The Kingcast

Mar 19 2025 267 ep. 87 mins 3.1k
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A Stephen King Podcast For Stephen King Obsessives

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269: Christine with David Yarovesky

Mar 19 2025 67 mins  
Director David "Yarvo" Yarovesky returns to The Kingcast to talk about killer cars. Yarvo's new movie is called Locked and it features two very high profile actors with deep Stephen King ties: Bill Skarsgard and Anthony Hopkins. Considering his movie is all about a malevolent car (being controlled by a crazed Hopkins) it was only natural that we focused our conversation on John Car

268: The Eyes of the Dragon with Dan Berk and Robert Olsen

Mar 12 2025 79 mins  
NOVOCAINE directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen join up to talk about King's first stab at pure fairy tale, The Eyes of the Dragon. Turns out the writer/director duo have another reason for picking this title, so we dig into that, Stephen King's influence in their work, all the rad Dark Tower connections to this story, and so much more.

267: A Conversation with Osgood Perkins

Feb 26 2025 63 mins  
Osgood Perkins joins The Kingcast crew to talk about his adaptation of Stephen King's short story The Monkey as well as his personal relationship with the randomness of death. It's a lively chat that digs into Perkins's early memories of King, how he bonded with his famous father over King's books, and how King's humor really impacted how he approached this wild, wild movie.

266: An Interview with James Wan

Feb 13 2025 63 mins  
Horror icon James Wan stops by The Kingcast to chat about his relationship to Stephen King books, movies, and short stories, and fills us in on everything that went into producing the upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Monkey.

265: Stephen King Returns

Jan 29 2025 70 mins  
Stephen King returns to usher in a new era of The Kingcast as Vespe is joined by his new co-host, Anthony Breznican, to grill the Master of Horror about his work, past, present, and future.

264: Meet Your New Kingcast Co-Host

Jan 24 2025 61 mins  
Find out about your new Kingcast co-host's personal history with King, where he stands on some of the author's more controversial books, and get a quick catch up on his overall outlook on geek culture. You'll also get a tip-off to the big guest we are bringing to the show next week.

263: An Interview with Bill Skarsgard and Willem Dafoe

Dec 25 2024 56 mins  
Finding Nosferatu's voice, a mask freeing you up as an actor, what it was like stepping back into Pennywise's shoes, a surprise appearance by Vespe's cat, and the very interesting audition Willem Dafoe had for a Stephen King movie. You'll never guess which one it is! All that and more is on the table for this wide-ranging conversation with two of our best working character actors.

262: The Mist with Allie Goertz

Dec 18 2024 76 mins  
Musician, podcaster, and professional Simpsons nerd Allie Goertz stops by the show to dive into Frank Darabont's adaptation of The Mist and talk about how badass her album of Nine Inch Nails covers titled Peeled Back is. Vespe and his guest explore the politics of regular folks stuck in an impossible situation, how they would each react to being in this horrific situation, and have

261: Suffer the Little Children with Gaspare Randazzo

Dec 11 2024 61 mins  
Today's guest is the very funny standup comedian Gaspare Randazzo, who you may have seen on Netflix's reality show The Trust. Gaspare is also a teacher and since he wasn't very well-read on Stephen King he was assigned a personal favorite King short story called Suffer the Little Children. Fitting, considering the teacher connection and all that. We talk about growing up with Kin

260: Silver Bullet with Steven C. Miller

Dec 04 2024 76 mins  
Director Steven C. Miller (Werewolves, Silent Night, Mauraders) joins Vespe to discuss Stephen King's werewolf story Cycle of the Werewolf, with a particular focus on the adaptation Silver Bullet. King penned the screenplay for Silver Bullet and the end result is essentially his second pass at the story where he gets to center the plot on a main character a bit more than his novell