Founded in 2017, The Losers’ Club® is an award-winning weekly series that chronologically digs through the work of Stephen King with humor, irreverence, and a critical eye. Each episode, the Losers gather together to read between the iconic pages and share the latest in King’s Dominion, whether it’s the author’s oft-controversial tweets, the boldest Hollywood headlines, or his endless forthcoming projects. The series also regularly features special guests. In the past, the Losers have spoken ...
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Halloweenies® is a weekly horror franchise podcast. Each season, co-hosts Justin Gerber, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Rachel Reeves, and Michael Roffman slice and dice through one iconic series one movie at a time. In the past, they've covered Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? The Alien franchise. As always, there will be tricks, there will be treats, and, yes, there will be blood. Produced by Michael Roffman. Edited by Mae ...
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Gwendy's Button Box
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The Losers turn the clock back half a century and return to Castle Rock for Stephen King and Richard Chizmar's 2017 collaboration Gwendy's Button Box. Together, they discuss the timeline of the book, the implications of the titular box, and the ways it may or may not dovetail with what we know of Mid-World. It'll take longer for you to finish this …
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The Halloween Franchise with We Hate Movies
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Here's a special Halloween treat: We Hate Movies co-hosts Andrew Jupin and Eric Szyszka join fellow Halloweenies Dan Caffrey and Michael Roffman in Haddonfield to talk all things Michael Myers ... and Horror ... and Dr. Loomis impersonations. Want more from our friends? The We Hate Movies podcast will be covering horror films for the rest of this m…
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Halloween II (1981) Novelization
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The Halloweenies continue a new October tradition! Last year, Michael Roffman and Dan Caffrey ventured to the Haddonfield Public Library to read Curtis Richards' excellent 1979 screen-to-page adaptation of the John Carpenter original Halloween. Fortunately for them, for us, for you, there are several more novelizations, and they're going through 'e…
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Hollywood King: On The Monkey Trailer, Fairy Tale, and Stephen King's Favorite Scary Movie
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Losers Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn, and Jenn Adams head to Hollywood King again to discuss the latest developments in King's Dominion, specifically the new trailer for The Monkey, JT Mollner's comments on The Long Walk, and new updates for The Institute, The Running Man, The Life of Chuck, and, yes, Fairy Tale. They also sort through some twee…
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Ranking: The Masks of Michael Myers
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The Halloweenies take inventory of all the masks work by Michael Myers. All of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBloody FM
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Oops All Tangents: Halloween 2024 Edition
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Oops! All Tangents is a free-flowin' conversation exclusive to The Barrens that is based on a topic either topical or submitted by our patrons. Today, because we're nearly halfway through October, we're unlocking our recent Halloween edition. So, join Rockin' Randall, who keeps things creepy at the pumpkin patch with fellow Losers Jenn Adams, Julia…
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Now Showing: 'Salem's Lot, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Alien on Stage
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With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a roundtable review on something new and something old in horror. This month, they discuss 'Salem's Lot, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Alien on Stage, Hell High, Curfew, and The Forever Purge. Special guest includes Sammie Kuykendall of The Lady Killers: A Feminine Rage Podcast. Follow us on Face…
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'Salem's Lot (2024) Movie Review
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Half a decade after it was first announced, the Losers finally review Daub's Lot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBloody FM
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Tom Atkins and Nick Castle Share Halloween Stories
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At last month's Creep I.E. Aftermath in Ontario, California, executive producer Michael Roffman had a chance to sit down with Hollywood legends Nick Castle and Tom Atkins for a career-spanning interview that went in all sorts of unpredictable places. Naturally, all three head to Haddonfield together to talk shop about the Halloween franchise. Consi…
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Mr. Mercedes: Season 3 TV Review
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All good things come to an end... even our coverage of Audience Network's Mr. Mercedes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBloody FM
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Stephen King is no stranger to murderous cars. From Christine and From a Buick 8 to the malevolent Goblin truck haunting the roads of Maximum Overdrive, the master of horror knows his way around gory gear shifts, sinister steering wheels, and dangerous drivers. In 2014, he released Mr. Mercedes, a crime novel pitting Bill Hodges, a retired detectiv…
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Ranking: The Alien Franchise
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The Halloweenies (Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Rachel Reeves, Michael Roffman, and Justin Gerber) deliver their final transmission on the Alien franchise. No, really. This is the season finale that sees the gang rank the entire series -- from Ridley Scott's Alien to Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus. They also announce next season! Follow us on Facebo…
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Randall and Mel's Halloween Hell 3
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Here's a spooky Friday the 13th treat: Randall and Mel’s Halloween Hell, the Losers’ Club's Patreon-exclusive annual series in which Randall and Mel watch a horror movie every day in October and talk about it. They'll be back with a fourth iteration this year, but to whet your appetite, they're unlocking last year's third entry which saw the two Lo…
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'Salem's Lot Trailer Reactions
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It took a few years, but we finally got a first trailer for Gary Dauberman's 'Salem's Lot. Naturally, the Losers have thoughts. Behold, a mini episode. Bite-size, if you will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBloody FM
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The 13 Best Kills in the 'Friday the 13th' Franchise
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This Friday is the 13th, and you know what that means. So does the Halloweenies, which is why the gang has re-assembled at Camp Crystal Lake to take another look at the Friday the 13th franchise. If you recall, the series covered the iconic series way, way back in 2020. Today, however, they're sharpening their machetes by looking at the best kills.…
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Pt. 2
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There are 20 stories in Stephen King's The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. In the second of two episodes dedicated to the 2015 collection, Losers Dan Caffrey, Jenn Adams, Michael Roffman, and Dan Pfleegor rank their 10 favorites. Don't miss the first part of our series from last week in which they rank the bottom 10. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m…
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Listeners, we've got a special treat for you today. Our pals over at What Are We Talking About? managed to conjure up a Hollywood historical moment: getting Keith David and David Keith in the same room. Well, the same Zoom room, at least. The two veteran icons sat down for their first joint interview on the season premiere the podcast series. Hoste…
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Beetlejuice (1988) Commentary
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Beetlejuice returns this week! To celebrate, the Halloweenies are unlocking their commentary on Tim Burton's 1988 original that they recorded for its 35th anniversary in 2023. So, take a last-minute summer trip out to Winter River, Connecticut, where the gang debates whether or not this is Burton's best movie, revisit first crushes, gush over Danny…
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Deep Blue Sea (Patreon Clip)
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Here's a preview of our all-new Patreon exclusive episode that finds the Halloweenies revisiting 1999's Deep Blue Sea for its 25th anniversary. Want to hear the full thing? Head on over to www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod and become a Skeleton Patron for more exclusive bonus content! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more a…
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Pt. 1
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There are 20 stories in Stephen King's The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. In the first of two episodes dedicated to the 2015 collection, Losers Dan Caffrey, Jenn Adams, Michael Roffman, and Dan Pfleegor rank all 20 tales, starting at the bottom. These aren't necessarily their least favorite. They're just ranked as such. Stay tuned next week for the concludi…
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Strange Darling Writer-Director J.T. Mollner on This Summer's Killer Thriller
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Strange Darling hits theaters this weekend -- and it's a good one. The latest export from writer-filmmaker J.T. Mollner shuffles an athletic cat-and-mouse story between stars Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner that feels both in and out of time. It's gritty, it's unpredictable, and it's paralyzing, doling out the narrative like a descendent of Taran…
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Hearts In Suspension (2016)
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Constant Listeners, yes, we originally planned to drop our Bazaar of Bad Dreams coverage this week. However, given Sai King’s renewed interest in Hearts in Suspension, we opted to unlock our coverage of the collection from The Stephen King Archives. For those not in the know, The Stephen King Archives is our Patreon exclusive imprint in which your …
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Alien: Romulus (2024)
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The Halloweenies land on Jackson's Star, where they join a new, much-younger crew as they attempt to hijack some cryostasis chambers from a derelict space station. Yes, it's the review we've been building towards all year: Alien: Romulus. Also: Beware of spoilers! We go deep into this one, so if you haven't seen it yet and you get upset about being…
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CrichtonCast: The Andromeda Strain (1969)
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Today we're unlocking our very first episode of CrichtonCast, our Michael Crichton spinoff podcast exclusive to The Barrens. In this installment, host Randall Colburn is joined by Losers Dan Caffrey and Justin Gerber to discuss The Andromeda Strain, the crunchy, science-forward supernatural virus story that propelled Crichton, then a Harvard Medica…
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Now Showing: Trap, Oddity, The Devil's Bath
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With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a roundtable review on something new and something old in horror. This month, they discuss Trap, Oddity, The Devil's Bath, Scooby Doo: Zombie Island, We're All Going to the World's Fair, and Unlawful Entry. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choice…
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Mr. Mercedes: Season 2 TV Review
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In this deep dive into the second season of Audience Network's Mr. Mercedes, Randall Colburn, Justin Gerber, and Dan Pfleegor gather to discuss why the series jumped ahead to End of Watch over Finders Keepers. They also wrestle with its efforts to find drama in holding patterns and touch on the season’s shocking ending, a wild deviation from the so…
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Alien: Covenant (2017)
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The Halloweenies make their way to Origae-6 as they look forward to a new life in a new frontier. Along the way, they receive a strange distress signal from the year 2017. Ah, the Ridley Scott sequel Alien: Covenant. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Hollywood King: On Always Holly, The Monkey, The Institute
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Losers Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, Justin Gerber, and Dan Pfleegor head to Hollywood King again to discuss the latest developments in King's Dominion, specifically on The Long Walk, The Monkey, The Institute, and forthcoming projects by King such as Always Holly. They also sort through some tweets, which ranges from greatest film scores to King's…
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Our Favorite Stephen King Crushes (Patreon Clip)
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Here's a clip from our latest Patreon-exclusive episode that sees your Losers gushing about their favorite, all-time Stephen King crushes. Want to hear the full track? Become a member of The Barrens (Patreon) by visiting www.patreon.com/thebarrens. You'll unlock hundreds hours of exclusive content that includes even more episodes of The Stephen Kin…
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The Amityville Horror (Patreon Clip)
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Here's a preview of our all-new Patreon exclusive episode that finds the Halloweenies revisiting 1979's The Amityville Horror for its 45th anniversary. Want to hear the full thing? Head on over to www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod and become a Skeleton Patron for more exclusive bonus content! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Lear…
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Finders Keepers
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After taking a quick (and bleak) detour with the macabre Revival, Stephen King returned to the characters he introduced in 2014’s Mr. Mercedes with 2015’s Finders Keepers. The second in a trilogy of novels about aging detective Bill Hodges, Finders Keepers follows a young boy whose discovery of a trunk filled with cash (and moleskin notebooks) puts…
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Now Showing: Longlegs, MaXXXine, Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
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With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a roundtable review on something new and something old in horror. This month, they're joined by editor and Lady Killers co-host Mae Schults to discuss Longlegs, MaXXXine, Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, Onibaba, Stripped to Kill, and Lisa and the Devil. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Inst…
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Dark Tower Detour: The Battle of Jericho with Kingslingers
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Today, we’re unlocking our debut episode of the Dark Tower Detour, our Patreon-exclusive series that studies the minutiae of Roland Deschain’s epic quest. Hosted by Dan Pfleegor and Dan Caffrey, this exclusive series covers a range of topics that interest those who remember the face of their father. No character is too small. No detail too obscure.…
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