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Episodes
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
John Carpenter month continues on the Late Night Fright with his 1984 science-fiction love story STARMAN starring Oscar winner Jeff Bridges (THE BIG LEBOWSKI, CRAZY HEART) and Karen Allen (RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, ANIMAL HOUSE).
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
The world is in crisis but the Late Night Fright isn't going to let the elevator bring us down. John Carpenter month continues with his 1983 film CHRISTINE, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King.
CHRISTINE came on the heels of Carpenter's critically reviled masterpiece THE THING and asks the eternal question: what happens when an undersexed geek buys an evil car?
Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul (yay Baywatch!), Robert Prosky and Harry Dean Stanton star.
Stay safe out there!
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
It is midnight in Cozy Corner and around the world. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, bundle up and get ready to go back down to Outpost 31 for our second episode on John Carpenter's 1982 masterpiece THE THING.
This second part deals with the great cast led by Kurt Russell as well as the effects by Rob Bottin and the legacy of the film.
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
It is midnight in Cozy Corner and around the world. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, bundle up and get ready to travel down to Outpost 31.
March is John Carpenter month on the Late Night Fright. The next film up is his 1982 masterpiece THE THING starring Kurt Russell. Still waters run deep but paranoia runs deeper.
THE THING was critically reviled upon its initial release but became a cult film upon its home video release and has undergone a critical reevaluation since then. The film is based upon the novella WHO GOES THERE by John Campbell, Jr., editor of ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION. Howard Hawks produced a successful 1951 version entitled THE THING FROM OUTER SPACE directed by Christian Nyby, a film Carpenter admires very much. Truer to the source material, THE THING, adapted by Bill Lancaster, chronicles what happens when Snake Plissken plays a game of chess with a shape shifting alien.
Featuring a score by Ennio Morricone and wonderful supporting performances, THE THING may just be Carpenter's masterpiece.
The first episode of this two parter deals with the history of the story, Carpenter's signature style, thematic elements and the score.
Join us...if you dare!!!
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
It is midnight in Cozy Corner and around the world. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and get ready to take a snake sized bite out of the Big Apple because it is time for the Late Night Fright!
Dan and Faith are hard at work on the graveyard shift down at WKMF Cozy Corner Public Radio, bringing you reviews and analysis of the finest fright flicks ever made along with all of the fake news not fit to print!
March is John Carpenter month in Cozy Corner and the fun continues with the master’s 1981 film ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, the movie that established star Kurt Russell (DEATH PROOF, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD) as a leading man and introduced the world to one of filmdom’s quintessential antiheroes, S.D. “Snake” Plissken.
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was written by Carpenter and Nick Castle, the screenwriter who famously played “The Shape” in Carpenter’s 1978 masterpiece HALLOWEEN, and produced by Debra Hill. The film is a mashup of the action, horror, and sci-fi genres, moves along at a breakneck pace and really needs to be seen to be believed.
Lee Van Cleef (HIGH NOON, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY), Donald Pleasance (HALLOWEEN, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE), Ernest Borgnine (MARTY, THE DIRTY DOZEN), Isaac Hayes (SOUTH PARK, I’M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA), Harry Dean Stanton (ALIEN, CHRISTINE) and Adrienne Barbeau (THE FOG, BACK TO SCHOOL) co-star.
Join us…if you dare!
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
It is midnight in Cozy Corner and around the world. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and get ready to howl at the moon because it is time for the Late Night Fright.
Dan and Faith are hard at work on the graveyard shift down at WKMF Cozy Corner Public Radio, bringing you reviews and analysis of the finest fright flicks ever made along with all of the fake news not fit to print!
March is upon us and that means it is John Carpenter month in Cozy Corner.
In 1978 the master of terror created the slasher genre with HALLOWEEN and bequeathed to us the character of Michael Myers while launching the film career of Jamie Lee Curtis and giving us all a few thrills and chills in the process.
Tonight’s film, 1980’s THE FOG, proved that the maestro and his writing/producing partner Debra Hill were no flukes. Sidestepping the sophomore slump, Carpenter and Hill gave us a chilling, atmospheric ghost tale full of isolation, mystery and revenge. If Michael Myers was real world terror, the monsters at the heart of THE FOG are his supernatural siblings.
Adrienne Barbeau (CREEPSHOW, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, BACK TO SCHOOL), Jamie Lee Curtis (HALLOWEEN, A FISH CALLED WANDA, TRADING PLACES), Janet Leigh (PSYCHO), Tom Atkins (HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS), John Houseman (THE PAPER CHASE, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD), Charles Cyphers (HALLOWEEN, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, MAJOR LEAGUE) and Nancy Loomis (HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN II) star in this chiller.
Join us…if you dare!
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Michael Myers is back in a heart warming tale of family and murder!
Journey back through the mists of time to the 90's. It was the time of the Lilith Fair, the jagged little pill and Friends. Michael Myers shows back up just in time to terrorize the Scream generation in the 20th anniversary film of the 1978 masterpiece.
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to the franchise that made her a star. Steve Miner directs and the cast includes LL Cool J, Josh Hartnett, and another horror icon, Janet Leigh.
Join Dan and Faith on the graveyard shift for horror, a little bit of fun, and as always, all the fake news not fit to print.
Pour yourself a cup of coffee and get ready to howl at the moon...it's time for the LATE NIGHT FRIGHT!
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
In this cold, cruel world you've got to have a friend till the end. What happens if your friend till the end turns out to be cold and cruel...and has the soul of a killer? That's the question at the heart of director Tom Holland's 1988 film CHILD'S PLAY starring Chris Sarandon, Catherine Hicks and Oscar nominee Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray, better known to movie audiences as Chucky.
The blue eyed, red headed doll burst onto the scene wielding a knife in this clever and inventive movie that spawned 6 sequels, a remake and an upcoming television series.
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Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Get ready to enter that dimension of sight, sounds and imagination known as THE TWILIGHT ZONE!
In preparation for our upcoming episode on 1988's CHILD'S PLAY, join us as we look back at LIVING DOLL, a fifth season episode of the classic CBS series from Rod Serling that introduced the world to Talky Tina and served as a major influence on the creation of everyone's favorite redheaded killer doll, Chucky.
Tonight's episode will attempt to answer the age old question: what happens when Jennifer Aniston's godfather does battle with a killer doll voices by Rocky the Flying Squirrel?
Tune in to find out!
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Welcome to the first ever music themed episode of the Late Night Fright!
We're celebrating the Valentine's Day release of WEATHER, the new album from Huey Lewis and the News with a review as well as looking back at the music video for their top 10 hit DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY.
The DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY music video is a take off and homage to the classic 1935 James Whale film BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN starring BORIS KARLOFF and is something you really need to see if you haven't already. Its classic horror vibe and fun humor are guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
What do we think of the new seven song EP WEATHER? Tune in to find out!
Tonight's episode of THE LATE NIGHT FRIGHT was brought to you by BRUNO'S BASEMENT, Cozy Corner's premier shop for classic vinyl.
Stay spooky, kookies!