TCC_113 Universal Monsters & Other Ghost Stories

Timecode Cowboys | Ep. 13 | Universal Monsters & Other Ghost Stories

Happy Halloween!!! On this, our oh so spooky number 13th episode, Danny and Alec dust off the silver nitrate and dive headfirst into Universal’s monster legacy - from Lon Chaney Jr.’s The Wolf Man (1941) to Abbott & Costello’s horror-comedy crossover, all the way to the haunted soundstage where Phantom of the Opera was filmed (and allegedly never fully dismantled).

Along the way, they wander through forgotten film reels, UCLA’s hidden vault in the hills of Santa Clarita, and a few attempted “phone-a-friend” sessions with none other than friend-of-the-pod Colin Smight (spoiler: he didn’t pick up!).

Plus: Dodgers in the World Series, Tiny Tim trauma, and a quick shoutout for Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another.

It’s a loose, spooky, cinephile séance — half Hollywood history, half family campfire. Join us!

🎬 Films discussed:
The Wolf Man (1941), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The Exorcist (1973), Sunset Boulevard (1950), In a Lonely Place (1950), Bugonia (2025), One Battle After Another (2025)

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