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This week, we dip our toes in the Satanic Panic with this made-for-tv assault against Dungeons and Dragons". Interestingly, it's not the game's alleged connections to the dark arts that we should worry about. Instead, the film focuses on the risks of a mentally-unstable college student (a young Tom Hanks) losing himself in his fictional character. If you're a fan of after-school specials, you might dig this
In this episode of The Tom Hanks 80's Rewatch, Cory and Eoghan hit Satanic Panic mode as they discuss Mazes and Monsters. Blog Post
About 40 years ago, there was a full-fledged Dungeons & Dragons panic in the United States of America, and to stoke the flames of pearl-clutching outrage, a novel was written and a TV movie was adapted from that novel, and both of those things were called MAZES AND MONSTERS.Very obviously based on a real-life urban legend and starring a barely post-pubescent Tom Hanks somehow, this thing was made as a naked ratings-grab and ends up being a laughably bad pseudo-time-capsule.Probably gonna Get This Flick Outta Here, but you never know! Only one way to find out!Check out their socials!Alex: @AlexSourGrapsKate: @MissKatefabeVisit our website:KnowYourNews.comSend in Superchats for movie moments you'd like to discuss!http://www.kynchat.comCheck out our socials:Facebook: facebook.com/knowyournewsTikTok: tiktok.com/@knowyournewzInstagram: instagram.com/knowyournewzTwitter: twitter.com/knowyournewz
On this episode of the SLPS, Michael and Nick are discussing the made-for-TV movie MAZES AND MONSTERS which is on both of their Shame Lists. The post The Shame List Picture Show S7E5 – MAZES AND MONSTERS (1982) appeared first on Cinepunx.
Are Mazes and Monsters...or Dungeon and Dragons really all about cults and worshipping Satan!? Of course not, but we'd like to hear your thoughts on Instagram or Twitter. Don't forget to recommend movies like this for us at any time, just visit our website!
Today we dig into the history of Dungeons and Dragons and look at what influences Gary Gygax and others drew from to create such an immersive and addictive RPG experience. We'll examine the long history of wargaming and fantasy literature to understand where games like D&D come from. And I'll lay out exactly how D&D came to be associated with Satanic influences. Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! That'll make sense when you listen. Happy 2023 and Hail Nimrod!Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camps coming up quick! Tickets go on sale the week of JANUARY 16TH. Whooooo!!!Bad Magic Productions Monthly Patreon Donation: We're giving to The Museum of Tolerance - the only museum of its kind in the world. The MOT is dedicated to challenging visitors to understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts and confront all forms of prejudice and discrimination in our world today. For more information, you can visit www.museumoftolerance.com.Get tour tickets at dancummins.tv Watch the Suck on YouTube: https://youtu.be/unHXHwm9UfIMerch: https://www.badmagicmerch.comDiscord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89vWant to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :)For all merch related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste)Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcastWanna become a Space Lizard? Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcastSign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits.
Heute kriechen die Gruftschrecken nicht durch düstere Kavernen, sondern sie lassen kriechen. Und zwar JayJay, Daniel, Kate und Robbie, die sie in die Peequad-Höhlen schicken, wo sie so einiges erleben. Sie treffen auf eigenartige Kopfbedeckungen, geflieste Jugendzimmer, Homer Simpson und zwei hohe Türme. Bevor sie sich aber mit Retrocast-Kai dem Endgegner stellen müssen, wollen sie noch schnell die höchste Stufe erreichen. Hinweis zur Folge: Diese Folge und der verlinkte Comic tangieren das Thema Selbstmord. Mazes and Monsters (Wikipedia) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_der_Monster Trailer zu Mazes and Monsters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLi422rkUIY Dark Dungeons Comic https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=0046 Retrocast https://retrocast.de
It's Hanksgiving! Danger lurks between fantasy, reality, and this episode of 80s Revisited! Use code "Revisited" for 20% off and free shipping at MANSCAPED.COM. 80srevisited@gmail.com to talk with us, and leave a review for us! Thank you for listening 80s Revisited, hosted by Trey Harris. Produced by Jesse Seidule.
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The finale of our Carnival of Madness playthrough (part one of two). A Call of Cthulhu adventure set in 1970, published by Miskatonic Repository. It is written by Alex Guillotte and Ian Christiansen. Trigger warnings: Body Horror, Graphic Violence, Drug Use, Adult Language, Gaslighting, Mental Health Issues. Please be gentle, we don't know what the hell we're doing.Luke can be heard as Sean “Bongo” LevinsonSanne can be heard as “Brandy WilliamsFe will portray the roll of Kelly Donahueand Jeroen will play Douglas StevensonI, Sebastiaan, will be your keeper of arcane lore.Music and sound effects through Syrinscape.Want to run your own players through the carnival? Check https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/373621/Carnival-of-Madness-A-Call-of-Cthulhu-Scenario-for-the-1970sMusic by @White Bat AudioAdditional music and sound effects through Syrinscape.Join us on DiscordLet us know what you think on Twitter
Kill Sample Process is a stand-alone tabletop miniatures game and rpg setting from the creator of The Last War and Forbidden Psalm and published by Exalted Funeral, inspired by and fully compatible with the CY_BÖRG ttrpg and other Forbidden Psalm miniatures games. Forbidden Psalm is a 28mm miniatures agnostic game. You can use ANY suitable […]
Grab your D20 and your favorite character sheet, because Brant is joined by a very special guest host, veteran Dungeon Master Brian Diehl, to discuss 1982's cautionary tale about the perils of role playing games. We have a very deep dive into the origins of role-playing games, the satanic panic that pilloried Dungeons and Dragons, and why this movie is so ineffective at making its points. Show up for Tom Hanks' first leading role in this made-for-tv gem, but stay for Chris Makepeace and his incredible hat work!
Join us for a Very Special Episode of Podside, where we delve into the dangers of RPGs, LARPing and watching dull movies based on the dangers those things pose
“Beware of the sacrilege!” This week your Distinguished Professors enjoy a film with Tom Hanks, fresh off his days of bosoming and buddying and on the cusp of a noteworthy acting career: the D&D-sploitation movie Mazes and Monsters! Roll for initiative as we discuss the sad fact that two-thirds of this podcast can't drink a man's beverage, the “real-life” roots of this story, a series of tragic hat choices, the 80s backlash against Dungeons and Dragons, a bit about D&D's popularity, the Maze Controller, Clink's uncle Tom Harvey is in this (!!!), a comparison with Ordinary People, the worst opening music ever, Clink's helmet, JJ being coded as gay through his Noel Coward costume, the transition from JJ's story to Robbie's story, a brief digression into ghost belief, the first world problems of our protagonists, creativity and individual leads to destruction (hi, Supergirl!), ways this could have been weirder and more compelling, made-for-TV special effects, bad lighting, Kate's desire to be a writer and the role of imagination in writing, random funk, another cheapass Styrofoam cave, a nerdy clarification of the emotional status of Vulcans, live-action role-playing, JJ hijacks Daniel's game once his character stupidly gets killed, the fallacy of “winning” D&D, the irony of capitalists accusing D&D of being satanic for being about accumulating wealth and power, Tom Hanks can't run, the morass of the cave, Berres's origins as a D&D player in 1984, comparisons with the anti-video game movement, Vanderpool spitting some random Eminem lyrics, the fiction of an open parking spot in New York, Slayer on the marquee in New York and other moral panics, a quick discussion of modern Satanism (and Berres screws up the name of the Satanic Temple), and the mystery of priapism. Follow us on Facebook! Because You Watched Starcrash Music credits: "Laser Groove" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/because-you-watched/support
Jon and Jason talk about the first feature role of Tom Hanks. We get into character and dissect the 1982 indictment on roleplay games during the height of "Satanic Panic", Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters. Follow us on Twitter:The Cult of Films @thecultoffilmsJon Dunning @JonTheHostJason Alt @JasonEAltSupport the show by becoming a Patron:https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15831595#moviereviews #cultmovies #movies #dungeonsanddragons
We're talking about the movie that fanned a little fire in the early 1980s that would soon become the inferno of the Satanic Panic. To understand how this absolutely terrible movie was ever made and why anyone would ever make a film about a bunch of college kids playing a table top game we have to know a little about two things: Dungeons and Dragons and the Satanic Panic. Mazes and Monsters may have been released in 1982, but the social anxiety that fueled it began to take shape decades earlier. Music: Airglow - Innermission (CC-4.0-BY) creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ For $3 a month, listen to the rest of this episode and get an extra few subscriber only episodes every month. We have a limited number of True Believer memberships available. www.patreon.com/wetwired Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/wetwiredpod
The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #353: Welcome My Brother, Jeremy, as We Talk About Mazes and Monsters (1982) https://archive.org/download/podcast-353/Podcast%20353.mp3 This week, Jeremy and I are tackling the 1982 TV movie, Mazes and Monsters! This was a movie (based on a novel by Rona Jaffe) released in the midst of the popularity of Dungeons and Dragons as…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #353: Welcome My Brother, Jeremy, as We Talk About Mazes and Monsters (1982)
Mazes and Monsters starring Oscar-Winner Tom Hanks, is the story of four close college students who play the fictional Mazes and Monsters game. Robbie (Hanks) begins to confuse reality with his character in the game. IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084314/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538485/?ref_=tt_cl_t_4 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187724/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908594/?ref_=tt_cl_t_3 TV Tango http://www.tvtango.com/listings?filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bmonth%5D=12&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bday%5D=28&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Byear%5D=1982&commit.x=30&commit.y=11 http://www.tvtango.com/movie/mazes_and_monsters James Dallas Egbert III https://www.fandom.com/articles/the-strange-story-behind-tom-hanks-bizarre-dungeons-and-dragons-movie https://boingboing.net/2014/11/11/the-truth-about-the-dungeon-ma.html https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/23/books/a-game-as-real-as-life.html https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/forty-yearsagoin-east-lansing-msu-students-disappearance-causes-moral-panic-over,13162 Satanic Panic https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/speak-memory https://psmag.com/social-justice/make-a-cross-with-your-fingers-its-the-satanic-panic --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Today on another BRAND NEW INSTALLMENT of Renegades Reviews. J.J. discusses Tom Hanks' very first starring role. A 1982 Made for TV Film entitled "Mazes and Monsters." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/renegadesreviews/support
*Content Warning, not for young ears! CW: mentions of drug use, child abuse, and suicide In the post-Vietnam era, the United States was seeing a major cultural change. This included a surge of conservative ideals and concern about anything that might expose children to anything considered "demonic". This "Satanic Panic" would have ripple effects across many avenues including popular culture. We take a look at some of the events that made headlines, along with the made-for-TV film that was loosely "inspired" by one of them. Twitter: @fiveishfangirls Email: fiveishfangirls@gmail.com Become a supporter on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/FiveishFangirlsPodcast We have merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/fiveishfangirls
Welcome back, and welcome to another theme on the Intalksicated Reviews Podcast, Satanic Panic Attack. This week we got back to one on the original satanic panic stories Mazes and Monster starring Tom Hanks in his first leading role. Corey and Norm are your Dungeon Masters (sorry Maze controllers) while answering questions like Do the parents have more compelling stories than the kids? Is being considered a make out king really a bad thing? and Does being an actor cure suicidal thoughts?
We are back, and we are switching things up. This week we are splitting the episode in two, and releasing the lead up to our episode on Mazes and Monster. We talk about the media we have been taking in, answering fan questions, music trivia and more. Corey and Norm our back together and answering like Is Corey South African accent any good? Is Norms favourite music the hits? and Are we right back?
In this cracking 100 we do D&D Telly Addicts and also some cracking Brown Bear action and much much more.
Follows us into caves where mazes and monsters will ruin your life...this is all fact. Video podcasts and more content over at folkinscotland.com Help support the show and get exclusive access On The Spectrum shows, new video versions of the podcast and more. https://www.patreon.com/thederekfindasarchive
Kendra and Scott decide to watch the movie Mazes and Monsters they found while talking about AD&D in episode 8! Listen to see just how wildly RPGs viewed during the Satanic Panic!Blog about the book: https://mondomolly.wordpress.com/2018/08/12/mazes-and-monsters-by-rona-jaffe/Music: Eric Skiff - Jumpshot - Resistor Anthems - Available at http://EricSkiff.com/music
One last time!! Mazes! Monsters! Existential crises!! Enjoy the thrilling conclusion!! www.wegiveyoubrainworms.com Where to buy the book and any other relevant links Buy us a drink: https://ko-fi.com/brainwormspodcast Support the project and get cool benefits: https://www.patreon.com/brainwormspodcast Youtube: www.youtube.com/brainwormspresents Facebook: facebook.com/brainwormspodcast Instagram: instagram.com/brainwormspodcast/ Twitter: @brainwormspodc1 Twitch: twitch.tv/brainwormspodcast Music: Brian Davis- Hodgepod #1 https://www.reverbnation.com/keykrazy Art direction provided by Kaine Magdalen
We just can't quit this weird 80's garbage. Let's talk about bones, art, education, and maybe learn a little about ourselves along the way! www.wegiveyoubrainworms.com Buy us a drink: https://ko-fi.com/brainwormspodcast Support the project and get cool benefits: https://www.patreon.com/brainwormspodcast Youtube: youtube.com/brainwormspresents Facebook: facebook.com/brainwormspodcast Instagram: instagram.com/brainwormspodcast/ Twitter: @brainwormspodc1 Twitch: twitch.tv/brainwormspodcast Music: Brian Davis- Hodgepod #1 https://www.reverbnation.com/keykrazy Art direction provided by Kaine Magdalen
More Mazes!! More Monsters!!! More weird garbage!!! Let's read Rona Jaffe's cautionary tale from the satanic panic era. www.wegiveyoubrainworms.com Buy us a drink: https://ko-fi.com/brainwormspodcast Support the project and get cool benefits: https://www.patreon.com/brainwormspodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4EUCPrHyIh-ZZVnvSEOVFw Facebook: facebook.com/brainwormspodcast Instagram: instagram.com/brainwormspodcast/ Twitter: @brainwormspodc1 Twitch: twitch.tv/brainwormspodcast Music: Brian Davis- Hodgepod #1 https://www.reverbnation.com/keykrazy Art direction provided by Kaine Magdalen
Welcome to the first part of our lengthy deep dive into 80's cautionary novel Mazes and Monsters!! Stuff gets wild. Donate: transformcincy.org/ ko-fi.com/brainwormspodcast twitch.tv/count_kainula www.wegiveyoubrainworms.com Support the project and get cool benefits: https://www.patreon.com/brainwormspodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4EUCPrHyIh-ZZVnvSEOVFw Facebook: facebook.com/brainwormspodcast Instagram: instagram.com/brainwormspodcast/ Twitter: @brainwormspodc1 Twitch: twitch.tv/brainwormspodcast Music: Brian Davis- Hodgepod #1 https://www.reverbnation.com/keykrazy Art direction provided by Kaine Magdalen
Episode Notes Tom is Robbie Wheeling, a college student with a love of "Mazes and Monsters", but he sees monsters outside of the mazes. Darren talks to Gena Radcliffe and Lindsay Busko about this TV movie.
In 1982, Tom Hanks took on a rare dramatic role as Robbie Wheeling, a college student who gets a little too wrapped up in role playing games and starts having trouble distinguishing the game from real life. Podcasting spelunkers Zachariah and Nathan take you deep into the caverns of TV movie history to bring you this story told in the grand tradition of Satanic Panic entertainment. LINKS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HfU0UjcCeE (Stream) / https://www.amazon.com/Mazes-Monsters-Tom-Hanks/dp/B000BGQUHA (Buy)
A group of college students deal with unusual circumstances from playing their favourite role-playing game. Guest Host: DM Tim from https://www.knightsandnerds.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bsbargainbin Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/bsbargainbin/shop
Primarily Critical talks #MazesandMonsters With Hosts… @SteveMcGeek @PhilCholosky @Jon_Horst Link Tree… https://linktr.ee/PrimarilyCritical
Heather, Jastin, and Sterling talk about what they liked, didn't like, and everything in between with the movie Mazes and Monsters. They also talk about the parallels from the Satanic Panic and other historical events. Now we start spoiler free and give our recommendations before we have a spoiler section. Spoilers start- 19:58 History Lesson- 55:52
We're continuing #DnDecember with this made-for-tv-movie preaching against the evils of table top rpg's. Kate and Sky talk about many, many, hats. Forced references and Tom Hanks in his first lead on screen apperance.
Magill runs a big vehicular encounter as a mini-session because one of his players couldn't make it, but it ends with a crazy reveal! Meanwhile Tom takes MPOC's Finest through their final challenges before they can rescue a goblin princess! And in the tavern we dodge a bunch of non-lethal traps, and Magill educates everyone on that most confusing of D&D mechanics: THAC0. Additional materials can be found at compareandcampaign.wordpress.com Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Nitro.
We are joined by Kris Siddiqi and Kat Letwin to discuss "Mazes and Monsters" but actually talk a bunch of D&D and Statanic Panic.
We are joined by Kris Siddiqi and Kat Letwin to discuss “Mazes and Monsters” but actually talk a bunch of D&D and Statanic Panic. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
Welcome back to Dix Talk Flix!! Where we discuss 1982's Mazes And Monsters. Our first Gregg led show!! So hey, crack yourself a beer, and listen to the Master Controller explain your dice rolled fate. Sound clip credits: Intro- "hit Single" by Sonny Sharrock. Or more famously known as "Space Ghost Coast To Coast Theme" Voice/Song clips - Mazes and Monsters Outro - Never Split The Party · Emerald Rose --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dixtalkflix/message
In this episode, the we deep dive into the Satanic Panic of the 1980's, the moral crisis at the center, the casualties on the edges, the dramatic stylings of early Tom Hanks, and the majesty of Englebert Humperdinck.
The adventuring party has finally made it to the center of the Eversummer Wood, and to the majestic tree Tola Oxara. It’s here that they learn what has happened to the forest and why evil is starting to plague it. And they also learn what they have to do to stop it. Will this unlikely [...]
Team Obscura dives headfirst into a world of (very watered down) roleplaying and wonder when they watch 1982's Dungeons & Dragons/Satanic Panic CBS made for TV movie "Mazes and Monsters," starring Tom Hanks! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/
On this week's annotated deep dive, The Cultists present Steven H Stern's ‘Mazes and Monsters' (1982). On August 15, 1979, James Dallas Egbert disappeared from his college dorm room. Subsequent investigators and the press quickly arrived at one conclusion: the still new and blossoming game Dungeons and Dragons had something, if not everything, to do with it. Fueled by the growing rise of “moral panic” and the mass media conviction in the youth-corrupting power of satan, the true story of Egbert's life was quickly twisted into a cautionary tale of what happens to children who RPG. Capitalizing on the sensational concerns, Mazes and Monsters tells this story—allegedly. Starring Tom Hanks in his first feature film role, this made for TV movie about the psychosis-inducing effects of D&D remains an important historical artifact of 80s moral panic and gaming paranoia. Even if the film itself also remains pretty unwatchable. (Episode annotated topics include: the real story behind Egbert's disappearance; the development history of D&D; the 1980s rise of “satanic panic”; and other subsequent D&D TV portrayals—from The Greatest American Hero's “Wizards and Warlocks” (1983) to Riverdale's “Griffins and Gargoyles” (2019)). Episode Safeword: “salvation”
Rewind to 1982 for the Tom Hanks made-for-tv movies that no one remembers about a group of friends who get way too into a role-playing game. For anyone in the 80s who thought D&D was for Satan worshipping psychos, then this is the movie for you! The Be Kind Rewind has a merch store! The Be Kind Rewind is part of the EaseDrop Podcast Network Follow the show on Facebook here Support The Be Kind Rewind by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-be-kind-rewind
Where your heroes try to redeem Mazes and Monsters from 1982 (with special guest Steve Beeston).
Jen and Tim look at a slapdash TV movie with roots in moral panic. Oh and it was also the first feature role for Tom Hanks, wow. Have You Seen This? BONUS episodes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mazes and monsters — oh my! This week, we're talking about the TV movie starring Tom Hanks from 1982. Who knew people were so afraid of Dungeons and Dragons in the '80s that there needed to be an entire made-for-TV movie to encourage kids not to play? Well, my guests, hosts of the Nintendo Cartridge Society (@nincartsociety), Mark Mitchell (@mkemitchell) and Patrick Ehlers (@patrick_ehlers), knew all about it. We have fun talking about the unnecessarily long scenes of Kate screaming out for Daniel, all of Jay Jay's hats, and the mystery of what the two towers could be (*spoiler alert* It's the World Trade Center). Join us as we explore this cautionary tale, and let me know what you think about Tom's second movie, Mazes and Monsters, @youvegothanks. — SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: Instagram Twitter: Twitter Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify
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The Delvers: Kay – Amber Maqueil, Human Ranger Sue – Iron Flint, Half-Orc Fighter Tess – Circe, Human Cleric Special Guests (from 1982): Tom Hanks – Pardue, Human Cleric Chris Makepeace – Freelik, Elf Fighter/Magic-User Wendy Crewson, David Wallace and … Read the rest of this entry →