They Must Be Destroyed On Sight!

This week Lee and Leah each bring a musical that they love to the show, that the other host has not seen before, and compare and contrast. Lee brings 1979's "Rock 'n' Roll High School", starring PJ Soles and his favourite rock band of all time, The Ramones! Leah beings the over-the-top Baz Luhrmann-directed "Moulin Rouge!" (2001), featuring a young Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman being really hot....

Leah and Lee learn of the dangers of mixing greed and horniness in the old west, as they talk about Paul Bartel's "Lust in the Dust" (1985). Lots of talk about Divine and where they were in their career at this point, and their overall influence; the interesting cast and their dedication to this material; the musical numbers; stunt nudity; dangerous oral sex; and a very explicit lap dance on Henry...

Lee, Leah, and returning OG host Daniel take a look at an all-time classic gangster movie this time out with Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" (1990). The conversation revolves around where Scorsese was career-wise at this point; the ages of the actors compared to the ages of their real-life counterparts; brilliant performances; brilliant shots; violence; pasta sauce; the realities of the wiseguy lif...

Lee and Leah return this week to cover a listener request. This time out it is a film featuring thinly-veiled fictionalized versions of David Bowie and Iggy Pop (and some Lou Reed) in the height of the Glam Rock era of the 1970s - told in the same fashion as a certain specific Orson Welles film - the Todd Haynes written-and-directed-"Velvet Goldmine" (1998). The conversation focuses around the loo...

Lee returns to finish off his look at the music from the films of Amicus Productions. The material covered here comes from their peak and rapid decline. While the films may have started to lower in quality by the mid-1970s, it can be argued that the scores and soundtracks were still top notch. Listen in, and Lee believes you'll agree with him. --Toccata & Fugue in D Minor from "Tales from the Cryp...

This week Lee and Leah and joined by their friend and fellow podcaster Gary Hill to talk about the underseen "Out of the Dark" (1988), directed by Michael Schroeder, and featuring a bunch of "that guy" character actors getting a chance to strut their stuff. Does this late-period slasher film about a deranged john in a clown mask, stalking the phone sex workers he harasses, have anything worth talk...

Lee continues his extended look into the scores and soundtracks of Amicus Productions. This episode covers the middle years, as horror becomes the primary focus, along with a few strange asides. Check out the YouTube channel "Fish Man" that is the source of many of the suites featured in this and other episodes that I do.  --Suite from "Torture Garden" (1967) --James Bernard --Suite from "They Cam...

This week the podcast returns to John Waters as Lee and Leah cover his first and only PG-rated film, "Hairspray" (1988). Does this switch to a more professional and toned-down style hurt Waters' message, or does it just force him to be more creative about how to continue to be over-the-top and subversive in a mainstream production? How does the 2007 adaptation of the "Hairspray" musical match-up?...

Lee, Leah, and special guest Gary Hill try to sweep up some trash this week as they cover the Jerry Springer-centric "Ringmaster" (1998), directed by Neil Abramson. Is there anything worth talking about in this ill-advised cinematic celebration of the lowest common denominator in society? Is Springer any good playing himself? Lots of asides abound, including a lengthy listener comment from fellow...

Lee and Leah are joined by two special guests in this episode. Mike and Bobby from The Grindbin Podcast stop by to help dig into the late-period, existential Franco Nero Spaghetti Western "Keoma", directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Things brought up: Is this the last great pasta cowboy picture? "Coolman Keoma"; Why is Jared Leto in this?; Who is the worst Italian on the episode - Leah or Mike?; Lee i...

Lee and Leah are joined by special guest Cameron Scott to cover the late period Blaxploitation all star team-up "Three the Hard Way" (1974), directed by Gordon Parks Jr., and featuring the talents of Jim Brown, Frank "The Hammer" Williamson, and Jim Kelly. Much of the talk revolves around how cool and badass the three leads are, comic book neo-nazis, the action and stunts, and the surprising addit...

It's time for another multi-part series on Blood on the Tracks. This time out Lee is covering the filmography of Amicus Productions, who were most famous for their excellent horror anthology films in the 1960s and 1970s. But they did so much more, and Lee is going to explore their output through the music that was featured in their films. --Spaceship to Mars from "It's Trad, Dad!" (1962) --Gene Vi...

Lee, Leah, and her friend & returning guest host, Sam, talk about Mario Bava's sexy comic book-adapted action/Euro-spy parody/crime film "Danger: Diabolik" (1968). Topics brought up include baby powder; KY jelly; banging on money; separate sexy showers; catapults; John Phillip Law's eyebrows; proper day for night photography; fashion choices; Valmont's drunk girlfriend; Diabolik's politics, or lac...

Due to some time constraints this month Lee's back with a slightly shorter show than usual. This time out he's compiled an addendum to the previous episode, which was about fictional bands and solo artists featured in films. This list was all taken from the list of tracks he had to cut from the original over-stuffed track list for that episode. He felt these were all too good to ignore. --Lunar Ma...

Leah and Leah are back for an Intermission episode to cover a lesser-known slasher film from 1982, the David Nelson-directed "Death Screams". Is this rural slasher, full to the brim with red herrings and extended sequences at a county fair, one rightfully forgotten, or is it a hidden gem? The hosts go back and forth weighing the good and the bad, including the quality of the respective versions of...

Lee and Leah are back to gush over a film they love. This week they look at 2015's post-apocalyptic love letter and send-up "Turbo Kid", written and directed by the trio of François Simard, Anouk & Yoann-Karl Whissell. Topics discussed include comparisons to "Mad Max" and other similar films, as well as the "Fallout" video game series; if the film uses it's 1980s aesthetic too much or just right;...

2021 has come and gone and Lee and Leah have watched a staggering amount of films in the past year. Thus come the time for the usual best and worst lists to be talked about on the podcast. In this 2hrs+ episode the hosts list their 20 best first-time watches, their 10 worst first-time watches, and their best honourable mentions. Come help us shovel the last bit of dirt on 2021's grave. Lee's Best...

The cursed year that was 2021 has come to an end and Lee felt like going out on a more positive note. In this mega-sized episode he's compiled a list of tracks from fictional bands and musical artists that have appeared in films. Lots of research went into this one, as Lee tries to give credit where credit is due to the people behind the fictional acts. Be it totally made up acts, parody acts that...

Lee & Paul are back together to cover the Z-grade sci-fi film "The Astounding She-Monster" (1957), directed by Ronald V. Ashcroft. This semi-forgotten, low-budget shlock about a sexy radioactive space alien has some interesting aspects to it, including the possibility of the titular star, Shirley Kilpatrick, faking her death to make a better film career for herself as Shirley Stoler! Don't touch t...

This week Daniel returns (!) to join Lee as they welcome friend and fellow podcaster Bo Ransdell, in order to have a quite meaty conversation about Phil Alden Robinson's "Sneakers" (1992), starring Robert Redford & Ben Kingsley. Things covered: old school hacking talk, and what the film gets right and wrong about it; the wonderful ensemble cast elevating the material; the politics behind the film;...

In this latest Intermission episode Lee and Leah are back together to talk about one of the first (if not the actual first) atomic monster films from the 1950s, "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (1953), directed by Eugène Lourié. Much of the conversation revolves around the fantastic Ray Harryhausen special effects work and if the rest of the movie manages to live up to that. How is this both not ba...

In this episode Lee takes a slightly different route. This time out it's a playlist pulled from the soundtrack and scores of recent watches by Lee over the last few months. --Windsor Concerto from "The Whip and the Body" (1963) --Carlo Rustichelli --Main Theme from "Kill, Baby... Kill!" (1966) --Carlo Rustichelli --Bank Robbery & Last of the Independents from "Charley Varrick" (1973) --Lalo Schifr...

In this episode Lee is joined by special guest, friend and fellow podcaster, Brady Kimball, to cover Paul Schrader's intimate and innovative docudrama of the influential Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, whose art and life became one on the day he ended it. The film, "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)", is a meaty film to pick at, and the hosts try their best to come to some conclusions about M...

Paul returns to the podcast to help Lee talk about the classic 1941 Universal horror film "The Wolf Man", directed by George Waggner, starring Claude Rains, and Lon Chaney Jr. as the beast itself. Much of the conversation revolves around Chaney and his performance, and the possible hidden layers in the script that don't always clearly come out in the finished product. Is this the best of the class...

This week Lee is joined by friend and fellow podcaster, Vaughn Kuhlmeier, to cover one of the more notorious, yet somewhat forgotten, late-period Euro-horror sleaze flicks "Vampire in Venice" (1988), AKA: "Nosferatu in Venice". Originally envisioned to be an unofficial sequel to Werner Herzog's remake of "Nosferatu", the only connection is its star Klaus Kinski, who returns to his iconic role, but...