When you have a story featuring timeaters that may or may not resemble flying meatballs with metal teeth you have to bring in the best of the best to break it down. Lucky for us Elan Gale (The Bachelor, FBOY Island, and the upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Life of Chuck) answered the call to come chat The Langoliers with the Kingcast Boys. What was Elan's take on the mini-series? Why is Bronson Pinchot so damn cool? What would Wampler do if he found himself in the Langoliers's dimension...

Kotaku's Alyssa Mercante joins Wampler and Vespe for an interesting thought experiment: What would you do if you could design your own Stephen King video game? Would you make a AAA giant budget title or something smaller and more indie? You have the entire Stephen King oeuvre at your disposal, what do you do? Alyssa kicks things off with her pitch, Vespe follows, and Wampler closes the loop. All radically different, all something we'd actually play if it existed. Come play with us!

Writer, editor, and cartoonist K. Thor Jensen has been summoned onto The Kingcast to help cover the prestigious King-related title that is 2011's Children of the Corn: Genesis. We are deep into the Corn Boys catalogue now, my lovelies, and this particular installment is perhaps one of the more bizarre entries in the Dimension Films direct-to-video era, featuring Kelen Coleman's muddy feet, a psychic corn child, delightful character actors Billy Drago and Duane Whitaker, actual footage from...

You haven't really lived until you hear the acclaimed actor and director Keith Gordon (Christine, Back to School, Dressed to Kill, Mother Night) contemplate the b*****b dog ghost for a surprisingly long period of time. You get exactly that, plus a ton of talk about his work with John Carpenter in Christine, Brian De Palma in Dressed to Kill, as well as his early directorial outing Wild Palms. Keith is a cinephile and happened to be in the opening weekend audience when Stanley Kubrick's The...

Best Selling Author Stephen Graham Jones has a brand new book out called The Angel of Indian Lake that wraps up his Jade Daniels Trilogy and to celebrate he has returned to The Kingcast to discuss the bonkers film Sleepwalkers. Along the way, we talk about how much Hollywood is courting him for an adaptation of this newly minted trilogy, brainstorm a gritty Mr. Ed reboot, debate about the ethics of incest among Sleepwalkers, and get a brand new, highly triggering, animal encounter story from...

The great writer, producer, and podcaster Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick, Indoor Kids) returns to The Kingcast to talk about Bag of Bones, a title long demanded by The Kingcast listenership and one filled with chewy topics of conversation. Why is it so scary that the one you love could be taken away in a split second? What could that do to your heart and mind? Why is that tree so sexy? All those questions and more are answered in this entertaining look at King's book and Mick Garris's...

Film critic and podcaster Jeff Zhang (Strange Harbors) joins Wampler and Vespe to chat about 1408, both the original King short story and the surprisingly good 2007 adaptation starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. We dive into both, decide which of the bazillion attempted endings is the actual best one, figure out if we could live in a place with a bad history, and even touch on the complete wasteland that is the entertainment blogging world these days.

Director Jeff Wadlow (Imaginary, Fantasy Island, Cry Wolf) joins Wampler and Vespe to dig into the notorious Bachman Books. Conversation turns from all of our real life imaginary friends to the bleak stories contained in The Bachman Books, including Rage, which King has never put back into printing after a slew of copycat crimes that were allegedly inspired by the actions the lead character takes in that story. Will The Long Walk ever be adapted? Why does King think Roadwork might be the best...

Are you ready for the podcast crossover event of the century? Well, you damn well should be because The Kingcast boys are welcoming Screen Draft's Clay Keller and Ryan Marker and turning the tables on them. Wampler and Vespe serve as commissioners and it's up to Clay and Ryan to rank the top 7 Stephen King Cameos of all time. What will make the cut? How many King cameos will actually be for movies based on King's work? You might be surprised by what Clay and Ryan pick, but we can guarantee...

The Kingcast boys finally dive into arguably the very worst direct adaptation of a Stephen King story: 2009's Dolan's Cadillac starring Christian Slater and American Beauty's Wes Bentley. Joining us is fellow podcaster and Kingcast favorite guest Wynter Mitchell (Tangent Island) who hated the movie even more than we did. Why is this movie so bad? Could a good movie ever be made from this short story or is it doomed to only ever work on the page? Who comes out of this adaptation squeaky...

Evil Dead Rise star Lily Sullivan joins The Kingcast boys to talk about her latest genre outing, a thriller called Monolith, as well as Brian De Palma's Carrie. Lily dives into her own quasi-traumatic upbringing thanks a horror-loving mom, how Stephen King played into that, and, of course, how iconic Carrie is. You'll also get some conspiracy talk, how absolutely terrifying podcasters are, and the infectious nature of words, so this one is packed to the brim. Monolith will be released in...

This isn't your typical Cujo conversation this week as we welcome the very talented writer, performer, and singer Sam Haft (Hazbin Hotel, The Living Tombstone) onto the show. He doesn't just come ready to get silly while talking about Cujo, he also created a whole-ass original song for this episode called "Bat Blood," sung from Cujo's point of view after he eats the face off of the Cambers's neighbor. You get a full, original Cujo song as well as a lively and highly entertaining chat about...

Horror and music video director Barnaby Clay (The Seeding, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) joins Vespe and Wampler to discuss the parallels between his new movie and Stephen King's Misery, which naturally cascades into a deeper conversation about fan's ownership over art, the addiction themes of the book, and how Rob Reiner assembled a perfect cast for the adaptation. The Seeding is out now on digital and can also be seen in a limited theatrical release.

There have been many attempts to make The Stand and only two have ever succeeded. One of the early at-bats was by John Boorman's go-to writer Rospo Pallenberg (Excalibur, Exorcist 2: The Heretic) who delivered a very unfortunate screenplay in 1990. The very funny podcaster and writer Dave Schilling(Galaxy Brains, LA Times) joins Vespe and Wampler to beat up this terrible screenplay and try to convey to the listeners just how misguided and, frankly, offensive this script was. Would you...

Charles Soule, the novelist and comic book writer behind all of your favorite Marvel, DC, and Star Wars books, returns to The Kingcast to dissect Stephen King's novella The Life of Chuck, soon to be released as a major motion picture starring Tom Hiddleston and written and directed by Kingcast favorite filmmaker Mike Flanagan. The trio dive right into the meaty text of The Life of Chuck and pontificate on the upcoming movie version. Be warned, no stone is left unturned, so if you haven't...

On the eve of the release of her season of True Detective, longtime Kingcast favorite Issa Lopez (Tigers Are Not Afraid) returns to chat with Wampler and Vespe about the Stephen King influences on her season of True Detective, why she had to be very upfront with nods to Carpenter's The Thing in her season, what miracle workers Jodie Foster and Kali Reis were, embracing sexuality in popular fiction, and even a little bit about her recent read of King's Holly and how it mirrors what she was...

Thomas Jane makes his triumphant return to The Kingcast stage to talk about his work in 1922. Well, that's the goal anyway, but when you get Thomas Jane on the line the conversation is gonna go where it's gonna go. We may be aiming to talk Stephen King, but you're gonna get chatter involving living in France, some semi-contentious politics discussion, and even an update on the producer/actor's adaptation of King's From a Buick 8. In short, if you ever wanted to know what it's like to sit down...

Matt Fraction (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Hawkeye) returns to continue his Dark Tower adventure. Every time Matt finishes a new Dark Tower book he checks in with The Kingcast boys to talk about his thoughts on the series. Despite spearheading a giant Godzilla show for Apple TV, Fraction did find some time fo work his way through Book 5 and comes loaded for bear with his thoughts on the book, its place in the overall Dark Tower world, the challenges of telling a long story like this, and...

The Kingcast welcomes the great Carla Gugino to the main stage for a lengthy discussion of her work on Gerald's Game and her recent award-nominated turn in Mike Flanagan's The Fall of the House of Usher. Discover Carla's Stephen King origin story, her thoughts on risque material in film and TV, her remembrances of a certain furry cat-eating co-star, what was going through her mind while filming the degloving scene in Gerald's Game and so much more. Oh, and you bet your sweet butt we asked her...

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines director Lindsey Beer joins The Kingcast boys to talk a little about her prequel and the iconic, legendary, massive tome known as Stephen King's It. We ask ourselves if It has killed McDonald's famous mascot, which of the Losers Club we relate to the most, just how badass Pam Grier is (both on-screen and in real life), and were stunned, shocked, and appalled by Beer's confession that she hasn't seen the Tim Curry It mini-series. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is coming to...

Our favorite saucy, but sweet, author Chuck Tingle (Camp Damascus, Space Raptor Butt Trilogy) returns to The Kingcast to discuss one of King's more obscure short stories: Ur. This one's all about an otherworldly Kindle and serves as something of a dry run for 11.22.63. We talk about that as well as country music (for some damn reason), the ethical question of stealing work done by your clone, what authors would we immediately search out if we had access to one of these fancy magic pink...

Kingcast favorite guest, the James Beard-winning author and co-host of the Reading Glasses Podcast, Mallory O'Meara comes back to the show to discuss the intriguing TV mini-series Rose Red. Mallory brings the smarts, citing her deep knowledge of Shirley Jackson, but don't let that fool you. The trademark Kingcast chaos is on full display, including a rather humorous tangent about how susceptible we'd all be to horny ghost tricks. It's a wild one, so strap in!

Legendary artist Coop (aka Chris Cooper), the man behind iconic rock posters for Nirvana, White Zombie, Soundgarden, and The Foo Fighters, joins The Kingcast boys for a look into Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Doctor Sleep. Why does this adaptation work so well when it takes some giant liberties with the source material? And how come Rebecca Ferguson can pull off that Stevie Nicks look?!? Kids in danger, changes from the book, and the sad state of social media all come up in this wide-ranging...

Noted funnyman, writer, producer, and prankster Ben Mekler (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Die Hart 2, and Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight) was tasked to surprise your beloved Kingcast hosts with a Stephen King title and see how well we could roll with his choice of topic. Would it be an obscure novella? A forgotten episode of some random '80s TV anthology, perhaps? Or would he pick one of the major titles? These are all questions Wampler and Vespe had rolling through their minds as...