The Spooky Doings Podcast

Spooky Doings: Matt Weir

On this episode, Rick has a great conversation with filmmaker, improviser, writer & crew member of The Last Drive In, Matt Weir. We discuss where his love of horror began, getting into production work, good times at the Mahoning drive in, blood effects, recreating Buffalo Bill's house, how great Joe Bob Briggs & Darcy The Mail Girl are & more.
We also talk about his time in the New York improv scene, meeting Danhausen, how a friendship with Bryce Remsberg opened doors for him as a writer at WWE, being threatened by Vince McMahon, Rick gives his theory on how McMahon could be happy, we both raise a toast to Devon Dudley & more!
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Spooky Doings: The Meg & behind the scenes of AEW Dynamite with Jennifer & Doctor Tom Rizzuto

Rick welcomes back the show's reluctant shark film correspondents, Jennifer & Doctor Tom Rizzuto to talk about The Meg. Tom has controversial opinions, Jennifer wants The Meg to be bigger, we give our opinions on child actors, Rick informs them about the differences between the film & the novel by Steve Alten, Tom wants justice for Toshi but gets justice for Pippen & Alex Kitner instead.

Then Rick asks Tom what it was like playing guitar in a jazz band accompanying AEW World Champion MJF during a recent Dynamite at UBS arena. Rick asks how it came to happen, how much Jennifer knows about wrestling, how Tom feels about being All Elite & how it felt to perform for the huge crowd in person & the larger audience worldwide!

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Spooky Doings: Horror High School Colors with Jolene Richardson

Rick noticed some horror movies & TV shows where high school jackets are blue & yellow. Rather than google things, he asked costume designer, Fangoria contributor & fashion historian, Jolene Richardson to return to the podcast & take him to school. They talk about about this coincidence in Needful Things, Scream & Yellowjackets. Jolene tells Rick about the origin of school colors, gives credit to costume designers by name, which doesn't happen enough & they both remember their time in catholic school.

Plus, they get into reading Fangoria while donating platelets, My Heart Is A Chainsaw, The Overlook Film Festival, working on The Last Drive In & Scare Package 2, New Orleans, the arthouse/farthouse double feature, supporting the Writers' Guild Of America & more.

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Spooky Doings: From Dusk Till Dawn with Shari Hazlett

On this episode, Rick welcome guest host, Shari Hazlett, back on the show to talk about From Dusk Till Dawn. We talk about how this might be the last time George Clooney tried to act, mid-nineties diversity, Quentin Tarantino's dialogue, the beacon of light that is Danny Trejo, Robert Rodriguez as a director & Tom Savini's performance as Sex Machine!

We also discuss Rick showing this film at a party, how When Harry Met Sally is the Saw of romantic comedies, pussy monologues, 90s indie cinema, Rick's continued desire for Machete Kills In Space, the music of Tito & Tarantula, Selma Hayek being bad ass, Rick's favorite rock & roll story & more!

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Spooky Doings: Mystery Screenings With Vikki Martin

On this episode, Vikki Martin returns to educate Rick on mystery screenings & ease his trepidation regarding taking a chance on them. We talk about the importance of sneaking snacks & drinks into large chain movie theaters, surprise musicals, & go on many fun tangents along the way.

We also discuss the communal experience of movie theaters, what films we'd like to surprise our friends with for their enjoyment & our enemies for their displeasure. We also mention Spooky Doings improv return to the stage at Young Ethel's in Brooklyn on Saturday 5/13 at 3:00pm. It's a free show with a 1 drink minimum.

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Spooky Doings: Favorite Horror Endings

This is a SPOILER HEAVY episode in which Chelsea & Rick talk about our favorite horror movie endings. We discuss our love for the finales of Ready Or Not, The Mist, Drag Me To Hell, Cabin In The Woods, Saw & Rick's favorite musical, The Wicker Man!

We also go on fun tangents like Chelsea's unease regarding the easter bunny, clergy molestation, Heatonist hot sauces, Chelsea's inability to speak, Rick wonders if he serves cunt & more.

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Spooky Doings: Alien with Alessandra Calderin

In an atypical episode, Rick reconnects with an old friend, former Spooky Doings Improv performer, Alessandra Calderin. She's got strong opinions about Alien, dark sci fi, raising her son right, medical care in America & more.

She & Rick also discuss her time on the fury road, sharing the stage together, the plight of space janitors, quarantine protocols & Lucy Westerna's 3 suitors (affectionately referred to as the Dracula boys) & just enjoy talking to each other in real time after many years.

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Spooky Doings: Most Disliked Characters

On this episode, Chelsea & Rick discuss those characters in horror that we can't wait to see them get got. Unfortunately, you can't always get what you want. We talk about characters in I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Babadook, Orphan, The Mist, Carrie, Urban Legend & Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This 1 was in the works for a while & we got VERY strong opinions on how awful & aggravating these characters can be.

Make sure to stick around because Rick comes back to add a bonus section! After recording this episode, he watched Dashcam & discovered a character that puts all the ones they spoke about originally to shame. There's a new queen of the mountain & she is a true trash person. 

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Spooky Doings: Emily Hagins

On this episode, Rick talks with director Emily Hagins. We talk about how her love of horror began, her film Sorry About The Demon, which is on Shudder, mixing comedy & horror & filming under rona protocols.

We also get into how she started making films at a young age in Austin, the wonders of Frito Pie, covering your actors in goo goo muck, comedic tone, which films she'd pair her movie with if it were playing at a drive in & more!

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Spooky Doings: X & Pearl with AngelicaFlorio

Angelica Florio returns to the podcast to talk with Chelsea & Rick about Ti West's most recent films. We talk about what order 1 should watch the films, Pearl being an unreliable narrator, When Harry Met Sally references in X & more!

We also talk about our interpretations of the films, how the prequel was filmed immediately after the first film, movie making during a pandemic, Rick confuses Australia & New Zealand, & how everybody on this show is a star!

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