web01.fireside.fm Tue, 12 May 2026 10:37:37 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) IMMP - Episodes Tagged with “Halloween” https://www.immproject.com/tags/halloween Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium? Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this. <sub>(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)</sub> en-us episodic The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media. Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium? Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this. <sub>(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)</sub> no TV, media, comedy, talk, family, father and son, Porter, television, pop culture,retro,twentieth century,GenX,Generation X,Millennial,1960s,1970s,1980s,movies,cinema,1950s,1940s,1930s Matthew Porter and Ian Porter immpcast@gmail.com 182: POLTERGEIST (1982) https://www.immproject.com/182 1b1b1134-50ef-4d01-b6f5-c399690cd66a Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 182 POLTERGEIST (1982) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Halloween Season 2025 continues with the Steven Spielberg/Tobe Hooper classic of an evil tree, a hungry closet, and a missing little girl. 1:11:00 no <p>Halloween Season 2025 continues with a Spielberg classic, directed by Tobe Hooper, of a suburban family strugging against an evil tree, a hungry closet, and a truly terrible choice of neighborhood. It's 1982's <strong>POLTERGEIST</strong>. </p> Halloween Season 2025 continues with a Spielberg classic, directed by Tobe Hooper, of a suburban family strugging against an evil tree, a hungry closet, and a truly terrible choice of neighborhood. It's 1982's POLTERGEIST.

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]]> 181: THE UNINVITED (1944) https://www.immproject.com/181 8392e8c9-d321-4a84-a913-4705dba5fe9c Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 181 THE UNINVITED (1944) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Halloween Season 2025 kicks off with a spooky tale of family hauntings from 1944: it's THE UNINVITED. 1:01:51 no <p>To kick off Halloween season 2025, Matthew and Ian talk about the classic ghost story <strong>THE UNINVITED</strong>, starring Ray Milland, Gail Russell and Ruth Hussey.</p> <p>Along the way the discussion ventures into haunted families, finding the right tone in a horror movie, and a surprising connection between this 1944 film and THE MARTIAN. </p> To kick off Halloween season 2025, Matthew and Ian talk about the classic ghost story THE UNINVITED, starring Ray Milland, Gail Russell and Ruth Hussey.

Along the way the discussion ventures into haunted families, finding the right tone in a horror movie, and a surprising connection between this 1944 film and THE MARTIAN.

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Along the way the discussion ventures into haunted families, finding the right tone in a horror movie, and a surprising connection between this 1944 film and THE MARTIAN.

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]]> 156: Disney's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983) https://www.immproject.com/156 96c1f006-78e4-4117-b4c3-1c5216a22418 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 156 Disney's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter A children's horror movie set in an old-timey American town menaced by an evil carnival. Doesn't sound very Disney, does it? 1:10:17 no <p>In 1983, Walt Disney Productions released an interesting experiment: A children's horror movie set in an old-timey American town menaced by an evil carnival, with a screenplay adapted by Ray Bradbury himself from his classic novel. Doesn't sound very Disney, does it? It's <strong>SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES</strong>. </p> Ray Bradbury, Disney, horror, Jason Robert's, Jonathan Pryce In 1983, Walt Disney Productions released an interesting experiment: A children's horror movie set in an old-timey American town menaced by an evil carnival, with a screenplay adapted by Ray Bradbury himself from his classic novel. Doesn't sound very Disney, does it? It's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.

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]]> 155: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Novel, 1962) https://www.immproject.com/155 9c8d50ef-4b73-463a-9abc-3591439810d1 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 155 SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Novel, 1962) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter A spooky carnival comes to town just in time for Halloween. 58:39 no <p>For Halloween 2024 Matthew had Ian read Ray Bradbury's classic novel, in which a spooky dangerous carnival threatens a small town...by offering the people what they want. <strong>SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES</strong>. </p> For Halloween 2024 Matthew had Ian read Ray Bradbury's classic novel, in which a spooky dangerous carnival threatens a small town...by offering the people what they want. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.

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]]> Bonus: DRACULA (Spanish language 1931) https://www.immproject.com/b-08 42429280-2c00-4ec5-ba02-ed740c7813f6 Tue, 31 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter bonus Matthew Porter and Ian Porter One final Halloween treat for 2023. This is a discussion from the Patron feed, and from the Drafthouse Diary video series, about the 1931 Spanish version of DRACULA starring Carlos Villarías and Lupita Tovar. 13:04 no <p>One final Halloween treat for 2023. This is a discussion from the Patron feed, and from the Drafthouse Diary video series, about the 1931 Spanish version of <strong>DRACULA</strong> starring Carlos Villarías and Lupita Tovar. </p> One final Halloween treat for 2023. This is a discussion from the Patron feed, and from the Drafthouse Diary video series, about the 1931 Spanish version of DRACULA starring Carlos Villarías and Lupita Tovar.

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]]> 130: THE WOLF MAN starring Lon Chaney Jr. (1941) https://www.immproject.com/130 2537a001-8ea6-49e4-aceb-9f15c58c4ed3 Mon, 30 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 130 THE WOLF MAN starring Lon Chaney Jr. (1941) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Ian and Matthew close out Halloween 2023 with another Universal monster movie: the psychological mystery of THE WOLF MAN. 53:46 no <p>Ian and Matthew close out Halloween 2023 with another Universal monster movie: the psychological mystery of <strong>THE WOLF MAN</strong>. But they can't help themselves from also arguing some more about THE INVISIBLE MAN, and whether any Universal monster movies really have a hero at all.</p> <p>Except for Van Helsing in DRACULA. Professor Van Helsing remains awesome.</p> Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains,Universal, Ian and Matthew close out Halloween 2023 with another Universal monster movie: the psychological mystery of THE WOLF MAN. But they can't help themselves from also arguing some more about THE INVISIBLE MAN, and whether any Universal monster movies really have a hero at all.

Except for Van Helsing in DRACULA. Professor Van Helsing remains awesome.

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]]> Ian and Matthew close out Halloween 2023 with another Universal monster movie: the psychological mystery of THE WOLF MAN. But they can't help themselves from also arguing some more about THE INVISIBLE MAN, and whether any Universal monster movies really have a hero at all.

Except for Van Helsing in DRACULA. Professor Van Helsing remains awesome.

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WARNING: Includes a very nerdy digression about hidden movement boardgames.

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WARNING: Includes a very nerdy digression about hidden movement boardgames.

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]]> 128: THE MUMMY (1932) https://www.immproject.com/128 4d0a1683-7a47-4f8a-8993-ebcc1dcd2ae4 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 128 THE MUMMY (1932) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter This year’s Halloween theme at the Inter-Millennium Media Project surveys more of the Universal movie monster landscape, starting with Boris Karloff in 1932’s THE MUMMY. 54:52 no <p>This year’s Halloween theme at the Inter-Millennium Media Project surveys more of the Universal movie monster landscape, starting with Boris Karloff in 1932’s <strong>THE MUMMY</strong>, a tale of love, death, magic, and dangerous jewelry. </p> Karloff, Zita Johann, Egypt, This year’s Halloween theme at the Inter-Millennium Media Project surveys more of the Universal movie monster landscape, starting with Boris Karloff in 1932’s THE MUMMY, a tale of love, death, magic, and dangerous jewelry.

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]]> 104: THE MUNSTERS https://www.immproject.com/104 ce03cf37-d4ce-4930-a614-b129c3db89a5 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 104 THE MUNSTERS full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter For Halloween 2022, our Frankenstein theme wraps up with the 1964 TV hit THE MUNSTERS. 1:02:47 no <p>For Halloween 2022, our Frankenstein theme wraps up with one of the stranger, and most beloved, takes on classic monster tropes: the 1960s TV sitcom <strong>THE MUNSTERS</strong>. </p> Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis,Butch Patrick, For Halloween 2022, our Frankenstein theme wraps up with one of the stranger, and most beloved, takes on classic monster tropes: the 1960s TV sitcom THE MUNSTERS.

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]]> 103: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder https://www.immproject.com/103 34009033-13fe-44bc-8bdd-9562dd7d1f7a Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 103 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter After the 1931 Universal Adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN -- 43 years after -- Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder revisited the material with ... a parody? A sequel? Both? Something more? Ian and Matthew try to figure it out as they talk about YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. 1:04:59 no <p>After the 1931 Universal Adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN -- 43 years after -- Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder revisited the material with ... a parody? A sequel? Both? Something more?</p> <p>Ian and Matthew try to figure it out as they talk about <strong>YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN</strong>. </p> Monster,Frankenstein,Transylvania,parody After the 1931 Universal Adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN -- 43 years after -- Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder revisited the material with ... a parody? A sequel? Both? Something more?

Ian and Matthew try to figure it out as they talk about YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

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Ian and Matthew try to figure it out as they talk about YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

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]]> 102: FRANKENSTEIN (1931) https://www.immproject.com/102 a04af7b0-59d6-4e56-9aeb-8da1dc0e729a Mon, 03 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 102 FRANKENSTEIN (1931) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter The IMMP kicks off Halloween season 2022 with another Universal horror classic. 54:34 no <p>As Halloween approaches once again, we return to the Universal Pictures monster movie canon to talk about the 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley's <strong>FRANKENSTEIN</strong>. </p> Universal, horror,Frankenstein,Karloff,lemmle, As Halloween approaches once again, we return to the Universal Pictures monster movie canon to talk about the 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN.

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]]> 077: Jean Cocteau’s LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Beauty and the Beast, 1946) https://www.immproject.com/077 38c62551-acdb-44eb-9fb6-8fd2072adcf8 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 077 Jean Cocteau’s LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Beauty and the Beast, 1946) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter The IMMP’s Halloween 2021 celebration continues with a surreal take on a fairy tale. 58:02 no <p>Continuing the Spooky Castle theme begun with DRACULA, the podcast looks at a unique, surreal French film that is simultaneousy weird, creepy and romantic. It's Jean Cocteau's 1946 film <strong>LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE</strong> (Beauty and the Beast). </p> French,beauty and he beast, fairy tale, Cocteau, Jean Marais,Josette Day Continuing the Spooky Castle theme begun with DRACULA, the podcast looks at a unique, surreal French film that is simultaneousy weird, creepy and romantic. It's Jean Cocteau's 1946 film LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Beauty and the Beast).

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]]> 076: DRACULA (1931, starring Bela Lugosi) https://www.immproject.com/076 e909b436-3421-4ea8-b877-53e7da1ba562 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 076 DRACULA (1931, starring Bela Lugosi) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Halloween 2021 kicks off with the first of the legendary Universal monster movies: DRACULA. 46:00 no <p>He had style, he had game, and he was starting a new life in England.</p> <p>Well, except for the "life" part. </p> <p>IMMP's Halloween 2021 kicks off with the first of the legendary Universal monster movies: <strong>DRACULA</strong> starring Bela Lugosi. </p> Horror,classic,Lugosi,vampire,halloween He had style, he had game, and he was starting a new life in England.

Well, except for the "life" part.

IMMP's Halloween 2021 kicks off with the first of the legendary Universal monster movies: DRACULA starring Bela Lugosi.

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Well, except for the "life" part.

IMMP's Halloween 2021 kicks off with the first of the legendary Universal monster movies: DRACULA starring Bela Lugosi.

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]]> 051: THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA https://www.immproject.com/051 e11a7393-a798-48f8-9c0b-ed9c373693dd Mon, 19 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 051 THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Ian and Mathew discuss the 1975 TV movie about the 1938 WAR OF THE WORLDS radio broadcast and the widespread panic that was reported in its wake. 47:28 no <p>In 1897 H.G. Wells wrote the novel <strong>War of the Worlds</strong>.</p> <p>In 1938 Orson Welles created a radio drama based on the novel, and sent Americans into a panic when they believed it was a real news broadcast.</p> <p>In 1975 the ABC Television Network produced a TV movie dramatizing the making of the radio broadcast and the public reaction to it.</p> <p>In 2020, Ian and Matthew offer this podcast about the 1975 TV movie.</p> <p>Layers upon layers. </p> Orson Welles,H.G. Wells,radio,TV,media,Halloween In 1897 H.G. Wells wrote the novel War of the Worlds.

In 1938 Orson Welles created a radio drama based on the novel, and sent Americans into a panic when they believed it was a real news broadcast.

In 1975 the ABC Television Network produced a TV movie dramatizing the making of the radio broadcast and the public reaction to it.

In 2020, Ian and Matthew offer this podcast about the 1975 TV movie.

Layers upon layers.

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In 1938 Orson Welles created a radio drama based on the novel, and sent Americans into a panic when they believed it was a real news broadcast.

In 1975 the ABC Television Network produced a TV movie dramatizing the making of the radio broadcast and the public reaction to it.

In 2020, Ian and Matthew offer this podcast about the 1975 TV movie.

Layers upon layers.

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]]> 050: KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER https://www.immproject.com/050 f361ab12-9081-4650-ac6e-7b987efe6b7d Mon, 05 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 050 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter It’s October, which means another month of Halloween-themed episodes. This year we start with the 1970s Darren McGavin classic KOLCHACK: THE NIGHT STALKER. 56:43 no <p>It ran for two TV movies and one series season, but it launched a thousand other monster-for-the-week TV shows. It's the 1970s Darren McGavin classic <strong>Kolchack: The Night Stalker</strong>. </p> Tv,horror,monster,70s,Darren McGavin,vampire,werewolf,Halloween, It ran for two TV movies and one series season, but it launched a thousand other monster-for-the-week TV shows. It's the 1970s Darren McGavin classic Kolchack: The Night Stalker.

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]]> 025: PSYCHOMANIA https://www.immproject.com/025 8d07228f-815c-4a43-9f37-f960e2bae593 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 025 PSYCHOMANIA full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter To celebrate Halloween, Ian and Matthew watched an especially weird example of English horror cinema: the 1973 undead biker saga PSYCHOMANIA. 51:38 no <p>English bikers, weird cults, standing stones, the undead, and very questionable folk music come together in the strangely compelling 1973 movie <strong>Psychomania</strong>.</p> <p>Happy Halloween, everyone!</p> <p><strong>Please note</strong>: The movie discussed in this episode of the IMMP Podcast deals with the subject of suicide, in a horror fantasy context. If you might find this subject upsetting, please consider listening to a different episode or to another fine podcast.</p> Psychomania,bikers,horror,British,Britain,England,English,undead,lovecraftian, English bikers, weird cults, standing stones, the undead, and very questionable folk music come together in the strangely compelling 1973 movie Psychomania.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Please note: The movie discussed in this episode of the IMMP Podcast deals with the subject of suicide, in a horror fantasy context. If you might find this subject upsetting, please consider listening to a different episode or to another fine podcast.

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]]> English bikers, weird cults, standing stones, the undead, and very questionable folk music come together in the strangely compelling 1973 movie Psychomania.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Please note: The movie discussed in this episode of the IMMP Podcast deals with the subject of suicide, in a horror fantasy context. If you might find this subject upsetting, please consider listening to a different episode or to another fine podcast.

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]]> 024: THE ADDAMS FAMILY from 1964 TV https://www.immproject.com/024 cc929f4a-ecce-4cbd-8477-edd6f8a1e4f3 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 024 THE ADDAMS FAMILY from 1964 TV full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Creepy, kookie, and just in time for Halloween: the 1964 TV version of THE ADDAMS FAMILY 59:29 no <p>To kick off the Halloween season Ian and Matthew talk about the original 1964 TV version of <strong>The Addams Family</strong>. And about what a cool guy Lurch is. </p> 60s,TV,comedy,sitcom,Addams,Addams Family,Halloween To kick off the Halloween season Ian and Matthew talk about the original 1964 TV version of The Addams Family. And about what a cool guy Lurch is.

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