April 16, 2024

87. Dungeons & Dragons Double Feature! w/Andy Groth & Grant Leitbrouck

Kalid and Joe discuss the vastly different films that happen to fall under the same brand: the 2000 film, Dungeons & Dragons , and the 2023 update, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves . Joined by two friends and Dungeon M...

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April 9, 2024

Frankenbits: Our Favorite Genre Tropes!

We're off this week so we're sharing one of our Patreon episodes in which we rank our favorite tropes in genre fiction! If you like this episode, please ⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on Patreon for more Frankenbits like this! *Thank you to ...

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March 26, 2024

86. The Satan Beast from ‘End of Days’ w/Ryan Mintz

Kalid and Joe are joined by one of the original Friendensteins, Ryan Mintz, to talk about the ultimate showdown between Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Devil set against the backdrop of Y2K. That’s right, we’re chatting about t...

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March 12, 2024

85. Torok the Troll from ‘Troll’ w/Amber Amundson

Kalid and Joe take a trip back into the realm of Empire Pictures! This time, the crew is joined by friend of the podcast (and real-life friend), Amber Amundson to chat about the 1986 horror/fantasy flick, Troll , from directo...

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Feb. 27, 2024

84. The Hopes in Traumas in Palestinian Speculative Fiction w/Basma Ghalayani

Kalid and Joe break from (fictional) monsters for a conversation with writer and editor, Basma Ghalayani, about how genre fiction and speculative fiction can be seen as a tool to reflect on the traumas of the past and present...

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Feb. 13, 2024

83. Tentacle Aliens from 'Slash/Back' w/Nyla Innuksuk

Kalid and Joe are joined by the immensely cool and talented Nyla Innuksuk to discuss her recent sci-fi/horror film, Slash/Back ! *Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...

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Jan. 30, 2024

82. Angels & Demons in ‘Hellbound’

This week, Kalid and Joe dig into the many themes and big ideas from the 2021 South Korean series, Hellbound , currently streaming on Netflix! ​​*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

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Jan. 16, 2024

81. Indigenous Horror w/Shane Hawk

Kalid and Joe interview horror writer, Shane Hawk, about writing dark Indigenous fiction! The crew get into his short story work and the state of Indigenous horror and genre fiction in pop. culture. *Thank you to Jim Hall for...

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Jan. 2, 2024

80. Empire Pictures Double Feature! (‘The Dungeonmaster’ & ‘Arena’)

This week, Kalid & Joe layer on the cheese and dig into two gems from Charles Band’s Empire Pictures heyday of the 1980s! We chat about the 1984 fantasy anthology, The Dungeonmaster (aka “Ragewar”) and the 1989 sci-fi/sports ...

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Dec. 19, 2023

79. The Broodlings in ‘The Brood’ w/Joe Mischo, Corrin Evans and Nicole Praska

Kalid and Joe are joined by another round-table of guests to dissect David Cronenberg’s 1979 divorce drama/therapy thriller, The Brood! *Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

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