Discussion of Torture in horror films can be found here.

SHOW NOTES:
Announcement:
*Sadly, the December 2008 episode will be the last Dark Gate Horror Podcast

News:
* Pathology is now on DVD
* True Blood (my favorite new series)
* Ghostbusters 3?!?
*ZOMBIES 2.O: "THE OUTBREAK" PUMPS NEW LIFE INTO UNDEAD FILMS. INTERACTIVE HORROR FLICK LETS VIEWERS MAKE FATAL DECISIONS.
* Director/Producer Guillermo Del Toro is Co-Writing a vampire trilogy of novels

MAIN DISCUSSION:
*Interview with Professor Aviva Briefel
*“Torture Porn: When Good Times Go Bad An IGN investigation: What's driving the current wave of horror films and what is the phenomenon really about?" by Scott Collura
* Now Playing at Your Local Multiplex: Torture Porn
Why has America gone nuts for blood, guts, and sadism? By David Edelstein
*Last House on the Left (1972) and here
*Saw (2004)
*Screenwriting blog by Marty Langford, article “Ugly Times”
*Misery (1990)
*The Devil's Rejects

MUSIC:
The song of the night, "Mine Again" by the Black Lab was provided tonight from the podshow podsafe music network. Check them out at music.podshow.com.

Thanks to Josh Woodward for providing his song "I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful" for the opening and closing music. Visit this talented artist at joshwoodward.com.

The next episode will discuss The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Thanks for listening! Email me at [email protected]

Discussion of Creepy Kids in Horror Films can be found here.

SHOW NOTES:
News:
*Twilight film will release November 21, 2008
*Possible Candyman remake?
*Remake in the works of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
*Remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street with Billy Bob Thornton as Freddy Krueger!
*Review:The Happening

MAIN DISCUSSION:
*The Omen(1976)
*The Ring (2002)
*Joshua (2007)
*The Orphanage and here
*The Exorcist (1973)
*The Sixth Sense (1999)
*Hide and Seek (2005)

ARTICLE:
"Child's Prey: 15 Creepy Kids in Movies" by Gary Susman from Entertainment Weekly, January 15, 2008.

MUSIC:
The song of the night, "Not Coming Home" by the Cool Waters Band was provided tonight from the podshow podsafe music network. Check them out at music.podshow.com.

Thanks to Josh Woodward for providing his song "I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful" for the opening and closing music. Visit this talented artist at joshwoodward.com.

The next episode will discuss Torture in Horror Films. Thanks for listening! Email me at [email protected]

Discussion of Friday the 13th can be found here.

SHOW NOTES:
Discusses:
Article: “Small is Scary: The Master of Fright reveals why big studios rarely deliver horror movie magic” by Stephen King, from Entertainment Weekly, July 11, 2008.
Why Friday the 13th is Unlucky
1993 Study Results
Friday 13th not more unlucky, study shows
Interview with Scott S. Cunningham
Article: “The High Art Of Horror Films Can Cut Deep Into the Psyche”

The song of the night, “ The Horror Movie Song" by Ben Minnotte was provided tonight from the podshow podsafe music network. Check them out at music.podshow.com.

Thanks to Josh Woodward for providing his song "I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful" for the opening and closing music. Visit this talented artist at joshwoodward.com.

The next episode will discuss Creepy Children in Horror Films. Thanks for listening! Email me at [email protected]

Review of Fangoria's "Weekend of Horrors" Los Angeles Convention on 4/27/08 can be found here.

SHOW NOTES:
Discusses:
*The cast reunion for the 40th anniversary of Night of the Living Dead, including George Romero!
*Special Guest Appearances, including Ray Wise, Brian O'Halloran, Erik Preston, Tony Todd, and the cast of Moonlight
*Feast 2 & 3
*And much more!

The song of the night, “Down with Everything” by The Transfer was provided tonight from the podshow podsafe music network. Check them out at music.podshow.com.

Thanks to Josh Woodward for providing his song "I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful" for the opening and closing music. Visit this talented artist at joshwoodward.com.

The next episode will discuss Friday the 13th. Thanks for listening!
Email me at [email protected]

Discussion of horror films "based on a true story" can be found here.

SHOW NOTES:
Discusses:
Exorcism of Emily Rose
Amityville
Amityville Horror
Wolf Creek
Zodiac

The song of the night, “The Way You Are” by 46Bliss was provided tonight from the podshow podsafe music network. Check them out at music.podshow.com.

Thanks to Josh Woodward for providing his song "I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful" for the opening and closing music. Visit this talented artist at joshwoodward.com.

The next episode will discuss horror television shows, past and present. Thanks for listening!
Email me at [email protected]

Discussion of Universal Studios monsters can be found here.

He who fights monsters should look into it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze long into the Abyss, the Abyss also gazes into you. -Friedrich Nietzsche

SHOW NOTES:
Discusses:
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Mummy (1932 vs. 1999)

The song of the night, “The Black Company” by Spirit Creek was provided tonight from the podshow podsafe music network. Check them out at music.podshow.com.

Thanks to Josh Woodward for providing his song "I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful" for the opening and closing music. Visit this talented artist at joshwoodward.com.

The next episode will cover films that are "based on a true story". Thanks for listening!
Email me at [email protected]

Discussion of Director's Series #2: Alfred Hitchcock will can be found here.

SHOW NOTES:
News:
The Birds remake
Alfred Hitchcock Presents film

Discusses:
The Birds review
The Birds review
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The song of the night, “Mine Again” by Black Lab was provided tonight from Podshow Podsafe Music Network.

Thanks to Josh Woodward for providing his song "I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful" for the opening and closing music. Visit this talented artist at joshwoodward.com.

The next episode will discuss Universal's Monsters. Thanks for listening!
Email me at [email protected]

Discussion of buildings having a conscious will can be found here.

SHOW NOTES:
Discusses:
Stephen King's The Shining
Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"
and Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House

The song of the night, “I’ll Pretend” by Arthur Yoria was provided tonight from Magnatune.com.

Thanks to Josh Woodward for providing his song "I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful" for the opening and closing music. Visit this talented artist at joshwoodward.com.

The next episode will be the second in our director's series: Alfred Hitchcock. Thanks for listening!
Email me at [email protected]

I have received several emails recently letting me know that the Wicker Man review (episode 7) does not download. I don't know what happened to it because it used to work, but regardless, it has been re-uploaded onto my server, and is available for downloading. Thanks to those of you who emailed me to let me know.

I am almost done preparing the next episode, sorry for the delay. It was supposed to be out last week, but a family emergency came up, and I am in Wisconsin right now.

Discussion of Urban Legends and uses in film can be found here.

REFERENCES:
In the Blood
Candyman1
Candyman2
Candyman from Creative Screenwriting Magazine
Encyclopedia of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand
Hollywood Discovers an Apocryphal Legend: 2 films focus on 'suicide rules' By Leo Reisberg from The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc.

The song of the night, “Rabbit for Halloween” by Marc Gunn was provided tonight from the PodShow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at music.podshow.com.

Thanks to Josh Woodward for providing his song "I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful" for the opening and closing music. Visit this talented artist at joshwoodward.com.

The next episode will cover houses having a conscious will or soul. Have a fantastic Halloween!