142. 'The Phantom of the Opera' Double Feature w/Samantha Rodes

This episode, Kalid and Joe are joined creature-performer & creative writer, Samantha Rodes, to chat about an all-time macabre classic, The Phantom of the Opera! We dig into the 1925 silent film starring Lon Chaney as well as the 1989 slasher-tinged update with Robert Englund.

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Featured Guest:

Samantha Rodes is an actor, creature performer - both in makeup/prosthetics & in motion capture, contortionist, and creative writer. She portrayed Zizi the Pinhead in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley & did prosthetics and stunt work in Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon. Follow Sam on Instagram!

References:

Dracula’s Daughter (universal horror)

Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Phantom of the Opera miniseries with Charles Dance

Ken Hill Phantom of the Opera (1976)

Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Weber musical (1986)

‘Phantom’ book by Susan Kay

AZ Chike - Look Like My Mama ft. Tyler, The Creator.

The Glendale Archives (youtube analogue horror series)

The Odyssey (2026)

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

Sam’s Substack: The Midnight Reveille