The Fisch Bowl
Are you a fan of all things Film, Music, Horror, Sci-Fi, Theater, and the Arts, then you are going to want to swim down to the deepest depths of the sea and join Sam Fisch in the Fisch Bowl; where all your favorite aspects of the horror, music, entertainment, and arts industrie are covered.
Episodes
Horror stays scary when the set stays alive, and few directors kept a set more awake than George Romero. We’re at Living Dead Weekend inside the Monroeville Mall with Michael Gornick and Tom Dubinsky, digging into the craft behind Dawn of the Dead, Martin, and Creepshow—where a passing idea could turn into the next unforgettable moment. From the Westinghouse lights shutting down floor by floor to a mall blood pressure...
Horror history feels different when you’re standing where it happened. We sit down at Living Dead Weekend 2024 to celebrate George A. Romero, trade stories with longtime friends, and trace how a single location—the Monroeville Mall—became a cultural landmark that still pulls fans from the UK, Germany, and beyond. It’s part reunion, part field study in why certain films never fade: they attach to places, people, and ri...
A crowded floor at Living Dead Weekend, a mic in the “fishbowl,” and one of horror’s key voices reflecting on how a scrappy regional production became a global touchstone. We sit down with Russ Streiner to unpack the 30-day, two-block shoot behind Night of the Living Dead, the trade-offs of keeping commercial clients afloat while chasing a dream project, and the nerve-wracking distributor road trip that collided with ...
The scare that hooked so many of us wasn’t just teeth and shadows. It was wood splintering underwater, a breath that didn’t come when it should, and the stubborn belief that a crate at the bottom of a quarry still holds something hungry. We open the vault on Creep Show’s The Crate, the creature fans call Fluffy, and the handmade practical effects that make this segment feel alive decades later.
We talk about ...
A late-night ask changed horror history. We’re at Living Dead Weekend 2024 with Lenny Lee—yes, the machete zombie from George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead—unpacking how a crew guy became a cult icon, how a practical head gag sold one of the film’s most unforgettable moments, and why a 19-second shot still pulls cheers decades later. This is a ground-level look at Romero’s set culture: collaborative, curious, and open to ...
The floorboards of horror history creak a little louder when Joe Shelby pulls up a chair. We’re recording from Living Dead Weekend 2024, surrounded by friends, fans, and the kind of stories that only happen when a cult classic like Dawn of the Dead becomes a lifelong passport. Joe opens up about working within George Romero’s orbit and why that spirit of resourceful, human filmmaking still guides the way we write, cas...
The door of the tunnel opened and Pittsburgh exploded into view—bridges, rivers, stadium lights—and we knew we were in for something special. Sitting with Alan Kaiser at Living Dead Weekend 2024, we traced a candid arc from a first-time love letter to the city to the craft and community that made Knight of the Creeps a cult classic with real staying power.
Alan walks us through what made that set different: a...
Horror deserves ink you can hold. We sit down with art director and publisher Brian Stewart to chart a wild journey from the first death of Fangoria to launching Phantasm Media and steering Delirium with a fresh design voice. Brian shares how a single-subject magazine strategy—think George Romero, Sid Haig, Italian cinema, Linnea Quigley—creates depth you can’t get from quick-hit feeds, and why making paper in a digit...
A cult classic, a swapped ending, and a passport full of memories—this conversation with Jason Lively travels from campus-set horror mayhem to European misadventures with the Griswolds. We open on Night of the Creeps, where Jason recalls a set that felt like summer camp at USC’s frat row: late laughs, a tight crew, and Tom Atkins as the legend everyone rallied around. That on-set joy helps explain how a mid-80s gamble...
Ever wished you could walk through a legendary scene and feel the tension in the walls? We sit down with the mind behind Buffalo Bill’s House—the real Silence of the Lambs filming location—to share how a cinematic landmark became a stayable, tourable, and filmable experience for horror fans and creators alike.
We dig into what the property offers: overnight stays for groups up to eight, guided tours from May ...
You can feel it the moment Howard Berger starts talking: the best practical effects don’t just decorate a story, they drive it. We sit down with the KNB EFX cofounder to unpack how scrappy bets, obsessive planning, and a fierce love for monsters shaped modern genre cinema. From the unlikely $1,500 script that launched Quentin Tarantino to a fully storyboarded From Dusk Till Dawn handoff that let Robert Rodriguez focus...
What makes an ordinary lake feel more dangerous than the ocean? We sit down with actor Daniel Beer to unpack the cold, creeping terror of Creepshow 2’s “The Raft” and why that simple setup—four friends, one raft, and an intelligent slick on the water—still gets under the skin decades later. Daniel shares how he played calm against panic, approaching survival like a puzzle while the monster and the clock closed in. We ...
What does it feel like to walk onto your first film set and see Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, and a young Kevin Costner across the room? We sit down with character actor Don Harvey for a candid tour through a career that bridges classics, cult favorites, and the small on-set details that make them stick. From The Untouchables and Creepshow 2 to Casualties of War, Don shares how early shock turned into craft, how Brian...
The floor is loud, the badges are bent, and we’re already arguing. From the first hello, we jump straight into the hot coals of horror fandom: which sequels actually move the story forward, and which ones only replay the trailer in longer form. The Scream series takes center stage as we unpack the leaked script saga, rewrites that changed character arcs, and the emotional whiplash of loving a franchise that sometimes ...
The best horror conversations start with a prop on the table. Ours begins with a skull covered in signatures and spirals into a fast, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt ride through Abominable, Victor Crowley, and the moments that turn midnight movies into lifelong obsessions. With Tiffany Shepis at Round Con 2025, we unpack the creature‑feature charm of Abominable, why its stacked cameos keep blindsiding us, and how a...
A seemingly “too weird to work” movie becomes a touchstone for generations—that’s the magic we tap into as we sit down with voices from Killer Klowns From Outer Space at Four Realms 2025. From the very first fangirl moment to a cascade of memories about rubbery practical effects, late‑night shoots, and a cotton‑candy sense of menace, we explore how a film that defied every box ended up building a box of its own: a bel...
Ever wonder what it’s like to act when your costume is literally glued shut? We take you straight onto a cult-horror set, where latex suits creak, tiny motors hum inside masks, and the blood gag has to hit its mark on the first try. It’s sweaty, surreal, and oddly joyful—exactly the messy alchemy that turns a low-budget oddity into a lifelong favorite.
We break down how performers adapt when they can’t hear l...
A fake trailer doesn’t usually earn a second life, let alone a cult following—but Thanksgiving cut a clean path from Grindhouse gag to modern slasher icon. We pull back the curtain with the team who wore the mask and took the hits, tracing how a simple holiday hook became a full-feature blueprint: clear geography, practical gore, and a killer whose movement tells the story before any line does. From first day in costu...
Blood sprays, walls laugh, and somehow it’s beautiful—Evil Dead II still feels brand-new because the craft behind the chaos never ages. We sit down with Cassie DePaiva and Sarah Barry to pull back the cabin door and share how a tight script, fearless performances, and razor-sharp timing turned a low-budget experiment into a horror-comedy landmark.
We dig into the set culture that made it work: Sam Raimi’s pre...
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