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On Episode 189 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by the host of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, and Dynamo’s tag team partner, El Goro! It’s creature double feature week, but this time with a twist! First up we review the dark western, Kill or Be Killed! We then do our part in the Grand Guignol Network/HorrorPack crossover event as we take a look at the cult classic, The Dead Hate the Living! There is some feedback, some recommendations and a dramatic heel turn! So grab your Puppet Master dolls in one hand and your six shooter in the other and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Putting tons of references in your script, Takashi Miike, Savage Worlds, Fuller House, Pump Up the Volume, The Deadites in the studio, Full Moon, The Rybeck, MonsterZero flirting techniques, Masters of Horror, Kill or Be Killed, Charles Band, Butcher Boys, our favorite westerns, The Dead Hate the Living, Lucha Underground, film budgets, Bone Tomahawk, long distance dedication to the devil, Puppet Master comic, where Rocky lives, the budget of westerns, Michael Berryman, Brian Keene, getting performances on a budget, Victor Frankenstein, RPG groups, El Goro’s sacrifice, Axel Braun, Barbara Broadcast, Dr. Reanimator, The Independents, horror punk bands, Radu and Subspecies, WKRP, 90s nostalgia, Tarantino, Hills Run Red, Dave Parker, Jakey’s heel turn, Dynamo’s cancer procedure, John Carpenter, Lahpin’, Pathfinder, are there Denny’s in Ohio?, Boston style, USA vs the rest of the cinematic world, Iron Sheik’s letter to Gawker on behalf of Hulk Hogan, Cut-Throats Nine, CHIKARA’s Tag World Grand Prix, and playing bass like Hank McCoy.

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On Episode 188, the Blind Wolf crashes Trick or Treat Radio! Our buddy and one of our favorite filmmakers, Kurando Mitsutake joins us to discuss his films; Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf, Gun Woman, and the upcoming Karate Kill! We also veer off into other avenues such as David Bowie, East meets West, favorite filmmakers and much more! Our featured film review is the 2016 theatrical release The Witch, we get tons of voicemail from our listeners and we announce the winners for three contests! So pet Black Phillip, grab your samurai sword, and strap on! Stuff we talk about: The pros and cons of starring in your own movie, faith and fear in the puritan era, disappointing endings to trilogies, MonsterZero’s article, Asami, The Raid films, Dynamo and Ravenshadow’s politics, Patsy Rahall and Three Headed Shark Attack, #topless4marz, witch paranoia, Episode 64 of Unchayned, not knowing what day it is, knowing Ryan Gosling, the surprise of movies being in theaters, our love of Japan, The Witch, Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf, feminism in a patriarchal time, parking in the city, Kurando Mitsutake, El Goro stopping a mugging, voting, film goers being programmed, MonsterZero’s perception of modern horror cinema, Manga, Japanese Wrestling, corn, Scully, not watching the movies, Hayate, Red Fox, The Academy Awards, mispronunciation of names, Roger Lavallee, being overwhelmed by people's kindness and talent, Dynamo’s new shirt, not following the directions, Uncle Paulie and the Ryback, House 8 of The Elm St. Kids, Dynamo writing the foreword of the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia, the Massachusetts Primary, MonsterZero’s acting, new studio chair and the shitty chair, MZ on his phone, Porkins trilogy, Sanford and Son, Back to the Future 3, Gun Women, making the top 13 of 2015 list, Heroes, not speaking the native language, David Bowie, and Monsters Don’t Get To Cry.

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On Episode 187 of Trick or Treat Radio we speak with Bennett Jones, the creative force behind the indie comedy, I Am A Knife With Legs. Bennett touches on a multitude of topics from visiting the louvre to stand up comedy to getting a rejection letter from Cannes and we even get a cameo from Beefy and Bene! Our featured film review is the fucked up fairy tale, Nina Forever from the Blaine Brothers. We also play your voicemails, explain to Ravenshadow why he can’t wear a green shirt when filming promos and we announce a big guest for next week’s show! So grab a clean pair of sheets, a chocolate eclair and strap on! Stuff we talk about: The Crow, The Shining, Gun Woman, eclairs, the stunt juice, how green screens work, The Babadook, Hellraiser, subtext or the lackthereof, Fleetwood Mac, "this eclair is weird", Flight of the Conchords, France, what German audiences think is funny, I Am A Knife With Legs, how we know Professor Jay, Nina Forever, Unchayned film rating system, the tuck dance, Kurando Mitsutake, Boston Underground Film Fest, Shower with Your Dad Simulator 2015, el Santo, Ravendad, the difference between writing comedy for film vs live performance, trash buckets, adding z's to words, poster tubes, Popsicle Simulator, Hero Movie Podcast, Kaijumax, Cult of Muscle, Brattle Theater, terrorism, therapy through filmmaking, Final Cut Pro, Elm St. Kids Movie Club, Dan O’Bannon, Dellamorte Dellamore, Karate Kill, The Witch, visiting the Louvre and not seeing the art, Dynamo suffocating himself, being a projectionist, Starship Video and having to reside the studio for Ravenshadow's new headphones.

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Our guest co-host on Episode 186 of Trick or Treat Radio is none other than Stephanie Wiley from The Elm Street Kid's Movie Club podcast! Stephanie joins us to review the horror anthology flick, Southbound and to speak with Cody Meirick, the producer of an upcoming documentary about the controversial children’s book, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! We get a metric crapload of feedback, MZ pays up on a debt, Dynamo has a serious announcement and we announce another contest! So dial 9-1-1, grab your barf bag, and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Children's literacy, Southbound, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the FIB, The Signal, Talk Without Rhythm Episode #307, cock rings, MonsterZero’s fatality, the appropriate amount of lorazepam, the tuck video, Bob Seger, Gore Shriek, baby nipples, Grindhouse Releasing, Valentine's Day, The Chayn Gang, MZ showing up naked, the kiiiid Tim Nice, the most controversial children's book, Guillermo del Toro, Creepshow, MZs nipples, Paul L Smith, Stephen Gammell, Dynamo’s friends scaring each other, Alvin Schwartz, I Am A Knife With Legs, Larry Fessenden, wars and conflicts, Buffalo Bill, Goodbye Horses, the shocker under the stairs, Cult of Muscle love, The Loved Ones, Lesson of the Evil, Versus, naming your nipples, Radio Silence, wraiths, purgatory and limbo, Devil’s Due, V/H/S, living the 70s pro wrestler lifestyle, Wicker Man, Oldboy, Soda Stream, Silence of the Lambs, Bennett Jones, Nina Forever, and bologna gumdrops.

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Episode 185 of Trick or Treat Radio is jam packed! First up, our in studio guest is our good buddy Derek Rook of Rough House Publishing. Then we have a rare media appearance by the godfather of FantaCo comics and the creator of Gore Shriek, Tom Skulan! This discussion covers everything from the origin right up to the 30th Anniversary revival and the Kickstarter campaign to bring Gore Shriek back! If all that wasn’t awesome enough for you, we have the world premiere of the horror surf superstars, Genki Genki Panic's new jam "Two Girls, One Coffin!” All that and we review the Belgian flick, Alleluia and play a ton of amazing voicemails and feedback from you guys! So grab an issue of Gore Shriek, fix your rabbit ears, and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Trick or Treat Radio record-breaking Alex de Campi, the Alien franchise, Shout Factory’s Image Comics documentary, what political party dynamo registered for, unboxing videos, The Spice Channel, Student Bodies, Cody Meirick, Stan Lee, “Two Girls, One Coffin”, The Lonely Hearts Killers, Night of the Living Dead London, Cub, Avatar Press, Gore Shriek, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, Southbound, Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, remake vs sequel, Tom Skulan, Jerry Ordway, Greg Pulido, censorship in the 80s, Faces of Death, Bruce Spaulding Fuller, radioactive animal comics of the 80s, redundant film writing, Bub the zombie origin book, Putrid, Malbert, Metallica, We Are Still Here, The Hills Have Eyes, Alleluia, The Thing, Dawn of the Dead remake, Batman v Superman, Derek Rook, Greg Capullo, the ginormous raffle, stirring the sauce, Semiautomagic, Der Samurai, Cult of Muscle, onesies, Tim Nice intro, The Ghastly Ones, onesies, MonstersZero’s impressions, Dick Grayson, Bone Sickness, WWE Hall of Famer Donald Trump, what the director of Bone Tomahawk had to say about the director of Fetus, MonsterZero’s HorrorHound article, DVDs not fitting on Blu Ray shelves, 90s Image characters with star in their name, Dynamo’s AM radio days, French directors working on American films, Inside, Rock n Roll comics, Halloween, what Derek wishes they had left out of Alien Resurrection, Pat Patterson, black and white comic revolution of the mid 80's, Tiny Wight’s cooking prowess and the Derek Rook sketch giveaway!

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What a week! We are joined by Wendi Freeman, the host of the awesome podcasts; Double Page Spread and the Trashy Trio! After making her sit through dreck last time, we let her pick our movie this week and she selected the bizarre French flick Sheitan! Then Marz and Wendi team up to give their Top 13 comic books of 2015! If that wasn't enough for you, we have a visit from the current boss of horror comics, Alex de Campi to get the 411 on her new Kickstarter campaign. So grab your Sisters of Mercy record, jump in the hot spring, and strap on! Stuff we talk about: Tweaking 70's characters too much, Black, Sisters of Mercy, Fetus shirts, Felt, Vincent Cassel, Kaiju rape, ONI Press, Manhunter, donuts, Metallica, Dynamo's biopsy, Dick Grayson style, Alan Moore, the importance Kickstarter videos, Derek Rook, Kurando, Alex de Campi, Double Page Spread, OTC 800, Def Leppard tickets, 90's music and comics, SemiAutoMagic, Gore Shriek, people who write outrageous violent things being really nice people, Ravenshadow not watching the movies, Ultimate Warrior, Adam from the Hero Movie Podcast, Irreversible, Disney Star Wars Races, Power Man and Iron Fist, comic book love triangles, Daemon Familiar, Shudder and not being able to work it, Ask Dr. Avalanche, Smoke/Ashes, working around your artists, the famous Bigfoot pose, Johnny being loud, Knock Knock, Kickstarter rewards, Jerry Ordway, Dark Horse Comics, Grindhouses comics, Scalped, managing Kickstarter, profile reviews, Sassy FAQs, getting paid in opportunity and exposure, Archie vs Predator, Jimmy the Lock, The Witch, Frontiers, how horny do you have to be?, Midnighter and Master of Puppets. Check out Wendi's Shows: http://www.cslumberparty.libsyn.com http://trashytrio.libsyn.com Alex de Campi's Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/563903391/semiautomagic-horror-by-alex-de-campi-jerry-ordway

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On Episode 183 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined in studio by our good buddy, Joshua Gravel of The Arkham Film Society to review the acclaimed Austrian flick, Goodnight Mommy. Then we have a super awesome, inspiring discussion with Ted Geoghegan, the director of We Are Still Here which was one of our favorite horror flicks of 2015. We also talk superhero flicks, indie horror and play YOUR voicemails- including one that almost killed the entire show. So shoot in the daylight, remove your bandages and strap on! Topics discussed: We Are Still Here, Goodnight Mommy, Austria vs. German, releasing films in 2015, Batman v Superman, comic movies, Ted Geoghegan, MonsterZero in court, Jesus Christ is right, House By the Cemetery, Dynamo's health, Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, Ravenshadow's incredibly offensive generalization about Western European people, the politics of watching trailers, Lalo Schifrin’s unused Exorcist score, Deathgasm, Gorgon Video, Kurando Mitsutake, Joe Dicanio, Gun Woman, Black Christmas remake vs the original, pony tail length, ultrasound biopsies, worthy of VHS, Wendi Freeman, Sheitan, Faculty of Horror, not spoiling films, Chocolate Sheik, Royal Rumble, Dark Sky Films, tax credits, Josh’s 35mm euro film collection, Larry Fessenden, Mickey Keating, Ti West, House of the Devil, Glass Eye Pix, Barbara Crampton and up and coming indie horror filmmakers.

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Episode 182 of Trick or Treat Radio is host to an international incident! We take you from Necronomicon, MA to Kent, OH to Tokyo, Japan to Seoul, Korea and back! We are joined by the mighty El Goro from the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast and Tim from Korea from the See Hear Podcast to review the Takashi Miike flick, As the Gods Will. We also bring back the Trick or Treat Battle Royale segment to discuss New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 10! So pack your Daruma doll, your Bruiser Brody chain and strap on! Topics discussed: Takashi Miike, Iron Mike Sharpe, taping yourself eating, Showry, Danzig 3, cut and paste, until the end of the world, Blowfly, The Faculty of Horror, Film for Thought Podcast, Mott the Hoople, Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Shinsuke Nakamura, England, fat kid eating pancakes, As the Gods Will, Samurai flicks, Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom, Happiness of the Katakuris and the Quiet Family, CGI, Daruma Doll, AJ Styles, Yokai, Circle, Full Metal Yakuza, Dynamo's sickly complexion, War of the Gargantuas, Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Weng’s Chop and Monster, Ravenshadow’s text, Ichi the Killer, Gozu, 13 Assassins, Excision, The Elm St. Kids Movie Club, Lucha Underground and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.

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On Episode 181 of Trick or Treat Radio we have a super fun discussion with up and coming comic book artist, Irene Koh! Irene discusses some of the high profile projects she’s already worked on, and what is on her horizon. She talks about which comic book character she’d like to redesign and the answer almost creates a divorce! We also review the sci-fi thriller from director Mickey Keating, Pod and play your voicemails! So grab your favorite back issues, a plate of cocaine and strap on! Topics discussed: David Bowie, Pod, breaking into comics, yelling, Juliette Lewis, El Goro, TMNT fans, great monster effects, ninjas, Darling, Mike Allred, Sensation Comics #13 featuring Wonder Woman, Phantasm 5: Ravager, DC Direct figures, Batgirl, Alan Two-dick, Larry Fessenden, As the Gods Will, dead comic book characters, Glass Eye Pix, karaoke, Judo, thoughtfully shot films, Kieron Gillen, 1602: Witch Hunter Angela, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Ritual, Oni Press, Wrestle Kingdom 10, X-Files, working with pants on, Sailor Moon, Emo, Kaare Andrews, the Tall Man, Tony Timpone, the art of credits, redesigning classic characters, Angus Scrimm, Blue Beetle, IDW, Takashi Miike, hip hop karaoke, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Big Barda, Webtoons, Stela, Casey Jones, the music of Scarlett Johansson, Ron Wimberly, Tim from Korea, Optibotimus, Booster Gold, Emo Philips, The Elm St. Kids Movie Club, Double Double, and digital art.

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Fresh off their 100th episode extravaganza, the boys from The Cult of Muscle appear on Episode 180 of Trick or Treat Radio to discuss the lions run amok film, Roar! The behind the scenes stories are even more insane than the movie, which is saying something! We also name the winners of our Ginormous Raffle Giveaway, talk about some nerdy current events and play your voicemail! So grab your power ring of choice, your Emo Philips shirt and strap on! Topics discussed: Brian Paulin's editing skills, Tom C's gift, pony nubs and man buns, Emo Philips, Return of the Jedi, Roar, elephants are dicks, found footage, Goodnight Mommy, Disney movies, lion training, Tippi Hedren and her career trajectory, crazy rich people, Godzilla vs The Smog Monster, The Exorcist, Manos, Sammy Hagar, Nathan Cotton Coy Vance Duke, Cult of Muscle 100, morbid curiosity films, Zack Carlson, Jabba the Hutt, Dario Argento, Entenmann's donuts, Bolo Yeung, MZ And Wolfie’s pony tails, The ChaynGang, Tom C and Fabio Freezy, Tony Atlas, Bolo Yeung’s death cuddles, fear of Myra winning, Dog Soldiers, Ravenshadow working out, Robot Jox, Tiny Wight’s generosity, Chris McGibbons, Joe Dicanio giving Dynamo a hard time, to get married or not get married, Blood Pigs, Dynamo's bad impersonations, Salo & Cannibal, Jan de Bont, the injuries of Roar, the logistics of male cats and Shinsuke Nakamura.

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