Evil Eye

Say goodbye to 2020 with an episode celebrating our favorite goth aesthete and cinematic genius, Orson Welles. Yes, he is a goth icon and in this episode of the Evil Eye, Rob and Samm will explain why — from his dashing cape fashions to his constant use of gothic themes throughout his prolific work as a director, actor, producer, and adapter of literature. The episode focuses on some of his goth-est films from The Stranger (1946) to The Trial (1962) and covers all of our favorite subjects, like WWII conspiracy theories to radical leftist politics.

The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age-old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

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The Evil Eye podcast returns with a new special music episode focused on one of our favorite bands: British experimental, post-industrial masters Coil. Rob and Samm discuss the band’s history and its origins in Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, our favorite Coil albums, and their changing sound over the years and their influence on goth, neofolk, and ambient music. The episode also explores the importance of the occult to their music, the influence of cinema on their work and specifically their relationship with Clive Barker and their unused score for Hellraiser (1987).

The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age-old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

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Happy Halloween, children of the night! If there is a single most goth day of the year, Halloween is surely it. In this special themed episode of the Evil Eye podcast, Rob and Samm explore one of the most iconic Halloween-set horror films, Kevin Tenney’s Night of the Demons (1988), about a group of degenerate lipstick-wearing high schoolers who throw a Halloween party in a haunted funeral parlor. They ponder the important questions of our age, such as whether or not Angela’s character really goth or just wearing a Halloween costume? Plus they discuss the film’s two sequels (for better or worse) and share their favorite Halloween movies and music.

The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

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They’re baaaaaaack! After a lengthy quarantine hiatus, your friendly goth podcasters Rob Skvarla and Samm Deighan have risen from the dead for a new double feature episode of the Evil Eye podcast, focusing on BLACULA (1972) and SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM (1973). The episode features a discussion of the first-ever blaxploitation horror film and how it created a subgenre, Dracula reimagined in the ’70s, the great William Marshall, our favorite black goth musicians, and more.

The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

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The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

The time has come for us to finally discuss the greatest goth movie of all time, Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001). This is a movie about a Marilyn Manson rip off playing his final show on an airplane (seriously) to a number of lucky fans… until the plane is hijacked by satanic terrorists who want to usher in the apocalypse! Naturally, the only thing standing between humanity and total destruction is a super hacker, who is forced to team up with a sexy FBI agent determined to arrest him. If you’ve never seen or heard of this movie, all we can say is YOU’RE WELCOME.

MUSIC CLIPS:

Slade Craven – “Razor Electric” (from Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal)

Kevin MacLeod – “Anxiety”

DJ Wiliams – “Nemesis in Franklin Park”

Faith and the Muse – “Hollow Hills” (off Vera Causa)

Ours – “Sometimes” (off Distorted Lullabies)

HIDE – “Raw Dream” (off Hell is Here)

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The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Film writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

It’s not October anymore, but that doesn’t mean we’re not still defiantly celebrating Pricetober! We’re wrapping things up with an exploration of two of the final Vincent Price classics, Theatre of Blood (1973) and Madhouse (1974). Shot on location in England, as co-productions with American International Pictures, these films allow us to talk about everything from British horror in the ’70s to Shakespeare, serial killers, the heyday of AIP, and more goth nonsense.

MUSIC CLIPS:

Leonard Cohen – “Who By Fire” (off New Skin for the Old Ceremony)

Kingdom Come – “Conception” (off Journey)

Vincent Price – “The Monster Mash” (from The Monster Club)

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The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Film writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

In this episode, the Evil Eye is continuing their October celebration of horror icon and greatest living human Vincent Price with a look at Robert Fuest’s black comedy-horror masterpiece, The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and its sequel Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972). Price plays the titular organist who returns from beyond the grave (we think?) to orchestrate a symphony of revenge—inspired by the biblical 10 plagues of Egypt—against the team of doctors who killed his beloved wife.

MUSIC CLIPS:

Spirogyra – “The Future Won’t Be Long” (off St. Radigunds)

Lucifer / Mort Garson – “Evil Eye” (off Black Mass)

Black Sabbath – “Children of the Grave” (off Master of Reality)

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The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Film writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

It’s the greatest time of the year, it’s October! You know what that means, right? Ghosts and ghouls and… Vincent Price? Yes! The Evil Eye is celebrating the month of October with a full month of episodes highlighting the King of the Grand Guignol himself. We’re kicking things off with House of Usher, a 1960 Roger Corman adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story. The film launched a series of Corman-Price Poe adaptations, and is one of the seminal horror films of 1960s.

Music Clips:
Nox Arcana – “A Dream Within a Dream” (off Shadow of the Raven)
A Letter for Carmilla – “I” (off Medieval)
Joan Baez – “Annabel Lee” (off Joan)
Alan Parsons Project – “To One in Paradise” (off Tales of Mystery and Imagination)
Nazgal Dracul – “The Bane of Balak Gaahl” (off The Bane of Balak Gaahl)

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The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Film writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

Did goths exist before the eighties? Same and Rob are looking for an answer in 1974’s Legacy of Satan, a movie about a couple of swingers looking for a good time at an aristocratic hippie bloody orgy. Dig on the groovy threads of the new age Satanists. Chill to the icy tones of the Moog freakout score. And try to follow along as Samm and Rob work through that most difficult of questions: were hippies goths?

Music Clips:
Bobby Beausoleil – “The Second” (off Lucifer Rising)
Bobby Beausoleil – “The First” (off Lucifer Rising)
David Bowie – “We Are the Dead” (off Diamond Dogs)
Nico – “Secret Side” (off The End)

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The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Film writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

Mirror mirror on the wall, what is the gothest movie of them all? Could it be… a movie titled Mirror, Mirror? The 1990 horror film is about a young goth girl named Megan who moves from Los Angeles to the boonies after the death of her father. She encounters mean girls, evil shirtless boyfriends, and a horny, possessed mirror, as one does in situations like this. Does Megan overcome the mean girls and prove goths take shit from no one, and more importantly, does she hook up with the mirror? Listen to find out!

Music Clips:
Love & Rockets – “Mirror People” (off Earth, Sun, Moon)
Skinny Puppy – “Spasmolytic” (off Too Dark Park)
Samhain – “Trouble” (off Final Descent)
Black Mare – “Death by Desire” (off Death Magick Mother)

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The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Film writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

In this episode, Rob and Samm have gone to Texas with the 1987 vampire cowboy epic Near Dark. A milquetoast good ol’ boy rolls into town in his pickup and meets the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately for him, she’s a vampire. She turns him and he gets abducted by her merry band of vampire outlaws. They raise hell, as only a group led by Lance Henriksen could, until they end up on the wrong side of the law. Shoot outs, bloodshed, and exploding vampires ensue. But the real question is… are these vampire cowboys goth? Listen in to find out!

MUSIC CLIPS:
Roky Erickson and The Aliens – “Night of the Vampire” (off The Evil One)
Dee Barton – “High Plains Drifter (Main Title)” (off High Plains Drifter)
Manfred Hübler and Sigfried Schwab – “The Message” (off Vampyros Lesbos)
Donald Rubinstein – “The Calling” (off Martin)
Martini Ranch – “Reach” (off Holy Cow)
The Cure – “The Kiss” (off Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me)
Fields of the Nephilim – “Preacher Man” (off Dawnrazor)
Tex Ritter – “Blood on the Saddle” (off Cowboy Favorites)

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The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Film writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

In this episode, Rob and Samm have fixed their evil eye(s) on Brad Sykes’ 2003 shot-on-video extravaganza, Goth. A bored and unconvincing goth couple attends a show at a goth club and meets a woman named Goth. No, we are not making this up! She proceeds to take them on a violent, drug-fueled journey through their darkest fears/desires/who actually knows. While this might not be the best goth film ever made (and in fact it might be the worst), the important thing is that it establishes the three rules for being goth. And if you don’t want to be a fucking poser, you’re going to have to listen to the episode to find out.

WARNING: This episode references sexual assault and violence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDqkLJawmso

MUSIC CLIPS:
Plastique Noir – “Desire or Disease” (off Dead Pop)
Negative Image – “All I Was (Sex)” (off Confusion)

MOVIES REFERENCED:
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)
Traces of Death (1993)
Faces of Death (1978)
The Dead Next Door (1989)
Zombie Chronicles (2001)
Zombie Bloodbath (1993)
Ed Gein (2001)
Dahmer (2002)
Gacy (2003)
Zodiac Killer (2005)
BTK Killer (2005)
Green River Killer (2005)
Karla (2006)

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