#16: The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

Jason and Shauna have returned to discuss a classic sci-fi film which not only inspired a character's name in Jason's favorite TV show ever but inspired one of the worst movies of 2025! They also explore if the events of this film would exactly mirror how it would happen in real life, how political the film is, and the iconic aliens.Check out all of our podcasts on our home website ⁠http://www.rabbitholepodcasts.com⁠Support us by giving us a dollar! ⁠patreon.com/rabbitholepods⁠Questions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Jason and Shauna discuss a tiny, tiny man. No, not Herve Villechaize! You weirdos...When a nuclear glitter storm attacks a man on a boat, he starts shrinking in size. Once he's the size of an ant, the REAL adventure begins! Check out all of our podcasts on our home website ⁠http://www.rabbitholepodcasts.com⁠Support us by giving us a dollar! ⁠patreon.com/rabbitholepods⁠Questions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Jason and Shauna welcome former co-host Lisa to discuss the movie adaptation of Stephen King's first published novel "Carrie".Check out all of our podcasts on our home website http://www.rabbitholepodcasts.comSupport us by giving us a dollar! patreon.com/rabbitholepodsQuestions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at [email protected]

Jason and Shauna take a look at both "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" movies, from 1956 and 1978, comparing them and discussing what social issues they may represent in both films. Also The Goldblum!Check out all of our podcasts on our home website ⁠http://www.rabbitholepodcasts.com⁠Support us by giving us a dollar! ⁠patreon.com/rabbitholepods⁠Questions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Jason and Shauna discuss how old your kids should be before showing them horror movies, mostly as a way to get around from discussing a rather boring film based on a true story. But there is cannibalism! (In the movie, not in the discussion)Check out all of our podcasts on our home website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.rabbitholepodcasts.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us by giving us a dollar! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/rabbitholepods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Questions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠

Jason and Shauna lives in the sunlit world of what they believe to be reality. But there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit, a darkside. Or Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, in which a Stephen King story was the inspiration for one of the three stories in this film.Check out all of our podcasts on our home website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.rabbitholepodcasts.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us by giving us a dollar! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/rabbitholepods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Questions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠

Due to Lisa stepping away from podcasting, Jason has recruited a new co-host for the show, his wonderful friend Shauna. For this new episode, they welcome the co-creator of the pod Lackey as they discuss 1967's "Wait Until Dark", where people are a dick to a blind woman, there's lots of tension, and a jump scare nobody but Jason noticed. Check out all of our podcasts on our home website http://www.rabbitholepodcasts.comSupport us by giving us a dollar! www.patreon.com/rabbitholepodsQuestions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at [email protected]

Jason and Lisa welcome Isabel from That's Bodacious, Dude and Hearsing Around to discuss a Vincent Price classic about a man haunted by the death of his wife in a giant drafty castle among torture devices!Check out all of our podcasts on our home website www.rabbitholepodcasts.comSupport us by giving us a dollar! patreon.com/rabbitholepodsQuestions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at [email protected]

Jason and Lisa discuss the OG "Final Destination" film, which Stephen King said a lot of great things about. Does it hold up? Check out all of our podcasts on our home website ⁠www.rabbitholepodcasts.com⁠Support us by giving us a dollar! ⁠patreon.com/rabbitholepods⁠Questions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at [email protected]

Lisa was unable to make it so Jason welcomes show co-creator and fellow Stephen King fan Lackey to discuss a wild movie from 1959, featuring Michael Gough as a crime reporter who may have a secret or three while a killer is running loose in London.Check out all of our podcasts on our home website www.rabbitholepodcasts.comSupport us by giving us a dollar! patreon.com/rabbitholepodsQuestions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at [email protected]