The Stacks

This week, Shana and j. discuss John Carpenter's classic 1988 film They Live, as well as the lesser-known, wild, psychedelic 1987 Guy Magar film, Retribution. The live list of THE SPOOKY STACKS is found at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-spooky-stacks/

In this week's excursion in the S P O O K Y S T A C K S, Shana and j. talk about Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) and the first wave-slasher Alone in the Dark (1982), directed by Jack Sholder, plus a bit of discussion in between of Happy Death Day 2U (mild spoilers) and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. The active list of THE SPOOKY STACKS is online at https://letterboxd.com/jsho...

This week we enter THE SPOOKY STACKS - all horror for the month of October. First up, j. and Shana discuss the modern giallo Knife + Heart (2018) and John Carpenter's one optimistic film, Starman (1984), plus a little bit on Beyond the Door III (1989), Ghosthouse (1988), and Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971). The live list for The Spooky Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-spoo...

This week, Shana and j. gush about how much we love Barugon in Gamera vs. Barugon (1966), and how much we loathe a different giant monster in British Parliament in the documentary Video Nasties: Draconian Days (2014). The active Stacks list is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/ Starting next week, THE S P O O K Y S T A C K S - https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-spooky-sta...

This week, Shana and j. discuss two classic monsters from the ice, with Gamera (Noriaki Yuasa, 1965) (reviewed from the complete Arrow box) and John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) (reviewed from the Scream Factory Collector's Edition). Also, in between, some discussion of Champagne & Bullets (1993) and Serenity (2018) - beware: spoilers for a couple of Serenity's big stupid twists. The active list o...

This week, j. and Shana talk about the landmark industrial body horror film Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), directed by Shinya Tsukamoto (reviewed from the Arrow Solid Metal Nightmares box set), briefly touch on the silly retro-80s pastiche Commando Ninja (2018), and then discuss our second feature, Philip Noyce's American remake of Zatoichi, Blind Fury (1989), starring Rutger Hauer (reviewed from th...

Oh man, oh god, in this week's episode, j. and Shana talk about Norman Mailer's bizarre and unique Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) and Joe D'Amato's post-apocalyptic knock-off film Endgame (1983).

On this week's episode, j. and Shana talk about Toshio Masuda's Outlaw Gangster: VIP (1968) and the wild, ridiculous 1985 Stephen King werewolf picture Silver Bullet. As always, the active list of The Stacks can be found at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

This week we talk about the 1995 SOV epic Phobe: The Xenophobic Experiments and the 1976 John Carpenter classic Assault on Precinct 13.   As always, the active list of The Stacks can be found at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

This week we talk about two films from 1991 - Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs and Michele Soavi's The Sect   The active list of The Stacks can be found at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

This week we discuss two extremely different films: Carol (2015) and Cinderella 2000 (1977) The active list of The Stacks can be found at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/ (and as mentioned in the episode, there is also https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-watched-stacks/ )

This week we discuss Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman (2003) and The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) The Stacks list can be found at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

This week we talk about the 2009 Friday the 13th reboot, and the 1979 Andy Sidaris film Seven. We tried a different method of recording that was patchy and will not be tried again. The active list of The Stacks is available at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

In this episode we finally get around to introducing ourselves, as well as discussing Luz (2018) and The Giant Claw (1957). Mild recurrence of some audio dropouts near the end of the episode. The Stacks list is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

This week we discuss: The Ring (1998) Day of the Beast (1995) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) The active list for The Stacks is online at: https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

We discuss Memories of Murder (2003) and Six String Samurai (1998) The active list of The Stacks can be found at: https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

We discuss Primer (2003) and Bloody Nose Empty Pockets (2020). Apologies for technical issues and audio dropouts in this episode, a change in our recording setup should ensure that other episodes do not have this issue, but fair warning that this one is spotty. The active list for The Stacks can be found at: https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

We discuss 12 Monkeys (1998) and Ladybug Ladybug (1963) The Stacks active list can be found at: https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

Welcome to episode 1! We had some technical difficulties so there are some audio dropouts here (and in episode 3) that do not occur in other episodes. We discuss The Tale of Zatoichi and introduce ourselves and the basic concept of the podcast. The Stacks active list can be found at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/ + The Watched Stacks: https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-watched-...