Early last season Shawn and I introduced you to retro world of John C. Alsedek and his Blue Hours Productions.  We say retro not because of John's love for 1930 fedoras and trenchcoats, but because he writes, produces and does the voice work on radio-style dramas for Blue Hours along with his partner in creativity Dana Perry-Hayes. John let us know today the Blue Hours audio-horror series Mysteries Most Macabre, Inc. is now available for instant download on Amazon.com. Mysteries Most Macabre, Inc. is a tongue-in-cheek 1930s detective series about Blake and Beatrice Ashton, a Cary Grant/Kate Hepburn-style couple who always end up on cases that take a Supernatural turn.  Production has already begun on the next seven episodes of Mysteries Most Macabre, Inc. Blue Hours has also started work on the first installment of Cthulhu Radio Theatre, a series of Mythos stories adapted for radio dramas in conjunction with Miskatonic Books. Blue Hours is also editing ...

There was a time when radio was king and people listened to nightly dramas more thrilling than anything one could watch on the big screen. Why were these pictureless stories so engaging? Because the telling of these stories was so well done the listener's imagination would create the images for them. This style of storytelling has almost disappeared, but John C. Alsedek and Dana Perry-Hayes are bringing it back with Blue Hours Productions . Their horror-anthology series As Darkness Falls has recently premiered and the production house intends to take radio, TV and the interwebs by storm. Our chat with John is the feature presentation of tonight's show. But Jason, Shawn and Cameron "The Establishment" Thompson also have a pair of movies to discuss and dismantle for your reviewing pleasure. First up is the Russian roulette thriller 13 starring Jason Statham and Mickey Rourke. Then the radio-friendly trio take on the supernatural thriller The Caller, about a stalker ...

On Friday Oct. 7, at 10 p.m., The Basement reopens. Not that we've actually been closed. Five summer special and almost-daily blog updates have kept Shawn and I pretty F-ing busy during the five months since Season One on The X came to an end. But a weekly show takes a lot of work, so the break has been nice. Time to focus on family, work, house renos, and other hobbies. But The Basement beckons, as do the movies we love to review. And we've got an awesome line up of films and interviews for your ear hole to enjoy on 22 glorious Friday nights of live radio! You wanna hear our thoughts on the slasher prequel Bereavement? Well, you're gonna! How about Kevin Smith's stab at horror with Red State? We're checking that shit out too. Did you know that Jason Statham and Mickey Rourke reunited for a Russian roulette thriller called 13? We're gonna watch it and share our thoughts. Plus we're got interviews with Scream Queen Brooke Lewis (just in time for Hallo...

Before TV, movies and video games were all the rage, radio reigned supreme. And a new production company intends to bring radio drama back into the mainstream by mixing modern technology with everything that made the medium so cool to begin with. Formed by Dana Perry-Hayes and John C. Alsedek, Blue Hours Productions describes itself as plucky purveyors of retro-themed programming for radio, TV and the Interwebs. We've got a feature interview with Alsedek in the can for November, but he and Perry-Hayes are ready to launch their first production, the radio anthology As Darkness Falls, in a couple of weeks. The program is a throwback to classics like The Shadow, Inner Sanctum and Lights Out!, with each 24-minute episode eschewing cheap scares for skillful acting, character development and strong plotting. The program will be available from Speaking Volumes (www.speakingvolumes.com) in MP3 downloads, audiobooks and syndication. We've got the preview trailer below, and boy do ...