Best King S Domain Podcasts (2025)

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Oz, the Great and Powerful 1:29:07

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Send us a text Oz Month continues with a prequel of the Oz mythos...no, not that one, the one directed by Sam Raimi and starring an about to be cancelled James Franco. Join Ellie, Charley, Gillian, and Jas (with a cameo from Roxanne, who longtime listeners might recognize from our Mummy episode!) as we discuss how somehow Disney looked at the succe…

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Phineas & Ferb, S2, E26: "The Wizard of Odd" 45:45

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Send us a text Oz Month has finally begun, and instead of the Yellow Brick Road, Jas, River, and Gillian are taking the Yellow Sidewalk with Phineas and Ferb! Join us as we talk about the quirky joys of this ever memeable cartoon, what makes a good Oz parody, and how Candace is overdue for her Jeanie Bueller arc! The following podcast is for entert…

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V for Vendetta 1:24:02

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Send us a text We do indeed remember, remember the 5th of November...but it has very little to do with the actual Guy Fawkes. Surprise, dear listeners, we have an extra episode, and another wild card wish, this one from Wall Dweller Sam, and we're here to talk about the 2005 V for Vendetta that so angered Alan Moore that he never wanted to work wit…

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Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School 1:09:50

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Send us a text And now for one last Halloween treat for you, dear listeners, our annual Monster Mash episode to start off your Halloweekend right (pay no attention to that defrosting Mariah Carey behind the curtain) with a nostalgic item for your host, Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School! Join Jas, Leif, Gillian, and for the very first time Daelen in e…

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Ghostbusters Afterlife 1:06:23

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Send us a text It's time for yet another Monster Month Wish, this time our very first legasequel, and our very first time discussing the Ghostbusters franchise, which of course has never caused anyone any problems, right? Join Jas, Rhaps, and Wish Guest of Honor DND (and perhaps a surprise cameo for later...) as we discuss the undeniable parallels …

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The Company of Wolves 1:24:12

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Send us a text Monster Month 3: Dream Warriors in the Underworld continues with Amy's wish for us to cover The Company of Wolves. Join her, Jas, Sam, Grady, and Gillian as we journey into the woods (and try to not make too many references to a certain musical) and discuss how this film brings the classic tale back to its metaphorical roots, the goo…

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Castlevania (Seasons 1 & 2) 1:54:37

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Send us a text Monster Month 3 continues with our first of three wishes this month, River tasks us to watch and discuss the first two seasons of the Netflix adaptation of Castlevania! Join them, Jas, Katie, Nick, and Violet on a journey through various attractive characters, monstrous and otherwise, discussing how this show relates to both Bram Sto…

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Pan's Labyrinth 1:09:14

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Once Upon a Time (Season Two) 2:09:38

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Send us a text For our 100th episode (I know right?), the Loom Spectre of ABC's Once Upon a Time returns. The curse may be here on the show, but it's broken in Storybrooke, and that means what was a pretty solid formula is thrown all the way out of whack. Join four people whose brain chemistries were poisoned by this show at a young age, and the on…

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Pride and Prejudice (2005) 1:31:05

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Send us a text Twenty years ago, audiences were enchanted by a new version of Pride and Prejudice from debut director Joe Wright, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew McFayden. Today, Jas, Nick, Charley, Violet, and Ellie discuss how they love this film, most ardently, and what makes this story such a good blueprint from the genre of romance. The f…

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Retelling the News: Interview with Julie Berry, Author of If Looks Could Kill 46:06

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Send us a text One Tuesday, September 16th, If Looks Could Kill, a novel about Jack the Ripper facing Medusa (or rather, many Medusas) hits bookstores, and Jas had the pleasure of speaking with author Julie Berry about what inspired her to have these two titans, one from myth, and one from history, collide, and the themes and messages that both she…

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The Fisher King 1:01:52

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Send us a text We make a proper return with Grady's first wish episode on the 1991 Oscar Winning film The Fisher King. Join Grady, Jas, Leif, and Gillian in our discussion of the sincerity and stylization that makes this fable of friendship, love, and redemption a true wonder, and in crying over how much we all miss Robin Williams. If you haven't s…

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In Each Retake....IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE 40:15

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Send us a text Our IER...IN SPAAAAAAAACE event finally comes to a close, with a combination of space lore and space outtakes. Will Orlok get his special space sunscreen? Will Jas and Iyer finally make it home? And what's up with this crew of space misfits they seem to have acquired in their travels? All this and more amongst outtakes about Star War…

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Treasure Planet 1:35:41

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Send us a text We're taking the helm and charting our own courses through our adventures in space with the unfortunate Disney flop, Treasure Planet. Join Jas, River, Sam, Leif, and Justin as we talk about how unfair it is that a movie this emotionally impactful and beautifully animated only recently began to be seen for the Disney classic it always…

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Forbidden Planet 1:01:30

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Send us a text Our adventures through space continue on with arguably the blueprint of all the other things we've talked about so far, Forbidden Planet. Here, Jas, Grady, and Kyle Kallgren of Brows Held High fame discuss the ways this film was ahead of its time, the ways in which is was, unfortunately, very much of its time, and the ways it has imp…

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: "Lift Us Up Where Suffering Cannot Reach" 1:29:57

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Send us a text We continue our trek through the stars with...well, our very first Star Trek! Ilana has seen fit to use their wild card wish to talk about the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode inspired by Ursula K. LeGuin's short story "Those Who Walk Away From Omelas" with Jas, Beth, and Edric. Join us for a variety of nerdy discussions, be the…

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Lost in Space (1998) 1:21:15

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Send us a text We begin our voyage among the stars with Addie's first wish, in which she has chosen to share with Jas and Sam her favorite flavor of comfort trash, the 1998 Lost in Space, which in itself is an adaptation of the hit TV show, which is itself a science fiction reskin of The Swiss Family Robinson, which is itself a take on Robinson Cru…

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury 1:17:23

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Send us a text Our belated Pride Month celebrations finally come to an end with Ellie's second wish and our very first anime! Join Jas, Ellie, and Addie in discussing all of the twists to Shakespeare's The Tempest can be found in a tale of giant robots, arranged marriages turned to real ones, and the horrors to war! Stay tuned until the end for a s…

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The Grimrose Girls 1:41:16

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Send us a text We're still catching up on Pride Month and somehow that ended up meaning sapphic fairytale themed dark academia...and unfortunately that's not as enjoyable as that sounds. Join Jas, Ellie, Sam, River, and Violet as they discuss how this YA novel by Laura Pohl (please do not take this personally, we know you're on Tumblr) didn't end u…

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The Half of It 1:31:03

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Send us a text Pride Month 3: Let's Go Lesbians Let's Go may have had some slight delays, but here are Jas, Ilana, Conor, and Ellie all the same to talk about one of two Netflix Cyrano de Bergerac adaptations set in high school, The Half of It, where we discuss how painfully relatable both the film and its source material are to our high school exp…

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The Haunting of Bly Manor 1:19:02

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Send us a text Pride Month 3: Let's Go Lesbians, Let's Go continues on with yet another heartbreaking tale of love and loss, this one from the IER Vault! Join Jas, Callie, and Michelle in gushing over the gothic romance excellence that is The Haunting of Bly Manor, discussing how Mike Flanagan completely reinvents the works of Henry James and why w…

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire 1:09:14

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Send us a text Welcome to Pride Month 3: Let's Go Lesbians on In Each Retelling! Jas, Shami, and Ellie journey to the Underworld...or is it 19th century France? In this case, they're arguably on and the same as we discuss Portrait of a Lady On Fire, its Orphic allusions, and what this film represents in terms of queer representation and the solidar…

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Muppet Classic Theatre 1:58:37

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Send us a text After a far too long hiatus, but more importantly, after two years of strikes and Draculas and the trials of the real world, we have made it to our second anniversary of this podcast, and what better way to celebrate than with the direct to video special that inspired the very first promo we ever did for this podcast? Join Jas, River…

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The Incredibly Belated, Overindulgent, Endgame Sized Cast Dracula Weekly Finale 1:44:22

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Send us a text At long last, after months of real world disasters and obligations, and the creators of Dracula Daily even using the title of this segment, we close the book on Dracula Weekly. The following podcast is for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed therein belong only to the speakers. Additionally, this podcast con…

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1:13:05

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Send us a text This week, Jas, River, and Syd try and fail to pretend the topic of this episode wasn't because of yet another Disney remake in theatres, but hey, at least we get to talk about the way the first full length animated Disney fairytale was the blueprint for all that followed it, the classic songs that got so many covers, and the silly s…

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Leprechaun 1:14:24

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Send us a text He's here to cause chaos, choose violence, and shine shoes! For St. Patrick's Day, Jasmine is joined by newcomers Smith and Chandler to talk about the origins of what is inexplicably the most successful Warwick Davis led franchise, Leprechaun, as we discuss the origins of the creature that's essentially the mascot for the holiday, th…

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The Princess and the Frog 2:02:54

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Send us a text For a belated Mardi Gras celebration, Jas, Shami, Charley, Syd, and Regina tackle The Princess and the Frog, and its place as the last 2D animated Disney Princess movie, and more importantly, Tiana's place as the first Black Disney princess. The following podcast is for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed th…

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Bridget Jones' Diary 1:25:17

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Send us a text In Each Retelling belatedly returns with a much belated Valentine's Day episode that was also meant to coincide with the release of the third sequel of this series, Bridget Jones' Diary! Here, Jas, River, Ellie, Shami, and Syd discuss how Bridget Jones is far from the proto feminist icon Lizzie Bennet is, whether or not this is a rem…

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Worlds Elsewhere Theatre Company's Pygmalion 52:41

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Send us a text It's time to shout out our favorite online theatre company/charity with director Sam Marchiony, producer Ilana Greenberg-Sud, and even a special guest appearance from the realms of the public domain! Join host (and leading lady!) Jasmine as they discuss all the ways Shaw's most famous work is tragically relevant to today, the challen…

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In Each Retake: A Salute to All Distractions, But Mostly From the 10 Things I Hate About You Episode 49:34

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Send us a text For reasons that need not be mentioned, I'm sure you folks could use a distraction, so here are some more outtakes where we talk extensively about our high school experiences, Popcorn the Cat, Heath Ledger, and how we're of course all from the Toy Story universe. Enjoy! The following podcast is for entertainment purposes only. The vi…

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In Each Retake: The Much Belated 2024 Holiday Special 23:48

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Send us a text We're well into January, and partially into our hiatus, but who among us hasn't received a belated gift card or something from a distant relative two weeks after Christmas? So this is just like that! Enjoy this year's holiday themed outtakes special! The following podcast is for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions exp…

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Retelling the News: Public Domain Day 2025 44:50

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Send us a text This week we're hesitant to celebrate the new year, but Jas, River, Shami, and Justin can at least celebrate all the new works in the public domain now! Which offbeat personal interests are now eligible for this podcast? How many of these have slashers in the works as we speak? What will Justin's plug be this time? All this and more …

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Full Court Miracle 57:40

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Send us a text Happy New Year, and happy belated Hanukkah, this year we close out our holiday festivities with the "Hanukkah basketball movie" that Disney Channel made, and really wanted to portray as a modernized version of the story of Hanukkah, in spite of it also being based on the life of Lamont Carr. It's about as silly as it sounds, and who …

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IER Spends Christmas in the Twilight Zone: The Night(s) of the Meek 1:05:02

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Send us a text In honor of the Christmas season and Rod Serling's birthday, we discuss "Night of the Meek", the Twilight Zone Christmas special so nice they did it twice! Join Jas, Charley, Shami, Grady, and Justin discuss the value of the idea of Santa Claus and how it's perfectly encapsulated in this story of an kind, alcoholic department store S…

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Nosferatu: A Symphony in Horror 1:03:55

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Send us a text For reasons that totally only have to do with the upcoming remake, we're taking a detour in our holiday festivities to discuss the oldest film on our docket yet, Nosferatu: A Symphony in Horror! Join Jas, Shami, Conor, and Justin in discussing how shockingly well this film from the medium's infancy holds up, and how influential it is…

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How the Grunkle Stole Chanukkah/Interview with Mystery Shack Lookback's Charley Marlowe and Ella Cesari 1:22:15

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Send us a text Hanukkah's arrived a little early on In Each Retelling, just in time for the 10th anniversary of the first fan episode of Gravity Falls, and the collaboration of our guests, Charley Marlowe and Ella Cesari, hosts of Mystery Shack Lookback! Join us as they discuss the various inspirations that went into this delightful 15 minute fanwo…

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In Our Retellings: The Nightmare Before a Very Austen Christmas 59:07

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Send us a text It is a truth universally acknowledged that it is Jane Austen's birthday today, so what better way to celebrate than to discuss different ways to bring the holiday spirit into her tales...which in two of these pitches' cases, we mean literally! Surprisingly we have a number of spooky Christmas pitches here, from an absolutely bugnuts…

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Carol 59:46

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Send us a text Harold? They're lesbians. What better time than the holiday season for us to get another wish, this time another wild card wish from Ellie, and what other wish could Ellie have given us but the 2015 queer cinema Christmas classic, Carol, the sole film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel (though not for lack of trying by 1950s Ho…

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Wicked: The Musical 2:01:44

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Send us a text At long last, we've reached the Emerald City of our exploration of the Oz mythos with the musical that made your hostess about 25-50% of who fae are today, Wicked: The Musical, the blockbuster musical that has been astounding audiences for 20 years, and is now being made into a duology of films. Join Jas, River, Callie, and Sam as we…

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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West 1:56:22

12M ago1:56:22

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Send us a text As moviegoing audiences defy gravity with Wicked: Part One, we at In Each Retelling must explore how we got the beloved musical that's sweeping the nation...including going back to the novel written by Gregory Maguire in the 90s that our hostess has...complicated feelings about that faer going to need her friends Adele and Amy to hel…

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Return to Oz 1:24:42

1y ago1:24:42

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Send us a text The yellow brick road is looking a little worse for wear in this entry of Oz Month, where Jas must finally tackle the infamous flop that traumatized even the hardy Gen X kids, Return to Oz...but is it really as awful as its reputation, or is this a hidden gem of whimsigoth goodness that deserves more love? Join Jas with Return to Oz …

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The Wizard of Oz (1939) 1:35:46

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Send us a text In honor of a certain film coming in through the Western sky, the IER gang is heading over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road, and where else could we start than the technical, artistic marvel that was the 1939 film starring Judy Garland. Join Jas, River, Addie, Leif, and Matt in discussing all the ways this movie is a little…

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Dracula Weekly #18: Impersonation and Book Stealing on the Orient Express 40:08

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Send us a text Dracula Weekly finally returns (ironically after a Monster Month length hiatus, oops), and all is not right in both the novel AND among our intrepid heroines, as someone has replaced a member of our group, and another someone intends to steal that someone's copy of Dracula Daily! Which is at least more cheerful than Mina losing her w…

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Van Helsing 1:45:19

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Send us a text We wrap up Monster Month 2: The Dead are Rising with our Halloween Monster Mash episode (shhhh it's still technically Spooky Weekend, let us have this), and what else COULD we pick for that in strike free times but 2004's Van Helsing, which much like The Mummy (2017) is a much maligned attempt to reboot the Universal Monsters...but i…

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The Phantom of the Opera (1989) 1:11:39

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Send us a text Monster Month continues with Sam Marchiony's birthday wish for us to discuss the 1989 adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera, starring Robert Englund, and unfairly considered to be an attempt to make a Nightmare on Elm Street style Phantom, which is likely why it didn't get the credit it deserves. Join Jas, Sam, and Callie as we reli…

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Interview About The Vamp(i)(y)re with Worlds Elsewhere Theatre Company's Ilana Greenberg-Sud! 39:09

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Send us a text Trick or Treat comes early this year, dear listeners, with another IER/WETC collaboration as Jas discusses Ilana's upcoming adaptation of the JR Planche's theatrical adaptation of Polidori's The Vampyre! Here we talk about one of the lesser known early vampires, and how Worlds Elsewhere plans to put its own Worlds Elsewhere spin on t…

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Shaun of the Dead 1:35:15

1y ago1:35:15

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Send us a text Time for the most dead risingest entry in Monster Month 2: The Dead Are Rising, with the now 20 year old comedy classic, Shaun of the Dead, a deconstruction/parody of zombie films in general, and therefore borrows a lot from Night of the Living Dead. If you're here, you already know how hilarious this movie is...but have you ever con…

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Lisa Frankenstein 1:32:57

1y ago1:32:57

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Send us a text Monster Month 2: The Dead Are Rising continues with giggling slumber party energy as Jas, River, Callie, Kyle, and Charley all discuss the rare instant cult classic, Lisa Frankenstein, and how it's a more faithful adaptation of the original novel than even the host initially thought, how it also replicates the dynamic of Mary and Per…

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The Mummy (2017) 1:28:47

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Send us a text Welcome to Monster Month 2: The Dead are Rising, and a new world of gods and monsters! For our very first wish episode, as requested by Callie, we are beginning October with a discussion of the much reviled Tom Cruise vehicle disguised as what could've started the Dark Universe franchise, The Mummy (2017). Join Jas, Callie, and newco…

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Dracula Weekly #17: Dracula Would Have Gotten Away With It If It Wasn't For That Meddling Polycule and Their Rat Catching Dogs! 48:58

1y ago48:58

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Send us a text This week was 90 pages long and very heavy in terms of subject matter. On the one hand, all of the people who want to fight Dracula for Lucy's memory are getting together. On the other hand, Renfield finally gets some depth just before his death and Mina is Dracula's next victim... The following podcast is for entertainment purposes …