Founded in 2017, The Losers’ Club® is an award-winning weekly series that chronologically digs through the work of Stephen King with humor, irreverence, and a critical eye. Each episode, the Losers gather together to read between the iconic pages and share the latest in King’s Dominion, whether it’s the author’s oft-controversial tweets, the boldest Hollywood headlines, or his endless forthcoming projects. The series also regularly features special guests. In the past, the Losers have spoken ...
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Halloweenies® is a weekly horror franchise podcast. Each season, co-hosts Justin Gerber, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Rachel Reeves, and Michael Roffman slice and dice through one iconic series one movie at a time. In the past, they've covered Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? The Alien franchise. As always, there will be tricks, there will be treats, and, yes, there will be blood. Produced by Michael Roffman. Edited by Mae ...
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The Halloweenies celebrate the 45th anniversary of an all-timer: Don Coscarelli's Phantasm. Join the gang and special guest Adam Carston of Windy City Ballyhoo/Make My Day: A Clint Eastwood Podcast as they revisit the 1979 DIY masterpiece, digging deep into its roots, particularly the first two films that Coscarelli helmed (Jim the World's Greatest…
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The Losers spend their Thanksgiving weekend in Dooling to discuss Stephen and Owen King's Sleeping Beauties. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Bloody FM
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Ranking Stephen King's Worst Families
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Holiday dinners can be minefields. Your pretentious cousin won’t stop talking about her year abroad, your mom keeps asking when you plan to have kids, and your drunk uncle just spilled red wine all over the green bean casserole. Sometimes the tricks don’t end with Halloween and even the best sweet potato casserole can’t make up for the stress of li…
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The Saw is family, sure, but also the go-to weapon for many movie maniacs. The Halloweenies pull the chain and let 'er rip as they take inventory on the best chainsaws in horror movie history. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Hollywood King: On Never Flinch, Mike Flanagan's Carrie, and Stephen King's Lily
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Losers Randall Colburn, Ashley Casseday, Michael Roffman, and Jenn Adams head to Hollywood King again to discuss the latest developments in King's Dominion, specifically Stephen King's next novel Never Flinch, Mike Flanagan's totally necessary remake of Carrie, a potential third Talisman novel, King's animated short Lily, and more. Follow us on Fac…
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
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The podcast which you are about to hear is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of four co-hosts, in particular Daniel Caffrey, Rachel Reeves, Justin Gerber, and the obnoxious Michael Roffman. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But, had, they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected nor would they have wis…
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Which Stephen King Villain Should Run America?
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All the King's Men -- Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, Justin Gerber, and Dan Pfleegor -- assemble on Election Night to untie another big ol' Bag of Bones and answer your questions. Questions like "Who would you rather have run the country: Big Jim Rennie from UtD, Greg Stillson from The Dead Zone, or Buster Keeton from Needful Things?"; "Which King c…
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Bonus episode! The great Dee Wallace joins the Losers for a discussion on the making of Cujo. Note: This was recorded live at this past September's Creep I.E. Con and part of the beginning has been lost to the ether. Still, the majority of it remains intact! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Vis…
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Today is All Saint's Day, so we thought: Why not celebrate the greatest saint of all? The St. Bernard! So, join the Losers as they remain in Castle Rock to discuss Lewis Teague's 1983 Stephen King adaptation, Cujo. Starring Dee Wallace, the film is world renown for being the de facto killer dog movie. But, it's much more than that as the Losers arg…
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E.T. Reunion Panel: Live at Creep I.E. Aftermath 2024
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At last month's Creep I.E. Aftermath in Ontario, California, Halloweenies executive producer Michael Roffman and Scare You to Sleep creator Shelby Scott presided over an E.T. reunion panel featuring stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, C. Thomas Howell, and Matthew De Meritt. Given that this is a Halloween movie, we thought this wou…
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Here's a preview of our all-new Patreon exclusive episode that finds the Halloweenies revisiting 1993's Hocus Pocus. Want to hear the full thing? Head on over to www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod and become a Skeleton Patron for more exclusive bonus content! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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The Losers turn the clock back half a century and return to Castle Rock for Stephen King and Richard Chizmar's 2017 collaboration Gwendy's Button Box. Together, they discuss the timeline of the book, the implications of the titular box, and the ways it may or may not dovetail with what we know of Mid-World. It'll take longer for you to finish this …
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The Halloween Franchise with We Hate Movies
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Here's a special Halloween treat: We Hate Movies co-hosts Andrew Jupin and Eric Szyszka join fellow Halloweenies Dan Caffrey and Michael Roffman in Haddonfield to talk all things Michael Myers ... and Horror ... and Dr. Loomis impersonations. Want more from our friends? The We Hate Movies podcast will be covering horror films for the rest of this m…
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The Halloweenies continue a new October tradition! Last year, Michael Roffman and Dan Caffrey ventured to the Haddonfield Public Library to read Curtis Richards' excellent 1979 screen-to-page adaptation of the John Carpenter original Halloween. Fortunately for them, for us, for you, there are several more novelizations, and they're going through 'e…
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Hollywood King: On The Monkey Trailer, Fairy Tale, and Stephen King's Favorite Scary Movie
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Losers Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn, and Jenn Adams head to Hollywood King again to discuss the latest developments in King's Dominion, specifically the new trailer for The Monkey, JT Mollner's comments on The Long Walk, and new updates for The Institute, The Running Man, The Life of Chuck, and, yes, Fairy Tale. They also sort through some twee…
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Ranking: The Masks of Michael Myers
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The Halloweenies take inventory of all the masks work by Michael Myers. All of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Bloody FM
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Oops All Tangents: Halloween 2024 Edition
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Oops! All Tangents is a free-flowin' conversation exclusive to The Barrens that is based on a topic either topical or submitted by our patrons. Today, because we're nearly halfway through October, we're unlocking our recent Halloween edition. So, join Rockin' Randall, who keeps things creepy at the pumpkin patch with fellow Losers Jenn Adams, Julia…
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Now Showing: 'Salem's Lot, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Alien on Stage
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With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a roundtable review on something new and something old in horror. This month, they discuss 'Salem's Lot, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Alien on Stage, Hell High, Curfew, and The Forever Purge. Special guest includes Sammie Kuykendall of The Lady Killers: A Feminine Rage Podcast. Follow us on Face…
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Half a decade after it was first announced, the Losers finally review Daub's Lot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Bloody FM
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Tom Atkins and Nick Castle Share Halloween Stories
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At last month's Creep I.E. Aftermath in Ontario, California, executive producer Michael Roffman had a chance to sit down with Hollywood legends Nick Castle and Tom Atkins for a career-spanning interview that went in all sorts of unpredictable places. Naturally, all three head to Haddonfield together to talk shop about the Halloween franchise. Consi…
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All good things come to an end... even our coverage of Audience Network's Mr. Mercedes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Bloody FM
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Stephen King is no stranger to murderous cars. From Christine and From a Buick 8 to the malevolent Goblin truck haunting the roads of Maximum Overdrive, the master of horror knows his way around gory gear shifts, sinister steering wheels, and dangerous drivers. In 2014, he released Mr. Mercedes, a crime novel pitting Bill Hodges, a retired detectiv…
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The Halloweenies (Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Rachel Reeves, Michael Roffman, and Justin Gerber) deliver their final transmission on the Alien franchise. No, really. This is the season finale that sees the gang rank the entire series -- from Ridley Scott's Alien to Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus. They also announce next season! Follow us on Facebo…
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Here's a spooky Friday the 13th treat: Randall and Mel’s Halloween Hell, the Losers’ Club's Patreon-exclusive annual series in which Randall and Mel watch a horror movie every day in October and talk about it. They'll be back with a fourth iteration this year, but to whet your appetite, they're unlocking last year's third entry which saw the two Lo…
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It took a few years, but we finally got a first trailer for Gary Dauberman's 'Salem's Lot. Naturally, the Losers have thoughts. Behold, a mini episode. Bite-size, if you will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Bloody FM
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The 13 Best Kills in the 'Friday the 13th' Franchise
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This Friday is the 13th, and you know what that means. So does the Halloweenies, which is why the gang has re-assembled at Camp Crystal Lake to take another look at the Friday the 13th franchise. If you recall, the series covered the iconic series way, way back in 2020. Today, however, they're sharpening their machetes by looking at the best kills.…
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There are 20 stories in Stephen King's The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. In the second of two episodes dedicated to the 2015 collection, Losers Dan Caffrey, Jenn Adams, Michael Roffman, and Dan Pfleegor rank their 10 favorites. Don't miss the first part of our series from last week in which they rank the bottom 10. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m…
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Keith David and David Keith Finally Connect on ‘What Are We Talking About?’
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Listeners, we've got a special treat for you today. Our pals over at What Are We Talking About? managed to conjure up a Hollywood historical moment: getting Keith David and David Keith in the same room. Well, the same Zoom room, at least. The two veteran icons sat down for their first joint interview on the season premiere the podcast series. Hoste…
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Beetlejuice returns this week! To celebrate, the Halloweenies are unlocking their commentary on Tim Burton's 1988 original that they recorded for its 35th anniversary in 2023. So, take a last-minute summer trip out to Winter River, Connecticut, where the gang debates whether or not this is Burton's best movie, revisit first crushes, gush over Danny…
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Here's a preview of our all-new Patreon exclusive episode that finds the Halloweenies revisiting 1999's Deep Blue Sea for its 25th anniversary. Want to hear the full thing? Head on over to www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod and become a Skeleton Patron for more exclusive bonus content! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more a…
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There are 20 stories in Stephen King's The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. In the first of two episodes dedicated to the 2015 collection, Losers Dan Caffrey, Jenn Adams, Michael Roffman, and Dan Pfleegor rank all 20 tales, starting at the bottom. These aren't necessarily their least favorite. They're just ranked as such. Stay tuned next week for the concludi…
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Strange Darling Writer-Director J.T. Mollner on This Summer's Killer Thriller
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Strange Darling hits theaters this weekend -- and it's a good one. The latest export from writer-filmmaker J.T. Mollner shuffles an athletic cat-and-mouse story between stars Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner that feels both in and out of time. It's gritty, it's unpredictable, and it's paralyzing, doling out the narrative like a descendent of Taran…
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Constant Listeners, yes, we originally planned to drop our Bazaar of Bad Dreams coverage this week. However, given Sai King’s renewed interest in Hearts in Suspension, we opted to unlock our coverage of the collection from The Stephen King Archives. For those not in the know, The Stephen King Archives is our Patreon exclusive imprint in which your …
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