Hellbent For Horror

This episode is a companion piece to Episode 4, “Blood Oaths and Bar Tabs: Horror Conventions and Cinema Wasteland” In this episode we interview Bryan Martinez, who is the creator and producer of the popular webcast, “The Giallo Room” (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLXTTivU_q3vlbPbABloKbA) He's also the creator of FilmDeviant.com (http://www.filmdeviant.com/), as well as writer/director of "Gelato Giallo." We also get a special introduction by Baron Martino, the star of The Giallo Room.   If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes.  It really helps.  Thanks a lot for listening.    iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr #BryanMartinez #TheGialloRoom #CinemaWasteland   This is S.A. Bradley, and I’m a life-long horror lover. This podcast combines horror history, personal observations, common themes, and cultural trends to tell a story with each episode.  Here we talk a

  This episode is a companion piece to Episode 4, “Blood Oaths and Bar Tabs: Horror Conventions and Cinema Wasteland” I traveled to Strongsville, Ohio to Cinema Wasteland and in this episode we interview Jon Kitley, a lifetime lover of horror in both books and film. He is also a proud member of the "Algonquin Round Table of Horror." He truly has an encyclopedic knowledge of horror from the 1930’s to the present, and you'll get to hear his depth and breadth in this discussion. He maintains his own website, Kitley’s Krypt (www.kitley'skrypt.com). He’s also a regular columnist for HorrorHound Magazine and writes for Evilspeak Magazine.  #JonKitley #CinemaWasteland   This is S.A. Bradley, and I’m a life-long horror lover. This podcast combines horror history, personal observations, common themes, and cultural trends to tell a story with each episode.  Here we talk about all things horror. Horror movies, books, comics, hosts, conventions.  The door swings wide here, and all types of horror are welcome.  Each episo

It’s the quest of every ultra-fan: finding fellow obsessives to share in the collective joy.  Fan conventions provide a meeting place and an outlet for like-minded folk.  What’s it like to really find your tribe?  In this episode I talk about horror conventions, my pilgrimage to the “Anti-Convention” known as “Cinema Wasteland” and meeting a group of fellow obsessives I call “the Algonquin Round Table of Horror.”   Convention History 1936- Philcon: First “Fan Convention”. Science Fiction Convention, held in Philadelphia. There were 9 attendees. 1975 World Fantasy Convention: first Convention where there’s a strong presence of horror under the Fantasy umbrella. 1991- World Horror Convention – the first true Horror Convention.   Convention: Cinema Wasteland Movie and Memorabilia Expo- Holiday Inn, Strongsville, Ohio (shows every April and October) Created by Ken Kish and Pam Kish   Movies Discussed (In order of appearance): Alien (1979) Dir: Ridley Scott Friday the 13th (1980) Dir: Sean Cunningham Creepers (Phe

Sharing the movie experience with a theater full of people can be exhilarating or frightening—sometimes both.  You put yourself in the hands of the filmmaker to take that ride, not knowing where or how it’s going to end.  In rare cases a movie can provide an audience with an ecstatic, transcendent experience, almost religious in its power that leaves you walking on air afterward and running back to grasp that experience again.  Sometimes the audience isn’t ready for that story or style and the shared experience with the audience is much darker and marked with disapproval…and sometimes outright hatred.  It’s as if the film has committed sacrilege against your expectations for it.  When that happens in a horror film is it the fault of the film or filmmaker, or the audience not prepared for the “horrible-beautiful” imagery and storytelling that challenges the comfort zone?  In this episode we discuss religious and sacrilegious experiences in movie theaters, and the unwritten pacts that audiences make with filmma

https://www.facebook.com/hellbentforhorror/ We aren't out of the woods yet...   Welcome to Episode 2.5! This is a companion piece to Episode Two, “If You Aren’t Afraid in The Woods, You Haven’t Gone Deep Enough”, which delved into the world of Folk Horror. Here we'll discuss movies and books I'd loved to have talked about in the episode, but they just didn’t fit into "the story" completely, or there just wasn’t enough time. However, the campfire still has some embers left, and there's a little time before dawn. Just enough time for a few more stories. Enter The Addendum of Doom!   Show Notes- for Episode 002.5- Addendum of Doom   “Blood on Satan’s Claw” (1971) Director: Piers Haggard   “Wake Wood” (2009) Director: David Keating   “Kill List” (2011): Director: Ben Wheatley Extra Credit: Ben Wheatley’s film, “A Field in England” (2014)   Referenced films: “Point Blank” (1967): Director: John Boorman “The Wicker Man” (1973): Directed by: Robin Hardy   S.A. Bradley’s (Incomplete and Ready-For-Debate) Additional L

Scary stories from nights long ago.  The ultimate horror is fear of the unknown, and if you’ve ever been lost in the woods you might know this one deeply.  We talk about Folk Horror, a little known type of horror that stems from old folklore, the land, and the scary monsters that live deep in Nature.   Show Notes- for Episode 002, ““If You Aren’t Afraid in The Woods, You Haven’t Gone Deep Enough” Movies Discussed: The Witch: A New England Folk Tale (2015): Director: Robert Eggers “A History of Horror” (2010): Starring: Mark Gatiss: (Extra Credit: The Sequel Mark Gatiss Documentary- Horror Europa (2012):   “Witchfinder General” (1968): Director: Michael Reeves Starring: Vincent Price   “The Devil Rides Out” (1968): Director: Terence Fisher Starring: Christopher Lee   “Mark of the Devil” (1970): Director: Michael Armstrong Starring: Herbert Lom  Udo Kier   “The Bloody Judge” (1970): Director: Jess Franco Starring Christopher Lee   “The Wicker Man” (1973): Directed by: Robin Hardy Written by: Anthony Shaffer Sta

What's the "First Kiss?" The First Kiss is the event that hooks you into your passion and obsession.  Budding horror fans are carefully fed safe increments of scares by kiddie movies with frightening edges that end up with happy endings.  But what are the moments we stumble upon that aren’t carefully supervised?  What movies, books, stories are the first reveal of the shock and surge that good horror can produce in its fans?  We talk about that first thrill, that first shock, that first kiss. Show Notes:  Them! – 50’s horror- Tarantula- The Thing From Another World- Shock Theater- EC Comics- AND  more info: The 10 Cent Plague Home Box Office Origination: http://mentalfloss.com/article/62911/15-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-hbo Poseidon Adventure: Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry: White Lightning: The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean: The Seven-Ups:  The Getaway: The Stone Killer:   Nicolas Roeg: Don’t Look Now (Movie): Don’t Look Now (Daphne DeMaurier): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_After_Midnight#Don.27t

On this podcast we will talk movies, books, music, legends and lore, real-life horror, campfire stories, whatever connects together to tell a story.  The door swings wide, and all are welcome. Whether you love Classic Universal Monsters, Slasher Films, Found Footage Horror, French Extreme Cinema, Korean Ghost Stories, J-Horror, Hammer Films, Amicus Films, Glass Eye Pix, Classic EC Horror Comics, Creature Features and Horror Hosts, Italian Zombies, Spanish Zombies, Romero Zombies, Giallo, Silent Horror Films, Nature Run Amok films, Atomic Age Horror Films, Roughies, the list goes on...we will have discussions about them and any you bring close to the campfire! We welcome fellow horror obsessives, obsessives-in-training, and especially anyone who has just been bitten by the horror bug and wants to know more. We are equal-opportunity sleep destroyers!