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We're back in the twisted world of Clive Barker for UNDERWORLD, released stateside as TRANSMUTATIONS! This 1985 fantasy neo-noir is Barker's first screenplay and his first collaboration with RAWHEAD …

An event nearly 60 years in the making, THE PRIMEVALS has one of the wildest production stories in Hollywood history. Luckily, we're joined by a special guest who is no stranger to troubled productio…

Tis the season to... buy merch? This week we're talking about Full Moon's only Christmas "film," THE 12 SLAYS OF CHRISTMAS, a compilation of old Full Moon flicks that just so happens to also function…

The original KILLJOY was a surprise hit when it debuted in the early 2000s, so it seemed a foregone conclusion that the killer clown would be a new staple in the Full Moon repertoire. But as we see t…

Writer Kolleen Carney-Hoepfner joins us this week for HORRORVISION, an underrated entry in one of our favorite sub-subgenres: early internet thrillers. This early Tempe-era thriller is much smarter t…

Author Dylan James Quarles returns this week as we rustle up a sequel to 1994's OBLIVION, Sam Irvin's BACKLASH: OBLIVION 2! Shot simultaneously with the original but released more than 2 years later,…

This week, we're taking on DREAMANIAC the mainstream film debut of David DeCoteau, one of Charles Band's most important collaborators and maybe the most prolific filmmaker of all time. Alex Ayling fr…

We're revisiting the Full Moon Cinematic Universe this week with DOLLMAN VS. DEMONIC TOYS, a crossover event meant to be a soft launch for an attempted shared universe. We're joined by return guest I…

A gaggle of Full Moon's most iconic scream queens come together for the smart and funny satire TROPHY HEADS! Critic Patrick Bromley joins us as we watch Darcy DeMoss, Michelle Bauer, Brinke Stevens, …

The boys of the Screams From The Basement podcast join us as we step back into the hotboxed EVIL BONG universe with two more pot-themed horror comedies: the tiny terror comedy WEEDJIES: HALLOWEED NIG…

Fangoria writer and critic Richard Newby is our guest this week as we look back at the film Charles Band considers his true debut: 1976's grisly MANSION OF THE DOOMED! Starring old Hollywood icons Ri…

We've got Full Moon / Empire royalty on the show this week! Iconic 80's scream queen Brinke Stevens joins us this week, alongside her friend and superfan Dr. Rhonda Baughman, to discuss Brinke's dire…

Legendary pop culture critic Nathan Rabin is back this week to talk about an icon of 90's indie cinema, and it's oft-overlooked sequel! 1996's FREEWAY is a demented and gritty take on "Little Red Rid…

The boys of Movie Dumpster are back this week to talk about one of the most intense Empire thrillers: David Schmoeller's CRAWLSPACE! This creepy flick about a lunatic stalking residents of an apartme…

We're completing the WITCHOUSE trilogy on our show, and we're fortunate to be guided through these two underseen sequels by none other than director JR Bookwalter! The prolific horror writer and dire…

It's time for another wild Kushner-Locke-era Charles Band film! Filmmaker Addison Binek (PSYCHO APE) joins us for HIDEOUS, a horror-comedy set in the world of high-end human oddity training. Featurin…

People's worst nightmares start to manifest in a secret government bunker in SHADOWZONE! This fun thriller in the vein of John Carpenter's THE THING boasts some surprising star power, including indus…

The filmmaking couple behind Switchblade Cinema, Alix Austin and Keir Siewert, join us for one of the absolute strangest Empire movies out there: THE CALLER, a sparse two-hander that feels like a fil…

Corey Stevenson and Zak Shaffer from the great Podcasting After Dark join the platoon this week for the Bilson and DeMeo-scripted pulp serial treat ZONE TROOPERS! The movie is a gleeful genre mashup …

Filmmakers and writers Justin Martell and Seager Dixon join us this week as we explore the campy magical horror film SPELLCASTER! The film was shot in 1986 and was banking on the  popularity of its s…