Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #698 - Dude Where’s My Cat

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/7135/open_sms] Two conspiracy-obsessed middle-aged men kidnap the high-powered producer of a minor podcast, convinced that he is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. On Episode 698 of Trick or Treat Radio we continue our annual December Double Feature Cram Jam tradition! We kick it off with the films from two of our favorite directors; Bugonia from Yorgos Lanthimos, and Caught Stealing from Darren Aronofsky! We also battle our old nemesis Tek Issues, react to trailers for the films Man Finds Tape and Supergirl, and find out what the most horrifying sight in a gym is. So grab your tin foil hat, don’t forget to bring along your cat, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast! Stuff we talk about: Big Media Mergers, Netflix, WB, Gremlins, Mortal Kombat, The Conjuring, It, Final Destination, corporate takeovers, Michigan J Frog, Nightmare City, OBS vs. XSplit, Malignant, Nikki Sixx, Idle Hands, Pieces, Man Finds Tape, Found Footage, Supergirl, James Gunn, Blondie, Craig Gillespie, Fright Night, I Tonya, Green Room, Anton Yelchin, Lars and the Real Girl, Roman Chairs, Cum Town, working out, swinging and dinging in the gym, Stavros Halkias, Emma Stone, Full Throttle Cooking with Craig, Save the Green Planet, Jesse Plemons, Yorgos Lanthimos, VistaVision, One-Eyed Jacks, Aidan Delbis, Stanley Kubrick, Carol Kane, conspiracy theories, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, Mother!, Regina King, Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead, Quentin Tarantino, Matt Smith, Zoe Kravitz, Clerks, Austin Butler, Charlie Huston, Good Boy, Shelby Oaks, Emma Stone to the Bone, Massachusetts, Bee Gees, laying pipe and swinging dongs, Schneider-Man, and The Cum Town Rub. * Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio [https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio] * Join our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.com [http://discord.trickortreatradio.com/] * Send Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.com [podcast@trickortreatradio.com] * Visit our website: http://trickortreatradio.com [http://trickortreatradio.com] * Start your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386] * Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzK [http://amzn.to/2CTdZzK] * FB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradio [http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradio] * Twitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadio [http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadio] * Facebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadio [http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadio] * YouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadio [http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadio] * Instagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadio [http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadio] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio]

TorTR #697 - Tapping Out of the Long Talk

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/7135/open_sms] A group of middle-aged friends compete in an annual contest known as "The Long Talk," in which they must maintain a certain talking speed or get silenced forever. Strange things begin to happen when the friends start to become entangled in quantum mechanical machinations. On Episode 697 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by our old friend Double D for our December Patreon Takeover! He selected the films The Long Walk and Coherence for us to discuss. We also continue the age old debate of practical FX vs cgi, talk about the works of a little known author named Richard Bachman, and try to make sense of quantum mechanics. So grab your best talking shoes, pack plenty of extra glowsticks, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast! Stuff we talk about: Modern Horror franchises, Paranormal Activity, films that wear out their welcome, James Wan, Double D, Patreon Takeover, the Pale Paul Mooney of Podcasting, It: Welcome to Derry, Creepshow, practical fx vs. CGI, The Thing, The Shining, John Carpenter, Roblox gift cards, Minecraft, umbilical trauma, Fallout 76, Borderlands 2, Horizon, London After Midnight, Horror Express, Telly Savalas, All Hallow’s Eve, 30 Ways to Die, Amanda Seyfried, American Horror Story, Dark Shadows, They, House of the Dead, Wolfcop, Dark Match, Dr. Giggles, Brendan Fraser, Carrie, Psycho, Jurassic Park, Darryl Hannah, Splash, Jason Goes to Hell, The Prince of Darkness, Trick or Treat, Body Bags, Don Calfa, A Haunted House, The Toolbox Murders, Spider Gates, Stranger Things 5 Vol. 1, Cobra Kai, WCUW, Ian Ziering, Sleepaway Camp, Wet Hot American Summer, Kimbo Slice, Wilfred Brimley, de-aging vs. recasting, Ready or Not: Here I Come, Samara Weaving, Lisa Frankenstein, Police Academy, Mad Max, The Thorn Trilogy, Teen Wolf, Thanksgiving, Dead Heat, Party Girl, City of Lost Children, Smallville, Frozen Caveman Lawyer, Stephen King, Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Richard Bachman, R.L. Stine, Ryoki Inoue, Battle Royale, The Running Man, The Long Walk, Rango Unchained, Coherence, James Ward Byrkit, Nicholas Brendon, Emily Baldoni, blue nostrils, Clue, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, quantum mechanics, Twilight Zone, Jordan Peele, Us, Animal Man, Grant Morrison, Caught Stealing, Darren Aronofsky, Austin Butler, Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia, The Last Gentrification of Gotham, and Coherence and Incoherence: A Memoir, and Ricky Schrodinger’s Cat. * Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio [https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio] * Join our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.com [http://discord.trickortreatradio.com/] * Send Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.com [podcast@trickortreatradio.com] * Visit our website: http://trickortreatradio.com [http://trickortreatradio.com] * Start your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386] * Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzK [http://amzn.to/2CTdZzK] * FB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradio [http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradio] * Twitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadio [http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadio] * Facebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadio [http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadio] * YouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadio [http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadio] * Instagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadio [http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadio] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio]

TorTR #696 - Going off the Rails on a Gravy Train

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/7135/open_sms] The Kingdom of Podcasteon is under siege by the Trick or Treatites, heralds of the long-dead sorcerer MonsterZeronon. When our hero recovers a cursed amulet from a corpse-strewn battlefield, he's marked by dark magick and hunted by monstrous assassins. To survive, he must break the curse by listening to a forbidden audio file. On Episode 696 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss Deathstalker (2025) from director and friend of the show, Steven Kostanski! We also welcome MZ back from the dead, react to the trailer for Night Patrol the upcoming film from Ryan Prows, and we reminisce about the sword and sorcery films from our childhood! So grab your cursed amulet, form your questing party, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast! Stuff we talk about: Black Friday, Yu-Gi-Oh, Taylor Swift, Thanksgiving, Jonestown, Nightmare on Elm St. Hot Fuzz, Jaws, A Quiet Place, Shaun of the Dead, Bloody Disgusting, World’s End, exceeding expectations, Alien: Resurrection, Shark Attack, Haunted Mansion, Bleed With Me, The Devil’s Triangle, Bog Creatures, The Boy Behind the Door, Piranha, Vamps, Raptor, End of Days, Constantine, Robert Goulet, Horror Hotel, Tina Turner, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, The Devil’s Daughter, I Walked With a Zombie, Mad Monster, Zombies of the Stratosphere, Leonard Nimoy, In Search Of…, Nightmare, Tom Hanks, Freaky Tales, Pedro Pascal, Willy Dynamite, Sesame Street, RIP Udo Kier, Three Stooges, The Editor, Mike Bironas, Chiller, The Italian Invasion, Phenomena, Flesh for Frankenstein, Greystone Park, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, The Three Stooges, Night Patrol, C.M. Punk, Ryan Prows, Justin Long, Lowlife, The Unknown Comic, Astron-6, Steven Kostanski, Deathstalker, Slash, Patton Oswalt, Beastmaster, Army of Darkness, Ray Harryhausen, Clash of the Titans, Freddy’s Dead, practical FX, Manborg, Yogurt meets Orko, Bear McReary, Frankenstein, and the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. * Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio [https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio] * Join our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.com [http://discord.trickortreatradio.com/] * Send Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.com [podcast@trickortreatradio.com] * Visit our website: http://trickortreatradio.com [http://trickortreatradio.com] * Start your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386] * Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzK [http://amzn.to/2CTdZzK] * FB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradio [http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradio] * Twitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadio [http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadio] * Facebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadio [http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadio] * YouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadio [http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadio] * Instagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadio [http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadio] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio]

TorTR #695 - Freaky Tales of Cochlear Kegels and Stunt Dilskis

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/7135/open_sms] An escaped mental patient embarks on a murder spree after escaping from an institution in 1987 Oakland, CA. He encounters a group of punks and they all regale each other with tales about their shared love of movies, people, places and memories beyond our knowable universe. On Episode 695 of Trick or Treat Radio we have another Patreon Takeover, this time with EF Contentment! EF has selected the films Freaky Tales and Nightmare (1981) for us to discuss! We also talk about underdog films, video nasties, and the romantic sleaziness of big cities in the 80s. So grab your favorite 80s mixtape, equip your favorite Nazi smashing weapon, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast! Stuff we talk about: Patreon Takeover, EF Contentment, High Spirits, Steve Guttenberg, Liam Neeson, The Buggering, Crying Game, Neil Jordan, Blood Diner, Night Patrol, The Unknown Comic, Billy Barty, The Being, Ryan Prows, Lowlife, C.M. Punk, Justin Long, Ricardo Zarate, Mike Nichols, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, Stargate, DTS audio, SDDS, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Ali, The Gulp of Mexico, Skydance Paramount, Howard Dean, Mike Dukakis, Roman Polanski, G.I. Joe, “Bubba”, Univeral Healthcare, Sara Ottoman, Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson, Sugar, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Freaky Tales, Captain Marvel, Go, Mystery Train, Pulp Fiction, Maniac, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Green Room, the punk rock hip-hop and metal scenes, Lost Boys, Ishtar, Raising Arizona, Radio Days, Tom Hanks, Sid and Nancy, Big Trouble in Little China, Breaking Away, Top 5 Underdog Movies, Roger Ebert, Repo Man, David Cronenberg, Quentin Tarantino, Megadeth, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, plagiarism vs. homage, Nancy Reagan, TOO $HORT, Jay Ellis, Blade, The Fury, Brian De Palma, Three Days in the Valley, Nightmare, Romano Scavolini, Video Nasty, Trick or Treats, Death Wish Club, Basket Case, Alice Sweet Alice, Astron-6, Steven Kostanski, Deathstalker, Patton Oswalt, Daniel Bernhardt, Brain Dead Studios, Once Bitten, Lake Placid, Transylvania 6-5000, Razorback, Lifeforce, Gremlins 2, The Funhouse, Demon Witch Child, Night of the Demon, Jim Carrey, and generational trauma. * Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio [https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio] * Join our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.com [http://discord.trickortreatradio.com/] * Send Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.com [podcast@trickortreatradio.com] * Visit our website: http://trickortreatradio.com [http://trickortreatradio.com] * Start your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386] * Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzK [http://amzn.to/2CTdZzK] * FB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradio [http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradio] * Twitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadio [http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadio] * Facebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadio [http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadio] * YouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadio [http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadio] * Instagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadio [http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadio] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio]

TorTR #694 - Creature Comfort Kool-Aid

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/7135/open_sms] Dr. Johnny Wolfenstein, a brilliant but egotistical producer, brings a podcast back to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. On Episode 694 of Trick or Treat Radio we have a Patreon Takeover featuring our good buddy Evil Corny! Corny selected the films Frankenstein (2025) and Opus for us to discuss! We also figure out what a good retelling of a classic tale needs to have, react to trailers for the films Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die, Dracula (2026), and we talk about our favorite Guillermo del Toro films! So grab a cup of communal Kool-Aid, stitch up a collection of body parts, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast! Stuff we talk about: Eli Roth, Ice Cream Man, Clint Howard, Inglorious Basterds, broflake, Evil Corny, From the Canopy Podcast, The Mad Ghoul, Alice Sweet Alice, Play Misty For Me, Assault on Precinct 13, Slumber Party Massacre, Creepshow, Alone in the Dark, The Faculty, Shadow of the Vampire, Seed of Chucky, Blood Paradise, Ronny Yu, Jennifer Tilly, John Ritter, Anne Hathaway, Ryan Gosling, The Crazies, Silent Hill, Pitch Black, Rhonda Shear, Wallace Shawn, Dial M for Murder, Damien: The Omen 2, Kim Hunter, The Kindred, Bad Ronald did a Basement Jack, Billy Jacoby, Frosted Flakes, Just One of the Guys, I Walked With A Zombie, Sam Rockwell, Gore Verbinski, Jojo Rabbit, Gentleman Broncos, The Bride, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jessie Buckley, Shape of Water, Francis Ford Coppola, Leonardo DiCaprio, Blacula, Idris Elba, William Marshall, Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die, Dracula, Luc Besson, Leon the Professional, Guillermo del Toro, Blade II, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone, Frankenstein, Hulk, Robert Eggers, Macho Man Randy Savage, Jeff Fahey, Body Parts, Mary Shelley, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Opus, Juliette Lewis, John Malkovich, Amber Midthunder, Mark Anthony Green, Rosario Dawson, Billie Holliday, Too Much Swash Not Enough Buckle, The Modern Brometheus, and Alabaster Peak. * Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio [https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio] * Join our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.com [http://discord.trickortreatradio.com/] * Send Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.com [podcast@trickortreatradio.com] * Visit our website: http://trickortreatradio.com [http://trickortreatradio.com] * Start your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386] * Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzK [http://amzn.to/2CTdZzK] * FB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradio [http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradio] * Twitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadio [http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadio] * Facebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadio [http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadio] * YouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadio [http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadio] * Instagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadio [http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadio] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio]