Season 3: Episode 100 - EDGAR ALLEN POE: The Black Cat (1843) / Film (1934)

Short Story: 
The Black Cat (1843)
Film:
The Black Cat (1934)
 
Directed by Edga G Ulmer (set designer for Metropolis) would direct this pre-Hayes film based on the Edgar Allen Poe film of the same name.  It would be the biggest Universal box office smash of that year.
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This would be the first of eight films to pair up Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.  
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The film is very loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story.  In fact, it is so loosely based that the Poe story is almost non-existent.  The film involves a nightmare that involves necrophilia, ailurophobia, drugs, a deadly game of chess, torture, flaying, and a black mass with a human sacrifice.
 
We are joined by The Literary License Podcast Dark Shadows co-host Tom Diamon.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.32); Forming the Plot (16.09); Film Trailer (33.59);  Lights, Camera, Action (35.39); Epilogue (1:23.04); End Credits (1:30.53); Closing Credits (1:33.26)
 
Opening and Closing Credits – thanking Purple Planet Music for our fantastic Opening and Closing Credits.

Season 3: Episode 97 - EUROPEAN HORROR: Verhoven's The Fourth Man (1983)

The Fourth Man (1983)
 
The Dutch suspense film directed by Paul Verhoeven and based on the novel of the same name by Gerard Reve, was selected as the Dutch entree for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars but wasn't nominated.
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The film stars Jeron Krabbe, and Renee Soutendijk and would be the last film that Verhoeven would direct in the Netherlands.  
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The film is known for its sexual explicitness and violence which is a stable in Verhoeven films.  The film would be considered by Verhoeven as the spiritual prequel to his American film Basic Instinct.  
 
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Opening Credits; Introduction – Rose and Thorn of the Week (.49); Forming the Plot (09.23); Film Trailer (10.46);  Lights, Camera, Action (14.53); Epilogue (55.37); End Credits (1:00.53); Closing Credits (1:03.17)
 
Song Credits:  Thank you from Purple Planet Music for our Opening and Closing Credits.
 

Season 3: Episode 96 - 2 FOR ONE: Westworld (1973) / Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Westworld (1973)
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1973, Michael Crichton would write and direct Westworld which would start the rise of his writing career.  The American Science Fiction Western film would be about an amusement park of androids that would malfunction and start to kill the visitors. 
 
The film stars James Brolin, Dick Van Patten, Richard Benjamin and the fantastically cast Yul Brynner.  The film would set box offices alit and create one sequel called Futureworld and a 1980’s short lived television series Beyond Westworld.  The film would come to modern audiences again in the new HBO series which is considered one of the icons of modern television. 
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
 
Released in 1994 to critical acclaimed and based on a short novella by Stephen King and directed by Frank Darabont, tells the tale of a prisoner sent to Shawshank for the murder of his wife and her lover although he claims his innocence.  Over the next two decades he would befriend a fellow prisoner, Ellis "Red" Redding and becomes instrumental in a money laundering scheme set up by the prison warden.
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The film stars Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, William Sandler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows and James Whitmore.
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Initially released as a box office failure, the film would go on to gain a cult following and would end up becoming the number one VHS rental film after award nominations and word of mouth.  It is now considered one of the best films of the 1990's.
 
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Opening Credits; Introduction – Rose and Thorn of the Week (1.32); Forming the Plot (08.33); Film Trailer (10.52);  Lights, Camera, Action (13.34); Forming The Plot (Take 2) (46.37); Trailer (Take 2) (49.32); Lights, Camera, Action (Take 2) (51.40); Epilogue (1:28.37); End Credits (1:32.44); Closing Credits (1:34.47)
 
Opening and Closing Credits – thanking BenSounds for our fantastic Opening and Closing Credits.
 

Season 3: Episode 95 - EDGAR ALLEN POE: Fall of the House of Usher (1838)/ House of Usher (1960)

Short Story:
Fall of the House of User (1838)
Film:
House of Usher (1960)
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The 1839 narrative short story by Edgar Allan Poe.  It is a Gothic short story with themes of madness, isolation, family and metaphysical identities.  The main characters of Roderick and Madeleine Usher are twins who are the exact doppelganger of each other.  Poe was inspired by Usher estate in Boston, MA.
 
In 1960, Roger Corman would direct and Richard Matheson was write the screenplay which would be the first of the Poe films they would do for AIP.  Shot in just fifteen days and starting Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey and Harry Ellerbee would mark AIP to graduate into widescreen technicolour filming.  The film is now considered a classic and is part of United States National Film Registry as being deemed culturally, historically and aesthetically significant.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.32); Forming the Plot (07.43); Film Trailer (50.36);  Lights, Camera, Action (53.07); Epilogue (1:32.04); End Credits (1:36.56); Closing Credits (1:39.06)
 
 
Opening and Closing Credits – thanking Purple Planet Music for our fantastic Opening and Closing Credits.

Season 3: Episode 93 - EUROPEAN HORROR: Possession (1981)

Possession (1981)
 
The 1981 French-German psychological horror drama film was directed by Andrezj Zulawski.  The plot obliquely follows the relationship between an international spy and his wife, who begins exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking him for a divorce.
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The films stars Sam Neil and Isabelle Adjani who won best actress at the Cannes Film Festival.
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The film was originally banned in several countries but has since been released uncensored in those countries is now considered an arthouse classic.  
 
Intersect, the film discussed can be located at  http://www.intersectthemovie.com/
 
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Opening Credits; Introduction – Rose and Thorn of the Week (.49); Forming the Plot (10.28); Film Trailer (11.44);  Lights, Camera, Action (14.28); Epilogue (1:10.09); End Credits (1:17.35); Closing Credits (1:20.46)
 
Song Credits:  Thank you from Purple Planet Music for our Opening and Closing Credits.

Season 3: Episode 92 - 2 FOR ONE: DePalma's Obsession (1976) / Stoker (2013)

Obsession ​ (1976)
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Brian dePalma's 1976 psychological thriller/mystery follows a New Orleans businessman who feels guilt after his wife and daughter die during a botched kidnapping.  After many years, he falls in love with an exact look alike of his dead wife.
 
This would be the last film score of Bernard Herrman and the film would give a big nod towards Alfred Hitchcock as well.
 
There was some concerned over the complicated love story that would  give pause to Columbia who held back the film for a year.  The film would be the first successful box office success of dePalma which would lead to him directing his box office smash 'Carrie'.
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​Stoker (2013)
 
This 2013 British-American psychological thriller drama film written by Wentworth Miller and directed by Park Chan-wook, was influenced by Bram Stoker and Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt.  The film tells the story of an 18 year old girl whose life changes with the arrival of her Uncle Charlie to events that will lead to the calamity of the family. 
 
The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode and Nicole Kidman.  The highly visual and artistic film would divide critics and audiences by its contrast of styles that are a departure from the directors normal style as seen in his Oldboy film.   The film was posted in the top ten films of 2013 on numerous critics lists. 
 
Opening Credits; Introduction – PO/Love of the Week (1.32); Forming the Plot (09.59); Film Trailer (11.36);  Lights, Camera, Action (13.15); Forming The Plot (Take 2) (36.38); Trailer Take 2) (39.56); Lights, Camera, Action (Take 2) (42.19); Epilogue (1:10.45); End Credits (1:19.29); Closing Credits (1:22.54)
 
Opening and Closing Credits – thanking BenSounds for our fantastic Opening and Closing Credits.

Season 3; Episode 91 - EDGAR ALLEN POE: Ligeia (1838) / Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

Short Story:  
Ligeia (1838)
Film:
Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
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Published in 1838, this short story by Poe would be rewritten many times.  Telling the story of Ligeia, a woman who beautiful with odd features who dies with the narrator being obsessed.  He remarries the complete opposite of Ligeia named Rowena.  When Rowena dies, Ligeia may be reborn within Rowena’s body.   There has been debate through the years of whether the story is a satire of Gothic fiction.
 
In 1964, Roger Corman would finish his series of Poe films with The Tomb of Ligeia with screenplay by Robert Towne (Chinatown).  Vincent Price was cast in the film as he had a contract with AIP who was financing the film.  Towne though Price to be too old and wanted Richard Chamberlain.  When Corman told Towne about Price being cast, Corman added that he shouldn’t worry as they hired Marlene Dietrich make-up artist for Price. 
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.32); Forming the Plot (13,59); Film Trailer (47.55);  Lights, Camera, Action (50.30); Epilogue (1:18.22); End Credits (1:21.51); Closing Credits (1:24.11)
 
Opening and Closing Credits – thanking Purple Planet Music for our fantastic Opening and Closing Credits.

Season 3: Episode 89 - EUROPEAN HORROR: Argento's Opera (1987)

Dario Argento's Opera (1987)
 
Dario Argento’s classic film Opera is considered the most commercially successful of all of Argento’s work.  The music is composed by Brian Eno, Claudio Simonetti and Bill Wyman.  The plot focuses on murders in an opera house by a masked assailant.  Taking his experiences of directing the opera of Macbeth, Argento would be inspired to take his experiences and bring them to the screen.
 
The film stars Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini and Ian Charleston.  The film would have exciting set pieces and would capitalize on Argento death scenes that would be cut upon various releases throughout the world but have since have been reinstated in new releases in the film.  The film is presented in THX film and audio.
 
We are joined by writer and producer Joe (Caesar and Otto Deadly Christmas) Randazzo.  You can following John through:
Twitter: joe_randazzo
Instagram: joerandazzo624 
 
Opening Credits (.22); Introduction (3.06); Forming the Plot (11.45); Film Trailer (14.25); Lights, Camera, Action (16.11); Epilogue (53.41); End Credits (1:03.26); Closing Credits (1:07.27)
 
Opening Credits – It’s Christmas Eve – by Alex Jaraway – from the album A Christmas Horror Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 
Closing Credits:  Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley – An Elvis Christmas
 
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Season 3: Episode 88 - 2 FOR ONE: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) / The Devil's Carnival (2012)

Repo!  The Genetic Opera (2008)
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This 2008 science fiction, gothic rock musical horror comedy film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw franchise), tells the tale of a world in 2056, a corporation funds transplants through a payment plan.  If the patient is late with their payment, the repo man comes and takes back their organs.  
 
The film has a cult status that now equals the Rocky Horror Picture Show.  The film stars Alexa Vega, Paul Sorvino, Anthony Stewart Head, Sarah Brightman, Paris Hilton, Joan Jett and Bill Moseley. 
 
​The Devil's Carnival (2012)
 
2012 follow-up to Repo! The Genetic Opera brought back Darren Lynn Bousman and Terrance Zdunich.  The musical horror film tells the tale of the main characters who find themselves  caught in fables based on Aesop Fables.  This is the first of a trilogy of films with part two and three waiting to be filmed.  As it is self-funded, filming for part two started in 2014 being released as Alleluia:  The Devil’s Carnival.
 
The film stars Emilie Autumn, Sean Patrick Flannery, Briana Evigan, Paul Sorvino and Bill Moseley.  The stories included are Grief and Its Dues, The Dog and Its Reflection and The Scorpion and the Frog – an animal fable originated from Russia.
 
Opening Credits (.20); Introduction (08.02); Forming the Plot (17.01); Film Trailer (20.11); Page to Page (22.14); Outlining the Script (54.10); Film Trailer (55.30); Lights, Camera, Action (57.24); Epilogue (1:19.19); End Credits (1:26.56); Closing Theme (1:27.55)
 
Opening Credits – Chase The Morning/Everyone’s A Composer/Come Back! – by Alexa Vega/Sarah Brightman/Anthony Stewart Head/Nancy Long from the album  Repo:  The Genetic Opera
It’s Christmas Eve – by Alex Jaraway – from the album A Christmas Horror Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 
Closing Credits:  Epitaph – Terrance Zdunich from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Repo:  Genetic Opera
Do You Hear What I Hear/You Really Got Me – Bobby Lloyd and the Skeletons from the album A Christmas Party with Eddie G
 
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Season 3: Episode 87 - EDGAR ALLEN POE: Tell Tale Heart (1843) / Tell Tale (2009)

Short Story: 
Tell Tale Heart (1843)
Film: 
Tell Tale (2009)
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The unnamed narrator tries to convince the sanity of himself as he describes the murder that they committed.  The 1843 short story would give full details of dismemberment of a body and hiding.  Ultimately the narrators guilt or mental sanity will come in focus when he starts hearing the dead man’s beating heart. 
 
Tell Tale is a 2009 science fiction horror drama film centre around a man who has a heart transplant as he looks for the man who murdered the donor before a similar fate befalls him.  The film came out quietly but has an impressive cast which includes Josh Lucas, Lena Headey and Brian Cox who are directed by Michael Cuesta and produced by Tony and Ridley Scott.
 
Opening Credits (.25); Introduction (3.09); Forming the Plot (7.47); Film Trailer (31.13);  Lights, Camera, Action (34.27); Epilogue (56.57); End Credits (58.42); Closing Credits (1:00.45)
 
Opening Credits – It’s Christmas Eve by Alex Khashkin from the album A Christmas Horror Story
 
Closing Credits – Jingle Bells by Ella Fitzgerald from the album Ella’s Swinging Christmas
 
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Season 3: Episode 84 - EUROPEAN HORROR: Frontier(s) (2007)

Frontier(s) (2007)
 
Xavier Gans' horror psychological film tells the story of a group of criminals from Paris lodge at a country inn run by neo-Nazis. 
 
The film was released quickly to a NC-17 rating and shortly sold on DVD in an unrated version which was considered too intense for cinema release. 
 
It explores the "untended elements of society, the sections which are allowed to remain in realities that no longer exist in urban settings." 
 
Will Millar is participating in the Boston Marathon. 
 
Tough Ruck 26.2 is group of military and civilians whose sole purpose is to Ruck in honor and in memory of our Fallen Service Members, Police, Firefighters and EMTs, while raising funds to support military families in times of need. We will walk a 26.2 mile certified course with our Rucks and carry the names of our Fallen comrades with us.
 
On April 15, 2013, the Tough Rucker were at the finish line of the Boston Marathon and joined the first responders to help those that were injured by the horrific blasts. They truly exemplify the best of what our Nation is. Today the Ruck happens the Sunday before Boston Marathon Monday in Concord, Massachusetts on the original trails of the Revolutionary War. Tough Ruck is the only Ruck march partnered with the Boston Marathon and finishers are awarded the official Boston Marathon Medals and receive recognition from the Boston Athletic Association. Military Friends Foundation is the official charity of Tough Ruck.
 
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Opening Credits (.22); Introduction (4.41); Forming the Plot (12.50); Film Trailer (15.01); Lights, Camera, Action (18.44); Epilogue (1:17.54); End Credits (1:27.33); Closing Credits (1:29.44)
 
Opening Credits:  Is Anybody There? – by E. G. Daily – Taken from the album Wild Child
 
Closing Credits:  Born Bad by Cissie Cobb – Taken from the Natural Born Killers
 
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Season 3: Episode 83 - 2 FOR ONE: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) / Dancer in the Dark (2000)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)​
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Considered one of the greatest American films of all time, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is directed by Milos Forman.  The film would be filmed at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon where the novel takes place. 
 
The film would be produced by Michael Douglas and stars Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Michael Berryman and Scatman Crothers.  The film would be the third highest grossed film of 1975 and has since been inaugurated into the Library of Congress.  An interesting fact the author of the book, Ken Kelsey, who disliked the film. 
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Dancer in the Dark (2000)
 
The 2000 Danish musical melodrama directed by Lars Von Trier tells the tale of a daydreaming factory worker saving up for an eye operation  for her son who maybe suffering from the same degenerative eye condition for which she suffers from. 
 
The film is very mixed with some considering it to be too melodramatic whilst others considers this to be the most important film of the 21st Century.  The film is considered the third in a series of films known as the Golden Heart Trilogy.  Breaking the Waves and The Idiots being the first two in the trilogy.
 
The film stars Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse and Peter Stormare.  Bjork claims that making the film was emotionally draining and she would not make another film but would make one other film, Drawing Restraint 9.  In 2017, Bjork would join the #metoo movement by stating that Von Trier allegedly acting inappropriate towards her which he denies. 
 
Opening Credits (.20); Introduction (07.10); Forming the Plot (12.50); Film Trailer (18.39); Page to Page (22.13); Outlining the Script (1:02.12); Film Trailer (1:04.27); Lights, Camera, Action (1:07.44); Epilogue (1:39.22); End Credits (1:44.39); Closing Theme (1:46.44)
 
Opening Credits – Virtual Insanity – by Jamiroquai from the album  High Times:  Singles 1992 - 2006
 
Closing Credits – I Go Crazy – by Paul Davis from the album Singer of Songs, Teller of Tales
 
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Season 3: Episode 82 - EDGAR ALLEN POE: The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (1945) / Stonehearst Asylum (2014)

 Story: 
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (1845)
Film:
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
 
The 1845 short story by Edgar Allan Poe centres on an unnamed and naïve narrator visiting a mental asylum in the southern provinces of France.  It deals with a new treatment for patients called soothing, they are granted the freedom and roam the grounds in normal clothing.  The doctors humour their hallucinations and fantasies without contradiction.  For example, if patient thinks he is a chicken, the patient is treated like a chicken and given corn to eat.
 
Stonehearst Asylum or Eliza Graves as it is also known is a loosely based adaption of the source material.  Taking its cue from the horrors of Victorian medicine, the film would star David Thewlis, Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Michael Caine, Jason Fleming and Ben Kingsley.
 
Opening Credits (.25); Introduction 5.56); Forming the Plot (17.04); Film Trailer (41.38);  Lights, Camera, Action (45.51); Epilogue (1:04.21); End Credits (1:13.08); Closing Credits (1:14.49)
 
Opening Credits – Inmates (We’re All Crazy) by Alice Cooper from the album From the Inside
 
Closing Credits – From the Inside by Alice Cooper from the album From the Inside
 
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Season 3: Episode 80 - EUROPEAN HORROR: The Devil's Backbone (2001)

The Devil's Backbone (2001)
 
2001 Gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro, David Munoz and Antonio Trashorras and independently produced by Pedro Almodovar.  The film is set in 1939 Spain during the final year of the Spanish Civil War.  The story tells the tale of Carlos who ends up in an orphanage where a ghost is seeking to make things right. 
 
Considered a companion piece Pan’s Labyrinth, the film would not be as successful but would find its audience given the film a 92% approval rating.  The film stars Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes and Frederico Luppi.
 
We are joined by writer and producer John (Caesar and Otto Deadly Christmas) Randazzo.  You can following John through:
Twitter: joe_randazzo
Instagram: joerandazzo624 
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Opening Credits (.22); Introduction (3.19); Forming the Plot (9.01); Film Trailer (20.51); Lights, Camera, Action (24.49); Epilogue (1:07.23); End Credits (1:11.26); Closing Credits (1:14.35)
 
Opening Credits:  Haunted Heart– by Christine Aguilera – Single available now through Amazon – from the forthcoming album The Addams Family
 
Closing Credits:  The Devil’s Backbone by Say Yes, Juliet – Taken from the album Catch the Horizon.
 
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Season 3: Episode 79 - 2 FOR ONE: Last House on the Left (1972) / Big Driver (2014)

The Last House on the Left (1972)
 
1972 exploitation film written, edited and directed by Wes Craven  and produced by Sean Cunningham, which is based on the Swedish film by Ingmar Bergman ‘The Virgin Spring’.  It was filmed on a modest budget of $87,000 but would gross over $3million.
 
Originally to be filmed as a hardcore film with all actors and crew being totally committed, was changed after shooting began to make a softer film.  Craven idea of the film was to not glamourise violence.  The film would star David A Hess, Sandra Peabody and Steve Miner as a hippie taunting Deputy. 
 
The film would be remade in 2006 by Rogue Pictures
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Big Driver (2014)
 
Based on a short story found in Stephen King’s Full Dark, No Stars (2010), Lifetime Channel would film with a screenplay by Richard Christen Matheson (son of Richard Matheson).  Considered to be a television exploitation film, some critics were unimpressed while other critics praised this to the hilt.
 
The story deals with a crime mystery writer driving cross country for a meet and greet where she ends up on the side of the road in a rural area.  It is a revenge tale that after a beating and raping, Tess takes matters into her own hands.  It is often compared to King’s version of the classic exploitation film, I Spit On your Grave. 
 
Starring Maria Bello, Joan Jett and Olympia Dukakis and directed by Mikael Salomon.
 
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Opening Credits (.20); Introduction (1.52); Forming the Plot (24.40); Film Trailer (30.46); Page to Page (32.37); Outlining the Script (1:05.37); Film Trailer (1:09.09); Lights, Camera, Action (1:11.16); Epilogue (1:44.34); End Credits (1:58.57); Closing Theme (1:59.46)
 
Opening Credits – Introduction and Opening Credits – by David A Hess from the album  Original Soundtrack Recording Last House on the Left
 
Closing Credits – Revenge – by P!nk and Eminem from the album A Beautiful Trauma
 
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Season 3: Episode 78 - EDGAR ALLEN POE: The Pit and the Pendulum (1842) / Film (1961)

Short Story: 
The Pit and the Pendulum (1842)
Film: 
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
 
The 1842 short story from Poe is about a man’s torment in prison during the Spanish Inquisition although Poe does skews historical fact to fit the fabric of his story.  The short story uses the senses to instil fear into the reader unlike is previous work which dealt more than supernatural.  The death anxiety that the narrator experiences ingrains itself into the mind of the reader.
 
In 1961, with a script by Richard Matheson, Roger Corman send ferore into Edgar Allan Poe would star Vincent Price, Barbara Steele and John Kerr.  The film would be a huge influence with Italian horror with Bava’s The Whip and the Body and Argento’s Profundo Rosso.  Stephen King has stated that this is one of the most important films of 1960’s horror. 
We are joined by Rod Labbe, esteemed film historian and journalist of classic films and one of our favourite guest co-host. 
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Opening Credits (.25); Introduction 3.01); Forming the Plot (13.40); Film Trailer (45.31);  Lights, Camera, Action (49.29); Epilogue (1:39.29); End Credits (1:42.32); Closing Credits (1:45.36)
 
Opening Credits – The Pit and the Pendulum  by Les Baxter from the soundtrack album The Pit and the Pendulum
 
Closing Credits – Torture by Berlin from the album Pleasure Victim
 
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Season 3: Episode 76 - EUROPEAN HORROR: Rec (2007)

Rec (2007)
 
This 2007 Spanish found footage film written and directed by Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza would set the world on fire with their debut film that would spawn three sequels.  The film centers on a news reporter and cameraman covering a fireman’s intervention in a Barcelona apartment building.  The situation escalates as a murderous disease takes roots in the occupants causing them to be animalistic in nature.
 
The film would be remade for the American audience as Quarantine but would not capture the original films flair and audiences. 
 
The film holds a 90% approval rating and is listed on numerous top 100 film lists for the year it released and all time favorite horror films.  It is one film that totally holds you captive from the opening to closing frames. 
 
Opening Credits (.22); Introduction (4.59); Forming the Plot (9.12); Film Trailer (15.40); Lights, Camera, Action (18.50); Epilogue (1:16.03); End Credits (1:24.02); Closing Credits (1:26.31)
 
Opening Credits:  Disease – by Alli Fitz – Single available now through Amazon
 
Closing Credits:  Shake The Disease by Depeche Mode – Taken from the album Black Celebration.
 
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Season 3: Episode 75 - 2 FOR ONE: Longtime Companion (1990) / It Comes At Night (2017)

Season 3:  Episode 75 - Longtime Companion/It Comes At Night
 
Longtime Companion (1990)
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Considered one of the first major films to deal with the AIDS crisis of the 80’s would be considered a triumphant upon its release.  Told from the point of view of a group of friends in a ten year period would show the impact the disease would have.  The title comes from what the New York Times would use for the surviving same sex partner who had died from the AIDS virus.
 
Norman Rene and Craig Lucas would bring this amazing story to the screen.  Rene would die of the AIDS virus in 1996.  Craig Lucas is a multi-talented stage performer, director and writer and has won numerous awards for his work on Broadway. 
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The film stars Mary Louise Parker, Bruce Davison, Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy, Dermot Mulroney and Michael Schoeffling.
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It Comes at Night (2017)
 
Written and directed by Trey Edward Shults following the death of his father, the film tells the story about a family who take refuge from a contagious disease in a house deep in the woods and the effects this has on the family. 
 
The film takes its cue from the 1562 oil painting, The Triumph of Death whilst being influenced by the work of Paul Thomas Anderson and John Cassavettes.  It also gives a nod to The Shining and Night of the Living Dead.  This is a totally original work that surpassed expectation upon its initial release beating out big budget Hollywood films such as The Mummy and Megan Leavey. 
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The film stars Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo, Christopher Abbott, Kelvin Harrison Jr and Riley Keough. 
 
Opening Credits (.20); Introduction (5.13); Forming the Plot (9.46); Film Trailer (18.31); Page to Page (21.39); Outlining the Script (54.17); Film Trailer (57.17); In Sequence (1:00.51); Lights, Camera, Action (1:01.25); Epilogue (1:30.04); End Credits (1:33.49); Closing Theme (1:35.02)
 
Opening Credits – Go West – by The Village People from the album Go West In The Navy
 
Closing Credits – Our Perfect Disease – by The Wombats from the album The Wombats Proudly Present….The Modern Glitch
 
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Season 3: Episode 74 - EDGAR ALLEN POE: The Masque of the Red Death (1842); Hop Frog (1849) / Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Short Story
Masque of the Red Death  (1842)
Hop Frog (1849)
Film:
Masque of the Red Death (1964)
 
The 1842 short story is an allegory about the inevitability of death.  The Gothic short story is has risen to controversy with what is the titular disease which scholars continue to debate today.  The original earned Poe $12.00 and would be published in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Monthly.
 
In 1964, Roger Corman would bring the tale to the screen in all of its widescreen Technicolor splendor which would be part of the Corman Poe films starring Vincent Price in the lead role. Two sub plots are used in the classic screenplay written by Charles Beaumont and R Wright Campbell which incorporated Leap Frog, short by Poe himself and Torture of Hope by Augste Villiers de l’isle-Adam. 
 
Interesting fact is award winning director Nicholas Roeg (Don’t Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth).
 
We are joined by Rod Labbe, esteemed film historian and journalist of classic films and one of our favourite guest co-host. 
 
Opening Credits (.25); Introduction (3.22); Forming the Plot (12.39); Film Trailer (1:05.53);  Lights, Camera, Action (1:10.26); Epilogue (2:21.33); End Credits (2:24.10); Closing Credits (2:26.19)
 
Opening Credits – Prelude/The Old Woman and the Red Death by David Lee from the soundtrack album The Masque of the Red Death
 
Closing Credits – Our Perfect Disease by The Wombats from the album The Wombats Proudly Present…The Modern Glitch
 
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Season 2: Episode 73 - SEASON 2 REVIEW

Season Two Review
 
Jon Wilson, Keith Chawgo and Vickie Rae look over Season 2 and reflect what we loved and what we disliked about our season.
 
We also discuss what is coming your way in Season Three and share what surprises we have in store coming your way for 2019/2020. 
 
We Must Stop The Fin Trade
 
Even though the fin trade is not the only problem, it is by far one of the biggest issues we are facing when it comes to saving sharks. Some shark populations have declined by more than 90% in recent decades due to overfishing, and this fishing of sharks is mostly profitable because of the high value of fins. Some of the species involved are being driven to the brink of extinction. Whether it is the cruel act of finning or the legal market for shark fins, at the core of it all is greed; to make money off a product that is valued as a status symbol. 
 
Click on the this Link to sign the petition:  https://www.sharkallies.com/nofinfl-support-sign-on
 
Opening Credits – Carry On Wayward – Cast of Supernatural the Musical – taken from the album Supernatural The Musical
 
Closing Credits – Edgar Allan Poe – London Cast – taken from the album Snoopy The Musical.
 
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