The end of The Saga© has arrived, and everyone is gonna have major thoughts. Here's ours on how J.J. Abrams and crew pulled over 40 years of storytelling to a close with Episode IX . Listen on.... #Newsletter #Podcasts #HotTakes #StarWars #EpisodeIX #TheRiseofSkywalker #Space #RobertAnderson #JackKolodziejski #BernadetteGormanWhite #JeremyKolodziejski #JJAbrams

On this latest episode of Cathode Ray Cast, host Bernadette Gorman-White chats it up with guest Jack Kolodziejski over the new Netflix series to hit the streaming world, Living With Yourself . The concept of duality and self-reflection runs deep within the show and the surrounding conversation, leading to some truly personal discussion on the nature of self and what we all want out of life for ourselves and others. Listen on.... #Newsletter #Podcasts #CathodeRayCast #Netflix #LivingWithYourself #PaulRudd #Comedy #Science #BernadetteGormanWhite #JackKolodziejski

The boys, Jack and Robby, sit down with guest Diana DiMuro to go over the rascally Taika's latest flick to hit the screens. How's this thing handle its sensitive material, is that kid any good, and does that weird set design play into the whole atmosphere the film is trying to lend itself to? Some questions are more easily answered than others.... Listen on.... #Newsletter #Podcasts #HotTakes #JackKolodziejski #RobertAnderson #DianaDiMuro #TaikaWaititi #JojoRabbit #Racism

It's the birth of a new podcast show on Story Screen Presents! XXX9 is a new venture, performed by hosts Linda Codega, Bernadette Gorman-White and Diana DiMuro, rustling through some of the greatest films of specific years (ending in 9, naturally) and comparing similar and not-so-similar stories of the screen. Don't believe us? Listen in and get the full scoop with a bonus introduction by the hosts at the start of this very first episode. For their first discussion, our hosts are cruising back to 1999 for a comparative talk on sci-fi stereotypes in Galaxy Quest and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace ! Listen on.... #Newsletter #Podcasts #LindaCodega #BernadetteGormanWhite #DianaDiMuro #XXX9 #GalaxyQuest #StarWars #Episode1 #SciFi #ThePhantomMenace

Hosts Jack and Robby discuss the ups and downs of the latest Mike Flanagan joint. Does The Shining need a sequel? Does this movie do a good job in honoring the answer to that question? Is that even what this is? What are movies, anyways? The answers may surprise you.... Listen on.... #Newsletter #Podcast #DoctorSleep #HotTakes #TheShining #Kubrick #Horror #JackKolodziejski #RobertAnderson

Jack and Robby work out their feelings on one of the most talked about and anticipated films of 2019, Bong Joon Ho's Parasite . Listen on.... #Newsletter #Podcasts #HotTakes #BongJoonHo #Parasite #Foreign #JackKolodziejski #RobertAnderson

Robby and Jack discuss the sequel to the 2009 cult hit, along the way dissecting what made the original so much fun, how the main cast, and their respective careers, have evolved over the past decade, and just what this thing needs to pull off in order to be considered "a success." Listen on.... #Newsletter #Podcasts #HotTakes #RobertAnderson #JackKolodziejski #Zombieland #DoubleTap #Horror #Comedy #EmmaStone #Venom

Jack and Robby slip back into those Breaking Bad pants with a fresh and predictably hot take on the movie-sequel following everyones favorite punching bag, Jesse Pinkman. How does the flick hold up against the legendary ending of the AMC series? Has anything changed? Will there be more? Did we even need this? Does Aaron Paul say "Yeah Bitch"??!! All will be answered and considered within.... Listen on.... #Newsletter #Podcasts #BreakingBad #ElCamino #HotTakes #AMC #TV #Netflix #JackKolodziejski #RobertAnderson

The Beacon HorrorShow has always prided itself on giving the very best and coolest screenings of some of the gnarliest and entertaining horror flicks out there! We also love a good free screening here and there to tantalize those with a strong will but weak wallets. So, without further ado, join us for one of these awesome horror classics at our limited free screenings throughout the rest of October at Story Screen Beacon Theater . Oct 16th/6:30pm - Alice, Sweet Alice Favorite daughter Karen (Brooke Shields) is viciously strangled and set afire in church on the day of her First Communion, and suspicion falls on her jealous and emotionally unstable sister, Alice (Paula E. Sheppard). When the girls' aunt, Annie (Jane Lowry), is later stabbed on an apartment complex stairway, Alice is sent away. But the attacks continue, prompting priest Father Tom (Rudolph Willrich) and Alice's dad, Dominick (Niles McMaster), to go in search of the real killer. R - 1976 ‧ Mystery/Slasher ‧ 1h 48m Trailer Oct 22nd/7pm - The Driller Killer An artist is driven to insanity while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings and look after his female roommates. He takes to the New York streets at night and kills homeless people at random with his drill. 1979 ‧ Drama/Mystery ‧ 1h 41m Trailer Oct 27/7pm - Dementia 13 After John Haloran (Peter Read) dies, his wife, Louise (Luana Anders), fears that she will be denied his inheritance. Fabricating a story about John traveling to the United States, she joins the rest of the Haloran family at their Irish estate as they hold a memorial for John's sister, who died in a lake eight years ago. Louise schemes to convince Lady Haloran (Eithne Dunne) that she can speak with the dead child. However, this plan is interrupted by an axe murderer loose on the estate. 1963 ‧ Slasher/Indie film ‧ 1h 20m Trailer Oct 28th/7pm - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari At a carnival in Germany, Francis (Friedrich Feher) and his friend Alan (Rudolf Lettinger) encounter the crazed Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss). The men see Caligari showing off his somnambulist, Cesare (Conrad Veidt), a hypnotized man who the doctor claims can see into the future. Shockingly, Cesare then predicts Alan's death, and by morning his chilling prophecy has come true -- making Cesare the prime suspect. However, is Cesare guilty, or is the doctor controlling him? 1920 ‧ Mystery/Thriller ‧ 1h 20m Trailer Oct 30th/7pm - A Bucket of Blood Nerdy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla (Barboura Morris), by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process. 1959 ‧ Horror/Comedy ‧ 1h 6m Trailer Oct 31st/8pm - Night of the Living Dead The dead come back to life and eat the living. Several people barricade themselves inside a rural house in an attempt to survive the night. Outside are hordes of relentless, shambling zombies who can only be killed by a blow to the head. 1968 ‧ Drama/Sci-fi ‧ 1h 37m Trailer #Newsletter #Articles #BeaconHorrorShow5 #Horror #October2019 #Free

Welcome to the 2019 edition of Story Scream! Story Screen’s own Kolodziejski brothers are here again to provide a watch list of films to make your October horrorful! Each list features a wide variety of spooky movies that you can stream from the comfort of your own home. And don’t forget, if you’re looking for something scary on the big screen, the Beacon HorrorShow Part V is running all month long at Story Screen Beacon Theater in Beacon, NY! Jack’s list: 2019 New and Noteworthy This has been a fantastic year for horror so far, with original movies like Us, Midsommar and Ready or Not , finding mainstream success at the box office (and if you haven’t seen those flicks, here’s your recommendation to do so). But there’s also been a ton of great new horror flicks that flew under the radar. I haven’t seen any of these yet, but their trailers and surrounding buzz are very promising. Braid Trailer Director: Mitzi Peirone Available: Amazon Prime I Trapped the Devil Trailer Director: Josh Lobo Available: Hulu The Wind Trailer Director: Emma Tammi Available: VOD Rental ($3.99) Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse Trailer Director: Lukas Feigelfeld Available: VOD Rental ($3.99) 2019 Netflix Horror Originals Netflix has been consistently releasing solid horror originals every October for the last several years, and 2019 is shaping up to be no different. This year’s “Netflix and Chills,” features tons of original horror movies and shows dropping all September and October long. Here are the two I’m most excited about. In the Tall Grass Trailer Director: Vincenzo Natali Available: Netflix In the Shadow of the Moon Trailer Director: Jim Mickle Available: Netflix Classics These are a few of the more obscure horror classics that I’ve been meaning to watch for forever, but have never gotten around to. Killer Klowns will fill my yearly quota for schlocky 80’s horror, Bubba Ho-Tep is a silly horror adventure in the vein of Army of Darkness , and Shivers is one of Wes Craven’s earliest films. Killer Klowns from Outer Space Trailer Director: Stephen Chiodo Available: Free on Youtube Bubba Ho-Tep Trailer Director: Don Coscarelli Available: Amazon Prime Shivers Trailer Director: David Cronenberg Available: Hulu Horror from Around the World Some of my favorite original horror movies in recent years have come from foreign markets, (shout outs to T he Night Eats the World , which made both my Story Scream and Top Ten lists last year). Hailing from England, Poland, and Turkey respectively, each of these films bring a unique eye to the genre. A Field in England Trailer Director: Ben Wheatley Available: Amazon Prime Demon Trailer Director: Marcin Wrona Available: Amazon Prime Baskin Trailer Director: Can Evernol Available: Hulu A bit of S(laugh)ter If you’re looking to mix things up with something a little less serious, this next category is for you. Each movie brings a twisted sense of humor to the typical violence and gore, which may lighten the mood a bit after a binge of terror. Murder Party Trailer Director: Jeremy Saulnier Available: Netflix The Greasy Strangler Trailer Director: Jim Hosking Available: Amazon Prime Life After Beth Trailer Director: Jeff Baena Available: Netflix Jeremy’s List: GIALLO The Giallo is a specific genre of Italian filmmaking in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Italian directors like Dario Argento, Mario Bava, and Lucio Fulci adapted pulpy paperback Crime Novels (nicknamed Giallo due to typically having yellow colored cover art) into heavily stylized horror thrillers, the most famous being Dario Argento’s Suspiria , but that’s already been on Story Scream. Many Giallo films feature mysterious black gloved killers hunting down hapless victims, as well as escalating twists that keep audiences guessing. The three I have picked are two of the most revered in the genre, as well as a modern reinterpretation. Blood and Black Lace (Mario Bava, 1963) Deep Red (Dario Argento, 1976) Knife + Heart (Yann Gonzalez, 2019) DOCUMENTARY If you want to take a break from being scared this Halloween, why don’t you instead sit back and be informed about both the history of horror and its socio-cultural effects, as well as learn about the (both literal and fake) blood, sweat, and tears that went into creating iconic horror franchises. Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy and Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (Daniel Farrands 2010, 2013) Haunters: The Art of the Scare (Jon Schnitzer, 2017) Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (Xavier Burgin, 2019) SHUDDER EXCLUSIVES If you want all of your horror fixes this Halloween in one singular digital location, you can’t go wrong with a subscription to Shudder. While hosting an impressive library of classics, Shudder also produces and distributes its own original work and the three listed below are what I believe are the most essential viewing. Tigers are Not Afraid (Issa Lopez, 2019) One Cut of the Dead (Shin'ichirô Ueda, 2019) Incident in a Ghostland (Pascal Laugier, 2018) LESSER KNOWN CLASSICS OF GREAT HORROR DIRECTORS When I think of horror staples to view during the Halloween season, I think of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead Trilogy, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre by Tobe Hooper, and of course, John Carpenter’s Halloween . But for this year, why don’t we all venture further into their catalogs, and find the lesser talked about gems in their filmography and bring them into the limelight? Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, 1987) Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) Lifeforce (Tobe Hooper 1985) OLDER B&W CLASSICS These are truly bone-chilling in atmosphere and groundbreaking displays of artistry. These films from many years past still display a terrific understanding of what can get under audiences skin while having limited resources for their time period. These three still hold up terrifically to this day and are must sees for any die hard fans of horror and filmmaking. Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932) Eyes Without a Face (George Franju, 1960) Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey, 1962) Jack Kolodziejski Co-Head of Podcasting Jack makes drugs for a living, but not necessarily the fun kind. He enjoys international travel and discussing music, movies, and games in excruciating detail. Jeremy Kolodziejski Jeremy is younger than he looks, and has passionately studied the art and craft of filmmaking for as long as he can remember. He is currently a freelance wedding videographer, and is also heavily involved in Competitive Fighting Games. IG: jeremyko95 #Newsletter #Articles #JackKolodziejski #JeremyKolodziejski #StoryScream #Horror #BeaconHorrorShow5

Robby Anderson and guest Mike Burdge have themselves a good ol' time talking about Todd Phillip's film, Joker , and all the fun and not-so-fun hullabaloo it's kicked up. Check it out: Listen on SoundCloud #Newsletter #Joker #Podcasts #RobertAnderson #MikeBurdge #JoaquinPhoenix #HotTakes #DC #Superhero #Batman #Chaos

Jack and Robby head on back to Derry to talk about the conclusion to one of the biggest horror films of all time. Can the filmmakers, aiming to top the 2017 gigantic success, really pull such a seemingly impossible task off? Listen on.... Listen on SoundCloud #Newsletter #Podcasts #HotTakes #JackKolodziejski #RobertAnderson #It #ChapterTwo #StephenKing #Horror #Spooky #Clowns