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Scream Scene Podcast

Scream Scene Podcast

Join our deadicated hosts Sarah and Ben as they review horror movies in chronological order and rank them from best to worst. Updated every other Wednesday. Theme music Now I Know by Jared C. Balogh

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All Episodes

01:50:35

Horror Adjacent 05 - It's The Aesthetic

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2021/10/31

Your deadicated hosts cover your favourite family! For our fifth horror adjacent episode, it's THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991, Sonnenfeld)! From Charles Addams beginnings to the bonkers behind-the-scenes production, it's everything you've ever wanted to know about this Halloween classic. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 1:03:33; Discussion 1:09:21

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01:27:23

Episode 226 - Warlocks Are Worse

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2021/10/28

Only the most horrific nightmares lie in NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957)! We meet our old friend and director Jacques Tourneur as he returns to horror in force alongside stars Dana Andrews, Niall MacGinnis and Peggy Cummins! Plus, what M. R. James is known for and how much of his short story "Casting the Runes" makes it into this adaptation... Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 40:07; Discussion 56:12; Ranking 1:20:37

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00:50:19

Episode 225 - More Teens!

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2021/10/20

Finally, just what we ordered... more teens! We cover the second half of AIP's teen-inspired double feature with BLOOD OF DRACULA (1957)! Director Herbert Strock takes us to an all-girls boarding school where a creature lurks at night... Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 7:32; Discussion 20:03; Ranking 42:14

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01:03:46

Episode 224 - Red Flags Galore

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2021/10/14

I have a confession to make... I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN (1957)! From director Herbert Strock, we get the followup to I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, starring Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton and Gary Conway. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 23:28; Discussion 40:36; Ranking 54:33

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00:59:17

Episode 223 - Imhotep Meets Bridey Murphy

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2021/10/07

Inspired by the Mummy movies from Universal, Alfredo Salazar pens the Mexican horror film LA MOMIA AZTECA (1957) directed by Rafael Portillo! The film stars Ramón Gay, Rosa Arenas, Crox Alvarado and Jorge Mondragón. Can you take a Mummy movie outside of a pulpy, colonial context? Are there genre ties between horror and classic serials? Just what are Aztec mummies? We answer all these questions and more! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 20:22; Discussion 32:36; Ranking 51:19.

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00:43:55

Episode 222 - Confidence Is Everything

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2021/09/29

It's a title we've seen before, but this movie is not the same... it's EL VAMPIRO (1957) from director Fernando Méndez and starring Abel Salazar, Germán Robles, Ariadne Welter and Carmen Montejo! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 9:03; Discussion 21:15; Ranking 34:44

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01:21:25

Horror Adjacent 04 - Realism Versus Fiction

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2021/09/25

What's real and what's just in your head? This month's horror adjacent episode features the prestige Victorian thriller GASLIGHT (1944) from director George Cukor, starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten! Plus, discussion of how pervasive the term "gaslighting" has become, and whether the film is a good or bad portrayal of an abusive relationship -- spoiler alert: it's both! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 43:19; Discussion 53:50

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00:52:55

Episode 221 - And Then There's Wrestling

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2021/09/23

Your dedicated hosts travel to Mexico for LADRÓN DE CADÁVERES (1957), written and directed by Fernando Méndez! The film stars Columba Domínguez, Crox Alvarado, Wolf Ruvinskis and Carlos Riquelme. What do you get when you mix luchadores, mad scientists and King Kong? A pretty dope movie, that's what! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 20:56; Discussion 35:25; Ranking 41:57

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00:56:44

Episode 220 - A Meow Not A Roar

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2021/09/16

AIP and Anglo-Amalgamated films were confronted with Hammer Films' success. Their response was CAT GIRL (1957)! From director Alfred Shaughnessy and writer Lou Rusoff, this old fashioned CAT PEOPLE remake stars Barbara Shelley as the titular cat. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 20:23; Discussion 31:36; Ranking 48:45

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01:11:41

Episode 219 - Conceptual Not Visceral

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2021/09/09

Val Guest and Nigel Kneale return with THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (1957)! Starring Peter Cushing and Forrest Tucker, will this Yeti movie make slogging through all the previous Yeti movies worth it? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 27:34; Discussion 39:07; Ranking 1:03:14

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00:44:59

Episode 218 - Ah Heck

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2021/09/02

FROM HELL IT CAME (1957, Milner) to terrorize a Polynesian island and the American doctors living there! But, are we sure they don't deserve it? Your deadicated hosts suffer through this B horror that stars Tod Andrews, Tina Carver, Linda Watkins, John McNamara, Gregg Palmer and many, many others, and features a creature from Paul Blaisdell. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 12:26; Discussion 22:07; Ranking 38:20

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02:01:29

Horror Adjacent 03 - A Character Comedy

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2021/08/29

On this month's horror adjacent episode, your deadicated hosts take on Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)! What makes this spoof work? Does it age well? How do we deal with its... sexual politics? All this and more in August's bonus episode! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 1:11:49; Discussion 1:24:21

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01:05:06

Episode 217 - Bye Felicia

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2021/08/25

She's baaaaaack -- from the dead! This 1957 b-movie BACK FROM THE DEAD is directed by Charles Warren and stars Peggie Castle, Marsha Hunt, Arthur Franz and Don Haggerty. What will your hosts think of this female-led horror? Does it deserve to remain in obscurity? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 19:45; Discussion 43:24; Ranking 57:38

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01:10:56

Episode 216 - You Cannot Kill Me In A Way That Matters

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2021/08/18

They dared enter the Cave of Death only to encounter... THE UNKNOWN TERROR (1957)! From director Charles Warren comes this less-than-stellar B-picture from a writer who has... spore taste. You might even say this film has... questionable morels. The film features John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul Richards and May Wynn as they face off against Mush-Men! (I hear they're not... fun guys to be around) Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 17:30; Discussion 41:02; Ranking 58:03

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01:05:25

Episode 215 - Just Trying His Best

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2021/08/12

Screenwriter and producer Jack Pollexfen gives horror another go with DAUGHTER OF DR JEKYLL (1957)! Tapping director Edgar G Ulmer will go a long way to making your movie look good... but is it enough? The film stars Gloria Talbott, John Agar and Arthur Shields. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 22:24; Discussion 35:22; Ranking 53:43

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00:09:46

Episode 193A - Blow Us Away, Blaisdell

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2021/08/06

We received an appeal of THE SHE-CREATURE (1956, Cahn), currently ranked at #101. Upon our review, we started to question... just why was it so dang high on the list? See the full list of films ranked, visit screamscenepodcast.tumblr.com

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00:53:49

Episode 214 - All Cliché, No Substance

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2021/08/05

"What year is it?" your deadicated hosts ask as we watch John Carradine play a mad doctor experimenting with glands. It's THE UNEARTHLY (1957) from director Boris Petroff! Tor Johnson and Allison Hayes return, but not for much impact unfortunately. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 15:51; Discussion 27:14; Ranking 44:34

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02:31:26

Horror Adjacent 02 - Bisexual Paradise

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2021/07/31

It's bonus episode time! This time, we review the horror-adjacent film THE MUMMY (Sommers, 1999)! How did we get from Boris Karloff to Arnold Vosloo? From horror to pulp adventure? Take a listen and enjoy the Fun Facts(TM) scattered throughout the episode! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 1:20:09; Discussion 1:31:23

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01:21:28

Episode 213 - The Rise of the Teenager

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2021/07/29

Before SCREAM, before TEEN WOLF, and even before LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, we get I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF (1957) from director Gene Fowler Jr and starring Michael Landon! It's the first horror featuring teens and marketed for teens, and it certainly won't be the last! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 38:31; Discussion 48:24; Ranking 1:12:06

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01:06:39

Episode 212 - More Than the Sum of its Parts

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2021/07/22

Science vampires?! Oh my! Your deadicated hosts sit down with THE VAMPIRE (1957) from director Paul Landres, featuring *checks notes* a score by STAR TREK composer Gerald Fried?! Starring John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey and Dabbs Greer with a script by Pat Fielder. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 13:53; Discussion 29:46; Ranking 58:01

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