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On Episode 205 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined once again by our buddy and filmmaker, Jarret Blinkhorn to help us review one of our most anticipated films of 2016-- Mickey Keating's Carnage Park! Since we have Blinks in studio, we dedicate an entire segment to our love of VHS horror that we adoringly refer to as Blinkbuster Video! We talk about the films that really impacted us as kids and relay our favorite video store stories. We also make a HUGE Deadites announcement that you don’t want to miss and play your voicemails! So grab your membership card and your favorite big box tape and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Tickled, Make Them Die Slowly, Tarantino, DJ filmmaking, loud title cards, cell phones ruin movies, taking off your pants, Dynamo's appearance on the Film for Thought Indiana Jones retrospective, Dolls, Throwdown Thursday, weird places you rent movies, Ashley Bell, Pat Healy, broken fans, Cameron, the tuck dance video, The Spookies, the different types of VHS boxes, Charles Band, The Evil Streaks, the origin of Blinkbuster Video, Fright Night, watching horror movies too young, Evil Dead 2, Godzilla, A Clockwork Orange, Ravenshadow’s old nickname, Almost Human, Carnage Park, Slaughter High, heat of the studio, video, one of MZ's favorite gratuitous scenes, Demons, Night of the Demons pin, Dynamo’s scans, Robert Altman, Blockbuster, the video store Wolfenstein met the Deadites at, Blinks’ collection, video store stalking techniques, the All Nipple Podcast, hanging out in video stores, Clown, The Warriors, The Shallows, Green Room, Sam Peckinpah, what dynamo would change about the comic industry, back rubs, The Thing with Two Heads, #teamagentnicole, and Larry Fessenden.

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On Episode 204 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined in studio once again by our good buddy and filmmaker Jarret Blinkhorn! We speak with Stephen Scarlata and Jackson Stewart, the two creative heads behind one of our most anticipated flicks of the year, the VHS board game horror flick, Beyond the Gates. We're excited to catch up with our old friend Stephen to find out what he's been up to and we make a new friend in Jackson. We will also be reviewing the 2016 horror flick, The Other Side of the Door, we play your voicemail, and we get to hear about all the cool superpowers you get when you’re radioactive! So grab your lasagna, toss off your pants, and strap on! Stuff we talk about: The Mind’s Eye, Carnage Park, The Tony Blinkhorn Invitational Nip Off, The Beyond, The Gate, radioactive Dynamo, Nightmare, VHS Board Games, Sex Boss, Speed, El Rey Network, Tales from the Quadead Zone, Jeff Goldblum calls, Laserdisc collecting, Gojira, how far would you go to see a love once again, Dark Knight Rises, VHS collecting, Chester Novell Turner, can vampires get tattooed?, sexy af, Neon Maniacs, The Other Side of the Door, Lori Grimes’ parenting skills, David Dorfman, the barbecue, quarantine ideas, Barbara Crampton, Javier Botet, Bruce Campbell's birthday, the origin of Stephen’s internet handle, our first VCR, awesome Twitter handles, Italian who actress who thinks MZ is sexy, creators not understanding horror, Mickey Keating’s Carnage Park, Beyond the Gates, Lucha Underground, what Blinks is working on, Mystery Theater Thursday, Tis the Season, WWE brand split, Silent Night Deadly Night 2, Hard Target 2, Karate Kill, our new fundraiser, Dynamo’s quarantine watch list, Jeremy Sisto, Demon Knight, Stuart Gordon, star ratings, 68 Kill, films we are excited about, Michael Jackson, J-Horror tropes, Batman V Superman, wrestling, Nicholas listening to ALL our episodes, Ravenshadow lying, Andrea Wolanin, The Babadook, wrestling in Reseda, Eddie Brant's video store, Tremors, and Blinkbuster Video.

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Holy sheep in a Shanghai basket, have we got an episode for you folks! On Episode 203 of Trick or Treat Radio we had the absolute pleasure of speaking with legendary author Joe R. Lansdale! We discuss the man’s career from Hap and Leonard to Bubba Ho-Tep to Cold in July to being a martial arts grandmaster and quite a bit in between! We then follow it up with a review of the Korean masterpiece I Saw the Devil from director Jee-Woon Kim. So grab your Elvis sunglasses, a lead pipe, and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Cocky heroes, Hannibal Lecter, Wolfenstein and MonsterZero’s birthdays, Turbo Kid, The Nice Guys, Bruno Mattei, Sylvester Stallone, The Drive In, Dead in the West, Two Gun Mojo, Mulberry St, Cold in July, Jonah Hex, Beyond the Gates, Bruce Campbell, Batman, Ossie Davis, Johnny's Birthday party, I Saw the Devil, digital camera movement, The Quiet Family, Neon Maniacs, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Fatty Drives the Bus, The Other Side of the Door, Batman the Animated Series, Blood and Shadows, Stephen Scarlata, Jackson Stewart, The Good The Bad The Weird, charismatic serial killers, Netflix, Big Blow, and the subversion of tropes and archetypes.

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On Episode 202 of Trick or Treat Radio we have not only one, but two legendary dream guests on the show! First up, while at Scare-A-Con, we had the pleasure of speaking with the king of drive-in movies, Joe Bob Briggs! We discuss how he got his start, lost films and what’s next for the icon! Our second interview is with the equally legendary Shawn Lewis! Most of you probably own at least one of Shawn’s T-Shirts from Rotten Cotton, but we catch up with him to hear all about his latest endeavor, Eibon Press and how they are helping to resurrect horror comics. We also manage to fit in a film review as we take a look at the body horror flick, Bite. We play your voicemail, recap our weekend at Scare-A-Con and announce another legendary guest for next week! So put on your bolo tie over your favorite Rotten Cotton shirt and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Gates of Hell, Lucio Fulci, Derek Rook, Zombie, Bottomfeeder, Joe Spinell, horror comics, Portuguese Man O’ War, go see a doctor, Scare-A-Con, James Lorinz, Patty Mullen, Frankenhooker, P.J. Soles, Tony Moran, Halloween, moderating panels, The Dorkening, TVCU, Big Scary Show, Scream Sisters, Radio of Horror, Black Devil Doll, Roar, Miami Connection, I Saw the Devil, The Wailing, The Fly, what makes a body horror film work, Gore Shriek, Rough House Publishing, Buckaroo Banzai, Doctor Strange, The Nice Guys, Drafthouse Films, marketing comics to non comic fans, Bruce Lee, and 70s buddy cop movies.

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With Episode 200 in the books, how do we possibly follow up that huge show? With Episode 201 of Trick or Treat Radio, of course! We’re not alone though, joining us in studio is Sam Furst, the man behind Monsters Are Good. Sam hangs out with us to talk about his awesome online horror shop and helps us review the 2015 flick from Tom Woodruff Jr, Fire City: End of Days. We also run down our upcoming panel schedule at SCARE-A-CON New England, we open some gifts we recently received and we play your voicemails! So grab your Monsters Are Good tote bag, slam evil and strap on!! Stuff we talk about: Art Bradish’s, noir ne'er do wells, The Force Awakens trailer, B’Wana Beast the New 52, I Saw the Devil, Guillermo del Toro, Cabal & Nightbreed, Preacher, trailers on the news, Episode 200, Big Daddy Roth, House of Seven Gables, Captain Hydra, Marz having trouble articulating to artists, the validity of title subtitles, the convention circuit, Count Orlock, Monsters Are Good, contemporary comic writing, Fire City: End of Days, Damnation, Brimfield Flea Market, Chug Jug, Italians in track suits, relevant references, Clive Barker, boners, The Phantom, Elm Street Kids Movie Club, Bite, CDR, Jason vs Horshack, lack of monster movies, Savage Dragon and Invincible, Owl Man, the Boston Punk Rock scene, tote bag, Lords of Salem, Ryan Lee, Marz mixes, Shawn Lewis, Rotten Cotten, The Cove Music Hall, B-Movies & Burgers, The Evil Streaks live, top ten horror of the 80s lists, making art for yourself, Planet of the Apes sequels, The JLI Bwahahaha Podcast, not liking Alkaline Trio, hanging out with Ravenshadow, the cool thing Sam got, Salem in October, Phantom Figures, bat rings, The Shadow film, Evil Presly, The Heroes of Africa, Rob Liefeld, Evil Jarvis, Grayson, and breaking news.

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For our milestone 200th episode of Trick or Treat Radio, we wanted to do something special, something that has never been done before in the history of podcasting. So, for this momentous occasion, we decided to broadcast LIVE from the sun. That's right, the big ball of fire in the sky? Yup we were on it for this one folks (not really, but it felt like it!) Joining us in studio to sweat his ass off is our good buddy and filmmaker Jarret Blinkhorn! We also have an in studio appearance from the insanely talented Kevin Barbare, who comes armed to the teeth with impressions galore! Also joining the fray from a much cooler location via Skype is our brother Tiny Wight with a special appearance from Jim Smith of Teeel! We have a metric crapload of feedback and we discuss all manner of topics in celebration of our 200th show! So grab a slice of cake, double fist your Chug Jugs and strap on a fan, because this one's a scorcher!

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On Episode 199 of Trick or Treat Radio we review Scherzo Diabolico, the latest flick from director Adrián García Bogliano! We believe he's broken record for the director with the most films we’ve covered. We also talk with Micah Wright and Jay Lender, the director's of the first person thriller, They're Watching! The filmmaking duo give us a whirlwind lesson in reality television, independent filmmaking and European history! We also play your voicemail, get into a few arguments and play a new song that brings the house down! So slip into your sexiest tank top, connect to the Romanian internet, and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Duster, Spongebob Squarepants, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Romania’s internet, Moldova, Clue, Stratego, Risk, The Gong Show, They’re Watching, what is and isn’t a board game, Buckaroo Banzai, who wins in a game of Ouija, the best selling movie at Dynamo's, Murder Party, Pirates, MonsterZero’s Freudstein house story, Whilce Portacio, European film financing, trow de rope, Cumberland Farms food, Demons, MonsterZero’s tattoos, actors pretending to be kids, music and found footage movies, Joe Bob Briggs, Scare-A-Con, Batman Begins, drone shots, trying to recapture reality show, "garbage movie" story, the speed of shooting in Romania, internet speeds, Late Phases, first person thriller, not showing your movie too soon, the Chug Jug 2016, house hunting shows, the most secretive industry anyone has ever worked in, the differences between working in an animation studio and independent film, Adrián García Bogliano, the logistics of test screenings, Stormwatch: Team Achilles, CatDog, The Dark Knight, Shudder, We Are Still Here, Suspiria, Board Games, House by the Cemetery, Tex Montana Will Survive, and Here Comes the Devil.

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It’s a hot and steamy night at Castle Wolfenstein and Episode 198 of Trick or Treat Radio brings an interesting film discussion as we review the film High-Rise from director Ben Wheatley, one of our most highly anticipated films of the year! Does it live up to the hype or do we walk away disappointed? We also have an impromptu contest, we play a ton of awesome feedback from YOU and there is even some nudity?! So grab your pasties, discard your pizza bones, and strap on!! Stuff we talk about: What MonsterZero forgot, class struggles, Luke Evans, Motion Picture Meltdown, naked MonsterZero, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Kubrick, the temperature of the studio, Deadpool, MZ’s porn name, Joe Bob Briggs, Commander USA, Boba Jetta, watching Trick or Treat Radio, pizza bones, High-Rise, Snowpiercer, 70s sci-fi, new podcasts, our podcast community, Atomic Age Media, El Goro is smart, Alien acid, Tom Hiddleston’s versatility, Radio Violenta, naming Ravenshadow’s car contest, Phantasm II, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Outside the Cinema, the PunchFarm Podcast, Captain America: Civil War, J.G. Ballard, smoking weed while leaving a voicemail, hanging out with Jakey-Poo in real life, what real carnage looks like, Wes Anderson, Scare-A-Con, Burt Reynolds Ravenshadow, MonsterZero’s hairless body, USA Up All Night, Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, and Schneider-Man.

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On Episode 197 we are joined by our buddy from the future, contributor to Weng’s Chop magazine and a host of the awesome See Hear podcast, it’s Tim from Korea! Tim joins us to review the horror anthology flick, Holidays and we do a Double Tap segment and tell you all about the stuff we’ve been digging! We play tons of your voicemail, answer some questions and talk some music! If that ain’t enough, we have the world premiere of a brand new Deadites song that we did for a cover compilation. So grab your Payday bar, your Cramps CD and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Horrors of Malformed Men, The Tall Man, our political correctness (or lack thereof), Team Cap or Team Iron Man, iodine radiation, Ewoks, VHS box art, Edogawa Rampo, Murder Party, Captain Picard, Hasil Atkins, House of the Devil, Vince from B Movie Cast, why we podcast, 5 star reviews, WKRP in Cincinnati, Dynamo's Blu Ray shelf, Kevin Smith, Excision, Lair of the White Worm, webcams, Alleluia, Jocelin Donahue, Jingle all the Way, Rob Zombie, different taste for different folks, The Cramps, The Damned, VHS cover art, Amon Amarth, Viking metal, Green Room, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Star Trek The Next Generation, Phil Collins, Batman Returns, Captain America: Civil War, Superman and the JLA, Phantasm 2, Patsy’s new gimmick, Payday bars, Netflix’s Daredevil season 2, The Spookies, Elm St. Kids, and Jakey-Poo’s upcoming visit to Necronomicon.

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On Episode 196 of Trick or Treat Radio we are back live in front of a virtual audience! This week, we check out the recent VOD found footage flick, They’re Watching. In addition we connect up with filmmaker Duane Graves! Duane has directed such films as The Wild Man of the Navidad, Butcher Boys and the recent horror western Kill or Be Killed, and we also delve into filmmaking in Austin and we find out about his latest project. We also play an immense amount of feedback from YOU the listeners, spoil a recent film and have several food revelations. So grab a Butterfinger, activate your stretching powers and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Arby’s stands for RB’s?, our first jobs, Duane Graves, Ravenshadow's accent, Patsy’s new angry nerd gimmick, Bone Tomahawk, 1989 Batman, Boggy Creek, Super Mario, The Wild Man of the Navidad, Witches, Maldova, Django Unchained, Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers, bad cgi or retro cgi?, Call of Duty II: Black Ops, Spongebob Squarepants, film school, Cloverfield, house hunting reality shows, the western resurgence, Kill or Be Killed, Up Syndrome, Brian Keene, Hulu, Italian westerns, Kim Henkel, having an off week, Scare-A-Con, Charles B Pierce, Bigfoot films, DJ and cover band filmmaking, the origin of the Butcher Boys, Choke Canyon, Prince, Y2J’s role in taking down the Berlin Wall, Butcher Boys, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Butterfinger, Fantastic 4 movies, Stretch Armstrong, Episode 200, Last Shift, the format of our voicemails, Plastic Man or Elongated Man, Quentin Tarantino, Jarret Blinkhorn, Alien day, They’re Watching, Justin Meeks, the end of a streak, Memorex, how to support the show, Pat Harrington as TVs Schneider, filmmaking in Austin, TX, a metric crapload of feedback, and new show sponsor Hard Dick Liquor.

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