The Calling Hours Horror Podcast
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Hosted by Michael “Dedman” Jones, The Calling Hours was a very popular podcast that aired for several years as part of Horror Society Radio and Morbidly Beautiful Radio. We feature insightful and thought provoking interviews with actors, actresses, producers, directors, and FX artists, as well as in depth reviews of Blu-Rays and DVDs and the best in new and classic metal artists. No subject in the genre is off limits, and we always asked the questions few others would dare.
And now, WE ARE BACK!
And now, WE ARE BACK!
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Director Kathryn Andrea and Actresses Ally Hunter and Samirrah Wright of the upcoming film BLOODY POOLSIDE will be joining us as guests this evening! We will discuss (spoiler free) how the concept for the film came about, what genre tropes will be flipped on their head during this film, the inclusion of a Safety Co-Ordinator on set and what purpose they serve and more. We will also discuss a bit about how women have been treated in the past vs. now in genre films, the continued strengthening of female empowerment in the industry, whether the Awards Shows should add a non-binary category and more. Will certainly be a fascinating discussion!
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, I will be looking back at my review of Unearthed Film screener release of DREAMING PURPLE NEON!
In our Dread Caricatures segment, I will be covering Puppet Master #4 from Eternity Comics!
We will also be featuring three bands in our Metal Massacre Spotlight: AcidBrain, The Crawling and Cadaver Carnivore!
On this episode I will have on Director Brad Twigg (MILFS VS. Zombies, KILLER CAMPOUT, WRESTLEMASSACRE, DEATHBOARD) and Writer/Producer Gary Lee Vincent (MY UNCLE JOHN IS A ZOMBIE!, DESK CLERK, MIDNIGHT, STRANGE FRIENDS) from the upcoming film CRACKOON! We will discuss the making of the film and the amazing FX work on the title creature, if there were any altercations with actual wildlife, why fans of the genre seem to love movies about killer critters gnawing on people, what inspired the story, the amazing cast and crew and more!
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, I will be looking back at my review of The Battery on Blu-Ray from Scream Factory!
In Dread Caricatures, I will be looking at Puppet Master #3 from Eternity Comics!
In our Metal Massacre Spotlights, we will be listening to three songs from the good people at Imperative PR!
Comic book Writer/Artist/Editor Rob "Potsy" Potchak will be my guest this evening. We will be talking about his work on such comic titles as JUNIOR HIGH HORRORS, IMMORTAL, DEAD SONJA, X-LIEFELDS, THE MANGO LORIAN, SCORN, THE D WARD and more. In addition to that, we will also discuss how Rob got his start in comics, how he connected with Keenspot, the reason he is allowed to use characters that share a very close resemblance to existing horror IP's, the love that younger horror fans and their parents love the JUNIOR HIGH HORRORS series, his love of professional wrestling and more! We will also be describing his time at this year’s Carolina Fear Fest 2023 and more!
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, I will be looking back at my review of Return Of The Living Dead on Blu-Ray from Scream Factory!
In Dread Caricatures, I will be looking at Puppet Master #2 from Eternity Comics!
In our Metal Massacre Spotlights, we will be listening to three songs from the good people at Imperative PR!
Writer/Producer/Director Dave Kerr will be my guest this evening. We will be discussing his work on films such as CURSE OF THE SLASHER NURSE (2017), RETURN OF THE SLASHER NURSE (2019), BEDROG (2020), BLOODY SUMMER CAMP (2021) and his two upcoming films GO AWAY and THE SLASHER NURSE! Some of the highlights will include how he got his start by making music videos, his band, what led him from making music videos to moving into horror films, the pressures of wearing so many different hats behind the scenes and his evolution as a film maker and producer. We will also be describing his time at this year’s Carolina Fear Fest 2023 and more!
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, I will be looking back at my review of Director Valentin Javier Diment’s DVD release of MEMORIES OF THE DEAD from Artsploitation Films!
In Dread Caricatures, I will be looking at Puppet Master #1 from Eternity Comics!
In our Metal Massacre Spotlights, we will be listening to three songs from my all-time favorite metal band Cradle of Filth!
As website and magazine articles are being written for my coverage of Carolina Fear Fest 2023 are being written and submitted, we are going back to my interview with Matt Burns from February of this year talking about Fright Fest!
Writer/Producer/Actor and Convention Coordinator Matt Burns will be my guest this evening. We will be discussing his film career including such titles as RADIOACTIVE FLESH EATING FOILAGE (2015), DEATHBOARD (2020), BLOODY SUMMER CAMP (2021), Z-ERO (2023) and KILLED ON ARRIVAL (TBA). We will also be discussing his work on the horror convention circuit, in particular the Carolina Fear Fest that takes place on Memorial Day Weekend in Raleigh, NC as well as the current state of horror in cinema and a bit about the ratings system.
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, I will be comparing the 3 Disc DVD release of SUSPIRIA from Anchor Bay Entertainment to the 2 Disc Blu-Ray from Synapse Films.
In our Dread Caricatures segment, we will be covering the Avatar Press comic PLAGUE OF THE LIVING DEAD #1!
There will be three bands in our Metal Massacre Spotlight this evening from Imperative PR and Comatose Music!
On this episode I will be discussing Carolina Fear Fest 2023 with my guest Actress Angel Bradford. Angel was part of the convention by helping with the celebrities and more. HOWEVER, it should be also noted that Angel is quite the actress and had been flying all over the place working on films such as BACKWOODS BUBBA (2021), MOTHMAN (2022), DEBBIE DOES DEMONS (2023) and the upcoming films SHARK EXORCIST 2, SCREAM QUEEN CAMPFIRE and the highly anticipated CRACKOON from writers Gary Lee Vincent and Todd Martin (and also starring the legendary John Russo!) I Look forward to talking about all of these things with Angel!
In Digital Dismemberment, I will be looking back at my review of SLAUGHTERHOUSE OF THE RISING SUN from The Asylum!
In Dread Caricatures, I will be covering Pumpkinhead: The Rights Of Excorcism #2 from Dark Horse Comics!
We will also be featuring three bands in our Metal Massacre Spotlight!
On this episode we continue our coverage of Carolina Fear Fest 2023 as we will have on former NFL Player and Actor Ron Fazio! After a short lived NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys (1985) and the Philadelphia Eagles (1986, 1987), he auditioned for the Toxic Avenger Part 2. Since the Troma team already signed John Altamura as Toxie, he got the role but they asked him to be the back-up Toxic Avenger to fill in distant shots and do some stunts, essentially to be the 2nd string Toxie. After about 3-4 weeks of filming, John Altamura left the set of Toxic Avenger and the rest was history. I will be asking him about his time in the NFL, what the experience has been like playing and being known as one of the most popular characters in cult film and Troma history, what he is looking forward to the most by appearing at the Carolina Fear Fest this year, the oddest things he has been asked to sign at conventions and more!
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, we will be looking back at my review of Scream Factory's Blu-Ray release of John Carpenter's Someone's Watching Me!
In Dread Caricatures, we will be looking at Dark Horse Comic's shortened mini-series Pumpkinhead: The Rites of Exorcism!
We will also be featuring three bands in our Metal Massacre Spotlight!
On this episode we will begin our coverage of Carolina Fear Fest 2023 as we will have on Horror Comic Vendors John and Debbie Hultmark of JEH Collectibles! I met them both very briefly at last year's Fear Fest and got to know them a little better at a recent card and hobby event in Raleigh, NC. We will be discussing how they met and found a mutual love of the horror genre, what goes into being a comic vendor (websites, social media, an actual store, ordering and more), their favorite horror comics and horror films, meeting new customers and more! It will be an interesting look at what it takes to be a seller and convention dealer in the genre!
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, we will be looking back at my review of Director Lex Ortega's film ATROZ.
In Dread Caricatures, we will be looking at Action Lab's comic book release of The Gingerdead Man Meets Evil Bong #3!
We will also be featuring three bands in our Metal Massacre Spotlight!
On this episode I will have Writer/Director/Producer Ken “Ace” Brewer on as my guest! We will be discussing how he first got involved in the industry, his influences, his decision to act in the majority of his projects, how the technical aspects of his films improved as he bought newer high end cameras and of course his films including such titles as DEATH PARK 1-6, DEATH PARK: THE BEGINNING, DEATH PARK: THE END, SLAYCATION and SLAYCATION 2: CORONACATION, LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER, TRASH JUICE and his two upcoming films DEATH BITCH and ZOMBIE RAGE!
In the Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, I will be looking back at my review of Scream Factory’s Blu-Ray release of David Cronenberg’s RABID!
In Dread Caricatures, I will be covering The Gingerdead Man Meets Evil Bong #2 from Action Lab!
We will be featuring three bands from various labels in our Metal Massacre Spotlights!
On this episode of The Calling Hours Horror Podcast, I will have Writer, Director and Comic horror Writer Brockton McKinney as my guest! He has written several films for Full Moon Pictures including Evil Bong 666 and 777, as well as Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre, Blade The Iron Cross, Necropolis: Legion and Bunker of Blood 2, 5, 6, 7, 8! He wrote and directed two original films of his own: Sick and The Dead and Rodney Cecil: Psycho Hunter and has two more on the way. He is also a comic book writer with titles that include The Gingerdead Man, The Gingerdead Man Meets Evil Bong, Deadly Ten Presents, Dollman Kills The Full Moon Universe and more! Brockton will also be at Free Comic Book Day at Ultimate Comics in Cary, NC on May 6th!
In the Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, I will be looking back at my review of Scream Factory’s Blu-Ray Steelbook release of The Howling.
In Dread Caricatures, I will be covering The Gingerdead Man Meets Evil Bong #1 from Action Lab!
We will be featuring three bands from various labels in our Metal Massacre Spotlights!
On this episode of The Calling Hours Horror Podcast my guest will be Filmmaker and Photojournalist Fernando De La Cruz. Fernando has begun a horror short series on Youtube called THE DECADENCE OF UMBRA that will be sure to catch the eyes and ears of horror fans everywhere. He writes, directs and narrates the tales of terror we seen in the videos and I am certainly looking forward to future episodes. I will also be asking him if there is any pressure making horror shorts in a city with such a rich horror tradition, how he began working on film abd music videos, if the pandemic helped or hurt him as he grew in the industry and so much more!
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, we will be looking back at my review of Scream Factory’s Blu-Ray Release of Cockney’s Vs. Zombies.
In Dread Caricatures, we will be finishing off the Plague of the Living Dead series from Avatar Press with issue #6.
In our Metal Massacre Spotlights, we will be featuring Cattle Decapitation and Whitechapel from Metal Blade Records as well as Bonecarver from Unique Leaders Records.
On this retro episode, we will be talking to the mind behind Toetag Pictures, Writer/Director/Actor Fred Vogel! We will discuss such films as August Underground (2001), August Underground’s Mordum (2003), The Redsin Tower (2006), August Underground’s Penance (2007), Murder Collection V.1 (2009), Maskhead (2009), Sella Turcica (2010) and Necrophagia: Sickness (2004) as well as discuss the popularity of his films and the impact they have had on the fans and genre! (Original Air Date: 3/31/15)
We will be reviewing Scream Factory’s Special Edition Blu-Ray Release of Class of 1984 as well as Olive Films Blu-Ray Release of Night of the Scarecrow!
We will also be featuring Apophys and their most recent CD Prime Incursion in our Metal Blade Spotlight!
On this episode I will have Terrifier comic Illustrator and Horror Artist Steve McGinnis. He has been featured in Diabolique magazine, Fangoria, Gorezone, Horror Rama, Screams Quaterly and Gore Noir. His work has also been featured as covers for Horror Rama, Diablolique Fangoria and Gore Noir. In addition to his magazine work, he has an incredible gallery of horror art and has graced the covers of several horror comics as well!
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlighs, we will be covering Scream Factory's Blu-Ray release of Bite!
In our Dread Caricatures segment, we will be covering Plague of the Living Dead #5 from Avatar Press!
In our Metal Massacre Spotlights we will be featuring three bands from Imperative PR!
On this episode we will have Podcaster Dave Maresca from Hollow9ine Network and Writer Argalin Darkscares from Morbidly Beautiful as our guests! We will be discussing the controversy surrounding Director Victor Salva and the release of his film Jeepers Creepers 3, the hypocrisy of the general media (and fans) that called for the studio to stop making the film, the protests outside of theaters that screened the film and whether he should be allowed to make films anymore. We will also discuss the similarities between him and Roman Polanski and why it seems Polanski gets a pass on his horrific crimes. Other famous Hollywood names are discussed as well.
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlights, we do a Scream Factory double dip as we cover the Blu-Ray releases of The Curse and The Devil's Candy!
In our Metal Massacre Spotlights we will be featuring Guttural Corpora Cavernosa, Bodysnatch and Gorerotted!
On this episode I will be joined by Writer/Producer/ Director Chuck Parello to discuss his films and career. What makes Chuck unique is his interesting take on the real-life serial killers and blending them with factual informational as well as fictional elements. His films include HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER 2 ((1996), ED GEIN aka IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON (2000) and THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER (2004). We will also talk about his upcoming film POWDER BURNS and how he got involved with the industry and his immense knowledge of serial killers…
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, we will be looking back at my review of Scream Factory’s Blu Ray Collector’s Edition release of SQUIRM!
In our Dread Caricatures segment, we will be looking at Plague of The Living Dead #4 by Avatar Press!
We will be featuring three bands from Imperative PR in our Metal Massacre Spotlights!
On this episode I will be joined by my daughter Aryanna Martin and my son-in-law Nate Martin as we discuss Generational Horror. We will be discussing topics such as what it was like for Aryanna growing up with a Dad who worked on horror films and how that shaped her view of them, how Nate's upbringing was vastly different when it came to being able to watch horror films, their favorite icons and series in the genre, how others from their generation view the genre and more!
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, we will be covering Scream Factory's Blu Ray release of the Pumpkinhead Collector's edition.
In Our Dread caricatures segement, we will be covering Avatar Press's Plague of the Living Dead #3!
We will be featuring three bands from Imperative PR in our Metal Massacre Spotlights!
Actor Carl Yorke (Alan Yates) will be joining us continue the discussion on the controversial film CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST! In this expanded interview, we will touch on the controversy of the film including the sexual violence and real animal killings, the socio-political commentary that shows the film was 40 years ahead of its time, whether the director was a mad genius or a crackpot who was showing violence for the sake of violence and more! This is sure to be an interesting discussion about a film that has a huge historical significance in the genre and the world of film making as a whole!
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, we will be looking at Grindhouse Releasing's Blu-Ray 3 Disc Limited Edition release of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST!
In Dread Caricatures, we will be covering Plague of the Living Dead #2 from Avatar Press.
Our Metal Massacre Spotlight will feature three bands from Imperative PR and world podcast exclusive music!
On this special roundtable episode, I will have Chris Whitman of the Horror Makes Us Happy Podcast, Special FX Artist Bill Mulligan and Actor Carl Yorke (Alan Yates in the film) to discuss the legacy of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST! Unfortunately, Carl’s internet went down 30 minutes in, but we continued the discussion and look forward to having him on again in the future for a more in-depth interview!
On this episode, we are going to be talking with The “Godfather of Gore” Herschell Gordon Lewis and Vice President of Development/Production of Diabolique Films, James Saito! In addition to talking about their latest project Bloodmania (2015), we will also be asking the “Godfather of Gore” about his legendary career as a Director, Producer and Actor as well as some of his other films, including Blood Feast (1963), Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964), A Taste of Blood (1967), The Wizard of Gore (1970), The Gore Gore Girls (1972), Blood Feast 2: All You Can Eat (2002) and more! In addition, we will ask James about his Acting, Producing and Writing, as well as getting his view on working with such a legendary icon! (Original Air Date: 2/3/15)
We will be reviewing Scream Factory's Blu-Ray release of Lord of Illusions, as well as reviewing The Raven from the Vincent Price Collection II.
We will also be featuring several bands in our Metal Blade Spotlight!
Writer/Producer/Actor and Convention Coordinator Matt Burns will be my guest this evening. We will be discussing his film career including such titles as RADIOACTIVE FLESH EATING FOILAGE (2015), DEATHBOARD (2020), BLOODY SUMMER CAMP (2021), Z-ERO (2023) and KILLED ON ARRIVAL (TBA). We will also be discussing his work on the horror convention circuit, in particular the Carolina Fear Fest that takes place on Memorial Day Weekend in Raleigh, NC as well as the current state of horror in cinema and a bit about the ratings system.
In our Digital Dismemberment Spotlight, I will be comparing the 3 Disc DVD release of SUSPIRIA from Anchor Bay Entertainment to the 2 Disc Blu-Ray from Synapse Films.
In our Dread Caricatures segment, we will be covering the Avatar Press comic PLAGUE OF THE LIVING DEAD #1!
There will be three bands in our Metal Massacre Spotlight this evening from Imperative PR and Comatose Music!
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