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*********************[TW: r*pe, detailed]*************************** Content Warning: In the latest podcast episode, we discuss a movie that addresses sensitive topics, including r*pe and sexual assault. We understand the gravity of these themes and recognize their potential to be triggering for some listeners. We encourage discretion and self-care. If you or someone you know may be affected by these discussions, we advise listener discretion and encourage seeking support from appropriate resources. Remember, your well-being is our priority. This week I'm joined by Xxxena Rush. Xxena is a producer, casting associate and production manager with Original CINematic. In addition to serving as producer on “One for the Road”, “Group”, “Immersion” and “Sweetener”, she has been instrumental in helping develop these films and has assisted in the production and development of several others. We discussed her work as a producer and their latest film making the festival rounds "Group". We also discuss one of the most controversial movies ever made, Meir Zarchi's "I Spit on Your Grave". Follow Xxena here: https://www.instagram.com/x_rush0628/ Follow Original CINematic here: https://www.instagram.com/originalcinematic/ MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

This week in The Confessional I'm joined by Jenny Kiefer. Jenny is a Kentucky native and an avid rock climber. Together with her mother, she is the owner and manager of Butcher Cabin Books, an all-horror bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky. This Wretched Valley is her debut novel. We also talk the creature feature 90's classic Anaconda. Jenny from the block, Ice Cube, crazy ass Jon Voight and a 40 foot long Anaconda. What more could you ask for. Join us in The Confessional! Follow Jenny Kiefer here  https://jennykiefer.com/ Follow Butcher Cabin Books here https://www.horrorbookstore.com/ MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

This week in The Confessional I'm joined by Ayden of Susto Podcast. Ayden was a blast to have on as we discussed the DRAMA and scandal of this b/w French classic from 1955. We also discuss Ayden's work over at Susto podcast. If you like spooky tales defintely go give it a listen. Join us in The Confessional! Follow Ayden and Susto Podcast here https://linktr.ee/susto/ MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

This week in The Confessional I'm joined by my good fiend and returning guest Gerardo Preciado (known professionally as Ancient Order of the Droids) composer of imaginary horror soundtracks and the director of Narco Shark, coming to streaming very soon. Gerardo and I discuss Mario Bava's extremely inluential camp fire Giallo, Bay of Blood. Join us in The Confessional! Follow Gerardo here https://linktr.ee/MusikeDiDiable MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

This week in The Confessional I'm joined by Kevin Martin, better known as videostoreKev. He is the owner of The Lobby DVD Shop, Actor in The Last Video Store Movie, co-founder Of Dedfest Film Festival and a drunken DJ. We talk about the in's and out's of owning the last video rental place in your city, growing up watching horror movies in the theatres in the 80's and also making movies with your friends! Kevin stars as....himself in "The Last Video Store" which premiered at Fantastic Fest 2023. We also discuss Todd Haynes pyschological mind fuck of a movie, Safe starring Julianne Moore!  Join us in The Confessional! Did I mention that Kevin took this interview with his rental place as the backdrop! So cool! Visit Kevin's video store "The Lobby" here http://www.thelobbymovies.com/category/latest-news Follow Kevin here https://www.instagram.com/videostorekev/?hl=en Look out for The Last Video Store when it hits streaming here https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17423262/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Check out HeathenVideoArchive on YouTube for some dope ass horror shorts here https://www.youtube.com/@HeathenVideoArchive MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

This week in The Confessional I'm joined by Emily Verona. Emily is a Bram Stoker Award nominee, a Jane Austen Short Story Award Finalist, and a Luke Bitmead Bursary Finalist. Her novel, Midnight on Beacon Street, will be published by Harper Perennial in 2024. We also discuss this silent film early Horror classic, The Phantom Carriage. It's over 103 years old, and yet still has the power to move you and exceptional effects! Join us in The Confessional! Pre-order Midnight on Beacon Street: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/midnight-on-beacon-street-emily-ruth-verona?variant=41056036782114 Follow Emily: https://www.emilyruthverona.com/ MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

This week in The Confessional I'm joined by frequent guest and collaborator Zach Chapman. We talk about Zach's new comic A Haunting on Mars from Scout Comics, issue # 1 out now at all comic book shops. Issue #2 comes out this month! We also discuss (in my opinion) one of John Carpenters most frustrating movies, just a trainwreck of a project Ghosts of Mars. Join us in The Confessional! Buy Zach's comic A Haunting on Mars here: https://www.scoutcomics.com/collections/a-haunting-on-mars Follow Zach here: https://www.instagram.com/chappyzach/?hl=en MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

This week I am joined in The Confessional by Betty Rocksteady. Betty is the resident art ghoul of Ghoulish Books, and is the author & illustrator of several bizarre books, including Soft Places, The Writhing Skies and In Dreams We Rot. We also discuss the goth classic The Crow from 1994. They're all dead, they just dont know it yet.  Join us in the Confessional! Follow Betty here https://www.bettyrocksteady.com/ MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

Y'all thought Christmas was over? It's never over! This week in The Confessional I'm joined by one of Santa's naughty elves, Max Booth. We talk about this criminally underrated killer Santa Christmas classic. Max describes it as Taxi Driver meets Killer Santa. We also discuss Max's new book The Last Haunt, out now from Cemetery Gates Media.   Buy The Last Haunt https://ghoulish.rip/product/the-last-haunt/ Follow Max https://www.instagram.com/ghoulishbookstore/   MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

This week in The Confessional I'm joined by Shelly Lyons. We're celebrating the reason for the season, Killer Santa's! First up is the tragically misunderstood classic Silent Night Deadly Night. We also discuss Shelly's debut novel from Ghoulish Books, Like Real.  Buy Like Real here:  https://ghoulish.rip/product/like-real/ Follow Shelly here: https://linktr.ee/mizlyons MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip  

This week I am joined in The Confessional by John Skipp. John is the New York Times bestselling author turned filmmaker/ musician/ former splatterpunk/ cheerful Bizarro satirist/ all-around instigator and Renaissance mutant. We talk about John's time as a screenwriter (A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Class of 1999, Tales of Halloween), his violent childhood in Argentina and the bat shit crazy movie that is Takashi Miike's Gozu. Join us in the Confessional and as always thank you for the SUPPORT! Follow John on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/john.skipp.7/ Help John make The Great Divide here https://thegreatdividemovie.wedid.it/campaigns/12069-the-great-divide MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

This week I am joined in The Confessional by noted marine biologist, author and sharksploitation expert Susan Snyder. We discuss Tony Scott's 80's goth infused extended music video disguised as a vampire movie, The Hunger. I've always wondered why more people don't talk about this movie. Have Susan and I figured out why? We also discuss Susans debut novel Nympho Shark F**k Frenzy written with Christine Morgan, due out in 2024. Join us in the Confessional and as always thank you for the SUPPORT! Follow Susan here  https://www.instagram.com/sharksploitationsunday/ Follow Sharkslpoitation Sunday on Youtube here  https://www.youtube.com/@sharksploitationsunday MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip