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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre
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Exploring the darkest corners of cinema, music, and subculture.
Cultists, a number of films are celebrating anniversaries in '25 So we are using that as an excuse to revisit some. 1st up the film that introduced most of the world to Chris Nolan, Memento. The Neo-Noir was an instant Cult Classic and has become a Classic Classic. Please join us for the Dissection
April 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Cultists, N&D have escaped from the Black Lodge just in time to bring you the fourth and final instalment of our series Dissecting Twin Peaks. This episode your Horror Hosts are putting the 2017 Limited Event Series, Twin Peaks: The Return on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection.
March 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Cultists, we're back with the 3rd in our Twin Peaks series. This ep your Hosts will be putting Lynch's controversial film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, on the exam table. A critical & commercial disappointment upon release, it has been reappraised in recent years but remains a challenging film.
March 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We're back with the 2nd of our Dissections of Twin Peaks. This ep we're looking at S2. Notoriously the 2nd season struggled, with studio interference, friction between the creators, plus a ballooning cast and ep count. & yet still S2 produced some of the series most iconic moments. Please join us
February 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Cultists, on 1/20/25 just 5 days short of his birthday the world lost David Lynch. A true auteur, Lynch was someone we held in high esteem at NSC. In response we will be putting the show that was the gateway to Lynch for so many, #TwinPeaks on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection
February 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Cultists, there's a new Wolf Man releasing this weekend. So it's time for your Horror Host’s to put george waGGner's '41 classic on the Exam Table. This was not Universal’s 1st Werewolf film but it is their most iconic. Please join us for the Dissection

#thewolfman #wolfman #wolfmanmovie
January 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Happy New Year, Cultists. We're doing things a little differently this year. Because you demanded it, your Horror Hosts are going to deliver their Hot Takes on Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu before they get into the annual rundown of their Year End Faves. Please join us for the dissection…dissections?
January 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Cultists, we've arrived at the third instalment in our Nosferatu series. This episode your Horror Hosts are putting E. Elias Merhige's 2000 Metatextual Gothic Horror on the exam table. Please join us for the dissection.
December 15, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Cultists, next in our Nosferatu series we will be putting Werner Herzog's 1979 homage to Murnau's seminal piece of German Expressionism on the exam table. The Bavarian auteur brought an art house sensibility to his reimagining of the Gothic classic. Please join us for the Dissection.
December 1, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Cultists, in anticipation of Robert Eggers upcoming adaptation of Nosferatu, your Horror Hosts are going back to the original. This episode we put F.W. Murnau's 1922 Symphony Of Horror on the exam table. Please join us for the Dissection

#nosferatu #nosferatuasymphonyofhorror
November 15, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Cultists with election day just around the corner, the time is right to put Carpenter’s They Live on the exam table. The maestro hid a scathing rebuke of the ‘80s capitalist culture under the thinnest veneer of sci-fi action, and gave a Pro Wrestler the lead role. Please join us for the Dissection
November 1, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Cultists, just in time for the fall holidays, your Horror Hosts are putting two of Maestro John Carpenter’s classics on the exam table. First up the blueprint for the Slasher genre 1978’s Halloween! Please join us for the dissection.

#halloween #johncarpenter #jamieleecurtis #michaelmeyers
October 15, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Cultists, just as your Horror Hosts are concluding their series Dissecting his Imperial Phase, Tim Burton graduated to becoming one of the Top 10 Highest Grossing Directors of All Time! Certainly 1992’s Batman Returns was a significant contributor to that total. Please join us for the Dissection.
October 1, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Cultists, for the 2nd installment in our Tim Burton Imperial Phase series we come to Burton's 1990 Gothic Fairytale, Edward Scissorhands. This is the first time Burton worked with a young Johnny Depp, kicking off a collaborative relationship that would continue across three decades.
September 15, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Cultists, with The Ghost With The Most making his long awaited return to the silver screen, the time felt right for your Horror Hosts to put the films of Tim Burton's Imperial Phase on the exam table. First up of course is 1988’s Beetlejuice, please join us for the Dissection.

#beetlejuice
September 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Cultists, it's hard for your Horror Hosts to believe that it's been twenty years since Shaun Of The Dead was released. But that’s all the excuse we need to Dissect Edgar Wright’s breakout 2004 Rom Zom Com! Please join us for the dissection.

#shaunofthedead #edgarwright #simonpegg #nickfrost
August 15, 2024 at 1:59 PM
We saved the best for last. The 3rd installment in our Dissection of Ridley Scott's Alien films is 79’s Alien. Ridley took the tropes of the nSlasher genre and sent them into space & made quite an indelible mark on the horror & sci-fi genres in the process. Please join us for the dissection
August 1, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Cultists, N&D have heard that Alien: Covenant is the most divisive film in the franchise. Scott's 2nd Alien prequel divided the fandom and any time it's discussed the internet explodes. Rest easy because your Horror Hosts are not daunted by Toxic Fandom. So please join us for the Dissection
July 15, 2024 at 4:06 PM
With a new Alien instalment on the horizon, Cultists. Perfect opportunity for your Horror Hosts to put Ridley Scott’s three contributions to the franchise on the table.1st up the Cosmic Horror Epic, Prometheus. Please join us for the dissection.
July 1, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Congratulations Cultists, you're the 1st to survive the audition. This ep we'll be putting Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome on the exam table. After the death of his producer Byron Kennedy, Miller enlisted George Ogilvie to co-direct the conclusion of the trilogy. Please join us for the Dissection
June 15, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Next up in our Dissection of the original Mad Max Trilogy is Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior! Things have gotten worse for old Max since the 1st film, society has fallen and the world has become a Wasteland . This is a genre defining film that people are still ripping off to this day.
June 1, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Cultists, the Apocalypse is having a resurgence! Between the Fallout series, the revival of Planet Of The Apes, and the upcoming Furiosa, the Wasteland is hot! Making this the perfect moment for your Horror Hosts to go back to before The Fall. Back to where it began, George Miller's Mad Max trilogy!
May 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Cultists, we know you love the ‘80s Horror Classics. So this episode we're putting Joe Dante's The Howling on the exam table. Possibly the most influential Werewolf film of the 80s, but is it any good? Please join us for the Dissection

#thehowling #joedante
May 1, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Cultists, your Horror Hosts crept out of the Vault Of Darkness and went to see Dev Patel's Monkey Man. Action Thrillers might seem slightly outside of our scope, but this film with its Neo-Noir lighting and intense bloody violence is actually quite Macabré. Please join us for the dissection.
April 15, 2024 at 10:39 PM