Ep. 04-32: House of the Devil (2009)

Desperate for cash to afford a new apartment, college student Samantha Hughes (Jocelin Donahue) takes a mysterious babysitting job. At the home, Mr. Ulman (Tom Noonan) explains that Samantha will not be watching a child, but his elderly mother-in-law instead. After exploring the creepy house, Samantha soon realizes that the Ulmans are hiding a horrifying secret and plan to sacrifice her during a lunar eclipse.

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Welcome to Satanic Panic! Ti West’s fabulous homage to films of the 1980s is not perfect, but neither were the films he’s paying homage to. Join us as we bask in the nostalgia and fun that this film brings, from its attention to detail and fabulous cast, to the skilled, intentionally antiquated cinematography, editing, and music. Listen as Johnny Has the Keys explores a creepy house where a family awaits the perfect host to usher evil in by the pale moonlight.

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Ep. 04-31: Barbarella (1968)

In the year 40,000, peace and love have reigned for centuries, but the president of Earth has a problem. He needs Barbarella, a five-star, double-rated astronavigatrix who can save the universe. Her mission is to find the renegade scientist, Durand Durand, and discover where he’s hiding his monstrous positronic ray.

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Welcome to the groovy 1960s, where spaceships have shag carpet and astronauts are curvaceous sex kittens who, with relative ease–and quite a few rolls in the hay–save the universe from wrongdoers. Join us as we discuss this Vadim-Fonda classic, and its place song the cheesier canon of sci-fi classics. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys turns the lights down and the music up, pouring a snifter of Remy Martin and getting our groove on with the sexiest astronaut ever!

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Ep. 04-30: Contact (1997)

Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) races to interpret a possible audible message originating from the Vega star system. Once first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence is proven, Arroway contends with various stumbling blocks including a restrictive National Security Advisor Kitz (James Woods) and religious fanatics bent on containing the implications of such an event. An incredible message is found hidden in the signal, but will Arroway be the one to answer its call?

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What’s that sound? Could it be the cantankerous murmurings of your favorite podcast hosts discussing this ambitious yet flawed blockbuster? With such a great cast, source material from Carl Sagan, and an A-list director like Robert Zemeckis, how could they go wrong? Join us, and we will let you know. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys builds a wormhole device and travels to a distant galaxy to discover our place among the stars.

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Ep. 04-29: Dracula (1979 & 1992)

Dracula (1979): Transylvanian Count Dracula (Frank Langella) washes ashore in England after a shipwreck. Discovered by Mina Van Helsing (Jan Francis), Dracula integrates himself into the lives of Mina and her friend, Lucy Seward (Kate Nelligan). However, when Mina dies and her father, Prof. Van Helsing (Laurence Olivier), attributes her death to a vampire, evidence shows that Count Dracula is the monster, and Lucy is his next target.

Bram’s Stoker’s Dracula (1992): Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, cursed to feed on the blood of the living, imprisons his lawyer, Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves), after seeing a photograph of his fiancée, Mina (Winona Ryder). Dracula goes to London in search of Mina, who is the spitting image of his dead wife. Harker’s friend, Van Helsing, suspects Dracula’s intentions, but can he and Lucy’s suitors thwart the monster when Mina has fallen in love with him?

Dracula & Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Double dose part two! Yes, we’re still in Transylvania for the second of our two-part, themed double-feature! This time, we’re covering two more nods to Stoker’s classic tale, including the 1979 Frank Langella version, and the all-star production from Francis Ford Coppola in 1992. Join us as we discuss the former’s relation to the play (like Lugosi, Langella originated the role on Broadway), and the lavish production values of Coppola’s take in 1992, arguably the most faithful adaption to the original text so far. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys travels from the Carpathian mountains to London with a crucifix in hand, listening close at every step for the whispers of the undead.