Rish & Marshal Snatch Some Body Invaders (1978)

Over on the Journey Into... podcast, Marshal and I have reviewed INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, the 1978 remake, and one of my favorite horror films.

It's a familiar story: people are acting strangely, seemingly changed from their usual personalities, and two coworkers at the Health Department, Matthew Bennell and Elisabeth Driscoll, try to get to the bottom of it.   Is it paranoia, mass hysteria, a vast conspiracy, or just the fraying of our increasingly-insular modern society?

This is the version set in San Francisco, and it's probably the best movie we've reviewed on this show--almost nothing in it doesn't work, and it's filled with familiar faces, such as Leonard Nimoy, Veronica Cartwright, Robert Duvall, and Jeff Goldblum.  

Check it out HERE . . . but only if you've already seen it.  After all, you're next.

Rish Performs "Don’t Go in the Woods" On Tales To Terrify

 

Rish here.  Another of my performances is available on the Tales To Terrify podcast.  This times it's "Don’t Go in the Woods…or Do, See If I Care!" by Patrick Barb.  

An old man tries to warn young people about the local cursed summer camp, but will they listen?  Do they ever?

If you've ever seen the first two FRIDAY THE 13TH movies, you'll recognize who this story is from the point-of-view of.  And that makes it quite unique.  You can check it out RIGHT HERE.

For the record, this is my seventh story for them, the others being:

Eric J. Guignard’s A Case Study in Natural Selection and How It Applies to Love 

Warren Benedetto’s Something’s Wrong with Mom 

Edith Nesbit’s Man-Size in Marble 

Tyler Jones’ Who Built the Moon? 

Carrie Lee South’s Feeding On Ourselves

Emily J. Weisenberger’s The Prairie’s Song 

I suggest you check them all out; the narrator is excellent.

The Female Protagonist Speaks!

Rish here.  All four versions of my "Female Protagonist" collection are available to purchase.

I'm not great at promoting my own work, but this is a collection of stories with girl or women main characters (and the first volume, at that), which include Once again, the contents of this particular collection are "A Lovely Singing Voice," "Roll With The Changes," "Office Visit," "A Gallon A Day," "Run Away," "Creature Feature," "My Funny Valentine," "Winter Break," and "Remember the Future," as well as their author's notes (if people enjoy listening to them).

Plus, it's the only place I'll be releasing my performance of "A Gallon A Day," since it's a first person female story (which may sound odd, though I do do my best).

The audio version is over nine hours long, and it's available HERE on Audible.

If you'd rather buy it for a Kindle, phone, or tablet, it's HERE. 

If you prefer a paperback version, go HERE.  

And for the crazy ones, there's a hardcover available HERE.

Thanks for looking (and listening)!

There Are Dog People And Then There Are...

 

Rish here.  Not too long ago, Marshal and I got together (literally) to watch 1942's CAT PEOPLE.

It's a movie I had seen several years back, but was reminded of when I picked up a story by Val Lewton (who produced CAT PEOPLE) called "The Bagheeta," to record for my podcast.  Marshal was game to review the movie, and here it is.

Basically, a man meets and marries a mysterious foreign woman who is convinced that she is under a curse to turn into a deadly were-cat when she becomes emotional.  But it's all in her head, right?

Talking about this moving made me want to watch the other flicks Lewton made for RKO (such as 1943's THE LEOPARD MAN).  Check out our discussion HERE!

Big and Rish Discuss "Euthanasia" on The Anklecast

Has Big Anklevich gone too far?  Well, that's up to you, but the most recent episode of the Anklecast is the first one I can remember with a content warning.

Misguided Trent and brilliant Brent are two childhood friends whose lives go in very different directions as they grow up.  While Trent seems to make all the wrong decisions, Brent uses his genius to create a way for his friend to go back, all those years ago, and maybe do something about it.  Maybe.

It's a rough story, but it was apparently meant to (I can't remember what the exact prompt was both of us were writing to), and we talk about that afterward.  Check it out HERE.

Marshal & Rish Try X-Ray Specs

Here's another Outfield Excursions between Marshal and Rish, over at the Journey Into... podcast.  

Once again, we've got a Roger Corman-directed Ray Milland film to talk about.  This time, it's THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES, from 1963.  Doctor Xavier uses an experimental formula to improve his range of eyesight . . . but at what cost?   

Check out our review HERE.

Endorsed By Johnny Staker

Rish here.  Big and I are back together, doing what we do best, on the newest Anklecast (Episode 65).  Big tells the tale "Servants of the Master," his dip of the toe in the pool of vampire fiction.  

Jerome and Kirk attempt to do battle with an infestation of vampires, but before they do, they get advice from famous YouTuber, Johnny Staker, he who's staked a hundred vampires.  

Afterward, we talk about vampire fiction, clichés, and pet peeves.  Check it out HERE.

Warning: The podcast is something from inside the house.