It's Del Toro Time!

This week, Willow and I get angry at a story that really really should have thought harder about what it was trying to say. It’s “The Whimper of Whipped Dogs” by Harlan Ellison!

Wouldn’t it be chilly with no skin on? That is a question about a scary skeleton song! But, this story is not about scary skeletons, but scary rich people who overstay their welcome in a small town! It’s “The Summer People” by Shirley Jackson!

Willow and I are here to close out “The Call of Cthulhu” with “The Madness From the Sea!” It’s got everything: ships, drips, and drops. We talk and YOU LISTEN! Also, the incredible Andrew Troth closes out the story for us. Order Andrew Troth’s book narrations here or wherever you buy audiobooks.

Let’s keep this story truckin’ along with “The Tale of Inspector Legrasse!” Readings this episode were provided by Andrew Troth. Find more of his work here or wherever you buy audiobooks! https://ia903204.us.archive.org/2/items/del-toro-co-c-2/DelToro-CoC2.mp3

It’s here! Willow and I finally kick off our “The Call of Cthulhu” coverage with “The Horror in Clay!” Readings this episode were provided by Andrew Troth. Find more of his work here or wherever you buy audiobooks! https://ia801702.us.archive.org/22/items/del-toro-co-c-1/DelToro-CoC1.mp3

There was a problem! https://ia801907.us.archive.org/32/items/del-toro-cthulhu-intro/DelToro-Cthulhu%20Intro.mp3

This week, Willow and I talk about “There’s A Long, Long Trail A-Winding” by Russell Kirk. It’s really good. I mean, I can’t think of much else to say? Hear the original song! https://ia801701.us.archive.org/12/items/del-toro-long-long-trail/DelToro-LongLongTrail.mp3

This week, Willow and I take a look at Lucy Clifford’s “The New Mother.” It’s a creepy little fairy tale that, weirdly enough, is not altogether complete in “The Dark Descent!” That’s right! We have a truncated story! If you’re looking for the complete version, check out “The Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise” online. It’s … Continue reading "The Dark Descent – “The New Mother” by Lucy Clifford"

This week, Willow and I talk baby spiders and maybe witches with M. R. James’s classic horror story “The Ash-Tree!” https://ia903200.us.archive.org/12/items/del-toro-ash-tree/DelToro-AshTree.mp3

This week on “The Dark Descent” Willow and Phil discuss John Collier’s grim “Evening Primrose” and the Sondheim musical it inspired! https://ia803200.us.archive.org/12/items/del-toro-evening-primrose/DelToro-EveningPrimrose.mp3

Willow and I are back! And, we’re doing something new for isolation: taking a look at the stories in David G. Hartwell’s “The Dark Descent!” First up: Stephen King’s “The Reach!” https://ia803209.us.archive.org/7/items/del-toro-the-reach/DelToro-TheReach.mp3

Took us long enough, but we’re back! This episode, we look at “Barry Lyndon” everyone’s favorite Kubrick film (apparently)! Is it good? Is it long? Did we cried? We did. BARRY LYNDON! https://ia902908.us.archive.org/22/items/del-toro-barry-lyndon/DelToro-BarryLyndon.mp3

Oh good. It’s “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.” Ollie and I watch a movie that I really liked when I was younger and now know I never need to watch ever again. Ollie agrees. So that’s good. https://ia802908.us.archive.org/11/items/del-toro-chainsaw/DelToro-Chainsaw.mp3

This episode, Ollie and I take a look at one of favorite films of all time and a movie that Ollie culd hardly stand to watch and THEY’RE ARE THE SAME MOVIE. It’s 1974’s “Phantom of the Paradise!” There’s monsters, music and madness and it’s just great. Just super great. https://ia601901.us.archive.org/13/items/deltorophantomparadise/DelToro-PhantomParadise.mp3

Come along for a very special episode where Ollie and I watch Richard Lester’s “The Three Musketeers” and then immediately follow it up with Richard Lester’s “The Four Musketeers!” That’s SEVEN Musketeers! https://ia902907.us.archive.org/9/items/deltoro34musketeers/DelToro-3-4-Musketeers.mp3

So much has been written about William Friedkin’s adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s bestselling novel “The Exorcist” that it’s hard to find anything new to say about it. But, Ollie and I talk anyway! We talk a lot! About “The Exorcist!” https://ia802909.us.archive.org/14/items/deltorotimeexorcist/DelToroTime-Exorcist.mp3

We did it! We survived The Devils! And, oh boy, what a film. Like, what a legitimately amazing film. https://ia902902.us.archive.org/28/items/deltorodevils/DelToro-Devils.mp3

In this episode, Ollie and I crash headfirst into the Seventies with a movie that explores masculinity, the sexual revolution, man’s inhumanity towards man, and BIG BIG TRUCK. It’s Steven Spielberg’s “Duel” from 1971! Also, SHUMP! https://ia802805.us.archive.org/33/items/deltoroduel/DelToro-Duel.mp3

Who Can Kill A Child? We all can! This week, Ollie and I look at “La Residencia” or “The Boarding School” or “The Finishing School” or “THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED!” It’s a good ol’ Spanish horror film starring a German actress, filmed in English and set in France. EUROPE! That’s how it works. But, does … Continue reading "071 – The House That Screamed (1969)"

This episode, Ollie and I take a look at not one, not two but THREE movies! Yes, it’s 1968’s “Spirits of the Dead” featuring short films by three very different filmmakers and one very dead writer. https://ia802800.us.archive.org/30/items/deltorospiritsofthedead/DelToro-SpiritsOfTheDead.mp3