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TorTR #252 - The Age of Ravenshadows

Episode | 199 min | May 26, 2017

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On Episode 252 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by our good buddy Jakey-Poo from the Cult of Muscle Podcast to review The Age of Shadows. This is the latest flick from Korean director Kim Jee-woon, who has directed such classics as I Saw the Devil, The Foul King and A Tale of Two Sisters. We also play awesome voicemail from our listeners, we make MZ dance like Gigolo Jimmy Del Ray, and we find out why “Social Thrillers” annoy Marz so much! So grab your Fruit of the Loom, don’t forget to set your timepiece, and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Grimcock, dirty Transformers, Golden Girls, The Age of Shadows, Kim Jee-woon, The Cult of Muscle, Fruit of the LoomZero, Pirates of the Caribbean, hand signals, Abe Freudian, The Outside Corner Fantasy Baseball, The Dynamo benefit show at The Cove, Korean Cinema, Warner Brothers, I Saw the Devil, Raw, The Foul King, Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Lee Byung-hun, spy cinema, non-linear storytelling, Fievel, Age of Ravenshadows, time ticking in my head, timepieces = set design, Hashimoto’s slaps, Kale is not the perfect food, barrels of booze, Viva La Ristance, Viva La Raza, Apple Podcasts, Gigolo Jimmy Del Ray, Bah Bahkah, Cockhorn Leghorn, The Deadites live, Friday the 13th video game, Injustice 2, horror tropes, the console wars, Rock and Shock weekend plans, Mortal Kombat XL, children of the Babadook, Ben Wheatley, The Witch, Social Thrillers, pretentious, Predator, Jordan Peele, ticks, Xavier Woods, Chris Farley, rotor router, horror comedy, Monday Night Raw, Star Wars Special Editions, French Revolution, Miller’s Crossing, climate of modern horror, Brian dePalma, racism, wrestling music, Michael Myers reboot, and the 40th anniversary of Star Wars IV: A New Hope.

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TorTR #251 - Get Out of the Drunken Place

Episode | 212 min | May 19, 2017

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On Episode 251 of Trick or Treat Radio we try to keep our energy up and the conversation interesting after celebrating our 250th Episode. To help us, we invite our buddy El Goro from the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to review the directorial debut from Jordan Peele, Get Out. We have a pretty in depth conversation about the film and the social commentary and subtext found within. Come for the film review, stick around for great voicemail, another physical vs. digital discussion and more flash facts! So grab your bone tomahawk, stay out of the sunken place and strap on for this important episode! Stuff we talk about: Haunted houses, Get Out, Talk Without Rhythm, Patlabor, Bond Girls, CAT scans, Dynamo’s health update, why was MZ late this time?, WDTT induction ceremony, New Japan Pro Wrestling in Long Beach, Roppongi Vice, Native American film tropes, hauntings, bone tomahawk, Zombie, house hunting, Salo, A Serbian Film, Stuart Gordon, Return of the Living Dead, Brian Yuzna, Cult of Muscle, Faust, Roadrunner Records, Justice vs. Goblin, Orgasmo Sonore, Self, Ohio flash facts, Ravenshadow’s plagiarism, Charlotte Gainsbourg, social commentary in film, Cemetery Man, important vs. classic films, Anti Christ, Ravenshadow’s quotes, Cernunnos, subtext, The Sunken Place, horror tropes, Bing, Teen Ape, siege films, Injustice 2, Swahili translation, the value of the Blu Ray experience, theatrical vs. home viewing, Cannes, digital vs. physical media, Alien, Predator, digital comic books, Daniel Kaluuya, Age of Shadows, who looks more Native American?, Dynamo’s new movie idea, Blumhouse, The Stepford Wives, Stephen Root, the old Raw theme song, Cabin in the Woods, Bradley Whitford, Keanu, Key and Peele, Avengers, Crossed, Wes Anderson, Kubo and the Two Strings, Danny Boyle, Tiny Danzig, and Predator 2.

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TorTR #250 - Somebody Touch Me, It’s Episode 250!

Episode | 269 min | May 12, 2017

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Trick or Treat Radio turns the big 2-5-0! To celebrate the milestone 250th Episode we invite our good buddy and filmmaker Jarret Blinkhorn, because any party without JahJahBlinks is not a party we want to be at! Jarret selects the cult classic horror flick, Things for us to review on our special Blinkbuster Video segment and brings party provisions to fill our bellies and slur our speech. We are pleased to present an interview with two members of Astron 6, Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski, directors of one of our favorite flicks this year, The Void! We also have a big, bearded, god crash the party, we get a crapload of awesome feedback, and Ravenshadow has more flash facts! So grab yourself a stiff drink, give Meat Blob a call and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Necrotonicon, Gentleman Jack, Brainscan, Things, Ben Grimm, David Cross, why MZ was late, Monster2.Zero, Ares returns!, Thirsty Turtle, To Be or not Tibeeshian, Duel, The Void, practical FX, Blu Ray distribution, Get Out, Suicide Squad, Hannibal, Manborg, filmmaking in Toronto, Astron 6, Mixtape Massacre, W is for Wish, ABCs of Death 2, Ti West’s fridge, George R.R. Martin, The Ripper, shot on video 80s films, Atomic Age Media, Dough For Dynamo, The Evil Streaks, Signal to Noise, Red cameras, Teen Ape, Cult of Muscle, Michael Parks, Canadian grant funding, Pacific Rim, contemporary film aesthetic, Free Comic Book Day, The Dead Next Door, Tailspin, the art of showing your monster, Meat Blob, #Beardgod, The Eyes of My Mother, Phantasm, Russian Flash Facts, Whiskey, egg sandwich smuggling, hard times, Father’s Day, Shawn Spicer in a bush, old dudes, fantasy horror movies, Tony Blinks & Mama Blinks, The Old Lady Killer, Blinkbuster Video, The Darkness, Amber Lynn, bad looping, Tusk, Attack of the Killer Refrigerator, Nail Gun Massacre, Bone Sickness, Red State, low budget filmmaking, Diabolik DVD, Pixels, Knowman, and what we learned from Trick or Treat Radio.

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TorTR #249 - Newhart and Chill

Episode | 194 min | May 5, 2017

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On Episode 249 of Trick or Treat Radio we take it a little easy a week ahead of our 250th Episode. We kick back, relax and review the indie horror anthology flick, The Dark Tapes. We will play your voicemail, Dynamo and Ravenshadow tell you about their Justice League International dream cast and we will unveil the guests we have lined up for Episode 250! So grab your Justice League International Omnibus, wear your Newhart cardigan and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Ravenshadow’s Fourteen Finnish Flash Facts, Children of Bottom, Justice League International, which country has the best pizza?, Funyuns, Don Coscarelli, The Alchemist’s Cookbook, two hundred comma zero zero zero, Blinkbuster Video, Mont Video, Dynamo’s spider bite emergency room visit, Krull, Newhart, broken deliveries, good cuddlers, Steelbook, doughfordynamo, runaround reacharound, witch hunting shows, Jarret Blinkhorn, Things, The Dark Tapes, Michael McQuown, ECW, Paranormal Activity, indie filmmaking on a miniscule budget, subverting expectation, What’s Fappening, time dilation, anthology films, the genre known as the found footage genre, Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Brian Michael Bendis, editing a found footage film, Depeche Mode’s new album Spirit, Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, Booster Gold, George Clooney, Patrick Warburton, the JLI TV show dream cast and storyline!, favorite Star Wars knockoffs, The Void, Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski.

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TorTR #248 - Extenuating Incantations

Episode | 178 min | Apr 28, 2017

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On Episode 248 of Trick or Treat Radio we review the latest offering from IFC Midnight, A Dark Song. This film is the feature debut of director Liam Gavin and has been getting rave reviews on the festival circuit and we'll see if it lives up to the hype and whether or not you should check it out! We will also talk about our dream Batman film, discuss dark magic and there is a severe lack of clothing on this episode. So grab your copy of The Book of the Sacred Magic, have a fizzy lifting drink and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Dynamo’s Party, Wolfy’s disappearance, Patsy running amok, Ryan Gosling puzzle, fudge brownies, Catherine Walker, Jonathan Demme, throwing parties for yourself, Sons of Anarchy, extenuating situations or circumcisions, Marzstock, Oliver the Wonder Dog, Phantasm, Kill List, smelly burps, nude party, incantations, The Walking Dead, the offensive comment MonsterZero made, Abramelin, Aleister Crowley, Steve Oram, The Book of the Sacred Magic, Egyptian Mages, manatits, douchebag John Constantine, pinporn, Mexican billboards, poor special FX, BjillBjord, Fizzy Lifting Drinks, vomitous belches, A Dark Song, IFC Midnight, Liam Gavin, Marz’s dream Batman film, Casablanca or Cabaret?, Film for Thought’s 300th Episode, PunchFarm’s one year anniversary, superpowers or lyme disease, The Dorkening, No Holds Barred, The Marz Avenger, Nicholas’ apology, The Long Halloween, Frank Miller, Batman: Year One, The Rocky Overhang Horror, Dark Victory, Rocket to Russia, the Dynamo/Evil Corny 2020 ticket, Mike Patton, Harvey Stim-U-Dent, Heroic Trio, Heath Ledger, Thursday, Tiny Tim, Cowboys From Hell, Reverend Scott, Jeffrey Combs, Kung Fu Zombie, and A New Hope and the Old Dope.

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TorTR #247 - A Leap of Verisimilitude

Episode | 218 min | Apr 21, 2017

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Episode 247 of Trick or Treat Radio is a celebration! It is Dynamo Marz’ birthday and we present him with cake, decorations, Funny Bones and a metric crap ton of voicemail greetings from you all! To help us celebrate we are joined in studio by The Deadites’ own Mz. M! We also review Creepy, the Japanese Thriller from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, we discuss hidden gems and talk about what our wrestling entrance themes would be! So grab your party favors, eat a plate of figgy pudding, and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Mystery Science Theater 3000, Marz’s birthday celebration, iParty, Altered Carbon, Korean Dog Max, is a Japanese film really a Korean film?, marble cake, Australia, Pulse, Cure, Diet Mtn Dew, The Cult of Muscle, Sixteen Candles, Labradoodle, old man candy, Hitchcock, Dynamo and Corny’s racist ghost movie, verisimilitude, creepy tractor beam, figgy pudding, Jeff Goldblum, Creepy, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Funny Bones, Heavens Contentions, the art of riffing, Ringu, Twin Peaks, Raven J’s art, box of whiskey, Yuko Takeuchi, Teruyuki Kagawa, kale, burger fixings, Richard K. Morgan, meat pie, Stan Hansen, Road House vs. Bloodsport, Liam Neeson, Dig Two Graves, Nathan Cotton Coy Vance Duke’s smuggled egg sandwiches, Cricket Snapper now with more bondage, Roppongi Vice, Papi Chalupa, Dough for Dynamo, The Void, what would your wrestling entrance theme song be?, sexybijons.com, philipinocupid, Vesa from Finland, The Editor, Astron 6, the thin line between parody and homage, Last Whorehouse on the Left, hidden gems, Nurse Betty, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Dante 01, Dellamorte Dellamore, Dark City, Bandcamp, Michael Caine, Ted Levine, Larry Fine, Ravenshadow’s rented party decorations, creepy closets, Felicia Day, Take These Broken Wings, and The Deadites corporate card.

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TorTR #246 - From Kostroma With Mustard

Episode | 214 min | Apr 14, 2017

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It's been a long time since we've had her on the show, but on Episode 246 of Trick or Treat Radio our special guest host is the one and only Myra K-Rock of The Evil Streaks and part of the new generation of The Deadites! Myra joins us to review the Fantasy/Horror flick Dig Two Graves, starring Ted Levine! Myra does not come empty handed, she brings treats in the form of sweets and in a compilation album with proceeds going to our own Dynamo Marz to pay for his medical expenses. We also find out if we won the best Electronic Act, we give away a prize and we have the world premiere of the new Deadites song! So put your dancing shoes on, practice the tuck dance and strap on! Stuff we talk about: The Evil Streaks, Pulse Music Awards, Black Snake Moan II: The Diabolical Radiator of Dr. Marz, Dough For Dynamo, Genki Genki Panic, Eurydice, Ted Levine, Samantha Isler, Stephen King, backwoods gothic, Mz. M’s heartfelt thoughts, Slumber Party Massacre, Hunter Adams, favorite H.P. Lovecraft stories, sleep tips, fantasy horror, Ivan from Kostroma, The Void reviews, The Cromcast, Myra’s big surprise, towns that are a character, Creepy, The Cove Music Hall, Jarret Blinkhorn’s upcoming short film, Ted Levine in studio, Precious, Radio Compass, gypsies, Teeel, period films that cover multiple periods, the infamous Tuck Dance video, grief and loss, Nytmare, M.K., world premiere of the new Deadites track, Transdusk, Anaria, Knowman, Steve Mossberg, Dig Two Graves, bandcamp, and Myra’s delicious brownies!

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TorTR #245 - The Void of L. Ron Lovecraft

Episode | 227 min | Apr 7, 2017

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On Episode 245 of Trick or Treat Radio we journey through time and space to gaze upon a cosmic creation beyond all comprehension from Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski of the Astron 6 collective. We review our most anticipated film of the year, The Void! Joining us for this cinematic descent into madness is the might and powerful Barbarian Luchador, El Goro from the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast! We also discuss Cinema Wasteland, Documentaries we’d like to see and Kostroma Russia? So pay tribute to the Old Ones, send an URGANT email and fire when ready! Stuff we talk about: Mrs. Butterworth's, Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, strip clubs, Jakey-Poo’s virtual bachelor party, Cinema Wasteland, paintball, URGANT emails, ending MonsterZero’s streak, Wednesday Night Wars T-Shirt, The Grand Guignol Network reality show, Grandma’s Boy, Marquis, Anaconda, Elm St. Kids Movie Club, Unchayned, Raven J’s rendition of MZ’s pajamas, Marz’s potency, Manicotti, the return of the WMDTT man date, Worf on Golf, Art Hindle, Grand Moff Tarkin, Myra K-Rock, Dig Two Graves, Boston Underground Film Festival, The Void, Silent Hill 2, Basket Case 2 & 3, Baskin, Astron 6, Hellraiser, Injustice 2, Jeremy Gillespie, Manborg, The Thing, The Beyond, Steven Kostanski, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, John Carpenter, Assault on Precinct 13, working with miniscule budgets, what scares us, the Old Ones, how can a triangle can be so iconic?, Knives Chau, H.P. Lovecraft, practical FX, bad cover songs, Father’s Day, The Keep, The Editor, Aaron Poole, Michael Mann, Don Coscarelli, Mario Bava, Italian filmmakers, Clive Barker, Big Barterer, enthusiasm(s), greatest horror films of the last 20 years, Horror communities, Rock and Shock, Kevin Hornsby, Radio Violenta, Destroy the Brain, The Five Hossmen, Scott, Ricciuti, Kostroma Russia, the Canadian border, the indie wrestler’s name we can’t say, Milton, Dorf or Worf?, Video Nasties, dream documentaries, Draconian Days, Eurocrime, Turkish rip off cinema, Fear Without Frontiers, 70s sex comedies, Talk is Jericho, Zapped!, Luchador film documentary, the old days of Superhero films, Chris Fuchman, Richard Stanley, Ted Levine, The Evil Streaks, Gabe Bartalos, Dust Devil, Hardware, Strange Days, Johnny Mnemonic, the Wizard battle between Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, and Italian penetration.

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TorTR #244 - Fire Pro Wrestling Guerrillas in the Mist

Episode | 198 min | Mar 31, 2017

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On Episode 244 of Trick or Treat Radio we present to you the 8th edition of the Wednesday Night Wars! We team up with our heated rivals Bill By Force and Mr. Chris from Outside The Cinema to discuss the zombie wrestling film, From Parts Unknown! Dynamo drops his Top 13 list of wrestling matches you probably haven’t seen but should, we talk about our favorite film performances from professional wrestlers and we have some surprise guest appearances from Tiny Wight and Reverend Scott! So grab your Ash action figure, give an exploding loaded headbutt and strap on! Stuff we talk about: From Parts Unknown: Fight Like A Girl, speakeasy, black and white tie affair, prohibition, Peppercorns, the heel turn heard around the world, Wednesday to Wendy’s, Creepshow 2, Reverend Scott, Joe Biden, $20-$50, Daniel Armstrong, Murderdrome, The Original Movie Game, up tarp, what size shirt should Ravenshadow wear?, KENTA, NJPW, Low Ki, Lex Luthor, They Live, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, HHH, Blade 3, Samoa Joe, Bryan Danielson, The Wrestler, Hell Comes to Frogtown, "Lighting" Mike Quackenbush, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Dave Bautista, Fire Power Pro Wrestling, Wrestlemania, MonsterZero’s love of trash, the shocking events of OTC 477, Ryan Gosling, young DeNiro, The Scorpion King, Ready to Rumble, Pain and Gain, El Goro, film references, Andre the Giant, Jesse Ventura, The Wrestlemaniac controversy, Kevin Nash, Lex Luthor’s casting, Me and That Man, Dead Soul, the music industry's’ shortcomings, the Reverend Scott set up, Australia, My Giant, The Void, Gabe Bartalos, DP, Troma, Fatty Drives the Bus, WMDTT, Andy Christ, El Santo, fools ball, Ring of Honor, “lick a dick”, Ash, They Live, the other MZ, movie wrestling choreography, El Gigante, wrestling film beheadings, Brad Anderson, Coyotes, neo-pulp, Survival of the Film Freaks, Plaga Zombie, Guardians of the Galaxy, Necro Butcher, Champions of Justice, Hulk Hogan in Rocky III, Dead Souls, Just Desserts, MonsterZero’s ass, and going for it with no experience.

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TorTR #243 - Detour at the House of Secrets

Episode | 236 min | Mar 24, 2017

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On Episode 243 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined in studio by gore artist supreme and our good buddy, Derek Rook! Derek is on board to join us for the review of Christopher Smith's latest flick, Detour. We also touch upon our love of the legendary Bernie Wrightson and have an impromptu visit from award winning artist, “Putrid” Matt Carr! We also have an impassioned discussion about the marginalization of art, some touching voicemail from our listeners and plenty of comic book art discussion. So grab your copy of Cycle of the Werewolf, get out your art supplies and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Mint Massachusetts slang, moist and tender, The Dead TV Podcast, John Constantine, Hellblazer, explaining the joke, Outside the Cinema, Derek Rook, the new Wednesday to Wednesday segment, Gore Shriek: Resurrectus, Iron Eagle III, Drive, VHS stores, Demons II, Troll 2, the culture of streaming and how it affects artists, the digital age, Raven J’s art, Detour, Christopher Smith, Chuck Berry, The Gong Show, Chuck Barris, crime films, Bobby Chaynz, mixtapes, Triangle, horror or whore?, The Void, the El Goro betrayal, Tye Sheridan, Cherry 2000, Brian de Palma, Hitchcock, From Parts Unknown: Fight Like A Girl, “the passion”, Invincible, Kodi, Creep, Wednesday Night Wars, Todd McFarlane, Mike Mignola, Slaygoth’s art, The Cult of Muscle, MurderDrome, BUFF, Cory Walker, The Debutaints Ball, non-linear storytelling, Quentin Tarantino, Story of Us, Chas Balun, Kelley Jones, straight outta the nutsack, Tim Vigil, “Putrid” Matt Carr, Ghastly Awards, Rough House Publishing, Ms. Matrix, Hell Comes to Frogtown, El Santo, Bernie Wrightson, Swamp Thing, House of Secrets, Frank Frazetta, the children of Bernie, Kyle Hotz, how to make it as an artist, the old bullpen days of art, pronouncing Niki Luparelli's name correctly, Stephen Bissette, Caldor, Creepshow comic book adaptation, Cycle of the Werewolf, Gates of Hell comic book, Eibon Press, Zombi, Batman: The Cult, Punisher, Alex Ross, comic book conventions, Myra and Radio Compass, drinking calling you, and society’s marginalization of art.

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