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Happy Halloween from the Haunted Davenport! Join us as we discuss the weird and wonderful made for TV movie: The Midnight Hour from 1985.
Check out New Castle After Dark's presentation of The Midnight Hour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjrt3AbpfDs
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
Hour 4 of our haunted yard display broadcast. Think of it as a Halloween mixtape from our spooky space to yours!
Links to previous hours of KRIP 103.1 can be found here:
www.thehaunteddavenport.com/e/krip-1031-hour-3/
www.thehaunteddavenport.com/e/krip-1031-hour-2/
www.thehaunteddavenport.com/e/krip-1031-hour-1/
We revel in spooky season as we discuss a children's classic TV movie: The Halloween Tree from 1993. This is one of two special Halloween episodes.
Watch The Halloween Tree on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/612619/the-halloween-tree?start=true
Check out Retro Movie Geek's 2022 Spooky Flix Fest:
retromoviegeek.com
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
Join us for Hell Week as we pledge our souls and discuss two made for television versions of The Initiation of Sarah (1978 and 2006). With us for this episode are our good friends Aunt Gore and Theo Monstar.
Check out Aunt Gore and Theo Monstar here:
https://www.tiktok.com/@theomonstar?
https://www.tiktok.com/@auntgore?
https://www.youtube.com/user/UncleGuts
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
The Davenport gang sharpen their psychic powers and investigate Stephen King's 2002 haunted house miniseries: Rose Red.
Check out Thornewood Castle, the exterior location for Rose Red:
https://www.thornewoodcastle.com/rose-red-movie-stephen-king
Drew and Allyson's 2017 Dead Serious Horror Challenge entry for 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbwKaa2kMxw
Watch Max Headroom on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/series/300008460/max-headroom?start=true
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Our House" by Madness
We're joined on the Davenport by Darrell and Peter of the Retro Movie Geek Podcast to talk about the discotastic sci-fi series: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Check out Darrell and Peter on Retro Movie Geek and The Forgotten Flix Podcast:
https://retromoviegeek.com/
https://forgottenflix.com/
Check out Darrell's network of podcasts:
https://taylornetworkofpodcasts.com/
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Voyage" by Brian Bennett
For our first episode of 2022, we delve into the classic television show that was Alfred Hitchcock Presents. We discuss four episodes from season 1 of the series: "Revenge" (episode 1), "Triggers in Leash" (episode 3), "The Older Sister" (episode 17), "And So Died Riabouchinska" (episode 20).
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Just Hanging Out" by Damien Carter
For December 2021 we bring our take on the notoriously strange and awful Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978. Along with us on our weird journey are our friends Aunt Gore and Theo Monstar. Happy Life Day!
Check out Aunt Gore and Theo Monstar here:
https://www.tiktok.com/@theomonstar?
https://www.tiktok.com/@auntgore?
https://www.youtube.com/user/UncleGuts
Watch The Star Wars Holiday Special:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hH8rxarVG8&t=228s
Sid and Marty Krofft on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SidMartyKrofftPictures
Archie Bunker's Grandson Doll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa1UexhYaSg
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" by Meco
It's our annual trip to the Night Gallery and this time we focus on the story segments inspired by the work of H. P. Lovecraft. For this episode we discuss "Miss Lovecraft Sent Me" (season 2, episode 1), "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture" (season 2, episode 8), "Pickman's Model" (season 2, episode 11), and "Cool Air" (Season 2, episode 12).
Check out the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival:
https://hplfilmfestival.com/
Horror Movie Podcast covers H.P. Lovecraft in film:
https://horrormoviepodcast.com/horror-movie-podcast-ep-086-h-p-lovecraft-101-an-introduction-with-re-animator-1985-and-castle-freak-1995-and-dagon-2001/
Music Credits:
"The Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Cold As Ice" by Foreigner
Drew, Andy, and Allyson attended a showing of Re-Run Theater at the Hollywood Theater, and then recorded a quick episode. We watched "The Trevi Collection" episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and "Home" from the X-Files. We hope you enjoy this last minute (slightly late) Halloween bonus episode of The Haunted Davenport! Stay spooky friends!
Learn more about the Re-Run Theater series at the Hollywood Theater: https://hollywoodtheatre.org/programs/series/re-run-theater/
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" by The Talking Heads
Greetings Gremlins and Ghouls! We are back to share another hour of spooky clips and songs that we broadcast from our front yard cemetery scene Halloween Night. Happy Halloween from our haunt to yours!
Hours 1 and 2 of KRIP 103.1 can be found here:
https://www.thehaunteddavenport.com/e/krip-1031-hour-1/
https://www.thehaunteddavenport.com/e/krip-1031-hour-2/
We're back, just in time to celebrate the Halloween season in the haunted Hollywood Tower Hotel! Join us as we talk about The 1997 Disney made for television film "Tower of Terror", starring Steve Guttenberg and Kirsten Dunst.
Watch "Tower of Terror" (1997):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kOZjIrNgUA
Check out the 1994 Tower of Terror ride promo video featuring Gilbert Gottfried:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlGUe5PkWgU&t=11s
Watch a POV video of the Tower of Terror ride at Walt Disney World:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nXRJsNuuoY
Listen to Retro Movie Geek's Spooky Flix Fest:
https://retromoviegeek.com/
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring
Grab a bottle of ketchup and pack your bags for Transylvania, because it's the time of year when we get animated on the Davenport. We talk about the excellent late 1980s British horror comedy series for kids: Count Duckula.
Check out clips and full episodes of Count Duckula here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCDNqvrI9lIVI8zVk3DIWlg
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Count Duckula" by Mike Harding
Watch "Tower of Terror" (1997):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kOZjIrNgUA
You are about to embark on a journey that takes you to a place familiar, but somehow strange and frightening. You find yourself with four people on a davenport in the middle of The Twilight Zone...
Join us as we talk about scary dolls, mannequins, and mistreated robots in four episodes of The Twilight Zone. There will be spoilers for the following classic episodes: "The After Hours" (season 1, episode 34), "The Lateness of the Hour" (season 2, episode 8), "The Dummy" (season 3, episode 33), "Living Doll" (season 5, episode 6).
We also talk about plot elements from the following films: Her, Magic, Jacob's Ladder, Mannequin, Blade Runner, Westworld, The Matrix, and Pixel Perfect.
Check out Retro Movie Geek's Spooky Flix Fest featuring scary dolls:
https://retromoviegeek.com/category/podcast/page/22/
Check out The Sci-Fi Podcast episode: "More Human Than Human":
https://thescifipodcast.com/the-sci-fi-podcast-ep-3-more-human-than-human-and-chappie-2015/
The trailer for "Primal Screen" on Shudder:
https://youtu.be/5m9tLAEkzs4
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Showroom Dummies" by Señor Coconut (a cover of the original song by KRAFTWERK)
We take a journey down memory lane with the Bates family as we talk the made-for-television Showtime film: Psycho IV: The Beginning, from 1990.
Check out the Post Mortem podcast by director Mick Garris:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-mortem-with-mick-garris/id1204949508
The Making of Psycho documentary:
https://youtu.be/bTusPxB76AM
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Mother" by The Police
We go in depth with an excellent 1994 HBO science fiction anthology hosted by George Clinton. Join us as we discuss the three stories that make up "Cosmic Slop".
*Correction for this episode: when we discuss the segment "Tang" I misread my notes and mistakenly called actress Paula Jai Parker (who plays Tang in this segment) Jai Parker. My apologies.
- Allyson
Watch Cosmic Slop here: https://youtu.be/IfBpjkgn5pY
Check out this article by Kai Arnold of Shadow and Act:
https://shadowandact.com/sci-fi-slop-revisit-hbos-bizarre-thought-provoking-film-that-seems-to-have-been-forgotten
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Cosmic Slop" by Funkadelic
Join us on the Davenport as we explore the 2001 horror anthology series: Night Visions, hosted by Henry Rollins. We go in-depth with four stories from two episodes: "A View Through the Window" and "Quiet Please" from episode 3, and "Bitter Harvest" and "My So-Called Life and Death" from episode 8.
You can watch Night Visions episodes here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwtpyMFgjLbqlL_CLRjoH4IBof3YSMiQk
Music Credits:
"Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"I Can't Get Behind That", performed by William Shatner and Henry Rollins
Take a virtual trip to the movie theater with us as we discuss the Disney made for TV film "Phantom of the Megaplex" from the year 2000.
Check out Horror Movie Podcast episode 206: Meta Horrors of the Silver Screen:
https://horrormoviepodcast.com/horror-movie-podcast-ep-206-horror-movies-on-the-silver-screen/
Consider supporting a great independent theater like The Clinton Street Theater: https://cstpdx.com/
Music Credits:
"The Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Cut You Up with a Linoleum Knife" by Mastadon
We return to the Night Gallery and go in depth with the following story segments: "The Little Black Bag" (season 1, episode 2), "Make Me Laugh" (season 1, episode 4), "Death in the Family" (season 2, episode 2), and "The Diary" (season 2, episode 8).
Watch Night Gallery episodes online:
https://www.nbc.com/night-gallery
CBS Radio Mystery Theater:
https://www.cbsrmt.com/
Music Credits:
"The Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"Make 'Em Laugh" from Singing in the Rain, performed by Donald O'Connor
Val wasn't available when we recorded our Halloween episode on the 1980 TV film "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", so we recorded a bonus segment to hear her thoughts on it.
Music Credits:
"The Haunted Davenport Theme" by Chris Howcroft
"The Headless Horseman" by Kay Starr and the Billy Butterfield Quintet