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No new ep this week, but we're taking u back to ep #47 where we discussed Ferrara's sleaze classic MS.45!
We delve into the complicated star Zoe Lund and discuss the gender politics that makes this tight exploitation flick essential viewing
#filmsky
While it may suffer from budgetary constraints and script shortcomings, The Void is steeped in Lovecraftian horror, with a story that gradually takes us deeper and deeper into the nightmare until we're as overwhelmed as the characters.
#lovecraft #horror
While it may suffer from budgetary constraints and script shortcomings, The Void is steeped in Lovecraftian horror, with a story that gradually takes us deeper and deeper into the nightmare until we're as overwhelmed as the characters.
#lovecraft #horror
#scotland #nature #photography #snow
#scotland #nature #photography #snow
Pictured here in Fernando Di Leo's To Be Twenty (1978)
Pictured here in Fernando Di Leo's To Be Twenty (1978)
Lenzi's influential cannibal movie starring Rassimov and Me Me Lai would lay the foundations for more extreme films later in the decade but would no less find itself on the video nasty list, mostly due to animal killings.
Lenzi's influential cannibal movie starring Rassimov and Me Me Lai would lay the foundations for more extreme films later in the decade but would no less find itself on the video nasty list, mostly due to animal killings.
We're taking u back to ep #115 as we dive into this psychological masterpiece by Euro-cultist Jose Ramon Larraz, who's run of Whirlpool, Vampyres and SYMPTOMS, is legendary.
We're taking u back to ep #115 as we dive into this psychological masterpiece by Euro-cultist Jose Ramon Larraz, who's run of Whirlpool, Vampyres and SYMPTOMS, is legendary.
Foster homes. Secrets. Occult rituals - all from the same filmmakers of the standout teen horror Talk To Me.
What's everyone's thoughts of this?
Foster homes. Secrets. Occult rituals - all from the same filmmakers of the standout teen horror Talk To Me.
What's everyone's thoughts of this?
A spoof of Women In Prison films, The Big Bird Cage helped bring future Blaxploitation Queen Pam Grier to prominence, at a time where African American women struggled to find roles that weren't, according to Grier, 'invisible or stereotypical.'
A spoof of Women In Prison films, The Big Bird Cage helped bring future Blaxploitation Queen Pam Grier to prominence, at a time where African American women struggled to find roles that weren't, according to Grier, 'invisible or stereotypical.'
No new ep this week, but we're taking u back to ep #47 where we discussed Ferrara's sleaze classic MS.45!
We delve into the complicated star Zoe Lund and discuss the gender politics that makes this tight exploitation flick essential viewing
#filmsky
No new ep this week, but we're taking u back to ep #47 where we discussed Ferrara's sleaze classic MS.45!
We delve into the complicated star Zoe Lund and discuss the gender politics that makes this tight exploitation flick essential viewing
#filmsky
Lacking the legendary reputation of the first and the true batshit insanity of the second, The Exorcist III deserves its own place in horror history, with an eerie atmosphere, striking cinematography and a chilling villain that’s up there with the genre’s best.
Lacking the legendary reputation of the first and the true batshit insanity of the second, The Exorcist III deserves its own place in horror history, with an eerie atmosphere, striking cinematography and a chilling villain that’s up there with the genre’s best.
Join Liam & guest co-host @flixology.bsky.social as we discuss the our childhood halloween stories & the differences between UK vs US Halloween customs before we get to our feature presentation THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which includes many listener contributions!
Join Liam & guest co-host @flixology.bsky.social as we discuss the our childhood halloween stories & the differences between UK vs US Halloween customs before we get to our feature presentation THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which includes many listener contributions!
Join Liam & guest co-host @flixology.bsky.social as we discuss the our childhood halloween stories & the differences between UK vs US Halloween customs before we get to our feature presentation THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which includes many listener contributions!
Join Liam & guest co-host @flixology.bsky.social as we discuss the our childhood halloween stories & the differences between UK vs US Halloween customs before we get to our feature presentation THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which includes many listener contributions!
Based on the Viz comic strip of the same name, acclaimed TV director Ed Bye (Red Dwarf, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar Of Dibley) helms a film so loathed that Graham Drury, the cartoonist who created the 'slags', never worked on the strip again.
Based on the Viz comic strip of the same name, acclaimed TV director Ed Bye (Red Dwarf, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar Of Dibley) helms a film so loathed that Graham Drury, the cartoonist who created the 'slags', never worked on the strip again.
#spookyseason continues as we dive into 1968's WITCHFINDER GENERAL - a film that would be the first in what Mark Gatiss would term the 'Unholy Trinity of Folk Horror'.
Witchfinder General would be the last film in the short life of dir. Reeves.
#spookyseason continues as we dive into 1968's WITCHFINDER GENERAL - a film that would be the first in what Mark Gatiss would term the 'Unholy Trinity of Folk Horror'.
Witchfinder General would be the last film in the short life of dir. Reeves.
Read the attached photo for details and please share.
Look forward to hearing from you 🍻 🎃 🧙♀️
#halloween #horrorsky #spookyseason
Read the attached photo for details and please share.
Look forward to hearing from you 🍻 🎃 🧙♀️
#halloween #horrorsky #spookyseason
The penultimate film from British director Michael Reeves, The Sorcerers sees him dissecting the Swinging Sixties and the glaring generational divide. Lead actor Ian Ogilvy, a childhood friend of Reeves, would star in all 3 of his movies.
#spookyseason
The penultimate film from British director Michael Reeves, The Sorcerers sees him dissecting the Swinging Sixties and the glaring generational divide. Lead actor Ian Ogilvy, a childhood friend of Reeves, would star in all 3 of his movies.
#spookyseason
The first in a series of 'Mega Shark Vs Increasingly Outlandish Creatures' series, released during a resurgence of 'creature in the water' films, and it may just get a mention on this week's episode.
#shark #theasylum
The first in a series of 'Mega Shark Vs Increasingly Outlandish Creatures' series, released during a resurgence of 'creature in the water' films, and it may just get a mention on this week's episode.
#shark #theasylum
The very definition of a film creeping up on you, Soft & Quiet uses the single take conceit to slowly drag you into a world of rage and ugliness, where even the kindest soul can be coaxed into committing the most horrible acts.
The very definition of a film creeping up on you, Soft & Quiet uses the single take conceit to slowly drag you into a world of rage and ugliness, where even the kindest soul can be coaxed into committing the most horrible acts.
It's Mr & Mrs Wayne's anniversary today, so we're off to the cinema to witness the story of an MMA legend and his tragic downfall.
Because, obviously, right?
It's Mr & Mrs Wayne's anniversary today, so we're off to the cinema to witness the story of an MMA legend and his tragic downfall.
Because, obviously, right?
Our friends Nick Millard & Priscilla Alden from Crazy Fat Ethel reunited in the late 80s for Death Nurse & Death Nurse 2. Despite not sharing the continuity of CFL, it uses some of the same locations, actors and even stock footage from it.
Our friends Nick Millard & Priscilla Alden from Crazy Fat Ethel reunited in the late 80s for Death Nurse & Death Nurse 2. Despite not sharing the continuity of CFL, it uses some of the same locations, actors and even stock footage from it.
Underground filmmaker CHARLES PINION is back on the show for our ongoing series into his shot on video works.
For this ep we dive into:
- The making of RED SPIRIT LAKE
- his time working at porno mag SCREW
- The Cinema of Transgression
And much more!
#horrorsky
Underground filmmaker CHARLES PINION is back on the show for our ongoing series into his shot on video works.
For this ep we dive into:
- The making of RED SPIRIT LAKE
- his time working at porno mag SCREW
- The Cinema of Transgression
And much more!
#horrorsky
One of the hidden gems of 2022, Fresh puts a twisted spin on the world of modern dating and our obsession with all things physical. Screenwriter Lauryn Kahn's intention was to make a horror film for people who were on the fence about the genre.
One of the hidden gems of 2022, Fresh puts a twisted spin on the world of modern dating and our obsession with all things physical. Screenwriter Lauryn Kahn's intention was to make a horror film for people who were on the fence about the genre.
Starring Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot(in her 2nd to last role). Bardot once again teams up with Roger Vadim who was interested in looking at the sexual liberation of the era thru the gaze of a woman.
Starring Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot(in her 2nd to last role). Bardot once again teams up with Roger Vadim who was interested in looking at the sexual liberation of the era thru the gaze of a woman.
Dir. Terence Fisher & DP Jack Asher were so in thrall of the Eastman film stock, that they took to painting objects such as leaves and berries to take advantage of the vivid colours
#hammerhorror
Dir. Terence Fisher & DP Jack Asher were so in thrall of the Eastman film stock, that they took to painting objects such as leaves and berries to take advantage of the vivid colours
#hammerhorror
Hammer pushes their 'bloodshed and bosoms' formula into overt erotica in this adaptation of Carmilla - a vampire novel released 25 years b4 Stoker's Dracula. The book would be used against censors who weren't happy with the lesbianism.
#horror
Hammer pushes their 'bloodshed and bosoms' formula into overt erotica in this adaptation of Carmilla - a vampire novel released 25 years b4 Stoker's Dracula. The book would be used against censors who weren't happy with the lesbianism.
#horror
If 'fatsploitation' was a subgenre, Criminally Insane, a.k.a. Crazy Fat Ethel, would be it's poster child. Priscilla Alden reprised her title role in the 1987 sequel, which uses roughly 50% of the original's footage as flashback material.
If 'fatsploitation' was a subgenre, Criminally Insane, a.k.a. Crazy Fat Ethel, would be it's poster child. Priscilla Alden reprised her title role in the 1987 sequel, which uses roughly 50% of the original's footage as flashback material.