Horror Tropes: The Real, The Bloody, & The Fantasies
Release Date: 11/12/2024
Crystal Lake Counselor Handbook - Chapter V: Rumble & Reboot
A Podcask of Amontillado
Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world. After going to hell, then to space, what’s a slasher to do next? Why, have the big fight horror fans have dreamed of for decades, then reinvent yourself for the modern era! After many (many) failed attempts, we got to watch the bloody confrontation between Kruger & Vorhees. Then our favorite masked killer got the reboot treatment that was all the rage in the 2000s! Did these movies live up to our expectations? Just in time for December 2024’s Friday the 13th, Erin &...
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Murder on Boardwalk & Park Place
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Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world. Dice & spinners. Plastic tokens. Wood for sheep. Running for your life in a haunted house? Board games have come a long way since Risk and Sorry! Now instead of buying and charging rent for a hotel, you can spend your evening exploring a haunted one! Or face off against a killer in the woods! Or run in terror from the Universal monsters! No matter what flavor of horror or of board game that you enjoy, from rules-light to complex themes, there is a perfect game out there...
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Horror Tropes: The Real, The Bloody, & The Fantasies
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Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world. The Creepy House. The Creepy Doll. The Creepy Guy Outside the Camp. All clichés, or in modern parlance, all tropes! Sometimes they’re a useful tool, other times they’re a shortcut that betrays a lack of imagination. But is that the fault of the trope, or the writer? In either case, what is it about them that we either despise, or love, about these tried and tested story devices? Listen in as Erin and Gary break from the out from behind the wall to discuss...
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Favorite Vintages: The Naught-ies
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Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world. Just in time for Halloween, Erin & Gary return with another double-sized episode, once more with their lists of horror movies they love, and recommend for your spooky season viewing! This time their selections come from the 2000s, or as some call them, the Naught-ies. So grab your DivX, some popcorn, and listen in as they discuss brains being half-missing, big things that shouldn’t be big, horror vs thriller vs sci-fi vs weird, familiar unexpected names, discovering...
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Bloody Hilarious
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Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world. The air has a chill, the leaves are begining to change, and much like spooky season itself, dear Connoisseurs, Erin & Gary have returned to the Catacombs! Recorded just after Halloween 2023, they are joined by talented author to discuss works that dabble in two worlds, horror and comedy! Listen in as they discuss the definition of a horror comedy vs a horror movie with jokes, the ones where it does & doesn’t work, camp vs bad vs funny, , vanity projects, when to...
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Favorite Vintages: Quoth the Poet
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Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world. Our apologies for being away, dear Connoisseurs, but life has been a bit out of sorts in the Catacombs. Never fear though, Erin & Gary now return, with a topic they’ve been dying to cover, with a plethora of guests, for a discussion of the one and only ! Listen in as they are joined by , , and as they discuss the new anthology “”, examine the work & influence of this beloved author, the many genres of Poe, the interpretations of his works, the stories that speak...
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Silver Screams - Part 2
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Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world. Like any monster, the discussion Erin & Gary had with could not be contained! Please rejoin them as they continue their examination of the classic Universal Monsters! Listen as they cover The Invisible Man & the outstanding work of Claude Rains, practical effects that hold up to this day, Griffin’s body count, the humor the movie needed, their assignment for Kamassa, why Gary shouldn’t be trusted with time travel, the impact of The Bride, how Dr....
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Silver Screams - Part 1
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Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world. When it comes to horror characters, there are a few that are true legends. Iconic characters that have stood the test of time. Ones that came to define the genre in their now classic films, and have dominated pop culture for nearly 100 years – The Universal Monsters! To discuss these titans of terror, Erin & Gary are joined by . Join them as they discuss when the Universal Horror era started, the Classic Era and it’s transition to Atomic Horror, the Universal films as...
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Halloween Traditions II: Make Them Your Own
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Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world. Continuing their exploration of Spooky Season, Gary & Erin have broken writer and historian out from behind the wall to discuss the origins of more Halloween traditions. Well, at least, that was the plan. It didn’t stay that way. . . Listen in as they start with various rituals from around the world, then branch out to the very old bones of Halloween, Día de Muertos, respect and remembrance for the dead, the line between appreciation and appropriation, the...
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Spookshow: Selling Horror
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Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world. Greetings, Connoisseurs! Just in time for spooky season, Erin & Gary have returned with Season Two of your favorite horror podcask! To kick things off, they welcome into the catacombs Bryan and Mercedes (hi Olivia) from , Orlando’s best horror-themed store! Listen in as they discuss why someone would open a horror shop, the horror/Tiki connection, what got them into horror (Family Trauma!), the importance of supporting local businesses, the Rockabilly tendencies of Frankie...
info_outlineWelcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world.
The Creepy House. The Creepy Doll. The Creepy Guy Outside the Camp. All clichés, or in modern parlance, all tropes! Sometimes they’re a useful tool, other times they’re a shortcut that betrays a lack of imagination. But is that the fault of the trope, or the writer? In either case, what is it about them that we either despise, or love, about these tried and tested story devices?
Listen in as Erin and Gary break Zack Parris from the Back Row Super Show out from behind the wall to discuss if they’re accurate or why they’re not, why writers keep using them, the Black Hole of the Internet's massive List of Horrror Tropes, trope vs genre, Who Dies First, crime thriller vs horror (again), jump scares, Horror Tropes: The Movie!, gratuitous tits, getting the hell out of the house, pleading for movies to stop over-explaining, how they gotta show the love, and how we love to sound smart.
Insidious demon
Sinister trailer
Dance Macabre by Stephen King
Blade 2 opening scene
Ernest Scared Stupid trailer
Tanis, The Last Movie, Rabbits
Opening and closing music is "Softly Shall You Sleep," by Valentine Wolfe.
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