Season 1, Episode 13

Halloween Special

Join us for this very special Halloween edition of the Austin Otaku Podcast. For this week, we’ve invited a panel of guests, both old and new, to tell us about their favorite slasher films, supernatural movies, books, comics and memories related to Halloween.

Our Halloween Panel

Casey Markee

casey markee halloween

For the second time in the guest seat, we brought back Episode 8 guest, Casey Markee. He is the founder of MediaWyse, a marketing consulting firm that focuses on smart SEO for food and lifestyle bloggers.

In his spare time, in addition to being a big comic book fan, he enjoys haunted houses, candy corn and Circus peanut. Wrap it all in bacon and serve it with bourbon, and you’ll have a friend for life.

Greg Gifford

Greg Gifford

He is the Vice President of Search at SearchLab, a regular speaker on the conference circuit, an instructor for Semrush and a regular blogger and vlogger. He loves movies, tattoos, certain TV shows, video games and snowboarding.

He’s well know for his engaging presentation decks, which always integrate some sort of pop-culture reference into the theme. From horror movies to Star Wars, he knows his stuff.

John McAlpin

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He is the SEO Director at Cardinal Digital Marketing and DFW Search Engine Marketing Association board member. Most recently, you probably heard John alongside Navah Hopkins, Danny Goodwin and co-host Jesse McDonald as they discussed search marketing and heavy metal music. In addition to his love of music, John is a movie and TV buff and a huge basketball fan.

In his spare time, he enjoys providing the weather forecasts in hell, as seen in this picture.

Shelly Fagin

Shelly Fagin

She’s a consultant, Technical SEO, Semrush Brand Ambassador, conference speaker, industry awards judge and blogger. Shelly is also a haircare and skincare junkie, a regular card shark and a weather nerd.

Shelly has carried her love of tormenting her cousins with horror movies in her childhood through to her married life. Her husband requires regular therapy from all of her ghoulish hijinx.

 

Hosts & Guests

Jesse McDonald

Keith Goode

Casey Markee

Greg Gifford

John McAlpin

Shelly Fagin

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About This Episode

Timeline

0:28 – Intro and Banter
1:10 – Introducing the Panel
3:15 – Panel Format and Shock Collars
5:44 – What does everyone enjoy most about Halloween?
13:30 – Haunted Houses, an Addams Family wedding and Scared Spouses
24:05 – What is your favorite slasher/Slasher Movie? And why?
32:48 – Tell Me Something Good(e)
44:05 – Supernatural Horror and the Suspension of Disbelief
51:20 – What is your favorite Horror Comedy movie?
56:15 – What is your favorite non-horror, but occult-related show?
1:01:01 – What is the scariest moment of your life?
1:14:24 – Halloween in Pandemia – How Are You Celebrating?
1:20:52 – Horror Books vs. Horror Movies
1:28:37 – The Halloween Lightning Round
1:32:38 – The Wrap
1:33:01 – End Credits

Shout-outs in this Episode

If you missed anything in this episode, we’ve captured most of the topics covered in this interview below. No links provided. Google it if you want to learn more.

  • Search Marketing and Heavy Metal Music
  • Eli Roth’s Goretorium
  • Fright Dome: Fright Ride
  • House of Torment (Austin, TX)
  • Reindeer Manor Halloween Park (Red Oak, TX)
  • Zak Bagans’ The Haunted Museum
  • Friday the 13th, Part II
  • No One Lives
  • Luke Evans
  • Michael Myers
  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • Tell Me Something Good(e)
    • Casey – Skull Ice Molds
    • Shelly – Cabin in the Woods
    • John – As Above So Below
    • Greg – The Demon Cycle series, by Peter V. Brett
    • Jesse – Ghost (band)
    • Keith – Evil and the Mask, by Fuminori Nakamura
  • Lovecraft Country (HBO)
  • Winchester House, San Jose, CA
  • The Whaley House, San Diego, CA
  • Hell House LLC Series
  • Sinister
  • The Nightmre Before Christmas
  • The Conjuring
  • Forensic Files
  • The Boys (series)
  • Bubba Ho-Tep
  • What We Do in the Shadows (TV Series)
  • Happy Death Day
  • Beetlejuice
  • Ghostbusters
  • Evil Dead
  • Army of Darkness
  • Drag Me to Hell
  • Sam Raimi
  • Vampirina
  • Spiderman 3
  • Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
  • The Twilight Zone
  • Outer Limits
  • Slasher
  • Hocus Pocus
  • The Witches of Eastwick
  • Supernatural (TV Series)
  • Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony
  • Drive-Thru Scream Zone: Road Kill, Del Mar, CA
  • The Shining, by Stephen King
  • Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King
  • R.L. Stein
  • The Strain (series), Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro
  • The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
  • The Hatching, by Ezekial Boone
  • Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, Grant Morrison
  • Supergods, by Grant Morrison
  • Audition, by Ryu Murakami
  • Lucifer (TV series)

 

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Lightning Round

  1. If you had to choose, which horror movie villain would you be?
         Shelly – Carrie
         Greg – Pinhead
         John – Andrew Tully (Hell House)
  2. What is or was your favorite Halloween candy?
         Casey – A tie between candy corn and Circus peanut
         Shelly – Halloween Oreo Cookies
         Greg – Twix candy bar
         John – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
  3. If you had to wear a single costume or cosplay year-round, what would it be?
         Shelly – Daenerys Targaryen
         Greg – Khan Noonien Singh, Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
         John – Morpheus (Sandman Series)

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