The Late Night Fright

It's Monday and that means it's time for a Cage Match! The Late Night Fright continues its celebration of the filmography of Nicolas Kim Coppola, aka Nicolas Cage, aka Nic Cage, aka The Cage. We started this journey with 16 films, but in the end only one will be crowned the CAGIEST. We're down to 8 films: Face/Off (1997) vs. Vampire's Kiss (1989), Mandy (2017) vs. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987) vs. Nation Treasure Book Of Secrets (2007), and Moonstruck (1988) vs. Knowing (2009). We have added two categories to the tournament style competition: walking/body language and costume. Things are getting real in the cage! Tune in to find out which films will make it to the final four! 

October is here, fall is in the air, and Halloween is just around the corner. It’s also Wednesday and that means it is time to talk about horror movies! The LATE NIGHT FRIGHT is going to be showcasing classic Universal horror films this October and we are starting off with one of the best in the entire canon, 1932’s THE MUMMY directed by Karl Freund and starring the incomparable and uncanny Boris Karloff as Imhotep, the undead fiend who dared to defy the gods! Fresh off of the double successes of 1931’s DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN, Universal Pictures cast their newly minted horror star Karloff in the Egyptian themed chiller that features amazing makeup courtesy of the legendary Jack Pierce, beautiful production design, and a wonderful adversary for Karloff’s Imhotep in the form of Edward Van Sloan’s Dr. Muller. Thrills! Chills! Lost love and reincarnation! This one has it all! Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, tune in and get ready to howl at the moon! It’s time for the LATE NIGHT FRIGHT!

In 1982, filmmaker George A. Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) and author Stephen King (IT, Carrie, The Shining), the masters of terror and the macabre, gave us Creepshow, a horror anthology film inspired by the classic EC Comics of the 1950s and it was the most fun we ever had being scared. In 2019, under the guiding hand of executive producer Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), Creepshow is back as a six week series streaming exclusively on Shudder. 

This week’s inaugural episode includes the stories “Gray Matter”, adapted from a 1973 King short story that is collected in the book Night Shift, and “The House Of The Head” from Birdbox author Josh Malerman.

“Gray Matter” stars Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog, Escape From New York, Swamp Thing), Tobin Bell the Saw series), and Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian). The story was direceted by Greg Nicotero from a teleplay by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi.

“The Head Of The House” stars Cailey Fleming (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and was directed by John Harrison, the composer for the original 1982 film.

The first episode of Shudder’s Creepshow premiered on September 26^th, 2019 and is available to watch with a subscription to Shudder.

 Did our hard working crew at the Late Night Fright have fun being scared? Tune in to find out!

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It's TV Tuesday and today we are looking at the first two episodes of the newest installment of FX's long running American Horror Story. Homages to the golden age of the slasher picture abound in 1984. Five friends decide to get out of Los Angeles when a mysterious killer known as the Night Stalker begins terrorizing the city. They find jobs as camp counselors at Camp Redwood, the site of a 1970 massacre courtesy of Mr. Jingles, played by the great character actor John Carroll Lynch. Join us every Tuesday during the run of 1984 as we discuss the latest episode! 

It is Monday and that means it's time for a CAGE MATCH! We continue our celebration of the filmography of Nicolas Kim Coppola, aka Nicolas Cage, aka Nic Cage, aka THE CAGE. This is the final round of the second bracket of our tournament to determine which film and performance are the CAGIEST! This week's matchup is very interesting, pitting a very good film against a very Cagey performance. Don't let the bees get you! Tune in to find out which movie will emerge victorious from the cage! Everything is on fire!!!

It is Wednesday and that means it is time to talk about horror movies! This week's film is David Fincher's 1995 film SE7EN starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey. Pitt and Freeman play two detectives searching for a killer using the seven deadly sins as a motif in his killings. It's chilling, it's thrilling, and it has a lot to say about the world we find ourselves living in today. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and get ready to howl at the moon...it's time for THE LATE NIGHT FRIGHT!

It is TV Tuesday and The Late Night Fright is going way back to the 90s, the time when MTV still played music videos...and aired a little show called Beavis and Butthead! We're taking a look back at the 1995 Halloween episode BUNGHOLIO: LORD OF THE HARVEST. Beavis dresses as a and, Butthead dresses as nachos, the Great Cornholio makes an appearance, the boys laugh a lot and they DON'T score! They never score! Dan and Faith also take an online personality quiz to see if they are a Beavis or a Butthead. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and get ready to howl (or huh huh huh heh heh heh) at the moon! 

It's Monday and it's time for a CAGE MATCH! The Late Night Fright continues its celebration of the filmography of Nicolas Kim Coppola, a.k.a. Nicolas Cage, a.k.a. Nic Cage, a.k.a. The Cage! This week's matchup pits 1987's award winning romantic comedy MOONSTRUCK against 2000's action spectacle GONE IN 60 SECONDS. Moonstruck stars Cage as Ronny Cammareri, a bread baker with one hand who falls for Cher's character Loretta Castorini. Cher won an Oscar for her role and the picture was nominated for 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture. In Gone In 60 Seconds Cage stars as Memphis Raines, a car thief who comes out of retirement to help his brother pay a debt to an international gangster. The picture also stars Angelina Jolie, Chi McBride and the legendary Robert Duvall. This is the third collaboration between Cage and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Which film will emerge victorious? Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, tune in and find out! 

It's Wednesday and that means it is time to talk about horror movies! This week's pick is a true classic in the genre, Sam Raimi's 1981 low budget masterpiece THE EVIL DEAD starring the one and only Bruce Campbell! Dan and Faith give the listeners an update on WKMF's unfortunate FCC situation and there's a special award winning performance from Weird Gal and Weird Guy, a parody of ZZ Top's Sharp Dressed Man, MURDER GLOVE MAN, on ode to the dream killer himself, Freddy Krueger. WKMF radio psychic Antoine Duplaix is missing and it's up to Dan and Faith, along with their friend Bobby D'amato, to find him! What darkness lies in store for Cozy Corner and the world? Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, tune in and get ready to howl at the moon! It's time for THE LATE NIGHT FRIGHT! 

Join us for a special TV Tuesday...we know that this isn't exactly classic television but a whole generation of Stooge lovers grew up watching them on the television so we figure that counts! We're looking at 1939's WE WANT OUR MUMMY, a short film that finds our unflappable and extremely intelligent heroes journeying to Cairo to find a missing professor. We're joined in studio by three very special guests of our own and we take a quiz to determine which Stooge we are. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up and get ready to unwrap the fun that is WE WANT OUR MUMMY!