Fake Ritual

Lucas is once again joined by Albert C. Hall and Caleb Pass to test their knowledge of television-dwelling extraterrestrials and the planets that spawned them.

"Feet Ritual" | Lucas welcomes back fellow podcasters Toddy Tondera (THRIFTY) and Sarah Hamm (Ghoul on Ghoul) to share in the the spook-tacular bounty Halloween has to offer. Join them as they go head-to-head in a game of 'Wouldst Thou Like To?' before dusting off their drama chops for a Fake Ritual Theatre presentation of 'Hocus Pocus'! Trick or treat? How about BOTH!

Lucas is joined by returning guests Albert C. Hall and Caleb Pass to discuss four of their favorite scary movies to watch this time of year. Featuring such spooky flicks as Martin (1977), TerrorVision (1986), Ghoulies (1985) and Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992). Join us before the credits roll!

"What An Odd Citizen" | Lucas is joined by fellow Pittsburgh podcaster Eanna Isabel (Queens of NC-17) to talk the one and only Elvira, Mistress of the Dark! They chat about what makes this Queen of Halloween such a timeless icon of schlock, from her big hair to her even bigger - ahem - fanbase, before Eanna takes a stab at a Movie Macabre edition of Whose Tagline is it Anyway? Unpleasant dreams await, darlings...

Artist & horticulturist Michael Burch returns for yet another round of Questions From the Void! Lucas is careful to not give shape to unknown terrors as he reaches his hand into slimy nothingness and brings forth a horde of inquiries beyond your wildest imaginings.

"Bananas Fantasy" | Lucas sits down with baker, musician, shopkeeper, and Gemini Indigo Baloch to talk animator-extraordinaire Hayao Miyazaki. They take their time exploring what makes his films so timeless before sharing some of their favorite flicks and testing Indigo's knowledge of the very mythical creatures Miyazaki-san is so fond of!

Lucas is once again joined by educator, mother and witch Maggie Lynn Negrete to talk four of their favorite folk-horror features. Listen close as they DELIGHT in our collective FRIGHT of those olden things that go bump in the NIGHT.

"More Woo-Woo" | Fake Ritual welcomes artist, musician and horticulturalist Michael Burch for another long-awaited installment of Fake Talk! Together, he and Lucas enjoy a casual converastion concerning age-inappropriate animation, woefully melancholic weirdos and exhaustingly Catholic contradictions. The Talk may be Fake, but the Fun is all-too-Real!

Illustrator, educator, astrologer, and mother Maggie Lynn Negrete returns to the show to help referee the ultimate maternal showdown, pitting the BEST supernaturnal-horror-movie moms against the absolute WORST. Will good triumph over evil? Or will bad parenting prevail? Enter the ring and find out!

"I LUV SOW" | Lucas is joined by fellow podcaster Ande Strega (Queens of NC-17) to discuss the most evil film ever made, 1973's The Exorcist. The power of Christ compels them as they confront horrifying babysitters, pottymouthed children and quote the devil himself in a game of Demon Says. Pea soup, anyone?