Episode 126: Misery

It's been a minute, but Gina and John are back discussing Stephen King books! Today’s episode covers one of King's more polarizing novels, The Tommyknockers. Take a trip to Haven Maine with us where there is an alien ship in the earth, talking dolls and killer soda machines. Yep, you read the right. It may not be his best book, but it's definitely not boring. So sit back, crack a cold one and enjoy the chat.

Sister G, Tini and John take a trip to the house of Annie Wilkes for an extended stay. The trio dissect this thriller about a writer trying to satisfy his number one fan. What started out as a potential gruesome short story idea turned into one of the Master of Horror's greatest triumphs. Sit back, crack a cold one and enjoy this discussion about one of King's best.

Sister G and John find themselves back on the path of the Dark Tower again. This time, Roland finds himself stranded on a desert, injured and sick: the last gunslinger is going to need help if he's going to reach the Tower and Roland is going to find that help from some of the least likely people possible; a heroin addict and a woman plagued by having two different personalities. John and G dive into this intriguing, yet imperfect entry into King's magnum opus. Sit back, crack a cold one and enjoy.

John and Jim finish up their chat on the flick.

100 years ago, the good guys had a chance to banish the bad guys into limbo and give earth peace forever... the good guys blew it!Yes, that is a snippet of the excellent prologue of tonight's flick, The Monster Squad directed by Fred Dekker. Join John and Jim as they discuss one of their favorite movies from childhood. You got foul mouthed kids, you got monsters, you have a pretty serious subplot about a cop not being able to have a happy marriage, this movie has everything! So, sit back, crack a cold one and enjoy!

Jim and John find themselves in Dark City, a neo-noir sci-fi flick directed by Alex Proyas of the Crow fame. The story follows a man with amnesia with psychic abilities who is a murder suspect that is on the run from fancy hat wearing ghouls called the Strangers - yep there's a lot going on in this one. The Cold Ones gang get into all the reasons why the movie is great: incredible set design, a mind-bending story, Rufus Sewell's dreamy face, this movie has it all! After the guys wrap up the movie talk, they share some thoughts on Welcome to Derry and the possibility of having a deeper dive discussion of HBO's hit show. So, sit back, crack a cold one and enjoy the chat.

G, Kristina and John take one more trip back to Derry. The Losers are back in town, but do they have what it takes to eliminate an interdimensional evil creature? Join us one last time to discuss one of King's best works.

The Cold Ones gang takes a break from Stephen King's It and find themselves on 8 Mile staring Eminem. Yes, that's right, the drinking obsessed horror podcast is watching a movie about an aspiring rapper, big whoop wanna fight about it? Between recounting B-Rabbit's struggles, John and Ronan get nostalgic about growing up in the nineties and early aughts with the shifting music scene. So, sit back, crack a cold one and enjoy this stroll down memory lane.

Kristina, John and Gina continue their analysis on one of King's best horror stories...

On a rainy day a boy in a yellow slicker sailed a paper boat down a stream along a flooded street. Little Georgie was dismayed when he saw the paper boat sail into a sewer. When he had all but given up on retrieving the boat Georgie heard the voice of a curious character in the sewer, it was Pennywise the Dancing Clown. While Georgie was first caught off guard by seeing a figure in the sewer, he couldn't help himself from taking a closer look...And thus, Stephen King gifted coulrophobia to generations of kids.Sister G, Kristina with a K and John dig into one of the seminal horror stories of the '80's. It was meant to be Stephen King's final statement on the horror genre. What's a better way to bid farewell to spooky stuff than bringing all of the monsters into the fold? You have The Mummy, Frankenstein's Monster, The Werewolf, but the best part is it is all It - a creature from outside our dimension which feeds on our fear and feasts on our flesh. We know you've been watching the new show on HBO, so why not dig more into the novel with the Cold Ones gang? So, crack that cold one, and take a trip with us to Derry, if you dare.