hour earlier. Once the movie begins all your fears and paranoia start to go away. Your sucked into the dementia of bad acting, cheesy effects, and the long legs of Alexandra Delli Colli.
https://savagecinema.com/issue1.htm

Bear Essentials – Twelve Films Featuring Maulers and Man-Eaters [The B-Movie Film Vault]
Bears have been a mainstay in cinema for decades, often populating children’s films and frequently utilized as furry plot devices to create some thrills, tension, or laughs in movies of all genres! But I personally feel that bears have been severely underutilized when it comes to Horror cinema – you can count nearly every bear-centric horror/thriller on both of your hands! That’s why I’m so danged excited to see a new, and completely over-the-top killer bear flick in theaters, namely COCAINE BEAR!
https://bmoviefilmvault.com/bear-essentials-twelve-films-featuring-maulers-and-man-eaters/

Sally The Zombie Cheerleader [ThemTube]
https://www.youtube.com/@SallyTheZombieCheerleader/featured

Gratuitous Horror Hunks [Billy Loves Stu]
Been a long time since we've featured any Horror Movie Hunks, what with Women in Horror Month going on...be that as it may, let's clear the decks and cleanse the collective palate with a cavalcade of bad boys - this is all purely gratuitous!
https://billylovesstue.blogspot.com/search/label/horror%20movie%20hunks

The Cabinet in the Woods – Short Comedy Horror [Bloody Cuts]
Two friends on a lad’s day out in the woods discover a foul piece of furniture containing nothing but nightmares.
https://bloodycuts.co.uk/other-films/the-cabinet-in-the-woods/

Grave of the Vampire (1972) Full Movie [Internet Archive]
A vampire awakens from a long sleep to attack a couple making love in a graveyard. He then rapes the woman, who later gives birth to his son. The newborn infant will only drink blood from his mother's breast.
https://archive.org/details/Grave_of_the_Vampire_movie

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