Category: cast of cthulhu
Episode 68 – Apostle Have you ever wondered why we take seriously people who believe in ghosts but think believers in UFOs are nuts? Did you watch and have opinions on AEW’s Revolution? If you’ve answered “no” to either of these...
Episode 67 – Dreams in the Witch House (2022) David Bax of Battleship Pretension returns for his third sleepover in the witch house where he witnesses Jim have an existentialist crisis in real time as he realizes that perhaps Mia Watkins’ and...
Episode 66 – Pickman’s Model (2022) New year, new Cthulyou! The boys at The Cast of Cthulhu ring in 2023 by tackling “Pickman’s Model,” the first of two Lovecraft adaptations featured in the Netflix-exclusive horror anthology, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. One of...
Just in time to celebrate spooky season, we’ve got our final episode of the year talking about David Bruckner’s reboot/legacy sequel, Hellraiser. Improving upon Clive Barker’s original in just about ever way — the puzzle box is an actual puzzle! —...
Jim and James were out of commission this week, so friend of the show, writer, and composer Jerry Smith steps in for this interview with Gwen Callahan, co-director of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival taking place from October 7 – 9 in...
Jessica Scott returns to discuss yet another Shudder exclusive, the glory hole horror film, Glorious. Glorious begins as a film about a sympathetic man trying to work his way through a difficult breakup but becomes an often comedic and horrifying examination of a...
The Innsmouth Book Club First and most importantly, Battleship Pretension co-host Tyler Smith needs our help. Visit CaringBridge to stay updated on his condition and to leave some support and encouragement to his friends and family and please give what you can to his GoFundMe to...
Viewed through the lens of the Lovecraft Mythos that was expanded on after his death, The Ritual is a very well written, acted, and directed neo-Lovecraftian inspired film, its jötunn serving as the Cthulhu of the Scandinavian woods. The Ritual, a 2017...
Is it accurate to describe X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes as “Cyclops but addicted to drugs?” Not entirely, but it’s a more accurate description than calling the pre-Haunted Castle Roger Corman flick “Lovecraftian.” Featuring Ray Milland as a man of science who...
The podcast. You downloaded it. We came. On this episode, we discuss Hellraiser, Clive Barker’s feature film directorial debut that rubbed all sorts of Reaganites the wrong way with not only its depictions of chains, leather, and torture, but also with...
