Necrocasticon

The penultimate chapter of Volume 4, with special guest panelist, Desmond Reddick (DreadMedia the Horror Podcast). This week is WRESTLER VS A DOCUMENTARY as Dan takes on The Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Doc. Walt revisits one of the game changers, Faith No More's epic breakout album, puns intended, THE REAL THING. Plus Skip Novak and who knows who else join Tom for the Game Of Thrones Recap.

Welcome Volume 4 Chapter 50 is jam packed! Tom interviews actress Kira Reed Lorsch. Then the panel brings in Skip Novak to discuss The Silence on Netflix, and the novel by Tim Lebbon, plus Tom revisits another Netflix adaptation’s source material, Adam Nevill's The Ritual, for some Blood Frenzy and Old Gods. Scott asks the question: why is Machine Head rebooting Burn My Eyes, Walt reviews Iced Earth's re-release of Into the Realm and Dan is relieved he didn't have to endure Pet Sematary. All this, plus Iris has the top 10 things trending this week in metal & horror!

Volume 4 Chapter 49 of the Necrocasticon is getting medieval on you. First, we chat with Jarod Barbee from Death's Head Press, and then Tom sits down with the director of THE HEADHUNTER, Jordan Downey, for a decapitating interview. As if that wasn't a stacked show already, Sgt Fury reviews THE HEADHUNTER, Walt gives us the psychic lowdown on Devon Townsend's new album, Empath, and Scott talks about this season of The Walking Dead. All this, plus Iris is back with the top 10 things trending in metal and horror!

We're no April Fools here at the Necrcasticon as Volume 4 Chapter 48 gets bloody. We're all about the new movie, BLOOD CRAFT this week! Interviews with cast members Madeline Wade, Augie Duke & Mike Welch! Plus Sgt Fury goes toe-to-toe with the film in Wrestler vs. B-Movie! And Tom revisists the seminal splatterpunk novel, the Light at the End by John Skipp & Craig Spector. Does the 30 year old novel stand the test of time? And Scott and Walt fill in for Iris this week with our Top 10 things trending on April Fools Day in Metal & Horror!

Volume 4 Chapter 47 of the Necrocasticon brings us special guests authors Armand Rosamilia and Chuck Buda to talk about their new release, Keyport Cthulhu 2! Plus Tom got to talk to Actor/Director/Writer Larry Fessenden, who was at WHAT THE FEST last weekend showing off his new movie, DEPRAVED. We review Netflix's Motley Crue Bio-Pic THE DIRT, Walt talks about the new FROZEN CROWN album and Iris brings us the top 10 things trending in horror and metal this week.

Welcome to a very special edition of the Necrocasticon, our landmark 200th chapter. Tom, Scott, Walt & Dan welcome our biggest guests ever in Horror and Metal, as we talk to Bram Stoker Award winning Author Brian Keene and the man behind Cities on Flame: Albert Bouchard, formerly of Blue Oyster Cult. It's a chapter 4 years in the making, for you, our Necrocasticfans! All this plus we chime in on James Gunn's return to Disney, Motley Crue's cover of LIKE A VIRGIN and Wrestler Vs. B-Movie tackles DIVISION 19.

This is Volume 4, Chapter 45 of the Necrocasticon, the penultimate episode before we break our milestone 200th chapter! And we're getting bizarre when Scott and the panel interview Mike Vaughn, the author of The Ultimate Guide to Strange Cinema. Wanna know where those bizarro writers get some of their ideas? Check out the movies in this book! Walt reviews Children of Bodom, HEXED, and Mike Duke's Warm Dark Places Are Best, Dan talks about Brie Larson in the Room and Tom gives his take on Captain Marvel. All this plus Iris has our Top 10 Things trending in Metal & Horror!

Volume 4, Chapter 44 of The Necrocasticon welcomes Andy Parsons from Brick By Brick to talk about their new album. Plus Sal DelGreco joins as our guest panelist this week as Walt reviews the latest from Queensryche, Scott tells us what he thought of The Lords of Chaos, Tom took a trip into the Spiderverse, and Dan speculates on what we can expect from Captain Marvel this week.

We close out #WIHM this week with another double shot of guests! Author, editor and small press owner Andrea Dawn from Tell Tale Press, starts us off... Then author and contributing editor to Rue Morgue magazine, Monica S. Kuebler joins us to send our women in horror month coverage off in style. Plus we've got the top 10 things trending in metal and horror, Scott reviews the new Candlemass, Walt's been all over Spotify as the ADDJ with this week's plethora of new releases, Dan comes to blows with the Cannibal Club, but he doesn't speak Portuguese, and Tom marks out for Alita Battle Angel.

We're going all out for #WIHM this week with Dicey Grenor, author of the Narcoleptic Vampire series and The Gal in the Blue Mask, Meghan Hyden, joins us to give her Top 10 Women In Horror! Plus Walt reviews Cold Skin, Scott loves the new Rotting Christ, Dan comes to blows with Soldier of War & Tom reviews The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot.

Welcome to Volume 4 Chapter 41 of The Necrocasticon. #WIHM continues with Donelle Pardee Whiting, the editing Goddess at Stitched Smile Publications, joins us for a frank talk on how important an editor is to a writer. Plus Scott reviews the live King Diamond Blu Ray and 13th Beast, the latest from Malevolent Creation. Walt's getting hot for the new In Flames and Tom wants to raid coastal ports with Skald's Viking Chant. All this, plus Dan and the panel chime in on the new Pet Semetary trailer.

The Necrocasticon kicks off Women in Horror Month with special guest Lisa Vasquez, from Stitched Smile Publications! Plus Tom, Walt and Scott have this week's Top in metal & Horror. And Dan? Well, he had a job to do...

Necrocasticon Volume 4 Chapter 39 is full of special guests this week! First, our friend Skip Novak, from You've got to be Kidding, joins Tom at the campfire to discuss the new movie BLOOD BOUND, and Tom and our friend Devilboy interview the director, Richard LeMay! Then, Sgt Fury tackles Daniel Baldwin and Vivica A Fox's CROSSBREED. We've got a new thing: Devil Boys Top 10 Picks this week in Metal & Horror. Did Walt like the Weezer covers album and King Diamond's Abigail live album? And Scott and Tom go around with Bohemian Rhapsody and... the fan community.

Volume 4 chapter 38 of The Necrocasticon welcomes special guest panelist, author and horror expert Pembroke Sinclair for our discussion! Metal Reunions, plus horror reboots and remakes, what are some of our favorites in this subgenre that often ignores lesser quality sequels in franchises. All this, plus Sgt Fury breaks some Glass!  

Coming in 2019! What do we think of the Grammy nominations? Sgt Fury comes to blows with Adam Steigart's FANG! We put on our blindfolds to talk about the Netflix phenomena Bird Box. Did I like the new Watership Down? Walt reviews the new Soilwork & I go to Sleep...

Happy New Year! Volume 4 Chapter 34 of the Necrocasticon brings us highlights from our favorite interviews of 2018 including: Dan Padavona! CV Hunt! Andy Parsons! Dave Thomas! Matt Hayward & Pat Lacey!

Merry Christmas & happy holidays from the Necrocasticon staff! Christmas Eve used to be a night of ghost stories, so keeping with this tradition, as a special gift to you, for this holiday season we offer you the complete Authorcon Author reading panel. Featuring John Koloski, Loren Molloy, Nicole Minuck, Lorna Czarnota, James McNally, and our very own Tom Clark. Vampires, Serial Killers and a good old spoken word ghost story await you.

Volume 4 Chapter 32 of The Necrocasticon is pretty busy for Scott, Walt and company! First, we find the common connection between AC/DC's Back In Black and Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive. Then Wrestler vs. a B-Movie returns as Dan reviews Uncorked Entertainment's Lifechanger. But that's not all - Tom interviews Lifechanger's writer/director Justin McConnel!

We're all over the map this week as volume 4 chapter 31 of the Necrocasticon returns to ScareACon 2018 with the Horror Podcasting panel. Tom, Walt and their friend Rich Coryell from Horror Zone 607 talk about what it takes to have a horror themed podcast. Plus we go completely off the rails and talk about the upcoming crop of Marvel movies, but we bring it back with news on Judas Priest, Uriah Heep and Brand New Sin!

It's time for our fourth annual "Last Minute Holiday Gift Buying Guide" at The Necrocasticon! Tom, Scott, Walt & Dan give their picks for the best of 2018 in movies, TV, music and books in the horror and metal genres.