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Episode 79 – Gordon, Yuzna & Paoli

September 20, 2024

Re-Animator (1985), From Beyond (1986), and Dagon (2001)

Bringing the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft to the screen is not an easy task. Much of the horrors Lovecraft talked about wasn’t described or explained too much, leaving it up to the reader. But when director Stuart Gordon, producer Brian Yuzna, and writer Dennis Paoli got together to adapt Lovecraft’s 1922 story “Herbert West – Re-Animator” for a movie, they changed cinema forever. Not only did they show us more than Lovecraft would ever dream of, they created a perfect blend of outrageous horror, gore, and bizarre imagery that would immediately put them in the horror history books.

The following year, they took another short story, From Beyond, first published in 1934, and showed even more strange, bizarre, and gooey things we’d seen before, going beyond then what the short story told us.

Then 15 years later, these three deranged creators returned to Lovecraft to take us to a fishing village filled with very unusual citizens, in 2001’s Dagon.

While Gordon’s filmography might not be filled with classic after classic, when he hit a home run, usually when he’s working with Yuzna and Paoli, they knock the cover off the ball.

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DtH Goes to Cinema Wasteland

April 24, 2024

Earlier in the month, all three of your hosts descended into Strongsville, OH for one of our favorite conventions around, Cinema Wasteland. While we were there having a blast as usual, we actually did a little recording, talking to different fans there as to why they come out to this one-of-a-kind show. And here is the result! Make sure you like and subscribe to our Discover the Horror YouTube channel, where we will have more content coming!

Episode 60 – 2023 Wrap Up

December 27, 2023

Another year ending means another Wrap Up episode where we go over our top picks for the year, as well as discussing some other titles we’ve seen in 2023. While most of the films we do cover here as our favorite viewings for this year are from the last few years, they are not all from 2023. But as we’ve pointed out many times before, if you’re watching it for the first time, no matter when it was released, as far as we’re concerned, it still counts as a new movie to you!

2023 has been a great year for the horror genre, especially when you look outside the U.S., which we all hope everyone out there does, because there are some incredible titles coming from Spain, Malaysia, Argentina, Japan, and more. So hopefully our listeners are not restrained by films that are “only in English”, because those folks are sadly missing out on some incredible cinema.

For this episode, we strongly suggest you have a notepad and pen close by to jot down some titles because we think we’re going to give you more than a few that we feel you should be checking out.

And a special HUGE thanks to those that continue to tune in and listen to us ramble on about the genre we love. With this being our 60th episode, it seems our following is growing day by day, so thank you for your continued support and in 2024, we’ll continue to help you Discover the Horror!

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Discover the Horror T-Shirts Are Here!

August 21, 2023

We now have our own Discover the Horror T-Shirts available that have our logo in bright green just jumping off the shirt! Show your support of the show by ordering yours today! All the ordering information can be found at the link at the top left of the screen, on the main link bar. A huge thanks out to our friends at Pallbearer Press for helping to bring these to life!

Just click on link above where it says “DTH SHIRTS” to order your own shirt to give your support for the show.

Episode 47 – William Castle

July 13, 2023

House on Haunted Hill (1959), The Tingler (1959), and Mr. Sardonicus (1961). In the world of ballyhoo, nobody comes close to being a master at it than producer/director William Castle. From giving insurance policies to filmgoers in case they die of fright, promising the horrors onscreen will come off the screen into the audiences, to even letting the audience decide the fate of one of the characters in the film, Castle was a master of it. He treated his fans with respect and wanted everyone to have a great time with his pictures. And they still are entertaining today.

In this episode we’re going to delve into 3 of Castle’s films, as well as the man himself. Joining us to talk all things Castle is superfan and collector (not to mention Regional Warrior for Severin Films) Matt Harding!

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Welcome to Discover the Horror

September 17, 2021

Horror is the second oldest film genre, usually the most profitable, and has had a massive, dedicated fan base since they first horror film appeared around 1896. But because the genre has such a long and rich history, sometimes titles get lost in the shuffle. There are always new films coming out, which makes it even easier to lose sight of what has come before.

So, our goal is to give you reasons to explore horror you’ve never seen, and give you new ways to see horror you’ve loved for years. We hope to put the spotlight on some films, filmmakers, writers, artists, composers, and any of the many other creative people that have helped the genre along over the past century. By discussing some of these different subjects, we hope to interest you enough to want to seek them out.

We’re still prepping the show but we’re hoping for an October release of our first show. Stay tuned!