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Episode 71: What A Carve Up!

Rob Hill from the Bad Movie Bible returns to the podcast to discuss one of his favorite films of all-time, the obscure 1961 British murder mystery, What A Carve Up! (The exclamation point is in the title)
You definitely haven't heard of that movie but I hope you give the episode a listen regardless.

Episode 70: Bay Of Blood

Dr. Sparkle makes his return to the podcast to talk about Mario Bava's Bay Of Blood, a strange proto-slasher with gore-o-plenty and a plot-o-nonsense, but it's a hell of a lot of fun, if you got the stomach for it.

Episode 69: Them!

When pronouns attack!
Them! is a giant monster movie classic. The definitive killer bug flick that holds up better than any of the multitudes that came in its wake. Anthony Abatte and I talk about the flick, how it launched the careers of two boomer TV icons, and briefly go over other giant bug movies that might be worth a watch (there aren't many).
This one's for you, dad.

Episode 68: Death Cheaters and Stunt Rock

Certified Australian Rhys (aka FlemishDog) is back to discuss two of the most Australian films ever made, Death Cheaters and Stunt Rock, both written and directed by the most Australian filmmaker, Brian Trenchard-Smith, and starring the most Australian stuntman/actor ever, Grant Page.
Don't worry about spoilers in this episode because these films barely have plots, but who needs plots when you have WICKED STUNTS AND HEAVY METAL.

Episode 67: Blood Beat

*MYSTICAL BOINGING*
Blood Beat is, without question, one of the most inscrutable and hard-to-describe "horror" films that I have ever seen. There's a family of psychics? And a ghost samurai? And I think orgasms power it? Or something?
Thankfully I have Madeleine Koestner here to help me figure it out. I don't know if we succeed though.
*MYSTICAL BOINGING CONTINUES*

Episode 66:Switchblade Sisters

Drew Mackie from The Gayest Episode Ever podcast is here to discuss Switchblade Sisters, a grindhouse classic by legendary B-movie director Jack Hill (Jackie Brown, Coffy). We talk about the gender and political subtext of this underrated girl gang classic, and all the amazing 70s hair.

Episode 65: TerrorVision

Norm from A Question of Character returns to discuss TerrorVision! The crazy colors! The amazing cast! The spectacular special effects! The incredible theme song that WILL NEVER LEAVE MY HEAD.
Turn off your TV before it eats you and give us a listen!

Episode 64: Q -The Winged Serpent

Diamond Feit returns to talk about Q: The Winged Serpent. One of my all-time favorite movies and, without question, the greatest movie ever made about a giant dragon that lives on top of the Chrysler Building and eats people.
Larry Cohen was a mad genius.

Episode 63:Firestarter(s)

Shane Bettenhausen and Alex Navarro both return to discuss the underrated Stephen King adaptation Firestarter, from 1984. They then begrudgingly stick around to discuss the massive piece of dog crap that is the absolutely horrendous 2022 remake.
It's a bad movie. Bad movie.
Bad.

Episode 62: Run Lola Run

I'm back! And so is Emmett Watkins Jr to talk about Run Lola Run!
This movie rules! Emmett and I talk about just how much it rules, why it rules, and how it doesn't rule that there aren't more movies like it!