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Tim and Jen revisit an early Paul W.S. Anderson film called Event Horizon and discover that he hasn’t always sucked. Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!
For more Sam Neill-starring horror, try our episode on John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness!
Tim and Jen tell you all about an unironically delightful slasher film made by a literal child! From 1986 and director Tim Ritter, it’s Truth or Dare: A Critical Madness! Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!
Yeah I know I said on Twitter (@HYSTpod if you’re not already following us) that this would drop Sunday, but hey, I got it done a day early. Enjoy!
For more homebrew chills and slashers, try our episode on shot-on-video horror from the 80s!
Jen and Tim dig through yesterday’s trash for a sampling of horror movies shot (badly) on video.
For more shot-on-video shenanigans, listen to our episode on Woodchipper Massacre!
Tim and Jen make the case for a socialist reading of Weird Al’s lone movie outing, UHF. Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!
So did Current Affairs, as it happens.
Also be sure to read the oral history of the making of UHF at the AV Club!
For more iconic 80s comedy, listen to Tim and guest Bitter Karella discuss the immortal Jim Varney’s Ernest Goes to Camp!
Jen and Tim ask Josh Lewis of the Sleazoids podcast (@thejoshl on Twitter) to provide his insight as a film programmer in a wide-ranging discussion of the dire state of movie exhbition.
Josh also joined us to discuss an evangelical nightmare of an exploitation film, The Burning Hell!
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The delightful Chapo dad joins us for Death Wish 3, possibly the simultaneous nadir and high point of the Death Wish series.
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According to Danny Peary in his book Guide for the Film Fanatic, “when director Michael Winner complained that Death Wish III [sic] was given an X rating because it had 63 killings while the R-rated Rambo [: First Blood Part II, 1985] had 80 killings, the woman at the Ratings Board explained that most of those killed in Rambo are Vietnamese.”
Paul Talbot, Bronson’s Loose!: The Making of the Death Wish Films
For more Will, listen to our episode about the controversial Friedkin film Cruising.
Have you heard of Interstate 60? It’s what we call a “Tim movie”—that is, a movie that only Tim seems to have seen. We go incredibly deep, even though the movie probably didn’t merit it. So much so that you’re getting a two-parter!
Interstate 60 was written by the guy who co-wrote Back to the Future and it’s tailor-made for dads who wistfully scroll through classics dot autotrader dot com on weekends.
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Tim and Jen are very excited to have animator, voice actor, and writer Bill Kopp on the show to discuss his career, especially the beloved-but-now-scarce Fox Kids show Eek! the Cat. Sorry we had to record Bill on Edison cylinder lol
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For another creator interview, listen to our episode with Dutch director Ate de Jong.
Thank you to all our patrons for being so patient with us! As your reward, this month’s bonus is an extra-stuffed (nearly two hour) episode about a widely reviled mondo slavery documentary. This one’s called Farewell Uncle Tom (Addio zio Tom in the first language of the filmmakers). Jen and Tim are joined by T. of the great Champagne Sharks podcast and we all tackle one tough-to-watch but necessary film.
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The movie is viewable in full on archive.org.
For more uncomfortable 70s film, why not try our episode on Roar?
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