We Have 999 Happy Product Placements…But There’s Room for 1000!
Forget the Hatbox Ghost; isn’t grief the most dastardly ghost of all! Join the Reel Magnolias as we venture into the boundless slog of the supernatural where every room has wall-to-wall creeps…and that’s not even including Jared Leto! Call in the spirits with us for Halloween slights and frights in “Haunted Mansion” (2023).
22 Oct 2026
Episode 15: The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Beware of Hitchhiking Hosts!
The Reel Magnolias enter the boundless realm of the supernatural, where hinges creak in doorless chambers and strange and frightening quips echo through the halls! Welcome, all foolish mortals, and Eddie Murphy, as we join the swinging wake that is “The Haunted Mansion” (2003).
14 Oct 2026
Episode 14: Witches: The Dunwich Horror (2008)
Must Be The Season of Dun-Witch!
The Reel Magnolias travel down the haunted bayous of North Central Louisiana, where elder gods chill in hookah lounges, and Map Quest leads khaki-clad adventurers to uncover the evilest B&B you’ve ever seen. The wigs are bad, and the tentacles are worse as we summon Jeffrey Combs and Dean Stockwell in “Witches: The Darkest Evil”, aka “Witches: The Dunwich Horror” (2008).
7 Oct 2026
Episode 13: The Skeleton Key (2005)
Spooky Scary Skeleton Keys!
Reel Magnolias kicks off the Halloween Season with a classic of Millennial Gateway Horror. Come for the hoodoo, stay for the ageism as we venture through the ghost-choked bayous of Terrebonne Parish and unlock a Louisiana murder mystery with Kate Hudson in “The Skeleton Key” (2005)!
30 Sept 2026
Episode 12: Hush, Hush…Sweet Charlotte (1964)
CHOP CHOP SWEET CHARLOTTE! CHOP CHOP TIL HE’S DEAD!
This week, the Reel Magnolias are callin’ Baton Rouge for a HAGSPLOITATION classic. Grab your cleavers and your creepy music boxes as we join Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland for “Hush, Hush…Sweet Charlotte” (1964).
23 Sept 2026
Episode 11: Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)
No Pulse? No Problems.
Slip on your bootcut jeans and pack some extra body parts because the Reel Magnolias are joining Brandon Routh for a bit of supernatural sleuthing as he stalks the creeping, crawling undead who call New Orleans home in “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night” (2010).
16 Sept 2026
Episode 10: Tune in Tomorrow (1990)
Passion! Intrigue! Illicit Romance! Casual Prejudice!
Long before podcasts, the radio plays of lore ruled New Orleans! Join us as a pyromaniac scriptwriter in a French maid outfit meddles in the lives of forbidden lovers in the forgotten Peter Falk, Keanu Reeves, and Barbara Hershey comedy “Tune In Tomorrow…!"
9 Sept 2026
Episode 9: A Saintly Switch (1999)
Who dat say dey wanna “Saintly Switch”!? When a New Orleans Saints Quarterback accidentally trades bodies with his wife, the pride of an entire city hangs in the balance. Can she help the fledgling Saints learn the value of teamwork and rise above their chronic toxic masculinity? Can he discover the ancient wisdom of making pancakes without burning down the house? Huddle up as the Wonderful World of Disney goes down South with David Alan Grier and Vivica A. Fox in Peter Bogdanovich’s (yes, you read that right) “A Saintly Switch.”
2 Sept 2026
Episode 8: The Pelican Brief (1993)
More like “All The Pelican’s Men,” am I right? This week, Julia Roberts is on the hunt for the truth as she faces down vast government conspiracies, illicit affairs with sexy college professors, and a murderous Stanley Tucci alongside Denzel Washington in “The Pelican Brief” (2003).
26 Aug 2026
Episode 7: Stay Alive (2006)
Gamers and Gothic History Girlies unite when a group of New Orleans layabouts plays the video game from Hell where the ghost of Elizabeth Bathory torments and chases gun-toting avatars. The only problem is if she kills you in the game, you die in real life! Come for the PS2-level graphics and stay for Frankie Muniz’s weird poker visors as we boot up “Stay Alive” (2006).
19 Aug 2026
Episode 6: Dracula 2000 (2000)
What happens when Dracula meets Mardi Gras at the cusp of a new millennium? You get a whole lot of blood and a nu-metal cinema classic! This week, join us for Lucia’s Birthday Episode as we don our leather dusters, snag a cheeky Café Du Monde (even though we don’t drink…coffee),and stalk the French Quarter searching for Virgins of the Mega Store variety with Gerard Butler and Johnny Lee Miller in “Dracula 2000” (2000).
12 Aug 2026
Episode 5: The Big Easy (1986)
Welcome to New Orleans, where “wise guys” run the streets, corrupt cops are charming scamps, and being taken to a fais do-do against your will is just a way of life, cher! Join us as things get steamy between Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin, not to mention a stuffed alligator, in “The Big Easy” (1986).
5 Aug 2026
Episode 4: Hard Target (1993)
“The Muscles From Brussels” invades New Orleans and is Cajun(?) apparently, in this high-octane action classic, the first American film directed by the inimitable John Woo. Come for the motorcycle chases and stay for the rattlesnake punches as Jean-Claude Van Damme high kicks his way through a “most dangerous game” in “Hard Target” (1993).
29 Jul 2026
Episode 3: Angel Heart (1987)
The Big Easy gets sleazy when a rumpled gumshoe detective (Mickey Rourke) takes a case from a mysterious benefactor (Robert DeNiro) that takes him from the back alleys of New York City to the sweat-soaked bayous of Louisiana. A movie that very nearly carried an NC-17 Rating, join us as we venture through a haunted New Orleans where the devil always gets his due with Alan Parker’s “Angel Heart” (1987).
22 Jul 2026
Episode 2: Live and Let Die (1973)
This week, James Bond takes a trip down south to New Orleans in pursuit of a dastardly, yet pragmatic, entrepreneur/dictator who loves heroin, shark tanks, and tarot seductions (though, not necessarily in that order).
Join us as we tip back a Sazerac and play little alligator hop scotch with Roger Moore in “Live and Let Die” (1973).
15 Jul 2026
Episode 1: Interview With The Vampire (1994)
The vampire life seems like a glamorous one, especially in New Orleans, until you end up spending centuries playing cat and mouse with your charismatic situationship who can’t die, no matter how much of his blood you spill. Rare has a movie had more Louisiana bona fides than this classic homoerotic epic, a sharp-toothed tale where Tom Cruise lets his freak flag fly, the world is introduced to the generational talent that is Kirsten Dunst, and Brad Pitt looks like he wants to eat a bullet…mostly because he does! Break out the torches and crack back open the old Tumblr page because this week on Reel Magnolias, we’re diving fangs first into the cadaverous clutches of Anne Rice’s “Interview With The Vampire” (1994).
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