Season 5: Episode 231 - THE 80s: Dead adn Buried (1981)/The Uninvited (1987)

Dead and Buried (1981) Directed by Gary Sherman and Jack Albertson’s last film, this mystery slasher set in a Maine coastal town where people disappear and come back as reanimated corpses.  The film bombed upon its initial release but loved by critics especially concerning its atmosphere and performances.  The film would later receive a cult following that multiplies every year.  The poster itself would become an iconic film poster.  Dan O’Bannon, one of the screenwriters would write scripts for Alien, Return of the Living Dead and Total Recall.
The Uninvited (1987)
The film primarily takes place aboard a luxury yacht owned by a criminal multimillionaire and bound for the Cayman Islands, whose passengers and crew are terrorized by a mutant cat. The film stars George Kennedy and cult classic actor Clu Gulagar.  The film would be a critic favourite and loved by all who see it or on the other side where they hated it and called it the worse film with no middle ground covered. 
Opening Credits/Introduction (1.51); Oh My GOD!!! (17.46); Dead and Buried Trailer (21.12); That Is Like So Tubular (23.01); Let’s Score this Bitch (58.57);  It Is Totally (1:07.54); The Univited Trailer (1:09.09); Bodacious Talk (1:10.04); Such A Wastoid (1:44.47); End Credits (1:52.23); Closing Theme (1:53.26)
Opening Credits– Planet Synth by Dan Hughes
Closing Credits – The Pussy Cat Song by Connie Vannett from the album For Adults Only.  Copyright 1976, Fireball Records.  Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast.   All rights reserved.
All songs available on Amazon.

Season 5: Episode 230 - THE INTERVIEW: EG Daily aka Elizabeth Daily Interview

Elizabeth Daily is an American actress and singer from Los Angeles, California known for her roles as Buttercup from The Powerpuff Girls, Tommy Pickles from Rugrats, Babe from Babe: Pig in the City, Bamm Bamm from Fruity Pebbles commercials, Young Mumble from Happy Feet, Dottie from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Rudy from ChalkZone and Candy from The Devil's Rejects.
You can follow her via her website:  https://egdaily.com/
Activism links can be found via her website:  https://egdaily.com/home/activism/
Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QVL6A4hJlJVP44ZnvCguk
All songs are recorded by EG Daily or Elizabeth Daily.  All songs are copyrighted and owned by permission of the Songwriters and record companies and are used by kind permission.
All songs are available through iTunes, Spotify and Amazon.  
All rights reserved.

Season 5: Episode 228 - KINGS OF HORROR: Odd Thomas (Dean Kootnz)/Odd Thomas (2013)

Book:Odd ThomasBy Dean Koontz
Film:Odd Thomas (2013) Published in 2003, Odd Thomas is about a short order cook who is visited by a ghost of a young girl who has been brutally raped and murdered.  The novel would kick off a series of six novels based on the chronicles of Odd Thomas and would lead to a film and graphic novel.  Odd Thomas would be one of Dean Koontz most loved and critically acclaimed character and series. Odd Thomas (2013) Odd Thomas is a supernatural mystery thriller directed by Stephen Somner who also wrote the screenplay and co-produced.  It stars that late Anton Yelchin.  This would Stephen Somner’s last film to direct to date with his next project caught in production hell since  2005. The film was a box office bomb due to law suits and mismanagement of release.  The film would find its audience on streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu.  The film has also been reassessed by critics who consider this as one of the better Koontz adaptions.
We are joined by writer and scriptwriter, Barry Waldo.  
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.39); Plot Synopsis (9.13); Forming the Plot (17.15); Book Thoughts (51.07); Introducing a Film (52.11); Film Trailer (53.14);  Lights, Camera, Action (55.41); Epilogue (1:34.38); End Credits (1:38.31); Closing Credits (1:40.03)
Opening Credits– Classical Jingle by Dan Hughes 
Closing Credits – Ghost In My Life by Wolf Gang from the album Alveron.  Copyright 2014 Cherry Tree, Interscope and Polydor records Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast.   All rights reserved.
All songs available through Amazon.

Season 5: Episode 226 - THE 80s: Shock Treatment (1981)/Streets of Fire (1985)

Shock Treatment (1981)
The follow-up to Rocky Horror Picture show is a sequel to the cult classic but not a direct sequel.  Many Rocky Horror cast members returned for the film, but only Jeremy Newson reprised his role as Ralph Hapschatt. However, due to his title of "Judge", some fans have speculated that Gray is also reprising his role of the unnamed Criminologist. In addition to actors from Rocky Horror, other alums filled out the cast. Many of the original film's Transylvanians appeared as audience members, while Imogen Claire was given the slightly-larger part of the Wardrobe Mistress. Raynor Bourton, who originated the titular role of Rocky in the stage production, portrayed one of the singing soldiers in "Thank God I'm a Man", and Chris Malcolm, who originated the role of Brad Majors, was cast as Vance Parker, a local police officer. Founder and long-time president of Rocky Horror fan club, Sal Piro, also has a silent cameo appearance as the man using the payphone during the opening sequence.  The film would later be turned into a stage musical in 2017 in London, England
Streets of Fire (1984)
A 1984 American neo-noir rock musical film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. The film is described in its opening credits and posters as "A Rock & Roll Fable" and is a mix of various movie genres with elements of retro-1950s woven into then-current 1980s themes.  According to Hill, the film's origins came out of a desire to make what he thought was a perfect film when he was a teenager, and put in all of the things that he thought were "great then and which I still have great affection for: custom cars, kissing in the rain, neon, trains in the night, high-speed pursuit, rumbles, rock stars, motorcycles, jokes in tough situations, leather jackets and questions of honor"  It would inspire Capcom’s video game Final Fight.
Opening Credits/Introduction (1.54); Oh My GOD!!! (9.25); Shock Treatment 1981 Trailer (14.19); That Is Like So Tubular (19.10); Rate It (49.15); It Is Totally Rad (55.41);  Streets of Fire 1984 Trailer (1:02.32); Bodacious Talk (1:04.54); Such A Wastoid (1:37.38); End Credits (1:44.56); Closing Theme (1:50.25)
Opening Credits– Epidermol Sounds
Songs within the Show:  Denton, Shock Treatment and Bitchin in the Kitchen taken from the Shock Treatment Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.  Copyright 1981 Twentieth Century Fox Music.
Nowhere Fast, Never Be You and  Can Dream About You Taken from Streets of Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.  Copyright 1984 MCA Records.
Closing Credits:  Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young performed by Fire Inc. Taken from the Streets of Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.  Copyright 1984 MCA Records.
All Rights Reserved.
All Songs used by kind permission.
All songs available through Amazon.

Season 5: Episode 224 - KINGS OF HORROR: Green Thoughts (J Collier)/Little Shop of Horrors (1960 & 1986)

Book:Green ThoughtsBy John Collier
Film:Little Shop Of Horrors (1960)Little Shop of Horrors  (1986) This short story written by John Collier was the basis of the Roger Corman cult classic Little Shop of Horrors which would later become a Broadway musical and a hit film of the same name.  John Collier is an award winning writer who has written short stories, novels and some of the great screenplays of our time to include The African Queen and  I Am A Camera.  Many of his short stories would be used for episodes of the Twilight Zone, Outer Limits and Alfred Hitchcock Presents and turned into hit Hollywood film.   1960 Original film was directed by Roger Corman who was dared to shoot a film over two days.  Quickly putting a script together with an idea based on John Collier’s short story which he read and loved and adding elements from his other two favourite authors Arthur C Clark and HG Wells.  Corman took inspiration from the orchid bulb which grows quite large but when splits and buds has a tongue like pistil which would enable the plant to speak.  Later they gave it a Venus fly trap look but leaves of the orchid and inner colourings of the orchid. Directed by Frank Oz and based on the hit off Broadway musical of the same name.  Little Shop of Horrors was filmed on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a "downtown" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed. Produced on a budget of $25 million, in contrast to the original 1960 film, which, according to Corman, only cost $30,000, it was well received by critics and audiences alike, eventually developing a cult following. The film's original 23-minute finale, based on the musical's ending, was rewritten and reshot after test audiences did not react positively to it.] For years only available as black-and-white workprint footage, the original ending was fully restored in 2012 by Warner Home Video.
Opening Credits; Introduction (2.44); Forming the Plot (9.35); Introducing a Film:  Little Shop of Horrors (1960) (24.12); Film Trailer (27.11);  Lights, Camera, Action (28.37); Introducing a Film: Little Shop of Horrors (1986) (44.15); Film Trailer (50.04) Lights Camera, Action (52.08); End Credits (1:21.36); Closing Credits (1:27.36)
Opening Credits - It’s Christmas Eve – taken from the album A Christmas Horror Story by Alex Kashkin– Classical Jingle by Dan Hughes
Music Interludes and Closing Credits – Prologue: Little Shop of Horrors, Da Doo, Skid Row (Downtown), Don’t Feed the Plants – from Little Shop of Horrors Original Broadway Production. Copyright `1982 – Geffen Company courtesy of Menken and Ashman.
Suddenly Seymour – taken from the original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Copyright `1986 Geffen Records – courtesy of Menken and Ashman Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast.  All rights reserved.
All songs used with permission
All songs available to buy from Amazon.

Season 5: Episode 222 - THE INTERVIEW: The Don Briscoe Tribute

Cecil Donald Briscoe (March 20, 1940 – October 31, 2004) was an American stage and soap opera actor known for starring in the TV series Dark Shadows.
 
We are joined by Roger Davis, Mrs Shawn Randall (close friend of Don Briscoe), Bonnie Jenkins (Don Briscoe’s Sister) and his great niece.
 
 
Opening Credits – Dark Shadows Theme – by Robert Cobert
 
Music Cues by Robert Cobert from Dark Shadows Catalogue
 
Closing Credits:  If These Walls Could Speak by Amy Grant.  Taken from the album Lead Me On.  Copyright 1988 A&M Records.
 
All songs used by kind permission.
 
All songs available on Amazon.
 

Season 5: Episode 221 - THE INTERVIEW: The Sam Irvin Interview

Sam Irvin is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter,[2] actor, author and film teacher.
 
Irvin's directing credits include Guilty as Charged, Oblivion, Elvira's Haunted Hills, and all the episodes of two television series: Dante's Cove and From Here on OUT. His other credits include co-executive producer of Bill Condon's Academy Award-winner Gods and Monsters; associate producer of Brian De Palma's Home Movies; and historical consultant on the Tony Award-winner Liza's at the Palace. Irvin authored the acclaimed biography Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise (Simon & Schuster), the children's book parody Sam's Toilet Paper Caper! (Knuckle Samwitch Books), and the novel ORBGASM: An Erotic Pulp Sci-Fi Satyricon (Knuckle Samwitch Books). Irvin has won two Rondo Awards for Best Article of the Year ("The Epic Saga Behind Frankenstein: The True Story" published in Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine #38) and Best Interview of the Year ("Elvira Exposed!" published in Screem magazine #36). Between projects, Irvin taught graduate courses on directing at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
 
Opening Credits:  Courtesy of Epidermal Sounds
 
Closing Credits:  Listen To The Man by George Ezra.  Taken from the album Wanted on a Voyage.  Copyright 2013 Columbia Records.
 
All songs used by kind permission.
 
All songs available on Amazon.

Season 5: Episode 220 - THE 80‘s: The Changeling (1980)/The Fog (1980)

The Changeling  (1980)
 
The Canadian supernatural horror film from 1980; its plot follows an esteemed New York City composer who relocates to Seattle, where he moves into a mansion he comes to believe is haunted. The screenplay is based upon events that writer Russell Hunter claimed he experienced while he was living in the Henry Treat Rogers mansion in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, in the late 1960s.  The film also features Melyvn Douglas also in our book to screen episode Ghost Story.  The film won eight inaugural Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and was nominated for two Saturn Awards. It is considered one of the best horror films of all time, and one of the most influential Canadian films of all time.
 
The Fog (1980)
 
The John Carpenter’s supernatural horror film would put mother and daughter scream queens in a film together in the form of Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis.   It tells the story of a strange, glowing fog that sweeps over a small coastal town in California, bringing with it the vengeful ghosts of mariners who were killed in a shipwreck there 100 years before.  A novelization of the movie, written by Dennis Etchison, was published by Bantam Books in January 1980. The novel clarifies the implication in the film that the six who must die were not random but in fact descendants of the six original conspirators.  The film has a guest star appearance by John Houseman who also features in our book to screen film this month Ghost Story.
 
We are joined by author Jim Wosochlo (Unexhumed, Appalachian Schaumboch’s Tavern).  You can follow him via Twitter:  https://twitter.com/wosochlo
 
We are also joined by author Matthew Brockmeyer (Nest of Salt, Under Rotting Sky).  You can follow him via Twitter:  https://twitter.com/humboldtlycan
 
 
Opening Credits/Introduction (1.51); Oh My GOD!!! (14.01); The Changeling Trailer (15.37); That Is Like So Tubular (18.02); Joseph Spirit Score (52.57); It Is Totally Rad (1:03.26);  The Fog Trailer (1:04.51); Bodacious Talk (1:07.37); Such A Wastoid (1:28.41); End Credits (1:43.37); Closing Theme (1:46.15)
 
Opening Credits– Epidermal Sounds
 
Closing Credits – Ghost by Ella Henderson, taken from the album Chapter One.  Copyright 2014 Syco/Columbia Records
 
Original Music copyrighted 2021 Epidermal Sounds. 
 
All rights reserved.
 
All songs available on Amazon.
 

Season 5: Episode 218 - KINGS OF HORROR: Ghost Story by Peter Straub/Ghost Story (1981)

Book:
Ghost Story
By Peter Straub
​
Film:
Ghost Story (1981)
 
The book was released on 01 January 1979 and would be the watershed moment of Peter Straub career and become a bestselling smash.  His earlier work had great critical acclaim but this would be the book that made him a household name.  The story would involve five elderly gentleman in which  the book explores their five narratives into a chilling story.  This is considered one of the greatest horror novels of the 20th Century .  Some of the characters and location would pop up in other books by Straub such as the novels Koko and Floating Dragon.
 
This 1981 film would bring together some of the greatest actors from the golden age which would include Fred Astair, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr and John Houseman and would make Alice Krige an actress to look out for.   It follows a group of elderly businessmen in New England who gather to recount their involvement in a woman's death decades prior when one of them suspects her ghost has been haunting him. The film differs from the book as it removes a fifth characters story within the framework of the film.  the filming process was emotionally turbulent for star Fred Astaire, who confided in Irvin that he felt he was going to die or be murdered while shooting the film, and at one point considered dropping out of the production.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.38); Plot Synopsis (7.30); Forming the Plot (8.21); Book Thoughts (16.21); Rating Ghost Story (45.09); Introducing a Film (48.04); Ghost Story Film Trailer (49.23);  Film Synopsis (51.41); Lights, Camera, Action (57.17); Epilogue (1:29.57); End Credits (1:36.30); Closing Credits (1:37.21)
 
Opening Credits– Epidermol Sounds
Closing Credits – Haunted by The Pogues taken from the original soundtrack album Sid and Nancy.  Copyright 1986 Epic Records
 
Original Music copyrighted 2020 the Literary License Podcast. 
 
All rights reserved.
 
All songs available on Amazon.
 

Season 5: Episode 216 - KINGS OF HORROR: The Stephen Langford Interview

The Stephen Langford Interview
 
We are joined by the writer, director and producer Stephen Langford whose current writing on the excellent Creepshow brought to you by Shudder discusses his career. 
Stephen Langford is an entertainment industry veteran, having written and produced for Warner Brothers Television, ABC and Sony Television. Along the way he has written for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as well as writing producing and directing the movie Warm Blooded Killers. His film Lovewrecked was a hit on ABC Family in 2007 and is still playing in an expanded run in theaters overseas.Stephen has written or produced over one hundred and fifty hours of prime-time television. Among his credits are Family Matters, Malcolm and Eddie, and Saved By The Bell. His latest produced film is "The Nanny Express" which is running on the Hallmark Channel.Langford grew up in the Boston area and later attended Emerson College where he received a Bachelor of Science in Film. After college, he began working in the motion picture field working for such film directors as Sidney Lumet and Joel Schumacher.Stephen's Producer credits include Warm Blooded Killers, Silent Lies,Dream Factory Entertainment benefits greatly from having such talent on its executive team. Mr. Langford is passionate about his contribution to Dream Factory and holding up standards of excellence for every product that carries his name and the Dream Factory brand.
 
Closing Theme:  That’s How You Write A Song by Alexander Rybak, Single Release – Eurovision – Copyright 2018 Alexander Rybak

Season 5: Episode 214 - The 80‘s: Killer Party (1986) / Night of the Demons (1988)

Killer Party (1986)
 
This comedic supernatural slasher film from Canada follows a trio of female sorority pledges who unleash a demonic force after participating in an initiation ritual in an abandoned house on their university's campus. The screenplay was written by Barney Cohen who also wrote Friday the 13th:  The Final Chapter.  The film stars Martin Hewlett and Paul Bartel.
 
Night of the Demon (1988)
 
This American supernatural film stars scream queen Linnea Quigley.  he plot follows a group of high school students who throw a party inside an isolated funeral parlor. While attempting a séance, they accidentally release a demon locked in the crematorium that begins to possess them one by one.  The film would spawn two sequels and a remake coming out in 2009.    Both films now have cult classic status.
 
Opening Credits/Introduction (1.51); Oh My GOD!!! (29.37); Killer Party (1986) Trailer (30.37); That Is Like So Tubular (32.15); It Is Totally Rad (53.19);  Night of the Demons (1988) Trailer (54.44); Bodacious Talk (56.35); Such A Wastoid (1:20.25);  End Credits (1:42.56); Closing Theme (1:44.03)
 
Opening Credits– Epidemic Sounds
 
Closing Credits – Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend by Powerwolf taken from the album The Sacrament of Sin.  Copyright 2018 Napalm Records
 
Original Music copyrighted 2021 Epidemic Sounds and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
All rights reserved.

Season 5: Episode 211 - KINGS OF HORROR: Cabal by Clive Barker/Nightbreed (1990)

Book:  Cabal By Clive Barker
​Film:  Nightbreed (1990)
 
Published in 1988, this horror novel would be also include in the US publication several short stories which would form Books of Blood part VI.  Set in Calgary, Alberta CANADA, the story revolves around a serial killer and the man who he tries to frame.  Boone, the main characters finds himself in Midian, a city below the ground with the night breed dwell.
 
The film was written and directed by Clive Barker based on his 1988 novella Cabal.  At the time of its release, the film was a commercial and critical failure. In several interviews, Barker protested that the film company tried to sell it as a standard slasher film and that the powers-that-be had no real working knowledge of Nightbreed's story.  In 2014, a director’s cut was released.  The film and book spawned a limited comic book series, computer games, two part graphic novel and in 2018, it was announced a proposed television series currently in preproduction.  The Literary License Podcast will be reviewing the Director’s Cut.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1:38); Forming the Plot (5.28); Book Synopsis (6.32); Book Thoughts (11.34); Scoring (48.35); Introducing a Film (53.07); Film Trailer (55.01);  Lights, Camera, Action (56.23); Epilogue (1:33.53); End Credits (1:36.03); Closing Credits (1:37.23)
 
Opening Credits– Epidermal Sounds
 
Closing Credits – Beautiful Monster by Ne-Yo, taken from the album Libra Scale.  Copyright 2010; Def Jam Records
 
Original Music copyrighted 2021 the Literary License Podcast. 
 
Music available through Amazon.
 
All rights reserved.

Season 5: Episode 209 - THE 80‘s: Scanners (1981) / Videodrome (1983)

Scanners (1981)
 
Directed by David Cronenberg and one of the first films made in Canada to compete in the international and American market.  It would bring Cronenberg and his use of controversial body horror to a mainstream audience.  The film deals with scanners who have psychokinetic abilities and how the government wants to use them as weapons and one man’s fight against the government.  The film although filmed in Canada would have an American feel.  Dick Smith (The Exorcist, Amadeus) would provide the special effects and make up.  The film would lead to two sequels, two spin off films and a proposed television series currently in predevelopment.
​
Videodrome (1983)
 
This science fiction body horror film directed by David Cronenberg would be his first film with Hollywood backing and finance.  Set in Toronto during the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small UHF television station who stumbles upon a broadcast signal featuring violence and torture. The layers of deception and mind-control conspiracy unfold as he uncovers the signal's source, and loses touch with reality in a series of increasingly bizarre hallucinations.  Rick Baker (American Werewolf in London) would handle the special effects.  James Woods was a big fan of Cronenberg and met with him in Beverley Hills which would lead to him being cast.
 
We are also joined by James Wosochlo, author of Appalachian:  Schaumboch's Tavern.   You can follow him at his website:  https://wosochlobooks.com/
 
We are also joined by Craig Johnson, Craig’s World and Dayvid Grant coming over from our Book to Screen: Kings of Horror Episodes
 
Opening Credits/Introduction (1.51); Oh My GOD!!! (17.57); Scanners Trailer (19.26); That Is Like So Tubular (21.31); It Is Totally Rad (51.15);  Videodrome Trailer (52.55); Bodacious Talk (54.50); Such A Wastoid (1:39.06); End Credits (2:00.07); Closing Theme (2:02.07)
 
Opening Credits – by Epidemic Sound
 
Closing Credits – Sex (I’m A…) by Berlin.  Taken from the album Pleasure Victim.  Copyright 1982 – Enigma Records, M.A.O. Records   
 
Original Music copyrighted 2021 Epidemic Sound and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
All rights reserved.

Season 5: Episode 208 - DARK SHADOWS: The David Selby Interview

David Selby joined us to talk about his career as a stage, film and television actor and his poetry and writing career.  He joins Vickie Rae and Jesse Fultz to discuss his roles as Quentin Collins, Abraham Lincoln, roles in Flamingo Road, Falcon Crest and Castle Rock.  Listen to an icon as he discusses his life and what is to come.  

Season 5: Episode 206 - KINGS OF HORROR: Dead Zone (Stephen King)/Dead Zone (1983)

Book: 
The Dead Zone
By Stephen King
​
Film:
The Dead Zone (1983)
 
Released in 1979, this was Stephen King’s first smash hit which was also the first of his books to kit the top ten best sellers.  This was also the first novel to feature the fictional town in Maine called Castle Rock.  This science fiction thriller would spawn a critically acclaim film directed by David Cronenberg and a six season television series which aired on the USA Network. 
 
The Dead Zone (1983)
 
The film was directed by David Cronenberg with screenplay written by Jeffrey Boam.   The film started shooting in January 1983 in the the Niagra Falls region.  The cold and brutal winds were sometimes unbearable for cast and crew.  Interestingly enough, Bill Murray was first choice but producers felt that he was not dramatic enough and Christopher Walken was cast instead.  The film is considered one of the best Stephen King adaptions.
 
We are joined by Barbara Venkataraman, author of the Jaimie Quinn Mystery series. You can follow her at the following link:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5779805.Barbara_Venkataraman   Her Jaime Quinn Mystery series is currently available free on Amazon Kindle.
 
We are also joined by James Wosochlo, author of Appalachian:  Schaumboch's Tavern.   You can follow him at his website:  https://wosochlobooks.com/
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.38); Stephen King Novel (24.07); Plot Synopsis (36.32); Forming the Plot (42.12); Book Thoughts (1:25.58); Introducing a Film (1:38.18); Film Trailer (1:39.20);  Lights, Camera, Action (1:40.59); Epilogue (2:18.52); End Credits (2:36.51); Closing Credits (2:38.58)
 
Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 
Closing Credits:  If You Could Read My Mind by Stars of 54, taken from the album 54.  Copyright 1998 Tommy Boy Music (UK)
 
Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
All rights reserved.
 
All songs available through Amazon Music.
 

Season 5: Episode 205 - GETTING TO KNOW YOU: The Full Interviews

Season 5 is here and we have some great stuff coming your way as we celebrate our fifth year.  We thought we would start off our new season with a Getting To Know you with interviews of all our co-hosts who share their thoughts, films and books and what they love about doing our show.  The interviews are all available separately or you can hear them all in one go.  Welcome to Season 5 as we enter our new frontier.  

Season 4: Episode 194 - NATURE VS MAN: Godzilla (1954) / Godzilla (2014)

Godzilla (1954)
 
This Japanese classic released in 1954 is about a huge monster who comes alive during a fear of nuclear holocaust during a post-war Japan.  Using a filming technique called suitmation (an actor dressed in a suit).  In 1956, a highly edited version was released for the American market and was a big triumph.  It spawned numerous sequels and is the longest running film franchise in history.
 
Godzilla (2014)
 
The American monster film directed by Gareth Edwards, is a reboot of the Japanese franchise.  The film’s success lead to the Toho company in Japan to film their own reboot continuing the story of this iconic character.  The American version would deliver two sequels, Godzilla, King of the Monsters and released in 2020, Godzilla vs Kong. 
 
We are joined by C Derrick Miller.
 
Opening Credits/Introduction (4.05); Man Messes With Nature (11.52); Godzilla 1954 Japanese Trailer (14.05); Why God? (16.56); Nature Messes With Man (59.22); Godzilla 2014 Trailer (1:01.21); Mother Nature’s Revenge (1:03.54; Nature Lives To Fight Another Day (1:139.); End Credits (1:50.48); Closing Theme (1:52.40) 
 
Opening Credits– Planet Synth by Dan Hughes
 
Closing Credits – Godzilla by Eminem featuring Juice Wrld taken from the album Music To Be Murdered By.  Copyright 2020 Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. 
 
Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
All rights reserved.

Season 4: Episode 190 - CLASSIC NOVELS: Moby Dick/Moby Dick (1956)

Book:  Moby Dick
            By Herman Melville
​
Film:  Moby Dick (1956)
 
Released in 1851, the story is told from the point of Ismael, who tells the tale of Captain Arab’s obsession on revenge on a great white whale.  A failure upon its release until William Faulkner and D H Lawrence gave it the title the Great American Novel that the book was re-released and considered a classic.  In Melville’s lifetime, the book only sold 3,200 copies but has since then sold approximately 1million copies a year. 
 
The John Huston directed with screenplay by Huston and Ray Bradbury, the film stars Gregory Peck, Richard Baseheart and Leo Genn.  The critics classified this as an instant classic upon its release.  Steven Spielberg wanted to use footage from the film for Jaws but Gregory Peck declined saying he was unhappy with his performance.   
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (.51);  Forming the Plot (12.40); Plot Synopsis (13.51); Book Thoughts (19.58); Final Thoughts of the Book (1:02.02); Introducing a Film (1:08.31); Film Trailer (1:09.05);  Lights, Camera, Action (1:12.19); Review of Classic Novels – End of Season 4 (1:34.33);; End Credits (1:46.03); Closing Credits (1:47.38)
 
Opening Credits:  Classical Jingle by Dan Hughes
 
Closing Credits – Down With The Ship by Todd Rundgren and Rivers Cuomo – taken from the forthcoming album Space Force.   Copyright 2021 Cleopatra Records
 
Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
All rights reserved.  Copyright reserved.
 

Season 4: Episode 187 - NATURE VS MAN: Ticks (1993) / Stung (2017)

 
Ticks (1993)
 
Directed by Tony Randel and starring Seth Green, Ami Dolenz and Clint Howard, the film was direct to video which found its cult audience through video rentals.  Dealing with steroids, the film deals with the consequences of what happens when it disrupts the balance of nature. 
​Stung (2015)
 
This 2015 German/American co production is directed by Benni Diez and stars Matt O’Leary, Lance Henricksen and Jessica Cook.  The film was a stand out upon its release at the Tribeca Film Festival.  The film received great reviews based on its performances, script and plotting. 
 
 
Opening Credits/Introduction (4.05); Man Messes With Nature (14.21); Ticks Trailer (15.27); Why God? (16.54); Final Thought (43.43); Nature Messes With Man (49.50); Stung Trailer (50.34); Mother Nature’s Revenge (52.44); Nature Lives To Fight Another Day (1:18.18); End Credits (1:25.30); Closing Theme (1:28.25) 
 
Opening Credits– Planet Synth by Dan Hughes
 
Closing Credits – Ticks by Brad Paisley taken from the album 5th Gear.  Copyright 2010 Arista Records. 
 
Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
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Season 4: Episode 185 - CLASSIC NOVELS: Alice in Wonderland/Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Book:  Alice in Wonderland
            By Lewis Carroll
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Film:  Alice in Wonderland (1951)
 
Released in 1865 by author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson using the pseudonym Lewis Carroll would be instant success.  The book has never been out of print and has influence the fantasy genre.  Considered one of the best examples of literary nonsense playing with logic which makes it fun for adults and children alike.
 
A financial failure upon its released, it has later become very successful through television premiere on the Wonderful World of Disney and its release due to the psychedelic generation who cherished the film.  It is considered one of the best adaptions of the classic novel.  It was one of the first videos offered on the newly home video market in the late 80’s.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (.51); ; Forming the Plot (4.44); Plot Synopsis (6.02); Book Thoughts (11.50); Introducing a Film (1:27.07); Film Trailer (1:29.00);  Lights, Camera, Action (1:30.59); Difference Between Page and Screen (2:05.55); End Credits (2:10.55); Closing Credits (2:12.27)
 
Opening Credits:  Classical Jingle by Dan Hughes
 
Closing Credits – Wonderland by Anson Seabra– taken from the album Welcome to Wonderland.   Copyright 2018 Anson Seabra
 
Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
All rights reserved.  Copyright reserved.