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Nightmares and Cold Ones

John McFadden

155 episodes · Explicit

Buddies discuss a spooky movie or show over some drinks.

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  1. Episode 126: Misery

    · 1 h 33 min · S1 E160 · Explicit

    Sister G, Tini and John take a trip to the house of Annie Wilkes for an extended stay. The trio dissect this thriller about a writer trying to satisfy his number one fan. What started out as a potential gruesome short…

  2. Episode 125: The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three

    · 1 h 34 min · S1 E159 · Explicit

    Sister G and John find themselves back on the path of the Dark Tower again. This time, Roland finds himself stranded on a desert, injured and sick: the last gunslinger is going to need help if he's going to reach the…

  3. Episode 124: The Monster Squad (Part 2)

    · 52 min · S1 E158 · Explicit

    John and Jim finish up their chat on the flick.

  4. Episode 124: The Monster Squad

    · 1 h 34 min · S1 E157 · Explicit

    100 years ago, the good guys had a chance to banish the bad guys into limbo and give earth peace forever... the good guys blew it! Yes, that is a snippet of the excellent prologue of tonight's flick, The Monster Squad…

  5. Episode 123: Dark City

    · 1 h 45 min · S1 E156 · Explicit

    Jim and John find themselves in Dark City, a neo-noir sci-fi flick directed by Alex Proyas of the Crow fame. The story follows a man with amnesia with psychic abilities who is a murder suspect that is on the run from…

  6. Episode 122: It (Part 3)

    · 1 h 37 min · S1 E154 · Explicit

    G, Kristina and John take one more trip back to Derry. The Losers are back in town, but do they have what it takes to eliminate an interdimensional evil creature? Join us one last time to discuss one of King's best…

  7. Episode 121: Mom's Spaghetti

    · 1 h 45 min · S1 E153 · Explicit

    The Cold Ones gang takes a break from Stephen King's It and find themselves on 8 Mile staring Eminem. Yes, that's right, the drinking obsessed horror podcast is watching a movie about an aspiring rapper, big whoop…

  8. Episode 120: It (Part 2)

    · 48 min · S1 E152 · Explicit

    Kristina, John and Gina continue their analysis on one of King's best horror stories...

  9. Episode 120 It (Part 1)

    · 1 h 38 min · S1 E151 · Explicit

    On a rainy day a boy in a yellow slicker sailed a paper boat down a stream along a flooded street. Little Georgie was dismayed when he saw the paper boat sail into a sewer. When he had all but given up on retrieving…

  10. Episode 119: John Carpenter's Vampires

    · 1 h 32 min · S1 E150 · Explicit

    Join Jim and John as they sink their teeth into (I did it, I made the dumb joke!) one of John Carpenter's less appreciated but still awesome flick, Vampires. The Western/Horror hybrid follows a band of vampire hunters…

  11. Episode 118: The Long Pod (Part 2)

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E148

    Kristina and John finish their marathon discussion on The Long Walk

  12. Episode 118: The Long Pod (Part 1)

    · 1 h 30 min · S1 E147

    Tini and John discuss the year's best feel bad/good movie, The Long Walk, directed by Francis Lawrence, based on a Stephen King novel written under the Richard Bachman penname. A precursor to Battle Royale and The…

  13. Episode 117: Superman

    · 1 h 36 min · S1 E146

    John and Jim are back to discuss James Gunn's Superman! The two touch on the state of the DC films over the past few years and also the excitement of Gunn-led DCU. And while the Internet doesn't require two more dudes…

  14. Episode 116: Thinner

    · 1 h 44 min · S1 E145

    G and John take a big 'ol bite out of Thinner, written under King's pseudonym Richard Bachman. What happens when you have an egotistical lawyer, an old man with a grudge, and a cartoony gangster? Well perhaps King's…

  15. Episode 115: Death Becomes Her

    · 1 h 44 min · S1 E144

    Oh boy! Tini and John take a deep dive into Robert Zemeckis' satire of the glamours Hollywood life of the '90's. The two can't help but talk about their love of movies from this time along with seminal horror series…

  16. Episode 114: The Eyes of the Dragon

    · 1 h 42 min · S1 E143

    G and John have a fun chat about one of King's very few forays into the fantasy genre. The two are very happy to see an old friend return; the magician with the smile of a dead man, the man with many monikers that…

  17. Episode 113: Surviving - Shaun of The Dead

    · 1 h 44 min · S1 E142

    What's this, The Cold Ones gang repeating themselves? Not quite, guys. While we covered Edgar Wright's classic zombie movie a few years ago, Jim and John are tackling the flick in a different way today: Could we…

  18. Episode 112: The Talisman

    · 1 h 36 min · S1 E141

    G and John are back with the Stephen King discussions! In this episode we take a deep dive into one of King's earliest entries into the fantasy genre. The two discuss this world hopping, Dark Tower related tale of a…

  19. Episode 112: Spider-Man 2 (Part 2)

    · 1 h 10 min · S1 E140

    John and Rich finish up their marathon discussion!

  20. Episode 112: Spider-Man 2 (Part 1)

    · 1 h 30 min · S1 E139

    That's right, true believers, it's the triumphant return of Capes and Cold Ones! Join Rich and John as they dissect what many consider to be the gold standard of comic book movies - Spider-Man 2 directed by Sam Rami.…

  21. Episode 111: Nosferatu

    · 1 h 42 min · S1 E138

    Join John and Kristina as they take a deep dive into Robert Egger's masterful retelling of the Dracula myth. The two gush over the visual language of the flick, the costumes as well as the makeup. The two also crown…

  22. Episode 110: Cycle of the Werewolf

    · 1 h 19 min · S1 E137

    John and G discuss the underrated story of a werewolf haunting a small New England town. John may be a bit loopy, and we may have missed the spookiest month of the year by not posting a pod, but we're back now and…

  23. Episode 109: Evil Eyebrows

    · 1 h 28 min · S1 E136 · Explicit

    Kristina, John and Jenn with two n's sit down to chat about Richard Donner's The Omen. The trio dig the old timey score, '70's aesthetic and the fact that the doctor from The Secret of the Ooze plays a major part in…

  24. Episode 108: Pet Sematary

    · 1 h 44 min · S1 E135 · Explicit

    G and John chat about one King's greatest, but also darkest works. The two chronicle the doomed lives of the Creed family that just wanted a nice little life in a sleepy Maine town, but were doomed by a busy road and a…

  25. Episode 107: Me and My Shadow

    · 1 h 43 min · S1 E134 · Explicit

    Join Jim and John for a an adventure that spans hundreds of years as they recap the masterpiece that is Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits. What, not a horror movie you say? To that I will point to the horror of being…

  26. Episode 106: Christine

    · 1 h 38 min · S1 E133 · Explicit

    Gina and John sit down to talk about a teen and his haunted car in the 80’s classic King tale. The two dive into this surprisingly deep horror novel that has something to say about growing up and growing apart from…

  27. Episode 105: Let's Kick Shell

    · 1 h 34 min · S1 E132 · Explicit

    Rich and John discuss the 2023's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. The two discuss their nostalgia for the old series as well as the awesome old toys. They also praise the art style of the new movie and the…

  28. Episode 104: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger

    · 1 h 42 min · S1 E131 · Explicit

    The man in black fled across the desert, and the cold ones ka-tet followed. Join Gina and John as they start their trek through King's magnum opus. The duo break down this weird western with sci-fi, horror, and fantasy…

  29. Episode 103: Late Night with the Devil

    · 1 h 42 min · S1 E130 · Explicit

    Kristina and John cover the brilliant 70's set found footage flick written and directed by Colin and Cameron Cairnes. The two praise the storytelling, the clever take on the previously well worn horror found footage…

  30. Episode 102: On a THING and a Prayer

    · 1 h 13 min · S1 E129 · Explicit

    John and Jim chat about John Carpenter's masterpiece The Thing, a tale about a shapeshifting alien lifeform that causes panic and paranoia amongst a team of Americans at a research station. The two discuss how…

  31. Episode 101: The Running Man

    · 1 h 38 min · S1 E128 · Explicit

    G and John take a deep dive into Richard Bachman's (cough cough, Stephen King's) dystopian novel. The two agree that King accurately predicted the rise of reality t.v, but also acknowledge that the writer falls short…

  32. Episode 100: The Journey So Far

    · 1 h 40 min · S1 E127 · Explicit

    We made to 100, people! Instead of looking at any one specific movie, John and Jim rip off an old bit for sports radio; Mount Rushmore. The two list some of their favorite horror flicks and touch on early memories of…

  33. Episode 99: Cujo

    · 1 h 36 min · S1 E126 · Explicit

    Welcome back to King's haunted town of Castle Rock. Gina and John take a big ol' bite out of King's seminal book about a good dog turned rabid. The duo dig into the nitty gritty of the novel with maybe one or two too…

  34. Episode 98: Claus and Cold Ones

    · 1 h 30 min · S1 E125 · Explicit

    Kristina and John take a deep dive into a Christmas movie tradition in the making: Violent Night, staring Stranger Things' David Harbour. The two reminisce about Christmas past. The inevitable comparison between Die…

  35. Episode 97: Roadwork

    · 1 h 20 min · S1 E124 · Explicit

    G and John chat about another Richard Bachman/Stephen King story. The two navigate a tricky story that deals with mental health issues and loss. The duo wrestles with their disdain for the main character while still…

  36. Episode 96: Cold Ones Not Included

    · 1 h 32 min · S1 E123 · Explicit

    Jim and John sit down to talk about the fantastic Child's Play, directed by, directed by Tom Holland and written by Don Mancini as well as John Lafia. The duo reminisces about '80's toys. The practical effects are…

  37. Episode 95: His Name Was Jason

    · 1 h 42 min · S1 E122 · Explicit

    John, Kristina and Jenn with two N's take a deep dive into the first Friday The 13th flick directed by Sean S. Cunningham. The trio reminisce about watching the series at a young age. The confusion about the ending is…

  38. Episode 94: What if... Aliens

    · 1 h 28 min · S1 E121 · Explicit

    Jim and John discuss Prometheus, Ridley Scott's return to sci-fi flicks. John struggles with coming up with the word casino. He also goes into great deatil about the creation of the movie. Sit back, crack a cold one…

  39. Episode 93: Firestarter

    · 1 h 33 min · S1 E120 · Explicit

    Gina and John sit down to talk about Stephen King's 1980 sci-fi thriller, Firestarter. The two have some hot takes (ha get it?) on some of the characters in the book. A certain Netflix series is discussed as having…

  40. Episode 92: Assemble

    · 1 h 36 min · S1 E119 · Explicit

    Rich and John tackle the culmination of the MCU's Phase 1: The Avengers, written and directed by Joss Whedon. The two recap how Marvel Studios made one of the biggest gambles in Hollywood history and won. The two then…

  41. Episode 91: Don't Go Spelunking

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E118 · Explicit

    Kristina and John chat about The Descent directed by Neil Marshall. The two share their misgivings about exploring caves. The unique, somehow plausible monsters of the movie are admired. Sit back, crack a cold one and…

  42. Episode 90: The Dead Zone

    · 1 h 42 min · S1 E117 · Explicit

    Gina and John take a deep dive into King's the Dead Zone. The two ponder the age-old question: if you could go back in time, would you kill Hitler (spoiler the correct answer is yes). The duo discuss what it would be…

  43. Episode 89: You're Gonna Need a Bigger Podcast

    · 1 h 39 min · S1 E116 · Explicit

    Jim and John discuss Steven Spielberg's classic film, Jaws. The two share their love for the flick that made generations of people too scared to go into the ocean. Summertime memories are shared. The fashion and…

  44. Episode 88: I Can Do This All Day

    · 1 h 37 min · S1 E115 · Explicit

    John and Rich sit down to talk about Captain America: The First Avenger, directed by Joe Johnston. The duo profess their love for this Indiana Jones inspired entry into the MCU. They have weird theories on the super…

  45. Episode 87: The AdaptoJenn (with two n's!)

    · 1 h 38 min · S1 E114 · Explicit

    Do you like Friday the 13th movies? Do you like bits that have no connection to said movies? If not, then you are in the wrong place. Join John and Jenn with two n's as they navigate their way through Friday the 13th…

  46. Episode 86: The Long Walk

    · 1 h 28 min · S1 E113 · Explicit

    Sister G and John dissect this dystopian horror novel Stephen King wrote under a pen name. Sit back, crack a cold one and enjoy.

  47. Episode 85: A Nightmares and Cold Ones/Deadsville Productions Crossover Spectacular

    · 1 h 34 min · S1 E112 · Explicit

    John and Jim are joined by Steph Infection, owner and producer of Deadsville Productions. Steph gives a crash course of Horror punk music. She also discusses the live shows Deadsville Productions helps set up. The gang…

  48. Episode 84: Nilbog is Goblin Spelled Backwards!

    · 1 h 37 min · S1 E111 · Explicit

    It has finally happened. The Nightmares and Cold Ones Crew discusses one of the "best worst" movies of all time, Troll 2. Join John, Jim and the Million Movie Man Duffy as they try to make sense of this odyssey…

  49. Episode 83: Witches Get Stitches

    · 1 h 45 min · S1 E110 · Explicit

    Jim and John sit down to talk about a flick that has haunted millennials for years, The Witches, directed by Nicolas Roeg. The duo discuss prequel and sequel ideas that would have been way better than that slop remake…

  50. Episode 82: Ghostface Takes Manhattan (Part 2)

    · 46 min · S1 E109 · Explicit

    The gang finishes up their discussion on Scream 6.

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