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Trick or Treat Radio

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Ep 462

TorTR #462 - Sounds Like Pickles

Episode | 169 min | Jun 4, 2021

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A middle-aged man recovers his hearing and gains synesthetic abilities during a brutal caterpillar attack. Finding solace in inflicting bodily harm with his harsh voice, he pursues a career in podcasting to feed his euphoric desires. On Episode 462 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Sound of Violence, from director Alex Noyer! We also talk about MZ’s nightmare vacation, wrestling documentaries, and suspension of disbelief! So grab your insect repellent, don’t forget to bring your lucky bamboo, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Villains never use iPhones, Cigarettes make you cool?, lucky bamboo, Andrew Dice Clay, LBTLC, Razor Ramon, cancerous lump, MZ’s trip to Maine, caterpillar wounds, tick on the dick, nightmare vacations, Belfast the carbomb capital of Maine, radioactive caterpillars, Dark Side of the Ring, 2 Cold Scorpio is a badass, The Bug Bite Bungalow, wrestling documentaries, Owen Hart, Blue Blazer, Godfather, Jeff Jarrett, You Cannot Kill David Arquette, Sweet Tooth, Jeff Lemire, Preacher, Sandman, Neil Gaiman, Morton Downey Jr., excessive licking, Sound of Violence, Alex Noyer, TR-808, PTSD, abuse, Conductor, Jasmin Savoy Brown, synesthesia, electronic contraptions, Fast and the Furious, magnets how do they work?, Howard Stern’s Private Parts, Death by Theremin, harp, scientific movie magic, Buttcrack, should you park in someone else’s garage?, Black Mirror, breaking up with a movie, friend zoning a movie, verisimilitude, Fatty Drives the Bus, Gestapo’s Last Orgy, Ms. 45, Spare Parts, L7, Lunachicks, Ramones, Bitchfight, Raven Banner Entertainment, Andrew Thomas Hunt, Army of the Dead, alien zombies, In the Earth, foot trauma, cauterizing fingers, badass of the month, and opinions are like buttcracks.

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Ep 461

TorTR #461 - The Insatiable Snyder-Fan

Episode | 164 min | May 28, 2021

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Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of podcasters take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest episode ever recorded. On Episode 461 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Netflix original,  Army of the Dead from director Zack Snyder! Does the divisive filmmaker give us a fresh take on a tired genre, or is it a retread of all that’s come before? We dig deep into zombie lore, we find out which one of us went to see Wildcats in the theater with our mother, and so much more ridiculousness! So grab your favorite zombie killing weapon, cash out all your chips, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Romania has great WiFi, The Wicker Man, Tales from the Crypt, Witchfinder General, The Brady Bunch, taking care of your pets, Chicken Tendies, mayor of Amity, giving away money for getting vaccinated, Freddy Kroger, winning the lottery, watching cartoons like an adult, Scooby-Doo, The Tingler, William Castle, Joker 2, Todd Phillips, Joaquin Phoenix, Corona Zombies, Charles Band, Hell of the Living Dead, Strippers vs. Zombies, The House with 100 Eyes, Cobra Kai Season 4, Thomas Ian Griffith, Karate Kid Part III, Jaden Smith, Teen Witch, Wildcats, Hilary Swank, Walton Goggins, Moon Knight, Oscar Isaac, Dawn of the Dead, Zack Snyder, Army of the Dead, James Gunn, George A. Romero, more talented Michael Bay, Watchmen, Dave Bautista, The Rock, heist movie, zombie hierarchy, Walking Dead, Alien, Tig Notaro, Richard Cheese, Land of the Dead, Big Daddy, Sigfried and Roy’s Zombie Tiger, The Dark Hobby, Doctor Aphra, Darth Vader, IG-88, Deliver Us From Evil, Marvel, In the Earth, foot trauma, Barry Horowitz, going back to the theater, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Jai White, Fried Barry, Starman, RIP Riku, Blackout Tapes, Yakuza, and Moonknighting.

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Ep 460

TorTR #460 - Folklore and Fat Thor

Episode | 172 min | May 21, 2021

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As the world searches for a cure to a devastating virus, a podcaster and a park ranger venture deep into the woods. As night falls, their journey becomes a terrifying voyage through a surrealistic allegory of religion and science. On Episode 460 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss one of our most anticipated films of the year, In the Earth, from director Ben Wheatley! We also talk about what it looks like on the other side of a pandemic, hallucinatory experiences, and the hot new cocktail taking the world by storm! So grab your favorite forest blend tea, prepare for a naturalistic audio/visual show, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Freeform blowing, Freud, Kevin Bacon, Silver Fox, Golden Girls, Borat Supplemental Reportings Retrieved From Floor of Stable Containing Editing Machine, ready to go back to the theater, vax dat ass up, Brad Dragonsack tattoos, replicating the theater experience, Dune, Black Widow, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Bruce Campbell, Maniac Cop, Bill Lustig, Psycho Goreman, The Last Drive-In with Joe-Bob Briggs, Berzerk, Mandy, The Chili Bandit, Cheddar Goblin, Oliver’s surgery, anxiety over pet procedures, putting a price tag on friendship, Sally Struthers, Chevy Chase, Hollow Man, Host, In the Earth, Ben Wheatley, Professor Jay, Meg 2, A Field in England, Gaspar Noe, Kill List, High-Rise, Free Fire, Rebecca, Alfred Hitchcock, Midsommar, foot trauma, an in-tents scene, Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia, Clint Mansell, films made during the pandemic, Pop Will Eat Itself, seizure warning, stunning visuals, good foot gore, poor bow and arrow usage, Folk Horror, Zack Snyder, Avengers, Thor with a big belly, Kit Kat, Ronny Yu, Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Amazon rainforest, A Quiet Place II, Verne Troyer, Pinocchio’s Revenge, Found Footage films, Be My Cat: A Film for Anne, Ang Lee’s Hulk, Speed Racer, RIP Riku, Shasta McNasty, Eric Bana, Rocky Dennis, vicious poodles, Blackout Backgammon Bonanza, Unscotchable, “On the rocks is fine”, this old podcast, and Boom Boom Boom Hobbit Hobbit Hobbit.

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Ep 459

TorTR #459 - Fear and Loathing in Pawtucket, RI

Episode | 156 min | May 14, 2021

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Paul is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who - after yet another bender - is abducted by Ravenshadow. Paul takes a backseat as Ravenshadow assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Pawtucket, RI. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex and horrible impersonations! On Episode 459 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Fried Barry, from director Ryan Kruger! We also pay tribute to Riku; our dearly departed listener, supporter and most importantly of all, friend. So grab your frozen pizza of choice, make sure to vaxx dat ass up, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: RIP Riku, WooSox, Kelley Square, Lucky Dog Music Hall, traffic, Pawtucket is Heaven, Optimus Prime, glorified grip, Hulk Hands, CDC guidelines, Marsh Pits, Vax Dat Ass, moving couches, Ares moving Ravenshadow’s couch, ecstasy, mescaline, heroin, dramamine, Red Baron vs Mama Celeste, chemical trays, Facebook friends, Fried Barry, Ryan Kruger, Shudder, The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Gary Green, Cape Town South Africa, 80s Aesthetic, two is a lot, being a good listener, alien probing, Fire in the Sky, Cape Town is the UFO capital of the film world, 42nd Street sleaze, emanating pheromones, open the hangar here comes the plane, psychokinetic mind bullets, Bringing out the Dead, aliens and drugs, Requiem for a Dream, saving lives getting laid and doing drugs, filling plastic bags with gasoline, Street Trash, Greasy Strangler, Natural Born Killers, Midnight Movies, Pip the Troll, Nathaniel Richards, In the Earth, Ben Wheatley, Zagnut, Coney Island, Ares is spicy, Urban Shadows, Eric Draven, Dr. Strange of the Herbalverse, 21 Bong Salute, Robotech, Cliffwalkers, Strangers on a Train, Alfred Hitchhock, David Lynch, a couple scoops of Rock-a-lot Ice Cream, Paul Stanley impersonations, KISS, tone deaf, Ravenstanley, tuck dance, Adult Swim, Metalocalypse, Brendan Small, Dr. Rockso, The Venture Bros, Aquateen Hunger Force, Tales from the Podcast, Paranormal Punchers, Cesar Romero, and the Dinosaurs were right.

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Ep 458

TorTR #458 - Honeydew or Honeydon’t?

Episode | 154 min | May 7, 2021

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Strange cravings and hallucinations befall podcast hosts after seeking shelter in the home of an aging farmer and her peculiar son. On Episode 458 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Honeydew from director Devereux Milburn! We also talk about what we did on Star Wars Day, whether or not to cower in the back of a tent, and other interesting topics such as what we all like to do on our lunch breaks! So grab your favorite sweets from the fridge, make sure to avoid eating toxic wheat, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Joe Bob Briggs, Eli Roth, Murderface, Fluid French, Menage Une, May the 4th, Star Wars Day, Batman Day, National Ravenshadow Day, Cinco de Bombolayo, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, what age is too old for cartoons?, Boba Fett, Invincible, Robert Kirkman, Order 66, Star Wars Rebels, Lando and Lobot, Billy Dee Williams, Cloud City, Metamucil Falcon, Pluto TV, UHF, what to do on lunch break, sleeping on the job, Red Baron or Elio’s, drinking on the job, scorpion bowls, wait for the book, tip a bum, Goofus and Gallant, Honeydew, Sawyer Spielberg, Devereux Milburn, Botany, ergot, Brian DePalma, poor diplomacy skills, Koko-di Koko-da, camping in a tent, Hansel and Gretel, being vegan in a backwoods town, paint-by-numbers plot, Lena Dunham, hallucination, Honeydon’t, Ang Lee, The Other Side of the Ring, Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, Stephen Spielberg, Psycho Goreman, cowering in the tent, Wolfie’s Clinic, Lightning in a Barrel, Tales from the Podcast, Manscape, My Little Bad Batch, and Snippets and Whip-Its.

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Ep 457

TorTR #457 - It's Always Cloudy in Transylvania

Episode | 175 min | Apr 30, 2021

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Ravenshadow, co-host of a long-running podcast, feels his life has been shrinking over the past 9 years. Encountering "The Professor" brings him a new sense of power and an appetite to live bolder. However, the change comes with several new unhealthy vices. On Episode 457 of Trick or Treat Radio we are once again joined by our good buddy Professor Jay! This week Jay joins us to discuss the film Jakob's Wife, from director Travis Stevens, starring Barbara Crampton and Larry Fessenden! We also find out why MZ reads Highlights for Kids still, we discuss positive feminist messages in film, and we learn way more about Ares then we ever wanted! So find your favorite cubby hole, bow down for your lord and savior Nosferatu, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Grand Prof. Tarkin, Ravenshadow wordplay, double fans, Worcester Red Sox, peanut shaped rotaries, Polar Park, snorting coke in the dugout, MZs porn name, Ares Dentistry, cubby holes, Goofus and Gallant, Highlights for Kids, spot the difference, timber toes, footjobs for lumberjacks, handyman or footyman?, Mortal Kombat, Sasquatch, Christopher Lambert, 2nd Raiden, Bigfoot, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Legend for Bigfoot, Jakob’s Wife, Rob Rusler, Weird Science, Kelly LeBrock, Robert Downey Jr, cultural appropriation, Community, Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, Sinister Minister, marriage drama in a horror film, Nosferatu, feminism, living in a patriarchal society, Travis Stevens, would your parents hide a body for you?, vampire religion?!, expose the goods, the Charles Durning point, Ted Geoghegan, The Larry Fessenden story, Christmas Carol puppet show, Marquis, Let My Puppets Come, Sawyer Spielberg, Honeydew, Gangs of London, 86 Melrose Avenue, Darth Vader, Exogol, MODOK, Patton Oswalt, Gareth Evans, Girl on the Third Floor, George Romero, Season of the Witch, Martin, Concrete Blonde, Creepshow, needs more pestilence and disease, Ravenshadow’s Fatality, Starship Video, The Blarney Stone, and The Holy Bloodsuckers of the Tabernacle.

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Ep 456

TorTR #456 - Sex Packet Free Fall

Episode | 168 min | Apr 23, 2021

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Following eight years in the life and career of an independent podcast, supported by dozens of interviews, posing one question: how have we not killed each other yet? On Episode 456 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by our good buddy Professor Jay to discuss the documentary Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business from director Justin McConnell. We delve deep into the world of independent film, festivals, film markets and what it takes to make a compelling documentary. Of course there is the typical madness you’d come to expect from us, fear not! So grab your clapboard, get busy in a Burger King bathroom, shout action, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Booster and Beetle return!, Professor Jay’s triumphant return, vaccinations, phantom pain, Charlotte Film Society, Independent Picture House, Back Alley Film Series, film festivals in a post-COVID world, Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Lucky, Benny Hill, Police Academy and Porn, watching a lot of films, Ghosts and Goblins, Kid Icarus, Sega Genesis, Jarret Blinkhorn, filming in the middle of winter, inner-anxiety, Diana Porter, Darling Pet Monkey, Nick Esasky, Braun Stroman, Ian Holm, Blood Pigs, Septic, Brian Paulin, Denny’s Sampler, COVID Cantina, free Chinese food, Digital Underground, MZ’s Coffin Corner, RIP Shock G, Sex Packets, prostate exams, Human Centipede, anal bleach, Moving Violations, NASCAR in your underpants, Larry Fessenden, Justin McConnell, Clapboard Jungle, Lifechanger, Arrow, Colin Geddes, Robert Rodriguez, Kevin Smith, El Mariachi, Steven Kostanski, Quentin Tarantino, Image Comics, Adam Wingard, Jon Watts, James Gunn, Sam Raimi, Peter Jackson, Darkman, Guillermo del Toro, Graham Skipper, Travis Stevens, Folk Horror, You Cannot Kill David Arquette, being the director and subject of your own documentary, Hearts of Darkness, Frontieres Film Market, Battleship, Edgar Wright, PCU, Jon Favreau, Michael Moore, American Movie, Morgan Spurlock, Free Solo, Fisher Stevens, Shadow Stevens, Willy’s Wonderland, Jakob’s Wife, Nicolas Cage, Five Nights at Freddy’s, eff the Banana Splits, Shudder, Alex de la Iglesia, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Wild at Heart, Perdita Durango, and relaxing for your art.

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Ep 455

TorTR #455 - Vaxxing and Relaxing

Episode | 170 min | Apr 16, 2021

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A suburban podcaster fights to be believed as he finds himself stalked by a threatening listener who returns to his house night after night. When he can't get help from his co-hosts, he is forced to take matters into his own hands. On Episode 455 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Shudder Exclusive film Lucky from Director Natasha Kermani, and Writer/Star Brea Grant! We also talk about what Tom Cruise as Optimus Prime would look like, the difference between listening and hearing, and we have another unfortunate edition of MZ’s Coffin Corner. So jab yourself with your vaccine of choice, make some noise, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Vaccinations, pipecleaner arms, Ravenshadow lifting, second Easter or belated?, exchanging streaming services on the holidays, Ravenshadow’s password, Wrestlemania, WWE Hall of Fame, W.C. Fields, Sean Waltman, Scott Hall, The Pretty Reckless, Gerard Butler, 300, Keanu Reeves, Space Jam, Mad Magazine, Lebron James, Bad Batch, Barb Wire, Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four, Star Wars Vintage, Star Wars Holiday Special, partying with Carrie Fisher, Them, Mac and Me, Harrison Ford, $700 Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen, Joseph Stalling, talking all raw, Raiders of Atlantis, Grabbers, RIP Enzo Sciotti, Timothy Quill, golden age of Italian Horror, Giannetto De Rossi, Lucky Natasha Kermani, Brea Grant, After Midnight, Jeremy Gardner, Preacher, toxic masculinity, second wave feminism, Alice Sweet Alice, Howard Stern, luck vs hard work, Son, The Stylist, longbum, Star Wars Bounty Hunter, What If?, Dengar, IG-88, Bossk, NKHJ, The Kliq, vehemently, Russians we know, Verotika Mars, Big Bosskman, The Wrong Idiot, and Vaxx to the Future.

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Ep 454

TorTR #454 - Flying High at Area 54

Episode | 146 min | Apr 9, 2021

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When a young podcaster contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will drive to bring him the supplies he needs to stay alive. On Episode 454 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film, Son from Writer/Director Ivan Kavanagh! We also talk about the proper way to get your COVID vaccination, cursed puppet shows, and the hottest place to party, Area 54! So grab your favorite pair of sequined hot pants, try not to spit up too much blood, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast! 

Stuff we talk about: Shudder, Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, Castle Graybeard, Adams Family, Arachnaphobia, MZ vaccination report, eye of the beholder, what does MRI mean?, Ravenshadow’s triumphant appearance on the Movie Massacre podcast, smoking helmet dome, the COVID life cycle, Three’s Company, The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, Studio 51 or Area 54, Xenomorph, Wes Borland, the MZ infomercial of the week, Teeel, Tom Wilson, cameo, Jim Smith, Barry Horowitz, Superman: Red Son, Speed Racer, Emile Hirsch, Andi Matichak, Bad News Bears, Gods giving birth to children, ballin’ on a budget, Uncrustables and Cigarettes, Resident Evil, Parliament Funkadelic, medium sized Big Show, bad blood fx, annoying kids, opinions, The Canal, Quarantine Titans, free shots, Double D, Kobayashi Maru, primo gange, pot delivery, Rosemary’s Baby, Son of Rosemary, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, puppet shows in Tiny’s basement, MZ eating ants, eclairs covered in ants, choking on the chicken, Brood X, “gypsy mawths”, Gangrel and The Brood, shrunken head, stairway snake, Beetlejuice, John Cicada, ribbed ankle cuffs, Cavity Colors, Hydrocodone, “make me get that happen”, and Creepshow.

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Ep 453

TorTR #453 - The Lair of Lost Scalps

Episode | 162 min | Apr 2, 2021

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A lonely podcaster becomes obsessed with the lives of his listeners and descends into murderous madness. On Episode 453 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Arrow exclusive film, The Stylist, the feature film debut of director Jill Gevargizian! We also find out MZ’s thoughts on the Arrow streaming app, we discuss all the great stuff boutique labels have been putting out, and the awkward conversations that occur during haircuts. So grab your sharpest pair of shears, hop on a call with the Legion of Zoom, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Ben Wheatley, In the Earth, MZs new technology, Arrow’s streaming app, sleazy porn, Batpussy, Brad Dragonsack, Force Insensitive, From the Canopy, Movie Massacre, favorite comic cinematic adaptations, There’s Always Vanilla, Return of the Killer Tomatoes!, Return to Horror High, George Clooney, John Astin, Why Don’t You Just Die!, wiggle that wire, Battle Royale, boutique film labels, Six String Samurai, Vinegar Syndrome, Winterbeast, Fatal Exam, Kong vs. Godzilla, Adam Wingard, Thundercats, Starro, Suicide Squad, Gingerweed Man, Charles Band, Full Moon, Schneider-Man, One Day at a Time, smoking is a pre-existing condition, The Stylist, Jill Gevargizian, Najarra Townsend, Contracted, made for TV Jean Grey, Maniac, MZ’s Toxic Avenger theory, good foley, second bedtime, giallo vibes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, May, Corrosion of Conformity, Pepper, Queen of Black Magic, Jurassic Park, Jason X, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Session 9, Single White Female, Silence of the Lambs, Legion of Doom 2000, Droz, Pandora, The Legion of Zoom, and Pfizer Soze.

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