A has-been rock star hosts horror films in his haunted mansion. Guest: glassblower Douglass Brown. Movie: “The Bone Yard” from 1991.

Episode 08-367 Air Date: 12–30-2023

"The Boneyard" is a chilling journey into the supernatural, where the line between the living and the dead blurs in a horrifying spectacle. The story follows Alley Oates (Deborah Rose), a troubled psychic, who, alongside her detective partner Jersey Callum (Ed Nelson), becomes entangled in a macabre child-murder investigation. Their search leads them to a daunting mortuary, run by Chen (Robert Yun Ju Ahn), who harbors a dark secret. He claims the mummified remains found are not human children but ancient demons, "kyoshi," sustained through centuries by human sacrifices. When Chen is imprisoned, the starved demons awaken, transforming the mortuary into a nightmarish trap. The staff, including Oates and Callum, are besieged by these malevolent entities, which possess and grotesquely mutate bodies, including that of morgue attendant Mrs. Poopinplatz (Phyllis Diller) and her poodle. In a desperate fight for survival, the characters confront the unimaginable, battling these relentless creatures with every resource at their disposal.

Cast:
Ed Nelson as Jersey Callum
Deborah Rose as Alley Oates
Norman Fell as Shepard
James Eustermann as Gordon Mullin
Denise Young as Dana
Willie Stratford Jr. as Marty
Phyllis Diller as Miss Poopinplatz
Robert Yun Ju Ahn as Chen
Rick Brophy as Mac
Sallie Middleton Kaltreider as Little Ghoul

In "Def-Con 4," a 1985 Canadian post-apocalyptic film, three astronauts aboard a secret space station witness a catastrophic nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. After two months in orbit, they are forced to return to a drastically altered Earth. Landing in eastern Nova Scotia, Canada, the crew faces a nightmarish new world. Jordan (Kate Lynch) is incapacitated upon impact, while Walker (John Walsch) meets a tragic fate at the hands of disease-ravaged humans known as "terminals." Howe (Tim Choate) ventures out and encounters Vinny (Maury Chaykin), a survivalist who imprisons him. The story unfolds as Howe, Vinny, and fellow survivor J.J. (Lenore Zann) are captured and taken to a fortress ruled by a tyrannical former military-school student. They must navigate a landscape filled with cannibalistic "terminals" and oppressive rulers, all while racing against time to escape a malfunctioning nuclear warhead set to detonate in sixty hours.

Cast:
Tim Choate as Howe
Maury Chaykin as Vinny
Lenore Zann as J.J.
Kate Lynch as Jordan
Kevin King as Gideon Hayes
John Walsch as Walker
Jeff Pustil as Lacey
Donna King as Alice
Alan MacGillivray as Boomer
Florence Paterson as Mrs. Boyd