Be Reel Podcast
1) 'The Lost Boys' with Noah Ballard | Vampires of America
Our “Vampires of America” kick has one last burning question—what if vampires were teen fashion icons? "The Lost Boys" (1987) gives us a vampire corruption tale that mixes post-hippie paranoia with a ...Show More
2) 'Sinners' with Bennett Campbell Ferguson | Vampires of America
I’ll put it this way — “Sinners” has everything you could want as the centerpiece of a “Vampires of America” podcast series. Tommy guns, blues guitars, two Michael B. Jordans, vampires as jig-dancing ...Show More
3) 'Near Dark' with Sarah Welch-Larson | Vampires of America
Brimming with vicious bloodletting, neon beer signs, and Bill Paxton hootin’ and hollerin’, “Near Dark” might be the high watermark for vampire Westerns. I’m elated to have film critic and author Sara...Show More
4) 'Ganja & Hess' with Lea Anderson | Vampires of America
Forget the vampire tropes this week; let’s hallucinate and appreciate. Horror scholar Lea Anderson (Fangoria, Shudder) is here to look deep into 1973’s "Ganja & Hess" (and honestly, help me understand...Show More
5) 'Blacula' with Odie Henderson | Vampires of America
Today, this “Vampires of America” kick lifts the coffin lid on the Blaxploitation era. It was a watershed time for iconoclastic, ridiculous, and politically charged Black horror films—the first major ...Show More
6) 'Fright Night' with Susan Tomorrow | Vampires of America
I'm not breaking news by saying that seduction often factors into vampire movies. But has it ever been done better than by Chris Sarandon in "Fright Night" (1985)? This horror-comedy toys with suburba...Show More
7) 'From Dusk Till Dawn' with Matthew Jackson | Vampires of America
Awaken, my friends. We’re on a stateside vampirism kick—no Transylvanian castles allowed. This run begins south of the border with “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996) a horror-action romp that begs the quest...Show More
8) 'Furiosa' with Ian Berry | 2024 Passion Projects
We close out Year 1 of this podcast with my favorite movie of 2024. Luckily, Ian Berry (artist, programmer, trivia host, and all-around Astoria film hero) is even more into "Furiosa" than I am. We tal...Show More
9) 'The Substance' with Alex Barr | 2024 Passion Projects
You can't tell the story of a movie year without the indie shockwave. In 2024, that breakout hit was "The Substance"—the body horror firehose that drowned audiences in gooey viscera and provocations a...Show More
10) 'My Old Ass' with Ray Gill Jr. | 2024 Passion Projects
Today's episode proved the point of this whole "2024 Passion Projects" exercise. Ray Gill Jr. (Portland Mercury, Willamette Week) nominated a movie I was maybe going get to? And it ended up a favorite...Show More