The Witch... A New England Folktale

The Rants Macabre The Witch! A New England Folk Tale

We got the opportunity to see an early screening of The Witch (2016) A New England Folktale... Written & Directed by Robert Eggers. Wide release February 19th with an early showing Feb 16th at BAM Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn as part of their Witches' Brew film series. Seriously, we loved it, and you should check it out as soon as you can!

50th Episode!

The Rants Macabre Episode 50! Miskatonic Musings Strike Back!

Our 50th episode! We celebrated with some friends and shared some laughs at some HORROR COMEDIES. Mindy's dad, Mark Learnard is back, and Sean and Charles of the Miskatonic Musings podcast join us for a conversation about the early horror comedy Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein... and the [far] superior Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks.

The Prolific Clay McLeod Chapman!

The Rants Macabre Clay McLeod Chapman

We bring you Clay McLeod Chapman, the writer and performer of The Pumpkin Pie Show (with Hanna Cheek, on the FANGORIA podcast network), screenwriter of 2015's festival favorite, The Boy, writer of Self Storage, and middle grade's book series, the Tribe Trilogy. We talk comic books, podcasting and movies (he's done it all!). Follow him on Twitter.

Lunch Hour Reviews Bone Tomahawk & Children of the Corn

The Rants Macabre Lunch Hour Reviews Bone Tomahawk & Children of the Corn

This #MacabreMonday we talk about two movies: the oldie but goody, 1984's Children of the Corn, based on the Stephen King short story, and 2015's Bone Tomahawk by S. Craig Zahler. Check them out! Children of the Corn is on Netflix now and holds up (mostly). Totally worth a watch. Bone Tomahawk (on iTunes & Amazon Video) is a western with horror elements starring the indomitable Kurt Russell.

The Rants Macabre Scandinavian Horror! #ScandiHorror

It's a New Year, and a great new episode! Like the viking ancestors of the region, for this episode we explore some epic Scandinavian Horror. 1922's Häxan, Dead Snow 1&2, Trollhunter (2010), Frostbite (2006), and the brilliant Swedish Let The Right One In (2008). #ScandiHorror