This week, we're joined by Gwendolyn Kiste to discuss her new novel, "The Rust Maidens", as well as learn about animals & why you shouldn't swim in lakes. Photo Credit: "Otters" by Neil Turner is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Pick up a copy of "The Rust Maidens" from Journalstone or A…

Grab your Johnny Mac and pull up a chair, because this week Sean & Charles are talking about the 2017 film "1922", based on the short novel by Stephen King. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: The Rants Macabre - Miskatonic Musings Play Gerald's Game The Rants Macabre - Stephen King With Spooky Sean…

Happy Halloween! Simon Strantzas joins us to talk about his new collection, Nothing is Everything, available now from Undertow Publications! Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Pick up a copy of Nothing is Everything from Undertow Publications or Amazon Check out Simon Strantzas on Twitter, Facebook, and his website. …

This week, we take an earnest look at the 1986 Jim Varney flick "Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Jim Varney Emotions PosterOleh Miskatonic Musings

Fun fact - in my personal sexiest dreams, Wilson from Home Improvement is a velociraptor saying my name from behind a burning car. This week, we're covering "Good Fences" by Genevieve Valentine and the 2008 home invasion film "The Strangers". Oh, and we spend a weirdly long amount of time talking about Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them, so I gu…

Hope you like jokes about Willy Denzey, because this week we're talking about the short story "Horror Story" by Carmen Maria Machado and the 2017 Belgian film "The Mansion". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Carmen Maria Machado - Horror Story (via Nightmare Magazine)…

We lost a bet back in March, so we've got Darren & Mindy of The Rants Macabre back on our show! This time, we're talking about "Red Rain" by Adam-Troy Castro, as well as the 2009 film Carriers! Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Reaching Out Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Adam-Troy Castro - Red Rain (via Nightmare M…

This week, we have a chat about "The Shadow at the Bottom of the World" by Thomas Ligotti, the 2014 film "Life After Beth", the truths of Garfield, and what our cooking show would be like. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

This week, we chat about serial killer memorabilia and discuss Caspian Gray's short story "Kylie Land" and the 2016 film "Train to Busan". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Caspian Gray - Kylie Land (via Nightmare Magazine)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

This week, we sit down with Jon Padgett to discuss Vastarien & all things Ligotti! Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Pick up an issue or two of Vastarien here Also, grab a copy of "The Secret of Ventriloquism" from Amazon If you dig records & want to own yourself a vinyl disc of Jon's story "20 Simple Steps to Ventr…

This week, we have a nice little chat about the 2015 film "What We Do In The Shadows", get off on a tangent about the recently-cancelled "Ghosted" on Fox, and say some things that we decide that we need to apologize to Rita Moreno for. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

This week, we discuss the short story "The Body Finder" by Kaaron Warren, as well as the 2012 horror comedy "The Cabin In The Woods". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Kaaron Warren - The Body Finder (via The Dark) Pick up a copy of Blurring The LineOleh Miskatonic Musings

Oooh boy, time to get all depressing and sad! This episode, we talk about Robert Levy's short story "The Vault of the Sky, The Face of the Deep", as well as the 2018 horror film Hereditary. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Robert Levy - The Vault of the Sky, The Face of the Deep (via The Dark)…

Please applaud our restraint - we managed to not talk about Bee Movie while discussing the short story "Beehive Heart" by Angela Rega. We also don't talk about Bee Movie while discussing the 1986 film "Chopping Mall", but that's probably less impressive. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Angela Rega - Beehive Heart …

Get ready to kick a skull and plot a murder - this week, we're discussing the short story "Skullpocket" by Nathan Ballingrud and the 1964 Hammer film "Nightmare"! Oh, and I guess there's super-minor The Last Jedi spoilers? Do we still need to warn about that? You've seen the movie by now, I'm sure. And if you haven't, it's not a plot spoiler or any…

Boats? Boats. Boats! This week, we're talking about the short story "Poe Posthumous; or, The Light-House" by Joyce Carol Oates, and the 2009 film "Triangle". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A-FRAID! We're getting our geek on and discussing three stories from "Terror in 16-Bits", a video game-theme horror collection from Muzzleland Press - "Sairens" by Julie K. Godard, "The Drunkard's Dream" by Orrin Grey, and "Centralia" by our very own good boy Sean M. Thompson. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)…

This week, we have a chat about the 1975 made-for-TV movie "Trilogy of Terror". Remember that one? It's the anthology film with the Zuni Fetish Doll story, plus two other segments that you forgot about entirely. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

Kristi DeMeester returns to the show this week to talk about her short story collection "Everything That's Underneath", Peter Rabbit, Fraggle nightmares, and more! Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Pick up a copy of "Everything That's Underneath" from Apex Books Also, grab a copy of "Beneath" from Word Horde Follow …

Empty your caskets and put on your smiles - this week, we talk about the short story "Sleep Paralysis" by Dale Bailey and the 1994 film "Cemetery Man". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Dale Bailey - Sleep Paralysis (via Nightmare Magazine)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

This week, we sit down and do a fairly poor job of synopsizing the first 5 episodes of AMC's "The Terror", and somehow get kinda distracted talking about Game of Thrones for a bit (Spoilers for that, I guess?). Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

It's Deep Blue Sea! We talk about Deep Blue Sea. Good fuckin' movie, man. Real fun time. Sharks and whatnot. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: LL Cool J - Deepest Bluest (Shark's Fin) The Meg - TrailerOleh Miskatonic Musings

This week we get mad chilly talking about Algernon Blackwood's short story "The Glamour of the Snow" and the 1959 film "The Abominable Snowman". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Algernon Blackwood - The Glamour of the Snow Episode 59 - Betty The YetiOleh Miskatonic Musings

This week, we get derailed by a listener question before discussing the 2017 film "Veronica". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: The Guy Who Fucked Airwolf CentellaOleh Miskatonic Musings

No dads allowed this week, as we cover two tales of anti-dad rural horror - "Different Angels" by Lynda E. Rucker, and the 1984 film "Children of the Corn". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Lynda E. Rucker - Different Angels (via Nightmare MagazineOleh Miskatonic Musings

In which we discuss the short story "Necksnapper" by MP Johnson & the 2017 film "The Ritual". Plus, we analyze Sean's tall boi physiology, plan a lads holiday, and announce our first-ever corporate sponsor! Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: MP Johnson - Necksnapper (via The Dark Kickstarter - The Dark Magazine: Two …

Grab a Slusho and dig out your party mix CD from 2008 (it's on the third floor, by the lamp) - this week we're discussing the films "Cloverfield" and "The Cloverfield Paradox". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: The Rants Macabre - Godzilla and the Kaiju Who Hate Him Ask Lovecraft - Cloverfield…

Prepare for creepy dolls, slug girls, Muppet teachers, and viscous white mud - we're covering the first five episodes of the horror anime anthology series "Junji Ito Collection". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

This week, we sit down to chat about Jack Ketchum's short story "Gone" and the 2017 film "Bottom of the World". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

This week, we sit down and have a chat with Josh Finney about noir, race, and Casefile: ARKHAM Vol. 2 - Her Blood Runs Cold. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Episode 151 - #CocksOut4Cthulhu Casefile: ARKHAM Check out Josh Finney on on Twitter or his website 01Publishing…

This week, we interview author Daniel Braum about his collections "The Wish Mechanics" and "The Night Marchers"! Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Pick up a copy of The Wish Mechanics from Amazon While you're at it, you can also pick up a copy of The Night Marchers from Amazon Find Daniel on his website.…

To celebrate our 200th episode, we put together a dang clip show of your Top 5 Favorite Miskatonic Musings Moments. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Photo: Header Photo via user D Sharon Pruitt on Wikimedia CommonsOleh Miskatonic Musings

Ring in the New Year with a shitty, shitty vampire movie! Our Blade-Stravaganza concludes with 2004's "Blade: Trinity". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

It's the most wonderful time of the year - by which I mean it's our annual Holiday Episode, plus it's part two of our Blade-Stravaganza! Gather 'round & let's argue about whether or not Blade II is a Christmas movie. Music: Opening Theme: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Background Music: Wish Background Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.co…

It's time for part one of our Blade-Stravaganza! This week, we sit down to chat about the first one, 1998's film "Blade". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

This, episode, Philip Fracassi joins us to talk about his fiction, Detroit-style pizza, puppy-based films, and more! Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Pick up a copy of "Behold The Void" from Journalstone Publishing Follow Philip Fracassi on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or his website.…

This week, we get deep into some Innsmouth tourism, chat about a Harry Hole, discuss the short story "Click" by Brian Evenson, and get real mad about the 1997 film "Spawn". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Brian Evenson - Click (via Nightmare Magazine) McManbeast Books McManbeast Books October Newsletter…

Matthew M. Bartlett joins us this week to talk about his new collection "The Stay-Awake Men and Other Unstable Entities", his new serial "The Obsecration" in Eyedolon magazine via the Broken Eye Books Patreon, and his advent calendar, "Of Doomful Portent: An Advent Calendar of Grotesque Horrors". That being said, we get off on a tangent about food …

Tim "Power Listener" Vargulish returns to the show to have a chat about the 1992 Sega CD cult classic "Night Trap"! Is it as bad as everyone says? Who does S.C.A.T. work for? Can anyone remember the noises that Nien Nunb makes? What exactly is a Night Trap? Find out the answers to all this and more! Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech…

This week, we're joined by Michael Keene & Sean Doyle to discuss master director Neil Breen (Fateful Findings), and their upcoming cyberpunk Neil Breen homage, Fatal Future. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Check out the IndieGoGo of Fatal Future Find Michael on Twitter, Instagram, or his website. Episode 17 - Swal…

In which we acknowledge that we have a Bee Movie problem, and talk about the 2017 film "The Babysitter". Does that sound like spooky episode? It's spooky enough. Happy Halloween, I guess. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Hey! We were on The Rants Macabre to chat about Gerald's Game! Go listen! While you're at it, g…

This week, we have a chat about Channel Zero: No-End House. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Episode 156 - Child Endangerment Episode 131 - Let's Get Creepy Brian Russell - NoEnd HouseOleh Miskatonic Musings

This week, we answer some listener questions & chat about the 2016 vampire flick "The Transfiguration". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Bee Movie But Everytime They Say Bee It Gets FasterOleh Miskatonic Musings

This week, Carla makes a return to the show to chat about mental health & the 2017 film "Split". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

This week, we chat about the short story "The Spook School" by Nick Mamatas, the kinda-crappy-but-in-a-good-way 1986 film "TerrorVision", and spend a surprising amount of time on how good The Pretender was, in that any amount of time spent discussing an NBC series from the '90s on a horror & weird fiction podcast should be considered surprising. Mu…

This week, we engage in another exciting round of child endangerment by watching the 2002 Japanese horror film "Dark Water". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Oleh Miskatonic Musings

We've got a double-feature this week! First, Charles & Leeman review the horror anthology film "XX", and then Charles & Sean present their interviews from NecronomiCon Providence 2017 with Tom Breen, Gwendolyn Kiste, Matthew M. Bartlett, & Jon Padgett! Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Find Tom Breen on Amazon, Twit…

This week, we're joined by author Nadia Bulkin to discuss her new short story collection, "She Said Destroy" from Word Horde. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Pick up a copy of She Said Destroy from Word Horde or Amazon Find Nadia on her website, Twitter, or Facebook.…

As we march down the road to NecronomiCon 2017, we make a pit stop to discuss the 1970 film "The Dunwich Horror". Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Episode 100 - The Hundredth One Reading GlassesOleh Miskatonic Musings

Summon a witch & slap on some greasepaint, because this week we're covering Caspian Gray's short story "Promises of Spring" & the 2014 horror film Clown. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Caspian Gray - Promises of Spring (via Nightmare Magazine) The Rants Macabre - Episode 131: J-Horror Part 3…