Let’s Scare Matthew Price to Death: Recent Episodes
Matthew Price & Dan Gorman
Let’s Scare Matthew Price to Death was a Toronto, Ontario based podcast where every episode a new and exciting guest attempts to murder the eponymous host using the scariest movie they know.
Matthew Price is currently the co-host of the long-running Deathwatch podcast and was the co-host of the landmark cinema discussion show Mamo! Join him as he guides his guests through discussions about the nature and origins of our movie-specific fears, nostalgic looks back on childhood horror movie viewings, and so much more.
When all things are aligned and in lockstep I am lucky enough to record an episode this good. It Follows, the viral sensation about a supernatural virus, with my guest Kat Angus - herself a viral sensation. Who says we don't plan these things? Kat is also the co-host of the truly excellent I Hate it but I Love it podcast!
I came into this a skeptic, but left a believer, and if you weren't there already I think you will be by the time Kat is done.
This episode, Mallory Andrews joins Matthew Price to discuss Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the 1992 psychological horror film directed by David Lynch and written by Lynch and Robert Engels.
It serves as a prequel to the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991), created by Mark Frost and Lynch, who were also executive producers.
Fifty years is long enough to know what scares you, and our guest this week is turning that auspicious age the same day this episode is released. So Happy Birthday to David Followes, half of the ever sporadic but always popular DrinkAlong with Dave and Jeremy podcast right here on Modern Superior.
Dave chose the The Changeling, and I couldn't have been happier or more downright gleeful to get to talk about this great Canadian spook fest! Make sure you aren't alone in the house and join us.
I mean, we all know why we're here, to talk about this particular '80's horror-action-sci-fi mashup. Sure, there's the horror of nuclear war (timely!) and the fear that someone could invade our dreams using psychic projection. But here on Let's Scare Matthew Price to Death we're interested in true, paralyzing, childhood dread, and for that, you need the m-f'ing Snake Man that comes barreling out of this movie and makes you wish you could just hide until he goes away.
My guest is Dave Voigt and he bring all the fun and expertise that's always on display at his online home, In the Seats. We talk Dreamscape, so join us for a trip down memory...brain?
Always a pleasure to get to visit with an old friend - and also make a new one. The Thing is just the best in every way, and getting a chance to dig deep into why it works so well and remains so scary was really a treat. My guest this week is Laura DiGirolamo - writer for Exclaim! and co-director of the very nifty Bloody Mary Film Festival in Toronto.
Wes Craven's The Serpent and the Rainbow had a fantastic showing at The Royal Cinema in Toronto. After the movie Casey Lyons, Alia Miller, Greg LeGros, David Followes, Wordburglar and Engineer Cody Dan Gorman were all great friends to help me leave you guys with a big fat fun finale. Enjoy, and we will be back next spring with season TWO and more tries at scaring me to DEATH!
This episode, Corey Pierce joins Matthew Price to discuss [REC], the 2007 Spanish found footage supernatural zombie horror film co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza.
This episode finds Jeremy Schultz - of DrinkAlong - joining Matthew Price to discuss a 1980 American psychological slasher film directed by William Lustig and written by C. A. Rosenberg called Maniac.
It stars Joe Spinell as Frank Zito, an Italian-American serial killer residing in New York City who murders and scalps young women. Notably, Spinell was also co-writer of the film.
A huge conversation with someone I deeply respect, about the movie that caught everyone's attention this year. Get Out, Jordan Peele's brilliant chiller/satire/political allegory. Getting to talk it out with Courtney Small, writer and co-host of Changing Reels is a present I give to myself, and to all of you. Delightful, to say the least.
It's not every day that someone invents an entirely new monster movie genre, and it's even less frequent when that monster turns out to be Vincent Gallo. Film and TV writer and podcaster Corey Atad decided I needed to watch the entirely odd genre riff Trouble Every Day, by Director Claire Denis. And man was he RIGHT! This is a great, deep, weird horror gem, and our conversation got equally weird, great and deep as a result. Enjoy!
This episode, Andrew Parker joins Matthew Price to discuss Poltergeist, the 1982 supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and starring JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, and Beatrice Straight.
This episode sees local artist Matt Bahen joining Matthew Price to discuss 1997's science fiction horror film Event Horizon, as directed by Paul W. S. Anderson.
Quintessential horror movie icon Vincent Price plays dress-up and we get to play along with him in Theatre of Blood. An oldie but a goodie, as they say. My guest is critic and television personality Thom Ernst. Thom is a film writer and critic and was host of the much beloved Saturday Night at the Movies. Sit back, enjoy and start thinking about your costume!
On this episode, Alexandra West from the Faculty of Horror podcast joins Matthew Price to discuss Mary Lambert's 1989 Stephen King adaptation Pet Sematary.
Serena Whitney - of Drunken Cinema fame in Toronto, Ontario - joins the show to discuss the Canuxploitation rat-race classic Of Unknown Origin (1983).
Jamie Dew - creator of The Dew Over, A Show of Strength, and co-creator of the Tragically Hip podcast Fully & Completely - joins the show to discuss Repulsion (1965).
This episode has been expertly curated and processed on clean, white, high quality storage bits - handcrafted by the finest artisans all while a pristine soundtrack of various songs by Huey Lewis play in the background.
My guest is Lola Landekic, one half of the mighty and impressive Art of the Title. Join us for a fantastic discussion of Mary Harron's American Psycho.
Is that sound the house settling, or is somebody in the wall? I'm practically scared to death and my money is definitely on wall person or persons. My amazing guest Sheila Campbell stopped by to scare me to death with Wes Craven's socially conscious (for 1991) The People Under the Stairs. Sheila stars in Astron 6's fantastic Giallo The Editor (Buy it!) and has 4 other films coming out soon. Our talk is fantastic, great acting is a HUGE part of being able scare someone (to death) and her perspective is really enlightening.
Chloe Brett, a make-up/FX artist, joins the show to discuss the notorious Possession (1981) from director Andrzej Zulawski.
This is one of "those", and by those I mean incredibly scary intense movies with an incredible amount of gore. Also there is philosophy, more than you'd think for a movie pitched this high on the crazy scale. Pascal Laugier's Martyrs is one those love 'em or hate 'em affairs, and I was lucky enough to sit down with freelance writer, editor and friend Ariel Fisher to talk about it. (SPOILER: She's firmly in the "love 'em" category). I loved this chat, and think you'll love it too.
At some point the fabulous Guillermo Del Toro was going to get a film on this show. There's no film better than his amazing, ghosty "boy's adventure" The Devil's Backbone. There's no one better to talk about it with than the learned and insightful Shelagh Rowan-Legg. Shelagh has programmed for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and isa regular contributor at Twitch. Politics, greed, war, wooden legs and drownings make for a heck of a great talk. Enjoy!
The Haunting might be the best looking horror film ever made - Director Robert Wise certainly aims for that, pulling every great camera and editing trick he learned working on films like Citizen Kane. Peter Kuplowsky chose this, and he might be the most enthusiastic film scholar and programmer in the world. The answer is most likely probably maybe yes to both. Now listen, and decide for yourself!
Boy oh boy oh BOY is this a fun movie to talk about. Musician and Modern Superior stablemate Casey Lyons scared me silly with the greatest werewolf movie of them all, An American Werewolf in London. I love the movie, and the two of us dug out some nice meat that was left on the bones of this 1981 horror comedy classic.