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Classic ConversationsTV's Michael Gray says Shazam!Join Michael Gray, the beloved star of Shazam!, in a captivating conversation as he unveils the secrets of his iconic role as Billy Batson. From working with legendary co-stars like Les Tremayne, John Davey, and Jackson Bostwick to sharing thrilling stories about guest stars such as JoAnna Cameron and Jackie Earle Haley, this conversation is a nostalgic journey into the world of the beloved Saturday morning TV show. My guest, Michael Gray, and I discuss: Michael Gray's thrilling surprise cameo in "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" Unforgettable moments with Zachary Levi on the set o...2023-07-0344 min
H. P. Lovecast PodcastEp 56 - 2022 Recap, Podcast News, Upcoming ProjectsIn this episode of H. P. Lovecast, Michele Brittany and Nicholas Diak recap 2022 and talk about news and upcoming projects. Episode edited by: Michele BrittanyThumbnail photo by: Michele BrittanyIntro/Outro Music: "Azathoth" by Philippe Gerber / John 3:16 (Bandcamp page). H. P. Lovecast Logo: Philip YountItems Discuss in this EpisodeCoKoCon 2023Covenstead Podcast (Dannie DeLisle)Dead Ringers Podcast (Artist Philip Yount is a co-host)Fan2Fan PodcastGalactic Terrors 2022-10 (Michael Arnzen, Michele Brittany, and S...2023-01-1559 min
A Novel EveningA Novel Evening with Joanna QuinnDannie is joined by the incredible Joanna Quinn, whose debut novel The Whalebone Theatre has been making waves - even being chosen for the Queen Consort's book club, and for good reason! Together they wax lyrical about their home county of Dorset, and dive into Joanna's perfect fantasy fictional evening!You can nab yourself a copy of The Whalebone Theatre here: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn | WaterstonesFind Joanna on Instagram here: Joanna Quinn (@joannabquinn) • Instagram photos and videos Become a Novel Listener over at: https://plus.acast.com/s/a...2023-01-0824 min
Tell Us What's in The BoxEp 46 Circuses (Nightmare Alley)Settle in with your circus, cons, and cotton candy and and listen as we unbox the 2021 movie Nightmare Alley. The movies is directed by Guillermo del Tor and stars Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, and Toni Collette
From YouTube: In 1940s New York, down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle endears himself to a clairvoyant and her mentalist husband at a traveling carnival. Using newly acquired knowledge, Carlisle crafts a golden ticket to success by swindling the elite and wealthy. Hoping for a big score, he soon hatches a scheme to con a dangerous tycoon with help from a mysterious...2022-07-261h 09Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 45 (Martha Is Dead)Settle in with your twins, identity, Italians and and listen as we unbox the 2022 video game Martha Is Dead.
From Steam: Martha Is Dead is a dark first-person psychological thriller, set in 1944 Italy, that blurs the lines between reality, superstition and the tragedy of war.
Theme: Funny Villain by Peter McIsaac Music from Premium Beat
Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
2022-05-171h 09Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 44 Sharks (Sky Sharks)Settle in with your nazis, sharks, and random nudity and listen as we unbox the 2021 movie Sky Sharks.
From IMDb: Deep in the ice of the antarctic, a team of geologists uncover an old nazi.
Theme: Funny Villain by Peter McIsaac Music from Premium Beat
Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
2022-05-0357 minTell Us What's in The BoxEp 43 Suburbanites (Good Neighbors)Settle in with your block parties, passive-aggressive behavior, and sinkholes and listen as we unbox Good Neighbors the 2021 novel by Sarah Langan.
From Goodreads: Celeste Ng’s enthralling dissection of suburbia meets Shirley Jackson’s creeping dread in this propulsive literary noir, when a sudden tragedy exposes the depths of deception and damage in a Long Island suburb—pitting neighbor against neighbor and putting one family in terrible danger.
Theme: Funny Villain by Peter McIsaac Music from Premium Beat
Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
2022-04-191h 06Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 42 Phones (The Call)Settle in with your cell phone, strained parental relationships, and childhood trauma and listen as we unbox The Call the 2020 movie directed by Chung-Hyun Lee.
from Wikipedia: Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a serial killer puts another woman's past -- and life -- on the line to change her own fate.
Theme: Funny Villain by Peter McIsaac Music from Premium Beat
Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
2022-04-0558 minTell Us What's in The BoxEp. 41 Handcuffs (Till Death)Settle in with your affairs, handcuffs, and blood and listen as we unbox Till Death the 2021 movie directed by S.K. Dale and starring Megan Fox.
From IMDB: A woman is left handcuffed to her dead husband as part of a sick revenge plot.
Theme: Funny Villain by Peter McIsaac Music from Premium Beat
Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
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A Novel EveningA Novel Evening with Joanna @joannasbookshelvesFor this week's episode, Dannie is joined by the wonderful Jo from @joannasbookshelves about her evening of decadence!You can find Jo over on instagram: Jo (@joannasbookshelves) • Instagram photos and videos Become a Novel Listener over at: https://plus.acast.com/s/a-novel-evening.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-02-2128 minTell Us What's in The BoxEp. 40 Candies (Candyman 1992/2021)Settle in with your mirrors, bees, and hooks and listen as we unbox Candyman 1992 and 2021 directed by Nia DaCosta.
from Wikipedia:
1992 - The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
2021 - For decades, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural, hook-handed killer. In the present day, an artist begins to explore the macabre history of Candyman, not knowing it would unravel his sanity and un...2021-10-061h 08Tell Us What's in The BoxEp.39 Curses (Fear Street Trilogy)Settle in with your curses, complicated exes, and slashers and listen as we unbox the 2021 movie trilogy Fear Street. Directed by Leigh Janiak.
from Wikipedia:
Fear Street Part One: 1994
After a series of brutal slayings, a group of teenagers take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
In the cursed town of Shadyside, a killer's murder spree terrorizes Camp Nightwing and turns a summer of fun into a gruesome fight for survival.
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
Thrust back to 1666, Deena learns th...2021-09-211h 13Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 38 Transmissions (Little Nightmares 2)Settle in with your hats, glitches, and transmissions and listen as we unbox Little Nightmares 2 the 2021 video game by Tarsier Studios.
from the Bandai website: Little Nightmares II is a suspense-adventure game in which you play as Mono, a young boy trapped in a world that has been distorted by the humming transmission of a distant tower.
With Six, the girl in a yellow raincoat, as his guide, Mono sets out to discover the dark secrets of The Signal Tower and save Six from her terrible fate.
But their journey will not be s...2021-09-071h 07Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 37 Cosmonauts (Sputnik)Settle in with your labs, cosmonauts, and trauma and listen as we unbox SPUTNIK the 2020 movie directed by Egor Abramenko and starring Oksana Akinshina and Pyotr Fydorov.
from Wikipedia: After barely surviving a space accident, a Soviet cosmonaut returns to Earth, where it turns out that he has brought something ominous with him.
Find this movie on YouTube and Vudu.
Theme: Funny Villain by Peter McIsaac Music from Premium Beat
Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
2021-08-241h 05Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 36 Soucouyants (Guest: Tonya Liburd)Settle in with your soucouyants, islands, and heat and listen as we unbox two short stories by Tonya Liburd (Mimosa Versus The Soucouyant and 10 Steps to a Whole New You) - Find these stories in American Monsters 2, edited by Margrét Helgadóttir and fantasy-magazine.com. SPECIAL GUEST: We also are beyond stoked to have Tonya Liburd with us to discuss these stories and all things vampire.
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Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
2021-08-101h 13Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 35 Boo'ya Moons (Lisey's Story Pt. 2)Settle in with your sisters, sweetheart trees, and secrets and listen as we unbox episodes 5-8 of Lisey's Story, the 2021 miniseries from Apple TV. Starring Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, with screenplay by Stephen King (based on his novel of the same name).
from IMDb: A widow becomes the object of a dangerous stalker, obsessed with her husband's work.
Find this miniseries on Apple TV.
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Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
2021-07-271h 06Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 34 Bools (Lisey's Story Pt. 1)Settle in with your Boo'ya Moons, cutting, and secrets and listen as we unbox the first four episodes of Lisey's Story, the 2021 miniseries from Apple TV. Starring Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, with screenplay by Stephen King (based on his novel of the same name).
from IMDb: A widow becomes the object of a dangerous stalker, obsessed with her husband's work.
Find this miniseries on Apple TV.
Theme: Funny Villain by Peter McIsaac Music from Premium Beat
Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
2021-07-131h 05Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 33 Spirals (Uzumaki)Settle in with your snails, whirlwinds, and curls and listen as we unbox Uzumaki the 2013 graphic novel by Junji Ito.
from Wkipedia: Uzumaki follows a high-school teenager, Kirie Goshima (五島桐絵); her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito (斎藤秀一); and the citizens of the small, quiet Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho (黒渦町, Black Vortex Town), which is cursed by supernatural events involving spirals.
Find this graphic novel at Barnes & Noble.
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Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
2021-06-291h 04Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 32 Brrs (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)Settle in with your snow driven roads, Brrs, and many names and listen as we unbox the 2020 movie I'm Thinking of Ending Things directed by Charlie Kaufman and starring Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, Toni Collette, and David Thewlis.
from Netflix: Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents on their remote farm.
Find this movie on Netflix.
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Art: Rob Hebert (@nerdypapergames)
2021-06-151h 00Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 31 Stories (Midnight Radio)Settle in with your radios, arbiters, and tattoos and listen as we unbox Midnight Radio comic collection from elcomics.net.
From ELComics 2020 Kickstarter:
Three years ago, we began creating short comics and putting them online. We were lucky enough to have people enjoy our stories. During this time, our comics were read over 20 million times, were shared by hundreds of thousands of people and most surreal of all, are now being taught in US high-schools.
Each of our comics tells a short, unique story: A woman who becomes obsessed with a r...2021-06-081h 10Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 30 Bolt Cutters (The Medium)Settle in with your spirits, unresolved trauma, and spooky resorts and listen as we unbox the 2021 video game by Bloober Team THE MEDIUM.
From blooberteam.com:
Explore the real world and the spirit world at the same time. Use your psychic abilities to solve puzzles spanning both worlds, uncover deeply disturbing secrets, and survive encounters with The Maw - an entity born from an unspeakable tragedy.
Find this game on Steam (for Windows PC), Epic, GOG, and Xbox.
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Art: Rob...2021-05-251h 03Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 29 Mothers (Mother's Day Special)Settle in with your flowers, candy, and lullabies and listen as we unbox mothers in horror media. Happy Mother's Day!
Mother's Day can be hard for those who have lost their mothers, suffered loss of children, or are estranged from family members. We see you. We also understand it is a Hallmark holiday, but we felt this was a great time to discuss motherhood in horror as it has played a big role in the genre as long as it has been around.
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Art: Rob He...2021-05-111h 01Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 28 Animatronics (Willy's Wonderland)Settle in with your creepy birthday songs, animatronics, and Punch energy drink and listen as we unbox the the 2021 movie Willy's Wonderland directed by Kevin Lewis and starring Nicolas Cage.
From IMDb: A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Fists fly, kicks land, titans clash — and only one side will make it out alive.
2021-04-2758 minTell Us What's in The BoxEp. 27 Sins (se7en)It's our one year anniversary tomorrow! We debuted on April 14th of last year and to celebrate we decided to talk about our namesake media. It is true! Our podcast name is inspired by a famous line from this movie. *cue Brad Pitt gif*
Settle in with your rainy no-named cities, serial killers, and sins and listen as we unbox the the 1995 movie se7en directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman (special appearance by Gwyneth Paltrow's head).
2021-04-131h 25Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 26 Desert Towns (Whisper of Death)Settle in with your high school partner, abandoned towns, and Arizona deserts and listen as we unbox the the 1991 novel WHISPER OF DEATH by Christopher Pike.
2021-03-301h 03Tell Us What's in The BoxFavorites (25th Episode Special!)Settle in with your movies, comics, video games and books and listen as we unbox our top 25 favorite horror media choices in celebration of 25 episodes!
This is an extra long 3 hour episode!
2021-03-162h 54Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 24 Beets (Chew)Settle in with your beets, Tums, and unique abilities, and listen as we unbox the the 2009-2011 graphic novel series CHEW.
2021-03-0248 minTell Us What's in The BoxEp. 23 Hearts (My Bloody Valentine)Settle in with your sweetheart, grab your raspberry-filled chocolates and literal hearts in candy boxes, and listen as we unbox the the 2009 remake of MY BLOODY VALENTINE in celebration of Valentine's Day!
2021-02-191h 02Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 22 Witch Trials (Little Hope)Settle in with your corn dolls, doppelgängers, and tragic pasts and listen as we unbox the 2020 video game by Supermassive Games LITTLE HOPE. It's the latest the The Dark Pictures Anthology. (Psst. We already talked about MAN OF MEDAN, the first game in the anthology)
2021-02-021h 13Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 21 Clown Masks (Clown in a Cornfield)Settle in with your clown mask, cornfield, and teen screams and listen as we unbox the 2020 novel by Adam Cesare CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD.
2021-01-191h 06Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 20 Bloody Alaskas (30 Days of Night)Happy 2021!
Settle in with your snow, eternal night, and vampires and listen as we unbox the 2002 comic book 30 Days of Night.
2021-01-051h 02Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 19 Cults (The Lodge)Settle in with your family, cults, and trauma and listen as we unbox the 2019 movie The Lodge.
2020-12-221h 05Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 18 Piles of Snow (Kholat)Settle in with your snow, tents, and real-life mysteries and listen as we unbox the 2015 IMGN game KHOLAT.
2020-12-081h 07Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 17 Turkeys (Thankskilling)Settle in with your boobs, turkeys, and satire and listen as we unbox the 2009 movie THANKSKILLING directed by Jordan Downey.
2020-11-2458 minTell Us What's in The BoxEp. 16 Experiences (Let's Play White)Settle in with your three-legged rats, memories, and pain and listen as we unbox the 2011 short story collection by Dr. Chesya Burke LET'S PLAY WHITE.
2020-11-101h 41Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 15 Brains (Trivial Pursuit Ultimate Horror Edition Halloween Special)Today we celebrate 15 episodes and our favorite holiday, Halloween, to give you a super long (2 hours) episode of Dannie & Joanna competing to see who has the most horror knowledge with TRIVIAL PURSUIT ULTIMATE HORROR EDITION. Join us and see if you know stuff we don't! Bet you do!
2020-10-271h 59Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 14 Vampire Roomies (What We Do In The Shadows)Settle in with your fangs, chore list, and familiar and listen as we unbox the 2014 Mockumentary by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS.
2020-10-1359 minTell Us What's in The BoxEp. 13 Health Shakes (Guest: Grady Hendrix)Settle in with your acid, neon clothing, and 80s music and listen as we unbox the 2016 novel MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM with our special guest author GRADY HENDRIX.
2020-09-291h 16Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 12 Buckets of Pledge (Wytches)Settle in with your comics, pledge, and New Hampshire license plates and listen as we unbox the 2014 Image Comics graphic novel WYTCHES by Scott Snyder (writer) and Jock (artist).
2020-09-151h 03Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 11 Needles (Masochisia)Settle in with your needles, pills, and voices and listen as we unbox the 2015 video game from Jon Oldblood MASOCHISIA.
2020-09-011h 06Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 10 Drugs & Flower Bouquets (Midsommar)Thanks for tuning in to our tenth episode of "Tell Us What's in The Box," a podcast focusing on relationships in horror media, romantic or otherwise.
Settle in with your Swedish passport, flowers, and drugs and listen as we unbox the 2019 movie from Ari Aster MIDSOMMAR.
2020-08-181h 05Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 9 Dead Fathers (Guest: Stephen Graham Jones)Settle in with your dogs, dead fathers, and younger brothers and listen as we unbox the 2017 novella MAPPING THE INTERIOR with special guest Stephen Graham Jones.
2020-08-041h 00Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 8 Fingernails (Nailbiter)Settle in with your serial killers, chewed fingernails, and creepy Oregon towns as we unbox the 2014-2017 Image Comics graphic novels NAILBITER by writer Joshua Williamson and artist Mike Henderson.
2020-07-211h 06Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 7 Hellish Cocktails (Afterparty)Settle in with Lucifer, cocktails, and hellish nightclubs and listen as we unbox the 2019 game from Night School Studios AFTERPARTY.
2020-07-071h 04Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 6 Demons (Guest: Kathleen Kaufman)Settle in with your demons, magic, and special guest author Kathleen Kaufman and listen as we unbox her 2019 novel DIABAHL: BOOK ONE.
2020-06-231h 11Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 5 Keys (Locke and Key)Settle in with your trauma, mysteries, and keyring and listen as we unbox the 2008-2013 graphic novel series LOCKE & KEY by Joe Hill (writer) Gabriel Rodriguez (artist).
2020-06-091h 00Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 4 Choices (Man of Medan)Settle in with your boat, difficult decisions, and mysteries and listen as we unbox the 2019 videogame THE DARK PICTURES: MAN of MEDAN by SuperMassive. Be sure to stay tuned after to listen to clips from our playthrough of the game!
Note: We mention Choose Your Own Adventure in this episode and we want to clarify we just mean the style of the game, not that the has anything to do with the Choose Your Own Adventure brand.
2020-05-261h 06Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 3 Multiple Personalities (Sybil)Settle in with your psychiatrist, purple crayon, and paintings and listen as we unbox the 1976 movie SYBIL starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward.
2020-05-121h 00Tell Us What's in The BoxEp. 2 Regrets (Word Processor of the Gods)Settle in with your typewriter, entitlement, and family dysfunction and listen as we unbox Stephen King's short story "Word Processor of the Gods" which appeared in his iconic collection SKELETON CREW (1985).
2020-04-2845 minTell Us What's in The BoxEp. 1 Business Card (American Psycho)Thanks for tuning in to our first episode of "Tell Us What's in The Box," a new podcast that focuses on relationships in horror media, romantic or otherwise.
Settle in with some Huey Lewis, a great face mask, and lots of drugs as we unpack all of Patrick Bateman's lovely, sociopathic chaos in the 2000 film "American Psycho," based on Bret Easton Ellis' 1991 novel.
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