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Trick or Treat Radio

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Ep 414

TorTR #414 - No Monocle Required

Episode | 163 min | Jul 3, 2020

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A slab of food descends floor by floor in a podcast studio. The hosts above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent. On Episode 414 of Trick or Treat Radio, we discuss The Platform, the Netflix exclusive from first time feature filmmaker, Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. We also discuss 80s toys once again, the class system and how it continues to function through fear, and why Garth Ennis’ Preacher is so important! So grab as much food as you can in two minutes, call up Buffalo Bill for tech support and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast! 

Stuff we talk about: Airplane, movie theaters opening, Contagion II: Still Tagion, Art Bradish, anxiety about movies, Twitch of the Death Nerve, the re-release of Fetus, 10 minutes is 2 butts, what can you buy if you don’t smoke?, G1 Sixshot, Jetfire, MZ getting yelled at, first non-car autobot, Vinegar Syndrome, Slaughterhouse, Splatter University, Splatterhouse Video Game, Ghostbusters, GI Joe, Sergeant Slaughter, Rocky Balboa, 80s toy talk, Boulder Mountain, M.A.S.K., Iron Eagle, Larry B. Scott, Robbie Rist, Jason Gedrick - the poor man’s Jason Patrick, Buffalo Bill Tech Support, Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal, The Platform, High Rise, Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, Ivan Massagué, Preacher, David Coppafeel, Johan Solo, floor zero, Chow Daddy, limitations of society, we are living in a post-apocalyptic film, we welcome aliens, surprise fecal play, Panna Cotta, Don Quixote, the messiah, The Host, Boon Joon-ho, baby-tossing, An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, Let’s Do Some Bloodletting Dog, The Greasy Strangler, Scrotumus Prime, Star Wars, lightsabers, whiskey for new whiskey drinkers, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Maker’s Mark, Canadian Club, Jesse Custer, Garth Ennis, Hellblazer, Steve Dillon, Naked Gun, and Blasphemy Bollocks and Blackouts.

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Ep 413

TorTR #413 - Juliette Lewis and the News

Episode | 153 min | Jun 26, 2020

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On the night of the strangest episode in podcast history, a grotesque gang boss hires a stone cold killer to bring him the finger of a fading, drug-addicted jazz legend. And then there is a giant shootout at a vampire wedding. On Episode 413 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss Dreamland, the latest film from Bruce McDonald, director of the amazing Pontypool! We also discuss the best fictional characters named after cities, we discuss some of Joel Schumacher’s finer works, and Ravenshadow finally names his post quarantine party! So grab your enemies pinkie finger, come up with an incident as an excuse and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Morbid Vision Films, welcome to Flavortown, there’s an incident for that, Fetus, eBay’s $$ cut, Morbid Tales, Preacher, Tony F, Boston Brand, Deadman, favorite character named after a city, Stone Cold Steve Boston, Sammy Hagar, Guy Fieri, Buffalo Bill, barrel-butted porn stars, Bill Maher, D.C. Cab, Joel Schumacher, The Lost Boys, Batman Forever, Falling Down, Michael Douglas, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Stormane, what did the five fingers say to the face?, #releasetheschumachercut, Bossk, Trandoshan, WERNER HERZOG, Batman Returns, Flashpoint, German Impressionistic interpretations, MZ’s favorite Golden Girls episode, Night of the Demons, Human Centipede, the wrestling reckoning, B.K. Kwik, angry Rear Window, Black Widow, MZ calling his cat, Pontypool, Bruce McDonald, Dreamland, Henry Rollins, Stephen McHattie, Juliette Lewis, THE Netflix, THE Tubi, 867-530Tubi, Tommy Tutone, The Evil Dead, Lance Henriksen, Gabriel Byrne, Black Flag, Dudes, human trafficking, vampires out of nowhere, Hausu, Double Impact, Hell Comes to Frogtown, Hellraiser II, Becky, Fight For Your Life, Hellions, Kevin James, Mick Foley, the Blackout Bacchanalia, and The Communist Projectionist. 

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Ep 412

TorTR #412 - The Ponyboy Express

Episode | 171 min | Jun 19, 2020

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An aging child’s weekend at a lake house with his girlfriend takes a turn for the worse when a group of podcasters wreaks havoc on their lives. On Episode 412 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss Becky, the latest film from directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, the duo behind Cooties and Bushwick! We also discuss the reflection of the times through cinema history, MZ’s dream Transformer, and what to do when you’re bored in a pandemic. So grab your favorite book about a sports mascot, hang out with some friends around a bonfire and make sure to social d and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast! 

Stuff we talk about: Birthdays, this is your life MZ, how to transfer VHS to digital, Soul Man, Gone With the Wind, Hattie McDaniel, should art be removed from history for representing a time and place?, C. Thomas Howell, MonsterZero Bedtime Stories, San Diego Chicken, Chef Boyardee, Aunt Jemima, Uncle Bens, Famous Amos Cookies, Blowing Off Some Steam in Lids, going out because you’re bored, racist and insensitive sports teams, Resident Evil 2, HBO Max, Watchmen Series, what’s wrong with gray hair?, MZ gets yelled at, William Regal the Real Man, ridiculous WWF theme songs, Jim Johnston, Proctor, social distancing bonfires, Phillie Phanatic, Police Academy Memes, Becky, Bushwick, Cooties, Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion, Elijah Wood, MZ’s new laptop, The Kings of Queens, Fisher Price My First Hands, The Big Show, The Truth Commision, The Oddities, ICP, 300, Sluggo, Robert Maillot, Kurrgan, the history of the valknut, Community, Joel McHale, The Lodge, Simon Pegg, Kevin James, size being a factor, Paul Blart, chokeslam, powerbomb, appropriated symbolism, hate symbols or ancient runes?, dog death in films, Lowlife, Raiders of the Lost Ark, P.O. Box, 3 Dev Adam, I Spit on Your Grave, R-Rated Home Alone, Dreamland, Bruce McDonald, Stephen McHattie, Juliette Lewis, Henry Rollins, Transformers, Scrotumus Prime, The Vegan Vanguard, Babu Frik, The Lightsaber Chronicles, Star Wars, Nien Nunb, Darksaber, Aquaslash, and The Monkeemobile.

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Ep 411

TorTR #411 - Where the Wretched Fern Grows

Episode | 146 min | Jun 12, 2020

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A defiant aging boy, struggling with his co-hosts imminent demise, faces off with a thousand year-old witch, who is living beneath the skin of and posing as the woman next door. On Episode 411 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss The Wretched! This film from The Pierce Brothers and IFC Midnight has the distinction of being the number one film in America during a pandemic-- we discuss that interesting historical footnote and whether or not this film deserves that top spot! We also talk about action figures based on cartoons based on R-Rated films, movies about witches, and the revival of the drive-in theater! So grab your favorite action figure, break into your neighbor's basement, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Fresh Ears and Dirty Mouths, MZ’s bottle skills, we want to be inside you, MZ’s “vacation” to Salem, That’s Entertainment, Flying Saucer Pizza, riot shields, shield walls, CinemaSalem, What It Is… What It Was! Explosion of the ‘70s in Words and Pictures, Roscoe Orman, Rudy Ray Moore, Fred Williamson, Happy Birthday to Wolfie and MZ, youthful exuberance, all the Lenny’s we know, Necro Butcher, Buff Bagwell, Rocky Overhang, Dick de la Creme, The Gene Shalit, Patreon Exclusive shows, Top 13 toy lines from our youths, Robocop, Cops and Crocs, Force of Freedom, Rambo, Rated R Action Figure toy lines, Toxic Crusaders, Cops and Crooks, Citizens on Patrol, Police Academy, MZ’s Transformer collection, Bill and Ted Face the Music, Train to Busan, William Sadler, Evil Dead Now, Tales From the Podcast, Linguistic Lube, The Wretched, number one film in America, the revival of Drive-In, wanderin’ in the woods, good antagonists, dumb dad moves in movies, the Paul Rudd clip, The VVitch, Witches of Breastwick, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, the big reveal, Bruce Willis was dead along?, Becky, Kevin James, Vast of Night, Aquaslash, Linguistics Linguine and Lyrical Lube.

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Ep 410

TorTR #410 - 36 Inches of Chili Dog

Episode | 172 min | Jun 5, 2020

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In the twilight of the 1950s, on one fateful night in New Mexico, a young film professor and a group of charismatic podcast hosts discover a strange audio frequency that could change their small town and the future forever. On Episode 410 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss The Vast of Night, the Amazon Original from first time feature film director, Andrew Patterson! Joining us to make us sound way smarter than we have any right to be is our friend Professor Jay! We also talk about Jim Van Bebber, what MZ should do for a job, and Ravenshadow attempts to explain how scoring in Tennis works?! So grab your “Lazy One”, call in your best alien story and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Anthrax, nothing going on in the world, “The Lazy One”, since when is an all-day drive a vacation?, Deadbeat at Dawn, Jim Van Bebber, The Manson Family, “The Bebbs”, separate the art from the artist, The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, The Mean Streets of Dayton, Rob Van Bebber, Cannibal Holocaust, Dead Heat, the impalement scene, Chopping Mall, Dick Miller, Viking Stevie Wonder, Ravenshadow’s Agents, Melbourne, Wake And Fright, Tim Chuma’s art, Australia to Worcester, Coney Island, Hot Dog Annie’s, Bookman, MZ The Super, Schneider-Man, Ilsa She-Wolf of the SS, Nazisploitation, Gestapo’s Last Orgy, Ilsa the Wicked Warden, sleazy films, Top 13 Favorite Action Figure Toy Lines From Our Youth, “what is love?”, Cops and Crooks, high and tight shorts, chicken fighting, Knowman, Smallville, TIFF, Midnight Madness, Peter Kuplowsky, The Vast of Night, Andrew Patterson, Slamdance, Kevin Durant, Oklahoma Thunder, Twilight Zone, John Landis, continuous shots, Howard Hawks, Ferris Bueller meets Jason Schwartzman, 50s Sci-Fi, Coast to Coast with Art Bell, Area 51, Pontypool, Uwe Boll, House of the Dead, Raimi-Cam on acid, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Good Night and Good Luck, Wolfman, Ryan Gosling, Jon Peters, Wolfman vs A Polar Bear, The Wretched, The Return of Bombo-Radio, San Diego Chicken, Little Monsters, Josh Gad, Verotika, Glenn Danzig, The Lodge, Michael Haneke’s Problem Child 2, Strawberries Records, Moses from that fucking book, tweezers are not worth giving up for Danzig, Extraction, Thor saves a Cambodian kid, and Posable Action Men.

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Ep 409

TorTR #409 - Give Me Five Blood Machines

Episode | 181 min | May 29, 2020

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An artificial intelligence escapes her spaceship to turn into a female ghost and challenges two pop culture podcasts to a galactic chase. On Episode 409 of Trick or Treat Radio we have a Bloody Shudder Double Feature. First up, we are joined by Jimmy and Greg from the Give Me Five Podcast to discuss Blood Machines, the long anticipated film from Seth Ickerman and Carpenter Brut! Then we go on the reservation with a bonus discussion of Blood Quantum, an indie Zombie flick with a twist. Does it stand out from the pack or is it just another old zombie film? We also talk about sci-fi inspiration, Romero zombie lore and Florida Man strikes again while Jimmy is on air with us! So grab your Cobretti Pizza Shears, crank up some Carpenter Brut and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Among the Living, low wattage, quarantine, health insurance, Cobra, Marion Cobretti, Police Academy, how many Axl’s do you know?, Axl Whiplash, Cobretti Pizza Shears, Grimbro, Blade Runner, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 2, watching a 43 year old man cry, Al Cool, who is your Aunt May?, stuffed tiddy bear, where can you listen to us?, need the big D, cap sensitive passwords, Seth Ickerman, Blood Machines, Shudder, Give Me Five Podcast, Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard, Kung Fury, David Sandberg, Carpenter Brut, Turbo Killer, Panos Cosmatos, Astron-6, Liquid Television, Heavy Metal Magazine, H.R. Giger, video game cutscenes, Ares gushing, Fritz Lang, Metropolis, screenshots that are a work of art, Black Mirror Han Solo, Jan Michael Vincent, girls with upside crosses, Florida Man strikes again, Derek Rook, Rough House Publishing, Blood Quantum, Jeff Barnaby, George A. Romero, Repo Man, Quentin Tarantino, how to say Z in Canada, Dawn of the Dead, zombie fish, the flapping looks weird, Demons, Native American representation in films, Native Rick Grimes, post-apocalyptic films, time jump in films, Farm Aid, We Are the World, Duane Jones, the anti-zombie gene, two time stamps and a twist, Cannibal Holocaust, another zombie film, The Vast of Night, Professor Jay, tribal racism, experimental comic book art, Moebius, uncrustables, Bob Kraft Goldthwaite, How Do Huggies Work?, and Sci-Fi Mahamajahambo.

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Ep 408

TorTR #408 - Droogie Howser, M.D.

Episode | 170 min | May 22, 2020

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When four co-hosts at the local podcast studio in a small Christian town discover a mysterious old recording hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education...written in blood. On Episode 408 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss Porno--no, not the genre, but the horror comedy from Fangoria Films! We also talk about the 40th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, Dark Side of the Ring, and we hear all about MZ’s unlikely field trip! So grab your favorite vice, party like it’s Zion and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: IDM syndrome, The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Walking Dead Season 3, the skunk virus, party like it's Zion, Salacious B. Crumb, 40th Anniversary of Empire Strikes Back, practical effects, The Phantom Menace, Star Wars, downbeat endings, THE Olyphant, What We Do in the Shadows, CW’s Stargirl, Jack Knight, Cosmic Rod, Dark Side of the Ring, Owen Hart, Blue Blazer, Jeff Jarrett, The Big Big Show, WWE Studios, Mick Foley, Jaleel White, MZ at the shooting range, Red Dead DC-10, Troma’s War, One Cut of the Dead, From the Canopy’s 100th Episode, Blackout Tapes, urine hand sanitizer, Lance Storm, Orgazmo, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Porno, Keola Racela, Cinestate, S. Craig Zahler, how every movie should start, Schindler’s List, Encino Man, A League of Their Own, Droogie Howser MD, ultra-violence, a bit of the ol’ in-out, the soccer story, Parallax, praying for natural disasters before work, Popcorn, working in a theater, The Hanover Theater, No Fear shirts, Brendan Fraser, Theory of Evolution, where the Mormons live, Paulie Shore, Italians in Utah, Christian Slater, addiction, Bob Saget, Half Baked, Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made, Cannibal Holocaust, Ruggero Deodato, scrotum trauma, Ghostbusters, Night of the Living Dead, Metropol, Demons, Carpenter Brut, Blood Machines, Blood Quantum, Shudder, religious repression, the Lair of Lost Swag is an essential business, and Can I Get a Succubus, please?

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Ep 407

TorTR #407 - The Southern Vampire’s Guide to Slaying Book Clubs

Episode | 167 min | May 15, 2020

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A glorified grip is snowed in with his co-hosts at an isolated podcast lair. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place. On Episode 407 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by old friend of the show, Grady Hendrix to talk all about his new novel, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires and his new podcast, Super Scary Haunted Home School! For our film discussion this week, we talk about The Lodge, from directors Severin Fiala, and Veronika Franz, the team behind Goodnight Mommy! There is some Paperbacks From Hell talk, plenty of information about Dracula’s wang, and Grady gives us some deep cuts from Asian cinema! So grab your favorite vampire slaying weapon, isolate yourself in a vacation home and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Podcasting, New York Times Best Selling Authors, Stage Fright, Paperbacks from Hell, book clubs, vampire novels, vampires who work out, pitching books to publishers, When Darkness Loves Us, Elizabeth Engstrom, writing female protagonists, Horrorstor, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, We Sold Our Souls, Satanic Panic, Chelsea Stardust, Subway Cinema, New York Asian Film Festival, Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks, Mercenaries from Hong Kong, Demon of the Lute, The Seventh Curse, Men from the Gutter, Eternal Evil of Asia, Boxer’s Omen, Super Scary Haunted Home School Podcast, Dance of the Glampires, Dracula, Vlad the Impaler, Bazaar of Bad Dreams, The Great Stephen King Re-Read, independent bookstores, bookshop.org, Brain Damage, Deep Red, The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, is the drive-in making a comeback?, Edgemere Drive-In, Grease and Deep Impact, erotic Ravenshadow, Zardoz, The S&M Ranchero, Art Bradish, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Alicia Silverstone, religious cults, Riley Keough, Deerskin, Butt Boy, Why Don’t You Just Die!, Richard Armitage, douche chills, mixed metaphors, Ravenshadow’s Mom, VFW, Porno, Fangoria, The Mind’s Eye, and Draculas that grab you by your beards.

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Ep 406

TorTR #406 - Don’t Flush Members Only Jackets Down the Toilet

Episode | 160 min | May 8, 2020

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A man's obsession with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams leads him to turn his back on his humdrum podcast studio in the suburbs, blow his life savings, and even turn to crime. On Episode 406 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss Deerskin, the latest film from surrealist filmmaker Quentin Dupieux! To help us make sense of this one, we call in our heavy hitter and good friend of the show Professor Jay for the duration of the episode! We also discuss Turkish cinema, the impact of the pandemic on Film Festivals, and the dark alternate ending to Mac and Me! So grab your favorite jacket, avoid homicidal car tires and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast! 

Stuff we talk about: Brady Bunch, Hollywood Squares, 70s Spider-Man, Das Boot, Ravenshadow’s Blackout Party, Turkish Star Wars, Cuneyt Arkin, Turkish E.T., Turkish Rambo, Remake Remix Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema, Turkish Rocky, Friday the 13th, Mondo Macabro, Taika Waititi, overstuffed ravioli, Star Wars, Robert Rodriguez, The Clone Wars, Doctor Sleep, The Golden Glove, Uncrustables, Bruce Banner weed, Deerskin, Quentin Dupieux, surrealistic films, Rubber, Reality, subconscious images, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Kid Cash, Johnny Cash, Masculinity in Cinema, Holy Motors, Ravenshadow making good points!, peacocking, Greasy Strangler, worshipping at the altar of Dupieux, Mr. Ouzo, tepid treat of weirdness, The Lodge, Riley Keough, Mandible, Goodnight Mommy, The House That Jack Built, Lars von Trier, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Elvis Presley, MonsterFest Film Festival, Spaceship Earth, The Misogynists, Dylan Baker, Trick R Treat, Catfight, Summer of Blood, virtual film festivals, Wake in Fright, and , the international ending to Mac and Me.

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Ep 405

TorTR #405 - Murdering People is Hard

Episode | 147 min | May 1, 2020

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Ravenshadow, a podcaster and the world's worst at making lists, brings together a terrible group of people in his studio: his resentful best god friend, an angry producer, and a cheated one time contributor. Each one of them has a reason to want revenge…. On Episode 405 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss Why Don't You Just Die! the brutal Russian action comedy from director Kirill Sokolov! We also discuss somewhat forgotten cartoons, mostly remembered game shows, and MZ eats a near entire four course meal during the episode! So grab your lotion, take care of yourself, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast! 

Stuff we talk about: Pajama pants or boxer briefs, Rufus and Renaldo, Wayne Gretzky, Bo Jackson, ProStars, Kid Video, Karate Kid, Michael Jordan, Static Shock, G.I. Joe, Rorschach or Borscht, Thundercats, May the 4th, Up All Night with Rhonda Shear, Chopping Mall, The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Bloodsucking Freaks, Chris Jericho, Barbara Crampton, Killbots vs. Johnny Five, Kelli Maroney, Joel M. Reed, Ralphus, James Balsamo, Jim Wynorski, Shudder, Let My Puppets Come, Seamus O’Brien, taking care of yourself with lotion, The Incredible Torture Show, Hollywood Squares, Jim J. Bullock, Charo, Vincent Price, Game Show Network, fall asleep watching the Family Feud, Richard Dawson, Nipsey Russell, Wildcats, a case of dillas, Superman: Red Son, Tetris, Roman Hands and Russian Fingers, Knives Out, Russian Michael Chiklas, Ukrainian Marc Maron, Russian Peter Jackson via Quentin Tarantino, Arrow Video, Giants Don’t Die, Why Don’t You Just Die!, Ravenshadow’s Top 13 Things He’s Thankful For, bucket of friends, directing… with Flair, Wilhelm Scream, Sawzall, musical chairs, lightsabers, Green Lantern Ring, Savage Opress, Alfred Hitchcock, murdering people is hard, Rubber, Deerskin, Quentin Dupieux, Professor Jay, Tom and Jerry, The Other Lamb, religious cults, Transformers: The Movie, Gaspar Noe, and The COVID Commander.

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