Welcome to Auteur Theory for our inaugural first episode of our first season where hosts Nick and Chris will explore the films of Canada's own Master of sublime cinematic depravity, David Cronenberg. We're starting things off with Cronenb

Episode Twenty-Two: The Ward (2010)

Nov 14th, 2017 47m 18s

Well, here we are. We made it to the end. The John Carpentcast says goodbye with our final episode, joined once again by Cecil Laird of The Horror Show for John Carpenter's brief sojourn out of retirement for his last film as a director, The Wa

Episode Twenty-One: Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns (2005) / Pro-Life (2007)

Nov 6th, 2017 1h 10m

John Carpenter emerges from his self-imposed retirement for two tales of made-for-TV terror with the Showtime horror all-stars anthology Masters of Horror. With the episodes "Cigarette Burns" and "Pro-Life", does Carpenter bring back that old s

Episode Twenty: Ghosts of Mars (2001)

Oct 25th, 2017 39m 31s

This week, Nick and Chris take an ill-fated trip to the Red Planet circa 2176 - a hostile world full of blazing machine guns and sort-of ghosts or alien viruses or something. It's John Carpenter's shoot-em-up sci-fi action horror western Ghosts

Episode Nineteen: Vampires (1998)

Oct 17th, 2017 54m 19s

As The John Carpentcast barrels toward it's inevitable conclusion, Nick and Chris take a look at the 1998 bloodsucking horror-western hybrid Vampires, starring that most lovable and charming of stars on- and off-screen, James Woods. Also, Laura

BONUS: Los Angeles Podcast Festival 2016

Oct 9th, 2017 1h 21m

In another special bonus episode of The John Carpentcast (we swear we'll get back to the movies next week), Chris takes us back to the year 2016, when he and Nick visited the Podcast Lab at the 2016 Los Angeles Podcast Festival. They talk all t

BONUS: Big Trouble in Little China - The Board Game!

Oct 6th, 2017 1h 59m

In this special bonus episode of The John Carpentcast, we're embarking on a grand experiment. Nick and Chris are joined by returning guest Liz Manning and new guest, board game aficionado Steven Yonkers-Ortiz, in a foolhardy attempt to play the

Episode Eighteen: Escape from L.A. (1996)

Sep 26th, 2017 1h 19m

The year is 2013, fifteen years after the events on the island prison-colony of New York. Now, Snake Plissken is back for... pretty much the same thing, but this time with more Steve Buscemi and surfing. It's John Carpenter's much-maligned sequ

Episode Seventeen: Village of the Damned (1995)

Aug 22nd, 2017 1h 19m

Nick and Chris are joined once again by actor-producer Liz Manning to take a look behind the cover of that VHS video store horror section staple, Village of the Damned. John Carpenter's remake of the 1960 sci-fi classic is a bit of a rough one,

Episode Sixteen: In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

Aug 14th, 2017 1h 15m

This week, Nick, Chris, and special guest Derk Harron follow Sam Neil on his mind-bending spiral into the eldritch terror that lies beyond the void in John Carpenter's meta-horror opus In the Mouth of Madness. Existential cosmic horror, tentacl

Episode Fifteen: Body Bags (1993)

Aug 7th, 2017 48m 54s

John Carpenter takes his horror trade to the small screen, teaming up with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper for the 1993 made-for-TV horror anthology Body Bags. With the short form tales of terror "The Gas Station", "Hair", and

Episode Fourteen: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

Jul 31st, 2017 52m 4s

The John Carpentcast makes it's triumphant return to find Chevy Chase and Daryl Hannah on the run with John Carpenter's 1992 sci-fi comedy thriller Memoirs of an Invisible Man. Maybe not the most fondly-remembered Carpenter film, but Nick and C

Episode Thirteen: They Live (1988)

Dec 16th, 2016 1h 16m

We've got two guests this week on The John Carpentcast, video game podcaster Brian Cartwright and comedian Scott Gesser join Nick and Chris to talk about a different kind of Carpenter film - a hard-hitting, ahead of its time documentary about t

Episode Twelve: Prince of Darkness (1987)

Dec 8th, 2016 1h 6m

Film critic Bill Pierce returns to The John Carpentcast to pop open a can of liquid Satan with Nick and Chris as we discuss Carpenter's 1987 supernatural thriller Prince of Darkness. Join us for some vintage 80s pseudo-scientific demonic mayhem

Episode Eleven: Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Dec 3rd, 2016 1h 24m

It's a supernatural martial arts shoot-em-up action fantasy comedy modern-western. It shouldn't work - but if you love whacked-out 80s cult movies, you'll love every nutty minute. This week, author and film critic Hal C.F. Astell of Apocalypse

Episode Ten: Starman (1984)

Nov 25th, 2016 1h 11m

Previously on this show, we've talked masked maniacs, dystopian prison colonies, and killer cars - but with all the chaos in the world and the holidays approaching (shudder), why not take a detour toward a gentler side of John Carpenter. This w

Episode Nine: Christine (1983)

Nov 18th, 2016 1h 14m

This week, Nick and Chris are joined by Matthew Robinson of Dark of the Matinee to talk about Carpenter's 1983 film Christine - a simple story of a boy and his evil sentient car. In this one, horror powerhouses John Carpenter and Stephen King t

Episode Eight: The Thing (1982)

Nov 11th, 2016 1h 37m

This week on The John Carpentcast, Nick and Chris will brave the cold and isolation of the Antarctic along with artist/musician Derk Harron to talk about Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi/horror masterpiece The Thing. Fans have debated for decades about

Episode Seven: Escape from New York (1981)

Nov 4th, 2016 1h 21m

This week, Dr. Diabolic himself Jeremiah Wilkerson and Heather Lynn Henderson join Nick and Chris for a trip to the Big Apple circa 1997 - you know, when the isle of Manhattan was a dystopian prison colony. It's Carpenter's cult classic 1981 sc

Episode Six: The Fog (1980)

Oct 28th, 2016 1h 22m

Something eerie approaches from the horizon as Cecil Laird of The Horror Show podcast joins Nick and Chris to talk about Carpenter's 1980 chiller The Fog. Lock your doors, shutter your windows, and pour yourself a drink stiff enough for a pries

Episode 5B: Elvis, Part 2 (1979)

Oct 21st, 2016 1h 21m

Our humble hero from Tupelo, Mississippi has finally achieved his dreams of music stardom. But will fame and fortune change the boy? Things end up turning out alright for this guy, right? Liz Bradley is back with Nick and Chris for the thrillin

Episode 5A: Elvis, Part 1 (1979)

Oct 14th, 2016 1h

Liz Bradley returns to The John Carpentcast for Part 1 of Elvis. This ABC mini-series was big event television in 1979, and stars Kurt Russell as the titular King and Shelly Winters as his doting mama. Grab a fried peanut butter-banana sandwich

Episode Four: Someone's Watching Me! (1978)

Oct 7th, 2016 1h 12m

This week, Nick and Chris are joined by author and film critic Hal C.F. Astell from the Apocalypse Later movie blog. The film is a John Carpenter rarity, Someone's Watching Me!, the 1978 made-for-TV Hitchcockian psycho-thriller, which was widel

Episode Three: Halloween (1978)

Sep 29th, 2016 1h 13m

This week on The John Carpentcast, Nick and Chris are joined by actor/producer Elizabeth Erin Manning to talk about John Carpenter's 1978 game-changing horror masterpiece Halloween. It's almost that special time of year, why not turn down the l

Episode Two: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Sep 22nd, 2016 1h 39m

This week, on episode two of The John Carpentcast, Nick and Chris are joined by film critic Bill Pierce to talk about John Carpenter's 1976 shoot-em-up action-thriller Assault on Precinct 13. Show links and notes at https://carpentcast.wo