Episodes

  • Black Metal / Black Toner with Dr. Wolfenbergen

    Black Metal / Black Toner with Dr. Wolfenbergen
    Sep 3 2024
    This week I’m joined by Art Director, Justin Moll, who is known as Dr. Wolfenbergen by night (and likely weekends). His personal art (and upcoming zine) is stripped down, simple yet gritty...and kinda dark. So I love it. We talk about the hot rod scene, making zines, the lost art of making band flyers at the 24 hour photocopy shop and then we really get into the nitty, grits of making low-fi digital art and the power of squinting.
    We also get into comparing notes on musical inspiration (Mortician or Skinny Puppy? Is Iron Maiden relaxing?) and tell about the times we were kinda scared to buy an album but totally did.
    In a very special “Let’s Check in with Ben” I talk about the new drawing club I’m starting on Instagram and reflect on the rebooted podcast.
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    Follow Justin on Instagram: @Dr.Wolfenbergen

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    Music for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Badger Meyer.


    **Also discussed word dump: Return of the Living Dead, the Art of Friend Prices, True Grit brush collection, High Tide Recordings, The CSA Charles S Anderson Catalog, Evil on Paramount+
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    1 hr
  • Talking 'Toons Creator of The Cuphead Show, Dave Wasson

    Talking 'Toons Creator of The Cuphead Show, Dave Wasson
    Aug 27 2024
    Welcome to the Cheap Chills podcast, where artists and creators who love spooky, weird stuff can get together and talk spooky weird art ….talk.
    A few months ago, I was alone in bed watching The Cup Head show. It’s something I had tried to put on for our son when it came out but it was too creepy for him and he went back to watching something about trains with eyes.
    Anyway, I was blown away by just how good this cartoon was! It’s very very inspired by animation from the 1930s but looks better than studios like Fliescher could manage back then. The animation, the jokes, holy craps the backgrounds. The second episode came on and I paid more attention to the credits. Created by Dave Wasson.
    It was one of those moments where I thought, man if I can get back into podcasting, maybe I could talk to people like this. A few months and a few Instagram DMs later and here we are.
    You’ve seen his work on the Mickey Mouse shorts on Disney+, Time Squad, Star vs the Forces of Evil, oh Yeah cartoons and The Cuphead Show. Here it is, my conversation with animation Writer and Director, Dave Wasson.

    We discuss the Cuphead game developed by Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, advice for indie animators, The most inspiring music for making 1930s-style animation (Check out the playlist below!), jazz album covers of the 50s, Popeye, Betty Boop, Roger Ramjet, Rocky and Bulwinkle, and those amazing 3-dimensional backgrounds they incorporated into Fleischer brothers cartoons.

    Plus a new segment! Join Roman Candelabrä for Roman Candelabrä's Mystery Moment as he explores the strange connection between Betty Boop and The Smiths.

    Follow Dave Wasson on Instagram: @arkansassugarpants

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    Music and editing for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Ben Walker-Storey.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • The Monster Club, 1981- with Amanda Walker-Story - Rerelease of Ep. 8 Monsters in Turtlenecks

    The Monster Club, 1981- with Amanda Walker-Story - Rerelease of Ep. 8 Monsters in Turtlenecks
    Aug 21 2024
    This week Ben is busy with something very frightening if common among us these days, bills! So we've dug up (get it? GET IT??) a spooky gem from the early days of this podcast, Monsters in Turtlenecks has Ben and his wife (who is her own person) Amanda getting into what is likely THE biggest influence on how Ben became the monster-loving weirdo he is today, The Monster Club starring Vincent Price, John Carradine and Donald Pleasence.
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    Get the Monster Club on Amazon

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    Music and editing for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Ben Walker-Storey.
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    29 mins
  • My Tubi Continue Watching List, Plus a Lost Movie, and Feeling Rusty with Drawing

    My Tubi Continue Watching List, Plus a Lost Movie, and Feeling Rusty with Drawing
    Aug 12 2024
    Introducing a new segment, "Continue Watching?" where Ben goes through his Tubi, Continue Watching list and talks about the movies he didn't get through; gems like Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century, War of The God Monsters, The Monster Club TV show and more.
    Ben takes a call on the Lost Movie Hotline. Does he know what film this caller’s talking about? If not, maybe you do! Call in and let us know! speakpipe.com/CheapChills
    And in a very special Let’s check in with Ben, Ben’s feeling rusty. Specifically when it comes to drawing on paper. What if we draw together with some weekly prompts? #CheapChillsSketchClub? #CheapchillsMonster? #DoHashtagsEvenWorkAnymore?He also talks his alter-ego, Roman Candelabrä and how it can help with his life-long discomfort in front of video cameras.

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    Music and editing for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Ben Walker-Storey.
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    18 mins
  • How Horror Makes Us Feel Better and Art-Making Reveals All Our Secrets : with Jules Fischer

    How Horror Makes Us Feel Better and Art-Making Reveals All Our Secrets : with Jules Fischer
    Aug 5 2024
    Hey Gang! This week I'm joined by Jules Fischer, an Indi Comic book Artist from Berlin, Germany. We get into all kinds of stuff! Her influeces, Charles Burns, Dan Clowes and Jamie Hernandez sent her down a path of self discovery through comic-book making. Plus fake food freaks her out, but in a good way!
    We also get into how horror stories help us deal with anxiety and depression. And how creating art will expose your deepest thoughts and feelings to the world.
    In a very special Let's Check in With Ben, I talk about something that blew me away this week, The Sweet Electric's New Planet (Liam Lynch). It reminded me of a "song" I made like 15, 16 years ago called Another Planet Entirely. It's oddly personal and never been heard by the public before but its included at the end of the podcast, yer welcome!
    Jules Fischer on Instagram
    Cheap Chills on Instagram
    Walter Wick Studio

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    You may notice the Cheap Chills podcast is has no commercials. If you dig the show and want to support us, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. If you'd like to "Buy me a Coffee" that would be amazing too! I literally have no money. Is anyone reading this?
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    Links below are affilate links. Clicking through helps support the pod at no extra expense to you, thanks!
    The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
    Parents 1989 starring Randy Quaid, Blu-Ray
    Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes, paperback
    Black Hole by Charles Burns, paperback
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • What is Your Lost Movie? Call The Hotline! : Let's Check in With Ben

    What is Your Lost Movie? Call The Hotline! : Let's Check in With Ben
    Jul 29 2024
    Hey gang, this week Ben is taking calls on the new Lost Movie Hotline. Listeners who caught a movie when they were little, one that seared itself into their memories, can now call in with a voicemail for Ben. If he doesn't recognize your lost movie maybe the Cheap Chills community will! We do what we can.
    Ben describes his own lost movie. It's something that he's been wondering about for 45 YEARS! If you like terror and intrigue among a handful of people stranded on the beach, this film is for you.
    Then in a very special "Let's Check in with Ben" he talks about the art projects he's just finished and bigger ones on the slab. And a bit about what's going on with him at home.
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    You may notice the Cheap Chills podcast is AD-FREE! If you dig the show and want to show support, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. If you'd like to "Buy me a Coffee" that would be amazing too! Whenever you want. No subsciption involved.
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    Some links below are affilate links. Clicking through helps support the pod at no extra expense to you, thanks!
    Watch The Flesh Eaters on Tubi
    Buy The Mutations on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3WEyjQT
    Rent James and the Giant Peach - https://amzn.to/3WEyjQT
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    22 mins
  • Mad Monster Lady, Audrey Rose - Crestwood Monster Books, Being a Weirdo

    Mad Monster Lady, Audrey Rose - Crestwood Monster Books, Being a Weirdo
    Jul 22 2024
    Ben is joined this week by artist, mom and teacher, Audrey Rose, also known as Mad Monster Lady.
    This week's (official) topic is the Crestwood Monsters series of books. They talk about how monsters are relatable because they are also weirdos dealing with rejection. They also get into real life monsters like narcissists, sociopaths and serial killers and why Satanism isn’t scary.
    And in a very special “Let’s Check in with Ben,” Ben defers to next week to unload all that’s going on with him.
    You may notice the podcast is AD-FREE! If you dig the show and want to show support, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. If you'd like to "Buy me a Coffee" that would be amazing too! Whenever you want. No subsciption involved.
    buymeacoffee.com/cheapchills
    Follow Audrey Rose in Instagram at @madmonsterlady
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Building Community Through Weird Films - with Kenneth Filmer of Khloaris

    Building Community Through Weird Films - with Kenneth Filmer of Khloaris
    Jul 15 2024
    This week I am joined by Kenneth Filmer, who is half of a Film and Television/Promotion company in New York City called Khloaris. Khloaris produces films and hosts screening parties in unusual places like back-alleys of industrial neighborhoods and has built a community of like-minded, film-loving oddballs.

    We came into this with a theme in mind so keep an ear out for the part of our conversation about working at video rental stores (Tower video and Kim's Video) but we got into so much more! From the purpose of transgressive media to Davie Allan's fuzz-guitar film scores to what exactly an executive producer does for a film like Ghost Team starring Amy Sedaris, Jon Heder and Justin Long.

    This is a long one so we also got into our thoughts on the Gene Simmons and Kiss, Corey Feldman, how social media can limit our ability as creators and the origin story of Cheap Chills.
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    1 hr and 50 mins