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Trick or Treat Radio

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Ep 466

TorTR #466 - Heroes in a Half Shirt

Episode | 164 min | Jul 2, 2021

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An ancient microphone possesses the human form to commit visceral sacrifices of auditory vengeance for the incarnation of its Podcasting God. On Episode 466 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Shudder exclusive film Skull: The Mask from directors Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman! We also have an impromptu debate about the Halloween franchise, we discuss the finer points of killers utilizing power wrestling moves, and Ravenshadow wears what to mow his lawn?! So grab your favorite ancient artifact, check yourself and your pet for ticks, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Black Summer, Last Night in Soho, Edgar Wright, Anya Taylor-Joy, Trick or Treat Radio’s Nine Year Anniversary Show!, Golden Girls, MZ is too old to watch TV on his phone, John Hyams, Halloween Kills, Season of the Witch, Silver Shamrock, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Rudd, John Carpenter, MZ is not a Master Debater, Manborg on VHS, Father’s Day, Astron-6, wiping your dog, Ollie-Man, ticky twister, Dependence Day, controlling your substances, Loki, “Dishes are Done man”, narcolepsy, The Bad Batch, Werewolves Within, Near Dark, 9 Level of Hell, skunk took my baby!, The Thing, Friday the 13th, Alien, Skull: The Mask, Microwave Massacre, Armando Fonseca, Kapel Furman, practical vs CGI, My Name is Lukey, Raven Banner, Shudder, Father John Wick, Rurik Jr, Brazilian Wrestling Federation, wrestling moves in horror movies, tampon in the bullet wound, Skull vs. The Mask, the Gordon Ramsey of podcasting, a bad girl out for justice, Spine Buster, The Enforcer Arn Anderson, Gun Woman, Kurando Mitsutake, Vicious Fun, Larry Sanders, saving ladybugs, Kane Hodder era Jason, grass cuts, mowing the lawn with jeans and boots, and Catcher in the Eye by Dick de la Creme.

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Ep 465

TorTR #465 - Who Censors the Censors?

Episode | 172 min | Jun 25, 2021

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After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Monsterzero, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of his mind’s disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality. On Episode 465 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Censor from director Prano Bailey-Bond! We also have a deep discussion about censorship in the 80s as it relates to Video Nasties, The Filthy 15, the PMRC, and we discuss how fit censors are to be deciding who can consume what! Of course there is the typical skulduggery you’d expect-- what god-like powers Ravenshadow would want, why would MZ consume a hot jelly bean, and learn all about our Dependence Day Celebration! So grab your favorite forbidden VHS tape, try out your newfound stretching powers, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Joe Bob Briggs, Ares: handyman extraordinaire, God-like abilities, what god would you want to be?, Lucky Bamboo, Saskatchewan Seal Skin Shirts, X-Rated Vision, duck boats, Excalibur, Micromax, Purple Clad Bowman, Elongated Man, Ralph Dibney, George Burns, 18 Again, Made for TV’s Michael Dudikoff, body swap movies, Cad Bane, Dream a Little Dream, the velvet shirt, Bean Boozled, Carolina Reaper Jelly Beans, Uncrustables, Mara Jade, Timothy Zahn, Grand Admiral Thrawn, MZ’s 50th Birthday Roast, B-Hole talk, Dependence Day Celebration Blackout Tapes, Prime Day, artful nudes, Censor, Video Nasties, Prano Bailey-Bond, Mary Whitehouse, BBFC, Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Unhinged, Eyeball, video rental stores, Adrian Schiller, Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide, Bloody Moon, The Beyond, Shock! Horror!, Man of Violence, Mardi Gras Massacre, Jack Valenti, MPAA, blood flowing like water, Last House on the Left, Straw Dogs, Clockwork Orange, Dee Snider, John Denver, Frank Zappa, Tipper Gore, Filthy 15, wearing a codpiece, 2 Live Crew, censorship in the 80s, Faces of Death, Cannibal Holocaust, IMDB plot keywords, self-censoring, Used Cars, Benny Hill, nudity on TV, Blues Brothers, 80 VHS recreations, Berberian Sound Studio, Joe Versus the Volcano, Camille Keaton, I Spit on Your Grave, Heroes Shed No Tears, Dead or Alive Trilogy, Takashi Miike, Darth Vader, IG-88, Shakma, Caveat, Skull: The Mask, Shudder, Spare Parts, unrealistic bar fights, Halloween Kills, Evilspeak, Clint Howard, Dan Cortes, Demolition Man, MTV Sports, Two Guys One Crypt, Gun Woman, Kurando Mitsutake, the middle coast, Highway to the Time Zone, and Saskatchewan Seal Skin Shirts.

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Ep 464

TorTR #464 - Anal Flaps and Buttpugs: A Half Century of MZ

Episode | 182 min | Jun 18, 2021

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A podcaster suffering from partial memory loss due to old age accepts a job to look after his psychologically troubled co-host who has planned a birthday roast for him in an abandoned house on an isolated island. On Episode 464 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Shudder exclusive film, Caveat from Director Damian Mc Carthy! We also host a roast for our compatriot, MZ, to celebrate turning 50! We have long time friends, new friends, and some luminaries from the film world call in to tell their favorite stories and to roast the birthday boy! So grab a seat, a piece of cake, help us celebrate fifty god damn years, and definitely strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: MZ turning 50!, reaching out and reaching around, Ravenshadow actually did something, the Hot  Dog trick, Psycho Patrick’s eating challenge, Chiller, Mike Baronas, Morbid Vision Films, Brian Paulin, plenty of noodles, Kurando Mitsutake, Maniac Driver, Fetus, Jarret Blinkhorn, Signal to Noise, MZ going into business for himself, Buttpug, Corny’s generosity, Chow Daddy, San Diego Chicken, Rufus and Ronaldo, Tuxedo Steel Cage Match, Denny’s Sampler, the cost of wood these days, Son of War, DC-10 theme song, Caveat, Damian Mc Carthy, creepy bunnies, unsettling imagery, Monkey Shines, George A. Romero, The Amusement Park, Hippiemania, Ben Caplan, Jonathan French, what does caveat mean?, medical problems, not remembering the films, magic bamboo, double secret probation, Censor, Prano Bailey-Bond, Ben Wheatley, Michael Smiley, Right to Censor, bouquet of boobs, TSLs, Babadook, Blackout Tapes, Transformers, Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom, Gates of Hell, euro-cult films, stump porn, River Phoenix, Kurt Cobain, River’s Edge, Buttcrack, Art Bradish, Blue Oyster, Caterpillar bites, how many nuts does it take to make a pile, #1 Maniac Slasher, Dr. Joey Tron trying to kill MZ, Swoops and Squirrels, Vodka Penicillin & Red Bull, piping hot podcasts, Caramel Clutch, Nougat, Chocolate Sheik, Zack Carlson, Miami Connection, and Monster Five Zero!

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Ep 463

TorTR #463 - Rub a Tug Tug in the Bathtub

Episode | 140 min | Jun 11, 2021

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While travelling on their first American tour, a group of mediocre podcast hosts are drugged and kidnapped. They awaken to find their limbs removed and replaced with crude microphones, and are forced to do a motivational podcast for a sadistic network. On Episode 463 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the grindhouse flick Spare Parts from director Andrew Thomas Hunt! We also give our scorching hot take on Rob Zombie’s Munsters revival, tell you everything you ever wanted to know about cicadas, and hear the filibuster to end all filibusters! So grab your favorite weapon-arm attachment, suck on some sap for 17 years, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Rob Zombie, The Munsters, Sweet Tooth, Kevin Smith’s He-Man, Bonnie Tyler, I love Tea-Man, homo-erotic cartoons, Castlevania, Warren Ellis, Kid Rock, “Ares’ boy with the scissors”, Tim Burton, lowering expectations, Mockingbird Lane, Guy Ritchie, Aladdin, El Goro schooling Ravenshadow, hobbits, Jeff Daniel Phillips, 31, Devil’s Rejects, Broad Street Bullies, Cicadas, sucking on sap for 17 years, Night of the Living Dead, Caveman, The Beast Within, Fear and Loathing in Baltimore, eating cicadas, Spare Parts, Andrew Thomas Hunt, all girl punk bands, The Midnight Drive In, Grindhouse cinema, Ms. 45, Abel Ferrera, Exploitation, punk horror, Planet Terror, Machine Girl, bar fights, getting naked on stage, Face/Off, Rub-A-Tug-Tug in the Bathtub, Julian Richings, Supernatural, dutch rudders, kill or be killed, bad choreography, Out for Justice, Stephen Seagal, verisimilitude, jerking the curtain, Stendahl Syndrome, Star Wars: A New Hope, best lightsaber duels, Jedi flippy ninja bullshit, Raze, cortisone, living in a post-Raid world, “I’m Off the Rails Without You”, Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars filibuster, Caveat, Shudder, Sandman, driving to Wisconsin, “I like your bamboo”, Ares’ beard squirrel, Wolfie’s Birthday, MZ’s big birthday milestone!, baby did a boom boom, DC-30, Duke Nukem, and that’s an excellent bamboo you have.

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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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