The Tome of Monsters Podcast

Join the guys this week as they drag you down to hell for some good o'l fashion Demon fun! Listen as the boys Breakdown the demons and give you lore you might've not known about, hear them talk about what they thought of the movies and moses thoughts on one of his favorite horror movies of the past year AFTER this most recent rewatch PLUS SO MUCH MORE on this hellish episode.

Join the guys this week as they make their way into the mysterious and murky world of Cryptozoology. Listen as the boys talk and breakdown movies about everyones favorite and not so favorite cryptids, ranging from The Lone Star states Big Foot all the way to Sweden's Troll.    https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Troll_King https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/2020/12/12/seven-cryptids-species/#:~:text=Cryptozoologists%20study%20cryptids:%20creatures%20whose,in%20the%20world%20of%20cryptozoology. https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments/10-questions-science-cant-answer-yet.htm

Join the guys this week as they go back to 1933 to bring the eighth wonder of the world. Listen as the boys break down how influential King Kong has been, learn about the movie magic behind the movie plus so much more on this weeks episode. Sources used for this episode can be found below: https://www.businessinsider.com/successful-products-that-were-originally-intended-for-a-completely-different-purpose-2016-3#play-doh-was-first-used-as-a-wallpaper-cleaner-11   https://medium.com/@zett_51423/the-legacy-of-king-kong-1933-when-a-giant-ape-roared-into-cinema-history-bd332b758ffd   https://videoartlex.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/how-did-they-do-it-king-kong-1933/   https://time.com/4696931/king-kong-franchise-special-effects/   https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/49113/king-kong-turns-80-10-things-know-about-groundbreaking-film

Join the guys this week as they go back in time to bring you MORE of that Universal Studios spookiness with another batch of three monsters. Listen to the boys talk about what stops a wolfman from being a horror movie icon, why the bride of frankenstein made him cry and about the genius of the creature of the black lagoon plus so much more on this jammed packed monster episode. sources/articles used/mentioned on this episode can be found below:   https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein   https://sinfoniagulfcoast.org/10-frighteningly-fun-facts-about-the-bride-of-frankenstein/#:~:text=Elsa%20Lanchester%2C%20who%20plays%20both,tickets%20online%20at%20SinfoniaGulfCoast.org.   https://ksh.roma.it/romanticism/1816   https://medium.com/@bjcolangelo/the-repulsive-romanticization-of-the-bride-of-frankenstein-s-monster-4191bd79437e

Join the guys this week as they go into space to bring you this Nightmare Fueled episode. Listen as the boys talk about all things starship troopers, about one of Vin Diesels early masterpieces and about cummy starfishes plus so much more on this weeks episode

Join the guys THIS week as they talk about Eggers latest horror masterpiece NOSFERATU! Listen as Moses passionately declares Nosferatu the greatest vampire movie ever and has receipts to back his clain. Tune in and learn about Eggers attention to detail when it came to Romanian Folklore, the Carmilla Connection and to listen to how much feels about Count Orloks new look!!!!   sources can be found below: https://www.jonathanlack.com/p/review-robert-eggers-nosferatu-is

Join the guys this week as they talk about a very bleak part of the future no one likes to talk about, KILLER ROBOTS! Listen as the boys talk about the 1973 Westworld movie, the five dead children possessing a pizzeria's animatronics mascots and a shopping mall overkill approach on mall security

Join the guys this week as they make a trip into the woods to read from the book of souls to bring you THE EVIL DEAD! Listen and learn about the Deadites, evil spirits possessing human bodies, the history and characteristics of the Necronomicon PLUS so much more on this weeks episode.   Sources used for this episode can be found below:   https://evildead.fandom.com/wiki/Necronomicon_Ex-Mortis https://evildead.fandom.com/wiki/The_Faceless_Man_(Ash_and_the_Army_of_Darkness) https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230406-the-evil-dead-the-horror-shocker-that-set-off-a-culture-war

Join the boys as they start 2025 off right by talking about their favorite horror movies of 2024!!

Join the guys on this weeks very special Holiday episode as the boys bring you THREE monster horror movies revolved around everyones 4th favorite holida. Listen as the boys talk about a necromanced Turkey out to settle a 500 year old score, a movie about a couple of retail workers trapped inside their store as flesh eating parasatic aliens take over the bodies of the customers AND a found footage movie that was so poorly made that news outlet thought it was real Plus so much more on this day of thanks. sources used for this episode can be found below: https://fullcirclecinema.com/2021/11/28/black-friday-review/   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11649338/reviews/   https://www.ign.com/articles/black-friday-review-bruce-campbell-devon-sawa   https://www.clarabush.com/thanksgiving-facts/   https://www.babyquip.com/blog/thanksgiving-facts   https://www.rd.com/article/thanksgiving-trivia/

Join the guys this week this as they shower in bug repellant to bring you TICKS and Arachnophobia. Listen as Moses has his ted talk about Bugs and why hate them. Learn about two surprisingly good movies from the 90's, and while ITS NOT UNUSUAL, learn about a 90's comedy icon before his big break plus more on this weeks episode.   sources used for this episode can be found below:   https://www.moxieservices.com/blog/why-are-we-afraid-of-bugs/   https://horrorpress.com/reviews/6154/review-ticks-1993-is-a-bloodsucking-nightmare/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Join the guys on todays festivities as they talk about every ones favorite Halloween Anthology Trick R Treat. Listen as the boys break down the movie, discuss the correct sequence of events, learn about Sam and some of his lore plus some fun facts about the movie.   https://geektyrant.com/news/10-fun-facts-about-trick-r-treat https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Sam_(Trick_%27r_Treat) https://stacker.com/art-culture/forgotten-charms-15-old-school-halloween-traditions-are-no-longer-practiced https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/halloween-ideas/a35150/halloween-facts/

Join the guys this week as they bring you one of the, if not THEE scariest movie of all time The Exorcist. Listen as the guys talk about the legacy left behind by the movie, all the horrors that happened behind the scenes Plus the exorcism of Roland Doe that inspired the book plus so much more on this horror packed episode.   sources used for this episode can be found below: https://www.college.ucla.edu/2023/10/19/humanities-english-exorcism-henry-ansgar-kelly-2023   https://www.atgtickets.com/blog/the-real-life-exorcism-that-inspired-the-exorcist/   https://www.google.com/search?q=what+real+life+cases+inspired+the+exorcist&oq=what+real+life+cases+inspired+the+exo&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBECEYoAEyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigAdIBCTE0MjUxajBqN6gCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8   https://artofthemovies.co.uk/blogs/original-movie-posters/the-exorcist-legacy-the-story-of-hollywood-s-strangest-horror-franchise   https://www.life.com/arts-entertainment/the-exorcist-the-scariest-movie-ever/#:~:text=Ultimately%2C%20other%20films%20might%20be,the%2050%20best%20movie%20villains.

Join the guys this week as they go forth into the night of the living dead to bring you Zombies! Listen as the boys give a crash course on where the word zombie comes from, learn about some of the different types of zombies in media plus a little history on the evolution of the zombie movie genre plus so much more on this weeks episode.   sources used for this episode can be found below: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/13/250844800/zoinks-tracing-the-history-of-zombie-from-haiti-to-the-cdc   https://www.library.cmu.edu/about/news/2017-10/legacy-dead-history-zombie   https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/13/250844800/zoinks-tracing-the-history-of-zombie-from-haiti-to-the-cdc

Join the guys this season as they're starting off the spooky season with a variety of movies involving an icon of horror, THE WITCH. Tune in and list as the boys cover movies involving different kinds of cinematic witches, with everything from Children's movies to sword and sorcery movies to western dark fantasy movies. Learn about the witches and their lore from these movies PLUS learn about the history of witches with moises's crash course on the subject.   sources used for this episode can be found below: https://the-last-witch-hunter.fandom.com/wiki/The_Chant https://the-last-witch-hunter.fandom.com/wiki/Witches https://the-last-witch-hunter.fandom.com/wiki/Witch_Queen https://the-last-witch-hunter.fandom.com/wiki/The_Witch_Lords  

Join the guys this week as they bring you this mini statured sized episode about some of our favorite tiny horror icons from the 80's such as the Mogwai from the movie The Gremlins and the Leprechaun from the Leprechaun movie franchise. And Listen as Moises tries to make the claim about one forgotten Halloween classic from the 90's that is sure to scare you stupid.    sources used for this episode can be found below:   https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/jckzgi/the_troll_masks_from_ernest_scared_stupid_1991/ https://nerdist.com/article/ernest-scared-stupid-forgotten-kids-halloween-classic/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogwai_(Chinese_culture) https://www.arrowfilms.com/blog/features/the-80s-little-creatures-craze/ https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3407253/ever-spot-killer-klowns-ernest-scared-stupid/  

Join the guys this week as they bring you the biggest, most radioactive episode yet with GODZILLA! Listen as the guys talk about everything from the man in the suit who made Godzilla the iconic monster that he became, the nuclear allegory of godzilla, its entire TOHO time PLUS so much more on this kaiju packed episode. music used and its licenses can be found below: Airwaves by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/79-airwaves License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license sources for this episode can be found below:   https://www.blackgate.com/2017/08/12/haruo-nakajima-the-man-who-was-godzilla/   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oBNEG8kLfQ   https://godzilla.com/blogs/movies   https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55965/25-fun-facts-about-godzilla   https://skeining.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/the-man-in-the-godzilla-suit/

Join the gang as they  bring you everybody's favorite moody hell spawn HELLBOY! Listen as the guys talk about Del Toro's masterpiece, about how BOTH Del Toro AND Mignola both fought for Ron to play our angsty horned detective and Moses breakdown on 2019's reboot. Tune in to listen to him break down everything about the reboot from the soundtrack, to scene choices and a personal incident that may or may not have soured Moses on the reboot before he'd seen even a second of it PLUS so much more on this infernal episode.

Join the guys this week as they travel down the uncanny valley to bring you movies about humanoid monsters. Listen as Luis and Fernando star gaze to bring you 2009's sci fi thriller PANDORUM and their space Mutants while Moises does the unthinkable and goes spelunking back to 2005 to bring you THE DESCENT! Learn about the crawlers and listen to Moises once again find a way to bring this back to lovecraft PLUS so much more on this weeks episode.   music used and their licenses can be found below:   Star Citizen - Titans by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/12301-star-citizen-titans License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Cinematic Emotions 1 - Creepy by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/12307-cinematic-emotions-1-creepy License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license listen to the lurking fear by following the link below: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7i48shFkjTwWQCHSCDNfhO?si=b9509c41c3714fcd follow the link to watch the descent 2 https://soaper.tv/movie_1eGMXj9gY9.html     sources for this episode can be found below: https://movieweb.com/the-descent-movie-facts-trivia/   This Is What Takes ‘The Descent’ From Scary to Terrifying.   https://builtin.com/robotics/uncanny-valley-examples   https://absolutehorror.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lurking_Fear   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descent   https://collider.com/the-descent-personal-horror/#:~:text=But%20the%20claustrophobic%20aspect%20isn,flares%20to%20light%20the%20cave

Join the boys this week as they make their way inside the wolves den and talk about werewolves. Listen as the boys talk aboutsome deep cut werewolf movies such as late phases, Blood Manor and Bad moon and learn about the legend about the werewolf and about different ways you can be turned into one PLUS so much more on this weeks episode.   sources used for this episode can be found below: https://theconversation.com/the-ancient-origins-of-werewolves-104775 https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+the+epic+of+gilgamesh&oq=what+is+the+epic+of+gilgamesh&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORiABDIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABNIBCDc5NTFqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8   https://www.livescience.com/24412-werewolves.html   http://www.differencebetween.net/language/words-language/difference-between-lycan-and-werewolf/