Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Jumpin’ jack-o-lanterns, are we thrilled to bring y’all the next rowdy chapter in our efforts to help Count Ted be all he can be as the new king of the vampires, and if that ain’t ’nuff excitement fer ya, there’s plenty of new behind the scenes stuff to share, so let’s get to it, what do ya say?
First off, we’re back with an all new wild weird west misadventure, and this time we’re screamin’ at mummies! Yessir, now that Frankenstein’s bent Ted’s ear to bringin’ Dracula’s ol’ crew back together with the likes of Wolfie and the Gill Critter, it’s time we head into the hottest pockets of the Deathwind Desert and wrangle us the toilet paper company’s biggest missed opportunity fer a mascot and add the royally decrepit Azero to the gang. The shufflin’ wrinkle may not be as cunnin’ as Imhotep or as slick as Tom Cruise, but Azero’s sure to bring some of that been-there-done-that wisdom with him to Ted’s advantage. All we gotta do is tolerate his escape room of a pyramid long ’nuff to recruit him, but seems there’s already folks out there lookin’ to throw a monkey wrench in our plans with Ted’s new popularity drawin’ attention from some pretty vile creeps!
In the meantime, we’ll be takin’ a look at a mess of a horror comedy called Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh featurin’ special make-up effects by none other than the king of splatter himself — Tom Savini. In hindsight, we probably should have reviewed somethin’ with an actual mummy in it like Tale of the Mummy or Time Walker, but this oddball flick has been on our to-do list fer awhile of alternative movies outside the mainstream we wanna bring awareness to, and this seemed as good a time as any to showcase it. So, while there’s no ancient curses or livin’ stiffs lookin’ to strangle everyone in sight, we still think it’s mummy adjacent in the loosest sense given it boasts memorable killers from Pittsburgh’s Little Egypt leavin’ one helluva blood trail.
Extra! Extra! Scream all ’bout it! Thanks to the twisted minds at Lost Anarchy Multi-Media Pulp Magazine, Screaming Soup! is featured in a sweet four page spread coverin’ the ins and outs of our show ‘long with a behind the scenes interview every Scream Freak’s gonna wanna read. Not fer the faint of heart, LAMMPM is unlike any publication we’ve thumbed through before, full o’ original comics, hard rock articles, and lotta naked centerfolds! Hit ’em up fer a physical copy in the mail or visit their Website as well as their YouTube channel. Expect to see LAMMPM’s Mojo El Diablo in our next episode of Screaming Soup!
Still ridin’ high on the Killer Tomatoes train followin’ our Rondo Award for Best Documentary of 2024 for our Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective, we’re crossin’ our fangs we’ll be even more a part of the Killer Tomatoes’ legacy with some merch we got in the works through our uber talented amigos at True Legacy Design. Currently in talks right now fer producin’ stuff we always wanted to own as a fan, y’all could very well be seein’ Screaming Soup!’s own take on the vicious veggies fer fanboy consumptions in the not so distant future. How awesome is that?! They already announced a lot of new collectibles on the way like these toyetic terrors seen at San Diego Comicon! Keep up to date on all the latest Killer Tomatoes news at their website and listen to their behind-the-scenes podcast which includes a candid interview with Screaming Soup! on makin’ the be-all-end-all documentary on the history of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise.
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, purchase Screaming Soup! Fan Club Kits and exclusive merch, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Yee-haw! We did it!! After all these years, we finally snagged ourselves one of the toughest, most sought after awards in the horror community, and it’s all thanks to y’all. Seriously — without yer votes and help wranglin’ in others’ support, there’s no way we could have taken home the award fer Best Documentary of 2023!
This recognition means more to us than we can express. With Svengoolie practically dominatin’ the Favorite Horror Host category since the Rondo’s earliest days, we had to get creative with other ways fer obtainin’ one of these coveted busts of undeniable achievement, and we still can’t believe it paid off. Skewin’ our sights fer horror host gold toward other categories we could be represented in, we felt we had a fightin’ chance in Best Documentary with our be-all end-all retrospective on the Killer Tomatoes franchise, and that gut instinct luckily proved to be more than just ingestion.
While it ain’t specifically “the” Rondo fer horror hostin’, we still see it as a horror host win, ’cause the documentary’s presented in that format with us front and center through the whole shebang, animated shenanigans and all. Yessir, whatever shade of gray ya paint it, no one can deny we’re in the club now, and we’re proudly checkin’ this sucker off our bucket list!
Shout out to all our amigos and their Rondo achievements this year — Mr. Lobo and Mummy and the Monkey’s Honorable Mention fer Favorite Horror Host, Dinosaur Dracula’s Honorable Mention fer Best Website, Jessica Dwyer’s Honorable Mention fer Best Interview, and Movie Dumpster’s Runner-up fer Best Podcast. Congrats, partners!
Aside from all the latest awards, big stuff has been happenin’ behind the scenes as we steadily bring our next episode together. While animatin’ a noodle ticklin’ encounter with the mummy as Count Ted‘s next monstrous addition to his gang, we’ve been workin’ with a fang-tastic journalist wantin’ to feature Screaming Soup! in an upcomin’ issue of Lost Anarchy Magazine (more on that soon) and dippin’ our toes into the adult collectibles market as freelance concept artists fer an up and coming company specializing in the manufacturing of pop culture related collectibles. So, busy in the best way as usual, and we’ll have lots more to share on those updates in future posts as they ‘come further ‘long in their progress.
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, purchase exclusive merch, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Ya know, they say ya put good things out in the world, you can expect good things back, and that’s never truer than with our latest update!
It’s time again fer the annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, and fer ya’ll who don’t know, this is essentially the Oscars of horror entertainment. Every year, the Rondos provide fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite horror flicks, books, comics, mags, horror hosts, and more from the previous year, and in our case —- Best Documentary! Yessir, our Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective is officially nominated fer one of these coveted recognitions, and we’re hot to win!
But we can’t do this without you, Scream Freaks! ‘Cause ‘member — the Rondos are decided by fans for fans, so we need yer help in achievin’ this highest of horrific honors!
All it takes is a quick email!
Email: taraco@aol.com Subject: Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Message: (Your Name) + Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective for Best Documentary.
Can it be any simpler?
And of course, there’s more to the Rondo’s ballot with numerous artists, actors, writers, etc. in other horror categories lookin’ fer a win, so take a peek at anything else ya wanna give yer two cents on in that same email. ‘Member, you can vote on as many of the categories as ya want, so help make others’ nightmares come true. Find the rest of the ballot at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards site HERE. Voting ends 4/16/24 at midnight!
Speakin’ of awards, be sure to catch us Sunday night 3/10/24, as we once again present the award for Best Horror Animation of 2023 at the Ahh Scares!, sponsored by our amigos, the Horror Addicts! We’ll once ‘gain be joined by one helluva line-up of new and returnin’ horror entertainers recognizin’ last year’s top shelf picks from movies to video games, books, actors, and more, so don’t miss out! Click HERE to watch the LIVE premier, and tell ’em Deadwest sent ya!
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, purchase exclusive merch, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! That annual belly buster known as Turkey Day is upon us ‘gain, and we’ve got plenty to be thankful fer!
First off, we just got back from one of our favorite cons still willin’ to allow us in the door — RETRO TOY CON! Presented by our amigos at Toy Federation, this playful plastic pickin’ weekend was one fer the history books we tell ya what. Three days of toy huntin’, pizza parties, lobby/room/and parkin’ lot toy swappin’, celebrity meet and greets, costume contests, panel discussions, and listenin’ to our big yap act as the emcee of the event, doin’ our best to keep folks entertained ‘tween announcements with jokes ’bout signin’ petitions fer a Popples panel and findin’ us a Polly Pocket fer our Mighty Max.
While we did manage to score some new shelf fillers from obscure Bad Eggz Bunch to bargain bin Goombas from the ’93 Mario Bros. movie (with the coats still attached! Whoa!!), the biggest highlights were the friends and memories we made. We screamed He-Man know-it-all Pixel Dan‘s name whenever he walked by (much to his annoyance, we’re sure), swapped YouTube war stories with toy fanatic Shartimus Prime, shared our favorite hot dog hang-outs with Eddie Deezen, got the skinny on Retro Toy Quest‘s new Toy Collector’s Wishbook, joked a little with WWE Hall of Famers the Steiner Brothers, and talked ’bout the current state of the film biz with Star Wars alum Chris Parsons.
The headliner of the week, however, was the reunion of the creative forces behind the ’92 X-Men cartoon from Fox Kids, and we can’t tell ya how wild it is to get to know the voices behind characters we have such fond memories of from childhood. George “Beast” Buza entertained us with tales from the set of The Brain (1988) with him playing a henchman eaten by a giant rubber monster of gray matter. Alyson “Jubilee” Court was kind ‘nough to say those famous lines of hers as Lydia on the Beetlejuice cartoon over the intercom system. Roscoe “Ms. Marvel” Handford gave us some good laughs over her photos with our Screaming Soup! props. We had a terrific sit down with Lenore “Rogue” Zann discussin’ her time playin’ Sizzle on the long forgotten Stunt Dawgs cartoon. Cal “The Wolverine” Dodd was a hoot and a half with his displeasure over some obnoxious boom box playin’ a butchered version of Wipe Out. And the ringleaders of this mutant circus, showrunners Eric and Julia Lewald with Mark Edens, were some of the kindest, most approachable folks anyone could ask to meet. The best time we had with ’em was talkin’ ’bout how many western flicks influenced the scripts fer X-Men, Exo-Squad, and Spiral Zone while tradin’ some of the dumbest jokes we could think of! If ya haven’t bought either of Eric and Julia’s books on the makin’ of the X-Men series, do yourself a favor and snatch these up NOW. Previously on X-Menhas a ton of interviews with the cartoon’s cast and creators while featurin’ a ton of behind trivia per episode, and X-Men: The Art and Making of The Animated Series simply explodes with an unbelievable ‘mount of production art and notes not seen in most books based on toons from this era.
In addition to this overload of excitement, we also got to behold one mother of a 3D printin’ project an up and comin’ toy company blessed the con with — a LARGER than life reproduction of the original Masters of the Universe toy line by True Legacy Design. We’re talkin’ HUGE He-Man figures with all the same action gimmicks accompanied by unbelievably proportioned vehicles and playsets. Unreal, right? Currently workin’ on gettin’ the licensin’ rights from Mattel, True Legacy Design hopes to start sellin’ these bad mama jammas to the public in the near future and already started their own YouTube channel to get news buzzin’ on this incredible venture of theirs. Who knows? Maybe they can help us produce some Screaming Soup! figures!
Speakin’ of Screaming Soup! products, we finally got in the rest of the merch this week for the upcomin’ Screaming Soup! Fan Club Kit, and it’s shaped up to be one sweet package of tangible goodies. Full of various stickers, a mini-poster, buttons, and trading cards, this sucker’s sure to be at the top of every Scream Freaks’ wish list this holiday season and will be ready for sale shortly. Thanks ‘gain to the Scream Freaks on Patreon whose contributions made this treat possible. We’ll be contactin’ you for your mailin’ addresses to make sure you’re the first to receive this amazin’ package of soupy goodness!
And ‘fore we forget, the creators of The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise just released the first handful of episodes fer their new Killer Tomatoes podcast that takes fans behind the scenes of the most hilarious cult flicks inspired by the produce aisle, and we’re a featured guest fer one of ’em! Listen to filmmakers Costa Dillon and Steve Peace yap with the series’ most recurrin’ actor John Astin aka Dr. Gangreen, Marc Price (star of Killer Tomatoes Eat France), and us fer makin’ the 3 hour long documentary on all things Killer Tomatoes! Listen to it all NOW on Spotify!
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
A chill hangs in the air as eerie winds weave their way through summer’s grasp, transformin’ luscious trees into gnarly silhouettes surrounded by colorful last gasps. Gourds are gutted and displayed on suburban stoops with grisly grins of fire ‘long side cacklin’ ghouls of plastic, circuits, and wires. Creeps put on their sinful bests and parade for candy as unwelcomed guests. Can it be? Could it mean? Why, yes, it’s a HappyHalloween!
Trick ‘r treat, Scream Freaks! Yup, it’s that spooktacular time of year ‘gain, and we’re happier than witches flyin’ over the full moon! Costume parties, horror flick marathons, scary pranks . . . just ‘nother day fer us ya could say, but Halloween’s a perfect ‘cuse to crank it to 11.
Speakin’ of rock references, don’t forget we got yer back when it comes to needin’ the perfect playlist of terror-ific tunes fer yer next hootenanny. With a jukebox full o’ nearly 600 diddies celebratin’ the scariest time of the year, y’all have access to 36 hours of our own hand picked songs havin’ anything to do with horror movies and TV shows as well as stand alone tunes packed with creepy themes and lyrics. Whether ya hit play and kick back, or use it as a springboard for creatin’ your own custom playlist, we just wanna help as many folks as we can who’re beggin’ fer more music than the usual go-tos like “Ghostbusters” and “Thriller.” Just visit our Howl-Inn Grub & Spirit Jukebox page HERE and enjoy!!
In the meantime, yer probably wonderin’ what’s goin’ on with Count Ted‘s situation since Frankenstein hooked him up with Wolfie in the Massacre Mountains. Well, they’re doin’ fine and Ted’s really comin’ up to speed fer how to be the Crossland’s new king of the vampires. Just in time too, ’cause he’s still game fer Wolfie’s plan to reunite Drac’s ol’ gang as part of his new regime, and the next guy we’re wranglin’ in’s gonna make one helluva splashy entrance. Rumor has it the long missin’ gill creature’s been sighted ’round the Crosslands’ favorite distraction Draculand, and let us tell ya — lookin’ for a creep ‘mong a sea of creeps in a fantasy getaway slammed with wall to wall theme park rides, mazes, and other sweet attractions ain’t gonna be easy. Parkin’s gonna be ‘nough of a nightmare!
Somethin’ else we’re excited to ‘nnounce is a Screaming Soup! Fan Club Kit in the works. Thanks to the generosity of Scream Freaks like y’all donatin’ to our Patreon, we now have ‘nough capital to produce some cool merch we’ll be packagin’ in one sweet bundle. Full o’ different kinds of stickers, buttons, coasters, tradin’ cards, pogs, and mini posters, it’s gonna be a regular treasure chest of collectables fer Scream Freaks everywhere wantin’ a piece of our show they can happily hold in their claws. So, keep ’em peepers peeled, ’cause that’ll be comin’ sooner than later!
Followin’ up on our Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective we released a few months back, we’re thrilled to learn the masterminds behind the franchise liked our three hour praise fest of their work so much, they now have it permanently featured on the home page of the Killer Tomatoes website! Just when we didn’t think it could get any better than yappin’ with every cast and crew member involved with our favorite cult series, somethin’ like this happens and makes us feel like we’re now part of that incredible history. And if that weren’t ‘nough, we just learned Killer Tomatoes co-creators Costa Dillon and Steve Peace are startin’ their own Killer Tomatoes podcast and asked us to be one of their first guests! Jumpin’ jack-o-lanterns!! Y’all know when that episode drops the second we do!
In other news, next month is the return of our favorite toy convention from our amigos at Toy Federation — Retro-Toy Con! Not only are we pumped to snag us a table at this supremo hot spot fer toy fanatics huntin’ fer plastic treasures from yesteryear and today, but the guest list we’re a part of this time is just uncanny! Believe it or not, yer favorite animated horror host will be huggin’ the celebrity wall with none other than the original voice cast of Fox’s X-Men cartoon from the ’90s, WWE hall o’ famers the Steiner Brothers, Eddie Deezen from Dexture’s Lab, Star War’s Chris Parsons, and Pixel Dan! You bet yer Halloween candy it’s gonna be one helluva good time, and ya won’t wanna miss out! We’ll be actin’ as the announcer of the dealer’s room once ‘gain and have exclusive art prints fer sale at our Screaming Soup! table ‘long with free candy and opportunities to take yer picture with Deadwest undead in person! Mark yer calendars and come out see me and the rest of these amazin’ guests next month, November 17-19 in Greenville, SC!
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! It’s been a month since we premiered our long awaited passion project on everything Killer Tomatoes, and we’ve gotten one helluva response! Yes siree, buzz ’bout our Killer Tomatoes Retrospective has been makin’ its way down the horror fan pipeline with its debut on YouTube, Betamax TV, OSI74, and The Vortexx, and folks are ecstatic someone like us finally got the inside scoop behind the makin’ of this outrageous franchise with three hours worth of interviews featurin’ nearly every cast and crew member from the movies to the cartoon series.
The biggest praise we could hope fer, however, happily came from the comic masterminds behind the whole series, Four Square Productions. To quote, writer/Killer Tomatoes creator Costa Dillon, “No one does horror hosting better than Screaming Soup! They created the Citizen Kane of Killer Tomato retrospectives.” Director John DeBello called us the “consummate consommé of horror hosting,” and Steve Peace was so impressed with the retrospective, he says he’s gonna make this required viewin’ fer his grand young’ns. When documentin’ such a huge part of these fellas’ lives, we can’t ask fer better than that!
So, what’s next fer Screaming Soup! ya ask?
Well, fer now, we’re gettin’ back to production on our regular season and pickin’ up where we left off with us helpin’ Count Ted transition from hapless video store clerk to Dracula’s replacement as king of the vampires. Just like we brought Frankenstein in to mentor the befuddled bloodsucker, our next wild weird west adventure will have us huntin’ the Wolfman fer pointers in the Massacre Mountains where some previous nasties of nature we’ve encountered are still roamin’ ’round. Even better, we have a cameo planned with our amigos Joe and Sean from Movie Dumpster, a show where they talk ’bout our favorite kinda flicks while creatin’ their own little fantasy web world of co-existin’ movie properties called the MDU (Movie Dumpster Universe). Y’all should really check ’em out if ya haven’t yet, and get a taste of what yer in fer come time fer episode #53 to drop.
In other news, we’ve been itchin’ to do some quick and dirty art as of late and have been whippin’ up some fun colorin’ book drawin’s of us on adventures with different cohorts in the horror hosting community. Don’t know how long we’ll keep this up, but the response has been great, and we’re regularly addin’ more to our gallery page, so keep an eye out for these as they arrive, and let us see yer colored masterpieces!
Lastly, we’re givin’ a special shoutout to our longtime fan Brandon who’s a longtime supporter of our show. Brandon likes to bring some of horror’s more obscure titles to our attention and even goes so far as providin’ us with YouTube links to watch ’em all! In honor of a Super Scream Freak sharin’ this nostalgic entertainment with us, we wanna share it with y’all as well. Just check out the links below, and enjoy ’em ‘fore some higher power takes ’em down.
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent reviews for the newer horror films and comics we’re checkin’ out in our blogs, R-Rated Reviews and Sequential Slime, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets, subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Ho-Ho-Howdy there, Scream Freaks! The season of slasher Santas, rabid reindeer, and yuletide yetis is upon us ‘gain. Yup, it’s Christmas time! Brick up that fireplace, protect yer chestnuts, and don’t shake yer gifts under the tree too hard — they might just bite! This Christmas is sure to be the most frightenin’ one yet, and we owe a lot of that to a particular streamin’ service.
December kicked off beautifully with the theatrical release of Violent Night starrin’ Stranger Things‘ David Harbour as a kick-ass Santa rescuin’ a family of fat cat hostages from home invadin’ mercs in Die Hard fashion. A 5/5 romp full of serious silliness, we wanted to cover it as an R-Rated Review, but it clearly ain’t a horror flick with its top shelf fantasy/action sequences, so we decided ‘gainst it. That didn’t stop our favorite ghost girlfriend Mandy from sharin’ her two cents on what’s now our newest holiday tradition, however, and she was even quoted by Violent Night‘s Twitter account! So proud of her!!
Like every Christmas, while folks are on the hunt fer ’em perfect gifts that prove they’re not as selfish as everyone thinks, we’re huntin’ fer this year’s newest offerin’s of holiday themed terrors. We covered some of the more front and center promoted fright flicks like Weredeer, The Killing Tree, Nutcracker Massacre, and Shudder’s Christmas Bloody Christmas in bite-size reviews on our R-Rated Review blog, but putrid polecats — we just uncovered a whole treasure trove (or dung heap?) of Christmas horror movies on Tubi we never heard of!
Some new, some old, and all of ’em lookin’ like they were shot over weekends on a paperboy’s salary! Titles we discovered include Psycho Santa 1-2, He Knows, There’s Snow Escape, A Christmas Slay, Season’s Greetings 1-2, Slayed, Christmas Craft Fair Massacre, Christmas Blood, Happy Horror Days, Deadly Xmas, Axemas 1-2, Jack Frost (2022), Christmas Tapes, Christmas Vacation, Killer Christmas Elves: The Movie, Krampus: The Return, Krampus vs Big Foot, Vikings vs Krampus, Sister Krampus, Christmas Apparition, Stuffings, Mercy Christmas, Silent Night Zombie Night, I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday, Leech, and Silent Night (2021). Most of these are still available to watch fer free on Tubi as of this post, and we’re tryin’ to get through as many as we can, so keep yer peepers peeled for these R-Rated Reviews!
In bigger updates, the trailer dropped for our upcomin’ Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective! Set to a rockin’ cover by Piss Ant (Click HERE for their YouTube channel), get a taste for what to expect from this Screaming Soup! special as we dive head first into the untold history behind the Killer Tomatoes franchise, speakin’ with nearly every cast and crew member involved with the makin’ of all four of the movies as well as the cartoon series. You’ll see the creators of the whole shebang John DeBello, Costa Dillon, and Steve Peace, hear from folks behind the scenes like the puppeteers and composers, and even get a peek at John Astin commentin’ on playin’ the series’ angry scientist, Prof. Gangreen. It’s all very excitin’ as we come closer and closer to releasin’ this sucker in the first quarter of 2023.
And even bigger updates yet, we now have Karen Mistal (Tara from Return of the Killer Tomatoes) joinin’ the fun, so this retrospective is really shapin’ up to be the definitive be-all-end-all killer tomato fans like ourselved have been waitin’ our whole afterlives for!
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent reviews for the newer horror films and comics we’re checkin’ out in our blogs, R-Rated Reviews and Sequential Slime, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets, subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! After weeks full of holiday parties, noisy parades, and belly bustin’ dinners, most folks would double over dead from exhaustion, but not us! We dropped dead forever ago and feel more alive than EVER as Thanksgivin’ returns, encouragin’ us to admit things we’re thankful fer.
Right now, we’re most thankful for bein’ a part of Retro-Toy Con recently, which is this unbelievable toy convention thrown by our compadres over at Toy Federation. These guys know how to party, let us tell ya. Not only did they make sure to pack the dealer room with an unbelievable mix of toys from yesteryear and today rangin’ from obscure Freddy Krueger knockoffs to mainstream mainstays like Star Wars and G.I. Joe, they even booked all kinds of celebrity guests from our favorite Saturday morning cartoons, Friday the 13th Part 2, the WWE hall of fame, and let’s not forget — yer favorite animated horror host Deadwest!
Yessir, as part of the star line-up, we happily spent the weekend meetin’ you Scream Freaks who showed up while as well as tradin’ quips with wrasslers Hacksaw Jim and the Million Dollar Man, doin’ Cobra Commander impressions with Arthur Burghardt (G.I. Joe’s original Destro), sharin’ candy with Jem and the Holograms‘ Samantha Newark, slingin’ back drinks at the bar with Warrington Gillette aka the first Jason Voorhees to kill onscreen, hangin’ ten with the first gang of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actors, Rob Paulsen, Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, and Barry Gordon, and catchin’ up with our amigos Mark McCray and Dan Klink from The Best Saturday Mornings of Our Lives podcast. Fanboy overload, right? Even better, we got to be Retro-Toy Con’s MC the whole time, makin’ important ’round the clock announcements while teasin’ the other guests with random messages. “Attention Hacksaw Jim. We checked, and we’re sorry, but you can’t use yer 2×4 when thumb wrasslin’ yer fans.”
Sure to go down as one of the greatest achievements of our afterlives was Rob and Arthur complimentin’ our pipes. Words can’t describe what receivin’ that kinda validation means to us comin’ from such talented voicebox dynamos. Only other moment that comes close to beatin’ it was at the end of the con, when we zipped from one cartoon superstar to the next for closin’ statements with the best one bein’ Samantha sayin’, “Show’s over, Synergy.”
This vendor had a beast of a My Pet Monster collection!
And if that weren’t ‘nough of a treat, we even had the honor of hostin’ all the celebrity panels! We asked Warrington ’bout his journey from Wall Street broker to bein’ celebrated as one of the few actors to play Jason over a little kumbaya campfire, and he pitched fans an offer to own a part of his newest flick, Bloody Social. Arthur Burghardt held our hand in shock as we revealed our interest in him takin’ us down memory lane to when he was a magic hobo in Full Moon’s Killjoy. The panel that was the most fun fer us, however, was forcin’ Hacksaw Jim and Ted “The Million Dollar Man” Dibiase to sit through a slideshow of their greatest hits in plastic as they gave their feedback on all the different toys made in their image over the years. We forgot to record our pow-wow with Arthur like dumbasses, but we’ll be sharin’ the audio from the panels with Warrington, Hacksaw, and Dibiase ‘fore long, so y’all can get a taste of the fun we had.
Speakin’ of yappin’ with talents, we even managed to steal Rob and Cam away from their turtle fans long ‘nough to interview ’em fer their work on the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes cartoon series for our Killer Tomato Retrospective we’ve been teasin’. Cam not only played Gangreen’s evil sidekick, Igor; he even voiced one of the killer tomatoes from the second season ‘long with Rob’s mutant veggie, Mummato. We still can’t believe our luck! We’re incredibly thankful fer their participation in our project and can’t wait to add their clips of ’em playin’ with their mutant tomato chew toys with everyone else’s stories of bein’ in such a wonderfully wacky series.
Speakin’ of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective — UPDATE — We’re comin’ closer and closer to completin’ this bucket list of a dream project. Editin’ is just ’bout done, the animation shouldn’t take too long, and after we drop in the soundtrack –POW! We hope to have this sucker out there for y’all to enjoy ‘fore Valentine’s Day! What could be sweeter than the first ever behind-the-scenes feature of anythin’ and everythin’ Killer Tomatoes with ’bout 20 interviews of nearly everyone involved from the filmmakers to the cast and crew?! We can’t wait!
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Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Halloween’s just ’round the bend, and we’re burstin’ with excitement at what all this holiday season has in store. From revisitin’ Salem with the Sanderson Sisters to reimagining Hellraiser, we’re pumped to go into this spooky shindig with jack-o-lanterns blazin’, but it won’t all be monster movie marathons and stuffin’ our pie holes with Halloween Oreos (which we swear taste better than regular ol’ Oreos). No, in fact, we’re continuin’ to keep our noses to the grindstone and work diligently to churn out one helluva of a retrospective spotlightin’ one of our favorite franchises of all time . . . Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Now, we’ve already been teasin’ y’all fer what to expect from this passion project of ours, but as we draw closer to wrappin’ this puppy up, the more freely we’re willin’ to share more ’bout it. As mentioned ‘fore, this ain’t gonna be yer everyday talkin’ head review. No, siree. Inspired by documentaries like Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, Pennywise: The Story of It, and In Search of Darkness, we wanted to go all in on this sucker and dig up as much behind the scenes trivia as possible.
That’s why the first folks we looked up to satisfy our appetite fer factoids were the creators themselves, Four Square Productions. Director John DeBello, Writer Costa Dillon, Actor/Producer Steve Peace, and even the elusive Michael Grant from the Tomatoes’ initial inception durin’ Four Square’s college origins all lend their stories to what made this San Diego born idea into a pop culture phenomenon. These fellas are just as funny today as they were 30 years ago, and have been a blast to talk with. They told us all ’bout the infamous helicopter crash, their invasion on France, their dealin’s with big league studios, and goin’ from cult hit to Saturday Mornin’ fodder.
But we didn’t stop there. Bein’ the sticklers fer information we are, we wanted more than mere milestones in the Tomatoes’ history, and sought out juicy details from every one of the movies’ cast and crew member willin’ to talk to us — which it turns out — was a lot of ’em! From leadin’ comic hero Rick Rockwell and Miss Universe’s Angela Visser to the puppeteers and composers, we managed to chat it up with ’bout every talent behind and in front of the camera and collected ourselves a shoppin’ cart worth of stories worth sharin’. Malfunctionin’ puppets, alternate R-Rated cuts, sleazy fan letters — it hurts not bein’ able to share it all yet! Oh, and did we mention John Astin and Steve Lundquist are in the retrospective too?
We’re coverin’ Killer Tomato topics related to the toys, Elvira, Four Square’s flick Sour Grapes aka Happy Hour — hell, we even do a deep dive into the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes cartoon series featurin’ interviews with its head writer, Richard Mueller, and Maurice LaMarche, the voice of Zoltan! How cool is that?!
Anyway, we have to get back to it if yer ever gonna see this thing released. Keep yer eyes peeled!
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Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Things have been hustlin’ and bustlin’ ’round here at the Howl-Inn Grub & Spirits since we wrangled Frankenstein to show Count Ted the ropes for bein’ a king of the vampires. Yessir, with a little more free time on our mitts, we decided to throw ourselves into a passion project that’s been a long time comin’, and we’re finally ready to share a little ’bout it!
So, while there’s plenty on our bucket list we wanna accomplish sooner than later, there’s one particular goal of ours that can’t wait any longer. As y’all know, we end every review with the disclaimer, “But what do I know know? I like killer tomato movies!” Well, some of you out there think we’re jokin’, but NO! We are in fact longtime fans of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise. From its sequels to its cartoon series, we’re nuts fer this cult hit phenomenon!
As a horror host show obsessed with these vile veggies, we were always goin’ to do a review on ’em at some point, but then we started thinkin’. What can be said ’bout this series that hasn’t been said already? There’s plenty of information on the first flick from 1978, but very little to no information on the makin’ of the sequels or the cartoon adaptation, leavin’ online reviewers and even print publications nothin’ to work with but their own color commentaries on the flicks ‘long with repeatin’ the same plot print from the back of the video boxes. How can Screaming Soup! celebrate its fandom in a more special way?
Then it hit us.
Instead of a regular ol’ review highlightin’ the sweets and sours of each killer tomatoes flick per usual, why don’t we do a deep dive and bring y’all the filmmakers’ own experience makin’ this series!
That’s no typo ya read. For the past year, we’ve been workin’ closely with the creators of the killer tomatoes themselves, Four Square Productions, and have been bringin’ together the most comprehensive review/retrospective ever attempted on the history of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Featurin’ nearly 20 interviews with numerous key actors, supportin’ players, and behind-the-scene dynamos, we’re leavin’ no stone unturned as we finally dig up every bit of film buff trivia we ever wanted to know ’bout the makin’ of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Return of the Killer Tomatoes, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, Killer Tomatoes Eat France, as well as both seasons of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes cartoon series. It’s been utter joy-gasms over here fer months talkin’ with all these fine folks responsible fer such a wild and hilarious source of entertainment for us over the years, and we can’t wait to put this out there for everyone.
That said, we still have just a little ways to go ‘fore we can present this to the world. All the interviews are completed and catalogued and currently bein’ edited into a BIG fun-filled Screaming Soup! Special that’ll be part documentary part animated comedy. As the project comes closer to completion, we’ll continue to post regular updates with steady reveals fer who else is involved and when it’s expected to premier.
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent reviews for the newer horror films and comics we’re checkin’ out in our blogs, R-Rated Reviews and Sequential Slime, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets, subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
First off, we’re back with an all new wild weird west misadventure, and this time we’re screamin’ at mummies! Yessir, now that Frankenstein’s bent Ted’s ear to bringin’ Dracula’s ol’ crew back together with the likes of Wolfie and the Gill Critter, it’s time we head into the hottest pockets of the Deathwind Desert and wrangle us the toilet paper company’s biggest missed opportunity fer a mascot and add the royally decrepit Azero to the gang. The shufflin’ wrinkle may not be as cunnin’ as Imhotep or as slick as Tom Cruise, but Azero’s sure to bring some of that been-there-done-that wisdom with him to Ted’s advantage. All we gotta do is tolerate his escape room of a pyramid long ’nuff to recruit him, but seems there’s already folks out there lookin’ to throw a monkey wrench in our plans with Ted’s new popularity drawin’ attention from some pretty vile creeps! 
Still ridin’ high on the Killer Tomatoes train followin’ our Rondo Award for Best Documentary of 2024 for our Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective, we’re crossin’ our fangs we’ll be even more a part of the Killer Tomatoes’ legacy with some merch we got in the works through our uber talented amigos at True Legacy Design. Currently in talks right now fer producin’ stuff we always wanted to own as a fan, y’all could very well be seein’ Screaming Soup!’s own take on the vicious veggies fer fanboy consumptions in the not so distant future. How awesome is that?! They already announced a lot of new collectibles on the way like these toyetic terrors seen at San Diego Comicon! Keep up to date on all the latest Killer Tomatoes news at their website and listen to their behind-the-scenes podcast which includes a candid interview with Screaming Soup! on makin’ the be-all-end-all documentary on the history of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise. 
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