The Kingcast

Why are old people scary to kids? Between the hosts and the guest, whose grandmother was the creepiest? Plus, Vespe tells a crazy real-life Harlan Ellison story.

Is Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (alias Jobe's War) a good bad movie or a bad bad movie? That is the question and there is some debate as to whether or not this film qualifies as good-weird. 

Happily star Joel McHale and director BenDavid Grabinski join Vespe and Wampler to take another trip into cyberspace and discuss all the ins and outs of the movie Stephen King hated so much he sued to get his name taken off of it: The Lawnmower Man.

Pop culture journalist and host of Barnes & Noble's Stephen King podcast, King of the Dark, Louis Peitzman joins the boys to discuss the differences between Doctor Sleep: The Book and Doctor Sleep: The Movie (there are many, buckle up!).

Topics discussed on today's episode: How many Netflix series that contain the word "Midnight" in the title will Mike Flanagan make? What is one particular filmmaking technique Frank Darabont uses to adapt Stephen King so well? How pitch perfect is this cast? Where did each guest buy their copies of The Green Mile when they came out? Which Kingcast host has actually spent time in prison? And so much more!

Dark Tower expert Bev Vincent joins the boys to answer some extremely nerdy questions plus discusses his frequent collaborations with the master himself.

Topics of discussion this week: the 2019 remake's big change from the book, the astonishing lack of outrageous Maine accents, would Wampler clone his beloved dog, Mad Max, if he had Streisand money and just what the hell was that zombie family's plan at the end of the movie.

Actual lawyer Lindsay Traves makes her best case for Andy Dufresne of The Shawshank Redemption. 

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Emily V. Gordon joins the boys to talk about all things Pennywise, from Tim Curry's luscious lips to the psychology behind the printed page. 

In this episode of The Kingcast, the boys are joined by CUBE director Vincenzo Natali for a rollicking discussion that covers the wish fulfillment aspect of post-apocalyptic fiction, Randall Flagg's hatred of drug users, why there's a lack of crucifixions in the CBS All Access Stand finale, agreement that past Kingcast guest Bryan Fuller is aces and, curiously, Sonny Corleone's wiener. We run the gamut here, folks.