#135 is our 6TH ANNUAL VERY SPECIAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! “NIGHT OF THE DEMONS” & “HALLOWEEN KILLS” plus special guests Latrice Carter, Ingrid Hubert, and Kellie Arnold!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, HYSTOphiles! Welcome to Episode #135, our 6TH ANNUAL VERY SPECIAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!

In honor of the holiday, we are celebrating two films that are 100% HALLOWEEN THEMED. First up is my choice, the 1988 classic Night Of The Demons!

Linnea is ready…are you?

We are especially thrilled to have two fantastic guests join us for this discussion/party! Repeat guest and host of the podcast Horror Movie Warriors AND the queen of 80’s horror, Latrice Carter joins us for a movie date that we made long ago. Also joining us is fellow Horror Movie Warrior Ingrid Hubert! The four of us had a wonderful time talking about Angela’s epic Halloween Party!

So, Keith, my husband Rick, Kellie Arnold, and Cass Weyandt and I went to see the new installment in the Halloween franchise: Halloween KIlls. Just like back in 2018 when the new Halloween came out, Keith chose to make this new chapter his choice for the show!

He’s baaaaaaaaaaack!

Of course this movie features the incredible Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis.

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 17: Jamie Lee Curtis arrives at the premiere of Universal Pictures’ “Halloween” at the TCL Chinese Theatre on October 17, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

This is NOT how she looks in the movie, but I just had to share this pic of her looking FABULOUS…

Our good friend Kellie Arnold joins us to discuss Part Two of this new Michael Meyers trilogy, and boy did we have fun dissecting this one!

Of course we also talk about what’s been entertaining lately (LOTS of horror!), and I let Keith know what’s in store for him when we record Episode #136!

We hope you join our special Halloween movie party, because we really do want to know…

Have You Seen This One?

Jay

Night Of The Demons – 1988
Halloween Kills – 2021

Episode #134 – PSYCHO! with special guests Elle & Brent Garrison!

Welcome back, HYSTOphiles! We’re here with Episode #134, and Keith and I are super excited about this one! This one is all about Alfred Hitchcock‘s 1960 horror/thriller masterpiece Psycho! It features Janet Leigh and, in one of the most iconic horror performances (or any other kind of movie) in movie history, Anthony Perkins.

Oh yeah. I’m really good in this…

We’re also excited to have two new special guests: we had a blast talking with Elle & Brent Garrison! This was their first visit, but definitely not their last!

Guests of HYSTO stay at the fabulous Bates Motel!

The four of us had a great time sharing stories about this historic film. We also shared what is entertaining us lately, and Keith and I announce our choices for Episode #135: Our 6th Annual Very Special Halloween Special! We hope you join our movie party, because we really do want to know…

Have You See This One?

Jay

Psycho – 1960

Episode #132 – A Letter To Three Wives – with good friend Kellie Arnold!

We are back for #132 with a movie that I have wanted us to talk about ever since we started this show: it’s 1949’s A Letter To Three Wives, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (who, you may remember, wrote and directed All About Eve one year later).

The Three Wives: angst never looked so glam…

Oh!And along for the ride is our good friend Kellie Arnold! We had a great time talking about this movie! We hope you join our movie party, because we really do want to know…

Have You Seen This One?

Jay

A Letter To Three Wives – 1949

A Letter To Three Wives – 1949

Episode #131 – The Man In The Moon – aka Reese Witherspoon slays in her first film role!

Greetings HYSTOphiles! Welcome to Episode #131, where we discuss the film where Reese Witherspoon absolutely shines in her screen debut! It’s Keith’s choice: 1991’s The Man In The Moon.

She shines! She also swims…

I usually don’t show my hand when I post here, but this movie was so wonderful I just can’t hide how much I enjoyed it!

I’ll say it again: she shines!

Naturally we also talk about what’s been entertaining us lately, and I let Keith know what movie he’ll be watching next time.

We hope you join our movie party, because we really do want to know…

Have You Seen This One?

Jay

The Man In The Moon – 1991

#130 is full of REVENGE! “For Love Of The Game” & “Zaat”…CINEMA TORTURE IS BACK!

Who’s Zaat?

Welcome to HYSTO? Episode #130! This time around Keith and I are the victims, while our good friends Shawna West and Paul Kastava get their Cinematic Revenge! Yes, they have each chosen a movie that they are SURE is going to torture us both!

First up is Paul’s choice, the Kevin Costner baseball flick from 1999, For Love Of The Game.

I mean, Kevin Costner in a baseball movie? Really? Who would have thought?!?!

Paul knows that the easiest way to torture me is to make watch a sports-themed movie, but will this movie equally cause sports-fan Keith anguish? We’ll see…

After that, we tackle Shawna’s pick, the 1971 creature feature extraordinaire, Blood Waters Of Dr. Z, aka Legend of the Zaat Monster, aka Hydra, aka Attack Of The Swamp Creatures, aka ZAAT!

What’s Zaat?

As you can tell by the above photos of Zaat, the filmmakers spared no expense when filming this magical monster movie. I assure you that every bit of that $1.98 is up on that screen!

Naturally we all share what has been entertaining us lately, and Keith announces what movie he has in store for me for episode #131…AFTER Keith and I place our votes for which film was the most torturous on this episode.

We really had a lot fun recording this one, and we really do hope you join our movie party because we really do want to know…

Have You Seen This One?

Jay

For Love Of The Game – 1999

Zaat – 1971

aka Blood Waters Of Dr. Z – 1971

aka Hydra – 1971

Episode #129 celebrates our 5th Anniversary! Higher Learning & Amèlie!

Greetings HYSTOphiles, and welcome to our 5th Anniversary Celebration! Helping us celebrate is our good friend (and our good luck charm) Kellie Arnold! Keith and I, once again, have chosen two movies that couldn’t be more different from each other.

First up is Keith’s choice: the John Singleton film Higher Learning, from 1995. This movie stars so many people that are famous now…it’s insane!

Laurence Fishburne, Omar Epps, and Ice Cube are just the tip of the “ice” berg…ha ha…

My choice is the 2001 French masterpiece Amèlie. Kellie is joining us because this is her absolute favorite movie of all time!

Starring the unbelievably charming Audrey Tautou…

Of course we also talk about what has been entertaining us lately, then Keith and Kellie and I talk about what we think are the best and worst movies that we have covered over the last five years!

We hope you join us for our 5th Anniversary celebration, because we really do want to know…

Have You Seen This One?

Jay

Higher Learning – 1995

 

Amèlie – 2001

Episode #128 – where it’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature! “Piranha” & “White Water Summer” with guest Erin Casteneda!

Welcome to #128, HYSTOphiles! We’re having hot fun in the summertime, and some weird times on the water! Our two movies include a 1978 summertime classic (and my choice) Piranha, helmed by Gremlins director Joe Dante. This is a movie that you can definitely judge by its trailer…

Yep. Pretty up-front…

Then we talk about Keith’s pick: a film from 1987 called White Water Summer starring Kevin Bacon and Sean Astin. This is a movie that you can NOT judge by its trailer…

It’s a fun, summer romp movie for kids…NOT!!!

Along for the ride is our good friend and 70’s horror movie enthusiast Erin Casteneda! She joins in as we talk about what’s been entertaining us lately, and Keith and I announce what movies we will be talking about next time when we celebrate our 5th Anniversary!!! We hope you join our movie party, because we really do want to know…

Have You Seen This One?

Jay

White Water Summer – 1987

Piranha – 1978

PIranha – 1978

#127 is here, featuring ED WOOD & KINGPIN!

Howdy HYSTOphiles! Welcome to Episode #127! After our Torture Episodes we decided to try and actually entertain each other this time around!

We start with my choice: a movie that is a true love letter to film. It’s 1994’s Ed Wooddirected by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Edward D. Wood Jr. and Martin Landau as an unforgettable Bela Lugosi.

Two great actors, two great performances…

Oh, I almost forgot, it also stars…BILL MURRAY!

The man. The myth. The legend.

Then we move on to Keith’s choice, The Farrelly Brothers bowling-fest from 1996, KingpinIt stars Woody Harrelson and Randy Quaid.

Lookin’ good…

Oh, and it also stars…BILL MURRAY!

Lookin’ good…

We also talk about what’s been keeping us occupied entertainment-lately, as usual, and we announce what movies we will cover in our next double-feature episode! We really hope you join our movie party, because we really do want to know…

Have You Seen This One?

Jay

Ed Wood – 1994

Kingpin – 1996

The Cinema Torture Challenge continues with Episode #126 – Samurai Cop & Blood Feast!

Hello HYSTOphiles, and welcome to our second Movie Torture Tournament! Keith and I both did our best to bring the pain, and this time around our guest judge is none other than our good friend and former co-host Paul Kastava!

Our first painful-to-watch film is Keith’s choice: 1991’s Samurai Cop, which has some of the biggest hair since the 1980’s…

Shake that mane!

I had heard of this movie, because it features the star of the Maniac Cop movies, Mr. Robert Z’Dar…

Obviously a love story…

After that fun we tackle what agree is the very first “Splatter Film”…Blood Feast from way back in 1963…

What’s the matter, honey? Fuad Ramses got your tongue?

This gore classic (which I picked REALLY just to “skeeve out” Paul) stars Connie Mason! The poster boasts “You read about her in Playboy!” Uh huh. You read about her…

Connie Mason. Actress…I guess? Maybe? I mean, you read about her in Playboy…

We also share our friend Matt Bennison’s Top 5 Movies Of All Timeand we also share some of your choices for  The Worst Movie Of All Time! As far as who won this movie torture battle, you’ll have to listen in to see whose choice Paul picked (but I’m guessing you can probably figure that one out…) We hope you do listen in, because we really do want to know…

Have You Seen This One?

Jay

Samurai Cop – 1991

Blood Feast – 1963