Al Pacino is on the hunt for a killer who stalks the New York gay leather subculture in William Friedkin’s controversial adaptation of Gerald Walker’s original novel. We discussion the film, it’s complex origins and ...
Get ready for an eighties flashback! In this episode we Spotlight Martha Coolidge’s whiz kid comedic hit featuring a young Val Kilmer, an even younger-looking Gabriel Jarret and a stern-looking William Atherton.
An appreciation of Frederick S. Clarke’s “magazine with a sense of wonder” which featured insightful retrospectives of horror and sci-fi cinema along with a unique editorial spirit and pioneering on-set profiles of up-and-coming films. Show ...
A weekly listing of what’s new and interesting in television broadcasts, theatrical screens and home video releases. Featured This Week: The Cinema of Jean Rollin (Blu-Ray, Kino/Redemption, Jan 24, 2012)
In this episode we dive into an Italian fantasy bonanza from Antonio Margheriti featuring a screaming Reb Brown, John Steiner doing his best Sith Lord impression and a bunch of blue apemen being flooded out. ...
This episode of Horror Digest features a 2009 Imagicon panel discussion with Texas Chainsaw Massacre‘s “Grandpa” John Dugan and TCM part 2‘s Leatherface, Bill Johnson. Listen as they reminisce about their on-set experiences with Tobe ...
In this episode John and Mike cover Brian DePalma’s swirling mix of Vertigo and Rear Window set against a glossy eighties Los Angeles with Craig Wasson, Deborah Shelton and an early stand-out performance from Melanie ...
Richard Kelly’s enigmatic tale of an alternate-reality Southern California on the brink of armageddon is the focus of this confounding installment of Sci-Fi Showcase. Listen as John and Mike attempt to grapple with the film’s ...
In this episode we take a nostalgic look back at Jonathan Ross’ 1988-89 British television series which featured indie cult directors such as H.G. Lewis, Ray Dennis Steckler, Doris Wishman, Stuart Gordon, Tsui Hark, Fred ...
In this episode we spotlight a powerful witnessing tool and a seminal work of the Godsploitation genre – Estus Pirkle and Ron Ormond’s The Burning Hell. We also cover Ormond and Pirkle’s earlier If Footmen ...
A weekly listing of what’s new and interesting in television broadcasts, theatrical screens and home video releases. Featured This Week: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (Fri, TCM, 2:00 AM).
This episode contains a strong criticism of Rob Zombie’s early cinematic works, focusing on both the positives and negatives of Corpses and Rejects along with the post-modern retro horror climate from which they were birthed.
