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Boys and Ghouls
by Marshall Hicks & Kat Wells
A horror movie podcast hosted by a warm and engaging duo!
Episodes
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New Millennium Remakes
Three remakes of classic horror movies, and the classics that inspired them, are explored in this episode of Boys and Ghouls. Starting with “House in Haunted Hill”, Dark Castle Entertainment revamped its first William Castle movie. Listen in as Kat and Marshall discuss the original Vincent Price...
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Halloween Mix
Halloween music is the topic of this episode of Boys and Ghouls. There is a lot of Halloween music out there to choose from, so Kat and Marshall are going to look at the important, historical stand-outs of this spooky genre as well as the real toe-tappers that, put together, can make up an...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Jekyll and Hyde share the credit in making up one of the most iconic figures of horror. After consuming a formula, the proper Dr. Jekyll is not the man he used to be. Instead, the good doctor becomes Hyde, a creature that is free of the restraints and inhibitions of society’s mores. Join Kat and...
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Full Moon Chat #1 – Corn Moon 2025 (feat. Matthew Scott Montgomery)
Hello, Boys and Ghouls! Today, we're bringing you the first in a series on the feed that we'll be calling Full Moon Chats. Full Moon Chats are laid-back conversations Kat will be hosting with fellow horror lovers — sometimes Marshall, sometimes new guests — where we talk about what scares us…
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Halloween the 13th
The twelve previous Halloween episodes of the Boys and Ghouls podcast is the subject of this retrospective episode of the Boys and Ghouls podcast. Listen in as Kat and Marshall review and remember their contributions to enriching the Halloween season. Thrill, as the Boys and Ghouls duo expand a...
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Scaredy Cats
Cats in horror is the topic of this long awaited episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. Give it a listen, right meow, and curl up to Kat and Marshall’s discussion of the most memorable times a cat has brought its spooky energy to the screen. This exchange of facts about felines on film is delivered in…
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Halloween Stuff
The business of Halloween is booming so Kat and Marshall are taking a look at the billion dollar holiday at the end of October. Listen in, as we discuss the fact, figures, and frights that keep this season in the black… while dripping red! We celebrate the store displays, the soda stacks, the...
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American Movie and Coven
The documentary “American Movie” (1999) chronicles the struggles of a Wisconsin film maker to complete his black and white horror short-film, “Coven”. For this episode of “Boys and Ghouls”, Kat and Marshall will look at both movies and bring you the story of Mark Borchardt; the midwestern man,...
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Halloween On TV
TV show Halloween episodes are the topic of this tuned-in episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in, as Kat and Marshall visit a few fun reruns from the days of black and white classic television. Then, we look at some more modern programs from the days when a network knew how to package and promote…
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Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee
The giants of British horror, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, are the subject of the eighty-sixth episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. Starting with “The Curse of Frankenstein”, they were the cornerstone of Hammer horror. Together and separately, they’ve given the horror genre decades of frightening...
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Silver Bullet
Stephen King’s tale of a small town with a big werewolf problem is the topic of this episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. First conceived as a calendar, it grew into a sparse novel titled, “Cycle of the Werewolf”. This grew and transformed into the 1985 feature film, “Silver Bullet”. Listen in as Kat…
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Halloween Hosts
Have a friend over for a Halloween movie night and make an event out of it. That’s what the “Boys and Ghouls” hosts did for each other in this October episode. Listen in as they recount how they tried to provide the other with a memorable, at-home, movie watching experience. The Halloween...
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We Watched Horror Noire
The documentary “Horror Noire” has become the touchstone for the Boys and Ghouls podcast’s exploration into the participation of black actors and filmmakers in the last century of scary movies. Give a listen to our longest episode ever (by ten minutes) as we share what we’ve learned about; the...
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Halloweenies 2020
Halloween in the age of quarantine is the topic of this grounded episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. Listen in, as Kat and Marshall discuss tricks to socially-distant treat distribution as well as at-home alternatives to going door to door. For help, they consult the century-old source to Halloween...
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Three Part Threes
The Exorcist III, Howling III, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors are discussed in this episode of “Boys and Ghouls” as three great examples of great part threes in the horror genre. Often in a franchise, the later installments can lack the quality of its predecessors. But, a good...
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Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors, the plant-based horror comedy musical and its path from a Roger Corman quickie to a Broadway hit, is the subject of this episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as Kat and Marshall take a stroll through the 1960 version, the stage musical that it inspired, and the…
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Snow Business
Snow, that dangerous collection of flakes, is the topic of this chilling episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. First come flurries of terror as we discuss vampires in snowy Alaska with, “30 Days of Night” (2007). Then, as the packable stuff falls, we look into the killer mutant snowman flick, “Jack…
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Halloweenies Four
Celebrate Halloween with the Boys and Ghouls duo as they get into three totally terrifying topics. First is the 1985 made-for-TV movie, “Midnight Hour”. What it lacks in cohesion, it makes up for with earnest joy for a super spooky Halloween night. Then, listen in to some classic episodes of Old...
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Hello, Boys and Ghouls
Answering listener questions is the focus of this informative episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. Plus, continuing the topic of communication, we take a look at telephones and their use in horror. So, listen in as we touch on such phone-heavy films as “976-EVIL”, “Dial M For Murder”, “Murder by Phone”...
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Legacy of Dracula
Dracula movies through the years, inspired and encouraged by the original novel and the 1931 movie, is the topic of this long awaited episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as Kat and Marshall focus in on a few of those Dracula films. Including; Horror of Dracula (1958) the first of the Hammer...
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Dracula
Dracula, from the Bram Stoker novel of 1897 to the 1931 Universal film (and its Spanish counterpart), is the subject of this bloody 75th episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as Kat and Marshall explore the long road that Dracula took, from an epistolary novel to a hit of the London stage, to an...
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Night of the Living Dead
George Romero and a small group of aspiring filmmakers spent their summer making a horror movie about flesh-eating ghouls and the ordinary people trying to fend them off. That movie became “Night of the Living Dead” and it created a new kind of horror genre and a new kind of movie monster… THE...
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Halloweenies Three
Halloween is almost here and Boys and Ghouls’ third “Halloweenies” episode has arrived for your amusement! Taking on three Halloween topics, the warm and engaging duo explore, “Halloween III: Season of the Witch”, Halloween-time television commercials, and Halloween sketches from “Saturday Night...
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Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Recorded in beautiful Burbank, The Boys and Ghouls duo take a long look at 1986’s “Beetlejuice” and try to figure out how this odd, supernatural, visual feast of a macabre comedy ever came together. Listen in, as we map Tim Burton’s road to directing this improbably iconic film and examine how it...
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The Purge Films
The Purge films are the topic of this alarming episode of Boys and Ghouls. From the first Purge film to the film “The First Purge”, we cover this series of what-if scenarios that ask and answer, “What would happen if crime was legal for one night a year?” From the all-in-one-house home invasion...
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Behind the Screams #11: Mark Ramsey (INSIDE JAWS)
Hello, Boys and Ghouls. Kat here. Welcome to Episode 11 of our Behind the Screams series, where we explore the world of fear, shock and horror by talking to tastemakers in the genre. If you’re listening to this episode the day it drops, it’s Friday the 13th. Spooky. And today we’re going to be...
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What's in the Box
VHS box covers for horror movies were excellent at getting people to take them home and watch them. But, for the young Boys and Ghouls duo, they were often sources of morbid mystery that, until they were old enough to rent these potentially terrifying titles, would just entice them and cause them...
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J L C
Jamie Lee Curtis is the subject of this episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. Specifically, three of the movies that helped cement her as a scream queen. Bookended by the first two “Halloween” films, we take a look at “The Fog”. By the creative team behind “Halloween”, it’s her only paranormal horror…
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Can't Get Enough Of The Stuff
The Stuff, the greatest killer-desert movie of 1985, is the topic of this tasty episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. From it’s top-tier actors to its practical special effects, Kat and Marshall make a meal out of this fantastic piece of mid-80’s cheese. Served up with great aplomb by its writer-director...
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Behind the Screams #10: HAUNTERS: THE ART OF THE SCARE director Jon Schnitzer
Hello, Boys and Ghouls. Kat here. Welcome to Episode 10 of our Behind the Screams series. Episode 10! I can’t believe this is the 10th one, and I hope you are enjoying listening to these interviews as much as I enjoy putting them together. I always introduce this series by saying that, in “Behind...
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Greetings From Los Angeles
L.A. in horror movies is the subject explored in this episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. A lot of horror movies may film in Los Angeles, but not too many really use the city. So, L.A. transplants Kat and Marshall take a look at a few that do; along with an overview of Los Angeles history and what…
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Behind the Screams #9: Chase Williamson (THE GUEST, JOHN DIES AT THE END)
Hello, Boys and Ghouls. It’s Episode 9 of our Behind the Screams series! In this series, we are exploring the world of fear, shock and horror by talking to tastemakers in the genre. Today on the show: Chase Williamson. Chase is an incredible actor. You’ve seen him in lots of stuff: John Dies at…
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The Return of Trading Terrors
The ‘Burbs (1989) and Brianscan (1994) are exchanged between the Boys and Ghouls duo in this episode of good cheer and mayhem. Listen in as Kat has Marshall watch, for his very first time, her beloved 90’s tech-horror romp, “Brainscan”. Then stay tuned as Marshall has Kat finally watch one of his...
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Ginger Snaps
“Ginger Snaps” is the lycanthropic subject of this month’s episode. A Canadian werewolf film, made at the close of the 1990s, it follows two macabre sisters as the curse of womanhood, and then the case of the werewolf, comes between them. This movie has been a favorite of Marshall’s for years...
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Halloweenies 2
Halloween episodes are a favorite at the “Boys and Ghouls” podcast. For this year’s effort, we are repeating the Halloweenies format of last year. So, in “Halloweenies 2” we will be covering a trio of spooky topics. The first segment will cover the cult (or, at least, well regarded and low…
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Introducing "Inside The Exorcist"
Kat asked Marshall if he wanted to post a trailer that promotes the new podcast, “Inside The Exorcist”. Marshall asked if he could do a 70’s horror-trailer voice for the trailer’s introduction and Kat told him that would be fine. And so, listen in as Boys and Ghouls presents a taste of what you…
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Behind the Screams #8: ‘SLASHED! the Musical’ Director Chelsea Stardust
Hello, Boys and Ghouls. Kat here. Welcome to Episode 8 of our Behind the Screams series, where we explore the world of fear, shock and horror by talking to tastemakers in the genre. Today on the show: director and producer Chelsea Stardust! Chelsea is smart, talented and has had a horror…
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Let's Go to the Maul
Shopping malls are the topic of this episode of "Boys and Ghouls" Listen in, as we discuss the Monroeville Mall of George Romero's 1978 zombie classic, "Dawn of the Dead". Then, stay tuned as we head over to the Sherman Oaks Galleria, used in the killer-robot 80's flick, "Chopping Mall"; where...
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Horrible Hoaxes
Hoaxes are the topic of this podcast episode that really really happened. Join the Boys and Ghouls duo as they explore two horrific hoaxes. First, they take a look at the Orson Welles “War of the Worlds” 1938 broadcast, as well as the H.G. Wells (no relation) Martian invasion novel that inspired...
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Behind the Screams #7: Talking 'Psycho' with Blumhouse.com's Rob Galluzzo
Hello, Boys and Ghouls, and welcome to Episode 7 of our Behind the Screams series, where we’re exploring the world of fear, shock and horror by talking to tastemakers in the genre. Today on the show: Rob Galluzzo, Senior editor of Blumhouse.com and cohost of Blumhouse’s Shockwaves podcast. Rob…
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She Saved The World. A Lot.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer the movie, the tv show, and the character, are explored in this five by five episode of "Boys and Ghouls". Listen in as we trace this story of the typical horror victim becoming the horror hero; from its start as an ambitious screenplay and its transformation into a tv...
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The Shining
The Shining, the book the movie and the mini-series, is explored in this episode of "Boys and Ghouls". Listen in as we trace the inspirations of Stephen King to pen this story of horror between family members, alone with each other, in an isolated mountain luxury-hotel. We follow its themes and...
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Trading Terrors
Hosts Kat and Marshall have exchanged favorites, requiring both of them to watch a horror movie that they have never seen before, but that the other host loves. First, Marshall reveals that he had never seen one of Kat’s seasonal favorites, 1981’s “Halloween II”. Along with Kat, who has watched…
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Behind the Screams #6 with Clarke Wolfe, host of Collider Nightmares
Hello, Boys and Ghouls, and welcome to Episode 6 of our “Behind the Screams” series, where we’re exploring the world of fear, shock and horror by talking to tastemakers in the genre. Hello, Boys and Ghouls. Today on the show: Clarke Wolfe, a woman who’s been blazing a trail in horror for years…
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Love Obsessions
Romantic obsessions in horror movies (or, suspense-thrillers) is the topic of this captivating episode of “Boys and Ghouls”. Listen in, as Kat and Marshall have a heart-to-heart about a few of the best movies to show what can happen when one person in the couple isn’t at a place in their own life...
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Behind the Screams #5 with Rodo Sayagues (‘Evil Dead,’ ‘Don’t Breathe’)
Hello, Boys and Ghouls, and welcome to Episode 5 of our “Behind the Screams” series, where we’re exploring the world of fear, shock and horror by talking to tastemakers in the genre. We are so excited to bring you this interview with Rodo Sayagues, one of the creative minds behind Evil Dead…
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Naughty Or Nice
Krampus, the Christmas goat-demon of alpine folklore, meets gremlins, the airplane sabotaging imps, in this holiday episode of Boys and Ghouls. Listen in as Kat and Marshall discuss the origins of these mythical monsters who, at least in the movies, come around at Christmas. Krampus acts as the...
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Oh, Cannibal
Cannibals are the topic of this, the latest ever Boys and Ghouls episode. So listen in, as Kat and Marshall sink their teeth into this staple of the horror genre. For an appetizer big enough to share, Kat presents a history of cannibalism; from ancient tribes to the snowbound American settlers.…
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Behind the Screams #4 Writer and Director of 'The Fiancé,' Mark Allen Michaels
Hello, Boys and Ghouls! It’s the 4th episode in our “Behind the Screams” interview series, where we’re exploring the world of fear, shock and horror by talking to tastemakers in the genre. For this episode, I talked to Mark Allen Michaels, writer/director of the new film The Fiancé, which hits…
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Behind the Screams #3 with Ian Shorr, writer of 'Splinter' (Bonus Episode)
Hello, Boys and Ghouls. Kat here, with another installment of our “Behind the Screams” series. I’m so excited to bring you this interview with writer Ian Shorr. Ian writes screenplays and writes for TV, and we sat down and talked a lot about his journey to becoming a professional writer and what…
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