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Season 7
Crow's Nest: Is this a Nosferatu or a Yesferatu? (with Jeff Carroll)
A friendly point, counterpoint discussion on the 2024 Robert Eggers remake of Nosferatu with author & film maker Jeff Carroll!
Our first bonus episode of season 7 is a spirited but level-headed discussion about NOSFERATU (2024) with author & film maker, Jeff Caroll. Both Jeff and Parasite Steve feel strongly about the film, but one liked it and the other? Well, not so much.
This is a new type of episode for Retro Ridoctopus, but s always, we keep things
Ep 145: Not Enough Screen Time (Part 2 of 2)
For this second episode of two, you'll get a list of Video Game characters we wish had more time to shine!
Sometimes supporting and background characters shine brighter than the heroes do!
Continuing our new Season 7 format, we are splitting this theme into two episodes. Part 2 concentrates on memorable background characters from Video Games. And later, 8-Bit Alchemy will drop the first B-Segment of the season in the form of a DIE MONSTER!
The Brig: Vampirella and The Herculoids / The Ultimate Team-Up (with Jeannine Acheson & Tom Sniegoski)
The explosive comic book writing team of Sniegoski and Acheson are putting out some of the most exciting dark fantasy comics on the market!
For the season 7 premiere of THE BRIG… Retro Ridoctopus is proud and honored to present two incredible guests who are absolutely tearing up the indie comics scene!
First, we have a thirty five plus year veteran of the comics industry, and frequent collaborator of Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola and other total industry legends...
Crow's Nest: What Lies Beyond Shadowgate?
Beyond Shadowgate is an incredible sequel to one of our all time favorite classic games!
This Crow's Nest shines the torchlight on a sequel that was 35 years in the making!
At Retro Ridoctopus, we love point and click adventure games and for Parasite Steve and 8-Bit Alchemy, that journey started with a game called Shadowgate on the NES. Fast forward to 2024, whena small indie game developer, (started by the the original creators of the
Ep 146: Wild Wild Western Movies (Part 1 of 2)
Saddle up and ride back into a time of snake oil and sarsparilla as we jaw on about our favorite western movies!
Hope you've packed plenty beans, bacon, whiskey and lard because we are headed WEST!
Hitch your wagon train to three nefarious-looking desperadoes by the names of Rattlesnake Steve, Doc Cooperday and The 8-Bit Kid because for this first episode of our Wild Wild Westerns theme, we cover some of our favorite Western MOVIES!
The Brig: The Sinister Ascension of THEM! (with author Marc L. Abbott)
Marc chats about his new novel, that time Hell came to Brooklyn (TWICE) and his favorite giant monsters!
On another episode of the BRIG… we’ve got a talented Brooklyn based filmmaker, actor, podcaster and award winning author. Marc Abbott!
Marc's short stories have been featured in numerous anthologies including the Bram Stoker Nominated horror anthologies New York State of Fright & Under Twin Suns, not to mention
Ep 147: Wild Wild Western Games, Cartoons & More (Part 2 of 2)
The sunset is coming fast as we finish our ride into a time of tin stars and tumbleweed as we jaw on about our favorite western video games, books and more!
Our Wild Wild Westerns theme continues! But before we ride off into the sunset, there's still some rip-roaring fun to be had!
Join your saddle-sore hosts Rattlesnake Steve, Doc Cooperday and The 8-Bit Kid as they rustle up some westerns in basically every media besides movies!
Ep 148: The Extremely Real Ghostbusters (w/ Drew Mollo)
With the help of Ghostbusters super fan Drew Mollo, we power up our proton packs and take aim at The Real Ghostbusters cartoon!
Who you gonna call? Why, Drew Mollo (from the Splash Pages podcast) that's who!
As a lifelong Ghostbusters super-fan, Drew has spent years memorizing Tobin's Spirit Guide and definitely knows how to read a P.K.E. Meter. A good thing too, because for this episode, we're be spotlighting 8 episodes from this seminal animated series!
Ep 149: The Really Extreme Ghostbusters + MIB & Godzilla the series (w/ Drew Mollo)
These 90's cartoons expanded their worlds far beyond the blockbuster movies they were based on!
Building on our Real Ghostbusters episode, we decided to not only focus on the sequel to that legendary cartoon, but spotlight three major animated series the helped shaped the 90s!
Drew Mollo (from Splash Pages) is back for the second week in a row, as we tackle The
The Brig: Doing Witchcraft in the Withering Hours (with author Morgan Sylvia)
Author/Poet Morgan Sylvia is back to talk about her new folk horror collection The Withering Hours and her fave 80s Fantasy movies!
Morgan Sylvia is an author from Maine with numerous published works including novels, short stories, poetry collections and everything in between. Whether she's writing long or short form, one thing is clear, the quality of the prose itself is always top of mind. This lends a musical quality to the language of her work.