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Another Episode is behind us.  We took on two awesome movies tonight.  First, our Classic Cinema featured ‘Westworld’ from 1973.  Man what a classic it is too.  Great movie, Laura and I both gave it 9 Pottsies.  For our feature discussion, we take on the recent horror movie ‘The Human Centipede: The First Sequence‘.  Incredibly disturbing but again, Laura and I both loved it.  9 Pottsies for it as well.

To round out the show, we jump into a discussion of the first two episodes of the AMC Original Series ‘The Walking Dead’.  Another great episode but sadly, only three remain.  Or should I say, “Sweet Three Remain”?

During our Independent Music Break, we featured more music from the album “Stomp Out Cancer Presents: Musicians Fight Ewing’s Sarcoma, Vol. 2 Hope” with Katrina Carlson’s‘Count On Me’.  Just a reminder that all proceeds from the album are donated to fight to cure Ewing’s Sarcoma.

No show next week due to the holiday.  We’ll be back on December 5th.  Have a great two weeks.

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As you can see, we’ve change our naming scheme a little.  In addition to the overall episode number, we’re breaking it down by season and episode as well.  Tonight’s episode was a fun one.  We visit a little Classic Cinema with a ride on the 1980 Movie ‘Death Ship‘ provided by our good friend Richard.  Laura and I both gave it a 3 and a half Pottsie rating.

During our Independent Music Break, we featured more music from the album “Stomp Out Cancer Presents: Musicians Fight Ewing’s Sarcoma, Vol. 2 Hope” with Katrina Carlson’s ‘Count On Me’.  Just a reminder that all proceeds from the album are donated to fight to cure Ewing’s Sarcoma.

After break, we jump into a discussion of the first two episodes of the AMC Original Series ‘The Walking Dead’.  We really liked the show.  It shows great promise and we can’t wait to see where the remaining four episodes of season one go.

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Wow, 65 of these crazy things  now.  Who would have ever thought it?  We spend the first part of the show talking about the Mothman Festival which we will be attending next weekend.  We briefly talk about the new season of Ghost Hunters and Frank’s new approach to Ghost Hunting.  This was prompted by a podcast with Jeff Belanger.  Jeff also hosts a podcast of his own called 30 Odd Minutes.

After the break, we talk about the parody Taintlight.  Funny flick making fun of everyone’s favorite vamp series.  Free on Netflix streaming, think ‘Vampires Suck’ without the budget.  For Classic Cinema this week, we take an early look at the 2002 movie ‘Below’.  Another great movie free on Netflix streaming.

Our Independent Music was from the album Stomp Out Cancer: Musician’s Fight Ewing’s Sarcoma Presents – HOPE.  The song was Heroes & Madmen:Emory.  Please support Independent Music and especially this album.  It really is for such a great cause.

Remember, no show next weekend but we’ll be back in two weeks with our Mothman Festival recap.

Just in case you’d like to get a Mothman Tee Shirt of your own, here’s the link: http://www.cafepress.com/spooktalkular

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Welcome back to season 3.  We kicked it off big time tonight.  We talked about our hosting the speaking forums for the 9th Annual Mothman Festival in the beautiful Point Pleasant, WV.  We sprinkled in a bit of spooky news and then topped the show off with a good bit of movies.  The movies we covered were Inception, Vampires Suck, The Last Exorcism and our Classic Cinema Event Horizon.

For a treat, we also talked about the film “Ghosts Don’t Exist” which is due to be released Tuesday the 7th.  We had some of the creative team from GDE on back in October so it was so incredible to get a sneak peek at the film which was so worth the wait.  Great film, great story, beautifully shot.  This isn’t an Independent Film, it’s an Independent Treat!  Grab a copy today, pre-order at Amazon or pick it up at Best Buy on Tuesday.  You won’t be disappointed.

From the WAY TOO MUCH department, a warning, parts of this episode aren’t exactly safe for work.  And here’s why…  For Classic Cinema this week, we talk about the 1997 film Event Horizon staring Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill.  Let’s just say we went a little overboard on our discussion of Laurence’s Daughter’s newest film, “Montana Fishburne: An A-List Daughter Makes her XXX Debut“.  Sorry Laurence.  We still love ya man, and as a father myself, I can feel for you.  With that said, it should in no way take anything away from “Event Horizon”.

Our Independent Music break this week was from the Stomp Out Cancer Volume 2 CD: Hope.  Public Symphony (London): Stronger.

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Had an absolute amazing time doing the show tonight.  We didn’t have any guests but we still had plenty of gab going on.  We start off by discussing our plans for when we buy the Amityville Horror House which recently went on sale.  We just need 1.5 million of our incredible listeners to send us a buck each and we can make it a reality.  ;)  We also briefly talk about a really cool old audio recording about Spiricom that we found in the 2005 archives of Ghostly Talk.  We also checked out the remake of the Wolfman this weekend and we both loved it.

Believe it or not, Ghost Hunters Academy is back.  Well, we being the fans we are take a run through of the new cadets.  Frank is thinking about pitching a new similar series but instead of Steve or Tango, Gordon Ramsay is the lead.  It would be great.  While we’re in the angry mood, we also tear into Happy Town.  How does a show with this much potential end up in such a shape?

A couple of special thanks to some great friends of the show.  Jake Wheat has updated our website and, Jake, I promise I’ll get the new version online soon.  ;)  And, to Mark Hayden.  Thanks, as always for the incredible banners you do for us.

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We often joke that we plan great episodes but it’s the execution of the episode where we mess up.  Well, tonight, we more than lived up to that expectation.  We were having the mother of all audio problem nights.  Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll work on getting those problems ironed out before our next live guest.  With that said, awesome time tonight.  We started off the show with a recap of our road trip last weekend down to the Myers House NC to check out the incredible premier of Judith.  We also reminisced about the old forgotten drive-in theater with one of our Spooky Groupies, Patrick.  Tying in with the Judith discussion, we gave our views on the rewatch of  Rob Zombie’s Halloween.  We both loved it!  The key is not to compare it to the original John Carpenter version.  Realize instead that Rob Zombie made it his.

After our first break, we were joined by Ken Arnold and Wendy Donigian from the incredible web series ParaAbnormal in character as Ken Livingston and Wendy the Psychic.  After our second break Ken and Wendy hung around as themselves and we had a blast talking ParaAbnormal.  If you haven’t seen ParaAbnormal yet, do it today.  Head over and check it out.  It is truly funny.  If you’ve been around the paranormal community long, chances are, you’ll see someone you know in the characters.

Our Independent Music Breaks featured a familiar band to Spooktalkular listeners, Tenpenny Joke out of Australia.  The first break was ‘Black Satellite’ and the second was ‘Chaos Engine’.  Be sure to support independent music whenever possible!

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We’re still recovering from the late hour but without a doubt, it was so worth it.  Josh and Kenny really put together a first class tribute here worthy of being a pitch to a full length prequel for the original franchise.  At the very least, the tribute would be great as an extra on the next edition of the “Halloween” DVD.

Any body of work is always more than just a sum of the parts but in this case, many parts alone are well worth mentioning.  One of those parts was a major issue that had to be overcome with filming in rural North Carolina as opposed to California.  In the original “Halloween”, Haddonfield, Illinois is a suburban area with neat little rows of middle class houses, where everyone in the neighborhood knows one another.  In Judith, Kenny and Josh do an excellent job of transitioning the viewers mind to the fact that Haddonfield may very well be in a rural area.  In fact, that transition even lends more to the spooky factor.  The very first part of the film is a collection of imagery that really accomplishes the task without effort.  There’s a scarecrow in a field made of hay rolls, a blinking portable arrow sign with Halloween wishes for Haddonfield.  Further reinforcing the rural believability is D’arcy Mims bouncing down the backroads barefoot in an older pickup.  Coming from a rural area, I can personally attest to having seen this very scene many times.

The dialogue between D’arcy and Deborah Myers feels natural, much as you would expect a teen/friends Mom conversation to go.  The viewer introduction to Judith and her initial interaction with D’arcy was very inventive. From there, we are introduced to an angry Michael Myers as the story defines him as a troubled young man relegated to living in the attic. All of that simmers together and is served up in a dish of bloody horror goodness.

To say I loved Judith would be an understatement.  Judith forced me to reevaluate the way I have enjoyed other remakes.  I tend to be a purist with regards to the classic horror movies.  To touch something as beholden as a “Halloween” takes guts and to change something from the original takes something much stronger.  I have to admit, I enjoyed and appreciated the development of Judith as she was let to the gallows.  I would have to say, I enjoyed Judith’s passing more in this outing than I did in the John Carpenter original.

I had originally not been a huge fan of Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” but, I have to say, given my incredible enjoyment of “Judith”, I have committed to shedding my purist attitude and rewatching “Halloween” with a fresh perspective.  It’s next in my rental queue!

Our evening with Judith was a fun night to say the least.  In addition to finally having a chance to meet Kenny and Josh, we met Greg and his lovely wife from over at The Creepture Feature Horror Show Podcast.  They are super nice folks.  Greg does the show with a friend of his and they are just getting started so if you like horror (and who doesn’t), check them out.  Another of the high points of the night was the refreshments.  Swank Cake Designs created a cool cake for the event.  I have to say, it was the most amazing thing I have ever eaten in my 40+ years of eating on this planet.  I want to have an event good enough to need a cake like this one day.  ;)

If you have the good fortune to be near where “Judith: A Halloween Tribute Short Film“, I urge you to take advantage of it.  It’s really a great fan tribute to the greatest franchise in the history of Horror.  Great Job Kenny and Josh!  Also a great job goes out to the awesome cast.  Sarah Stephenson who brought Judith Myers to life, Ana Gilmore who played D’arcy Mims, Barbara Weetman playing Deborah Myers, Tara Nicole Azarian playing Jamie Perry and, of course, Michael Myers himself played by Alex Fisher.

Thanks again to Kenny and Josh for having us out and it was great chatting with you guys afterwards at the Myers House NC.  Cool House Kenny!

After a rocky start, we ended up having a great time.  The entire episode was devoted to our discussion of the new release ‘The Forth Kind‘ which we went and watched Sunday night.  We both really enjoyed the movie.

Our incredible Independent Music Break featured ‘Sirens’ by the band Tenpenny Joke.

Look for a more normal (if there is such a thing) Spooktalkular next week.  ;)  Thanks for listening!

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This is a must hear episode if there ever was one. If you’ve listened to Spooktalkular before, you know that there are two things we love. Mothman and ‘Ghostly Talk‘. This week we have both. Jeff Wamsley joined us first for an incredibly interesting discussion into the Mothman and the Mothman Festival. Then, we were joined by Doug and ScottL from over at ‘Ghostly Talk’ for an amazing hour on ‘Ghostly Talk’, the present state and future of the paranormal entertainment genre and also we discuss ‘Paranormal Activity’. Let’s just say they felt the same way we did about the movie.

Tonight we enjoyed two Independent Music Breaks with music from Nyki Lindsay King. The first one was ‘Let Up’ followed by ‘Circles’ during the second. Be sure to check out Nyki Lindsay King’s video for ‘Circles‘. It is simply incredible. Be sure to support Independent Music!

Circles by Nyki Lindsay King on YouTube

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Another incredibly fun episode. Tonight we talk about the sad news of an indefinite hiatus from the incredible folks over at Ghostly Talk. ScottL, Doug and Bonnie have produced a first class show now for almost 8 years. Ghostly Talk is the rule by which the rest of independent paranormal podcast/radio should be judged. Guys, we’ll miss you and anxiously await your return! We also talk a little about some of the upcoming format changes here at Spooktalkular. As we’ve mentioned, we’re planning on going a little deeper into some serious paranormal topics. We start that off next week with a very special guest live, the incredibly interesting Marie D. Jones who will be talking all things 2012 with us.

As for this week, we dissect ‘Paranormal Activity‘. Be warned, if you haven’t seen it, we do a fairly lengthy discussion on it with an unlimited supply of spoilers. In a nutshell, we loved the concept but really feel more could have been done with it. After that, we talk some TV with ‘Ghost Hunters’, ‘Destination Truth’ and ‘Mystery Quest’.

Our Independent Music Break featured the song Oxygen from the incredibly talented Erica Shines. Be sure to pick up Erica’s album ‘I Will Wait For You’ over at CDBaby and always support independent music!

We round out the show with a wrap up of episodes 12 and 13 of ‘Harper’s Island’ and replay the Jim Beaver interview we did a few months back.

A couple of notes.  Be sure to send in your Spooky Stories for the contest.  Also, join us live on October 30th at 8:00PM Eastern when we’ll have the chat open along with the Mic for a special Spooktalkular.  We’ll be watching the Ghost Adventures Live crew when they investigate the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.   Be sure to get your Skype ready because we’ll be having listeners call in while we watch it.

Also, be sure to tune on on October 29th on the History Channel for a four hour marathon of the remaining ‘UFO Hunters’ episodes!  And, if you haven’t signed the petition to keep ‘UFO Hunters’ on the air, do it now.  Head over to www.ufomag.com and follow the link from there.

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