Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying Episode 21 - 30 of 30 in total of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “horror”.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
October 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 37 mins
1970s, 70s, aliens, gender, halloween, horror, lgbtq, musical, musicals, queer, rock, rock and roll, sci-fi, scifi, sexuality, susan sarandon, tim curry, trans, transsexual
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.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
October 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
american literature, disney, ghost story, ghosts, halloween, headless horseman, horror, ichabod crane, literature, new york, revolutionary war, short story, sleepy hollow, tim burton, washington irving
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.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
October 16th, 2023 | 2 hrs 1 min
alan rickman, angela lansbury, cannibalism, cannibals, class warfare, folklore, helena bonham carter, horror, johnny depp, lansbury, musical, musicals, opera, sondheim, stephen sondheim, theater, tim burton, victor garber, victorian
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd, who murdered patrons so we could pod. Actress, comedian, and host of Coming Out Pod Lauren Flans (@comingoutpod, @LaurenFlans) joins us to dine on Stephen Sondheim's horror musical masterpiece of class and cannibalism.
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Resident Evil 4
October 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 36 mins
body horror, capcom, cults, gamer, gamers, games, gaming, halloween, horror, parasites, resident evil, video games, videogamer, videogames, videogaming, zombies
¡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.
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It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
October 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
animation, cartoon, cartoons, charles schulz, charlie brown, comedy, halloween, horror, peanuts, snoopy
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.
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Doom
August 14th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
1990s, 90s, first person shooter, fps, games, gaming, horror, mod, modding, pc games, pc gaming, retro games, video games
Doom's lasting impact on the world of video games remains as potent as ever 30 years on. Comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) throws on a helmet with us to return to Mars and blast away at all manner of digital demons.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Series)
July 17th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
1990s, 90s, angst, anthony head, comedy, demons, dracula, halloween, horror, nostalgia, sarah michelle gellar, satan, scooby, teen, television, tv, vampires
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 teens to adults.
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Gremlins
February 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 25 mins
1980s, 80s, christmas, comedy, horror, joe dante, movies, sci fi, x-mas, xmas
Guest Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) joins us to discuss the three essential rules for mogwai care as we revisit 1984's "Gremlins", a classic tale of overpopulation that seamlessly blends horror, comedy, sci-fi, and Christmas.
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The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
October 31st, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
comedy, freddy kreuger, halloween, horror, nightmare on elm street, nostalgia, the shining, the simpsons
We close out our Halloween run with a special episode about the Simpsons' Halloween specials, with special guest Amy Baum. Special!
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The Fly
October 24th, 2022 | 59 mins 34 secs
body horror, comedy, david cronenberg, gina davis, halloween, horror, jeff goldblum, movies, nostalgia, physics, sci fi, teleportation
Be afraid... Be very afraid... of a twisted fusion of sci-fi horror and romance, as well as man and insect.