The Kingcast

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.