114: Bonus: The Moving Finger with Wynter Mitchell
The Moving Finger is one of Stephen King's weirder short stories and many people don't realize there was an early '90s adaptation of it starring the great Tom Noonan for a horror anthology TV series called Monsters. What a fitting topic for this surprise bonus episode of The Kingcast, pulled from behind the Patreon paywall, just as a little gift on this lovely April Fool's Day. Our good frien...
1hr 15m Apr 02, 2022
1hr 15m
113: Desperation with Jeremy Slater
Moon Knight head writer Jeremy Slater joins Vespe and Wampler to break down what works and what doesn't work in King's extremely entertaining book. Slater also talks about a pitch he went on with Sam Raimi to adapt this particular story and gives us a little insight into his contribution to another pending King adaptation: The Tommyknockers. Conversation also manages to cover the comic card ex...
1hr 29m Mar 30, 2022
1hr 29m
112: Joyland with Chelsea Stardust
Director Chelsea Stardust (Satanic Panic) joins Vespe and Wampler to break down this lovely and oddly overlooked King title while also sharing stories about traumatic theme park experiences. Other topics include a lengthy discussion on why carnies are so fascinating, they best way to adapt Joyland as a feature film and why The Haunted Mansion rules so hard.
1hr 44m Mar 23, 2022
1hr 44m
111: Children of the Corn with The Boulet Brothers
The ghoulishly delightful hosts of Shudder's The Boulet Brothers' Dragula join Vespe and Wampler to talk about King's super creepy short story, Children of the Corn, and its oddball '80s film adaptation. You will hear about drag queen drama, nightmarish camping stories and a surprisingly in-depth and thought out answer to the greatest hypothetical question ever asked: how many corn children do...
1hr 28m Mar 16, 2022
1hr 28m
110: The Jaunt with Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt joins Vespe and Wampler to pour through King's disturbing short sci-fi story The Jaunt, which features a happy little family about to go on their first teleportation trip together. What could possibly go wrong? In this episode you will hear Patton and Wampler give dueling awful British impressions, whether or not social media is a net negative or positive and also discuss if any...
1hr 8m Mar 09, 2022
1hr 8m
109: A Conversation With Stephen King
The day has finally come. The Kingcast boys are joined by the one and only Stephen King to discuss his books, the adaptation process and some incredibly nerdy Dark Tower questions. Topics discussed: the funny story behind the publication of The Dead Zone, King's limited experience with podcasts, what the hell kind of headspace was King in when he wrote Revival, what makes a good Stephen King ad...
1hr 10m Mar 02, 2022
1hr 10m
108: Dreamcatcher with Blank Check's Griffin Newman and David Sims
Blank Check's Griffin Newman and David Sims joins The Kingcast Boys to pick apart all of the many questionable choices that went into Lawrence Kasdan's all-star AAA Hollywood blockbuster adaptation as well as many of the insane choices King himself made while writing it while high on pain-killers after almost losing his life. This one's a gas, folks.
1hr 48m Feb 23, 2022
1hr 48m
107: The Shining with Thomas Lennon
Reno 911's Thomas Lennon (Lt. Jim Dangle himself!) pays a visit to The Kingcast boys to explain why he finds Stephen King's The Shining to be one of the best American novels ever written. Naturally, things go off the rails instantly when the trio try to compare and contrast the book, Kubrick's film and the Stephen King-approved TV mini-series. There's a ridiculous amount of Fred Gwynne/Jud Cran...
1hr 28m Feb 16, 2022
1hr 28m
106: The Mangler 2 with DC Pierson
Continuing his streak of covering The Mangler on this show, comedian and author DC Pierson (Mystery Team, Captain America: Winter Soldier) returns once more to delve deep into this bizarre Canadian production that gives us the gift of a cyborg Lance Henriksen quoting The Spice Girls to a goth hacker chick and so much more. The is one of our most flat out entertaining episodes about a movie that...
2hr Feb 09, 2022
2hr
105: The Overlook Hotel with Glen Mazzara
The Walking Dead and The Shield screenwriter/showrunner Glen Mazzara makes his triumphant return to The Kingcast stage to go beat by beat through his sadly unproduced Shining prequel script titled The Overlook Hotel. This thing was somewhere between Kubrick's film and There Will Be Blood and delighted in freaking you out. Mark Romanek was slated to direct, but the plug was pulled and now the ...
1hr 51m Feb 02, 2022
1hr 51m
104: The Rage: Carrie 2 with Michael Kennedy
The Kingcast boys are joined by FREAKY screenwriter Michael Kennedy to fully examine this absolute time capsule of a movie. There are deep thoughts about this era in horror and what it was trying to say and also lots of giggling about speargun castrations and CGI murder CDS impaling poor high school students. That's how we roll over here.
2hr Jan 26, 2022
2hr
103: Maximum Overdrive with Flula Borg
The hilariously funny Flula Borg makes his triumphant return to The Kingcast with this episode focusing on the infamous Maximum Overdrive. Flula fills us in on how his New Years was, the current condition of his muscular buttocks, how his Suicide Squad character is like the Teletubbies Sun Baby and his obsession with marzipan. And, yes. You will get Flula describing the plot of Maximum Overdr...
1hr 16m Jan 19, 2022
1hr 16m
102: Needful Things with Axelle Carolyn
The Kingcast boys are joined by The Haunting of Bly Manor and Creepshow director Axelle Carolyn for this episode digging into the satirical meat of Needful Things. They talk how the book is even more relevant today than when it was first published and King's penchant for killing dogs and ask what the hell is that all about?
1hr 19m Jan 12, 2022
1hr 19m
101: From A Buick 8 with Grady Hendrix
Horror author Grady Hendrix (Horrorstor, Final Girl Support Group) joins in on the discussion and the conversation goes about as off the rails as you'd expect a chat about this bonkers King book to go. Vespe doesn't like the book, Wampler does and Grady has some interesting insight into why From A Buick 8 shouldn't be dismissed. Plus there's talk about the childhood "quest of the butthole puc...
1hr 22m Jan 05, 2022
1hr 22m
100: The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands with Matt Fraction
Renowned comic book writer Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Invincible Iron Man) returns to dive deep into one of the most entertaining books in the Dark Tower saga. Listen to Fraction and the Kingcast boys love up on the book, discuss its Star Wars-esque structure and just what it means for the larger story on the whole.
2hr 2m Dec 29, 2021
2hr 2m
99: Bonus: Doctor Sleep (Director's Cut) Commentary with Mike Flanagan
Director Mike Flanagan never got to record a commentary track for Doctor Sleep and we thought that was a travesty, so we... corrected that mistake and pulled in Mike for a full feature length commentary for The Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep. That's right, over 3 hours long and filled to the brim with behind the scenes trivia, Stephen King easter eggs and even some surprisingly big names who c...
3hr 15m Dec 23, 2021
3hr 15m
98: The Talisman with Bryan Fuller
Who better than Hannibal's Bryan Fuller to join us for The Talisman's first ever starring role on The Kingcast? Nobody. Bryan is quickly becoming a Kingcast staple with his incredible insight, hilarious sense of humor and a keen eye for queer readings of Stephen King classics and he does not disappoint in his triumphant return to the Kingcast stage. This lengthy discussion covers the highs and...
1hr 58m Dec 22, 2021
1hr 58m
97: Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest with April Wolfe
Screenwriter, Podcaster and film critic April Wolfe joins Vespe and Wampler for a deep dive into this insanely weird, ridiculously fun Direct-To-Video sequel that pits corn brother against corn brother in downtown Chicago, of all places. The discussion goes off the rails, as per usual around these parts, but you can expect a fair amount of investigation into Stephen King's "thing" with corn, t...
1hr 23m Dec 15, 2021
1hr 23m
96: The Running Man with Marc Bernardin
Our guest this week is screenwriter, comic book writer, journalist and podcast host Marc Bernardin who joins us to break down the class struggles and prescience of King's book as well as detour down some fun alleyways. This episode will go from silly to serious in a split second, just the way we like it around these parts.
1hr 28m Dec 08, 2021
1hr 28m
95: It with Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro joins Vespe and Wampler for an exciting chat about all things King with a special focus on "It." The discussion jumps back and forth between other King titles, like Carrie and 'Salem's Lot (wait until you hear about del Toro's first read-through of this one), as well as some talk about Lovecraft, specifically about what his future with At the Mountains of Madness might be. O...
57m Dec 01, 2021
57m
94: An Interview with Bronson Pinchot
In this Kingcast Interview, Bronson Pinchot comes ready to talk about his role in The Langoliers, his pretty epic introduction to Stephen King on that set, his reading of the audio book for King's Eyes of the Dragon and, yes, of course, some Balki stories. Throw in a little True Romance and some very explicit ADR stories and you get one hell of an entertaining episode.
1hr 30m Nov 24, 2021
1hr 30m
93: Gerald's Game with Charles Soule
The great comic book writer and the novelist behind the new Star Wars: The High Republic series joins Wampler and Vespe to discuss Gerald's Game. The discussion ping-pongs between King's original novel and Mike Flanagan's impressive Netflix adaptation. Would any of the hosts or guest survive in Jessie Burlingame's situation? How great is Carla Gugino in this movie, tho? And how disturbing is He...
1hr 29m Nov 17, 2021
1hr 29m
92: In the Tall Grass with Devon Sawa
The star of Final Destination, Idle Hands and the currently airing Chucky comes back to the Kingcast to discuss Vincenzo Natali's adaptation of In the Tall Grass. Topics of conversation include: Personal stories about getting lost, the challenges of adapting such a short story into a feature film, Patrick Wilson's sex criminal mustache, weird-looking kids and so much more.
1hr 38m Nov 10, 2021
1hr 38m
91: No Smoking with Rahul Kohli and Kate Siegel
Kate Siegel makes a triumphant return to The Kingcast and this time she brought along her Midnight Mass co-star Rahul Kohli to discuss one of the weirdest damn things we've ever talked about on the show. It's an absolutely chaotic episode as we try to make any sense out of this bonkers movie, which includes (but is not limited to) reattachable fingers, a Bob Fosse-inspired musical number, the ...
1hr 55m Nov 03, 2021
1hr 55m
90: Rose Madder with Mallory O'Meara
Returning Kingcast champion (and the originator of Chutt Buggins) Mallory O'Meara joins Wampler and Vespe to break down and defend the much derided domestic abuse tale Rose Madder. This episode has everything: laughing at an angry cop getting peed on, minotaur talk, a bobcat sighting live on air, establishing Chutt Buggins' respect for women, the patriarchy claiming booze for themselves and, ...
1hr 22m Oct 27, 2021
1hr 22m
89: The Dead Zone with Anthony Michael Hall
Veteran actor Anthony Michael Hall joins Vespe and Wampler to talk about the iconic Halloween series, how Stephen King is similar to John Hughes, his wild child years with Robert Downey Jr, his hatred of hats and even some good talk about working with Harold Ramis, Chevy Chase and the late, great John Candy.
1hr 13m Oct 20, 2021
1hr 13m
88: A Kingcast Interview with Michael Myers
Topics of discussion include (but are not limited to) how Mr. Myers handles his rage issues, his perfect day with Laurie Strode, Jethro Tull, a Dachshund named Thumper TK Wiggles, "porno Santa," the likelihood of seeing him go to space, Olivia Rodrigo, Juggalos and shopping for sex toys with Pinhead. The notorious Haddonfield slasher really opens up in this heartwarming look inward at one of ...
49m Oct 15, 2021
49m
87: Misery with Judy Greer
The absolutely delightful Judy Greer joins the Kingcast Boys to talk a little bit about Misery, horror film lighting, "handsy" fans, Michael Myers, spelling complicated celebrity names, James Caan's manliness and the pros and cons of doing Ayahuasca.
59m Oct 13, 2021
59m
86: Stand By Me with Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis comes out swinging in this lively chat that touches on her personal connection to the making of Stand By Me as well as looks back at her own free-ranging childhood experiences that involve donkeys, teasing friends and being absolutely terrified of The Exorcist. The conversation, of course, turns to the world of Halloween and what Laurie Strode has in common with Gordie, Chris,...
1hr 5m Oct 06, 2021
1hr 5m
85: Desperation with Laura Lux
Famed cosplayer, OnlyFans creator and kitten foster mom Laura Lux joins The Kingcast boys to tackle Stephen King's Desperation and Mick Garris' TV movie adaptation. Topics of discussion include (but are not limited to): blind cats, Ron Perlman's awesomeness, hiding behind the couch to sneak scary movies when we were kids, our own fear of law enforcement and of course Wampler finds a reason to...
1hr 34m Sep 29, 2021
1hr 34m
84: The Drawing of the Three with Matt Fraction
Legendary comic book author Matt Fraction (Hawkeye and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen) joins Vespe and Wampler break down one of the most entertaining books in The Dark Tower series. Is this book King's subconscious grappling with addiction? How do the hosts relate to each of the characters introduced? Is the Machete Order of reading this series still a dividing wedge between Vespe and Wampler? All...
2hr 16m Sep 22, 2021
2hr 16m
83: The Mist with David Yarovesky
Director David Yarovesky (Brightburn and Netflix's Nightbooks) joins Wampler and Vespe to talk about gateway horror, the power of creativity, working with genre giants like James Gunn and Sam Raimi, dick elephants and, of course, Frank Darabont's balls of steel. Lots of talk about the film's brutal ending, so if you haven't seen it... well, shame on you, but also you've been warned.
1hr 36m Sep 15, 2021
1hr 36m
82: Secret Window with Kate Siegel
Returning Kingcast champ Kate Siegel (The Haunting of Hill House, Hush) joins the boys to talk about the questionable 2004 Johnny Depp adaptation of Stephen King's Secret Window, Secret Garden. Prepare for spoilers as the gang digs into the (limited) stuff they liked about this movie and the tons of stuff they didn't as well as some fun chatter about Siegel's upcoming re-team with Mike Flanagan...
1hr 36m Sep 08, 2021
1hr 36m
81: The Outsider with Stephen Graham Jones
Celebrated horror author Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is A Chainsaw) joins the Kingcast boys to discuss one of the newer entries in Stephen King's catalogue: The Outsider. Come for the discussion on how grief and loss are the at the center of this King novel and it's damn good HBO mini-series adaptation and stay for the many different creepy spider stories SGJ has in hi...
1hr 20m Sep 01, 2021
1hr 20m
80: Misery with Paul Tremblay
Acclaimed horror author Paul Tremblay (A Head Full of Ghosts) joins Wampler and Vespe to talk about Stephen King's Misery as well as Rob Reiner's Academy Award winning adaptation. Tremblay brings an author's point of view to this story about a novelist under intense strain. You'll find out Tremblay's history with King's work and also his surprising connection to childhood board games and so muc...
1hr 13m Aug 25, 2021
1hr 13m
79: The Dead Zone with Patrick Fischler
The great character actor Patrick Fischler joins Wampler and Vespe to discuss Stephen King's The Dead Zone and the David Cronenberg adaptation. Of course, Wampler interrogates our poor guest about his work with David Lynch before diving into the topic at hand. What are some key differences between the book and the movie? How come The Dead Zone is still somehow underrated as an adaptation? Why i...
1hr 19m Aug 18, 2021
1hr 19m
78: Revival with David Lowery
The Green Knight and Pete's Dragon director David Lowery joins the boys to dissect one of King's most disturbing novels: Revival. It's the story of a lovely preacher who toys around with a secret electricity and tries to find out once and for all what's behind the veil of death. Spoiler alert: he doesn't like what he finds. Lowery discusses the existential horror at hand and how he would appro...
1hr 49m Aug 11, 2021
1hr 49m
77: Graveyard Shift with David Dastmalchian
The Polka-Dot Man himself, David Dastmalchian, joins Vespe and Wampler as they wrap up their run of episodes featuring Suicide Squad cast members as guests and he comes ready to rumble with a big appreciation for the B-movie schlockiness of Graveyard Shift and tons of stories about his career that includes the likes of Heath Ledger, David Lynch and Denis Villeneuve. There's also a concerning am...
1hr 13m Aug 04, 2021
1hr 13m
76: The Shawshank Redemption with Steve Agee
The very funny Steve Agee joins Wampler and Vespe to take a look at Frank Darabont's all-timer King adaptation and share stories from playing the on-set King Shark and John Economos in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad. We dig into Steve's surprising connection to Stand By Me, try to figure out just why Shawshank is so damn good, decide who is better in the movie, Robbins or Freeman, and also get ...
1hr 6m Jul 28, 2021
1hr 6m
75: Carrie with Flula Borg
The very funny Flula Borg is here to discuss Carrie with a particular focus on Brian De Palma's classic. Come for the Suicide Squad talk and stay for Flula's extremely funny rundown of the plot of Carrie.
1hr 13m Jul 21, 2021
1hr 13m
74: Creepshow 2 with Joe Lynch
Mayhem, Everly and, yes, Shudder's Creepshow director Joe Lynch joins Vespe and Wampler for this extra-long episode examining the ins and outs of Creepshow 2. Why is the "Creepshow house style" abandoned in this film? Is it okay to still love The Raft even if it's way problematic in the year of our Lord 2021? What's up with that janky wrap-around animation? How could we all improve each segment...
2hr 56m Jul 14, 2021
2hr 56m
73: BONUS: Woh (aka IT) with Shiv Ramdas
In this very special bonus episode of The Kingcast, the boys are joined by the very smart writer Shiv Ramdas to discuss Woh and the history of Hindi horror. Why the hell do swimming pools show up so much Indian horror? Did the creators of this show ever read the book (spoiler: the answer is no)? And just why does the word "Hitler" pop up so much in India? All these questions and more are answer...
1hr 26m Jul 08, 2021
1hr 26m
72: Rage with Anya Stanley
Entertainment writer (The AV Club, Fangoria) Anya Stanley joins Vespe and Wampler to peel back the layers on Rage and dig deep into the reasons why King pulled it. There's a healthy debate about when an artist should self-censor and if they think he made the right call pulling this book in the wake of real life violence. Plus there's some chatter about what it's like being a horror mom, a littl...
1hr 18m Jul 07, 2021
1hr 18m
71: Silver Bullet with Don Coscarelli
Did you know that PHANTASM and BUBBA HO-TEP director Don Coscarelli was hired to direct Silver Bullet in the '80s? Now he joins Wampler and Vespe to spin tales of working with legendary huckster producer Dino De Laurentiis, getting a phone call from Stephen King while shooting a Dio music video and all of his original plans for adapting Cycle of the Werewolf for the big screen.
1hr 23m Jun 30, 2021
1hr 23m
70: Thinner with Josh Ruben
Josh Ruben, director of the upcoming Werewolves Within, swings by The Kingcast to try to defend the Thinner adaptation from Wampler and Vespe's vicious attacks. The only issue is he hasn't seen the movie since he was a teenager... Come for the fat-suit shaming, stay to hear Wampler get audibly grossed out by talk of the pulsating curse pie. ::in old man voice:: Thiiiiiinnnnneeeerrrrrrr
1hr 18m Jun 23, 2021
1hr 18m
69: An Interview with Mick Garris
The frequent King collaborator sits down for a lengthy chat with Vespe and Wampler all about his career, from the Disney hit Hocus Pocus to his self-described incomplete "Motherf*cker Trilogy" of Psycho IV and Sleepwalkers to Tales From the Crypt, The Stand, The Shining, Desperation, Bag of Bones and even some behind the scenes dirt on just what the hell happened with Michael Jackson's Ghosts.
1hr 42m Jun 16, 2021
1hr 42m
68: BONUS: Lisey's Story Episodes 1-3 Discussion
The Kingcast Hosts take a look at AppleTV+'s adaptation of Lisey's Story, breaking down the first three episodes of the series, weighing the pros and cons and giving their first blush impressions of how well this show is going so far.
53m Jun 11, 2021
53m
67: Michael Jackson's Ghosts with James III
To dive into this weird King-related subject, the boys are joined by the very funny James III (BLACK MIRROR, ASTRONOMY CLUB). Conversation goes into some wild territory, from how oddly biographical the film is, Jackson's seeming disgust at overweight people, Mos Def, King's rapidly diminishing role on the project as it moved forward and horror's relationship with music.
1hr 11m Jun 09, 2021
1hr 11m
66: Trucks with Paul Soter
Broken Lizard's Paul Soter joins the boys to compare and contrast 1997's Trucks with King's own directorial outing, Maximum Overdrive, and the original short story from Night Shift. This chat will bring you discussions on questionable genre fan parenting techniques, why kids today aren't phased by the same shit that scared us old people when we were young and burning questions like could a hazm...
1hr 36m Jun 02, 2021
1hr 36m
65: The Long Walk with Logan Marshall-Green
The Kingcast boys are joined by Logan Marshall-Green, star of Upgrade, The Invitation and, yes, Prometheus who is a particularly big fan of The Long Walk and wanted to bring that to the table. You will also hear Vespe and Wampler get into a heated debate about their slightly differing reads on the end of the book. So, uh... spoilers ahead.
1hr 20m May 26, 2021
1hr 20m