"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from MAGIC". -Arthur C. Clarke

"The only way of discovering the limits of the POSSIBLE is to venture a little way past them into the IMPOSSIBLE". -Arthur C. Clarke

When we watch a movie, or we listen to someone tell a story, we actively allow ourselves to believe in that level of magic.

We want to believe there is still magic in the world.

And, guess what?

There still is.

Join me as I speak with my special guest, Victoria Mavis. Victoria as an internationally renowned magician, author, podcaster and professional wizard who joins me to talk about the connections between horror movies, magic and science technology.

Victoria even gives us a list of her favorite horror movies and how they delve into the world of magic!

Victoria's Website: www.victoria-mavis.com

Victoria's Book- "How Podcasting Can Change Your Life": https://amzn.to/2LtsTlo

Victoria's Podcast, "Pure Mind Magic": https://goldmine-podcasting.com/

I hope you enjoy the show!

My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW!

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ROAD KILLS is a collection of short tales of dark comic horror from the mind of Isaac Thorne. These stories are all connected to travel, to the road. After all, it is always lurking there, quiet and dark, just waiting for you to come out for a drive or a walk or a jog. However you next confront it, the road is already there, plotting.

About the Author:
Isaac Thorne is a nice man who has, over the course of his life,
developed a modest ability to spin a good yarn. Really. He promises.
He also avoids public men's restrooms at all costs. He considers
himself a lover of books, music, movies, and other forms of pop
culture phenomenon. His philosophy on his life is that it's all one
giant experiment.

Just because things might seem normal and ordinary…doesn't mean they really ARE.

Some places, no matter what your eyes tell you, just feel…weird…creepy…uncanny.

Every culture has a haunted place…a haunted house.

And Halloween is the night many of us go out to seek these haunted places!

In this episode I visit some haunts in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Into the Dark's Terror Vault, Mr. Nobody's Mystic Midway, and one of the 10 Most Haunted Places in the World, the Winchester Mystery House!

Happy Halloween!

I hope you enjoy the show!

My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy will be on sale November 26th 2018!

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The '80s were horror movie heaven.

A wild mixture of new technology, misfit filmmakers, obscure distributors, rich dentists trying to find tax shelters, buckets of blood and latex, and home video rental helped usher in one of the most prolific and influential eras in horror film history.

A new documentary in the works, IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS: A JOURNEY INTO ICONIC '80s HORROR, that has the potential to become the definitive look at this wild decade of horror.

Join my guests, Director David Weiner and Executive Producer Robin Block as they discuss their documentary, their passions and what movies they consider their "First Kiss"!

Check out the trailer and more at the In Search of Darkness Kickstarter page: https://kck.st/2pSVNkW 

I hope you enjoy the show!

My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy will be on sale November 26th 2018!

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Movies covered:

Halloween (1978)

American Werewolf in London (1981)

The Thing (1982)

Evil Dead (1981)

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Microwave Massacre (1983)

Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

C.H.U.D. (1984)

Screamers (1981)

Batshit Crazy horror movies are the messy upstarts that couldn't blend into the crowd if they tried.

They may not be for everyone, and they may be far from perfect, and they may never get critical praise, but they are not boring.

They are so out of step with what is popular at the time that they have a timelessness to them.

Because REAL CRAZY never ages.

I hope you enjoy the show!

My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy will be on sale November 26th 2018!

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Movies covered:

Exorcist III (1990)

Terrifier (2017)

Rubber (2010)

Viy (1967)

November (2018)

Mandy (2018)

Welcome to a new installment of HELLBENT FOR HORRIBLE QUESTIONS, a mini-digest of interviews and short discussions!

In ISSUE #2, my guests are the creative team filmmaking team, KEVIN AND JENNIFER SLUDER. 

They have shepherded many independent horror and sci-fi films to  completion and now Kevin has directed his first horror short, HEARTLESS, which is winning awards and rave reviews.

Kevin and Jennifer discuss directing choices, the balance between horror and dark comedy, the philosophy of running a production company, the movies that scared them, and the joys of film festival life.

Jennifer, Kevin, and myself will be at the Women in Horror Film Festival Oct. 4-7, 2018. Enjoy!

https://www.wihff.com/

www.sunshineboyproductions.com

www.heartlessmovie.com

#SayHorror

Madness! Murder! Possession! Vengeful Gods!
With the Ancient Greeks, it was all in the family.
Many Greek Tragedies dealt with anxiety around the fragility of families in a dangerous world.
The most frightening theme was the families destroying themselves from the inside.

What is it in our nature that drives some of us to madness, cruelty and self-destruction?
Just like the Greek Tragedies, some modern horror films ask this question of the audience, and the results can be as upsetting as they can be terrifying.

Join me as I look at horror movies that mix Ancient Greek nihilism and biblical retribution!

I hope you enjoy the show!

My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy will be on sale November 26th 2018!

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Movies and plays covered:

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

My Friend Dahmer (2017) 

Hereditary (2018)

Still/Born (2017)

Greek Tragedies

The Oresita

Oedipus

Medea

The Bacchae

Iphigenia at Aulis

Herekles

Orestes

Hippolytus

Biblical Fugures

Adam and Eve

Cain and Abel

Welcome to a new installment of the "H4H Universe" we call HELLBENT FOR HORRIBLE QUESTIONS, a mini-digest of interviews and short discussions!

In ISSUE #1, my guest is director SIMONE KISIEL, who has made two feature films, "HOUSED" and "BUGS: A TRILOGY."

Simone talks about the joys of Indie Horror Filmmaking, her "First Kiss" with Horror, and her "guilty pleasures." "HOUSED" premieres on Amazon on August 31, 2018, and "BUGS: A TRILOGY" is having its world premiere at the Women in Horror Film Festival October 4-7, 2018! Enjoy!

"HOUSED" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2PViil5

https://www.wihff.com/

http://magicdogproductions.net/

Back when the campfire was the center of the village, the woods were the dark home of dangerous creatures and magical beings. The woods were considered sinister places that epitomized the unknown.

So, it's no surprise that horror films are right at home with the woods!

My guests, Hope Madden and George Wolf from the Fright Club Podcast join me to talk about some of the most interesting horror films that use the woods to explore literal, symbolic and even psychological monsters!

I hope you enjoy the show!

Follow Hope and George on Twitter: @MaddWolf 

Fright Club on Twitter: @FrightClubPod

Listen to Fright Club Here: http://www.goldenspiralmedia.com/fright-club-podcast

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Movies discussed:

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Hallow (2015)

The Ritual (2017)

Antichrist (2009)

Annihilation (2018)

The Witch (2015)

Is the supernatural an aspect of nature we haven't figured out yet? Is magic a concept we use to make sense out of the infinite? What if angels, aliens, and ghosts were all the same thing?

Welcome to the cinematic universe of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. 

These two filmmakers who have been creating some of the most intriguing and thought-provoking horror films of the last decade. Their trilogy of low budget films, Resolution, Spring, and The Endless defy easy classification.

Join me and Bradley J. Kornish and Dan Pullen from the 4 Brains, 1 Movie podcast for an in-depth interview with the creative team of Benson and Moorhead.

I hope you enjoy the show!

Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ

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Movies discussed:

Resolution (2012)

Spring (2014)

The Endless (2017)

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

First Reformed (2017)