Episode 297: House of Dracula

houseEvery wonder what it would be like if all the Universal Monsters come together in one movie?  You should probably watch Monster Squad then — or Hotel Transylvania. But if you’re curious about Dracula, The Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s Monster coming together in the same film, you could check out House of Frankenstein.  Oh yeah, they kind of do in House of Dracula as well.  Join Ron and Little Miss Horror Nerd as they fight their way through the onslaught of Universal Monsters in this last true Universal Monster Classic Horror film.

Count Dracula and The Wolf Man have both sought the advice of Dr. Edlemann to cure thier respective areas that make them monstrous.  Meanwhile, the body of Frankenstein’s Monster happens to have washed up near the same castle.  People die.  Chaos ensues.  Edlemann goes mad and kills a hunchback.

In this episode, the prospect of a Universal Monster Cinematic Universe is discussed, the lengths that this film is a money grab, the lack of interaction between the monsters and Jessica makes weird sounds!!

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Episode 296: Son of Dracula

sonofdracula1Dracula’s kinfolk like to get in on the action so after Dracula’s Daughter terrorized London, Count Alucard shows up in this franchise in order to terrorize even more in the name of Dracula’s bloodline.  Join Ron and Little Miss Horror Nerd as they travel through the ins and outs of Son of Dracula.

Lon Chaney Jr plays Count Alucard as he arrives in New Orleans and follows through on a plan to marry a plantation owner’s daughter and take over the plantation. Seemingly the only thing that can stop him is betrayal….and tiny crosses.

Also in this episode learn the perils of road tripping with Jessica, Lon Chaney Jr’s insane Universal schedule, what historic first for vampire films is present in this film and fire!  Lots of fire!

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Episode 295: Dracula’s Daughter

draculas daughterEver wondered if Dracula had any offspring?  No one else did either, but they made a couple of movies about them!  Join Ron and Little Miss Horror Nerd as they travel back to London to see the aftermath of Dracula’s demise and get introduced to Dracula’s Daughter.

Taking place immediately after the events of Dracula, a mysterious woman comes to town and beautiful young ladies are getting abducted and bitten on the neck. Dr. Van Helsing is on the case and tracks down the Countess before she can fulfill her evil plans.

In this episode of the podcast learn about the downfall of Universal horror, the original source material for a Dracula sequel, a kickstarter gone wrong and lesbian undertones in both the movie and the podcast.

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Episode 294: Dracula

draculaSomething lurks in the shadows eating spiders and rats.  A pale, creepy person surviving by mutilating others.  A person whom the world is afraid of.  Enough about Jessica, it’s time we go back in time to one of the first full length horror films  — Dracula!

A nobleman from Transylvania travels to England with his weird slave and reeks havoc on the town by biting young women until he is confronted by fringe doctor, Dr. Van Helsing.

Join Ron and Jessica as they tackle the godfather of all vampires while explaining how much Universal Studios hated Bela Lugosi, the troubles of getting rights to Dracula, the movie’s influence on the horror genre and Jessica’s weird obsession with Bela Lugosi.

 

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Episode 293: ONE NIGHT STAND – The Thing

thingOn this day we are having a one night stand with 11 dudes in a research station in Antarctica — again!  At the behest of one of our Patreon subscribers, this episode is about John Carpenter’s The Thing from 1982!

Eleven men are on a remote base in Antartica when they come into contact with an alien creature who has the ability to take the form of any lifeform, including them.  Quickly, distrust grows amongst the group as they battle the alien and each other.  Who will survive?

Included in this episode is our favorite Kurt Russell movies, Jessica’s brain not managing to comprehend the things that everyone else seems to be able to, the near all star cast of the movie, original reactions to the movie and how it affected John Carpenter’s career as well as why the movie has become a horror classic!

 

 

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