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The Spooky Doings Podcast is hosted by improv comedian Rick Guzman. He‘ll blend horror & comedy in interviews with genre based guests, panel discussions & provide horror tutorials.
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Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
On this episode, Rick welcomes Ralph Mandarino from the Necromantic Brew Company. Ralph mentions how his love of horror began, how he began brewing gluten free beer & combined it with his love of the macabre, the decision to open a horror themed brewery on Long Island & more!
We also discuss introducing your friends to horror films, planning great double features, the Terminator 2 video game, trivia days at the brewery, making non-drinkers like Rick welcome at a brewery, the love for Zapp's chips from New Orleans & more!
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Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
ZouZou Mansour returns to the podcast because she wanted to talk about Smile. Rick & Chelsea weren't gonna say "no" because it's always a pleasure chatting with the singer of Soraia.
SPOILER ALERT!!! We talk about everything in the film! We discuss Sosie Bacon, Kyle Garner, recognizing Robin Weigert as Calamity Jane from Deadwood, jump scares, predicting the fate of a cat & more!
We also discuss anxiety, theater audiences that won't shut their fucking mouths, generational trauma, ZouZou seeing the movie while on tour with the band, their new album Bloom, recording in Sweden, their upcoming tour & finding those dates at https://www.soraia.com/
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Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Ari Spence returns to the show to talk with Rick about her Terrifier obsession. We SPOIL everything about this independent horror film that deserves all it's success. We discuss director Damien Leone, star & former podcast guest David Howard Thornton, new scream queen Lauren LeVera, Chris Jericho & practical effects.
Rick also talks about suffering from insomnia, how the clown cafe is his nightmare, Ari posits theories about Art The Clown, how Siena's costume reminds Rick of Angela from Spawn comics, the little pale girl, just the tip, what we hope to see in the sequel & more!
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Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
On this episode, Rick & Chelsea update you on where they've been lately before getting into the topic. Chelsea wanted to show Rick Baz Luhrman's Elvis, so Rick insisted on having a double feature & pairing it with Bubba Ho-Tep, his favorite Bruce Campbell movie. Chelsea had never heard of this film but was ready to learn!
We get into the wonderful tale of the king of rock & roll teaming up JFK to stop a mummy from feeding on souls in an old folks home. We discuss the former president's performance by Ossie Davis, Chelsea's lack of empathy & dislike of scarabs, why she thought this was a martial arts movie starring Elvis Presley prior to seeing the DVD case, Rick's experience in old folks homes & using improv to make those situations better, our interpretations of the movie, tentative plans to visit Graceland & more!
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Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
On this episode, Rick has a great conversation with writer/director Tom McLoughlin. We discuss his work on Friday the 13th: Jason Lives. Sometimes They Come Back, They Came From Outer Space & She Wolf Of London.
We also talk about Universal Monsters, nude scenes, respecting your cast, Dino De Laurentiis, music, attending Camp Blood at the Mahoning Drive In, interacting with fans, the latest update of the Friday the 13th franchise & more!
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Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
On this SPOILER HEAVY episode, Chelsea & Rick discuss the polarizing Halloween Ends. We ponder the fate of Laurie Strode, Haddonfield, Allyson & the long running franchise. We examine trauma, being justice involved & how some viewers didn't enjoy the film.
We also discuss title card font, awful children, murder apprenticeships, Chelsea's justified anger at Rick & not giving the audience what they want in favor of giving them what they might need.
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Saturday Nov 05, 2022
Saturday Nov 05, 2022
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Sexy Mike Stevens from Every1 Is Hot podcast returns as guest host to talk to Rick about Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse. We get into tales of living with Mike during a pandemic, the possible origins of mermaids, how A24 does weird shit, The VVitch, performative masculinity & mariner superstitions.
We also discuss how Venom is an abusive romantic comedy, the problems of alcohol, recipes, if the entire film is a Jacob's Ladder scenario & more!
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Saturday Oct 08, 2022
Saturday Oct 08, 2022
Amanda Stafford returns as guest host. She & Rick have compiled several topics & give their opinions on which of the options they are presented & why. It's a lovely conversation between 2 friends that respect each other's ideas. We need more of that these days.
We get into It, Pet Sematary, The Munsters, The Addams Family, werewolves, witches, The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, clown noses, our return to the improv stage at Magnet Theater October 30 & more!
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Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
CHELSEA IS BACK!!!!!
On this episode, Chelsea & Rick watch movies they had previously hated to discover if they feel the same way about them or if opinions have changed. We discuss Apt Pupil, Carrie (2013), Sleepy Hollow, Victor Crowley & In The Mouth Of Madness!
Chelsea also fill us in on why she was away, we discuss Buffy's marriage, film test audiences, female directors, toxic fandom, how Tim Burton just takes other intellectual properties & makes them weirder & ask the most important question, do you read Sutter Cane?
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