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The Crushed Monocle Podcast is a show where Jon and Coop talk about stuff. ALL the stuff! Music, movies, shows, life, or whatever. Naturally, they will mispronounce names, poke fun at themselves, and never fail to profess their love for the 1995 masterpiece, Showgirls. Doesn’t that excite you? Sure it does! This is why it’s essential that you subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you consume fine podcasts. This is the Crushed Monocle Podcast: Episode 24 – The Horror of Chris McKay!
Joining Jon and Coop in this episode is writer, director, producer, animator, and seemingly ska hater, Chris Mckay!
Growing up in Chicago, Chris McKay studied film at Southern Illinois University and completed his degree at Columbia College Chicago. He later moved to Los Angeles and started work on Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken. Soon he was working on other animated series such as Moral Orel and Titan Maximum. McKay co-directed 2014’s The Lego Movie and eventually The Lego Batman Movie in 2017. Moving over to live-action, Chris McKay directed Amazon’s big-budget sci-fi action epic, The Tomorrow War starring Chris Pratt.
But it’s Chris McKay’s latest feature that has combined his love of horror and absurd humor, 2023’s Renfield.
Jon and Coop somehow convinced McKay to hang with them in this episode to talk about the making of the film as well as some of his favorite elements of horror. This episode covers various topics such as:
- Coop was nearly killed by a tornado trying to attend a press screening of Evil Dead Rises
- What would happen if The Strokes played aggressively
- Metallica’s latest album is surprisingly good enough
- Nick Cage dedicated himself to playing Dracula and being a joy to work with
- Why a dance sequence had to be cut in Renfield
- How sometimes stop-motion filmmaking trains directors for live-action actors
Most Importantly, we find out why Renfield and Chris McKay hate the abomination known as Ska!
Do these topics interest you? Well, you’ve stuck it out with the show this far, so that has to count for something! Please don’t forget to subscribe, like, and share The Crushed Monocle Podcast in your favorite format. So, kick back, sip on a beverage (or the blood of the pure and innocent), and enjoy Jon, Coop, and Chris McKay talking about stuff. ALL the stuff!
Renfield is currently in theaters now. Please check out our full review here.
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