Evil Eye Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla

Say goodbye to 2020 with an episode celebrating our favorite goth aesthete and cinematic genius, Orson Welles. Yes, he is a goth icon and in this episode of the Evil Eye, Rob and Samm will explain why — from his dashing cape fashions to his constant use of gothic themes throughout his prolific work as a director, actor, producer, and adapter of literature. The episode focuses on some of his goth-est films from The Stranger (1946) to The Trial (1962) and covers all of our favorite subjects, like WWII conspiracy theories to radical leftist politics.

The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age-old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.





 

MUSIC CLIPS:

Orson Welles – “I Know What It Is To Be Young”

Anton Karas – “Third Man Theme”

The Alan Parsons Project – “Orson Welles Dialogue”

Manowar – “Defender”

The Evil Eye podcast returns with a new special music episode focused on one of our favorite bands: British experimental, post-industrial masters Coil. Rob and Samm discuss the band’s history and its origins in Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, our favorite Coil albums, and their changing sound over the years and their influence on goth, neofolk, and ambient music. The episode also explores the importance of the occult to their music, the influence of cinema on their work and specifically their relationship with Clive Barker and their unused score for Hellraiser (1987).



The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age-old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

 



 

MUSIC CLIPS:

Coil – “Tenderness of Wolves” (off Scatology)

Coil – “At the Heart of It All” (off Scatology)

Coil – “Love’s Secret Domain” (off Love’s Secret Domain)

Coil – “Windowpane” (off Love’s Secret Domain)

Coil – “Hellraiser” (off The Unreleased Themes for Hellrasier)

Coil – “Main Title” (off The Unreleased Themes for Hellrasier)

Coil – “Tainted Love” (off Panic/Tainted Love 12″)

Happy Halloween, children of the night! If there is a single most goth day of the year, Halloween is surely it. In this special themed episode of the Evil Eye podcast, Rob and Samm explore one of the most iconic Halloween-set horror films, Kevin Tenney’s Night of the Demons (1988), about a group of degenerate lipstick-wearing high schoolers who throw a Halloween party in a haunted funeral parlor. They ponder the important questions of our age, such as whether or not Angela’s character really goth or just wearing a Halloween costume? Plus they discuss the film’s two sequels (for better or worse) and share their favorite Halloween movies and music.

The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

 







 

MUSIC CLIPS:

John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – “Halloween Montage” (off Halloween III: Season of the Witch OST)



Bauhaus – “Stigmata Martyr” (off In the Flat Field)



Fastway – “Trick or Treat” (off Trick or Treat OST)



Samhain – “Halloween II” (off Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire)

They’re baaaaaaack! After a lengthy quarantine hiatus, your friendly goth podcasters Rob Skvarla and Samm Deighan have risen from the dead for a new double feature episode of the Evil Eye podcast, focusing on BLACULA (1972) and SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM (1973). The episode features a discussion of the first-ever blaxploitation horror film and how it created a subgenre, Dracula reimagined in the ’70s, the great William Marshall, our favorite black goth musicians, and more.

The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.





 

MUSIC CLIPS:

Hot Blood – “Soul Dracula” (off Dracula And C°)



Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – “I Put a Spell on You”



The Birthday Party – “She’s Hit” (off Junkyard)



Barry Adamson – “Mr. Eddy’s Theme 1” (off Lost Highway OST)



Dr. John – “Gris Gris Gumbo Ya” (off Gris Gris)



Exuma – “A Place Called Earth” (off Exuma II)

The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

The time has come for us to finally discuss the greatest goth movie of all time, Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001). This is a movie about a Marilyn Manson rip off playing his final show on an airplane (seriously) to a number of lucky fans… until the plane is hijacked by satanic terrorists who want to usher in the apocalypse! Naturally, the only thing standing between humanity and total destruction is a super hacker, who is forced to team up with a sexy FBI agent determined to arrest him. If you’ve never seen or heard of this movie, all we can say is YOU’RE WELCOME.



MUSIC CLIPS:

Slade Craven – “Razor Electric” (from Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal)

Kevin MacLeod – “Anxiety”

DJ Wiliams – “Nemesis in Franklin Park”

Faith and the Muse – “Hollow Hills” (off Vera Causa)

Ours – “Sometimes” (off Distorted Lullabies)

HIDE – “Raw Dream” (off Hell is Here)

The Evil Eye is a podcast about goth movies. What exactly is a goth movie? Film writers Samm Deighan and Robert Skvarla are two old goths determined to answer that age old question by exploring various genres including horror, melodrama, and film noir. Each episode will dissect a film that fits the goth aesthetic and explore the music and culture in the year that film was released.

It’s not October anymore, but that doesn’t mean we’re not still defiantly celebrating Pricetober! We’re wrapping things up with an exploration of two of the final Vincent Price classics, Theatre of Blood (1973) and Madhouse (1974). Shot on location in England, as co-productions with American International Pictures, these films allow us to talk about everything from British horror in the ’70s to Shakespeare, serial killers, the heyday of AIP, and more goth nonsense.





MUSIC CLIPS:

Leonard Cohen – “Who By Fire” (off New Skin for the Old Ceremony)

Kingdom Come – “Conception” (off Journey)

Vincent Price – “The Monster Mash” (from The Monster Club)