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Half Price Horror

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A podcast that takes a deep dive into scary movies curated by the selection at the local Half Price Books store, available everywhere you get your podcasts. (Host’s pronouns are he/him.)

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

New episode! It's time to check out the OG kaiju with a look at the movie that inspired 'Godzilla', 1953's 'The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms'! open.spotify.com/episode/3fDQ...

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 21h

I love Alan Moore’s contention that this is the successor ship to Pancake XL4, which was in turn the successor to Shrapnel XL3 and Mushroom Cloud XL2 because each ship is named after what happened to its predecessor. :)

Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 1d

It’s like the Suspiria score crossed with Tubular Bells.

Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 1d

I was really surprised by how much I liked the fifth one.

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Bede Vs. The Living Dead @bedevstld.bsky.social · 1d

“Bede Vs. The Living Dead Bonus Episode - Interview With Mike Carey, Chris Margetis and John Fallon [The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre (2021)]”

Apple: bit.ly/4nyKQQS
Spotify: bit.ly/46Nwq8c
Links: linktr.ee/bedevsthelivingdead

#Podcast #Interview #Horror #Zombies #TheMansonBrothers

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 1d

Doing final review of our horror film DEAD MEDIA. Pictured here is @jamesurbaniak.bsky.social’s character in a moment of growing alarm. If you’re in Minneapolis on Oct 20th you can find out what’s alarming him at our premiere event!

Tix & full info here: deadmediamoviempls102025.eventbrite.com

A screenshot of a horror film. The actor James Urbaniak looks in alarm at something off camera

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Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 3d

Hey y'all - sharing again as I'm really proud of the work I'm doing here & just trying to promote my writing however I can. I'm pretty good at promoting everything else but myself these days. All subs are appreciated but the paid subs will help me keep this going (plus we have a big vet visit soon).

Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hey y'all - so everything has now been set up on Ghost officially. I'm sending an email to all current subscribers soon about what the happs are. And for those who would like to sub, I have paid & free tiers: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io (you can even tip too instead! LOL)

From the Desk of The Horror Chick

Heather Wixson explores horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.

from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 2d

It’s also a big influence on Romero.

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The Scary Stuff Podcast @scarystuffpodcast.com · 2d

🛸🛸 NEW EPISODE!! 🛸🛸

We're absolutely delighted to be joined by returning guest @slimyswampghost.bsky.social to discuss our pod's first Don Dohler movie: THE ALIEN FACTOR (1978)!

Available now wherever you get your pods. Any shares are appreciated, and thanks so much for listening!

The poster for Don Dohler's THE ALIEN FACTOR (depicting one of the main characters surrounded by the assorted alien designs from the film) is set against a starfield backdrop. Text reads as follows:

"New Episode
Scary Stuff Podcast
Episode 80
With Special Guest
Trevor Henderson"

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

There’s really no higher compliment than listening to an episode as soon as it’s posted. So glad you liked it!

Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

You’d think this would come after “Diagnosis: Murder”, but….

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

Ooh! Looking forward to it--I'm still catching up, I just finished your Indiana Jones series, but that only means I've got this one to get hyped for! (Along with the whole Romero series and the Cornetto trilogy, and....)

Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

For those of you who have three bucks a month to spare and can't wait a week to hear me talk about 1954's 'Them!', it's now available on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/early-...

Early Episode: "Them! (1954)" | Half Price Horror

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, it made _more_ sense when he was saying it about Minneapolis. At least there was some civil unrest at the time. Portland is in the middle of celebrating its Homemade Jams and Jellies Festival or some shit.

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

I like this one better than Galaxy Invader, tbh; it doesn’t have anyone as unpleasant to watch as the dad in that movie, which gives the whole thing an oddly sweet tone. Even the Mayor is kind of fun.

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

I love this movie! It’s such a DIY indie gem, and it really punches above its weight. It’s amateurish, yes, but charmingly so.

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

After watching ‘Them!’ and realizing just how much it influenced ‘Aliens’, I really want @eyeoftheduckpod.com to do a 50s sci-fi horror series that hits all the secret Rosetta Stones of genre cinema, like Forbidden Planet and The Blob and The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

I know Mark knows this, but it was. Lucas wrote the original trilogy about Nixon and the prequel trilogy about Bush II, and the sequel trilogy’s biggest problem is that it wouldn’t commit to being about Trump.

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

A personal favorite!

Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

My next episode:

An eight foot long ant menacing a woman in the New Mexico desert.

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 3d

New episode! It's time to check out the OG kaiju with a look at the movie that inspired 'Godzilla', 1953's 'The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms'! open.spotify.com/episode/3fDQ...

Spotify – Web Player

open.spotify.com

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Bede Vs. The Living Dead @bedevstld.bsky.social · 4d

“Bede & Steve Vs. Leatherface Bonus Episode - Chain Reactions (2024)”

Apple: bit.ly/477lEeq
Spotify: bit.ly/4pWdZXS
Links: linktr.ee/bedevsthelivingdead

#Podcast #Horror #TheTexasChainsawMassacre #ChainReactions #PodcastAndChill #Review #Documentary #Leatherface #PattonOswalt #StephenKing

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah. Looking at Whedon’s work now is like looking one of those hanging object sculptures. It all seems really random until you stand at the “he was a fake feminist who pretended to elevate women for clout” angle, and then it all lines up perfectly.

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 4d

I remember feeling like it was absolutely editorial fiat in a season where everyone was being jerked around by the demands of the plot, but in hindsight it was absolutely Whedon’s misogyny leaking through. I am so embarrassed by how much benefit of the doubt I gave him.

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Half Price Horror @halfpricehorror.bsky.social · 4d

And props to Duane Jones, who was an uncredited screenwriter on the movie and whose contributions cannot be overstated, for shaping this subtext into the story. He was thinking about this stuff when nobody else on set was.

The Ken in Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 4d

Anyway props to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD for just flat saying "in times of crisis your supposed protectors reveal themselves as the racist lynch mobs they always were" 57 years ago