Cult Film Club Podcast

In this Crestwood House episode we continue through some Hammer Studios films, this time we cover the final movie in the loose "Karnstein" trilogy; Twins of Evil from 1971.

On the latest episode of the Crestwood House, co-host Michael May kicks off our three-episode exploration of the film of Hammer Horror with 1970's The Vampire Lovers!

On the third episode of Crestwood House season 6, co-host Shawn takes over hosting duties as he closes out the boy's look at Universal horror movies with 1954's Creature From the Black Lagoon!

In this episode Pax drives through the 1988 novelization of the teen comedy License to Drive starring the "two Coreys".

In this episode we continue our stroll through Universal Studios with the sequel to The Wolf Man, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, from 1943 starring Lon Chaney Jr and Bela Lugosi as the titular monsters.

Season 6 of the Crestwood House starts with a thunder crack in the dark night sky as co-host Michael May takes Paxton and Shawn on a tour of Universal's Poe-inspired flick, 1934's The Black Cat starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.

Before we kick off season 6 of the Crestwood House, the boys are back to discuss this past season, what we loved, what surprised us, and what we're looking forward to in 2026. This year we decided to include our process for picking the season's episodes as well as our actual picks!

In this episode Pax drives a borrowed Ferrari through the 1986 novelization of the John Hughes classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

In this episode Pax attacks the 1996 novelization of Roland Emmerich's alien invasion blockbuster, Independence Day!

Shawn, Jaime, and Pax skate into the 1992 romantic sports comedy The Cutting Edge.  The greatest ice skating movie ever made.

In this episode we finish out the final book of the Knight Rider novelizations series Pax started back in 2019.

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club co-host Shawn leads Jaime and Paxton into the dark world of film noir with the 1955 Mike Hammer flick, Kiss Me Deadly.

In this episode Pax covers three different novelizations all covering different adaptations of L Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz.

Pax talks about the future of the podcast and answers listener questions.

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, Jaime dangles Paxton and Shawn over a cliff while we all chat about the 1993 Macaulay Culkin/Elijah Wood thriller, The Good Son.

This is the 100th episode of I Read Movies!

Mike, Shawn, and Pax return to do a "Scary Ghost Stories" holiday episode with special guest Rob Graham.

For IRM's 99th episode, Pax covers one of his holy grail novelizations, Midnight Madness from 1980!

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club co-host Paxton brandishes his sword and enlists Jaime and Shawn to battle against a crooked cardinal the trio discuss the 1993 swashbuckling action/comedy, The Three Musketeers! All for one and one for all!

This is a repost of a Nerd Lunch episode where Pax discusses the changes between the novelization and the movie of Star Trek V.

Welcome to IRM's Halloween episode! This year I'm covering the novelizations to the two 90s Addams Family movies; Addams Family and Addams Family Values.

In the final episode of Season 5, Pax takes Shawn and Mike through the 1965 Kaiju classic, Invasion of Astro Monster starring Godzilla, Rodan, and King Gidorah. And maybe a few humans too.

We're celebrating Halloween again on the latest episode of the Cult Film Club and this year we're taking a hard look at the 1987 neo-western horror flick, Near Dark. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring half the cast of Aliens, this vampire flick is a hugely influential cult flick and we're so glad to finally tackle it.

On this week's episode of the Crestwood House, co-host Michael May picks up the daisy chain by choosing another Charles Grodin flick, the 1976 remake of King Kong!

On the seventh episode of season 5 of the Crestwood House, co-host Shawn Robare picks up the daisy chain and follows up from The Fury by picking another movie staring John Cassavetes, the 1968 classic, Rosemary's Baby! Join us as we discuss the icky husbands, covens, tannis root, and how thankfully the films was a super faithful translation of the book so that we can dismiss the work of the director in favor of the author and actors!

Mike, Shawn, and Pax work their way through an early De Palma thriller, The Fury from 1978, starring John Cassavetes, Kirk Douglas, and Amy Irving.

On the fifth episode of season 5 of the Crestwood House, co-host Michael May picks up the daisy chain and follows up from Theater of Blood by picking a movie with a very similar theme (revenge in the Theater), the 1974 Brian De Palma cult classic, Phantom of the Paradise!

On the fourth episode of season 5 of the Crestwood House, co-host Shawn Robare picks up the daisy chain and follows up from Ten Little Indians by picking a movie starring one of the same cast members, Dennis Price, the 1973 comedy/horror flick Theater of Blood!

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, things get steamy as co-host Jaime drags Paxton and Shawn out to the a strip club for A Night in Heaven, John G. Avildsen's Romantic Drama from 1983.

Mike, Shawn, and Pax continue on their daisy chain journey with a 1965 adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel Ten Little Indians.

Finishing out the Blockbuster Sequel Summer, Pax covers the only movie in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise to get a novelization; Beverly Hills Cop 2.

On the second episode of season 5 of the Crestwood House, co-host Michael May picks up the daisy chain and follows up from The Flesh and the Fiends by picking a movie with a very similar title structure, the 1963 Mario Bava classic, The Whip and the Body!

On the first episode of season 5 of Crestwood House, co-host Shawn Robare kicks off a season of daisy-chained episodes with the lesser known Peter Cushing horror flick The Flesh and the Fiends from 1960!

Crestwood House is back, but before we start the Season 5 proper, we want to take a second and look back at this past season and go over what we covered and what we're hoping to accomplish in this new season. So pop the top on an expired Ecto Cooler, grab some Monster cereal to much on and listen as we discuss Season 4 of the Crestwood House.

In this episode Pax covers the novelization of the 2005 Fantastic Four movie which turns 20 years old this year!

Jaime, Shawn, and Pax discuss the infamous Gymkata from 1985 starring gymnast Kurt Thomas!

The Cult Film Club is back after our 100th episode spectacular with one of co-host Shawn's most recent obsessions, the 1980 Al Pachino/William Friedken flick Cruising. Join our hosts as we dissect the film, talk about the rough trade sub culture of early 80s NYC and try and figure out that crazy ending.

In this episode I close out the Raimi Spiderman trilogy of novelizations with the most maligned entry.

In this episode Pax does a deep dive into the novelization of the first Rambo sequel which is adapted by the original Rambo author based on the original screenplay by James Cameron!

In this episode, coinciding with the release of the newest Mission Impossible movie, Pax is covering the only entry in that franchise to get a novelization; the very first one from 1996.

In this episode Pax talks about the novelization to Kevin Costner's infamous Waterworld from 1995!

On a very special episode, our 100th, Jaime, Pax and Shawn finally tackle a all time favorite film, 1987's Adventures in Babysitting!

In this episode Pax discusses the 1997 Con Air novelization by Richard Woodley.

In this episode I delve into the first of a series of Miami Vice novelizations by the author Stephen Grave!  This one covers the show's pilot!

In this episode Pax covers the 1995 cyber thriller The Net starring Sandra Bullock and Dennis Miller.

In this holiday episode of I Read Movies Pax talks about the novelization of the movie he just covered with Cult Film Club; Santa Claus the Movie (1985) by Joan D Vinge!

Pax takes Jaime and Shawn on a sleigh ride through the Salkinds' Santa Claus the movie starring Dudley Moore and a completely unhinged John Lithgow.

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, co-host Shawn introduces Paxton and Jaime to one of his favorite indie movies from the 90s, the Jim Jarmusch/Forest Whitaker jam Ghost Dog.

This week Pax reposts his special IRM episode of The Shadow from the After Lunch Podcast which was released earlier this year.  

On the 2024 season finale of Crestwood House, the gang closes out our silent horror series with arguably the most celebrated early creepy film, the Lon Chaney Phantom of the Opera!

IRM Halloween episode! For this Halloween I'm covering the novelization of the original Terminator from 1984.  I also discuss the separate UK version of the Terminator novelization.