My Haunted Head

Welcome to an event we call HAUNTED WEEKEND! A horror convention held in downtown Los Angeles in the late autumn of 1975! This episode of My Haunted Head is a horror convention version of fantasy football. It's an...

Edward D. Wood Jr. — a man mocked as "the worst filmmaker of all time," yet remembered far more than many of his more polished peers. Ed Wood's story is about passion, perseverance, and the strange, fragile line between...

Episode 116 of My Haunted Head is a look into a swirling, cosmic void of ambition and obsession, and lunacy masquerading as genius. Let's discuss a film that marked Disney's plunge into the darkness of space…THE BLACK...

A look an an important period in horror history—the decade spanning the late 1950s through the late 1960s - when the old horror traditions began to give way to something darker, grittier, and more cutting edge. My...

It's a story that's haunted every Christmas since 1843 — A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It's one of the most famous books ever published, and one of the most often adapted for film and television. Among the...

Christmas horror is the collision of warmth and menace…it turns tradition upside down, and nothing is safe or sacred. The promise of peace and joy might be interrupted by something dark and malevolent creeping down the...

Episode #112 is a discussion of the life and film legacy of Sir Christopher Lee. A screen legend, war hero and pop culture icon, who appeared in more than 250 films over the course of a 70-year career. Available on...

My Haunted Head takes a look at the MANIAC COP trilogy - a unique, violent series born of New York grit, tabloid paranoia, and two of exploitation cinema's sharpest minds: Larry Cohen and William Lustig. Available on...

Step into the rusted, blood-spattered world of SAW , where morality meets machinery and survival has a price. In this episode of My Haunted Head , we explore the twisted philosophy of John Kramer — the engineer turned...

For episode #109, Escape "TO" L.A. as My Haunted Head takes a field trip down to Los Angeles for a very special event - to see John Carpenter perform live at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, on Saturday, October 25...

Tonight, we open the coffin lid on Hammer Films — the British studio that drenched horror in lurid color and never looked back. For nearly two decades, Hammer was the name in horror. Episode #108 of My Haunted Head is a...

A writer whose books occupy entire shelves in libraries and bookstores, whose readership spans generations, and whose sales numbers rival the biggest names in publishing history. Including Stephen King. Enjoy this look...

With Halloween fast approaching, you might be working your way through a stack of favorite movies. But maybe you're looking for something more to add to the mix. Maybe something with an international flavor. I've got...

With October upon us, and Halloween rapidly approaching, it seemed prudent to peer into the dark and take a look at the history of Halloween traditions. To remind yourself where some of your favorite traditions came...

Perhaps THE LONG WAIT would be more appropriate. After a 10-month sabbatical, My Haunted Head Podcast returns with episode #104. A recap of the year's events with a look forward to October and the countdown to...