Cheap Chills - On Art and Monsters
Illustrator, Ben Walker-Storey loves monsters, ghosts, creepers and kaiju. On the Cheap Chills Podcast, Ben talks with other artists and creators about how macabre movies, gothic toys and forbidden comics influenced their life and their artwork.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 65
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Talking 'Toons Creator of The Cuphead Show, Dave Wasson
Welcome to the Cheap Chills podcast, where artists and creators who love spooky, weird stuff can get together and talk spooky weird art ….talk.
A few months ago, I was alone in bed watching The Cup H…
A few months ago, I was alone in bed watching The Cup H…
01:08:58 |
Tue 27 Aug 2024
The Monster Club, 1981- with Amanda Walker-Story - Rerelease of Ep. 8 Monsters in Turtlenecks
This week Ben is busy with something very frightening if common among us these days, bills! So we've dug up (get it? GET IT??) a spooky gem from the early days of this podcast, Monsters in Turtleneck…
00:28:57 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
My Tubi Continue Watching List, Plus a Lost Movie, and Feeling Rusty with Drawing
Introducing a new segment, "Continue Watching?" where Ben goes through his Tubi, Continue Watching list and talks about the movies he didn't get through; gems like Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century, Wa…
00:18:28 |
Mon 12 Aug 2024
How Horror Makes Us Feel Better and Art-Making Reveals All Our Secrets : with Jules Fischer
Hey Gang! This week I'm joined by Jules Fischer, an Indi Comic book Artist from Berlin, Germany. We get into all kinds of stuff! Her influeces, Charles Burns, Dan Clowes and Jamie Hernandez sent her …
01:10:51 |
Mon 05 Aug 2024
What is Your Lost Movie? Call The Hotline! : Let's Check in With Ben
Hey gang, this week Ben is taking calls on the new Lost Movie Hotline. Listeners who caught a movie when they were little, one that seared itself into their memories, can now call in with a voicemail…
00:22:23 |
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Mad Monster Lady, Audrey Rose - Crestwood Monster Books, Being a Weirdo
Ben is joined this week by artist, mom and teacher, Audrey Rose, also known as Mad Monster Lady.
This week's (official) topic is the Crestwood Monsters series of books. They talk about how monsters ar…
This week's (official) topic is the Crestwood Monsters series of books. They talk about how monsters ar…
01:20:23 |
Mon 22 Jul 2024
Building Community Through Weird Films - with Kenneth Filmer of Khloaris
This week I am joined by Kenneth Filmer, who is half of a Film and Television/Promotion company in New York City called Khloaris. Khloaris produces films and hosts screening parties in unusual places…
01:50:25 |
Mon 15 Jul 2024
Friday the 13th...The Series! with guest, Jimmy Walker
This week Ben is joined by someone who was there for all of it, Ben’s brother Jimmy Walker. They get into memories and thoughts on the series, Friday the 13th...The Series (1987-90). That’s the one n…
01:06:15 |
Mon 08 Jul 2024
Hammer Films vs Disney, The Penguin Book of Comics, Thoughts on Mortality and Collecting
This week Ben’s flying solo! First its the odd tale of the time Hammer Films and Walt Disney both set out to make a film about Dr. Syn, the Pirate turned Preacher/ Smuggler.
Then, in a very special L…
Then, in a very special L…
00:30:10 |
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Ghost Hunting with Joshua Sterling of Haunting Season
The Cheap Chills Podcast is back with a new format! Host Ben Walker-Storey talks with other creatives about the spooky, weird stuff from our younger days and how it influenced the art, film, music et…
01:06:39 |
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Trailer - The (New) Cheap Chills Podcast
Ben Walker-Storey is back for a new kind of Cheap Chills Podcast!
This is a quick check-in to let you know what we'll be doing here each week.
For me, there’s nothing better than wrapping myself into …
This is a quick check-in to let you know what we'll be doing here each week.
For me, there’s nothing better than wrapping myself into …
00:01:11 |
Mon 17 Jun 2024
Ep 0036 KNOW FATE
They said it wouldn't happen. But the stars aligned and Cheap Chills lives on! This time Ben and Amanda talk about fate and destiny, delving into some personal stories after delving into other person…
00:40:28 |
Thu 18 Jul 2019
Ep 0035 Cults and Q&A with iDuddits - Live At Sacramento Podcast Festival
Live at STAB Comedy Theater in Sacramento, California! Ben & Amanda talk about the Hometown Horrors of the fun-zone in Grass Valley and fighting old ladies at estate sales. Then it's on to the cults!…
00:44:20 |
Wed 05 Jun 2019
Ep 0034 Monster Funk
We're back! This time, Ben reads selections from his new self-published, Adult coloring book, Monster Funk. Friendship, rejection, career lows, embarrassment: Ben tells the incredibly personal storie…
00:34:28 |
Wed 22 May 2019
Ep 0033 Vampires - The Sex Monsters
In this return to greatness, Ben and Amanda unpack everything they know, think and feel about those sexy, blood-sucking fiends: Vampires. Ben starts the show with a brief rant about the age-old confl…
00:47:45 |
Tue 02 Apr 2019
Ep 0032 Back To Beast
Ben and Amanda talk Satan, Satanism and their experiences growing up Christian, going to church getting spooked by Devil-talk. Half-way through, the couple takes a break to have a crazy-mom-off.
Then…
Then…
00:48:37 |
Mon 25 Feb 2019
Ep 0031 Time Travel And Excavators
Ben and Amanda introduce a new segment, Conspiracy Something, Say Something and talk about a strange pattern emerging in children's programing. They give more thought and tips on going "Full Addams" …
00:55:49 |
Fri 08 Feb 2019
Ep 0030 Living Fully Full Addams
Amanda is Back! We're back!
Ben and Amanda talk about what happens when you are awake during surgery. They take a big step toward living "Full Addams" (Family). Then they explore the idea of "smudging…
Ben and Amanda talk about what happens when you are awake during surgery. They take a big step toward living "Full Addams" (Family). Then they explore the idea of "smudging…
00:45:58 |
Wed 23 Jan 2019
Ep 0029 Horror On The Beach With Kristen Lucas
Ben is joined by guest, co-host Kristen Lucas. Kristen is a comedian and actor who once tried to win over the crowd at an audition with a Cry Baby reference. Ben and Kristen check out the fun in the …
00:44:01 |
Tue 27 Nov 2018
Ep 0028 Its Just Frankenstein - Josh Herbolsheimer From Super 7
Ben is joined by Super 7's Josh Herbolsheimer. They talk about the new lines of Reaction figures, Universal Monsters (Can we just call him Frankenstein, already?) Plus art school and collisions with …
00:41:40 |
Tue 13 Nov 2018
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