The Grue-Crew catch a pair of VOD horror offerings this week with Mike Mendez’ Don’t Kill It as the feature review and Dan Berk & Robert Olsen’s Stake Land 2: The Stakelander in the What Have You Been Watching segment. What they find, despite both being written by the Berk & Olsen team, is that mileage varies. One of the films lands on the positive side of the draw while the other dips into a less favorable reaction. At least there’s plenty of Dolph Lundgren! Dave sadly shares the Horror News of the Week with the passing of two legendary character actors: RIP Michael Parks and Power Booth. Closing out the show Thomas and Santos participate in a battle of wits with this week’s Stump the Saint!

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Horror News Radio
Episode 215 — Don’t Kill It (2017) — Stake Land II (2017)
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SHOWNOTES

INTRO [00:00:41]

HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:03:06]

• RIP Michael Parks
• RIP Powers Boothe
• Jennifer Lawrence puts her heart into the new one sheet for ‘Mother’
• ‘Game of Death’ Starring Daniel Radcliffe from ‘Deathgasm’ Director
• Thom York bringing the music to Suspiria remake

SUPPORT HNR [00:23:15]

• Patreon
• HNR & Gruesome Magazine T-Shirts
• Gruesome Magazine 2016 Yearbook

FEATURE REVIEW [00:23:40]

• Don’t Kill It (2017)
• Director: Mike Mendez / w. Dan Berk & Robert Olsen
• Cast: Dolph Lundgren (as Jebediah Woodley), Kristina Klebe (as Agent Evelyn Pierce), James Chalke (as Pastor Erikson)

ANNOUNCEMENTS [00:47:59]

• Gruesome Magazine has launched the American Gods Fan Podcast
• Convention and Film Festival Appearances
  • Crimson Screen Horror Films Festival (5/19-22 Charleston SC)
  • Wizard World Philadelphia (June 1-4 Philadelphia, PA)
  • Raleigh Supercon (July 14-16, Raleigh, NC)
  • Monster-Mania (Cherry Hill, NJ – Aug 18-20)
  • DRAGON CON (Atlanta, GA, September 1 – 4)
  • Genre Blast (Winchester, VA, September 8-10)
  • Wreak Havoc (Greensboro, NC, Sept 22-23)
  • Monsterama (Atlanta, GA, Sept 29-Oct 1)
  • Nightmares Horror Film Festival (Columbus, OH, October 19-22)
  • Santos will once again be involved with the New York City Horror Film Festival (NYC October, 26-29)

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING [00:52:13]

• Stake Land II: The Stakelander (2017)
• Director: Dan Berk & Robert Olsen / w. Nick Damici
• Cast: Nick Damici, Connor Paolo, Laura Abramsen

STUMP THE SAINT [01:11:53]

FEEDBACK [01:18:24]

• Thanks to Tear Out the Heart and Victory Records for use of the song Undead Anthem for the intro and outro of the HNR podcast

NEXT WEEK

• Alien: Covenant