A Cure for the Common Craig
A horror, trash, sci-fi, action podcast. The Common Craig, his wife, Nicole, and other contributors, discuss genre movies with their own brand of whimsical wit. Join them as they withstand the lengthy horrors of segments like the FOCUS OF FEAR! They decide whether a movie survives to live on in their collection, or meets a grisly demise in AMASS OR MURDER! Their bloodlust demands that an anthology movie does battle with itself, in the ANTHOLOGY DEATHMATCH! Will these depraved despots ever release and discuss their captives from the DUNGEON OF DIRECTORS? Or are they too busy carving up someone's career in another ACTOR AUTOPSY? The only way to find out, is to listen! Allow this to be YOUR cure, as well.
Episodes
135 episodes
SHAUNNIVERSARY - 5th Anniversary Episode (Shaun of the Dead)
After 5 years, I guess that it's finally time to talk about a Nicole favorite for our 135th episode. And I can't even complain, because it's a horror comedy love letter to George Romero's zombie classics. But that's ridiculous! Don't say the Z ...
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Episode 135
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1:30:09
Friday the 13th: The Episode, The Final Chapter? (Freddy vs. Jason & Friday the 13th)
The Final Chapter for Friday the 13th: The Episode? I'm afraid so. One movie does feature a guest appearance by one Fred Krueger, so there's that. And the other is a reboot attempt that fared well at the box office. But no! That's all. This Voo...
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Episode 134
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1:51:57
BIGFOOT - We Want to Believe (The Legend of Boggy Creek, Night of the Demon, Willow Creek)
Do you believe in cryptids? Is Bigfoot, or some variation like the Fouke Monster, really out there? And if they are, are they just lonely, but shy creatures? Or are they genital-ripping monstrosities who want to mate with you? Look, we really d...
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Episode 133
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2:17:12
Summer of Action, Part 6 (Escape from New York & Escape from L.A.)
After the length of that last episode, you may have thought that we were dead. But no, we have one final stop before we can escape the Summer of Action! Well, two technically.But if we're going to escape from two of America's major citi...
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Episode 132
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2:45:39
Summer of Action, Part 5 (Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, Conan the Barbarian)
The Summer of Action arrives in the Hyborian Age! Brother Brian joins us, as we discuss the Riddle of Steel, the Wheel of Pain, the Tree of Woe, the Mountain of Power, and other elements related to the film adventures of Conan the Cimmerian.
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Episode 131
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3:35:38
Summer of Action, Part 4 (Aliens)
You didn't think that it was game over for the Summer of Action, did you? What are we gonna do now, what are we gonna do? We're not going to build a fire and sing a few songs, I'll tell you that. Look, if we're going to do this right, we need t...
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Episode 130
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2:29:24
Summer of Action, Part 3 (Lady Snowblood, China O'Brien, The Heroic Trio)
If you think action movies are all testosterone, think again! We have three movies for you, with ladies kicking some serious butt. You'd better hope that you're not on the wrong side of vengeance, messed with a police officer/martial arts instr...
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Episode 129
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1:55:14
Summer of Action, Part 2 (The Terminator & Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
The Summer of Action continues, and it feels like a steel mill outside. Hot enough to melt a liquid nitrogen-frozen T-1000! Oh, yeah, and it's also 40th anniversary of the first movie in this series. So, chill out, dic...oh, wait! I mean, chill...
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Episode 128
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2:36:53
Summer of Action, Part 1 (Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max: Fury Road)
It's time we does the tell, so that we 'members the man who in the roar of an engine lost everything. A burnt-out, desolate man, who wandered out into the wasteland. It was there, in that blighted place, that he learned to live again. Witness u...
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Episode 127
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3:23:06
May (2002)
Mentioned way back in Episode One of the podcast, one of Nicole's favorite horrors finally receives the featured treatment. Please don't tell Angela Bettis that it took us this long to get back to it.If you can't find a friend, make one...
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Episode 126
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1:06:21
Happy Mother's Day Horrors (Psycho & Rosemary's Baby)
There's always time for horror. Especially on Mother's Day! Even if your mom pretends or acts like she doesn't really care for horror, you know that she's only kidding. So kick back and listen as we discuss two of the most famous horror mothers...
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Episode 125
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2:34:04
Shatner in the '70s - A Partial William Shatner Actor Autopsy (The Horror at 37,000 Feet, Impulse, The Devil's Rain, Kingdom of the Spiders)
Have you ever been in the shower and found yourself wondering, what DID William Shatner do in the 1970s? Between the cancellation of Star Trek in 1969 and Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979, he must have done something, but...
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Episode 124
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2:38:57
Road Trip Terror (Road Games, The Hitcher, Highway to Hell, Joy Ride)
If you're like me, you love a good road trip. The open road, listening to your favorite music, chasing suspected serial killers, picking up sinister hitchhikers, making sadistic enemies on your CB radio, taking the backroads to hell. Good times...
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Episode 123
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2:40:35
Phantasm (1979) - 45th Anniversary
A very Tall Man. Deadly, flying silver spheres. A Lady in Lavender. Jawas? Okay, technically not Jawas.Two brothers and their pal, an ice cream man by trade, attempt to unravel the mystery of what is happening to the bodies of the dead ...
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Episode 122
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1:29:44
Larry Cohen - Dungeon of Directors (It's Alive, God Told Me To, The Stuff)
Time to pay another visit to the Dungeon of Directors, and unleash a variety of cult horrors. Writer, director, producer, Larry Cohen just had a knack for taking ideas and fleshing them out. Making something that sounds ridiculous, much more co...
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Episode 121
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2:40:50
The Winter of Folk Horror: Witchy Winter Wonderland (Burn Witch Burn, Summer of Fear, The Devonsville Terror)
The Winter of Folk Horror is not yet ready to let 2024 go. Cozy up with the comfort of witches, as we discuss three very different witch movies. Dueling witches, a witchy cousin, and a town filled with bigots. Welcome to the Witchy Winter Wonde...
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Episode 120
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1:55:29
Cats! Adorable Animals All-Out Attack! (The Corpse Grinders, The Cat from Outer Space, The Black Cat, The Cat)
Adorable animals return! And at least some of them are back for the attack. Hopefully, our cat children were not negatively impacted during our viewing of these features.The bodies from a local cemetery are used to develop a new taste s...
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Episode 119
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2:08:14
George A. Romero - Dungeon of Directors (The Crazies, Martin, Knightriders, Monkey Shines)
We've covered the more obvious directorial efforts of George A. Romero over the years. But, there is unseen by most, an underworld of Romero films. Movies that are just as real, but not as well-known. We crack open that creaky Dungeon of Direct...
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Episode 118
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2:36:56
Return of the Winter of Folk Horror (Lake of the Dead, The Hallow, Svaha: The Sixth Finger)
Have you noticed that it's kind of cold outside? Well, not everywhere, of course. But if you live near us, then you know what we're talking about. Why not warm up with a dose of cozy folk horror? It's the return of one of our favorites, the Win...
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Episode 117
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1:28:07
Giallo January (Blood & Black Lace, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, All the Colors of the Dark)
What else there to do in January other than sit around being cold? You should probably heat things up, Italian-style, by celebrating Giallo January! And when Sergio Martino brings Edwige Fenech along to star in his movie, that always helps....
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Episode 116
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1:50:33
Horror for the Holidays V (Violent Night, Rare Exports, Whistle and I'll Come to You)
It's a December tradition here on the podcast, to discuss some holiday horror. Or holiday violence, at least. It must be time for Horror for the Holidays V!This year, we're featuring David Harbour versus John Leguizamo in Violent Ni...
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Episode 115
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1:35:55
Julian Sands (Warlock, Boxing Helena, Warlock: The Armageddon)
We've always loved Julian Sands, and were saddened to hear of his disappearance and the revelation of his passing in 2023. To celebrate his life and career, we discuss a personal favorite, along with a pair of campier entries that, if nothing e...
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Episode 114
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1:56:56
Comic Book Horror - Live at CAPE CON 2023 (From Hell & 30 Days of Night)
So you heard us talking about our live podcast at Cape Con, but you were unable to attend? Well, you're in luck! We take you back to the beginnings of comic book horror, and then discuss two horror films adapted from comics.It's a comic...
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Episode 113
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1:09:34
19th Annual A-Z of Horror Festival, The Final Chapter (Relic, Stir of Echoes, Two Thousand Maniacs!, The Undying Monster, The Voices, Werewolf By Night, Xenia, You Are Not My Mother, Zom 100)
The Final Chapter of the 19th Annual A-Z of Horror Festival has finally arrived. Was it worth the wait? Well, let's call it a mix of good and bad. We have disappearing mothers, Kevin Bacon, a town filled with crazy southerners, werewolves, talk...
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Episode 112
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2:17:21
19th Annual A-Z of Horror Festival, Part 2 (Invaders From Mars, Jakob's Wife, Killer Toon, The Lodger, The Masque of the Red Death, Next of Kin, The Old Dark House, Pin, Qorin)
The Festival demands a second episode! Because, well, it's not over. Get ready for letters I-Q, featuring Martians, a minister's wife becoming a vampire, a deadly web comic, a mysterious lodger, a vile prince from Poe, two movies that involve a...
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Episode 111
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2:26:28