Cass and I chat with Mac Boyle from Beyond the Cabin in the Woods and Party Apocalypse about comedy vampires on the latest episode of Horror Hangover! We focus in on Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Vampires vs. The Bronx. Listen here!
Horror Hangover Bonus Episode: Max Booth III and Lori Michelle
Cass and I sat down with my friends Max Booth III and Lori Michelle, the owners and publishers of Ghoulish Books, to chat about their Kickstarter! Listen here!
Beyond the Cabin in the Woods: Beyond Night of the Comet
I joined my friends over at Beyond the Cabin in the Woods to discuss the charming 1984 flick, Night of the Comet. It was a first time watch for me, and I had ton of fun watching and discussing it! Listen here!
Movies I Watched in 2022
1. Encanto (1/1/22)
2. Minnal Murali (1/4/22)
3. House on Haunted Hill (1/5/22)
4. Le Samourai (1/7/22)
5. Power of the Dog (1/7/22)
6. Blood on Satan’s Claws (1/9/22)
7. Cujo (1/10/22)
8. Burning Bright (1/10/22)
9. Red Notice (1/13/22)
10. The Birds (1/15/22)
11. The Eternals (1/15/22)
12. Promising Young Woman (1/17/22)
13. Scream (1/20/22)
14. Scary Movie (1/20/22)
15. Scream 5 (1/21/22)
16. Vacation Friends (1/22/22)
17. ‘Gator Bait (1/24/22)
18. The Intouchables (1/25/22)
19. The Velvet Vampire (1/26/22)
20. The Addiction (1/28/22)
21. No Time to Die (1/28/22)
22. Switchblade Sisters (1/31/22)
23. Final Girls (2/1/22)
24. The Deep House (2/3/22)
25. Lilies of the Field (2/3/22)
26. Bleed with Me (2/4/22)
27. Nightmare Alley (2/5/22)
28. Dracula (2/10/22)
29. Jakob’s Wife (2/12/22)
30. Coda (2/12/22)
31. Marry Me (2/14/22)
32. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (2/15/22)
33. Vampires vs. The Bronx (2/15/22) M
34. Antlers (2/17/22)
35. Don’t Look Up (2/19/22)
36. Clockers (2/20/22)
37. Nosferatu (2/21/22)
38. Tales from the Hood (2/21/22)
39. Let the Right One In (2/24/22)
40. The Night House (2/25/22)
41. The Lost Daughter (2/26/22)
42. Hellbender (2/28/22)
43. They Live in the Gray (3/2/22)
44. Darkman (3/10/22)
45. In the Heat of the Night (3/11/22)
46. The Jackal (3/12/22)
47. Bro Daddy (3/14/22)
48. Master (3/18/22)
49. Black Rain (3/18/22)
50. Fresh (3/21/22)
51. The Tinder Swindler (3/24/22)
52. Predators (3/25/22)
53. Tesis (3/28/22)
54. Windfall (3/30/21)
55. The Scary of Sixty-First (3/30/22)
56. Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (3/31/22)
57. The Spine of Night (4/1/22)
58. Drive My Car (4/2/22)
59. Music of the Heart (4/3/22)
60. Trilogy of Terror (4/5/22)
61. Birth of the Living Dead (4/5/22)
62. The Serpent and the Rainbow (4/7/22)
63. Night’s End (4/8/22)
64. Spider-Man:No Way Home (4/9/22)
65. The Ritual (4/10/22)
66. The Adam Project (4/11/22)
67. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (4/12/22)
68. X (4/14/22)
69. 3 Days of the Condor (4/17/22)
70. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (4/26/22)
71. The Batman (4/29/22)
72. A League of Their Own (4/29/22)
73. It Lives Again (5/3/22)
74. Blade of the Immortal (5/6/22)
75. Senior Year (5/14/22)
76. The Stylist (5/17/22)
77. Werewolves Within (5/17/22)
78. The Sadness (5/22/22)
79. Don’t Breathe 2 (5/22/22)
80. Knocking (5/25/22)
81. Seige (5/26/22)
82. Horror Express (5/27/22)
83. They Look Like People (5/27/22)
84. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (5/28/22)
85. Phone Booth (5/30/22)
86. Everything Everywhere All at Once (6/4/22)
87. Silent Retreat (6/7/22)
88. Edge of the Knife (6/10/22)
89. Scream (6/12/22)
90. Minari (6/16/22)
91. Mad God (6/17/22)
92. Beyond the Black Rainbow (6/19/22)
93. Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (6/23/22)
94. In the Mouth of Madness (6/24/22)
95. A Chinese Ghost Story (7/1/22)
96. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (7/4/22)
97. Kimi (7/9/22)
98. Incantation (7/10/22)
99. Planet of the Vampires (7/11/22)
100. The Long Walk (7/14/22)
101. Lifeforce (7/14/22)
102. Spiderhead (7/14/22)
103. The Bob’s Burgers Movie (7/15/22)
104. Alligator (7/15/22)
105. Grizzly (7/16/22)
106. RRR (7/16/22)
107. The Talented Mr. Ripley (7/16/22)
108. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (7/17/22)
109. Come True (7/18/22)
110. Good Madam (7/19/22)
111. God Told Me To (7/20/22)
112. The Uninvited ‘44 (7/22/22)
113. The Northman (7/23/22)
114. Umma (7/24/22)
115. The Dark Half (7/28/22)
116. Halloween: H20 (7/30/22)
117. I Want You Back (8/7/22)
118. Prey (8/21/22)
119. The Host (8/22/22)
120. Creature from the Black Lagoon (8/26/22)
121. Nope (8/26/22)
122. Revenge of the Creature (8/27/22)
123. The Creature Walks Among Us (8/27/22)
124. Benedetta (8/29/22)
125. Alucarda (8/31/22)
126. The Feast (9/1/22)
127. The Rental (9/5/22)
128. Revealer (9/8/22)
129. So Vam (9/9/22)
130. All About Eve (9/17/22)
131. All Cheerleaders Die (9/18/22)
132. Daughters of Darkness (9/18/22)
133. Bound (9/19/22)
134. Death Becomes Her (9/22/22)
135. The Haunting (9/23/22)
136. Thor: Love and Thunder (9/25/22)
137. Watcher (9/29/22)
138. Extraordinary Tales (9/30/22)
139. Glorious (9/30/22)
140. The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (10/1/22)
141. Oracle (10/2/22)
142. The McPherson Tapes (10/3/22)
143. Alone with You (10/4/22)
144. Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (10/5/22)
145. Deadstream (10/6/22)
146. The Pool (10/7/22)
147. Hellraiser ‘22 (10/8/22)
148. Cure (10/9/22)
149. Sissy (10/10/22)
150. Son of Dracula (10/11/22)
151. Werewolf by Night (10/12/22)
152. Evolution (10/12/22)
153. Even the Wind is Afraid (10/13/22)
154. The Other Side of the Underneath (10/14/22)
155. The Addams Family (10/15/22)
156. Hard Rock Zombies (10/16/22)
157. Ms. 45 (10/17/22)
158. La Llorona (10/18/22)
159. Celia (10/19/22)
160. Lux Æterna (10/20/22)
161. El Vampiro (10/21/22)
162. V/H/S 99 (10/21/22)
163. Halloween Ends (10/22/22)
164. The Kindred (10/23/22)
165. Creepshow 2 (10/24/22)
166. Little Shop of Horrors ‘60 (10/25/22)
167. Barbarian (10/26/22)
168. The Black Phone (10/27/22)
169. Beast (10/30/22)
170. Dark Glasses (10/31/22)
171. Terra Formars (11/1/22)
172. Macario (11/2/22)
173. Crimes of the Future (11/3/22)
174. Ghost Watch (11/11/22)
175. Black Christmas ’06 (11/15/22)
176. Black Christmas ’74 (11/15/22)
177. Black Christmas ’19 (11/17/22)
178. When a Stranger Calls (11/18/22)
179. The House at the End of Time (11/20/22)
180. The Innkeepers (11/21/22)
181. Vital (11/23/22)
182. Zootopia (11/24/22)
183. Scare Me (11/28/22)
184. Blood Relatives (11/30/22)
185. A Wounded Fawn (12/1/22)
186. Eyes Without a Face (12/5/22)
187. Noroi (12/10/22)
188. Christmas Bloody Christmas (12/13/22)
189. Pearl (12/13/22)
190. The Advent Calendar (12/19/22)
191. Dead of Night (12/22/22)
192. Silent Night, Deadly Night (12/22/22)
193. Glass Onion (12/26/22)
194. Southbound (12/26/22)
195. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (12/27/22)
196. Scare Package 2: Rad Chad’s Revenge (12/28/22)
197. Bullet Train (12/29/22)
198. Kwaidan (12/30/22)
199. Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinnochio (12/30/22)
Books I Read in 2022
1. From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter by Seamus McGraw (1/4/22)
2. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (1/12/22)
3. Trench Mouth by Christine Morgan (1/14/22)
4. You Will Be Consumed by Nikolas P. Robinson (1/15/22)
5. The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan (1/18/22)
6. The Best of Me by David Sedaris (1/19/22)
7. When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey (1/26/22)
8. Body by Asa Nonami (1/27/22)
9. Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (1/30/22)
10. Goddess of Filth by V Castro (1/31/22)
11. The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark (2/7/22)
12. The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez (2/9/22)
13. The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward (2/10/22)
14. Succulent Prey by Wrath James White (2/14/22)
15. Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads by Gary Greenberg and Jeannie Hayden (2/15/22)
16. Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier (2/15/22)
17. Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine (2/18/22)
18. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (2/23/22)
19. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King (2/24/22)
20. A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders (2/26/22)
21. Boyz n the Void: a mixtape to my brother by G’Ra Asim (2/28/22)
22. The Best Horror of the Year vol. 12 edited by Ellen Datlow (3/8/22)
23. Abhorrent Faith by John Baltisberger (3/10/22)
24. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (3/12/22)
25. The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper (3/13/22)
26. The Girl in the Video by Michael David Wilson (3/15/22)
27. Such Small Hands by Andrés Barba (3/17/22)
28. The House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman (3/17/22)
29. Mestiza Blood by V. Castro (3/19/22)
30. Below by Laurel Hightower (3/23/22)
31. Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman (3/25/22)
32. RedHanded: An Exploration of Criminals, Cannibals, Cults, and What Makes a Killer Tick by Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire (3/26/22)
33. Blood & Mud by John Baltisberger (3/27/22)
34. Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (4/2/22)
35. The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman (4/3/22)
36. Everything Has Teeth by Jeff Strand (4/13/22)
37. Gone to See the Riverman by Kristopher Triana (4/20/22)
38. Night Film by Marisha Pessl (4/22/22)
39. Stuart Gordon: Interviews edited by Michael Doyle (4/27/22)
40. E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton (5/1/22)
41. The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez (5/3/22)
42. The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris (5/9/22)
43. Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (5/16/22)
44. The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson (5/18/22)
45. The God Provides by Thomas R. Clarke (5/28/22)
46. You’ve Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca (5/29/22)
47. Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer (5/31/22)
48. Transmuted by Eve Harms (6/2/22)
49. Into the Forest and All the Way Through by Cynthia Pelayo (6/3/22)
50. Campfire Macabre edited by John Brhel and Joe Sullivan (6/7/22)
51. Fanged Dandelion by Eric LaRocca (6/9/22)
52. Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris (6/18/22)
53. Bella’s Boys by Tommy Clarke (6/19/22)
54. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (6/21/22)
55. Drawing Blood by Billy Martin (6/22/22)
56. The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories vol. 2 edited by James D. Jenkins and Ryan Cagle (7/2/22)
57. We Can Never Leave This Place by Eric LaRocca (7/4/22)
58. The Crimes and Passions of John Stabberger by John Baltisberger (7/9/22)
59. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (7/18/22)
60. Come Tomorrow by Jayaprakash Satyamurthy (7/20/22)
61. The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich (7/25/22)
62. The Death List by Thomas R. Clark (7/28/22)
63. Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh (8/2/22)
64. The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka (8/5/22)
65. Star Gazers by L.P. Hernandez (8/5/22)
66. Upright Woman Wanted by Sarah Gailey (8/13/22)
67. The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (8/14/22)
68. Black Friday by Jeffrey X. Martin (8/18/22)
69. Broken Nails by Susan Snyder (8/22/22)
70. Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted by R.J. Joseph (8/27/22)
71. Maggots Screaming by Max Booth III (9/4/22)
72. Lady of the House by Grace R. Reynolds (9/9/22)
73. Both Sides: Stories from the Border edited by Gabino Iglesias (9/21/22)
74. Moonfellows by Danger Slater (9/24/22)
75. [REDACTED] by Workshop Friend (9/27/22)
76. Thus Were Their Faces by Silvina Ocampo (9/30/22)
77. The Daughter of Dr. Moreau by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia (10/7/22)
78. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott (10/15/22)
79. Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo (10/15/22)
80. God’s of the Dark Web by Lucas Mangum (10/17/22)
81. Crossroads by Laurel Hightower (10/19/22)
82. Man, Fuck This House by Brian Asman (10/22/22)
83. When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen (10/28/22)
84. Valley of Terror by Zhou Haohui (10/29/22)
85. Good Boy by Thomas R. Clark (10/30/22)
86. Soft Places by Betty Rocksteady (11/1/22)
87. Abigail by Daemon Manx (11/2/22)
88. Dracula by Bram Stoker (11/7/22)
89. Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder (11/7/22)
90. Freaky Briefs by Jeff Strand (11/8/22)
91. Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez (11/9/22)
92. Trash Panda by Leza Cantoral (11/10/22)
93. Airi Sano, Prankmaster General: New School Skirmish by Zoe Tokushige (11/11/22)
94. Coyote Rage by Owl Goingback (11/17/22)
95. Broken Cup by Jayaprakash Satyamurthy (11/18/22)
96. A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger (11/21/22)
97. The Boy with a Pinhole Heart by Keith Mark Gaboury (11/23/22)
98. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (11/28/22)
99. Calling For a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah (12/5/22)
100. White Horse by Erika T. Wurth (12/9/22)
101. Return of the Living Elves by Brian Asman (12/14/22)
102. Road of Bones by Christopher Golden (12/19/22)
103. The Hacienda by Isabela Cañas (12/21/22)
104. The Corner Shop by Lady Asquith (12/25/22)
105. des_papeles, palabras & poems from the desert by Oscar Mancinas (12/28/22)
106. The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories vol. 2 edited by Allen Grote (12/29/22)
107. Short Story Advent Calendar (12/31/22)
BONUS – BEYOND THE CABIN-ET OF CURIOSITIES
I made a guest appearance on one of my favorite podcasts, Beyond the Cabin in the Woods and chatted with Donna and Mac about Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities! Listen here.
Horror Hangover Bonus Episode: A Wounded Fawn Review and Interview with Josh Ruben
Cass and I sat down to talk about Travis Steven’s latest flick, A Wounded Fawn, and then interview the film’s lead, the phenomenal Josh Ruben! Listen here!
Move Over Billy! A Horror Hangover Holiday Special
Cass and I were joined by our friend Yutaka from the Horror Hour for our Holiday Special! We had a blast talking about all three Black Christmas films! Listen here!
The Ghoulish Show – November 2022
I read my piece “I am Thankful For” as part of the November 2022 episode of The Ghoulish Show at Radio Coffee and Beer! As always, it was a lot of fun. Definitely stick around for fiction and poetry from John Baltisberger, Lucas Mangum, Andrew Hilbert, Michael Louis Dixon, and RJ Joseph!
Horror Hangover: Bow down, it’s H20’s Laurie Strode time!
Blayne Waterloo came on to Horror Hangover to chat with Cass and I about Halloween: H20. Listen here!
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