Episodios

  • What is Your Lost Movie? Call The Hotline! : Let's Check in With Ben

    What is Your Lost Movie? Call The Hotline! : Let's Check in With Ben
    Jul 29 2024
    Hey gang, this week Ben is taking calls on the new Lost Movie Hotline. Listeners who caught a movie when they were little, one that seared itself into their memories, can now call in with a voicemail for Ben. If he doesn't recognize your lost movie maybe the Cheap Chills community will! We do what we can.
    Ben describes his own lost movie. It's something that he's been wondering about for 45 YEARS! If you like terror and intrigue among a handful of people stranded on the beach, this film is for you.
    Then in a very special "Let's Check in with Ben" he talks about the art projects he's just finished and bigger ones on the slab. And a bit about what's going on with him at home.
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    22 m
  • Mad Monster Lady, Audrey Rose - Crestwood Monster Books, Being a Weirdo

    Mad Monster Lady, Audrey Rose - Crestwood Monster Books, Being a Weirdo
    Jul 22 2024
    Ben is joined this week by artist, mom and teacher, Audrey Rose, also known as Mad Monster Lady.
    This week's (official) topic is the Crestwood Monsters series of books. They talk about how monsters are relatable because they are also weirdos dealing with rejection. They also get into real life monsters like narcissists, sociopaths and serial killers and why Satanism isn’t scary.
    And in a very special “Let’s Check in with Ben,” Ben defers to next week to unload all that’s going on with him.
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    1 h y 20 m
  • Building Community Through Weird Films - with Kenneth Filmer of Khloaris

    Building Community Through Weird Films - with Kenneth Filmer of Khloaris
    Jul 15 2024
    This week I am joined by Kenneth Filmer, who is half of a Film and Television/Promotion company in New York City called Khloaris. Khloaris produces films and hosts screening parties in unusual places like back-alleys of industrial neighborhoods and has built a community of like-minded, film-loving oddballs.

    We came into this with a theme in mind so keep an ear out for the part of our conversation about working at video rental stores (Tower video and Kim's Video) but we got into so much more! From the purpose of transgressive media to Davie Allan's fuzz-guitar film scores to what exactly an executive producer does for a film like Ghost Team starring Amy Sedaris, Jon Heder and Justin Long.

    This is a long one so we also got into our thoughts on the Gene Simmons and Kiss, Corey Feldman, how social media can limit our ability as creators and the origin story of Cheap Chills.
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    1 h y 50 m
  • Friday the 13th...The Series! with guest, Jimmy Walker

    Friday the 13th...The Series! with guest, Jimmy Walker
    Jul 8 2024
    This week Ben is joined by someone who was there for all of it, Ben’s brother Jimmy Walker. They get into memories and thoughts on the series, Friday the 13th...The Series (1987-90). That’s the one not featuring anyone with a hockey mask or machete. Instead this one stars (Louise) Robey and John D. LeMay as Micki and Bryan, two VERY attractive, young cousins who hunt for cursed objects and return them to an evil antique Store. This show was a HUGE influence on Ben in his High School years. And apparently for Jimmy, not so much.

    In a very special Let's check in with Ben (mid-point break), Ben talks about ways he currently deals with anxiety and overwhelm. He's found that his forms of escapism can help alleviate stress in the moment and ultimately lead to some clarity on goals and what can be done in the now- Which you also get to hear about.

    Ben and Jimmy also get into some movies that scared the craps out of them back in the day and explore the idea that some horror is great for dates and some is not.
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    1 h y 6 m
  • Hammer Films vs Disney, The Penguin Book of Comics, Thoughts on Mortality and Collecting

    Hammer Films vs Disney, The Penguin Book of Comics, Thoughts on Mortality and Collecting
    Jul 1 2024
    This week Ben’s flying solo! First its the odd tale of the time Hammer Films and Walt Disney both set out to make a film about Dr. Syn, the Pirate turned Preacher/ Smuggler.

    Then, in a very special Let’s Check in With Ben, he talks about the emotional roller-coaster ride that was the recent Estate Sale of someone with geeky, Gen X taste and a flair for hoarding.

    Ben also chats about a book that was his first glimpse into grown-up comic book art, The Penguin Book of Comics, 1967.



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    30 m
  • Ghost Hunting with Joshua Sterling of Haunting Season

    Ghost Hunting with Joshua Sterling of Haunting Season
    Jun 24 2024
    The Cheap Chills Podcast is back with a new format! Host Ben Walker-Storey talks with other creatives about the spooky, weird stuff from our younger days and how it influenced the art, film, music et cetera that we make now.

    This week Ben is joined by Joshua Sterling, also known as Haunting Season on TikTok, Instagram and Youtube. He tells Ben about how a friendship made through Twitter led to a ghost hunting trip to Minnesota. And they compare stories about hauntings, sneaking around in churches, collaborating (or not) on films, sobriety, the way our brains envision things (or not) and our random mental associations.

    Not to be a spoiler but the films, The 6th Sense, Alien, Dr Sleep, Terrifier, Terrifier 2, And Your Name is Jonah, the Saw movies, It Comes at Night, Under the Skin, Hereditary, and Pet Sematary come up as well.

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    @Hauntingseason on Instagram

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    1 h y 7 m
  • Trailer - The (New) Cheap Chills Podcast

    Trailer - The (New) Cheap Chills Podcast
    Jun 17 2024
    Ben Walker-Storey is back for a new kind of Cheap Chills Podcast!

    This is a quick check-in to let you know what we'll be doing here each week.

    For me, there’s nothing better than wrapping myself into a blanket-burrito and checking out something spooky and weird. Whether its a reclusive creep inviting lone travelers into his castle or there are monsters battling it out over Tokyo, I want more!
    (just no blood, OK?)

    I’m also an illustrator, graphic artist and animator and for the last seven years I’ve been creating for my own spooky, weird brand called Cheap Chills.

    But more and more lately, I’ve been wondering about other creators. What are their stories? What drives them to paint monsters or make latex masks, little dioramas of VHS rental stores, synth-wave soundtracks or even their own genre films?

    So for this series I’m going to be talking with other artists and creators about our memories of all things spooky and weird and how they influence what we do now.

    Plus as often as humanly possible I’ll be delving into some deep-dive histories from monster-kid pop culture.

    Subscribe now and join me every week for the Cheap Chills Podcast!

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    1 m
  • Ep 0036 KNOW FATE

    Ep 0036 KNOW FATE
    Jul 18 2019
    They said it wouldn't happen. But the stars aligned and Cheap Chills lives on! This time Ben and Amanda talk about fate and destiny, delving into some personal stories after delving into other personal stories for their popular "Hometown Horrors" segment.

    Check out Rin Tanaka's series of street fashion books, My Freedamn!

    Pick up a copy of Ben's new book, Monster Funk, in adult coloring book form or as a full-color picture book (paperback or ebook), all on Amazon.com. THIS JUST IN! Ben just released one more version, this one for kids (no words, just fun monsters). "A Coloring Book of Gross Monsters" will be available on Amazon July 20th.

    Amanda's new Etsy store is called Irreverent Finery. Follow the Instagram too, @Irreverent-Finery.

    Thanks for your support!
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    40 m