Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Season 6: Episode 265 - DOCTOR WHO: An Unearthly Child
The Literary License Podcast
We compare the Book to the Screen and Everything Inbetween
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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 Sep 10, 2022
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
Batman: The Animated Series:
Episodes 1 – 4
On Leather Wings - A mysterious bat like creatures starts terrorising Gotham City and the Caped Crusader must solve the mystery to clear his name.
Christmas With The Joker - After escaping Arkham Asylum on Christmas Eve, he terrorises Gotham by taking on Batman and Robin to find his hidden studio and free the hostages which include Commissioner Gordon, Detective Bullock and Summer Gleason.
Nothing To Fear - Batman encounters the Scarecrow and attempts to foil his scheme of burning down Gotham University but in the process is exposed to Scarecrow’s fear gas and is forced to face his guilt and the death of his parents.
The Last Laugh - The Joker infects Gotham with laughing gas but when Alfred is infected, Batman has added incentive to find an antidote before all of Gotham and Alfred die with a smile.
We are joined by Sean Steffen.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.29); Episode One: On Leather Wings (32.42); Episode Two: Christmas With the Joker (1:03.27); Episode Three: Nothing To Fear (1:27.00); Episode Four: The Last Laugh (1:43.21); Amazing Design Advertisement (2:07.40); Favourite Episode (2:08.51); Favourite Character (2:12.26); Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel (2:19.03); Closing Credits (2:20.37)
Opening Credits– Batman Animated Theme by Danny Elfman. Taken from Batman The Animated Series 0 Copyright 1992 Warner Music
Incidental Music – Batman Drives to Gotham/14 Seconds Opening/Joker Jingle Bells/Nothing To Fear/Alfred Loses It/Griffin Theme/Question Mark Motif – By Shirley Walker, Taken from Batman: The Animated Series Soundtrack album. Copyright 1992 Warner Music
Closing Credits – Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself) – by Oingo Boingo taken from the album Nothing to Fear. Copyright 1982 – IRS/A&M records.
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Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Book: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
By Henry Farrell
Film: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
(1962)
This American horror gothic suspense novel was published in 1960. The novel has since received cult status as would the film from 1962.
The film, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford and directed by Robert Aldrich would become a cult classic and the filming would become Hollywood legend with a book and miniseries about the making of the film proving to be a top best seller and highly rated television miniseries. The film follows a former child star terrorising her paraplegic sister in an old Hollywood Mansion.
The film would be nominated five Oscars and receiving one for Best Costume Design. It would also be the tenth and last time Bette Davis would be nominated for an Oscar. The film would receive an “X” rating in the UK in 1962 and it would be start of hag horror films which would become a stable for the next ten years. The film in 2021 was selected for preservation in the United States National Registry by the Library of Congress.
Opening Credits; Introduction (2.33); Background History (24.46); Plot Synopsis (25.31); Book Thoughts(31.32); Let's Rate (1:10.23); Introducing a Film (1:13.12); Film Trailer (1:15.21); Lights, Camera, Action (1:17.14); How Many Stars (2:15.44); End Credits (2:28.20); Closing Credits (2:30.48)
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Closing Credits: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane by Debbie Burton and Bette Davis. Taken from the album Whatever Happened to Baby Jane soundtrack. Copyright 1962 – Warner Music
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Saturday Aug 27, 2022
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
Born in Illinois, USA in 1943, James (better known as Jim) Storm is a character actor who began on the stage in the mid-1960s and quickly moved into soap opera where he thrived on such series as "One Life to Live", "Dark Shadows", and "The Bold and the Beautiful", also appearing in guest roles on many prime-time TV series including "The Rockford Files" and "St. Elsewhere". Though often cast in minor roles in films, he has delivered complex performances such as the tough-on-the-outside junkyard owner Duncan, a.k.a., "Big D", in "Chain Link" (2008). He is a musician, actor and a well regarded photographer. He is joined by his lovely wife Valerie Storm.
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 Aug 20, 2022
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (2005)
The pre-code monster horror fantasy film was released on an unexpected film audience who were in awe of the special effects, story and Fay Wray making her a star. Using stop motion animation to give Kong a life like appearance help him endear to audience. The lines of who is the villain and who is the hero are very blurred. In 2005, Peter Jackson decided to remake his own version and using the original script. He wanted to include scenes initially cut from the original script due to technology and budget. Peter Jackson’s film would be the fourth biggest box office film of 2005.
Opening Credits; Introduction (2.02); Background History (19.17); Film Trailer (20.41); The Original (22.11); Introducing a Remake (1:18.57); Film Trailer (1:21.11); The Remake (1:23.57); Preference Original or Remake (2:10.06); End Credits (2:10.40); Closing Credits (2:14.25)
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Closing Credits – King Kong Song by Abba. Taken from the album Waterloo. Copyright 1974 Polar Music.
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Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Book:
The Rats
By James Herbert
Film:
Deadly Eyes (1982)
A horror novel by British writer James Herbert. This was Herbert's first novel and included graphic depictions of death and mutilation. Herbert became inspired to write The Rats in early 1972, whilst watching Tod Browning's Dracula; specifically, after seeing the scene where Renfield describes a nightmare he had involving hordes of rats. Linking the film to childhood memories he had of rats in the London suburbs, Herbert stated in later interviews that he wrote the book primarily as a pastime; "It seemed like a good idea at the time, I was as naive as that." The manuscript was typed by Herbert's wife Eileen, who sent it off after nine months to nine different publishers
The Canadian horror film directed by Robert Clouse, very loosely based on the 1974 horror novel The Rats by James Herbert. The story revolves around giant black rats who begin eating the residents of Toronto after ingesting contaminated grain. Dachshunds wearing rat suits were used in the filming of Deadly Eyes to achieve the effect of super-sized rodents. James Herbert, who wrote the novel upon which the film was based, was displeased with what the filmmakers did to his story, and described it as "terrible ... absolute rubbish.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.01); Plot Synopsis (13.21); Forming the Plot (14.22); Book Thoughts (18.57); Scoring the Book (46.03); Book of the Season (49.56); Introducing a Film (56.00); Film Trailer (56.41); Lights, Camera, Action (58.44); Epilogue (1:23.48); Film of the Season (1:26.46); End Credits (1:32.08); Closing Credits (1:33.24)
Opening Credits– Classical Jingle by Dan Hughes
Closing Credits – The Rat by The Walkmen. Taken from the album Bows & Arrows. Copyright 2004 Record Collection.
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Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
August 1970
Episodes 1071 - 1091
September 1970
Episodes 1092 - 1113
We travel back to the present that is 1970. Daphne makes an appearance with Gerard creating devastating effects. A dollhouse shows us that maybe we are not in control of our lives as we once thought. Sebastian finds himself in the middle of supernatural occurrences. Julia escapes through the staircase of time. The Barnabas/Maggie storyline takes a turn with a new vampire on the scene. Julia goes back to 1840 and meets a much older Ben Stokes.
Special Thank You to Patrick McCray for stepping in.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.07); Into The Shadows: Scene One- Back to the 70’s (5.56; Scene Two – The Daphne Effect (59.01); Scene Three – The Youngsters Are At It Again (1:19.06); Scene Four – Let’s Foreshadow the 1840s (1:41.33); Scene Five – The Cure That Just Won’t Take (1:52.21); Scene Six – Living It Up in 1840 (2:02.12); Shedding Some Light (2:19.00); Character Breaks (2:22.00); Tune In Next Time (2:26.41); Closing Credits (2:27.47)
Opening Credits – Dark Shadows Theme – by Robert Cobert
Closing Credits – This Hell by Rina Samayama. Taken from the upcoming album Hold That Girl. Copyrights 2022 Dirt Records.
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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
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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Friday Jul 08, 2022
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Book
Battle Royale
By Koushun Takami
Film:
Battle Royale (1999)
Originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999. The story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional authoritarian Japanese government known as the Republic of Greater East Asia.
The dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 Japan Horror Fiction Awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other. Upon publication in 1999, the novel became a surprise bestseller.
In 2000, one year after publication, Battle Royale was adapted into a manga series, written by Takami himself, and a feature film. The film was both controversial and successful, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films as well as prompting condemnation by Japan's National Diet. The film spawned a sequel, and two more brief manga adaptations were also created. Suzanne Collins author of The Hunger Games would be accused of ripping off the plot of Battle Royale.
The Japanese action-thriller film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, with a screenplay written by Kenta Fukasaku, Starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarō Yamamoto, and Takeshi Kitano, the film follows a group of junior high-school students that are forced to fight to the death by the Japanese totalitarian government. The film drew controversy, and was banned or excluded from distribution in several countries; Toei Company refused to sell the film to any United States distributor for over a decade due to concerns about potential controversy and lawsuits, until Anchor Bay Entertainment eventually acquired the film in 2010 for a direct-to-video release.
Battle Royale became a cultural phenomenon, and is considered one of the most influential films in recent decades, having been highly influential in global popular culture. Since the film's release, the term "battle royale" has been redefined to refer to a fictional narrative genre and/or mode of entertainment inspired by the film, where a select group of people are instructed to kill each other off until there is a triumphant survivor. It has inspired numerous media, including films, books, animation, comics, visual novels, and video games; the battle royale game genre, for example, is based on the film.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.01); Forming the Plot (09.20); Plot Synopsis (11.18); Book Thoughts (18.07); Queston of the Week (46.20); How many stars? (52.41); Introducing a Film (55.27); Battle Royale Film Trailer (58.18); Lights, Camera, Action (1:00.14); Epilogue (1:21.51); End Credits (1:24.21); Closing Credits (1:25.47)
Opening Credits– Classical Jingle by Dan Hughes
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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Sunday Jul 03, 2022
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
June 1970
Episodes 1026 - 1047
July 1970
Episodes 1048 - 1070
Alexis/Angelique saga continues as tries to get rid of Maggie and step into her sister’s shoes, literally. Quentin still grumpy and jumping from one girl to the next. Maggie gets accused of witchcraft and gets kidnapped again. The Jekyll and Hyde storyline comes to a close. The Hoffman gets rid of the maid and comes into parallel time as herself. The Rebecca storyline comes to an end. Barnabas and Julia find themselves in 1994 and everyone has gone mad. The ghost of Daphne makes an appearance as we step back into time in parallel time.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.07); Into The Shadows: Scene One- The Saga of Angelique (14.01); Scene Two – The Perils of Maggie (24.12); Scene Three – A Tale of Two Hoffmans (42.03); Scene Four – Who Is Doing The Murdering (48.02); Scene Five – Steal A Body – Get A New Character (53.47); Scene Six – Snap Into 1995 (1:02.52); Shedding Some Light (1:20.30); Character Breaks (1:26.40); Tune In Next Time (1:31.02); Closing Credits (1:32.39)
Opening Credits – Dark Shadows Theme – by Robert Cobert
You Must Love Me – Elena Rogers – Original Broadway Argentina Revial Cast – Evita – Original Cast Recording. Copyright 2012 – Masterworks Broadway Records
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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
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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Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Book:
From Beyond
HP Lovecraft
Film:
From Beyond (1986)
Written in 1920 and first published in 1934, Lovecraft’s short story. The story is told from the first-person perspective of an unnamed narrator and details his experiences with a scientist named Crawford Tillinghast. Tillinghast creates an electronic device that emits a resonance wave, which stimulates an affected person's pineal gland, thereby allowing them to perceive planes of existence outside the scope of accepted reality. These characters would be minor characters in Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward or aka Reanimator.
Stuart Gordon’s body horror film is loosely based on the short story by Lovecraft and stars Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree and Ted Sorel. From Beyond centers on a pair of scientists attempting to stimulate the pineal gland with a device called the Resonator. An unforeseen result of their experiments is the ability to perceive creatures from another dimension that proceed to drag the head scientist into their world, returning him as a grotesque shape-shifting monster that preys upon the others at the laboratory. Gordon made use of medical advisors to be sure that the actions taken by the doctors and nurses of the film followed proper medical procedures.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.01);Firey Kitten Podcast (25.31); Plot Synopsis (26.01); From Beyond Synopsis (26.24); Forming the Plot (28.03); Book Thoughts (54.03); Introducing a Film (1:01.02); From Beyond Film Trailer (1:02.42); Lights, Camera, Action (1:03.42); Epilogue (1:51.58); Nothing To Say Podcast (1:56.36); End Credits (1:57.05); Closing Credits (1:58.28)
Opening Credits– Classical Jingle by Dan Hughes
Closing Credits – (This Will Be) An Everlasting Love by Natalie Cole. Taken from the album Inseparable. Copyright 1975 Capitol Records
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Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
April 1970
Episodes 983 - 1005
May 1970
Episodes 1006 - 1025
As we enter Parallel time, we find our selves in Rebecca storylines as Dark Shadows tries to emanate the Hitchcock classic with Maggie trying to fill the shoes of the dead wife. Alexis/Angelique rework Edgar Allen Poe’s Tomb of Ligeia as Robert Louis Stephenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde storyline gets its own Dark Shadows twist. We have a ghost of Dameon Edwards which no one knows the reasoning behind this odd twist and Barnabas gets involved and screws up everyone’s storylines as he can’t seem to get over Josette again. All this and more from Dark Shadows.
We are joined by Patrick McCray.
Opening Credits; Introduction (01.08); Firey Kitten Podcast (17.13); Into The Shadows: Scene One Curtis Does Hitchcock’s Rebecca (17.46); Scene Two – AngeliqueAlexis – Which Witch Is Which (35.08); Scene Three – Curtis does Robert Louis Stephenson (57.49); Scene Four – And Then There Is This (1:25.24); Scene Five – Barnabas is Stuck on Repeat (1:43.01); (); Morning Has Broken (1:55.25); Character Breaks Tune In Next Time (2:10.41); Nothing To Say Podcast (2:44.42) Closing Credits (2:25.12); End Credits (2:26.06)
Opening Credits – Dark Shadows Theme – by Robert Cobert
Closing Credits – Monsters and Angels by Voice of the Beehive. Taken from the album Honey Lingers. Copyright 1991, London Records.
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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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Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
The 2001 Japanese techno-horror film is directed by Kyoshi Kurosawa and is not considered a cult classic. The film is told in two parts with the first part considering one of the most unnerving scenes committed to celluloid.
The American remake would spawn two sequels and would carry the story in a slightly different direction. The original script for the remake was written by Wes Craven but was pulled at the last minute with a new scriptwriter and director being attached at a later date. Starring Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhelder and Octavia Spencer.
Opening Credits; Introduction (2.02); Nothing To Say Podcast (23.02); Introduction to Pulse/(24.01); Pulse 2001 Trailer (24.20); The Original (25.25); Introduction to Pulse 2006 (56.10); Pulse 2006 Trailer (57.09); The Remake (59.32); Final Thoughts (2:04.53): Fiery Kitten Podcast (2:11.04); End Credits (2:11.51); Closing Credits (2:13.02)
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Closing Credits – The Dead Don’t Sleep On Me by Nightcore – from the soundtrack Back4Blood Computer Game. Copyright owned by Nightcore 2021.
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Saturday May 07, 2022
Saturday May 07, 2022
Book:
Ringu
By Koji Suzuki
Film:
Ring (1998)
A Japanese mystery horror novel by Koji Suzuki first published in 1991, and set in modern-day Japan. The novel was the first in the Ring novel series, and the first of a trilogy, along with two sequels: Spiral (1995) and Loop (1998). The original Ring novel sold 500,000 copies by January 1998, and 1.5 million copies by July 2000.[1] Ring was the basis for the Ring franchise, including a 1995 television film (Ring: Kanzenban), a 1998 theatrical film of the same name (Ring), a television series (Ring: The Final Chapter), and two international film remakes of the 1998 film: a South Korean version (The Ring Virus) and an English-language version (The Ring).
This Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki stars stars Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani and Hiroyuki Sanada, and follows a reporter who is racing to investigate the mystery behind a cursed videotape that kills the viewer seven days after watching it. It is titled The Ring (stylized as the Ring) in English in Japan and released as Ringu in North America.
Production took approximately nine months. Ring and its sequel Spiral were released in Japan at the same time. After its release, Ring was a huge box office success in Japan and was acclaimed by critics. It inspired numerous follow-ups in the Ring franchise, popularized J-horror internationally, and triggered a trend of Western remakes, starting with the 2002 American film The Ring.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.01); Firey Kitten Podcast Trailer (25.37); Introduction to the Book (26.11); Plot Synopsis (27.07); Forming the Plot (31.09); Book Thoughts (1:24.32); Introducing a Film (1:30.26); Film Trailer The Ring (Japanese)/The Ring (US) (1:31.41); Lights, Camera, Action (1:35.46); Epilogue (2:16.22); With Nothing To Say Podcast Trailer (2:24.37); End Credits (2:25.06); Closing Credits (2:29.35)
Opening Credits– Classical Jingle by Dan Hughes
Closing Credits – Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash. Taken from the album Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash. Copyright 1963 Columbia Nashville Records
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Saturday May 07, 2022
Saturday May 07, 2022
February 1970
Episodes 941 - 960
March 1970
Episodes 961 - 982
The Leviathan storyline comes to the close as Barnabas comes to term with his vampirism. Carolyn and Jeb get married and have the honeymoon from hell. Bruno has a hair helmet. Peter Bradford makes an appearance. Shadow puppets give Jeb the willies. Julia’s medicine can’t fix Barnabas. Dark Shadows goes to parallel lines with Daphne Du Manier with a Rebecca storyline. Barnabas uses the parallel room as his own personal theatre going experience. Barnabas finally becomes part of parallel time. Willy chains Barnabas back to the coffin.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.07); Firey Kitten Podcast Trailer (15.31); Out of the Shadows: Scene One: The Leviathan Storyline (16.06); Scene Two: Carolyn and Jeb (47.03); Scene Three: Barnabas Vampire Curse (1:03.56); Scene Four: From Lovecraft to Du Manier (1:08.40); Into The Shadows (1:19.05); Character Breaks (1:36.06); With Nothing To Say Podcast Trailer (1:41.46); Tune In Next Time (1:42.16); Closing Credits (1:44.39)
Opening Credits – Dark Shadows Theme – by Robert Cobert
Closing Credits – The Woman Before Me by Trisha Yearwood. Taken from the album Trisha Yearwood. Copyright 1992 MCA Records.
Music Cues by Robert Cobert from Dark Shadows Catalogue
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