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Tuesday May 02, 2023
Season 6: Episode 301 - MAKE/REMAKE: Salem’s Lot (1977/2004)
Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
Salem’s Lot (1979)
Salem's Lot (also known as Salem's Lot: The Movie, Salem's Lot: The Miniseries and Blood Thirst) is a 1979 American miniseries television adaptation of the 1975 horror novel of the same name by Stephen King. Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul and James Mason, the plot concerns a writer who returns to his hometown and discovers that its citizens are turning into vampires. Salem's Lot combines elements of the vampire film and haunted house subgenres of horror.
Salem’s Lot (2004)
Salem's Lot is a 2004 American two-part television miniseries which first aired on TNT on June 20 and ended its run on June 21, 2004. It is the second television adaptation of Stephen King's 1975 vampire novel of the same name and a remake to the first version. Although the novel and original miniseries were both set in the 1970s, this version updates the story to take place in the 2000s. The story is still set in a small Maine town, but the miniseries was actually shot on location at Creswick and Woodend, in Central Victoria, Australia.
We are joined by JM Robson, author of Three Little Words.
Opening Credits; Introduction (.39); Background History (25.50); Salem’s Lot (1977) Film Trailer (26.52); The Original (30.10); Let's Rate (1:24.00); Introducing a Remake (1:29.39); Salem’s Lot (2004) Film Trailer (1.30.49); The Remake (1:31.48); How Many Stars (2:02.13); End Credits (2:17.11); Closing Credits (2:18.58)
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Closing Credits: Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Vesta Williams. Taken from the album Vesta. Copyright 1986 A&M Records
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Saturday Mar 25, 2023
Saturday Mar 25, 2023
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man is a 1933 American science fiction horror film directed by James Whale. Based on H. G. Wells' 1897 The Invisible Man and produced by Universal Pictures, the film stars Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, and William Harrigan. The film involves a Dr. Jack Griffin who is covered in bandages and has his eyes obscured by dark glasses, the result of a secret experiment that makes him invisible, taking lodging in the village of Iping. Never leaving his quarters, the stranger demands that the staff leave him completely alone until his landlady discovers he is invisible. Griffin returns to the laboratory of his mentor, Dr. Cranley, where he reveals his secret to Dr. Kemp (William Harrigan) and former fiancée Flora Cranley who soon learn that Griffin's discovery has driven him insane, leading him to prove his superiority over other people by performing harmless pranks at first and eventually turning to murder.
Abbott and Costello Meet the invisible Man (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man is a 1951 American science fiction comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Nancy Guild. The film depicts the misadventures of Lou Francis and Bud Alexander, two private detectives investigating the murder of a boxing promoter.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.05); Background History (24.57); The Invisible Man (1933) Film Trailer (27.42); The Original (28.40); Let's Rate (1:29.30); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:30.52); Introducing the Double Feature (1:32.06);Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1953) Film Trailer (1:32.36); The Attraction (1:34.32); How Many Stars (2:35.40); End Credits (2:47.08); Closing Credits (2:48.25)
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Closing Credits: Invisible by Alison Moyet. Taken from the album Alf. Copyright 1984 CBS Records
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Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Season 6: Episode 295 - MAKE/REMAKE: DOA (1950)/DOA (1988)
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
DOA (1949)
D.O.A. is a 1950 American film noir directed by Rudolph Maté, starring Edmond O'Brien and Pamela Britton. It is considered a classic of the genre. A fatally poisoned man tries to find out who has poisoned him and why. It was the film debuts of Beverly Garland (as Beverly Campbell) and Laurette Luez.
DOA (1988)
D.O.A. is a 1988 American neo-noir mystery thriller film and a remake of the 1950 film noir of the same name. While it shares the same premise, it has a different story and characters. The film was directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, and scripted by Charles Edward Pogue. The writers of the original film, Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene, share story credit with Pogue. It stars Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan and Charlotte Rampling, and was filmed in Austin, Texas and San Marcos, Texas.
Opening Credits; Introduction (.38); Background History (18.29); DOA (1950) Film Trailer (19.44); The Original (22.11); Let's Rate (39.27); Amazing Design Advertisement (52.24); Introducing a Remake (53.36); DOA (1988) Film Trailer (54.14); The Remake (55.47); How Many Stars (1:25.07); End Credits (1:29.47); Closing Credits (1:31.26)
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Closing Credits: Dead On Arrival by Fall Out Boy. Taken from the album Take This To Your Grave. Copyright 2003 Fueled by Ramen
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Saturday Feb 25, 2023
Season 6: Episode 291 - M&M: M (1931)/Badlands (1973)
Saturday Feb 25, 2023
Saturday Feb 25, 2023
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Closing Credits: Amor De Los Muertos by LVCRFT featuring La Llorona & Devil Dahlia. Taken from the album Dia De Los Muertos
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Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Season 6: Episode 290 - MAKE/REMAKE: Scarface (1931)/Scarface (1983)
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Scarface (1932)
Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard Hughes. The screenplay, by Ben Hecht, is based loosely on the 1929 novel by Armitage Trail which was inspired by Al Capone. The film stars Paul Muni as Italian immigrant gangster Antonio "Tony" Camonte, a gangster who violently rises through the Chicago gangland, with a supporting cast that includes George Raft and Boris Karloff. Camonte's rise to power dovetails with his relentless pursuit of his boss's mistress while his own sister pursues his best hitman. In an overt tie to the life of Capone, one scene depicts a version of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. After Hughes purchased the rights to Trail's novel, Hughes quickly selected Hawks to direct and Hecht to write the film's screenplay. Beginning in January 1931, Hecht wrote the script over an eleven-day period. Scarface was produced before the introduction of the Production Code in 1934, which enforced regulations on film content. However, the Hays Code, a more lenient precursor, called for major alterations, including a prologue condemning gangsters, an alternate ending to more clearly reprehend Camonte, and the alternative title The Shame of a Nation. The censors believed the film glorified violence and crime. These changes delayed the film by a year, though some showings retained the original ending. Modern showings of the film have the original ending, though some DVD releases also include the alternate ending as a feature; these versions maintain the changes Hughes and Hawks were required to make for approval by the Hays Office. No completely unaltered version is known to exist.
Scarface (1983)
Scarface is a 1983 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone. Loosely based on the 1929 novel of the same name and serving as a loose remake of the 1932 film, it tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Al Pacino), who arrives penniless in Miami during the Mariel boatlift and becomes a powerful and extremely homicidal drug lord. The film co-stars Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Robert Loggia. De Palma dedicated this version of Scarface to the writers of the original film, Howard Hawks and Ben Hecht. Pacino became interested in a remake of the 1932 version after seeing it, and he and producer Martin Bregman began to develop it. Sidney Lumet was initially hired to direct the film but was replaced by De Palma, who hired Stone to write the script. Filming took place from November 1982 to May 1983, in Los Angeles and Miami. The film's soundtrack was composed by Giorgio Moroder. Scarface premiered in New York City on December 1, 1983, and was released on December 9, 1983, by Universal Pictures. The film grossed $45 million at the domestic box office and $66 million worldwide. Initial critical reception was negative due to its excessive violence, profanity, and graphic drug usage. Some Cuban expatriates in Miami objected to the film's portrayal of Cubans as criminals
Opening Credits; Introduction (.37); Background History (31.40); Scarface (1932) Film Trailer (34.25); The Original (37.00); Let's Rate (1:18.47); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:23.06); Introducing a Remake (1:24.18); Scarface (1983) Film Trailer (1:26.21); The Remake (1:29.35); How Many Stars (2:32.14); End Credits (2:49.03); Closing Credits (2:50.36)
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Closing Credits: Gangsta Paradise by Coolio featuring LV. Taken from the album Gangsta Paradise, I am LV. Copyright 1995 Tommy Boy/Warner Brothers/MCA Records
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Saturday Jan 28, 2023
Saturday Jan 28, 2023
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1976 cross-genre film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, and Scott Jacoby. It was a co-production of Canada and France and written by Laird Koenig, based on his 1974 novel of the same title. The plot focuses on 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs (Foster), a child whose absent poet father and secretive behaviours prod the suspicions of her conservative small-town Maine neighbours. The adaptation, originally intended as a play, was filmed in Quebec on a small budget. The production later became the subject of controversy over reports that Foster had conflicts with producers over the filming and inclusion of a nude scene, but a 21-year-old body double (Foster's sister) was used. After a screening at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, a court challenge was launched regarding distribution, and a general release followed in 1977.
Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
Alice, Sweet Alice (originally titled Communion) is a 1976 American slasher film co-written and directed by Alfred Sole, and starring Linda Miller, Paula Sheppard, and Brooke Shields in her film debut. Set in 1961 New Jersey, the film focuses on a troubled adolescent girl who becomes a suspect in the brutal murder of her younger sister at her First Communion, as well as in a series of unsolved stabbings that follow. Inspired by Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973) and the films of Alfred Hitchcock, writer-director Sole devised the screenplay with Rosemary Ritvo, an English professor who was his neighbor. At the time, Sole had been working as an architect restoring historic buildings in his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey, and several properties he had worked on were used as shooting locations. Filming took place throughout the summer of 1975 in Paterson and Newark. The film premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival under its original title, Communion, in November 1976, and was released under this title in London in September 1977. After being acquired by Allied Artists, it was re-titled Alice, Sweet Alice, and released in the United States on November 18, 1977. Another theatrical re-release occurred in 1981 under the title Holy Terror, which marketed the popularity of Shields after her performance in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (1978). While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic, and was controversial in Ireland due to its apparent anti-Catholic themes.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.06); Background History (33.19); The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane (1976) Film Trailer (36.06); The Original (37.02); Let's Rate (1:22.57); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:43.44); Introducing the Double Feature (1:44.27); Alice Sweet Alice (1976) Film Trailer (1:46.31); The Attraction (1:48.12); How Many Stars (3:01.15); End Credits (3:23.15); Closing Credits (3:24.19)
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Closing Credits: Thank Heaven For Little Girls by Maurice Chevalier. Taken from the original Broadway production of GIGI. Copyright 1958 MGM Records
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Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Season 6: Episode 285 - MAKE/REMAKE: Castle Freak (1995/2020)
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Castle Freak (1995)
Castle Freak is a 1995 American direct-to-video horror film directed by Stuart Gordon. The film stars Jeffrey Combs as John Reilly, an American recovering alcoholic who inherits an Italian castle when a distant relative passes away. John travels to Italy with his estranged wife Susan (Barbara Crampton) and blind daughter Rebecca (Jessica Dollarhide). The three plan to stay at the castle, but unbeknownst to them, a freakish monster locked away in the basement of the castle is about to escape and commit a series of murders. The police place John as the prime suspect, leading him to confront his alcoholism, fight the demon and prove himself innocent. Castle Freak went into production in 1994 after Gordon noticed art for the film in producer Charles Band's office. Gordon agreed to develop the film on Band's condition that the film take place in a castle, contain a freak, and would be shot on a very low budget. Gordon obliged as he would be able to cast who he wanted in the film and would get the final cut. The film was shot in 1994 in a castle owned by Band in Italy, where Gordon had previously shot The Pit and the Pendulum.
Castle Freak (2020)
Castle Freak is a 2020 American direct-to-video horror film that was directed by Tate Steinsiek. It has been billed as a reboot of the 1995 Stuart Gordon film by the same name, which is a loose adaptation of the stories "The Outsider" and "The Dunwich Horror" by H.P. Lovecraft.
Opening Credits; Introduction (.40); Background History (29.18); Castle Freak (1995) Film Trailer (30.35); The Original (32.43); Let's Rate (1:10.15); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:30.27); Introducing a Remake (1:31.38); Castle Freak (2020) Film Trailer (1:32.06); The Remake (1:34.09); How Many Stars (2:18.31); End Credits (2:29.58); Closing Credits (2:31.48)
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Closing Credits: Freak Like Me by The Sugababes. Taken from the album Angels With Dirty Faces. Copyright 2002 Island/Universal Records.
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Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Season 6: Episode 282 - M&M: Eating Raoul (1984)/Cannibal The Musical (1994)
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Cannibal the Musical (1993)
Cannibal! The Musical (originally known as Alferd Packer: The Musical) is a 1993 American black comedy musical film directed, written, produced, co-scored by and starring Trey Parker in his directorial debut while studying at the University of Colorado at Boulder, before reaching fame with South Park alongside his friend Matt Stone who also stars in and produced the film. It is loosely based on the true story of Alferd Packer and the sordid details of the trip from Utah to Colorado that left his five fellow travelers dead and partially eaten. Trey Parker (credited as Juan Schwartz) stars as Alferd Packer, with frequent collaborators Stone, Dian Bachar, and others playing the supporting roles. A live staged version was performed at Sierra College, in Rocklin, California, in May 1998. It was followed by Dad's Garage Theater, Atlanta Georgia, in the fall of 1998. The Dad's Garage version is highlighted in the special features of Troma's DVD release of the movie. The show has continued to find small theaters and audiences across America and beyond for many years. In 2001, a production was staged Off-Broadway at the Kraine Theater on East 4th Street in New York. A large-scale stage production was produced by The Rival Theatre Company at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It featured West End performers. It was executive produced by Jason McHugh and directed by Frazer Brown
Eating Raoul (1982)
Eating Raoul is a 1982 American black comedy film written, directed by and starring Paul Bartel with Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr., Buck Henry, and Susan Saiger. It is about a prudish married couple (Bartel and Woronov) who resort to killing and robbing affluent swingers to earn money for their dream restaurant. The writers commissioned a single-issue comic book based on the film for promotion; it was created by underground comix creator Kim Deitch. It would also become a hit off Broadway musical.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.05); Amazing Design Advertisement (52.51); Background History (54.04); Eating Raoul Film Trailer (54.49); The Original (56.25); Let's Rate (1:42.42); Introducing the Double Feature (1:48.50); Cannibal – The Musical Film Trailer (1:51.11); The Attraction (1:52.53); How Many Stars (2:35.19); Over All Thought (2:36.09) End Credits (2:41.52; Closing Credits (2:43.21)
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Closing Credits: Eat Me – Demi Lovatto Featuring Ryan and Serpent. -. Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Holy Fvck’. Copyright 2022 Island Records.
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Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Season 6: Episode 277 - M&M: Double Indemnity (1944)/Basic Instinct (1992)
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity is a 1944 American crime film noir directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. The screenplay was based on James M. Cain's 1943 novel of the same title, which appeared as an eight-part serial for the Liberty magazine in February 1936. The film stars Fred MacMurray as an insurance salesman, Barbara Stanwyck as a provocative housewife who is accused of killing her husband, and Edward G. Robinson as a claims adjuster whose job is to find phony claims. The term "double indemnity" refers to a clause in certain life insurance policies that doubles the payout in cases when the death is accidental. Praised by many critics when first released, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards but did not win any. Widely regarded as a classic, it often is cited as having set the standard for film noir.
Basic Instinct (1992)
Basic Instinct is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. The film follows San Francisco police detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas), who is investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy rock star. During the investigation, Curran becomes involved in a torrid and intense relationship with the prime suspect, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), an enigmatic writer. Eszterhas developed the script in the 1980s. It became a subject of a bidding war until Carolco Pictures acquired the rights to the film. From there, Verhoeven signed on to direct and Douglas and Stone joined the project, after many actresses were considered for the role of Tramell. Before its release, Basic Instinct generated controversy due to its overt sexuality and violence, including a rape scene. Gay rights activists criticized the film's depiction of homosexual relationships and the portrayal of a bisexual woman as a murderous psychopath. In one scene, Stone's vulva was filmed as she crossed her legs, which she claimed was done without her knowledge, a claim denied by the director. There are several cuts available.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.05); Amazing Design Advertisement (20.54); Background History (22.06); Double Indemnity (1944) Film Trailer (23.41); The Original (25.54); Let's Rate (1:19.08); Introducing the Double Feature (1:36.27); Basic Instinct (1992) Film Trailer (1:39.07); The Attraction (1:41.16); How Many Stars (2:37.14); End Credits (2:41.56); Closing Credits (2:43.10)
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Closing Credits: Man Smart, Women Smarter – by Harry Belafonte. Taken from the album Calypso. Copyright 1955 RCA Victor
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Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
The Women (1939)
The Women is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor. The film is based on Clare Boothe Luce's 1936 play of the same name, and was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin, who had to make the film acceptable for the Production Code for it to be released. The film stars Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Mary Boland, Florence Nash, and Virginia Grey. Marjorie Main and Phyllis Povah also appear, reprising their stage roles from the play. Ruth Hussey, Virginia Weidler, Butterfly McQueen, and Hedda Hopper also appear in smaller roles. Fontaine was the last surviving actress with a credited role in the film; she died in 2013. It is also important to note that even the animals and pets are all female. The film continued the play's all-female tradition—the entire cast of more than 130 speaking roles was female. Set in the glamorous Manhattan apartments of high society evoked by Cedric Gibbons, and in Reno, Nevada, where they obtain their divorces, it presents an acidic commentary on the pampered lives and power struggles of various rich, bored wives and other women they come into contact with. Filmed in black and white, it includes a six-minute fashion parade filmed in Technicolor, featuring Adrian's most outré designs; often cut in modern screenings, it has been restored by Turner Classic Movies. On DVD, the original black-and-white fashion show, which is a different take, is available for the first time.
The Opposite Sex (1956)
The Opposite Sex is a 1956 American musical romantic comedy film shot in Metrocolor and CinemaScope.[3][4] The film was directed by David Miller and stars June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, and Ann Miller, with Leslie Nielsen, Jeff Richards, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood, Joan Blondell, and Sam Levene.
The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy film The Women. Both films are based on Clare Boothe Luce's original 1936 play.
Unlike the 1936 play and the 1939 film adaptation, The Opposite Sex includes musical numbers and features male actors who portray the husbands and boyfriends, whose characters were only referred to in the previous film and stage versions.[6] This alters the structure and tone of the base storyline significantly.
Opening Credits; Introduction (.37); Background History (42.13);The Women (1939) Film Trailer (44.51); The Original (48.16); Let's Rate (1:43.07); Amazing Design (1:59.54); Introducing a Remake (2:01.07); The Opposite Sex (1956) Film Trailer (2:01.41); The Remake (2:05.22); How Many Stars (2:44.07); End Credits (2:58.26); Closing Credits (3:00.39)
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Closing Credits: There’s Always A Woman – by Kaye Ballard and Sally Mayes Taken from the album Unsung Sondheim. Copyright 1993 Varese Sarabande
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Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Season 6: Episode 271 - MAKE/REMAKE: The Mummy (1932)/The Mummy (1999)
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy is a 1932 pre-code American supernatural horror film directed by Karl Freund and stars Boris Karloff. In the film, Karloff stars as an ancient Egyptian mummy named Imhotep, who is discovered by a team of archaeologists and inadvertently brought back to life by a magic scroll being read aloud. Disguised as a modern Egyptian named Ardeth Bey, Imhotep searches for his lost love, who he believes has been reincarnated as a modern girl. In recent times, the film has drawn criticisms for orientalism and the “othering” of Egyptian culture.
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy, the 1999 American fantasy action-adventure film is a remake of the 1932 film starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Kevin J O’Connor. he film follows adventurer Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian and her older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers. The film would spawn three sequels and be a box office success making over $416.4million worldwide.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.05); Background History (20.03); The Mummy (1932) Film Trailer (21.44); The Original (23.18); Amazing Design Advertisement (52.37); Introducing a Remake (53.49); The Mummy (1999) Film Trailer (55.36); The Remake (57.43); How Many Stars (2.05.29); End Credits (2:20.01); Closing Credits (2:21.37)
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Closing Credits: The Mummy Song (Egyptian Trilogy 1) by Colin Buchanan. Taken from the album I Want My Mummy. Copyright 1993 Wanaaring Road Music..
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Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Creature From the Black Lagoon is a black and white 3D monster horror film directed by Jack Arnold. The film's plot follows a group of scientists who encounter a piscine amphibious humanoid in the waters of the Amazon; the Creature, also known as the Gill-man, was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning underwater. The film was filmed in 3D using a black and white polarised light method which is used today. On the video and beta version released in the 80s they would change this to the red and blue tinted glasses.
Shape of Water (2017)
Shape of Water is a 2017 romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo Del Toro and is his love letter to The Creature From the Black Lagoon. Set in 1962, Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows a mute cleaner at a high security government facility who falls in love with a humanoid amphibian creature. She decides to help him escape from the hands of the evil colonel. The film would be nominated for 13 Academy Awards and would win three including Best Picture. After viewing Creature from a young age, Del Toro wanted to make a film where the creature and woman end up together at the end.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.06); Background History (23.05);Creature from the Black Lagoon Film Trailer (25.09); The Horror (26.48); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:02.02); Introducing the Double Feature (1:03.13); Shape of Water Film Trailer (1:05.11); The Attraction (1:08.05); How Many Stars (2:07.15); End Credits (2:16.20); Closing Credits (2:18.29)
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Closing Credits: You’ll Never Know by Renee Fleming. Taken from the Shape of Water Soundtrack. Copyright 2017 Decca Records
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Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Season 6: Episode 264 - MAKE/REMAKE: Batman (1989)/Batman Begins (2005)
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Batman (1989)
Tim Burton’s take on the Batman pathos would be a ground-breaking and box office winner which would take the world by storm. The film would divert from the Red Hood storyline as an origin story for the Joker but would give him a different story as Jack Napier, local gangster, falling into chemical acid to become the psychotic Joker. The film would be shot in England at Pinewood Studios with an inflated budget of $48million and would earn $400million at the box office. The film would take its inspiration between Alan Moore’s and Ryan Bolland’s The Killing Joke and Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.
Batman Begins (2005)
Batman Begins is a reimaging of the Batman with Christopher Nolan giving the film a darker and more realistic tone. The campiness would be laid to rest, and we would have a more serious tone. The film would give a retelling of the origin story with more complex themes. It would use three sources which includes The Man Who Falls, Batman: Year One and Batman: The Long Halloween. The film would be a box office success and would be the start of the trilogy now known as The Dark Knight Trilogy.
Opening Credits; Introduction (.38); Amazing Design Ad (11.18); Introduction Part 2 (12.30); Background History (34.54); Batman (1989) Film Trailer (36.15); The Original (38.04); Introducing a Remake (1:34.42); Batman Begins Film Trailer (1:36.25); The Remake (1:38.44); Preference Original or Remake (2:29.18); End Credits (2:38.09); Closing Credits (2:40.25)
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Closing Credits: The Man Inside by David Fionix (single) Copyright 2020 EO Records. https://davidfionix.com/about-me/
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Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Season 5: Episode 260 - THE 80’S: Motel Hell (1980)/American Gothic (1988).
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Motel Hell (1980)
An American comedy horror film directed by Kevin Connor[2] and starring Rory Calhoun, Nancy Parsons, and Nina Axelrod. The plot follows farmer, butcher, motel manager, and meat entrepreneur Vincent Smith, who traps travellers and harvests them for his human sausages.
Because of its low budget, the original intent was to make a serious horror film, with moments of disturbing wit and irony. It is often seen as a satire of modern horror films such as Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
American Gothic (1988)
This American slasher film is directed by John Hough and starring Rod Steiger, Yvonne DeCarlo and Michael J Pollard. You either love this or you hate it. Critics were mixed with one critic stating…. the film "comes through with an impressive array of truly sicko surprises... Rod Steiger and Yvonne DeCarlo are consistently entertaining in what may be the most humiliating roles of their already checkered careers.
Opening Credits/Introduction (1.51); Oh My GOD!!! (48.51); Motel Hell Trailer (49.50); That Is Like So Tubular (52.33); It Is Totally Rad (1:34.28); American Gothic Trailer (1:35.33); Bodacious Talk (1:38.05); Reflecting on the 80’s (2:24.14); End Credits (2:36.54); Closing Theme (2:38.54)
Opening Credits– Planet Synth by Dan Hughes
Closing Credits – Thank God I’m A Country Boy by John Denver. Taken from the album Back Home Again. Copyright 1974 RCA Victor
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Saturday Jul 16, 2022
Season 5: Episode 256 - THE 80S: Society (1989)/Parents (1989)
Saturday Jul 16, 2022
Saturday Jul 16, 2022
Society (1989)
American body horror film directed by Brian Yuzna, and starring Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez, Evan Richards, and Ben Meyerson. Its plot follows a Beverly Hills teenager who finds his wealthy parents are part of a gruesome cult for the social elite.
Though the film was completed in 1989, it was not released until 1992. It was Yuzna's directorial debut and was written by Rick Fry and Woody Keith. Screaming Mad George was responsible for the special effects. For the film's most surreal and gory sequence, the "shunting," Yuzna based it on his nightmares. The sequence was further inspired by The Great Masturbator, a Dali painting.
Parents (1989)
An American black comedy horror film directed by Bob Balaban and written by Christopher Hawthorne. It stars Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis and Bryan Madorsky. The New York Times wrote "The satire of the 50s is more bland than biting, dependent on authentically garish costumes and sets. And when the horror-film scenes begin to intrude on normal life (what is hanging from the cellar ceiling, anyway?) Mr. Balaban can't make the dark elements seem comic enough to mesh with the rest of this nightmarish joke."
Opening Credits/Introduction (1:51); Oh My GOD!!! (32.24); Society (1989) Trailer (34.04); That Is Like So Tubular (35.35); It Is Totally Rad (1:15.28); It’s Like Another One (1:20.00); Parents (1989) Trailer (1:20.50); Bodacious Talk (2:05.19); Such A Wastoid (2:11.02); End Credits (2:11.16); Closing Theme (2:18.12)
Opening Credits– Classical Jingle by Dan Hughes
Closing Credits – XS by Rina Samayama. Taken from the album Samayama. Copyrights 2020 Dirt Records.
Rina Samyama’s new album. Hold That Girl out 02 September 2022.
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Saturday Jul 16, 2022
Season 5: Episode 255 - MAKE/REMAKE: La Cage Aux Folles (1979)/The Birdcage (1996)
Saturday Jul 16, 2022
Saturday Jul 16, 2022
La Cage Aux Folles (1978)
The Birdcage (1996)
The 1978 International comedy hit film started out as a Paris stage play in 1976. The film would be released and become a big hit in the United States at the time. Considered its subject matter, the film was adored and loved. It would win multiple awards including a Golden Globe and be adapted into a hit Broadway musical. Birdcage would could out with an all star cast which would include the late Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman and Diane Weist. The film directed by Mike Nicholas and adapted by Elaine May would become a box office success.
Opening Credits; Introduction (2.02); Introduction to La Cage Aux Folles (1978) (14.34); La Cage Aux Folles Trailer (1978) (16.00); The Original (17.32); Introduction to The Birdcage (1996) (1:07.19); The Birdcage (1996) Trailer (1:07.56); The Remake (1:10.12); Final Thoughts (1:53.02): End Credits (2:04.28); Closing Credits (2:07.07)
Opening Credits– Classic Jingle by Dan Hughes. Copyright LLPodcast 2021
Closing Credits – Who’s Gonna Save You Now by Rina Samayama. Taken from the album Samayama. Copyrights 2020 Dirt Records.
Rina Samyama’s new album. Hold That Girl out 02 September 2022.
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Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Night of the Creeps (1986)
An American science fiction horror comedy film written and directed by Fred Dekker in his feature directorial debut, starring Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow and Tom Atkins. The film is an earnest attempt at a B movie and homage to the genre. While the main plot of the film is related to zombies, the film also mixes in takes on slashers and alien invasion films. Director Fred Dekker originally wanted to shoot the film in black and white. He included every B movie cliche he could think of and insisted on directing the script himself. Most of the main characters (Romero, Carpenter, Raimi, Cameron, Hooper, Cronenberg, Cameron) are named after horror movie makers. The script was written in a week.
Night of the Comet (1984)
An American science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Thom Eberhardt It stars Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, and Kelli Maroney as survivors of a comet that has turned most people into either dust or zombies. The film would gain a cult following and influence the character of Buffy Sommers. inspiration came from real-life teenage girls whom he met while filming PBS specials. Without telling the girls details about the script's premise, he asked them to describe how they would react to an apocalyptic event. The girls saw the scenario as an exciting adventure and only saw a downside to the experience when Eberhardt brought up the subject of dating. Using their answers, Eberhardt wrote the script to be lighthearted and adventuresome.
Opening Credits/Introduction (1.51); Oh My GOD!!! (13.46); Night of the Creeps Trailer (19.51); That Is Like So Tubular (21.18); It Is Totally Rad (44.42); Night of the Comet Trailer (45.44); Bodacious Talk (48.14); Take A Chill Pill (1:05.35); End Credits (1:06.40); Closing Theme (1:08.02)
Opening Credits– Planet Synth by Dan Hughes
Closing Credits – I Surrender (To the Spirit of the Night) – by Samantha Fox. Taken from the album Samantha Fox. Copyright 1987 Jive Records
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Saturday Jun 11, 2022
Season 5: Episode 251 - MAKE/REMAKE: Dawn of the Dead (1978)/Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
In 1978, George Romero decided that he was going to make a sequel to his seminal Night of the Living Dead and looked at American consumerism. Dario and Claudio Argento help to co-finance with European distribution rights and using music by Goblin. The film would be a huge hit in Europe but would suffer at the hands of American censors. The remake, directed by Zack Snyder would become a box office success and surprisingly a success with critics. Snyder used the millennial fast moving zombies which was cleverly used in the UK film 28 Days Later and changed some aspects of the main story.
Opening Credits; Introduction (2.02); Introduction to Dawn of the Dead (1978) (24.54); Dawn of the Dead (1978) (27.31); The Original (30.10); Let’s Rate an Original (139.53); Introduction to Dawn of the Dead (2004) (1:54.02); Dawn of the Dead (2004) Trailer (1:57.01); The Remake (1:59.29); Final Thoughts (2:55.06): End Credits (2:59.30); Closing Credits (3:00.44)
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Closing Credits – Down With The Sickness by Disturbed – Taken from the album The Sickness. Copyright 2000 Giant and Reprise Records
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Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Season 5\;Episode 248 - THE 80s: One Dark Night (1983)/ Lady In White (1988)
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Lady in White (1988)
An American supernatural mystery film directed, produced, written and scored by Frank LaLoggia, and starring Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco and Katherine Helmond. The plot follows a schoolboy in 1962 upstate New York who becomes embroiled in the mystery surrounding a series of child murders after he witnesses the ghost of a young girl who was murdered in his school's coat closet.
Much of filming took place in Lyons, New York, which took advantage of the appropriate local lore and scenery. The story is based on a version of The Lady in White legend, concerning a woman who supposedly searches for her daughter in Durand-Eastman Park in Rochester, New York, where the director hails from.
One Dark Night (1983)
An American supernatural horror film directed by Tom McLoughlin and starring Meg Tilly, E. G. Daily, and Adam West. The film follows three teenagers sent to a mausoleum for the night as part of a high school initiation rite. A dead, telekinetic occultist returns from the dead and haunts them, forcing the three to survive the night inside the crypt.
The film was conceived and filmed under the title Rest in Peace before Poltergeist, but due to post-production problems, the film was delayed and was released in theatres in 1983. After a period of four years failing to sell the script to various studios McLoughlin and Hawes found a group of Mormon investors who were willing to finance the film for one million dollars on the condition that they started filming in three weeks.
Opening Credits/Introduction (01.52); With Nothing To Say Kitten Podcast (19.08); Oh My GOD!!! (19.39; One Dark Night Trailer (19.49); What’s the Gag (22.21); That Is Like So Tubular (22.57); It Is Totally Rad (1:04.14); Lady In White Trailer (1:04.48); Bodacious Talk (1:06.42); Firey Kitten Podcast (2:09.29); End Credits (2:10.04); Closing Theme (2:11.35)
Opening Credits– Planet Synth by Dan Hughes
Closing Credits – Did You Ever See A Dream Walking by Bing Crosby. Taken from the album The Very Best of Bing Crosby. Copyright 1933. Universal Classics.
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Saturday Mar 26, 2022
Season 5: Episode 241 - THE 80’S: Nekromantik (1987)/Basket Case (1982)
Saturday Mar 26, 2022
Saturday Mar 26, 2022
Nekromantik (1987)
West German horror exploitation film co-written and directed by Jörg Buttgereit. It is known to be frequently controversial, banned in a number of countries, and has become a cult film over the years due to its transgressive subject matter (including necrophilia) and audacious imagery.
The film is currently banned outright in Iceland, Norway, Malaysia, Singapore, and the provinces of Nova Scotia and Ontario in Canada. In 1992, the Australian Classification Board banned the film outright in Australia due to "graphic necrophilia content". In 1993, the film was banned in Finland. The film was banned outright by the New Zealand Office of Film and Literature Classification in 1999 due to "revolting, objectionable content (necrophilia, high impact violence, animal cruelty and abhorrent behavior)". The film is banned in a number of other countries as well.
Basket Case (1982)
This American horror film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter, and produced by Edgar Ievins. Kevin Van Hentenryck stars as a normal-looking person who seeks vengeance for the unwanted surgery that separated him from his deformed conjoined twin brother.
The movie was shot on 16 mm film. Basket Case had a budget of only about $35,000, financed by a small production team largely with its own rental money to enable the film to be realized. Director Henenlotter did not have control over the post-production, and the result was dark, murky, and converted to a different aspect ratio. The film was shot in part on Manhattan's 42nd Street. Henenlotter wrote the film as he walked around Times Square, which he called a "seedy, wonderful atmosphere."
The special effects for Belial consist largely of a puppet in some scenes and stop motion in others. When Belial's hand is seen attacking his victims, it is really a glove worn by Henenlotter. The puppet is used in scenes with an actor and where the eyes glow red. The sequence for Belial's rampage used stop motion animation.
We are joined by Matthew Brockmeyer, novelist.
Opening Credits/Introduction (1.51); Oh My GOD!!! (51.13); Nekromantik Trailer (52.11); That Is Like So Tubular (53.06); What’s The Word (1:35.42); It Is Totally Rad (1:40.066); Basket Case Trailer (1:41.00); Bodacious Talk (1:41.54); Such A Wastoid (2:20.32);; End Credits (2:29.36)); Closing Theme (2:30.37)
Opening Credits– Planet Synth by Dan Hughes
Closing Credits – Wild Sex (In The Working Class) by Oingo Boingo. Taken from the album Nothing To Fear. Copyright 1982 A&M Records
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