On the latest episode of the Crestwood House, hosts Shawn, Michael, and Paxton delve into the world of William Castle with his spectral Old Dark House flick 13 Ghosts from 1960.

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, Jaime takes the hosting reins and she leads Shawn and Pax in a discussion of the 60s era throwback beach movie Shag from 1989.

In this episode Pax discusses his first contemporary novelization.  It was written just a few years ago for Wishmaster from 1997 about an evil Djinn.  It was written by Christian Francis.

In this episode Mike, Shawn, and Pax work their way through George Romero's third directorial effort, Season of the Witch, from 1972.  Which has a troubled history including being recut into a skin flick called Hungry Wives.

Season Three of the Crestwood House continues as we examine another witchy film this week. Michael May leads the discussion of the 1966 Mario Bava classic, Kill Baby, Kill!

Shawn, Paxton and Michael are back with season 3 of Crestwood House. We're kicking off this season with a tryptic of films centering on witches, and Shawn leads off with the 1967 Russian film Viy.

On this special episode of Crestwood House, hosts Shawn, Paxton and Michael take a look back at season 2, pick some of our favorite films, and talk about how our method of choosing films worked out. We also take some time to discuss our thoughts on how we might tackle the upcoming season 3.

In this episode Pax breaks down the 1985 sci-fi teen romp, My Science Project!

Shawn, Paxton and Jaime are back with another episode of the Cult Film Club. This time Shawn drags the crew out into the open ocean to catch some waves on the North Shore. Headed up by Matt Adler, this 80s surfing flick has a funky soundtrack, great action footage in the waves, and the super rad Nia Peeples.

This month Pax is boldly going over the novelization to the 1986 whale-centric Star Trek IV the Voyage Home by Vonda McIntyre.

In this episode Pax tries to solve the novelization of the 1985 board game adaptation Clue the Movie which features a deleted ending!

Pax breaks down the novelization of the The Karate Kid written by BB Hiller.

In this episode Pax takes a look at the 1997 novelization of The Fifth Element by Terry Bisson!

In this episode Pax breaks down the 1995 novelization of the third Die Hard movie.  Which includes an alternate ending and the possibility that it's a prequel to Die Hard 2!

Shawn, Jaime and Pax cover the 1987 slapstick romantic comedy Blind Date starring Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Laroquette, and Phil Hartman.

In this episode hosts Jaime, Shawn and Pax talk about the insane (but insanely awesome) film Electric Dreams from 1984. Boy meets computer. Boy meets girl. Computer meets girl. Love triangle ensues. Your drives will get SO HARD in this love story for the computer age.

In this episode Pax breaks down the novelization of the 1997 spy thriller, The Saint, written by Burl Barer.

Pax starts off the year discussing the 1987 classic, Adventures in Babysitting by Elizabeth Faucher. 

For this year's holiday episode Pax is covering the junior novelization of the first Home Alone movie by Todd Strasser and the adult novelization of Home Alone 2 by AL Singer.

This year the Cult Film Club will have dueling Halloween episodes! To play yin to Teen Wolf's yang this month co-host Shawn is stoked to finally talk  about one of his favorite horror film, 1990's oddball horror fantasy flick Nightbreed! Based on a novel by, as well as written and directed by Clive Barker, this flick introduces us to the world of Midian, where the monsters live.

On the final full episode of Crestwood House for season 2, co-host Shawn takes Paxton and Michael to an abandoned farmhouse to discuss the 1968 zombie classic, Night of the Living Dead!

On this episode of Crestwood House Mike, Shawn, and Pax discuss the 1943 Val Louten movie I Walked with a Zombie featuring voodoo zombies!

Welcome the 6th annual Halloween episode of I Read Movies where this year I'm covering the 1985 novelization of Return of the Living Dead by John Russo!

Crestwood House Season 2 continues this month as Michael follows up the Terrance Fisher directed Hammer flick The Devil Rides Out flick with the similar in theme black magic romp Night of the Demon Starring Dana Andrews!

On the latest Crestwood House episode, Co-Host Shawn takes Paxton and Michael on a perilous journey as they discuss the Hammer black magic classic The Devil Rides Out starring Christopher Lee and Charles Gray.

In this episode Mike, Shawn, and Pax discuss Hammer Studio's version of The Mummy from 1959 starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.

In this episode of Cult Film Club, Jaime, Shawn, and Pax explore the 1985 supernatural teen comedy, Teen Wolf, starring Michael J Fox, along with it's sequel, Teen Wolf Too, as well as the spin off Saturday Morning cartoon.

On the fourth episode of Season 2 of Crestwood House, Michael, Shawn and Paxton dust off their ancient scroll to revive Universal Horror's 1932 brooding masterpiece The Mummy. Almost a remake of the previous year's Dracula (and technically a much better film), The Mummy offered a much more verbose role for it's lead. Boris Karloff, and provided a actress Zita Johann with a much more robust and heroic role than was typically given to women at the time.

Continuing the daisy-chain of picks for season 2 of Crestwood House, Episode 3 is all about the 1935 Peter Lorre romantic horror flick Mad Love. Join Shawn, Michael, and Pax as they discuss the flick, it's influence on some modern filmmakers and Peter Lorre's off the wall performance as mad scientist Dr. Gogol.

In this pre-Halloween episode Pax covers the 1998 novelization to Blade, starring Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristopherson, and Stephen Dorff.

On the second episode of season 2 of Crestwood House Pax, Mike and Shawn discuss the Tod Browning cult classic Freaks! Probably one of the most influential "cult" films, this flick gained notoriety for casting actual disabled and circus performers.

On the latest episode Jaime, Shawn and Pax celebrate our diamond anniversary with the flick Girls Just Want to Have Fun from 1985. Starring Helen Hunt, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Montgomery and Shannan Doherty, the flick was riffing on the Cyndi Lauper hit song, but became a crazy fun dance movie all of its own!

On the first episode of the brand new season of the Crestwood House, host Michael walks co-hosts Paxton and Shawn through the Carnival of Souls! An independent production filmed at the cusp of the modern horror movement, CoS is a masterwork of weird and wonderful ghostly horror and madness.

In this episode Pax breaks down the first Predator sequel from 1990 written by Simon Hawke.

On the latest episode Shawn, Jaime, and Pax wrap up their summer series with the 1987 insane camping flick, White Water Summer. Staring Kevin Bacon & Sean Astin, this flick tends to fly under the radar of 80s nostalgia freaks and is a qualified gem of a film.

In this episode Pax goes over the original Predator novelization from 1987 by Paul Monette.

With the release and success of Top Gun: Maverick, Pax decides to take off with the 1986 novelization of the original Top Gun movie.

On this episode Shawn, Jaime, and Pax set and spike the 1990 beach volleyball classic Side Out starring C Thomas Howell and Thirty Something's Peter Horton.

In this episode Pax digs into the 1991 novelization of the first Bill & Ted sequel which includes an alternate ending.

In this episode Pax talks about the novelization of the first Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movie from 2002!  Lots of extra info in this one, so download and listen up True Believers!

Today we’re releasing a special bonus episode, a very special Field Trip excursion that Paxton, Jaime and I took back in December when we packed up our mics and raided the Totally Rad Christmas podcast. After kicking down the door and setting up our equipment we joined TRC host Jerry to discuss the 1984 Charles Band classic, Trancers. Starring Tim Thomerson & Helen Hunt, this Empire Pictures sci-fi cult classic was a staple of mom and pop video stores all over the country. Jerry was kind enough to let us cross-post this episode into our feed, so why not have a little Christmas in May as we chat about the flick. You can find the Totally Rad Christmas podcast on your favorite podcatcher of choice, or visit them at totally rad Christmas.buzzsprout.com to listen to a whole bunch of holiday insanity. And without further to do, let’s get on with the show…

The Cult Film Club is in session again and in honor of the coming summer season we're kicking things off (wokka wokka) with our favorite crossdressing soccer movie Ladybugs from 1992. Staring Jonathan Brandis, Rodney Dangerfield and Jackee, the film is a weird mishmash of genres including the rag tag sports team, drag movie, and racy comedy. Join us as we discuss the film, the soundtrack, and how well (or not so well) the movie has aged in the past 30 years.

On this episode I close out the original quadrilogy of Batman novelizations with Batman and Robin by Michael Jan Friedman.

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, Shawn, Paxton and Jaime gush over the weirdo cult spy film, Never Too Young to Die starring John Stamos, Vanity, and Gene Simmons (as a hermaphrodite gang leader/singer). STARGROVE!

In this episode Pax discusses the fifth in the series of Knight Rider novelizations titled Mirror Image featuring the first appearance of Michael's evil twin Garthe, and the indestructible truck Goliath.

In this episode Pax covers the second of the Knight Rider TV novelizations.  This one novelizes Michael and KITT's very first confrontation with KARR, KITT's evil prototype, in the episode Trust Doesn't Rust!

On this episode Pax discusses the novelization of the pilot episode of Knight Rider, Knight of the Phoenix.  Written by the show's creator, Glen A Larson.

It's I Read Movies' very first episode on the CFC podcast feed!  For this special debut episode, Pax covers the movie novelization of Johnny Mnemonic from 1995 writen by Terry Bisson.

To listen to the previous 50+ episodes of I Read Movies check out the I Read Movies podcast feed.  All new episodes will post here on the CFC feed.

In this episode Paxton takes a look at the 2nd Superman novelization (following the more adult Part 3) and the first he's dug into in the Scholastic Point series of 80s era junior novelizations! The 1987 novelization was written by B.B. Hiller (who also wrote the Big and first two Karate Kid novelizations) and was part of the 50th anniversary of the character.

On this episode Shawn, Jaime, and Pax discuss the third entry in the Cannon Films Ninja Trilogy, 1984's Ninja III: The Domination starring Breakin's Lucinda Dickey, Sho Kosugi, and James Hong.

On this final episode of the first season of Crestwood House, Shawn, Paxton and Michael reflect on the first 9 movies covered, address some listener feedback, and look to the next season and future of the show.

On the final movie-centric episode of the Crestwood House, host Michael May leads Paxton & Shawn into the world of crazy Kaiju! It's science gone mad in the battle of Frankenstein Vs. Baragon from Toho and AIP in 1965!

On this special Cult Film Club Field Trip episode, CFC & Crestwood co-host Shawn joins Paxton & Michael on the Hellbent for Letterbox podcast as they discuss a special Crestwood House/Hellbent crossover. Billy the Kid Vs. Dracula from 1966. If you dig what the guys are doing on Hellbent, check out the show on your podcatcher of choice!

This week we stroll back into the Crestwoood House to talk about another super cult, mad scientist flick, the over the top camp classic The Abominable Dr. Phibes from 1971. Vincent Price at his Price-ist.

On this episode Mike, Shawn, and Pax discuss the 1968 Roger Corman classic, X: The Man with X-ray Eyes starring Ray Milland,  and Don Rickles.

It's that time of year again for the Cult Film Club to decorate the clubhouse with spooky stuff and horror movie posters for the Halloween season. This year we're covering the 1990 Stephen King miniseries IT starring Jonathan Brandis, Seth Green, John Ritter, Tim Curry, Richard Thomas, Harry Anderson, Tim Reid, Annette O'Toole and Dennis Christopher.

This week's episode of Crestwood House brings our Vampire tryptic to a close with Todd Browning's remake of his infamous lost film London After Midnight, 1935's Mark of the Vampire. Join Michael, Paxton and Shawn as they take a look at Bela Lugosi's return to vampirism, and one of cinema's first big twist-ending features.

Welcome to another episode of the Crestwood House (presented by the Cult Film Club). This is episode 5 and the ghost-hosts are back to discuss 1964's, Vincent Price & Richard Matheson masterpiece Last Man on Earth (based on Matheson's famed novella I Am Legend.) Zombie Vampires, Plague Vampires, and Urban Commando Vampires, no matter which way you stake it, it's a fun conversation.

In this episode the guys talk about a late Hammer production about a roaming, vampire hunting swordsman who comes to save a town that believes it has been infested by a vampire.

Welcome back to the Crestwood House podcast presented by the Cult Film Club. On this episode we finish out our Cycle of the Werewolf by taking a look at the 1961 Hammer flick, Curse of the Werewolf starring Oliver Reed.

This month the Cult Film Club tackles the 1980 indie thriller Fade to Black. A film lover's dream, the flick features a star performance by Dennis Christopher as nerdy film geek Eric Binford, a sad sack just trying to share his love of movies with the woman of his dreams.

Welcome back to the Crestwood House (presented by the Cult Film Club). On this second episode of our cycle of the werewolf we're taking a deep dive into the 1957 Michael Landon classic, I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Even if you're never seen the film, you've certainly felt the flick's huge influence on horror and pop culture via homages that range from Stephen King's IT to Michael Jackson's Thriller. So join us as we talk about the film's plot, the cast, the weird musical interludes, and the film's legacy.

In the inaugural episode of the Crestwood House podcast (presented by the Cult Film Club), we discuss Universal Studios' The Wolf Man from 1941 starring Lon Chaney Jr, Claude Rains, and Bela Lugosi.

Welcome to the Crestwood House Podcast, presented by the Cult Film Club!  Listen to learn all about your hosts Shawn, Michael, and Pax, and what we plan on doing with this show!

Just a quick note to update the listener on the state of the podcast and to introduce new shows coming to the Cult Film Club podcast network.

CFC isn't going anywhere, we're just growing!

In this episode Jaime, Shawn, and Pax discuss the two Golan Globus/Cannon Breakin' movies from 1984 starring Shabba Doo, Boogaloo Shrimp, and Lucinda Dickey!

Hot off the heels of our last episode where we covered the 1979 cult classic Rock N Roll High School, we're back this month taking an in depth look at the 1991 straight-to-video sequel, Rock N Roll High School Forever starring Corey Feldman!

In this Concession Stand episode Pax talks about the differences between the the movie and the novelization of the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie.

Shawn, Jaime and Paxton are back with the latest episode of the Cult Film Club. We've ducked out of chemistry class, snuck past the hall monitors and are waiting in line with Riff Randell for tickets to see the Ramones this month as we scope the legendary Rock N Roll High School flick from 1979!

In this episode Shawn, Jaime, and Pax survive the burning blade, and tame the savage heart, by talking about John Carpenter's "everything but the kitchen sink" 1986 fantasy sci-fi film, Big Trouble in Little China.

In this Concession Stand we present you another episode of Pax's I Read Movies Podcast where he talks all about the Gremlins novelization from 1984.  The book presents lots of extra info and Pax is joined by Shawn for the discussion.

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, Jaime, Shawn and Pax decide that they all want to be the most popular girl while watching the 1989 supernatural romance, Teen Witch. Top That!

On this special bonus episode of the Cult Film Club, regular Co-Host Paxton Holley brings his keen novelization-reading podcast I Read Movies into the club for a bit so that he can talk about the Nightmare on Elm Street 2 novelization by Jeffrey Cooper!

The Cult Film Club is back, closing out the summer with one of their favorite films in the "comfort cult" genre, 1996's Big Night! Starring Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, and the incomparable Ian Holm, the film is a slight departure from the style of movie we tend to cover on the show, but it's an obscure pick that is a very high recommend. In the episode we talk about the movie, the slew of character actors, the 90s era independent movie boom, and food. We talk a lot about food. So grab a bottle of your favorite wine, order in some of the best Italian fare you can find on Uber Eats and join us as we dig into the feast that is Big Night.

This month in the Clubhouse Jaime, Shawn, and Pax are discussing the 1985 high school romantic comedy Secret Admirer with C Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin and the late Kelly Preston.

Join hosts Jaime, Paxton and Shawn for the latest episode of the Cult Film Club where we talk about the 1988 Corey/Corey masterpiece, License to Drive. Listen as we discuss the rad soundtrack, Corey Haim's innocent gape-mouthed acting, the snarkiness of Corey Feldman, and the rest of the awesome cast. Get out of our dreams an into our Podcast for another fun episode!

In this concession stand episode, Pax goes over the differences between the Highlander movie and the novelization written by Garry Kilworth.

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, Shawn, Jaime and Paxton open their trench-coats, pull out their swords and duel to the last as they cover the 1986 Cannon classic, Highlander. Listen as we discuss the film's music video roots, the amazing eye game of Christopher Lambert, the ridiculous but awesome casting of Sean Connery as a 2000 year-old Egyptian metallurgist, and the amazing Queen soundtrack. Don't lose your head before finishing this one!

On this episode of CFC Jaime, Shawn and Pax talk all about the 1992 sci-fi actioneer, Freejack, starring Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, David Johansson and Sir Anthony Hopkins!

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, Jaime, Shawn and Paxton dig deep into the awkwardly sexy thriller The Crush from 1993. Starring Cary Elwes and introducing Alicia Silverstone, this flick give Lolita a run for its money as one of the most disturbing romances every committed to film. Join us as we talk about the film, the cast, the music and the controversy around the origins of the script.

After a bit of a winter hiatus the Cult Film Club is back with an episode covering the 1982 Jim Henson puppetry cult classic, The Dark Crystal! Join us as we discuss all aspects of the film from the technical achievement to the great voice cast and unconventional story.

This month Jaime, Shawn, and Pax discuss the Tarantino/Rodriguez vampire collaboration, From Dusk till Dawn, starring George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Quentin Tarantino and Juliette Lewis.  Lots to say about one of our favorite movies.

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, hosts Jaime, Paxton and Shawn cling to the last vestiges of summer by digging into the 1988 John Hughes vacation flick The Great Outdoors. A semi-forgotten comedy gem, the film features one of the best performances from the late, great John Candy, as well as a scene-chewing role for Dan Aykroyd. Join us as we discuss our favorite scenes, the upbeat score, and the gnarly special effects on a bald bear's butt! This is a 96oz behemoth of an episode.

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, Hosts Shawn, Jaime, and Paxton dive into the weird, wacky, and sexually confused A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge! Join us as we chat about the film, the cast, the legacy of the first sequel and the great soundtrack and score.

In this episode Shawn, Jaime and Pax work their way through the clues and antics of Midnight Madness from 1980 featuring David Naughton, Stephen Furst and the very first film appearance of Michael J Fox.

On this episode of the show Jaime, Pax and Shawn dig into the weird and obscure 1988 Dan Akyroyd/Kim Basinger flick My Stepmother is an Alien.

On this special Concession Stand episode of the show, hosts Pax and Shawn dig into the new 1984 Publishing release, Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares from the 80s, by ex-Fangoria editor Michael Gingold.  The book is a collection of Gingold's horror movie newspaper ad clippings from that influential decade, a treasure trove of rare ephemera.

For the I Read Movies Holiday episode I'm covering the novelization to Lethal Weapon by Joel Norst. There's a lot of differences to cover here, listen, enjoy and Happy Holidays!

On this quick Halloween episode of the Cult Film Club, Jaime, Paxton and Shawn join Ms. Cackle's Academy for Witches and go looking for the Grand Wizard's tambourine as we dig into the 1986 HBO special, The Worst Witch! So grab your broomstick, your fuzzy black cat, and join us as we go flying in front of a green screen with Tim Curry!

This is the 50th episode of CFC! On this very special episode we decide to do something very special and cover our very first TV series.  This month we are talking about the cult classic Freaks & Geeks from 1999-2000.  We talk about our history with the show, the remarkable cast, the awesome music and so much more.

We are one episode away from the big 50th episode of CFC.  Before we get there, though, Jaime, Shawn and Pax are back in the Clubhouse to discuss the 1984 classic, Red Dawn.  

On this episode of Cult Film Club Jaime, Shawn and Pax take on The Last Starfighter from 1984!

On this special "lost" episode of the Cult Film Club we reach back into our archive to save a show that we thought was unrecoverable after we recorded it last year. Thanks to some technical wizardry we were able to piece together our discussion on 1987's Gary Marshall fish out of water romantic comedy, Overboard! We talk about our favorite scenes, the obvious chemistry between real-life lovebirds Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, the great child actors, and the fun score and soundtrack. So knock yourself on the head, get abducted by a single handyman and join us as we go overboard for Overboard.

On this episode of the Cult Film Club Shawn, Jaime and Paxton dig into the 1987 Michael J. Fox rock drama, Light of Day. Directed by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, American Gigalo) and co-staring Joan Jett, Light of Day was a commercial and critical failure, but we feel it deserves a closer look. So quit your job at the tray-stamping plant, buy an econo van and go on tour with us as we dig into a very overlooked gem.

On this episode of Cult Film Club Jaime, Shawn and Pax discuss the controversial Disney classic, Song of the South from 1946 starring James Baskett, Bobby Driscoll and Hattie McDaniel.  We discuss the movie, the music and of course the controversy surrounding the subject matter of the movie and why it has never been released on home video in North America.

On this mini episode of the show we visit the Concession Stand to talk a bit about Gremlins 2.  After covering the first film on episode 43 of the show we also ended up talking about the sequel, but it was too much for one episode, and not enough for two.  So sit back as we have a short conversation about the sequel, Phoebe Cates' horrible head gear, evolved Gremlins, Joe Dante's penchant for making cartoon movies, and why the salad gremlin rules all.

On this episode of the Cult Film Club Jaime, Pax and Shawn are kicking off year five of the show by covering one of our favorite Henson fantasy flicks, Labyrinth from 1986.  Though the film was a financial flop when it was released, it has become a cult hit over the past 30 years, to a point where it might just be one of Jim Henson's most beloved films.  Starring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie, the film is a modern day fairy tale all about that awkward balance between dreams and reality and when to let go of your childhood.  Featuring astounding creature designs inspired by artist Brian Froud, music by Bowie and sporting a script co-written by Monty Python's Terry Jones the film is unlike anything else that was released before or after.

On this very special holiday edition of the Cult Film Club, hosts Shawn, Paxton and Jaime finally tackle the most awesome genre Christmas film of all time, Gremlins.  Released in 1984 and directed by Joe Dante, this film is the perfect mash-up of family film and gross out horror fun.  Starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, the flick centers on a strange creature called a mogwai that is presented as a Christmas gift to Billy Peltzer by his inventor father.  Before the audience knows what to make of the mogwai Gizmo, he multiplies and the litter of new critters soon morph into an army of tiny murderous Gremlins.  Can Billy and his girlfriend Kate save the town of Kingston Falls before the Gremlins destroy it?

In the latest episode of CFC we talk about the 1986 Karate Kid clone No Retreat No Surrender starring Kurt McKinney and one of the first feature roles of Jean Claude Van Damme.

In this spooky Halloween episode of the Cult Film Club podcast Jaime, Shawn and Pax are discussing the 1986 horror movie Trick or Treat starring Family Ties' Marc Price with cameos by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Ozbourne.