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Episode 7 of Season 4! Host, Gratton Conwill and special guest, Matt Fields discuss House of the Long Shadows (1983).

So we come to our final movie of the year. House of the Long Shadows is a British comedy horror film, which premiered on June 17th 1983. Based on a 1913 novel, Seven Keys to Baldpate by author Earl Derr Biggers, House of the Long Shadows was directed by Pete Walker and penned by Michael Armstrong. Initially, Bigger’s novel was adapted into a play, and this film marks the seventh motion picture adaptation of that stage play.

The movie's ensemble cast included beloved actors such as Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and John Carradine, bringing together an impressive array of talent that spanned generations of horror cinema. Each of these titans had made and indelible mark in the genre, and their collaboration in House of the Long Shadows was a dream come true for fans of classic horror, or should I say a nightmare? 

House of the Long Shadows seemed like a perfect way to honor these beloved performers by giving them a chance to shine in a late career gothic horror mystery, a throwback to the types of movies which made them household names. However the movie was met with poor reception upon release with critics decrying the film’s waste of such talents. One critic even suggested the writing was so bad, it must have meant the writer hated the audience.what is the true measure of star power? And does it have the ability to save an otherwise unnoteworthy movie? Well that is what we’re going to try and figure out.

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Episode 6 of Season 4! Host, Gratton Conwill and special guest, Matt Fields discuss The Asphyx (1972).

The Asphyx is a British sci-fi horror film released December 5th, 1972. Peter Newbrook directed while his good friends Christina Beers, Laurence Beers, and Brian Comport did the writing. Like other movies on this year’s list, The Asphyx fits into the gothic sect of the horror genre. Some characteristics which make horror movies gothic are, oppressive settings, supernatural phenomena, and a battle between humanity and the forces of evil. With very little information available about this movie via the internet, this brief description of Gothic horror will have to be enough. When The Asphyx released, the US and the UK received different cuts of the film, with the UK version being the shorter of the two. For years the coveted extended  american cut was only available through poor quality fan edits, but today we watch The Asphyx in its fullest form courtesy of Kino Lorber. Starring the likes of Robert Stephens, Jane Lapotaire, and many more, this could only be The Asphyx.

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Episode 14 of Season 3!

It's Anyone's Game

The year is 2042, you're running through a field completely naked. Sweat pours out of your nose as you crush snails beneath your feet. The shards of snail shells cut deep, and the pain sends shockwaves deep into your frail bones. You're going to be late, no matter how fast you run, you'll never get there in time. Your only hope is that you can catch a little piece before the airwaves go silent. The 23rd season of Only In Amityville is underway, and in this episode they're reviewing the second Goosebumps movie. The world as we know it has changed and even morphed into something almost unrecognizable. Podcasts are a thing of the past, but Only In Amityville manages to broadcast new episodes during October through a Cold War era soviet radio station 20 miles under ground. You are sprinting full speed, crying, to your silo where you have a radio receiver and the biggest pair of headphones ever made. Normally you spend your nights glued to the radio, drooling at the thought of voices coming through to keep you company. But today was different, today you just couldn't resist the idea of whacking off in the middle of a field completely naked. It was a risky move, and today it didn't pay off. You just might miss the broadcast if you're not fast enough. And if you miss this episode, you'll spend the night alone in silence. And you just might even kill yourself.

-Matt

From the creators of Giant Monster BS: Gratton Conwill and Matt Fields bring you Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is a limited series podcast event happening exclusively during October of 2022! Starting October 1st, we will review one movie every other day. Fans of Giant Monster BS and/or horror films will be right at home with this podcast. Vulgar, brutally honest, scary as hell, oh yeah... it's Only In Amityville time Baby! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is an ad-free, self funded podcast hosted by Matthew Fields. Follow our new Podcast! Our operations on the GMBS podcast will resume November 1st. If you would like to support the show, you can donate to us at: https://anchor.fm/giant-monster-bs or buy our merch at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/cheesemouse2/albums/39997-giant-monster-bs-merch Follow us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/GiantMonsterBS

Episode 13 of Season 3!

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

OVERTIME

Ohhh God dammit! I fell asleep! Where's my fucking phone oh my God. Shit, okay, hi hey what's up guys so um part of my sick and twisted game is to have the... episodes come out... past Halloween? Alright man, I'll level with you. I fell asleep, I totally crashed out. And... it kind of messed things up so just hang tight and um... Welcome to Overtime! My game is in Overtime, get it? Alright okay yeah.

-Matt

From the creators of Giant Monster BS: Gratton Conwill and Matt Fields bring you Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is a limited series podcast event happening exclusively during October of 2022!* Starting October 1st, we will review one movie every other day. Fans of Giant Monster BS and/or horror films will be right at home with this podcast. Vulgar, brutally honest, scary as hell, oh yeah... it's Only In Amityville time Baby! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is an ad-free, self funded podcast hosted by Matthew Fields. Follow our new Podcast! Our operations on the GMBS podcast will resume November 1st. If you would like to support the show, you can donate to us at: https://anchor.fm/giant-monster-bs or buy our merch at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/cheesemouse2/albums/39997-giant-monster-bs-merch Follow us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/GiantMonsterBS

*and a little bit of November maybe

Episode 12 of Season 3!

Night of the Comet (1984)

An Uneasy Alliance

Gratton may be taking some of the workload off my shoulders, but that doesn't make this game any less sick and twisted than it was before. He's just helping me out because I've kind of got a lot going on at the moment, I mean not that much but I guess a lot of little stuff and a lot of stuff is just kind of converging, I've got to buy these shoes for a wedding and I've got to get my car worked on - nothing serious but, you know, it's always at the worst time - there's all this stuff going on at work and I don't quite have the energy and free time I usually do and of course this stuff is happening right smack in the middle of my game, but that's how it goes, I guess. But yeah he's still in my rat's maze of traps and sights and sounds you know you get it.

-Matt

From the creators of Giant Monster BS: Gratton Conwill and Matt Fields bring you Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is a limited series podcast event happening exclusively during October of 2022! Starting October 1st, we will review one movie every other day. Fans of Giant Monster BS and/or horror films will be right at home with this podcast. Vulgar, brutally honest, scary as hell, oh yeah... it's Only In Amityville time Baby! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is an ad-free, self funded podcast hosted by Matthew Fields. Follow our new Podcast! Our operations on the GMBS podcast will resume November 1st. If you would like to support the show, you can donate to us at: https://anchor.fm/giant-monster-bs or buy our merch at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/cheesemouse2/albums/39997-giant-monster-bs-merch Follow us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/GiantMonsterBS

Episode 11 of Season 3!

Night of the Creeps (1986)

Foul Play

Can a person who is truly sick and twisted, as I am, ever be truly good? Can I ever be cured? Can I ever be untwisted? I have long pondered this question, and its weight has nearly given me scoliosis of the back. If you'd asked just hours ago what I thought the answer might be, I'd have told you, "No." Just like that. But that would have been before Gratton showed me an Instagram post in which there was a statue of Buddha with text that said "JUST DON'T BE A DICK". When I saw this truly moving image, I felt something inside of me change. All the bad feelings, all that meanness, all that pointless and misguided hate - I felt it dissipate, and in its place a deep love for everything that exists bloomed into my heart. I thought, "yeah, why don't I just not be a dick?" (Obviously the artist's intention). Now, I have a new outlook on life. HAHAHAHA I'm just fucking kidding. I'm still evil, and the game is still on OH YEAH BABY.

-Matt

From the creators of Giant Monster BS: Gratton Conwill and Matt Fields bring you Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is a limited series podcast event happening exclusively during October of 2022! Starting October 1st, we will review one movie every other day. Fans of Giant Monster BS and/or horror films will be right at home with this podcast. Vulgar, brutally honest, scary as hell, oh yeah... it's Only In Amityville time Baby! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is an ad-free, self funded podcast hosted by Matthew Fields. Follow our new Podcast! Our operations on the GMBS podcast will resume November 1st. If you would like to support the show, you can donate to us at: https://anchor.fm/giant-monster-bs or buy our merch at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/cheesemouse2/albums/39997-giant-monster-bs-merch Follow us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/GiantMonsterBS

Episode 10 of Season 3!

Night of the Demons (1988)

Royal Flush

Life, as it were, is not dissimilar to a game of poker, as it were. We all play the parts of the cards - kings, queens, jesters... um, diamonds... fours... We're organized into decks, then dealt out into hands... but it is the players who make the moves... and play the odds... the only question is... who, truly and in the most undeniable of senses, are these players? (As it were)... That is the question.

-Matt

Episode 9 of Season 3!

Gratton Gets the Upper Hand

Scoundrel! How could I have foreseen Gratton getting the upper hand in such an unexpected way?! Drat! FUCK! I'm fucking PISSED OFF now! I let my guard down for a mere moment, and Gratton took the opportunity to disrupt my plans and stab me in the forearm, scoundrel he is! A true villain in every respect! GOD DAMMIT I'm getting more and more frickin pissed off as I fucking type this. No matter... He may have won the battle, but he has not won the war... I must plan my next move carefully... think, Matt. Think. Oh yes, I have an idea... heheheheheheh... but I won't tell any of you... what my idea is.... heheheheheheh.... yeah.

-Matt

From the creators of Giant Monster BS: Gratton Conwill and Matt Fields bring you Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is a limited series podcast event happening exclusively during October of 2022! Starting October 1st, we will review one movie every other day. Fans of Giant Monster BS and/or horror films will be right at home with this podcast. Vulgar, brutally honest, scary as hell, oh yeah... it's Only In Amityville time Baby! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is an ad-free, self funded podcast hosted by Matthew Fields. Follow our new Podcast! Our operations on the GMBS podcast will resume November 1st. If you would like to support the show, you can donate to us at: https://anchor.fm/giant-monster-bs or buy our merch at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/cheesemouse2/albums/39997-giant-monster-bs-merch Follow us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/GiantMonsterBS

Episode 8 of Season 2!

The Burning (1981)

HALFTIME

Well, well, well... It's been a long time coming, but we're finally here at the halfway point. Are your vocal cords fried? Are your lungs screaming for air? I suppose terrified screams will do that to you... heheheheh... I'll allow you to catch your breath, give you some time for the adrenaline to die down. Get some snacks - some popcorn, some meatballs, some Mug Root Beer, some peanuts, some Dr. Pepper, some Sour Patch Kids, some hot dogs, some nachos, some potato chips, some of that chicken that Randy does on that fancy grill of his that no one else can seem to really replicate, some cashews, some pistachios, some Raisinets - yes, relax, even. But don't think for one second that the game is over. In fact, it's exactly halfway over, which means there's still a good while left to go...

-Matt

From the creators of Giant Monster BS: Gratton Conwill and Matt Fields bring you Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is a limited series podcast event happening exclusively during October of 2022! Starting October 1st, we will review one movie every other day. Fans of Giant Monster BS and/or horror films will be right at home with this podcast. Vulgar, brutally honest, scary as hell, oh yeah... it's Only In Amityville time Baby! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is an ad-free, self funded podcast hosted by Matthew Fields. Follow our new Podcast! Our operations on the GMBS podcast will resume November 1st. If you would like to support the show, you can donate to us at: https://anchor.fm/giant-monster-bs or buy our merch at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/cheesemouse2/albums/39997-giant-monster-bs-merch Follow us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/GiantMonsterBS

Episode of 7 of Season 3!

Brain Damage (1988)

King Takes Pawn

We're nearly halfway through the game, which is basically actually halfway. But not really. I have endless tricks and sights and smells up my sleeves. The game is only getting more fascinating. Toying with Gratton's mind reminds me of plucking the legs and wings off of flies. When I was a little boy, my grandma would catch me and beat me senseless with a hammer. Harsh, but fair. But yeah this is kind of like that, only instead of a fly, it's Gratton, and instead of wings and legs, it's more abstract stuff like hope and methods of escape. But the end result is pretty much the same. I imagine Gratton's mind as a fly, and by the end of my game it will be nothing more than a helpless, writhing, mutilated insect. And this time, there's no fear of a beating from Grandma to stop me...

-Matt

From the creators of Giant Monster BS: Gratton Conwill and Matt Fields bring you Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is a limited series podcast event happening exclusively during October of 2022! Starting October 1st, we will review one movie every other day. Fans of Giant Monster BS and/or horror films will be right at home with this podcast. Vulgar, brutally honest, scary as hell, oh yeah... it's Only In Amityville time Baby! Only In Amityville Season 3: Matt's Sick and Twisted Game is an ad-free, self funded podcast hosted by Matthew Fields. Follow our new Podcast! Our operations on the GMBS podcast will resume November 1st. If you would like to support the show, you can donate to us at: https://anchor.fm/giant-monster-bs or buy our merch at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/cheesemouse2/albums/39997-giant-monster-bs-merch Follow us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/GiantMonsterBS