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Episode 297: Decoy (1946)
Difficult to find on home video for many years, Jack Bernhard's Decoy (1946) stands as a highly off-beat film noir in which Margot Shelby (Jean Gillie) plays the consummate femme fatale with designs …
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Special Report: The Frontier (2015)
The Frontier (2015) is a retro neo-noir in which Laine (Jocelin Donahue), a woman on the run, finds her way to a diner/hotel where the owner, Luanne (Kelly Lynch) hosts an amalgam of shady characters…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Special Report: The Greasy Strangler (2016)
One of the most delightfully unusual movies of the decade, Jim Hosking's The Greasy Strangler (2016) is the tale of Big Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels) and Big Brayden (Sky Elobar), a father and son wi…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 296: Mulholland Dr (2001)
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001) lived a double life as a television pilot and feature film. A neo-noir that plays with themes of identity, roleplaying, and obsession, the film stars Naomi Watts…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 295: Existo (1999)
In Coke Sams's Existo (1999), the Moral Majority runs the U.S. while artists like Existo (Bruce Arnston) and Maxine (Jackie Welch) hide out in The Sewer, an underground club run by Colette Watchuwill…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Special Report: In Search of Lost Films
Mike talks with author Phil Hall about his book, In Search of Lost Films, an invaluable resource for fans of film history. Published by BearManor Media, Hall writes about a few of the better-known lo…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 294: Pontypool (2008)
Mrs. French's cat is missing.
In a rather different take on the typical zombie story, Bruce McDonald's Pontypool (2008) has the English language as the infectious agent which drives people mad. Writte…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Special Report: PIN (1988)
Adapted from a novel by Andrew Neiderman, Sandor Stern's Pin (1988) stars Terry O'Quinn as a doctor who speaks to his children Leon (David Hewlett) and Ursula (Cynthia Preston) through the anatomical…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 293: Martyrs (2008)
On this Shocktober episode, the subject of "New French Extremity" films are under discussion, specifically Pascal Laugier's Martyrs (2008).
Alexandra West, co-host of The Faculty of Horror podcast (an…
Published on 9 years, 2 months ago
Special Report: Killer Party (1986)
On this Shocktober special, Kat Ellinger of the Daughters of Darkness podcast and Jim Laczkowski of the Directors Club podcast (among others) join Mike to discuss the 1986 horror comedy from director…
Published on 9 years, 2 months ago