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We celebrate one of Tab's favorite Halloween traditions with Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree and the 1993 animated adaptation! Sources: The Legend of Disney's Halloween Tree, D23 (Official Disney Fan Club)

We travel to Count Orlok's castle to dine with the OG film vampire! We watched F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu and Shadow of the Vampire! Sources: Nosferatu (1922) Drakula halala Dracula and the Gothic in Literature, Pop Culture, and the Arts edited by Isabel Ermida, pg 139 Writing the Horror Movie by Marc Blake and Sara Bailey "Dracula vs. Nosferatu: A True Copyright Horror Story" by Jonathan Bailey, Plagiarism Today Clips from Horror Europa, hosted by Mark Gattis   Shadow of the Vampire (2000) “E. Elias Merhige’s Shadow of the Vampire", Filmmaker Magazine

We kick off our October programming with a look at two allegedly family-friendly favorites ... featuring women who want to eat children.  We watched The Witches and Hocus Pocus!   Sources: The Witches: www.roalddahl.com "Gobsmacked!: Memories of Editing The Witches" by Stephen Roxburgh "20 Banned Books That May Surprise You" by Molly Driscoll, The Christian Science Monitor "In Which Consider the Macabre Unpleasantness of Roald Dahl" by Alex Carnevale. This Recording "Bewitched, Bothered, Buried Under Latex" by John M. Wilson, Los Angeles Times "There's Nothing Better Than Making Children Scream" by Kirsten Tranter, The Sydney Morning Herald "11/19/1988 - Screen Witches in London - test with audiences - Pinewood - Give notes to Trim Down" Jim's Red Book, jimhenson.com "The Fantastically Adaptable Mr. Dahl" by David Gritten, The Telegraph   Hocus Pocus: "The Magical Tale of How Hocus Pocus Went From Box-Office Flop to Halloween Favorite" by Jen Chaney, Yahoo Movies "Hocus Pocus Turns 25" by Leanne Aguilera, Ent

We discuss our 2018 Monster Kid Marathon lists and pick favorites from yours!

Godzilla Level patron Frank brings us a double feature of horror films helmed by directors of Iranian heritage.  We watched A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and Under the Shadow! Sources: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) "Behind the Scenes of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Part 1)", Vice "Behind the Scenes of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Part 2)", Vice   Under the Shadow (2017) "Under the Shadow: the films that influenced this creepy Iranian horror" by Samuel Wigley, BFI

Godzilla level patron Mad Max takes us out into the elements to suffer the horrors of nature, with Adam Green's Frozen and the Australian horror film Black Water! Sources: Frozen (2010) "Director’s Cut: Adam Green Reveals the Inspirations Behind Frozen", Complex "Frozen Director Adam Green Unthaws" by Alex Nunnelly, from The Harvard Crimson "The Real Life Frozen: Woman Stranded on Ski Lift for Five Hours" by Amanda Tullos, The 13th Floor   Black Water (2008) "The Night of the Hunter" by Barbara McMahon, The Guardian "Andrew Traucki Goes Deep into Black Water" by Brian Gallagher, Movie Web   You may notice that we didn't announce what we're doing next week.  Originally, we had recorded an episode with Ryan S. (@thegiantbewithu), but his audio got corrupted and we are still working on repairing, so we had to pull an audible.  Next week, we'll be doing Frank's episode on Iranian Horror, featuring A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night and Under the Shadow!

Godzilla level patron Fred sings us a song of horror with Repo! The Genetic Opera and Sweeney Todd! Sources Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) "Repo! The Genetic Opera is a gory, disturbing, awful musical that defied all the odds" by Julia Alexander, Polygon   Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) "The story behind the legend of Sweeney Todd" by LM Jackson, Timeout "Penny Dreadful: From True Crime to Fiction" PBS "Tim Burton's Slasher Film" by Paul Brownfield, Los Angeles Times "Sweeney Todd: Inside a Cutting-Edge Musical" by Steve Daly, Entertainment Weekly "Demon Barber, Meat Pies and All, Sings on Screen" by Sylviane Gold

Tommy gives a devil of a time with this week's episode! We look at two AWESOME films from 1975 about Satanic cults - Race With the Devil and The Devil's Rain! Satanic Panic: "The History of the Satanic Panic in the US - And Why it's Not Over Yet" by Aja Romano, Vox Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s by Kier La-Janisse Race With the Devil: "The Gist - Race With the Devil (1975)" by Jeff Stafford, TCM The Devil's Rain: "The Devil's Rain: One of the Strangest Horror Movies of All Time" by Jim Knipfel

Shin Godzilla level patron Mando (from Thematic Elements!) joins us to talk about two of his favorite 90s creature features - Anaconda and Deep Rising! We had a great time with Mando and really unearthed some of the deeper themes of these movies.  Are all snakes in love with JLo?  Is the Converse/sock combination the worst footwear choice for a boat?  What was Roger Ebert's criteria for determining whether a giant monster movie is good or bad in the 90s?  Listen to find out! Anaconda (1997) Sources "Anaconda (1997)", And You Call Yourself a Scientist?   Deep Rising (1998) Sources: "Deep Rising (1998)" by Tim Brayton, Alternate Ending   Find Armando Online: @blinkbomber - Twitter & Instagram Thematic Elements @themelementspod - Twitter facebook.com/themelementspod - Facebook Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Music!

Shin Godzilla patron Casey joins us to talk about 90s slashers - Scream (one of her favorite films) and Urban Legend (a guilty pleasure clearly inspired by Craven's film)!

Godzilla level patron Andrea brings us into the world of modern horrors with two fantastic indie horror films - The Void and Richard Bates, Jr's Trash Fire!

Join us for the thrilling conclusion to our mega horror anthology episode with James! We're talking about the classic collaboration between George Romero, Stephen King, and Tom Savini - Creepshow! Sources: Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow (documentary)

We're joined by James, a true Monster Kid and a good friend of Jacob's, for our new episode category Tales of Horror!  In his frightfully fiendish episode, we'll be talking about the 1975 Amicus film Tales From the Crypt! Sources: "Blood and Gutsiness" by Will Hodgkinson, The Guardian

In our latest Patreon Pick, Pax Church invites us to stay at The Overlook Hotel.  We watched one of his all-time favorites The Shining and explored the theories of Room 237! Sources: The Shining (1980) "25 Things You Might Not Know About The Shining" by Meredith Danko, Mental Floss "Read the Alternative Phrases to 'All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy' Stanley Kubrick Considered for The Shining by Christopher Hooton, Independent "How We Made Stanley Kubrick's The Shining" by Jan Harlan, The Guardian Behind the Scenes of The Shining, short documentary by Vivian Kubrick.

It's the holiday season!  (Okay, we're a little early...) We're bringing you two Christmas horror classics in the hottest month of the year! The Bob Clark classic Black Christmas and controversial slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night are sure to make you wish for snow, twinkling Christmas lights, and ... deranged Santas! Sources: "Black Christmas: The Groundbreaking 1974 Slasher Film That Paved the Way for Halloween" by Bart Bealmear, Dangerous Minds "Black Christmas is Way More than Just a Slasher" by Cheryl Eddy, iO9 "Black Christmas Reminds Us that Nothing is Sacred" by Zack Handlen, AV Club   "Silent Night Deadly Night is the Most Feel-Bad Christmas Movie Ever" by Kyle Anderson, Nerdist "Slasher Santa: When Milwaukee Came Out to Protest" by Chris Foran, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (documentary)

The guys from Random Movie Roulette - Louis, Mike, and Jack - bring us an accidental joint Ghost Host Sanctum with Kuroneko and Green Room!   Check out our guest episode on RMR and go listen to their FANTASTIC show, if you haven't already! On Twitter - @RMRoulette On Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RMRoulette/ Jack - @JspJack Louis - @LouisOreo Read Louis's work on Heroic Hollywood: https://heroichollywood.com/author/louis-otero/ Mike - @RMRCyborgMike Read Mike's work on Before the Cyborgs: http://beforethecyborgs.com/author/mikepisacano/

Shin Godzilla patron Dean haunts our dreams with this double feature of The Woman in Black - both the 1989 BBC version and the 2012 theatrically released remake! Sources: "Why I love ... The Woman in Black" by Lisa Kerrigan, BFI Film Forever  

Godzilla level patron James D. tickles our funny bones with two classic splatstick horror comedies - Evil Dead II and Braindead! Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn (1987) Commentary The Gore the Merrier (behind the scenes featurette)  

It is the kindest of actions to wish someone a happy birthday and our listeners came through in spades. Truly.

Not quite a Monster Kid Mailbag, more of a Monster Kid Grab Bag! We've got schedule updates, a Frankenberry review, your favorite Universal Monsters, and an episode of Jacob's fantastic solo podcast Evangelion: A Commentary!