NECROMANIACS PODCAST

NECRO 265 The Stranger

Quality control manager, Rennie Resmini, joins us as a guest host.  We discuss the dark, psychological thriller The Stranger this week.  Featuring Necro favorites Joel Edgerton and Sam Harris, this 2022 Australian thriller, heavy on atmosphere,  tells the true crime story of the elaborate plan to solve a child abduction case. 
Intro: “Necromaniacs” – Mike HillOutro: “The Low Road” – Beasts of Bourbon

NECRO 264 THE LAST MAN ON EARTH

Richard Matheson’s classic I AM LEGEND has been adapted several times over the years. This week, we discuss THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, possibly the best version of this post-apocalyptic classic featuring a sublime performance by Vincent Price.
Intro: “Necromaniacs” – Mike HillOutro: “Fuck the Universe” – Craft

R.I.P. KEVIN SCONDOTTO

We have bad news to deliver today. Mike's brother Kevin has passed was so we would all like to express our condolences to Mike and the Scondotto family.  If you're so inclined, please send positive messages and condolences to Mike.  

NECRO 263 CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KILLER

This week’s episode is a caller recommendation. Predating Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, by a year, Confessions of a Serial Killer tells the story of Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole in a thinly veiled pseudo-documentary.  
Intro: “Necromaniacs” – Mike HillOutro: “Confessions of a Serial Killer – Goresfest 

NECRO 262 THE EYES OF LAURA MARS

This week we go back to 1978 for the American giallo The Eyes of Laura Mars. Based on a screenplay by John Carpenter and directed by Irvin Kershner, this neo-noir has all the trappings of it’s Euro cousins such as red herrings, gloved hands wielding knives and cool atmosphere.  Additionally, we have a top-notch cast including Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Raul Julia and Necro-favorite Brad Dourif. 
Intro: “Necromaniacs” – Mike HillOutro: “Prisoner” – Barbara Streisand 

NECRO 261 XTRO

By popular demand, we cover XTRO this week. This film has come up n conversation with you guys over the years so we turn our gaze to this offbeat, sometimes confusing alien abduction video nasty from 1983.  
 
Intro: “Necromaniacs” – Mike HillOutro: “Rise” – Voivod

NECRO 260 BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE

This week we go back to 1970 to explore Bird with the Chrystal Plumage, the seminal giallo written and directed by the maestro Dario Argento. Bird was Argento’s directorial debut and was the first entry into the “Animal Trilogy” which would include his next two films The Cat o’ Nine Tails and Four Flies on Gey Velvet.  
 
Intro: “Necromaniacs” – Mike HillOutro: “Witchcult Today” – Electric Wizard

NECRO 259 Lair of the White Worm

It’s Necro Thursday! Last week we stated that Heretic was Hugh Grant’s only horror film in his filmography.  You guys quickly pointed out our error and pointed us Lair of the White Worm, Ken Russell’s profane folk horror loosely based on Bram Stoker’s novel by the same name. 
Intro: “Necromaniacs” – Mike HillOutro: “Wond’ring Aloud” – Jethro Tull

NECRO 258 HERETIC

2024 was such a great year for Horror that we ran out of time to discuss some of these films. Heretic co-directed and co-written by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods came out at the tail end of the year. Boasting a lean and mean cast featuring High Grant, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East, the film tells the story of two missionaries who try to convert a deceptively dangerous loner.  

NECRO 257 KLUTE

This week we go back to our favorite era, the 1970’s to explore a film featuring one of our favorite actors, Donald Sutherland. We visit the horror-adjacent genre of 70’re neo-noir for Klute written and directed by Alan J. Pakula #necromaniacspodcast #horsemenofthepodcastingapocalypse #necrothursday
Intro: “Necromaniacs” – Mike HillOutro: “Forever my Queen”– Pentagram