Nostalgium Arcanum - Episodes Tagged with “Halloween”

The Silence of the Lambs

Doug Lief — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800

Quid pro quo. For 35 years The Silence of the Lambs has been a profoundly troubling (and controversial) film. Like its singularly memorable antagonist Hannibal Lecter, the film forces us to stare down the horrors that haunt us, both external violent threats, and more importantly, internal traumatic scars we'd rather not revisit. Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster's Academy Award winning career-best performances and Jonathan Demme's masterful direction come together to create one of the finest and scariest films ever made. We're joined by fellow inmate filmmaker Alex Sosin (The Canyon) to sew together what makes The Silence of the Lambs the compelling masterpiece it is, and dissect it with this blunt little tool.

Check out the teaser for The Canyon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFWbNbdtKA

Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, "Playing By Ear" (https://playingbyear.fireside.fm) and our limited-run Jim Henson Series, "Still Muppeting" (patreon.com/stillloadingpod).

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All Music From "The Silence of the Lambs" by Howard Shore
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Put the Fucking Lotion In The Basket - Jon and Al Kaplan
Lotion - Greenskeepers

Alien

Doug Lief — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0800

Ridley Scott's seminal sci-fi horror masterpiece remains a "perfect organism". Alien is equal parts atmospheric, paranoid, and just plain disgusting. With a career-making performance from Sigourney Weaver and unparalleled visuals from the deep recesses of H. R. Giger's psyche, the film latches on and implants itself, not unlike its extraterrestrial antagonist. Guest podcaster and lucky star Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) stows away on board to discuss why Alien is a beloved classic over 45 years later. You have our sympathies.

You can support Case and his network, CertainPOV, at patreon.com/CertainPOVMedia

Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, "Playing By Ear" (https://playingbyear.fireside.fm) and our limited-run Jim Henson Series, "Still Muppeting" (patreon.com/stillloadingpod).

You can also use YouTube, if that's your thing: https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiumArcanum/podcasts

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All score from Alien by Jerry Goldsmith
You Are My Lucky Star - Gene Kelly
Hello! Ma Baby - Michigan J. Frog

Coraline

Doug Lief — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:15:00 -0700

Be careful what you wish for this Halloween. On this special it's a family affair as the Other Doug and the Other Ami welcome their children Celeste and Ben into the other world of 2009's Coraline. This stop-motion masterpiece spins a web and puts a button or two on a modern Grimm fairy tale about how the grass seems greener on the other side of a tiny mysterious door.

Be sure to also check out our musical podcast, Playing By Ear! - https://playingbyear.fireside.fm

Check out Ami's beautiful handmade earrings at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All Score From Coraline by Bruno Coulais
The Other Father Song - They Might Be Giants
Treat Your Mother Right - Mr. T

The Colour Out Of Space

Doug Lief — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:15:00 -0700

For this year's Halloween bonus reading, we're going down to Nahum's farm and taking a gander at "The Colour Out Of Space", cosmic horror master H.P. Lovecraft's unsettling tale of a chromatic contagion from beyond the stars.

Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, Playing By Ear! - https://playingbyear.fireside.fm

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Musical Credits:
Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
Creator Tears - Salvitsky
The Red Weed, Pt. 1 - Jeff Wayne
Babylon - Jeff Beal

Fright Night

Doug Lief — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:15:00 -0700

Hi-Diddly-Ho, neighborino! When Jerry Dandridge moves in next door, young Charlie Brewster's worst fears are confirmed, leading to a one-of-a-kind horror comedy that, unlike Jerry, does not suck. Guest comedian and filmmaker Tarik Davis (@tarikrdavis, tarikrdavis.com) joins us to stake out this meta Halloween tale that we're happy to invite into our homes.

You can find Tarik on NBC's The Amber Ruffin Show, and on his essential podcast, Brothers From Another Planet, see him perform live with Freestyle Love Soupreme.

More importantly, Tarik's short film "Doc - Race, Revolution, Relativity, and the Confessions of a Time Travelling Terrorist" is now out and you can (and should) watch it here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-uBvVgBTIY)

Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, Playing By Ear! - https://playingbyear.fireside.fm

You can also use YouTube, if that's your thing: https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiumArcanum/podcasts

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All score from Fright Night by Brad Fiedel
Fright Night - J. Geils Band
Seinfeld - Jonathan Wolff and Yoni Wolf

Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn

Doug Lief — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:15:00 -0700

There's only one word to describe Evil Dead 2 - Groovy! On this episode we're joined by deadite Dan Oster (MadTV, A Podcast, But Evil) to accidentally read from the Necronomicon and summon Sam Raimi's wild ride of horror, gore, and comedy that literally takes a chainsaw to just about everything. Headlined by human cartoon Bruce Campbell, the film remains a rollicking great blood geyser of Halloween fun.

Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, Playing By Ear! - https://playingbyear.fireside.fm

And for some extra ED2 fun, if you're in southern California be sure to check out Slashers Axe Throwing & Ales at 1941 Newport Blvd #105, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (https://slashersoc.com/)

You can also use YouTube, if that's your thing: https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiumArcanum/podcasts

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Musical Credits:
Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
All score from Evil Dead II by Joseph LoDuca
The 59th Street Bridge Song - Simon & Garfunkel
Do The Necronomicon - Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris, George Reinblatt

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Doug Lief — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:15:00 -0700

9... 10... we can sleep again because, at long last, Freddy's Dead. For real this time. We mean it. This episode we nod off with Rick Firestone of the Pixel Project Radio podcast to eulogize the undisputed roastmaster of horror, Freddy Krueger. This entry is one of the most unweildy in the franchise, but it still carries the series' flare for wild, imaginative dream sequences, and the most one-liners of any slasher film.

Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, Playing By Ear! - https://playingbyear.fireside.fm

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
I'm Awake Now - Goo Goo Dolls
Inna Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
Why Was I Born? (Freddy's Dead) - Iggy Pop
All score from Freddy's Dead by Brian May

The Thing

Doug Lief — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:15:00 -0700

Why don't we just wait here for a little while, see what happens? 1982's "The Thing" was a critical and commercial failure, until its insidious genius began an infection that has spread to its complete takeover as a horror landmark. Comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) joins us to examine this brilliant, grotesque, and paranoia-inducing film.

Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, Playing By Ear! - https://playingbyear.fireside.fm

If you want to take an online improv class from Rich, go to www.daretofailimprov.com (first class is free!).

You can also use YouTube, if that's your thing: https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiumArcanum/podcasts

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Musical Credits:
Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
All music from The Thing by Ennio Morricone
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)

Leprechaun In The Hood

Doug Lief — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:15:00 -0700

For St. Patrick's day, we have a treat. A horror film that's pretty neat. We're revisiting Leprechaun In The Hood, and a Lep in the 'hood, come to do no good. Guest Jala Prendes (host of Jala-Chan' Place, Monster, Dear Monster, and Duckfeed.tv's The Level) and her husband, Dave (co-host of Monster, Dear Monster) have a direct-to-video sequel to praise and rave. It's podcast gold, but listener beware, of Warwick Davis and Ice-T's towering hair.

Find Jala online at @Fireheart_Media on X and fireheartmedia.bsky.social. Her show "The Level" is also part of the Duckfeed.tv podcast network.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All score from Lepechaun In The Hood by Nicholas Rivera

Pirates of the Caribbean (Ride)

Doug Lief — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:15:00 -0700

Happy Halloween to you villains and knaves! This be a family affair, says I. We be joined by devils, black sheep, and really bad eggs Ami, Celeste (age 8), and Benjamin (age 5) Lief to follow a map to the classic Disney attraction Pirates of the Caribbean and discuss why it's still a pirate's life for me for nearly sixty years since the ride first opened in Anaheim. Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Check out Ami's beautiful handmade earrings at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Yo Ho! A Pirate's LifeFor Me and score from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride by George Bruns and Xavier Atencio
All score from the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise by Klaus Baudelt and Hans Zimmer

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

Doug Lief — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:15:00 -0700

This is Halloween! This is Halloween! For our final mainline October episode guest Matt Storm aka Stormageddon of the "Fun" and Games, and Reignite podcasts tricks and treats with us to revisit this masterclass in stop-motion animation that lets us celebrate two holidays for the price of one.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All songs and score from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas by Danny Elfman

The Masque of the Red Death

Doug Lief — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:15:00 -0700

It's a bonus episode on top of a bonus episode! We're doing another Halloween reading, this time we're commemorating the Phantom of the Opera's favorite costume by revisiting Edgar Allen Poe's immortal classic, The Masque of the Red Death. The short story features Poe's gloomy mysterious prose, and strikes at our shared anxieties about pestilence and mortality.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Leyndell, Royal Capital (Yuka Kitamura)
Edgar Allen Poe (Larry Grossman / Hal Hackady)

A Nightmare On Elm Street

Doug Lief — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:15:00 -0700

For 40 years Freddy Krueger has stopped us from getting 40 winks. Arguably the king of the 80s slasher villains, Freddy's first outing remains as fresh as a liquified Johnny Depp. This week guests (and huge fans) Ami Lief and Betsy Allen join us to grab their crucifixes, stay up late, and never sleep again.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

And please check out Betsy's writing here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08PTRRT1B?ingress=0&visitId=3f9ec9cc-a038-429c-990d-0e1ad6fc555a

Check out Ami's beautiful handmade earrings at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All Score From A Nightmare on Elm Street by Charles Bernstein
Ready For Freddy - The Fat Boys

The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)

Doug Lief — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:15:00 -0700

We can't stay silent about the classic 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera. From Lon Chaney's iconically inhuman make-up to his all-too-human performance, the film still thrills and chills nearly 100 years later. We're joined once again by writer/director of The Canyon, Alex Sosin, to venture into the depths below the Paris opera house and revel in the true face of what dwells within.

Check out the teaser for The Canyon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFWbNbdtKA

And if you want to watch The Canyon in its entirety check it out at the Twin Cities Film Festival or stream it here: https://twincitiesfilmfest.org/film-fest-movie/the-canyon/

To watch Phantom of the Opera itself (the version we're referring to in the cast) watch it here: https://youtu.be/TUamUHcxMVY?si=VpW4QjvN0tMfpaJJ

And if you want bonus Phantom '25 content, please subscribe to our friend Jala Prendes' podcast, Jala-Chan's Place, to hear us delve into the notable production and film preservation issues surrounding the film. That companion episode will release on October 25.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Score from The Phantom of the Opera by Gustav Hinrichs
M.A.S.K. - Haim Saban / Shuki Levy

Killer Klowns From Outer Space

Doug Lief — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:15:00 -0700

Send in the Klowns, from light years away. Killer Klowns From Outer Space remains a kampy konfection of 1980s klassic horror that still thrills and chills with big top bombast. We're joined by comedians Rich Baker and Merry Mary Hynes to praise this film's tightrope-walking silliness that's as tasty as cotton candy and only slightly less deadly.

If you want to take an online improv class from Rich, go to www.daretofailimprov.com (first class is free!).

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (The Dickeys)
Send In The Clowns (Stephen Sondheim)
Entry of the Gladiators (Julius Fučík)
All Score from Killer Klowns From Outer Space by John Massari
Tears Of A Clown (Smokey Robinson)

Ghostbusters 2

Doug Lief — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0700

Too hot to handle, too cold to hold. Ghostbusters 2 is a sequel that's anything but paint-by-numbers. We're gonna call superfans Dylan Gregory and Tania Newton to blow some positively-charged slime all over a film that keeps on lifting us higher and higher.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits

Intro - Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr.
On Our Own - Bobby Brown
Your Love Keeps on Lifting Me (Higher and Higher) - Howard Huntsberry
Your Love Keeps on Lifting Me (Higher and Higher) - Jackie Wilson
All Other Score By Randy Edelman

The Haunted Mansion

Doug Lief — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:00:00 -0700

It's a bonus Halloween treat (no tricks) as 7-year-old Celeste joins her old podcasting dad to revisit classic Disney attraction The Haunted Mansion, and the 999 happy haunts who call it home.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Grim Grinning Ghosts (Buddy Baker / X Atencio)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Doug Lief — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Let's do the Time Warp again as special guest writer/director/actress/producer Shakina Nayfack (@shakeenz, Difficult People, Quantum Leap) joins us to send off our Halloween season with a bang, emphasis on the bang. This musical is a one-of-a-kind blend of rock, camp, horror, and sexual exploration that really puts the "fluid" in gender fluidity, one that has and always will inspire hordes of live audiences to not just dream it, but to be it.

Also, feel free to yell "asshole" and "slut" at us as you listen to this.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All songs from RHPS by Richard O'Brien

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Doug Lief — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 01:00:00 -0700

Over 200 years old and still scaring people, Washington Irving's masterpiece remains a Halloween classic and an all-time great ghost story. On this episode we not only discuss it, but as a bonus, the entire tale is here as an audiobook for your enjoyment.

Also, for bonus podcast content, please check out the Headless Horseman episode of our old show, "A Podcast, But Evil"!

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Ichabod Crane sung by Bing Crosby (Don Raye / Gene de Paul)
Academy of Raya Lucaria (Yuka Kitamura)
The Hunter's Workship (Yuka Kitamura)

Resident Evil 4

Doug Lief — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 01:00:00 -0700

¡Puedes correr, pero no te puedes esconder! Resident Evil 4 was a revolutionary game that revitalized the series and videogames as a whole through its combination of tense dynamic gameplay, best-in-class body horror, and unsettling tone. Ken Cole of KenCast (@kenergycole) joins us to once again plunge into RE4's irresistible terrors.

Find more of Ken's fantastic content at https://www.youtube.com/@KenCole

Also, I was honored to be a guest on KenCast. You can subscribe to KenCast to hear it, or watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc8eh4010YA

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content.

Musical Credits:
Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All score from Resident Evil 4 by Misao Senbongi and Shusaku Uchiyama

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Doug Lief — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 01:00:00 -0700

Good Grief! It's finally Halloween and that means it's time for comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) to join our yearly vigil in the seasonal Peanuts special that is the most sincere.

If you want to take an online improv class from Rich, go to www.daretofailimprov.com (first class is free!).

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Linus and Lucy (and all other score) by Vince Guaraldi
Charlie Brown (The Coasters)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Series)

Doug Lief — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 01:00:00 -0700

Slayers gonna slay as paranormal fiction writer Betsy Allen joins our Scooby Gang to revisit TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", where our heroes face off against the undead, the unholy, and all the awkward emotional garbage the life slings at you as you grow from a teenager to an adult. This series created a unique blend of quippy dialogue, interpersonal drama, and things that go bump in the night, that renders it unique and deeply personal to all who have been ensorceled by its charms.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Theme - Nerf Herder
Rest In Peace - Joss Whedon
Going Through The Motions (Joss Whedon)
They Got The Mustard Out (Joss Whedon)
I'll Never Tell (Joss Whedon)
Under Your Spell (Joss Whedon)
Through The Fire (Joss Whedon)
All other Buffy score by Christophe Beck or Thomas Wanker

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

Doug Lief — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 01:00:00 -0700

Sure ye can handle a dead tongue, but can ye handle TWO live ones? Snorky talk Man as we close out our Halloween run with a special episode about the Simpsons' Halloween specials, with special guest Amy Baum. Special!

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
The Simpsons Theme - Danny Elfman
All other musical credits from The Simpsons score by Alf Clausen.

The Fly

Doug Lief — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 01:00:00 -0700

Be afraid... Be very afraid... of a twisted fusion of sci-fi horror and romance, as well as man and insect. David Cronenberg's body horror masterpiece haunts not only for its viscerally upsetting imagery, but because that imagery is paired with strong characters and profound metaphysical questions.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All score from The Fly by Howard Shore
Outro music from The Simpsons by Alf Clausen

Thriller

Doug Lief — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 01:00:00 -0700

No mere mortal can resist the evil of The Thriller! This week we revisit the moment when the King of Pop truly began his reign, a song and music video that claimed musical records unlikely to be beaten. Shall you be found without the soul for getting down?

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content.

Musical Credits:
Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Thriller (Michael Jackson / Rod Temperton)
Starlight (Michael Jackson / Rod Temperton)
Rod Temperton Interview Audio
Vincent Price Thriller Outtake Audio
Thriller Video Excerpt (Michael Jackson, Ola Ray, and Vincent Price)

The Phantom of the Opera

Doug Lief — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 01:00:00 -0700

We've passed the point of no return as we dissect Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece, the O.G., The Phantom of the Opera. The musical will soon close on Broadway after a record-breaking 35 years, over 10,000 performances, and a staggering $6,000,000,000 profit. On this episode we'll peer behind the mask to better understand why this show had such an impact and lasting legacy.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content.

Musical Credits:
Intro: Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
All other tracks from The Phantom of the Opera Original Cast Recording, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart.

Beetlejuice

Doug Lief — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Our first entry to the Nostalgium Arcanum is the ghost with the most. This episode we crack open the Handbook for the Recently Deceased and explore the lasting power of Tim Burton's kitschy, bureaucratic afterlife comedy.

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Musical Credit:

Beetlejuice Main Title: Danny Elfman
The Book! / Obituaries: Danny Elfman
Dans Macabre: Camille Saint-Saëns
Jump in the Line: Harry Belafonte