Coffin Couch

Syon Das
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Welcome, listeners. This is Coffin Couch, a horror movie discussion podcast. If you’re into morbid, terrifying, and macabre entertainment, you’ll feel right at home. I am your host, Syon Das. In this show, my friend J. Maddux and I will delve into both the newest and oldest works this immaculate genre has to offer. Grab your popcorn, check the locks, and just know that whatever scares you the most, has already crept into your residence. Let’s keep the love for horror movies, dark fiction, and reading alive. Strap in.[This is streamed Eastern Time on Fridays@8 PM on the YouTube channel: Syon D]

  1. 03/18/2021

    GHOSTS OF WAR (2020) / DEMONIC TOYS (1992) [TIMESTAMPED]

    00:00 Show Opening 00:24 Intro 02:24 Ghosts Of War Intro 02:58 Syon’s Take 06:40 J’s Take 09:10 Chris’s Take 11:04 Additional Movie Talk 14:30 Chat Talk 15:00 Closing out Ghosts of War 19:26 More Comments 20:37 J Bashes Movies 22:31 Fun Chat, whatchu reading? 32:42 Let’s Get Into Demonic Toys 32:55 Demonic Toys 33:31 Chris’s Take 35:35 J’s Take 38:06 Syon’s Take 41:31 Addition Movie Chat 49:11 Chris’s Greatest Video Ever Made 50:26 Shudder Exclusive 52:36 Black Mirror Chat 58:23 4K Chat 1:06:00 Let’s End 1:06:44 Done

  2. 02/25/2021

    HIT AND RUN (2009) / HE NEVER DIED (2015) [TIMESTAMPED]

    0:00 - Intro Theme 0:45 - Introduction 1:16 - Aron Beauregard 2:06 ———HIT AND RUN (2009)———- 2:35 - J’s review and rating 6:21 - Syon’s review and rating 9:52 - Aron’s review and rating 14:20 - Our discussion 21:00 ——LIVESTREAM QUESTIONS—— 21:08 - Shoutout to Daniel Volpe 21:32 - Billy Silver 22:08 - Die Tommy 22:25 - What does Aron have the most fun writing? 22:33 - Why does Aron choose to include illustrations in his books? 24:48 - Does writing extreme horror take a lot out of you? 26:25 - Aron’s true crime podcast Evil Examined 27:14 - What made Aron start a true crime podcast? 28:08 - Nature vs Nurture 29:15 - Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer 30:08 ——HE NEVER DIED (2015)——— 30:34 - Syon’s review and rating 34:24 - J’s review and rating 38:36 - Aron’s review and rating 40:33 - Our discussion 43:47 ———Q & A with ARON——— 43:49 - What was it like being nominated for a Splatterpunk Award? 45:15 - Bigger accomplishment…being a nominee or coming on Coffin Couch? 45:35 - Do you read Splatterpunk regularly? If so, who are some of your favorite authors? 48:25 - Jack Ketchum’s influence on extreme horror authors 48:57 - Mark Senter’s underrated and brilliant creepy performances 52:!2 - What’s the most disturbing movie you’ve seen, and the most disturbing book you’ve ever read? 53:41 - American Psycho 54:52 - August Underground series 56:32 - Troma films 57:07 - Most disturbing media J’s watched/read 57:36 - Why Syon refuses to watch Cannibal Holocaust 58:40 - When horror creators get in trouble with the law 59:23 - Are you a fan of horrorcore music? 1:02:59 - Do you have advice for authors who are afraid to put out material that may offend people? 1:08:02 - Relating to dark fiction 1:09:11 - Closing thoughts 1:09:31 - End

  3. 02/12/2021

    POSSUM (2018) / THE REFLECTING SKIN (1990) [TIMESTAMPED]

    Welcome to Season 2 of Coffin Couch, listeners! Thanks for sticking with us throughout Season 1, and here’s to many more episode 🤘 Special Guest - Author Eric Larocca / Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro Theme 00:00:36 Show Open 00:02:22 Possum Premise 00:02:45 Syon’s Take 00:05:45 Eric’s Take 00:09:08 J’s Take 00:12:32 Syon Like It Better 00:14:45 Eric Could Watch It Again 00:16:29 Possum Wrap-Up 00:21:37 Lights Out/Foreign Films 00:26:08 J Has A Scarred Childhood 00:27:26 Storytime With J. Maddux 00:30:35 Reflecting Skin Premise 00:31:04 Eric’s Take 00:34:00 J’s Take 00:39:51 Syon’s Take 00:48:42 J’s Expertise On Kids 00:49:47 Streaming Platforms 00:50:19 Special Quote In Eric’s Book 00:51:00 Syon Brings Up Another Movie 00:52:30 Tubi Talk 00:56:40 Questions For Eric 00:58:00 Eric’s Special Announcement 01:00:37 What Are You Working On? 01:02:10 Preferred 01:05:45 Hold The Phone, Syon is Impressed ☺ 01:10:31 Masters Program 01:12:15 Eric’s Advice 01:17:40 Release Date?/Word Count? 01:20:00 Favorite To Write 01:23:05 Fanged Dandelion 01:29:46 Poems & Songs 01:34:38 Kealan Patrick Burke 01:35:47 Plugs 01:37:41 Wrap-Up 01:38:05 Show Outro 01:38:36 End

  4. 01/03/2021

    BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (2010) / THE ELF (2017) [TIMESTAMPED] - S1 FINALE

    0:00 - Intro Theme 0:36 - Opening 1:25 - Introducing Timmy aka Lost Cunningham 2:13 ——BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (2010)— 2:31 - Syon’s rating and thoughts 6:55 - Timmy rating and thoughts 9:39 - J’s rating and thoughts 12:26 - Our discussion 13:00 - Is it a negative or positive for a movie to require an explanation video? 14:29 - Comparisons to Stanley Kubrick 15:29 - Does J regret watching it? 16:45 - Enjoying very dense and confusing movies 17:39 - Giving directors a second chance 18:00 - Fight Club 18:25 - Movies that demand patience 19:12 - The marketing of the film 20:21 - Kubrick’s signature filmmaking 20:45 - Mandy 21:08 - A24 discussion 21:35 - Shoutout to Spooky Astronauts and Possessed by Horror 22:30 - Timecrimes / Great foreign sci fi slasher flick 22:55 - The lead actor in Black Rainbow 23:19 - David Lynch 23:45 - Physical media 24:00 - Nicholas Cage 24:34 - 8MM / Syon’s favorite Nic Cage film 25:00 - Hardcore / Old school revenge film 25:20 - Snake Eyes, Raising Arizona, Leaving Las Vegas 25:41 - The Horseman / Brutal and underrated revenge film 26:37 - —————THE ELF (2017)—————— 26:59 - J’s thoughts and rating 28:50 - Timmy’s thoughts and rating 30:14 - Syon’s thoughts and rating 31:00- Our discussion 32:30 - Talented puppets 32:54 - Bad CGI vs incredible practical effects 33:43 - The Fanatic / Hilariously bad movie 34:45 - Horrific studio level movies. 34:49 - Wild Hogs 35:02 - Coffin Couch stats 35:45 - The work that goes into editing 36:09 - Huge thank you to the community and listeners 37:00 - Shoutout to Clyde 37:31 - End / Short break till season 2

  5. 12/20/2020

    #ALIVE (2020) / THE STUFF (1985) [TIMESTAMPED]

    00:00 Show Open 00:35 Intro 1:58 #Alive Premise 2:23 Syon’s Take 6:58 Johnwayne’s Take 10:43 J’s Take 14:46 #Alive Wrap Up 16:35 “Host” on Shudder 17:15 The Stuff Premise 17:49 J’s Take 21:30 Johnwayne’s Take 23:56 Syon’s Take 28:05 End Of Movie Talk 28:42 Syon Likes to Argue 29:20 Syon’s Questions to Johnwayne 31:50 J Does Nichi A Favor 32:48 Similarities between song writing and story writing 33:51 Johnwayne Has Been Around 35:22 Where to find Johnwaynes Music 36:34 What Do You Enjoy More? 38:06 John 5 39:19 Guitar Talk 40:54 Touring Musician 43:05 Playing High 44:55 Routines/Schedules 47:31 When Did You Start Writing? 49:29 Bizarro Fiction 50:26 Bizarro Con 51:43 Little Victories 52:27 Bigger Release 54:13 J Has Hearing Loss 56:29 Why did Syon Create This Podcast? 59:10 J used Cassettes 1:00:49 J has an old car 1:01:33 Does Johnwayne Read? 1:03:58 Owning Albums 1:05:27 J Bashes MP3’s 1:07:27 J’s Old Stereo 1:08:16 Music Streaming 1:09:05 I think J like Pearl Jam 1:10:03 Acid Bath 1:10:27 Where are we? 1:13:14 Big 4 1:18:00 What Music Are You Listening To? 1:18:37 Faith No More 1:24:51 Johnwayne Wants to move to Canada 1:30:47 Scummer 1:35:41 Closure 1:36:15 End

  6. 12/13/2020

    CADAVER (2020) / THE PLATFORM (2019) [TIMESTAMPED]

    00:00 Show Opener 00:35 Intro 1:52 Cadaver Premise 2:15 Ross’s Take 5:32 Syon’s Take 10:55 Ross’s Additional Thought 12:32 J. Maddux Take 18:46 Syon Aint Gonna B******t Us 19:25 Additional Comments and free chat 21:35 Ross’s Channel Plug 22:21 The Platform Premise 22:51 Ross’s Take 25:54 Syon is a Dubbing Expert 27:08 Shudder Mention 28:08 J. Maddux Take 31:47 Syon’s Take 35:43 Ross Has More Thoughts 36:19 Platform Chat 36:47 Syon Loves Him Some Requiem for a Dream 37:52 Ross Bashes America 38:28 Comments 39:09 The End of Movie Talk 39:15 Ross’s Writing Process 39:29 Ross’s Film School 42:14 Did Ross have a Director Idol in Film School? 44:22 Ross’s Favorite Genre 49:53 Syon Plugs His Book 50:51 J. Asks if Juniper is a Trilogy 52:08 Ross and Short Stories 54:05 Process for Juniper 55:16 To Pants or Not to Pants 57:05 Syon’s Take on Beta Reading 1:00:35 Ross Pants and Plans 1:01:29 How Long Did Juniper Take? 1:02:50 Biggest Influences 1:04:05 J. Wants To Stalk Pollock 1:04:53 Kealan Patrick Burke Comment about Ross’s work 1:06:15 Syon Says Screw Screenwriting 1:07:55 Syon Loves Him some Bret Easton Ellis 1:08:20 Tethered 1:14:18 Pen Names 1:15:32 Struggles In The Beginning 1:16:35 Family Support 1:19:38 Word Count Goal 1:20:54 J. Learns to Read 1:21:25 Bad Reviews 1:33:27 Covered Grounds 1:34:05 Wrap Up

  7. 12/08/2020

    THE CALL (2020) / GINGER SNAPS (2000) [TIMESTAMPED]

    0:00 - Intro theme 0:46 - Greetings 1:26 - Nichi aka Darkbetweenpages 2:05 - ———THE CALL (2020)—— 2:30 - Nichi’s review and rating 3:36 - Syon review and rating 8:52 - J’s review and rating 12:38 - South Korea’s revenge trilogy 13:03 - Other great South Korean flicks 13:21 - The Call is an accessible entry point 13:47 - Asian cinema treating underage characters like real people 14:28 - Canadian Netflix and Prime 15:08 - Kevin Bacon tangent 15:20 - The Woodsman and Super 16:11 - The Office 16:59 - More Kevin Bacon film talk 17:16 - Hot Rod Footloose parody 17:47 - American remakes of foreign horror flicks 17:59 - The Grudge 2 18:35 - The Grudge 2020 remake 18:45 ————GINGER SNAPS (2000)—— 19:11 - Nichi’s review and rating 21:36 - Syon’s review and rating 24:41 - J’s review and rating (RANT) 29:00 - Our discussion 32:00 - Argument about fake animal deaths in films 33:19 - Censorship in horror and personal limits 36:42 - Salo aka 120 Days of Sodom 37:25 - Does age change the entertainment you enjoy? 40:00 - Our experiences influence our taste 41:15 - Anti-TBR Tag about what books you won’t read. 42:52 - Stick to your opinion 43:21 - The MCU vs DC Universe 45:11 - Good DC Universe flicks, Netflix Marvel Shows 46:11 - Official Launch of Coffin Couch Merchandise 49:20 - Big thanks to our listeners overseas 50:00 - Our view on sponsorships 50:41 - Taking your hobbies seriously 51:10 - Thank you to the community 51:55 - Kalvin’s old sponsor 53:00 - End / Outro

  8. 11/30/2020

    THE DROVING (2020) / DEEP RED (1975) [TIMESTAMPED]

    0:00 - Intro Theme 0:44 - Opening / Introduction 1:45 - Robert Ottone - Author of Her Infernal Name and Other Nightmares 2:06 ———THE DROVING (2020)————— 2:40 - Robert’s thoughts and rating 8:37 - J’s thoughts and rating 13:12 - Syon’s thoughts and rating 18:35 - Our discussion 24:55 - J’s opinion on horror flicks with a short runtime 26:11 - The House that Jack Built 26:41 - The Funhouse 27:20 - Richard Laymon, The Woods are Dark, Night in the Lonesome October 28:38 - Toby Hooper 29:44 —————DEEP RED (1975)————— 30:18 - Our policy when it comes to review vintage flicks 30:30 - J’s thoughts and rating 35:49 - Syon’s thoughts and rating 41:14 - Robert’s thoughts and rating 45:26 - ——FULL SPOILER DISCUSSION STARTS—— 57:48 - Horror soundtracks 58:00 ——SPOILERS END——— 58:35 - The prominence of horror original sound tracks in old school horror 59:19 - Broken from Nine Inch Nails 59:30 - Synth work in horror 1:00:00 - Tubular Bells , The Exorcist soundtrack 1:01:21 - The power of music in horror film 1:02:35 - Music from “US” 1:03:00 - The lack of music 1:03:10 - Brilliant use of repetition in Deep Red 1:03:36 - Underrated horror films video with John from Books of Blood 1:04:06 - Rob Zombie’s Halloween, old vs new school Michael 1:06:00 - Friday the 13th - old vs new school Jason 1:07:00 - The brilliance of a calm and collected Michael Myers 1:08:37 - The Friday the 13th series 1:09:18 ———DISCUSSION ABOUT ROBERT OTTONE’S WORK———— 1:09:19 - Robert Ottone’s book, Her Infernal Name and Other Nightmares 1:09:45 - Influences for the book, Ottone’s literary universe 1:11:00 - Robert’s main goal with the book 1:12:28 - How long did it take Robert to write all the stories? 1:13:59 - The work ethic of many authors 1:14:25 - Jeff Strand 1:15:15 - The horror community 1:16:07 - How long has Robert been writing? 1:17:04 - What piece of work is Robert most proud of? 1:17:17 - Real life struggles in horror narratives 1:18:47 - Shout out to the viewers 1:18:57 - Where can you find Robert? 1:19:54 - Robert’s Ottone other collection, PEOPLE 1:20:37 - End

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Welcome, listeners. This is Coffin Couch, a horror movie discussion podcast. If you’re into morbid, terrifying, and macabre entertainment, you’ll feel right at home. I am your host, Syon Das. In this show, my friend J. Maddux and I will delve into both the newest and oldest works this immaculate genre has to offer. Grab your popcorn, check the locks, and just know that whatever scares you the most, has already crept into your residence. Let’s keep the love for horror movies, dark fiction, and reading alive. Strap in.[This is streamed Eastern Time on Fridays@8 PM on the YouTube channel: Syon D]

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  • Creator
    Syon Das
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Syon Das
  • Show Website
    Coffin Couch