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33: Pet Sematary with Ana Lily Amirpour

The Kingcast ·

2020/11/18

The boys are joined by director Ana Lily Amirpour to discuss how important King's Pet Sematary is in helping the reader cope with the act of dying. Lily shares her childhood trauma of finding a roadkill cat and trying to nurse it back to life with some milk and a fancy tablecloth as well as some stories from her time working on the King-centric Castle Rock series and even shares a little bit about her upcoming projects, the already filmed Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon and the to-be-filmed

72:38

32: Thinner with Dave Schilling

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2020/11/11

The pleasant memory of this movie was all but destroyed on the rewatch leading up to this episode. The boys are joined by Full Court Chat's Dave Schilling to examine one of King's bleakest and meanest stories and the resulting misfire of a film.

77:56

31: Cat's Eye with Rich Sommer

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2020/11/04

Mad Men's Rich Sommer joins the boys to discuss King anthologies with a sharp focus on Lewis Teague's Cat's Eye which pull from Night Shift stories Quitter's Inc and The Ledge.

52:43

30: The Kingcast Interview: Dee Wallace

The Kingcast ·

2020/10/29

Cujo star Dee Wallace talks about her time trapped in a Pinto while facing off against a rabid St. Bernard. Did you know she hospitalized herself while filming the climactic scene in the movie? Did you also know she didn't read King's book until after she finished? All that plus stories from making The Howling, ET and The Frighteners.

82:01

29: Sleepwalkers with Sarah Beattie

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2020/10/28

Sleepwalkers is a weirdly hornt up movie so it's only natural that Vespe and Wampler are joined by their wildest recurring guest, Ms. Sarah Beattie. Vespe ends up recommending a bunch of obscure '80s horror movies, Wampler tells a traumatic story about an ex-girlfriend's borderline abusive cat and Sarah has a bonkers theory that ties two cat-themed Stephen King stories together.

63:54

28: The Mist with Brent Terhune

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2020/10/21

Comedian Brent Terhune joins Vespe and Wampler to examine Frank Darabont's The Mist. Vespe regales the podcast group with more stories from his time on the set (including what Marcia Gay Harden did to stay in character) and talk turns to the dark, dark, dark ending.

59:37

27: A Good Marriage with Kate Siegel

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2020/10/14

In this episode Kate Siegel and the boys discuss the lengths you would go to cover up a crime for your spouse, Stephen King's talents at getting inside the female mind (likely with the help of his wife, Tabby), give actor Anthony LaPaglia a new name (Tony Pogs, of course), and even dive into the complexities of Siegel's marriage to another Kingcast regular, Mike Flanagan.

63:41

25: Cujo with Devon Sawa

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2020/09/30

Vespe and Wampler are joined by former teen heart-throb and current grizzled badass Devon Sawa to discuss one of King's major works: Cujo.

65:37

24: The Langoliers with Noah Segan

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2020/09/23

The Langoliers is an oddity in the realm of Stephen King. It's a great novella that also happens to be a well-below average mini-series. The boys are joined by actor Noah Segan to dive into both the written text and the crappy movie with CGI meatballs in it.

78:19

23: 'Salem's Lot with Bryan Fuller

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2020/09/16

Bryan Fuller leads this discussion about one of the most important books in King's bibliography. From Vampires to queer coding in classic Universal monster movies to small town serial killers, this conversation is all over the map.

76:16

22: The Eyes of the Dragon with Seth Grahame-Smith

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2020/09/09

Seth Grahame-Smith is a screenwriter and producer who helped bring It: Chapters 1 and 2 to the big screen and also very nearly made an Eyes of the Dragon series on Hulu. In this episode he tells us all about the project that almost was.

63:19

21: The Kingcast Interview: Thomas Jane

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2020/09/04

The star of The Mist, 1922 and Dreamcatcher opens up about his work on King adaptations all while smoking a pipe and going back and forth with his girlfriend, Anne Heche. This one's wild, y'all.

69:36

20: Children of the Corn with April Wolfe

The Kingcast ·

2020/09/02

April Wolfe comes on the show to take a peek behind the rows at what Malachai and the Boys are up to back there.

74:06

19: The Dead Zone with Alex Winter

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2020/08/26

Would you kill Baby Hitler? How often would you use psychic powers if you had them? What famous director did young Alex Winter corner on the street to geek out with over the work of David Cronenberg? All these questions and more are answered in today's episode of The Kingcast.

66:21

18: Stand By Me with Leigh Whannell

The Kingcast ·

2020/08/19

In this episode the boys are joined by writer/director/actor/producer/renaissance man Leigh Whannell and they break down Stand By Me. Did anyone have a run quite like Rob Reiner did in the 1980s? How different is the novella from the movie? Which of the four boys gives the best performance? What would you do if you were halfway across a train track and you heard the terrifying whistle behind you? All that and more can be found in this episode.

69:15

17: Bonus: An Interview with Steven Weber

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2020/08/13

Steven Weber joins Vespe and Wampler in this special bonus episode that dives deep into all his Stephen King work, from filling Jack Nicholson's shoes in Mick Garris' The Shining to narrating the audiobook for IT and many more stops into Kingville along the way.

69:37

16: Crouch End with Rob Sheridan

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2020/08/12

Crouch End was one of the best shorts in King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes and was one of the worst episodes in TNT's short lived series of the same name.

70:35

15: Maximum Overdrive with Daniel Danger

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2020/08/05

Killer sentient trucks + coked out director + insane producer = one of the most fun cult movies of the 1980s.

67:26

14: The Tommyknockers with David Farrier

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2020/07/29

Killer lipstick, a buried spaceship and a novel written at the height of King's cocaine addiction. Vespe and Wampler are joined by Tickled's David Farrier to discuss all the above and much more.

75:17

13: Pet Sematary with Mallory O'Meara

The Kingcast ·

2020/07/22

Vespe and Wampler are joined by best selling author Mallory O'Meara (The Lady From The Black Lagoon) to delve into one of King's creepiest novels and the extremely good film adaptation that followed.

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