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
Ep 026 Halloween Memories
In this special 1 year anniversary show, Ben and Amanda veer away from movies to have a fireside chat about their most memorable Halloweens. The costumes, trick or treating, taking sexy pictures with…
00:54:20 |
Tue 16 Oct 2018
Ep 025 Bad Apples
Ben and Amanda start of with a bit of a State of the Podcast address as it's Episode 25 and the 1 year mark for Cheap Chills. Then it's Bad Apples spoiling....the World? at least the neighborhood. Be…
01:04:14 |
Fri 28 Sep 2018
Ep 024 Lips And Assholes
This time, Ben and Amanda watch clips from David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch then tell their stories about cockroaches and hoarders. They check out clips from Videodrome which launches Ben into a Shark …
00:43:43 |
Fri 14 Sep 2018
Ep 023 It's Friday I'm In Love
Ben and Amanda watch clips from Friday the 13th, The Series and wonder if there are cursed items in their own home. Plus Amanda gets a tour of the historic (haunted?)Cary House Hotel from Eugene Butl…
00:51:24 |
Fri 31 Aug 2018
Ep 022 Something Extra - Lowell Northrop
This time Ben and Amanda are joined by Producer, Director, Actor, Lowell Northrop (Hap & Leonard). They watch trailers to some movies about extra parts growing out of people's bodies and talk about v…
00:50:20 |
Thu 16 Aug 2018
Ep 021 Acker -hyphen- Men with Guest: David Weiner
Ben and Amanda are joined by Entertainment journalist and former Famous Monsters of Filmland Editor, David. Weiner. We watch trailers to films that were featured on some of our favorite, classic FM c…
00:56:36 |
Wed 01 Aug 2018
020 Knock-Knock. Who's There? Knock-Offs
In this episode, Ben and Amanda check out some favorite knock-offs of our favorite cult movies of the 1970s and 80s.
A few trailers for movies in post-apocalyptic and barbarian genres prompt some per…
A few trailers for movies in post-apocalyptic and barbarian genres prompt some per…
01:02:41 |
Wed 18 Jul 2018
019 Full Addams
In this episode, Ben and Amanda talk briefly about the horror of knowing the people in your hometown feel very differently about current events. Which leads to the theme of the show: The Addams Famil…
01:02:44 |
Wed 27 Jun 2018
018 Husks And Vapors
In episode 18 of The Cheap Chills Show, Ben and Amanda delve into one of Ben's visceral fears, bodies dissolving into husks and vapors. The couple watch clips from cult classic films and discuss peop…
00:37:38 |
Tue 12 Jun 2018
017 In Cars
Ben and Amanda watch the trailers for Duel, The Car, Christine and Maximum Overdrive. They talk about when it was cool to be a trucker, their own road rage, car chase experiences and the terror that …
00:44:31 |
Tue 22 May 2018
016 An Evening With Moms VHS
Ben and Amanda wipe the dust from Mom's VHS collection. It's a lovely evening at home complete with a workout, beauty and pampering, a feature film and some late night romance.
This is a public episo…
This is a public episo…
00:45:39 |
Sat 05 May 2018
015 Eat Me
We watch the trailers for Parents, Soylent Green and C.H.U.D. and talk man-eaters, man-made meat, and man-meat. Plus, do younger siblings get less genetic beauty juice? And, who said Sir-we-have-no-c…
00:56:51 |
Wed 11 Apr 2018
014 Baby Did A Bad Bad Job
Ben and Amanda watch the trailer for Stephen King's Graveyard Shift and swap tales of awful jobs from their pasts. Plus, reasons not to go to Art school, the wordy horror of Lovecraft and white jeans…
00:47:34 |
Sat 24 Mar 2018
012 The Jim Bray Mystery
This episode is devoted to the mysterious disappearance of Jim Bray, star (along with Linda Blair) of 1978's Roller Boogie. Ben and Amanda reveal their personal attachment to roller-skating and pitch…
00:47:37 |
Fri 09 Mar 2018
011 Birthday Week 1973
Ben and Amanda explore a few of the unforgettable movies of 1973, The Baby, Legend of Hell House, Godspell and Psychomania. Plus personal tales of cat attacks, a Second Coming movie pitch, and more!
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00:48:28 |
Wed 28 Feb 2018
010 Birthday Week 1981
It's Birthday Week so Ben and Amanda look at some cult movies from Amanda's birth year, 1981. Time Bandits, Ghost Story and Escape From New York. They launch seamlessly into tangents about American f…
00:39:32 |
Tue 20 Feb 2018
009 Top 5 Childhood Destroyers
Ben and Amanda watch clips from five movies that freaked people the eff out as kids. Can it be a good thing to be traumatized as a younger?
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00:46:20 |
Fri 09 Feb 2018
008 Monsters In Turtlenecks
Welcome to the Club! Ben has a religious experience while watching the 1981 film, Monster Club. Amanda is on board with the whole thing. That's a first!
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This is a public episode. If you would like to…
00:27:34 |
Sat 20 Jan 2018
007 Just The Bad Parts
This week, Ben and Amanda check out movies about evil body parts.
Amanda and Ben each pitch their own evil body part film.
Plus! Nightmares from childhood. Nightmare boyfriends. And Amanda discuses he…
Amanda and Ben each pitch their own evil body part film.
Plus! Nightmares from childhood. Nightmare boyfriends. And Amanda discuses he…
00:48:13 |
Fri 12 Jan 2018
006 Bonus Episode - Drew Platt And Pet Sematary
Bonus! Ben sits down with comedian, Drew Platt to talk about a movie that terrified him as a kid, Pet Sematary.
Plus Kepi Ghoulie's cover of Pet Sematatary! Thanks Kepi!
This is a public episode. If …
Plus Kepi Ghoulie's cover of Pet Sematatary! Thanks Kepi!
This is a public episode. If …
00:23:55 |
Mon 08 Jan 2018
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