MONSTER PARTY

THE MONSTER PARTY HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2025!!! With KEVIN SMITH!

MONSTER PARTY SAYS, "PUT DOWN THAT TURKEY LEG AND GO SHOPPING!" JAMES GONIS, SHAWN SHERIDAN, LARRY STROTHE, and MATT WEINHOLD once again put together the ultimate yuletide wishlist. What better way is there to prepare for a seasonal shopping spree than with… THE MONSTER PARTY HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2025?!!! Having trouble finding the perfect holiday gift for that obsessive, persnickety genre geek? Well, fear not, bewildered buyers, for MONSTER PARTY has a collection of holiday presents that will challenge even the most talented of Santa's elves. This year, we present a 2025 sleighful of out-of-the-ordinary ornaments, must-read classic sci-fi, kaiju-sized coffee table books, shocking monster action figures, tried-and-true travel packages, creature candy dispensers, one-of-a-kind wonders, rock n' roll trick or treaters, conjoined twin treasures, record relics, Blu-ray bonanzas, heartfelt hand-me-downs, the stuff of 3-D printed dreams, and more! And by more, we mean PBR. If, after listening to this episode, you still can't find a present for that special nerd in your life…you may already be dead! Joining us for this stocking full of fun is a return guest who is the glue that holds THE MONSTER PARTY HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE together. He's an extremely talented artist/sculptor/toy designer/librarian who has worked with such sofubi legends as MAD WORLD TOYS, OCTEEL, and SPIRAL TOY. If you collect his collectibles, you'll know him as the artist, SLUGBAT, but we'll always think of him as the smooth young intern who won our hearts. Please welcome back the forever jolly… KEVIN SMITH! MERRY MERCHANDISE MONSTER PARTIERS!

MONSTER PARTY'S MEAL AND A MOVIE!!! With JASON LENZI!

MONSTER PARTY PRESENTS A PSYCHOTIC CINEMATIC FEAST! JAMES GONIS, SHAWN SHERIDAN, LARRY STROTHE, and MATT WEINHOLD invite you (and possibly a fictitious lady friend) to a multi-course, film-themed dinner party that is guaranteed to cause a confrontation with the chef! Get ready for some monstrous Michelin star mayhem as we present… MONSTER PARTY'S MEAL AND A MOVIE!!! Watching a great horror, sci-fi, or fantasy film is an event, and it deserves more than just the standard theater fare of stale popcorn, soggy hot dogs, and flat sodas. It suddenly dawned on us that if you really want to do these movies justice, they need to be served with a spread that fits the atmosphere they're trying to evoke. So as fast as you could ask "What wine goes well with Soylent Green?" we rushed to our mics and started pairing genre films with thematically consistent delicacies. The result was a series of culinary curiosities that are bound to push your palate to its breaking point. And let's be honest, we've been trying to break your palette for years! Joining us for this cinematic smorgasbord is a beloved guest of MONSTER PARTY, who is also one of our most generous benefactors! He's an immensely talented actor, voice artist, producer, podcaster, and entrepreneur who possesses an almost godlike knowledge of pop culture. And if that were not enough, he helped fill your empty shelf space by founding the company BIF BANG POW! TOYS Please welcome back the moody foodie… JASON LENZI! BON APPE-TOMB!!!

THE MONSTER PARTY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL PRESENTS: MONSTER TEETH

THIS HALLOWEEN, MONSTER PARTY IS GIVING YOU A MOUTHFUL! JAMES GONIS, SHAWN SHERIDAN, LARRY STROTHE, and MATT WEINHOLD, celebrate All Hallows' Eve with a pulse-pounding potpourri of petrifying pearly whites! Can your orthodontist stand the gum-numbing terror of… MONSTER TEETH!!!? For many of us monster kids, our introduction to creepy cosplay was getting that first pair of monster teeth. It doesn't matter if they were a purchase, a present, or a discarded treasure found in an ashtray at Macy's; scary plastic teeth hold a sacred place in our memories. It just goes to show how effective a good pair of chompers are for striking terror in the hearts of genre fans. In fact, monster teeth are so important that we felt they deserved their own episode, just in time for the horror days. Join this special gathering of just the MONSTER PARTY gang, as we attempt to whimsically chronicle and rank some of the best teeth that fantastic cinema has to offer. Aside from the obvious go-to of vampires, we also examine the imm-oral hygiene of werewolves, aliens, madmen, cartoon characters, mutants, toys, demons, giant monsters, wax treats, victims, and so much more! ALL OF US AT MONSTER PARTY WISH YOU A SCARY AND SAFE HALLOWEEN! AND SPEAKING OF SAFE… IS IT SAFE?

'90s HORROR VOL. 2!!! With DAVID WEINER!

MONSTER PARTY REVISITS THE ERA OF ROLLERBLADING, BEANIE BABIES, THE MACARENA… AND TERROR!!!! JAMES GONIS, SHAWN SHERIDAN, LARRY STROTHE, and MATT WEINHOLD honor the last part of a decade that brought us so many seminal films. If you thought our previous '90s HORROR episode was "da bomb," you're guaranteed to go nuclear when you hear… '90s HORROR VOL. 2!!! The 1990s were an exciting and innovative time for horror films, with the latter half of the decade boasting some downright game-changers. With THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, we saw the explosion of the found footage genre that is still popular to this day, and the Japanese showed us the dangers of sitting too close to the TV with RINGU! If that didn't change your horror movie game enough, David Fincher gave us the ultimate worst-case mystery box scenario in SEVEN, Wes Craven made horror meta with SCREAM, and M. Night Shyamalan peaked early with THE SIXTH SENSE. But we're not even close to this episode's EVENT HORIZON! We'll also look at a creepy ice cream vendor (aren't they all?), a castle freak, some self-improvement cannibals, a Rubik's Cube of death, an evil genie, Chucky's better half, a Hardrock Cafe for vampires, and so much more! Too bad all of it was lost in the devastation caused by Y2K. Joining us for this second dose of '90s chills is an award-winning friend of the show, and really, the only guest for this subject. He was the editor in chief of the legendary FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND magazine, the genius behind the blog, IT CAME FROM..., the writer/director/producer of the IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS longform documentary series, as well as the '80s sci-fi documentary IN SEARCH OF TOMORROW. His latest project is the shockingly episode appropriate mega doc, IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS: 1995-1999! Honestly, what were the odds?! Please welcome back the always scintillating… DAVID WEINER!! '90 HORROR LIVES! AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, TALK TO THE SEVERED HAND!

TOXIC FANDOM!!! With KEN DALY!

MONSTER PARTY WANTS EVERYONE TO THE CALM THE F**K DOWN! JAMES GONIS, SHAWN SHERIDAN, LARRY STROTHE, and MATT WEINHOLD, wave an olive branch to all those monstrous malcontents of the nerdverse! It's time to lower the temperature of the raging dumpster fire that is… TOXIC FANDOM!!! To most genre enthusiasts, the love of science fiction, horror, and fantasy is a unifying force that brings all of us oddballs together. A special club where everyone is welcome, so long as you don't act like a jerk. So why are there suddenly so many jerks? Since when is simply having an opinion or preference about a movie or TV series a cause for picking a fight? Is social media to blame? Or the current cultural climate? Are these jerks really genre fans at all, or just a bunch of internet trolls who have nothing better to do than make personal attacks about your love for Star Wars: The Acolyte or the latest incarnation of Doctor Who? In this hard-hitting episode, we'll examine some of the factors that may contribute to the current toxic fandom epidemic, and suggest healthier ways of dealing with folks who may not love the stuff you love in the same way that you do. But why listen to us? Well, after more than 300 episodes and a sizeable amount of bickering, the hosts of MONSTER PARTY are still great friends. And Cthulhu knows, if we can do it, so can you! Joining us for this "Can't we all geek-along?" podcast is a return guest and dear friend, who is kind of an honorary 5th member of the show. He's an absurdly talented actor, writer, artist, and podcaster, who has lent his talents to such projects as STAN AGAINST EVIL, SUPER ADVENTURE TEAM, MR. SHOW WITH BOB AND DAVID, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, THE KARATE KID, QUINCY M.E., DUCK DODGERS, and NERD POKER! And let us not forget, he was also the man who introduced the world to the greatest culinary inventions of our time: Chicken McNuggets and the Shamrock Shake! Please welcome back, the antidote for toxic fandom... KEN DALY! TO PARAPHRASE THE LEGENDARY PUNK BAND, SHAM 69, "IF THE FANS ARE UNITED, THEN WE'LL NEVER BE DIVIDED!"