
Should Ant-Man and the Wasp been the perfect franchise to introduce Kang? My thoughts on that, how bad the MCU has to recover post-Jonathan Majors, and why I had to step away from the MCU and moviegoing altogether...
Mar 15, 2024
1 hr 1 min

A love fest episode about the need and love of physical media. This may be the first of a series of episodes that talk about the pros and cons of streaming vs physical media. Guest starring this episode is great friend Don Averett of Sage and Cinema.
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Mar 8, 2024
2 hr 12 min

A personal rant about the misuse and appropriation of the word/idea of "woke," and how using it as a tool of 'review' is very sus. That's it. That's the description.
Mar 4, 2024
44 min

Do the Sacrificial Negro and Magical Negro go hand in hand? In short, yes. But my special guest Brother Ghoulish and I start at that question and explore if Blacks in Horror can truly escape the trope in modern horror and the ways it still echoes in certain characters and films. It's not a deep dive, but a beginners trek.
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Dec 1, 2023
59 min

Working overnights is a b*tch, and having animatronic machines stalking doesn't help matters. My review of Blumhouse's adaptation of the popular video game and media franchise Five Nights at Freddy's.
Nov 17, 2023
58 min

Angela's still up to her tricks, but not the kind you take home and ravage after a good night of trick or treating. Listen as I discuss my ire for the lackluster closer to the Night of the Demons trilogy and the 2009 remake that shines on its own but not to its namesake.
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Oct 16, 2023
1 hr 4 min

Trick or Treat, Sucker... Angela isn't done with us yet! In this episode, I break down the 1994 horror sequel that had big shoes to fill, but decided to forge its own wild and hellish path. Was that a great move? Tune in to find out.
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Oct 12, 2023
54 min

This episode is long overdue. Finally, I'm talking about my favorite Halloween Horror film of all time, Night of the Demons! I'm so excited that I had a drink or two during the filming of this episode! Please excuse the mess, but that's what you came for, right?
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Oct 6, 2023
1 hr 17 min

Welcome to Season Three! In the premiere episode, I give you five underrated Halloween themed films to add to your watchlist this Spooky Season. You can find some of these films streaming on some of the popular streaming services, but The Midnight Hour is streaming on YouTube.
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Oct 2, 2023
1 hr 3 min

In this precursory episode to Season Three, I'm joined by Black Queer comic artist William O. Tyler as he talks comics, kinks, identity, and his upcoming project, We Belong - An All-Black, All-Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comics Anthology, which you can help fund here: https://zoop.gg/c/webelong.
Writers Viktor T. Kerney and William O. Tyler, along with
award-winning comics publisher Stacked Deck Press and Prism Comics will launch a Zoop campaign for a queer Black anthology, WE BELONG, in August!
WE BELONG is an upcoming comics anthology composed of 100+ pages of sci-fi and fantasy stories that center the queer Black perspective, all from queer Black creatives.
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Sep 1, 2023
1 hr 38 min
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