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Jen and Tim discover two Arkansas originals: The Town That Dreaded Sundown from 1976, and indie film pioneer Charles B. Pierce!
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Amanda Squitiero, daughter of Charles B. Pierce, corrects some misconceptions about him in this fine article from Filmmaker magazine.
Tim and Jen confront the most infamous mondo film of all time, Faces of Death! Hear the entire episode over at our Patreon!
Faces of Death may be viewed in its entirety on Tubi.
Echoing Jen’s experience in high school auto safety, two students were traumatized after their math teacher showed the film in class in 1985:
“The people at the table,” says Forget today, “beat this monkey over the head with a hammer until it died. Then they cut the top of its head off and ate its brains.” As an animal-lover, she found the film deeply disturbing and asked to leave. Mr Schwartz said no and when Feese also tried to go, he forced her to sit down, grabbing her chair and spinning it aggressively towards the screen.
via The Guardian
Schwarz was disciplined, but with only a 15-day suspension without pay.
For more upsetting reenacted violence, check out our episode on Farewell Uncle Tom! OR if ambiguously fake snuff is more your speed, try our episode on Trent Reznor’s Broken movie!
Jen and Tim catch up on a definitive Nicolas Cage performance in the cult film and meme template Vampire’s Kiss!
Read the evidence that Vampire’s Kiss writer Joseph Minion plagiarized much of After Hours at Andrew Hearst’s blog.
Tim and Jen welcome a special guest to discuss a fan edit of a beloved horror classic, The Wicker Man: The Summerisle Cut! Listen for yourself and decide if you want to leave angry comments on archive.org!
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View the Summerisle Cut at the Internet Archive.
Visit the Wicker Man site mentioned by our guest, which describes all of the different cuts of the film in detail.
For more great British horror, try our episode on the BBC’s controversial Ghostwatch!
Jen and Tim talk about everything BUT Astro-Zombies, including the vexed question of Ron Howard!
The delightful Ted V. Mikels documentary we discussed is on Tubi, free to watch with ads.
For more 60s-style insanity (that’s better made), check out our Beyond the Valley of the Dolls episode.
Jen and Tim note the peculiar similarities between an episode of an obscure British horror anthology and Darren Aronofsky’s debut (NOT Life of Pi!!!!!). Also, Jen seizes an opportunity to talk about Rowdy Roddy Piper.
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Hammer House of Horror is free to watch with ads over on Tubi!
If you’re looking for more British horror, why not try our episode on the controversial one-off TV special Ghostwatch?
Jen welcomes special guest Keenan to discuss an ineffectual answer to Jason and Freddy. It’s The Sleeping Car, from 1990!
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As a bonus, here’s a look at Jeff Conaway’s role in the film as the most loathsome human being to ever draw breath.
If you love Kevin McCarthy as much as we do, listen to our episode on UHF!
Jen and Tim welcome back Mike Rosen so he can carve up Joss Whedon like the turkey he is and also to discuss an affectionate satire of the slasher genre.
Offensive Films by Mikita Brottman
Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
For more Mike, listen to our episode about a truly wretched Dan Aykroyd comedy, Loose Cannons!
Tim and Jen (mostly Tim) describe a beloved ersatz-Hammer sci-fi thriller starring the venerable team of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing (plus a sensational appearance by Telly “Kojak” Savalas). Throughout, Tim is like: games games games tabletop Cthulhu saving throw Traveller roll up a character -2 sanity
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In the movie, Peter Cushing discovers the image of a murderer preserved on a victim’s eye. This was a real turn-of the century theory! Smithsonian Magazine has an article about it.
The Internet Archive has preserved a number of wonderful pop-culture artifacts, including issues of Fangoria. Read their 1999 article in which Horror Express director Eugenio Martín reflects on the film and his career up to that point.
You can also get the Horror Express blu-ray from Arrow Films!
Tim and Jen return to the comforting mayhem of shot-on-video horror! It’s 1988’s Woodchipper Massacre!
Watch Woodchipper Massacre in all its $400 glory on archive.org
If you love lo-res schlock, try our episode on shot-on-video horror flicks!