Author Jason Pargin stops by to discuss the latest installment of his John Dies At The End series titled There Are No Giant Crabs In This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs as well as the undersung Stephen King novella The Breathing Method, published in Different Seasons alongside Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Body (Stand By Me), and Apt Pupil.We talk about the realities of the publishing world, the largely negative impact of A.I., and then dive into this particularly interesting world that King cooked up where a bunch of stuffy elites visit a mystical New York gentlemen's club and tell spooky stories. Would King ever revisit this space? We have some insight on that, too!There Are No Giant Crabs In This Novel is available right now in e-book and audiobook form and the hardback is on track to hit shelves in early December.

"They're coning to get you, Barbara." One of the most iconic and oft-repeated lines in horror movie history and we have both the person who said it and the one he said it to on The Kingcast to talk all about the legacy of George A. Romero's genre-setting 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead, the impact that it had on Stephen King, and their own personal favorite King stories.Judith O'Dea and Russ Streiner are delightful and filled with so many stories about Romero, making a genre classic, and all the fallout, both good and ill, that came from that experience. There's no better duo to spend your lead up to Halloween week with than Judy and Russ. Vespe and Brez ain't chopped liver, either. Happy Halloween and if you like what you hear, you can support the show with some bucks over at www.patreon.com/thekingcast and your support will unlock hundreds of bonus episodes. 

The last thing we expected to arrive in ye ol' Kingcast mailbox was an email from Disney+ saying "hey, we think there's a Stephen King connection you might like in our super popular family-friendly cartoon series." Thankfully they did reach out, though, because we ended up with this delightful chat with Big City Greens's co-creator, Shane Houghton, who arrived to fill us in on getting King himself on as a cameo in their brand new Halloween episode.We talk about what it was like for a die hard King fan to work with his favorite author, how King has repeatedly reintroduced himself to new generations going back to the early '80s, and all the King connections in this new episode.There's also some (non-spoiler) talk about the new King, a Talisman sequel called Other Worlds Than These, and some Dark Tower discussions. Houghton was a very chill dude and had a lot of great insights.You can check out Stephen King's Big City Greens episode right now on Disney+.Also, a big thanks to our sponsor Morsels, a new horror thriller novel by Abe Moss, available now wherever books are sold!

Throttle is a deeper cut King story, co-written with his author son, Joe Hill. The two pay tribute to the great Richard Matheson and the result is this odd story about fathers and their children hung on the skeleton of a road-rage thriller as a bunch of tough bikers are chased down by a mysterious and murderous semi-truck.

Children of the Corn continues to be a Stephen King staple after all these years so it's fitting that the Kingcast boys get a chance to corner actor and musician Courtney Gains to talk about his experiences playing the red-headed, scythe-wielding, teenage rapscallion Malachai.Of course we also talk about some of his other endeavors as well, from his latest album, Liberation Day (available now), to his memorable turn as one of the mysterious Klopeks in Joe Dante's The 'Burbs. Courtney was never less than open about his career experiences, good and bad, and the result is this fun chat with an actual cornboy. Also, make sure to stick around at the end for an exclusive listen to a track from Courtney's new album!

Kingcast favorite Kate Siegel (Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass) returns to the show to discuss her latest genre appearance as the special guest star for the Season 3 premiere episode of The Creep Tapes, debuting next Tuesday, September 15th on Shudder/AMC+. We talk about the sexual politics of that episode, her working relationship with star Mark Duplass, and how she prepared for one specific tender, yet powerful moment in the episode before we moved on to talk about her Stephen King fandom, her experiences directing an episode of the upcoming Carrie, and, of course, the topic at hand: The Talisman universe.With Other Worlds Than These (aka The Talisman 3) coming out next month it's about time we discuss a little bit about what King and his co-author, Peter Straub, set out to do with not just The Talisman, but their divisive sequel: Black House.Vespe and Kate have different opinions on the sequel, but that just leads to a more riveting discussion at what's at the heart of this particular series from King.

Buddy, directed by Casper Kelly, is sees release this Friday, August 28th.

Doctor Sleep follows a grown up Danny Torrance who struggles with the same addiction and trauma issues his dad had all the while a roaming caravan of nomadic psychic vampires roam the country seeks out children with The Shine to do not so nice things to them in order to prolong their quasi-immortality.

This past weekend we lost genre great Chuck Russell, who directed the best Nightmare On Elm Street sequel, one of the best horror remakes (The Blob), and introduced the world to Cameron Diaz in The Mask. Last year we had the great pleasure of interviewing him on this show, so in honor of the man and his legacy we're rerunning that chat this week.Most of the conversation revolves around his remake of schlockfest Witchboard and his early career collaboration with one Mr. Frank Darabont. He had a front row seat to Darabont's pursuit of Stephen King's books, including The Shawshank Redemption.Rest In Peace to Chuck Russell!

On the table for this discussion about where to start with Stephen King's work are short stories like The Mist, 1408, and Here There Be Tigers and some of his bigger novels. Which made the cut, though? 11/22/63? Eyes of the Dragon? The Dark Tower series? It? You'll just have to listen to find out.