The Spooky Doings Podcast

Please enjoy this episode from our vault, Chelsea & Rick speak to Jillian Mueller from the Fangoria film Porno, exclusively on Shudder. We talk about her working on a new project during a pandemic, her opinions on horror, what a fun film Porno is, it's most iconic scene, seeing it at Brooklyn Horror Fest, Rick's affinity for Heavy Metal Jeff, the cast, the location, the comedy & the choice between Encino Man & A League Of Their Own.

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Lowell Greenblatt returns to the podcast to talk to Rick about his new book, Nightmare Autopsis: A Return To Elm Street. We start at his introduction to the franchise with Freddy's Dead, working his way through the films, Carlos & the Q-tip, parents renting horror for us & what caused him to write the book.

We also discuss his over abundance of interviews with Elm Street Kids like Lisa Wilcox, Ken Sagoes, Ira Heiden & Jennifer Rubin, as well as numerous producers & effect crew, the movies being edited for television, the importance of physical media & more.

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On this episode from our vault, Rick flies solo to chat with a fantastic band out of Austin, Texas. Carly & Johnny of The Ghost Wolves are on the show! We talk about how they met, their musical influences, being bad kids, musical freedom, criticizing Ted Cruz in song for abandoning his state during a deep freeze, charity vinyl with Robot Farts, their Crooked Cop single on Third Man Records, seeing them perform in Nashville, how corona virus changed things for them, being kind, Carly making masks, Guitar Wolf, Electric Machine Gun Tits, making music at home, their gigantic canine pals & how you can support them.

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Rick welcomes Fangoria's editor in chief, Phil Nobile Jr to the show. We talk about meeting at a screening of Clown In A Cornfield, what introduced Phil to horror, Rick being traumatized by James Bond at a young age & asking Phil to recommend something to get him into that franchise & how he came to work at Fangoria.

We also discuss Phil's weekly newsletter, working to get penitentiaries to permit the magazine to be available for inmates to read, the amout of cool deaths in The Monkey & Phil begins a deep conversation about if the term "spooky" is appropriate.

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Exhumed from the vault, Chelsea & Rick have the distinct pleasure to talk to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, president & founder of the George A. Romero Foundation. We talk about dealing with life in the time of rona, living with her filmmaker husband, using profanity, George's archives, the story behind Amusement Park, the start of the foundation, the difficulty of getting funding for films, Empire Of The Dead & more.

You can find more information at https://georgearomerofoundation.org/

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Rick welcomes Jolene Richardson back to the podcast with the full intention of pissing off the fragile men of his generation to discuss Ghostbusters 2016! We compare it to the original classic, marvel at the constant humor throughout, wonder how much was improvised, & give figurative flowers to the fantastic women that star in it. Bravo Melissa McCarthy. Kristin Whig, Leslie Jones & Kate McKinnon.

We also give Neil Casey, Andy Garcia & Michael K Williams, their props as well. We point fingers to the surviving original cast for backing the film & then rescinding their support after small men on the internet vilified this movie before they ever saw it. Jolene talks about her love of Bridesmaids & the importance of female representation & visibility plus a whole lot more!

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On this episode, Rick reconnects with cartoonist & comedian, Anoush Froundjian, after she watched Jaws 2 for the first time. We get into her fondness for the original, her fisherman family, not seeing the sequels yet, being afraid of sharks, & what caused her to finally watch this film.

We also get into the movie's higher body count, the teenagers, Rick's continued need to fight Mayor Larry Vaughn, Tina's scream, which helicopter scene Anoush watched, how this connects to Grizzly 2 & more!

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Rick welcomes Brandon Rizzuto to the show to talk about his podcast Dean's Killer Joke. We get into why Brandon decided to write, direct & produce a whodunnit audio tale, writing it for frequent Spooky Doings guests, Tom & Jennifer Rizzuto, coming to terms with being a fan of cancelled comedians, taking a chance on your own creativity & more.

We also discuss old country bullshit, working in TV production, how he cast Dean's Killer Joke, switching narrators & if he'll come back on the show with his brother & sister in law to talk about giallo films & more!

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On this episode, Chelsea & Rick get to chat with Ken Sagoes, who played Kincaid in Nightmare On Elm Street 3 & 4. We talk to him about growing up in Georgia, Putting On The Hits, getting cast in Dream Warriors, his great memories of Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund & Laurence Fishburne. We also discuss his feelings on the civil rights movement, how he wants to perform improv with us, & his loves of the horror community.

Speaking of which, Ken is crowd funding a new project & is reaching out to the horror family. Please go to https://www.thesagoescompany.com/ to support his art & receive perks specifically for horror fans.

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Rick invites Mike Stevens & John Ross back to the podcast to talk about Sinners! We get into the cultural impact created by director, Ryan Coogler as well as characters played by Michael B Jordan, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Hailee Stansfield, Wunmi Moaku & Miles Canton.

We also get into how we first heard about the film, stories about the blues, traveling through the south, Geeshie Wiley, Buddy Guy, where we first saw the film & cunnilingus.

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