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The Punisher: Franken-Castle pt. 2

We're back for revenge! Or, just for more Marvel comic nonsense with everybody's favorite skull t-shirt wearing anti-hero. This week, we're reading through the middle 1/3 of the Franken-Castle grap...

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Technical Difficulties!

Well, it finally happened, fiends. We just completely lost audio for Eric's side of our conversation about episode 3 of Creature, which was supposed to come out today. I believe we will be re-recor...

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POLL: Sowing Discord?

Hey Fiends,

We've gotten a couple messages recently from people on Patreon wanting access to our Discord server. We definitely had originally intended to make one, and as such, it is listed i...

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The Punisher: Franken-Castle pt. 1

Several of you have requested that we discuss that one time in 2009 when the Punisher got turned into a Frankenstein for a while, so here we are, doing that. Join us as we meet our cast of characte...

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The Weary Traveler

This week we're talking about a delightful little short film telling a lost story of the Frankenstein Monster and his odd encounter with a well-dressed (and weary) stranger. Watch the film below, a...

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Third Dimensional Murder (1935)

Are you ready for a whole new dimension in terror?? Well, probably look elsewhere. But, if you're ready for a comedy short that MGM put together as a demo reel for 3D technology in 1935, featuring ...

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Frankenstein and LGBTQ+ Pride

Just the Mad Scientist here this week, folks. We're playing catch up this week, but I thought it might be nice to talk about Frankenstein as it relates to queer issues. Join me for my thoughts on m...

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Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein by Richard Brinsley Peake

I don't know why it's taken us so long to get to this one. This play is basically the ur-text of Frankenstein adaptations, coming out so early that it predates Mary Shelley's famed 1831 rerelease o...

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Frankenstein: A Bullseye Chiller

I recently recovered an old box of childhood books from my mom's garage. It was mostly Goosebumps books, but I did also find two different abridged for children versions of Frankenstein. This week,...

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Frankenews: The State of Frank

Hey fiends,

Seems like there's new Frankenstein related news coming every day, and we thought it would be nice to just sit down and chat about some of the things on our radar, particularly th...

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Paper Puppet Productions Presents: Frankenstein

So, I accidentally stumbled upon this delightful abridged interpretation of Frankenstein performed with paper bag puppets and was surprised to discover it was created here in the Frankencast's home...

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The Frankencast Presents: The Mummycast Post-Mortem!

We did an April Fools a few weeks ago, and we kinda wanted to take the bandages off and talk about the process. Why we did it, what we learned, and will we do it again? Find out all that and more i...

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Bonus Poll!

Hey, since this week's episode is pretty short, here's a poll for y'all as well.

We're nearing the end of The Munsters Today season 1. There are 3 total seasons of Munsters Today, and we've a...

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Super Secret Announcement

Just be cool, y'all.

See you next week.

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Doctor Who - The Haunting of Villa Diodati

Doctor Who? We just watched Ken Russell's Gothic, so we thought it seemed appropriate to take a look at the time that The Doctor met Mary Shelley, and it was kind of underwhelming. Join us as we so...

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Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors

What a nostalgia trip this was! Join us for this silly Frankensteinian claymation comedy special from the guys behind the California Raisins and Anthony's childhood obsession Dinosaurs! It gets sil...

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Super Mario Bros. Super Show - "Koopenstein" & "The Mario Monster Mash"

We've been visiting a lot of classic Saturday morning cartoons lately, and here's one that is maybe a little less well-known, but is absolutely seared into the brains of your Horror Hosts.  View Post

Creature Commandos 2000 pt. 3

Well, we finally finished reading the 2000 run of Creature Commandos. No one can say we didn't. We came (to Terra Arcana), we saw (a bunch of pointless nonsense), we conquered (our desire to put do...

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The Munsters Today episodes 8 & 9

Is... is The Munsters Today good actually? After the last two really solid episodes, this week we have two more bangers. And this time they even kinda feel like classic Munsters plots, first with a...

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Tales of Tomorrow: Frankenstein

Inspired by Philip J. Reed's book The Wolf Man, from DieDie Books, we had to check out this strange curiosity from the days of live television "playhouse"-style programs. This live adaptation of Fr...

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The Munsters Today episodes 6 & 7

The Munster Today is getting really good? Maybe we're just getting acclimated to the vibes, but we had a pretty great time with episodes 6 & 7, "Farewell Grandpa" & "Corporate Munsters".&nb...

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"Made for each other": Frankenstein and Divorce

This week, we've got a little something out of the ordinary. Join Mad Scientist Anthony Bowman for this solo episode/announcement. We're sending love to you all here in the New Year. 

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The Selenography of Frankenstein

We've got something a little unusual this week for you. I'm sure most of you are familiar with the famous "Dark Side of Oz" phenomenon where people sync up The Wizard of Oz with Pink Floyd's Dark S...

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Creature Commandos 2000 pt. 2

After a nice holiday break, we're back at the hard work of reading some edgy late 90s comics. This week we're reading issues 3, 4, and 5 of the 8-part mini-series. And unfortunately it hasn't gotte...

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Frankencast Presents Christmas Storytime! "Frankenstein's Fright Before Christmas" by Ludworst Bemonster

Happy Holidays, fiends! We're taking a bit of a break this year, but for your listening and viewing pleasure, we present storytime! Listen along as the Mad Scientist Anthony Bowman reads you the ch...

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Creature Commandos 2000 pt. 1

We had so much fun with the original run of DC's Creature Commandos that we thought we'd check out the reboot from the year 2000. Spoiler alert: we're having a lot less fun with this version. But a...

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The Munsters Today episodes 2 & 3

We've returned with more of The Munsters Today, and it feels like they're all still kinda getting the hang of things. We're a little better off that in the previous episodes, but they still haven't...

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Re-Penetrator

In our quest to watch all Re-Animator related materials, we found ourselves watching this adult parody from Burning Angel. Join us as we discuss breaking character, product placement, and give you ...

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The Resonator episodes 5 & 6

We've returned with the thrilling conclusion of Full Moon's Resonator mini-series, and finally Herbert West gets his time in the spotlight. But don't worry, there's still plenty of Crawford and Wal...

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The Munsters episodes 37 & 38

After the particularly strong showing of the last two episodes, The Munsters once again let us down with these two final episodes of season one. We've got a little racist stereotyping, some sexism ...

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