Mass Hypnosis Podcast
Once again, Famous Monsters of Filmland and Fangoria scribe Justin Beahm joins me to discuss today’s focus monster–The Gillman from the legendary Creature from the Black Lagoon films from Universal Studios. The Gillman is one of my favorite movie monsters for a number of reasons, and Justin joins me to look at those reasons a

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Happy Holidays, Monster Island Resorters! This Christmas it’s all Halloween, the shape, Michael Myers! I am joined by Monster Island Resort alumnus Justin Beahm, who writes for Fangoria and Famous Monsters of Filmland, and is heavily immersed in all things Halloween mythos. We talk new blu-ray releases, the theatrical re-release of the original film, the power of

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Hello Listeners! On today’s episode, I discuss the real horror of what happened in Connecticut from my teacher’s perspective. Then, I have a great conversation about the adventures of creating independent film from the perspective of a producer. Zach Green from Fatal Pictures joins me. His production company produced a great short film called Familiar, which

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I know most of you have wanted a naughtier episode, and I’m giving you some of the goods tonight! Burlesque dancer extraordinaire Tristan Risk joins me to talk about her views on burlesque, the relationship between sex, violence, and horror, what really scares her, her experience in The Twisted Twins’s new horror film American Mary,

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Hello Horror fans! In this episode, I am joined by my friend Sarah from the Gorepress Gorecast over in the UK! We just shoot the excrement about our favorite gore films, censorship, what we love about splatter, and more! This is a very conversational episode, and I had a blast doing it! You can subscribe

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Why did it take me so long to make an episode? A personal note. Thanks for listening! Listen to the Episode here:
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A conversation from around the globe! Michal Kosakowski is a film director based in Germany whose documentary Zero Killed is racking up awards on the film festival circuit. This unique collection of short films and interviews attempts to explore a very taboo and dark topic–the murder fantasies of regular people from all walks of life.

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A storytime to get us into the Halloween spirit! What could bring life to the holiday more than the Headless Horseman? Why waste more words? On to the story! Listen to the Episode here:
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Hello everyone. Once again, I am podcasting to fight breast cancer! Joining me is Dread Central‘s eminent horror journalist Sean Decker, who has dedicated much of his time, energy, and money to supporting The Busted Foundation in their mission to aid people who are going through the trials of breast cancer. He does this by

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Today is horror master Stephen King’s 65th birthday! In celebration, Picking Up the Ghost author Tone Milazzo and Saint Mort Show host Matt Kelly join me in a candid and altogether fun discussion of the prolific author. This episode is a must listen for any Stephen King fan and anyone who wanted to learn more

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Usually, I prefer to discuss monsters of a more fantastic vein—Godzilla, werewolves, vampires, and the like. Today, however, I have decided to center the conversation on monsters of a decidedly more realistic sort—serial killers. Lots of serial killers populate books, film, and television, and have attracted large audiences by doing so. I find the celebrity

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The audio hiatus is over! For you iTunes subscribers, I put vidcast diaries of my UK trip on the direct website monsterislandresort.org. I hope you enjoy them. For this episode, my housemate Beth Accomando of Cinema Junkie and I talk about our trip in general and, more specifically, Film 4 FrightFest in London! The films

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Hello Monster Fans! The discussion about practical vs. cgi effects was a requested topic, and I’m glad to have two great artists join me to discuss it. First of all, I have Tyler Ham of HamFX, who has been a digital effects artist on such giants as Iron Man, The Pirates of the Carribean films,

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Hello everyone, Time for another Storytime edition! This will be the first part of three. Three Ghost Stories, that is. The first of Charles Dickens’s famous triptych of ghost stories is The Signal Man. Monster Island Resort Storytime is especially suited to ghost stories like this one. I hope you are in a dark room,

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Breast cancer is a monster I never expected to discuss on this show, but I am extremely happy with this episode and quite optimistic about it. It is dedicated to Jessica Rehn, who is currently taking on her own cancer with a strength and vitality I didn’t know any one person could possess. Unbelievably, her

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San Diego Comic-Con International (SDCC) nearly spent my lifeforce. After Viscera Film Festival immediately preceding it and two of my own film nights (Batman: The Movie and Dead Alive, respectively) immediately following it, I can’t believe there is a breath left in my body! I barely made it out with this episode alive, so I

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Once again, I have attended the Viscera Film Festival in Los Angeles. This is the first event I ever covered as Monster Island Resort back in July of 2010, and I’m happy to say it has grown considerably since then. Congratulations to Shannon, Heidi, and Stacy for their accomplishment! This year’s line-up: Among Friends by

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  It’s my two-year anniversary episode! I talk about fairy tales and their effects on horror with the brilliant filmmaker (and my dear friend) Karen Lam! Check out her work over at karenlamfilms.com! Her short films Doll Parts and The Stolen are definitely influenced by fairy tales. She has a lot to say about storytelling, mythology, horror,

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Hello Monster Fans, I have another terrifying classic horror tale for you–this one from the author Ambrose Bierce! Also, though I do mention this in the episode, I will also here give my congratulations to the team behind Take This Lollipop for winning the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment! Click on the link

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As some of you may know, the second year anniversary of the Monster Island Resort Podcast is looming on the horizon. Despite such a momentous occasion, I must confess I expected it to pass by with relatively little notice until my two-year anniversary gets posted on July 1st. Leave it to one of my fellow pop

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Hello everyone! Happy (God)Father’s Day! June 15th was the birthday of the Godfather of Gore himself–Hershall Gordon Lewis! I have always enjoyed myself a good HG Lewis picture, as have many horror fans. He is credited with creating the gore or splatter film–films that, at best, appeal to our morbid curiosities like celluloid Grand Guignols.

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Hello everyone! Continuing my new mission to discuss one monster every month, I invite Professor Ramie Tateishi to discuss King Ghidorah–probably one of the most popular of the Japanese dai kaiju, or giant monsters.   Sensei Tateishi teaches classes on Japanese film, including a college course on Gojira! We have a blast discussing one of

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Greetings Monsters, With this episode, Carol Borden from The Cultural Gutter returns to the resort to help me pay tribute to the incredible Japanese director and writer Shindo Kaneto by discussing his considerable legacy and impact. Kaneto not only helped shape the filmscape, but he also supplied the horror genre with two successful films that

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Hello everybody, A few weeks ago, I saw a 9-minute short that I found very interesting. It starred Bill Oberst, Jr. and took a bit of a risk with it’s talky brand of storytelling. It paid off, though, because it’s a pretty intriguing short. The short is called ASSASSINS, and it was directed by Mike

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Hello everyone! I’m very happy to say that my last episode on werewolves with The Cultural Gutter’s own Carol Borden was one of my most heavily downloaded episodes to date! Big thanks to The Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit for putting that assignment in my charge! Many people have written me asking about the

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GOOD GOD IT’S THE MYSTERIOUS ORDER OF THE SKELETON SUIT (MOSS)! Fellow Mysterious Order Agent Carol Borden from The Cultural Gutter joins me to discuss our favorite hairy beast in honor of Hairy Beasts month! What is that hairy beast you may wonder? Listen inside to find out! We have a really excellent conversation all about

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Hello everyone! Remember the days when you could count on some pretty horror-friendly late night TV? Well, SV Bell over at Black Flag TV is trying to recapture those days with his fledgling 24-hour online television station dedicated to horror, exploitation, and independent cinema!   Despite an insane schedule, SV Bell was able to join

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Hello everyone! I have another bonus MIR Storytime Edition for all of you. Last week Monday, I had the opportunity to read Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat during a new film series I’m co-presenting at Whistle Stop Bar, along with Beth Accomando of Cinema Junkie and Ian Forbes of The Sobering Conclusion called Shot

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Hello Monsters! What began as an innocent interview with filmmaker Dave Reda at Monsterpalooza became a crazy round table conversation about random topics with some of my favorite friends in indie horror cinema right now, including Shannon Lark, Tyler Ham, Phil Lorenzo, and Jesse Kozel! It was Saturday night at around 1am, everyone was enjoying

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Hello everyone. Now that my MIR Storytime featuring Herbert West: Re-Animator has come to a conclusion, I have gotten some feedback requesting the entire story in a single audio file. I decided to indulge those requests and edited Storytime Episodes 6-11 together for this Bonus Episode. Because they were originally separate, you may experience some

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Hello Monster Fans: I recently spent a monsterific weekend at MONSTERPALOOZA, my favorite convention. I had plans to interview a great many people there, but, frankly, I was so overwhelmed by love for everything that was going on that I couldn’t help but ignore the microphone in favor of taking in the splendor around me.

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Hello everyone! I am on my way to the last day of MONSTERPALOOZA! This is the final part of Herbert West: Re-Animator! It’s been a crazy ride! I hope you enjoy it! If you haven’t yet, listen to previous parts! Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 1 Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 2 Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 3

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Greetings everybody, I recently had the pleasure of joining director Tammi Sutton in her Los Angeles home to discuss her newest film Isle of Dogs. This brutal thriller was given a surprise sneak screening at my Horrible Imaginings Film Festival in November, and it has attracted enough attention that it will be getting a TBD

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In this episode I post about my birthday yesterday, which included video games on a Landmark Theaters screen!  This prompted me to think about horror and video games. It also helped me think about a discussion on horror in comics I wanted to mention. That is appropriate because I went to WonderCon, where I got

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Listen to previous parts! Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 1 Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 2 Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 3 Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 4   Listen to the Episode here:
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Greetings monsters! This weekend I am at WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center, so how appropriate that today’s episode should feature a conversation with the hilarious and brilliant Rebecca Hicks–creator of the popular web series Little Vampires! We are joined by her talentless hanger-on James Hicks. We talk comics, conventions, mythology, monsters, horror, Carrie Fischer,

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Hello everyone! I am happy to introduce the director and several actresses of Bold Measures Films‘s upcoming giallo-inspired thriller short Vae Lacrimae! Boasting a cast featuring Asian-American women in key roles, director Phil Lorenzo, who himself plays a key role in bringing The San Diego Asian Film Festival to town, talks about his motivations in

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Hello Monster Lovers, If you watched the Oscars last weekend or heard some of the talk among monster fans who did, you may have heard that Brad Pitt identified none other than the wonderful Toho monster bash War of the Gargantuas as the film that influenced his career choice. It was exciting for us to

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Today on Monster Island Resort, I am happy to be joined by three rising stars of independent horror: Devanny Pinn, Brandon Slagle, and Jessica Cameron. They are here to talk about their upcoming true crime shocker American Girls, as well as share their thoughts on genre cinema and the value of dark cinema.   To read

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Hello Monster Island Resorters, It’s time for another collaboration with that collection of creative minds known as the Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit (MOSS)! This month, the oft-ignored, yet highly prolific sub-genre of films known as the muscleman movie will be scrutinized by certain agents. For a list of what the other agents have

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I have a veritable horror spokeswoman on this episode! This is her second time at Monster Island Resort. It's Canada's only horror hostess with the mostess--the inimitable Miss.Gory Rae of the The Gory Hole!
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It’s too much madness for one podcast! As the highly anticipated FOURTH part of a series of Godzilla talks between The Vault of Horror Blog and Monster Island Resort Podcast, we decided to do a vidcast! The occasion? The inimitable B-Sol and I were able to get together IN PERSON to talk about the millenium

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Hello fiends! It is the first episode on the first day of the year 2012! I have resolved to write more fiction, and so I offer you my latest story. It’s a Christmas horror tale about everyone’s favorite holiday beast, The Krampus! I hope you all enjoy it! I want to extend my best wishes

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