Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:37:07 -0500 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1604362 en-us © 2026 Monster Mash yes c3a4500f-6d42-596a-b83b-95c218c64b2b Joe episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Joe https://storage.buzzsprout.com/cn496aik4eru3a43pynlvodjrwsf?.jpg I still exist! (The Incredible Shrinking Man, 1957) This week we are talking about what I consider a top 5 science fiction films of all time with an ending that will blow your socks off: The Incredible Shrinking Man!

]]> This week we are talking about what I consider a top 5 science fiction films of all time with an ending that will blow your socks off: The Incredible Shrinking Man!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-12420260 Sat, 11 Mar 2023 17:00:00 -0500 4892 1 51 full false All my life I've had black little moods. (Hangover Square, 1945) From the team that brought us The Lodger comes another taught, beautifully filmed and expertly acted thriller: Hangover Square!

]]> From the team that brought us The Lodger comes another taught, beautifully filmed and expertly acted thriller: Hangover Square!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-12327725 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:00:00 -0500 4274 1 50 full false I must think of a Brick Wall (Village of the Damned, 1960) We are back this week to talk about a great movie, though perhaps not the best one to watch with a pregnant wife (surprise, Sarah and Joe are having a baby!). It's Village of the Damned starring George Sanders and Hammer alums Barbara Shelley and Michael Gwynn!) 

]]> We are back this week to talk about a great movie, though perhaps not the best one to watch with a pregnant wife (surprise, Sarah and Joe are having a baby!). It's Village of the Damned starring George Sanders and Hammer alums Barbara Shelley and Michael Gwynn!) 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-12119093 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:00:00 -0500 4278 1 49 full false Klaatu Berata Nicto (The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951) The yearly monster movie march toward Halloween begins! We start with an absolute classic science fiction film: The Day the Earth Stood Still. 

]]> The yearly monster movie march toward Halloween begins! We start with an absolute classic science fiction film: The Day the Earth Stood Still. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-11190665 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0400 4376 1 48 full false You ever learn to do that to ragtime, we'll make a fortune! (Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, 1964) Back to Hammer for a strange but fun Mummy flick with an interesting premise that doesn't quite stick the landing. 

]]> Back to Hammer for a strange but fun Mummy flick with an interesting premise that doesn't quite stick the landing. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-10904152 Mon, 04 Jul 2022 18:00:00 -0400 5788 1 47 full false Dream a thousand dreams...die a thousand deaths. (House of Dracula, 1945) This week, we talk the final serious entry in the Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf-Man saga, warts and all. 

]]> This week, we talk the final serious entry in the Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf-Man saga, warts and all. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-10852718 Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:00:00 -0400 3727 1 46 full false Now we're stuck with a dame (The Mummy's Hand, 1940) This week, we return to Universal for their Mummy reboot which launched a series of sequels, none as effective as this surprisingly funny flick. It's The Mummy's Hand!

]]> This week, we return to Universal for their Mummy reboot which launched a series of sequels, none as effective as this surprisingly funny flick. It's The Mummy's Hand!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-10790173 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:00:00 -0400 3702 1 45 full false You're an idiot, Father. (Dracula: Prince of Darkness, 1966) Back to Hammer for the third in their Dracula series, a stylish vampire flick with some very poor decision making. 

]]> Back to Hammer for the third in their Dracula series, a stylish vampire flick with some very poor decision making. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-10748864 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:00:00 -0400 4963 1 44 full false It creeps and leaps and glides and slides. (The Blob, 1958) This week we talk about yet another film in the Criterion Collection, featuring a young Steve McQueen, and a very unusual opening song: 1958's The Blob!

]]> This week we talk about yet another film in the Criterion Collection, featuring a young Steve McQueen, and a very unusual opening song: 1958's The Blob!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-10696142 Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400 4502 1 43 full false What is the Law? (Island of Lost Souls, 1932) This week we talk about the wonderfully disturbing Island of Lost Souls; our third episode featuring a movie in the Criterion Collection.

]]> This week we talk about the wonderfully disturbing Island of Lost Souls; our third episode featuring a movie in the Criterion Collection.

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-10393150 Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400 4617 1 42 full false Top Ten So Far This week, instead of diving into a particular movie, we discuss our top ten most frightening moments of the films we have discussed so far. There is some overlap on our lists but not as much as I had thought. 

]]> This week, instead of diving into a particular movie, we discuss our top ten most frightening moments of the films we have discussed so far. There is some overlap on our lists but not as much as I had thought. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-10378548 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 18:00:00 -0400 3015 1 41 full false They're already here! (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956) This week we dive into a sci-fi classic. The cheaply made, but highly effective Cold War paranoid thriller: Invasion of the Body Snatchers!

]]> This week we dive into a sci-fi classic. The cheaply made, but highly effective Cold War paranoid thriller: Invasion of the Body Snatchers!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-10008025 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0500 3813 1 40 full false I shall not be back...but something will. (The Devil Rides Out, 1968) We return to Hammer Studios this week to talk about a lesser-known but fantastic journey of a movie: 1968's The Devil Rides Out. Notable as Christopher Lee's favorite role he had at Hammer.

]]> We return to Hammer Studios this week to talk about a lesser-known but fantastic journey of a movie: 1968's The Devil Rides Out. Notable as Christopher Lee's favorite role he had at Hammer.

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9965806 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500 4991 1 39 full false Why have you freed me from the ice that imprisoned the beast that lives within me? (House of Frankenstein, 1944) Not a perfect movie, but a real favorite that we like more every time we watch it. House of Frankenstein!

]]> Not a perfect movie, but a real favorite that we like more every time we watch it. House of Frankenstein!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9945668 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:00:00 -0500 4359 1 38 full false I, Ygor, will live forever! (The Ghost of Frankenstein, 1942) We are back with another entry in Universal's Frankenstein series. A bit silly, a few plot holes, but a whole lot of fun: The Ghost of Frankenstein!

]]> We are back with another entry in Universal's Frankenstein series. A bit silly, a few plot holes, but a whole lot of fun: The Ghost of Frankenstein!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9902435 Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:00:00 -0500 5596 1 37 full true He's mad and he's invisible. (The Invisible Man, 1935) An all-time great, and one that I always associate with the holidays for reasons explored in the episode. Claude Raines, great special effects and the immortal James Whale all get their fair share of adoration in this week's episode. 

]]> An all-time great, and one that I always associate with the holidays for reasons explored in the episode. Claude Raines, great special effects and the immortal James Whale all get their fair share of adoration in this week's episode. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9633751 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:00:00 -0500 5004 1 36 full false There is an evil spirit man that is called: Murder! (White Zombie, 1932) This week we talk Bela Lugosi's follow-up to Dracula (on some of the same sets), the creepy and stylish White Zombie!

]]> This week we talk Bela Lugosi's follow-up to Dracula (on some of the same sets), the creepy and stylish White Zombie!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9473097 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 19:00:00 -0400 4225 1 35 full false Champagne Ivy is my name...(Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1931) This week, we shift away from Hammer and enter the black and white phase of our yearly Monster watch with an incredible movie and my favorite adaptation of this story: 1931's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

]]> This week, we shift away from Hammer and enter the black and white phase of our yearly Monster watch with an incredible movie and my favorite adaptation of this story: 1931's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9449415 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0400 4741 1 34 full false You look like a teddy-bear now. (Horror of Dracula, 1958) Our last Hammer flick for a while, as we finally move into the Black and White phase of our Halloween movie marathon. But we leave Hammer with a good one: their original adaptation of Dracula! 

]]> Our last Hammer flick for a while, as we finally move into the Black and White phase of our Halloween movie marathon. But we leave Hammer with a good one: their original adaptation of Dracula! 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9398865 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:00:00 -0400 4590 1 33 full false Blood...Dracula's blood! (Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969) We go a little extra campy with this week's episode: Taste the Blood of Dracula! A much better movie than the title suggests.

]]> We go a little extra campy with this week's episode: Taste the Blood of Dracula! A much better movie than the title suggests.

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9269997 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:00:00 -0400 4065 1 32 full false Do you know what a vampire is? (Kiss of the Vampire, 1963) This week, we continue Hammer Time with 1963's Kiss of the Vampire! 

]]> This week, we continue Hammer Time with 1963's Kiss of the Vampire! 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9227773 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:00:00 -0400 4174 1 31 full false They like a good tune. (The Phantom of the Opera, 1962) This week, we continue moving through the Hammer section of our movie marathon with their 1962 production, Phantom of the Opera,  a remake of the 1943 film of the same name starring Claude Raines, which itself was a remake of the original from 1925.  

]]> This week, we continue moving through the Hammer section of our movie marathon with their 1962 production, Phantom of the Opera,  a remake of the 1943 film of the same name starring Claude Raines, which itself was a remake of the original from 1925.  

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9187670 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:00:00 -0400 3872 1 30 full false I have crossed oceans of time to find you. (Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1993) We jump into more contemporary waters again this week with another movie that was made in our lifetime: Bram Stoker's Dracula. Boy, do we have some opinions about this one...

]]> We jump into more contemporary waters again this week with another movie that was made in our lifetime: Bram Stoker's Dracula. Boy, do we have some opinions about this one...

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9149128 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:00:00 -0400 5066 1 29 full false How to Catch a Sea Beast (It Came from Beneath the Sea, 1955) This week, we discuss a movie I had never seen before: It Came from Beneath the Sea! We also get a little meta and talk about the Monster Mash movie marathon as a whole. 

]]> This week, we discuss a movie I had never seen before: It Came from Beneath the Sea! We also get a little meta and talk about the Monster Mash movie marathon as a whole. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9110007 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:00:00 -0400 3900 1 28 full true You never know where you'll end up when you go to a square dance. (War of the Worlds, 1953) This week, we continue our trip through 50's sci-fi with the best of the many adaptations of H.G Well's classic: The War of the Worlds! 

]]> This week, we continue our trip through 50's sci-fi with the best of the many adaptations of H.G Well's classic: The War of the Worlds! 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9074113 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:00:00 -0400 4409 1 27 full false Heeelp meeee! (The Fly, 1958) This week, the 3rd annual Monster Mash begins; the monster movie marathon that birthed this podcast. We start early so we have a prayer of getting them all in before Halloween, and this year, we begin the proceedings with a classic: 1958's The Fly!

]]> This week, the 3rd annual Monster Mash begins; the monster movie marathon that birthed this podcast. We start early so we have a prayer of getting them all in before Halloween, and this year, we begin the proceedings with a classic: 1958's The Fly!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9037627 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0400 5094 1 26 full false They'll never be rid of me. (Revenge of Frankenstein, 1958) Peter Cushing returns! And so does Baron Frankenstein up to his nefarious ways in what I consider the high point of the Hammer Frankenstein series: Revenge of Frankenstein.

]]> Peter Cushing returns! And so does Baron Frankenstein up to his nefarious ways in what I consider the high point of the Hammer Frankenstein series: Revenge of Frankenstein.

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-9001043 Mon, 09 Aug 2021 16:00:00 -0400 4890 1 25 full false Thanks for the bullet (Werewolf of London, 1935) We are back with a vastly underrated Universal Monster...Werewolf of London! 

]]> We are back with a vastly underrated Universal Monster...Werewolf of London! 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8962846 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0400 4757 1 24 full false Death is only the beginning (The Mummy, 1999) We break form this week and talk about a movie that was actually released during our lifetime: 1999's The Mummy!

]]> We break form this week and talk about a movie that was actually released during our lifetime: 1999's The Mummy!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8866019 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:00:00 -0400 4731 1 23 full false We belong dead! (Bride of Frankenstein, 1935) In honor of our wedding last weekend, we celebrate perhaps the shortest and least successful cinematic marriage of all time: The Bride of Frankenstein!

]]> In honor of our wedding last weekend, we celebrate perhaps the shortest and least successful cinematic marriage of all time: The Bride of Frankenstein!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8815034 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:00:00 -0400 4246 1 22 full false No man ever suffered as I did for you. (The Mummy, 1932) This week, we talk Karloff the Uncanny in his follow-up to Frankenstein, and one of our favorites: The Mummy!

]]> This week, we talk Karloff the Uncanny in his follow-up to Frankenstein, and one of our favorites: The Mummy!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8778833 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:00:00 -0400 4511 1 21 full false Supernatural, perhaps. Baloney, perhaps not. (The Black Cat, 1934) Perhaps the best of the Lugosi/Karloff movies, this week we talk about the vastly underrated Black Cat! 

]]> Perhaps the best of the Lugosi/Karloff movies, this week we talk about the vastly underrated Black Cat! 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8675832 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 18:00:00 -0400 3844 1 20 full false You are saying something profound (The Raven, 1935) This week we give lots of love to Bela Lugosi as we dive through one of his most outrageously over-the-top performances in The Raven!

]]> This week we give lots of love to Bela Lugosi as we dive through one of his most outrageously over-the-top performances in The Raven!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8580973 Mon, 24 May 2021 18:00:00 -0400 4445 1 19 full false It was big...and terrible! (Godzilla, 1954) In celebration of a childhood love long dormant, but now very much awakened, we discuss...Godzilla! (Original Japanese version, not King of the Monsters)

]]> In celebration of a childhood love long dormant, but now very much awakened, we discuss...Godzilla! (Original Japanese version, not King of the Monsters)

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8537915 Mon, 17 May 2021 19:00:00 -0400 5754 1 18 full false There is no...Yeti. (The Abominable Snowman, 1957) This week, we travel to the mountains of Tibet with Hammer, Peter Cushing, and a vastly underrated film: The Abominable Snowman. 

]]> This week, we travel to the mountains of Tibet with Hammer, Peter Cushing, and a vastly underrated film: The Abominable Snowman. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8491013 Mon, 10 May 2021 07:00:00 -0400 3996 1 17 full false She is singing to bring down the chandelier! (The Phantom of the Opera, 1925) We're taking it way back this week to 1925, and the incredible Lon Chaney in perhaps his most famous role: The Phantom of the Opera.

]]> We're taking it way back this week to 1925, and the incredible Lon Chaney in perhaps his most famous role: The Phantom of the Opera.

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8410221 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:00:00 -0400 5223 1 16 full true Oh, ze toast! (Brides of Dracula, 1960) This week we discuss perhaps the greatest Hammer vampire film ever: Bride's of Dracula! Also: the triumphant return of Peter Cushing!

]]> This week we discuss perhaps the greatest Hammer vampire film ever: Bride's of Dracula! Also: the triumphant return of Peter Cushing!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8357296 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400 4941 1 15 full true I look forward to seeing you in Whitechapel (The Lodger, 1944) An absolutely fabulous movie this week that, in our humble opinions, does not get enough recognition: The Lodger!

]]> An absolutely fabulous movie this week that, in our humble opinions, does not get enough recognition: The Lodger!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8320487 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:00:00 -0400 4903 1 14 full false Life is short, but death is long. (Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man, 1943) It's the first-ever monster cross-over! Before The Avengers, there was Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.

]]> It's the first-ever monster cross-over! Before The Avengers, there was Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8285086 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 18:00:00 -0400 5473 1 13 full false Dig the music, kids! (Dracula: A.D. 1972) Throw on your bellbottoms and don't forget the holy water, cause we are diving into that time-capsule of a movie, Dracula: A.D. 1972! 

]]> Throw on your bellbottoms and don't forget the holy water, cause we are diving into that time-capsule of a movie, Dracula: A.D. 1972! 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8232410 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0400 4853 1 12 full false Needle's at the Top! (The Thing From Another World, 1951) Keep watching the skies! This week we travel up to the frozen North and do battle with The Thing From Another World! 

]]> Keep watching the skies! This week we travel up to the frozen North and do battle with The Thing From Another World! 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8198640 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:00:00 -0400 5631 1 11 full false Laughter and Sin (The Old Dark House, 1932) What a weird wonderful movie we have for you this week. From the mind of James Whale comes Old Dark House; on the surface a simple tale, but this film is anything but simple.  Thanks to Seth Borgen for the recommendation!

]]> What a weird wonderful movie we have for you this week. From the mind of James Whale comes Old Dark House; on the surface a simple tale, but this film is anything but simple.  Thanks to Seth Borgen for the recommendation!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8145873 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:00:00 -0400 4514 1 10 full false What do they know of these occult matters? (Son of Dracula, 1943) This week we complete our "Children of Dracula" suite with Son of Dracula. Buckle up, because this movie is weird! 

]]> This week we complete our "Children of Dracula" suite with Son of Dracula. Buckle up, because this movie is weird! 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8094934 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500 4480 1 9 full false We haven't seen the end of Them! (Them! 1954) We've got ants! Giant, radioactive ants! This week we descend into the nest with the first and best giant bug flick from the 50's: Them!

]]> We've got ants! Giant, radioactive ants! This week we descend into the nest with the first and best giant bug flick from the 50's: Them!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-8046031 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500 5149 1 8 full false You will live again! (Curse of Frankenstein, 1957) This week it's the long-anticipated (by us) introduction to the brilliant Peter Cushing and his first big starring role with Hammer Films. It's 1957's Curse of Frankenstein!

]]> This week it's the long-anticipated (by us) introduction to the brilliant Peter Cushing and his first big starring role with Hammer Films. It's 1957's Curse of Frankenstein!

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-7996462 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 5262 1 7 full false There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your...psychiatry (Dracula's Daughter, 1936) This week we examine a vastly underrated Universal Monster: Dracula's Daughter! We try to unpack a movie that's full of surprises, with one scene in particular that still raises eyebrows today.

]]> This week we examine a vastly underrated Universal Monster: Dracula's Daughter! We try to unpack a movie that's full of surprises, with one scene in particular that still raises eyebrows today.

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-7857991 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 4954 1 6 full false It was Beauty killed the Beast (King Kong, 1933) This week we crash head-first into the jungle in search of Kong, and discover some complicated feelings. 

]]> This week we crash head-first into the jungle in search of Kong, and discover some complicated feelings. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-7729225 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 4994 1 4 full false We didn't come here to fight with monsters! (Creature from the Black Lagoon, 1954) Put on your swim trunks and load up your harpoon gun, cause we are about to dive into the dark waters of the Black Lagoon! Sarah and Joe explore the depths with an all-time favorite, the Gill-Man himself. 

]]> Put on your swim trunks and load up your harpoon gun, cause we are about to dive into the dark waters of the Black Lagoon! Sarah and Joe explore the depths with an all-time favorite, the Gill-Man himself. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-7585858 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 4972 1 4 full false Pepe has a silver bullet! (Curse of the Werewolf, 1961) This week it's Hammer time, werewolf style! We dive deep into Hammer's first and only foray into the werewolf genre: Curse of the Werewolf. 

]]> This week it's Hammer time, werewolf style! We dive deep into Hammer's first and only foray into the werewolf genre: Curse of the Werewolf. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-7454755 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0500 4202 1 3 full false Even a man who is pure in heart...(The Wolf Man, 1941) This week we dive in head first into one of our all time favs: The Wolf Man! We spend longer than we thought on the synopsis, but it's just too good not to not go into detail.  

]]> This week we dive in head first into one of our all time favs: The Wolf Man! We spend longer than we thought on the synopsis, but it's just too good not to not go into detail.  

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-7336945 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0500 4962 1 2 full false I bid you...welcome. Our inaugural episode! This week we introduce ourselves and set the stage for what is to come. We discuss why we like these movies so much and why they have endured as long as they have. 

]]> Our inaugural episode! This week we introduce ourselves and set the stage for what is to come. We discuss why we like these movies so much and why they have endured as long as they have. 

]]> Joe Buzzsprout-7221244 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0500 3960 1 1 full false