Episodes

  • Midsommar and Chekhov's Bear
    Feb 2 2025

    E.L. King discusses Ari Aster's whimsical sun-soaked psychedelic daylight horror Midsommar (2019) with DJ, content creator, and Twitch Partner DASGud⁠. We plunge into the film's ambiguity, folklore, symbolism, and Aster's exploration of trauma, grief, belonging, and ritual. Aster has called it a "breakup film, cheerfully disguised as a folk horror film."

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Death Rattle: Interview with Hellbender Directors Toby Poser, John Adams, and Zelda Adams
    Feb 1 2025

    E.L. King interviews special guests Toby Poser, John Adams, and Zelda Adams of Adams Family Films for an exclusive on their coming-of-age occult horror Shudder Original Hellbender (2021). The film follows teen Izzy (Zelda Adams) and her mother (Poser), who live simply in a home in the woods, spending their time making metal music. A chance encounter with a fellow teen causes Izzy to uncover a connection between her family and witchcraft, creating a rift with her mother.

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    24 mins
  • Trick or Treat, Heavy Metal, and Satanic Panic
    Oct 31 2023

    E.L. King discusses Trick or Treat (1986) with creator, artist, and writer Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash) and Twitch Partner Death (GamesWithDeath). A bullied teenage "metal head" is devastated after the death of his heavy metal idol, Sammi Curr. As Halloween night approaches, he discovers that he may be the only one who can stop Sammi from making a Satanic comeback from beyond the grave.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Death Rattle: Interview with Deliver Us Directors Lee Roy Kunz & Cru Ennis
    Oct 20 2023

    E.L. King interviews special guests Lee Roy Kunz and Cru Ennis about their thrilling religious horror film Deliver Us (2023). The film follows the entwined stories of Father Daniel and Sister Yulia (Maria Vera Ratti). When the nun claims immaculate conception at a remote convent, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate, concerned about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: one the Messiah, the other the Anti-Christ.

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    17 mins
  • Death Rattle: Interview with Black Mold Director John Pata
    Aug 25 2023

    E.L. King interviews special guest John Pata about his second directorial feature film, the psychological horror thriller Black Mold (2023). The film follows photographers Brooke (Agnes Albright) and Tanner (Andrew Bailes), who, while exploring a dilapidated building, encounter a squatter who causes Brook’s memories to resurface, forcing her to face off against her traumatic past.

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    38 mins
  • Death Rattle: Interview with Malum Director Anthony DiBlasi and Star Natalie Victoria
    May 5 2023

    E.L. King interviews special guests Anthony DiBlasi and Natalie Victoria about the reimagining of their film Last Shift (2014) and its evolution to Malum (2023). The film follows rookie cop Jessica Loren (Jessica Sula), who willingly takes the last shift at a newly decommissioned police station, attempting to uncover the mysterious connection between her father's death and a vicious cult.


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    36 mins
  • Death Rattle: Interview with The Outwaters Cast and 5100 Films Producer Beau J. Genot
    Feb 10 2023

    E.L. King interviews special guests Angela Basolis and Michelle May, stars of the Cosmic Horror film The Outwaters, and its producer Beau J. Genot from 5100 Films. Screen the film exclusively on Screambox following its theatrical release. Written and directed by Robbie Banfitch, the film follows four friends on an excursion to the Mojave Desert to shoot a music video that turns terrifying while camping when they start to experience unexplained sounds, vibrations, and unnatural animal behavior. The foursome is sent on a mind-bending trip through terror.

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    21 mins
  • Tigers Are Not Afriad, Dark Fairy Tales, and the Mexican Drug Wars
    Jan 13 2023

    E.L. King discusses the Spanish language film Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017), written and directed by Issa López with Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critics Kate Sánchez, Editor-in-Chief of But Why Tho? and Jessica Scott, a Content Editor at Film Cred. We explore the film's themes, including its fairy tale representation of childhood innocence and death. The film is a dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug wars in Mexico. López draws on the real-life consequences of the drug wars in Mexico for her dark fairy tale about orphaned children left behind in the aftermath of violence.

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    1 hr and 17 mins