Criterion Creeps

In our seventy-ninth episode we're talking spine #93 and 94 in the Criterion Collection: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's BLACK NARCISSUS from 1947 and I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING from 1945. First RJ watched some 50s sci fi, those Dave Chappelle specials, then finally RJ and Jarrett talk about mother!, and even NJPW's WrestleKingdom 12, and Jarrett rattles off some stuff he watched. Introduction...

In our seventy-eighth episode we're talking spine #92 in the Criterion Collection: Arthur Crabtree's FIEND WITHOUT A FACE from 1958. First RJ and Jarrett go through the best movies they watched in 2017, and RJ watched some 2000s Apatow comedy, and Jarrett revisited WALLACE & GROMIT, POLYTECHNIQUE, and other things. Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical interludes a...

In our seventy-seventh episode we're talking spine #91 in the Criterion Collection: Irwin S. Yeaworth Jr's THE BLOB from 1958. First RJ and Jarrett talk about their Christmas movies, DISASTER ARTIST, WILSON, ROGUE ONE, and, yes, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. Then they talk THE BLOB and all its current iterations (about an 1h46m in :D) Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musi...

In our seventy-sixth episode we're talking spine #90 in the Criterion Collection: Masaki Kobayashi's KWAIDAN from 1965. First RJ talks about those STAR WARS prequels (still bad), and Jarrett talks about Christmas horror, bitcoins, and some new good movies. Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical interludes are Symphony X's 'Lady of the Snow' and Nick Cave & The Bad S...

In our seventy-first episode we're talking spine #84 in the Criterion Collection: Yasujiro Ozu's GOOD MORNING from 1959. Re-upped because some people don't enjoy freedom. Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/criterioncreeps/ Follow us on that Twitter! twitter.com/criterioncreeps Follow us on Instagram! instagram.com/criterioncreeps We've got a Patreon too, if you are so inclined: patreon.com/crit...

In our seventy-fifth episode we're talking spine #6 in the Criterion Laserdisc Collection: George Steven's SWING TIME from 1936. First RJ and Jarrett rewatched the original STAR WARS trilogy, and Jarrett watched LADY BIRD in the theatre for a once in a lifetime experience. Oh, and a sorta juicy story about a real UFC star and a co-worker of RJ's! Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite...

In our seventy-fourth episode we're talking spine #89: Brian De Palma's SISTERS from 1973. First RJ talks BASKET CASE 2 and TWINS... because twins! And Jarrett talks about FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT, MADHOUSE, DISCONNECTED, some other stuff I'm sure. Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical interludes are Morrissey's 'Sister Was a Poet' and 'Sisters'...

In our seventy-third episode we're talking spine #86, 87, and 88: Sergei Eisenstein's ALEXANDER NEVKY (1938), IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART 1 (1944) and IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART 2 (1958). First RJ talks the disappointment of Joe Hill's latest anthology, both loved THE END OF THE TOUR, and Jarrett watched a bunch of other A24 movies. Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical int...

In our seventy-second episode we're talking spine #85: Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard's PYMALION. First RJ talks about a bunch of early 90s Pygmaleon-like movies he watched, and then goes into far too much depth of the failings of JUSTICE LEAGUE. Then Jarrett talks about a bunch of movies RJ won't like, including talking about New Canadian New Wave cinema. Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme'...

In our seventieth episode we're talking spine #83: Perry Henzell's THE HARDER THEY COME from 1972. But first, RJ watched THE GIFT, CHAIN REACTION, CROSS OF IRON, and has nothing but praise for BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99. Jarrett got to watch the 4K restoration of SUSPIRIA, and it was terrific, as well as CERTAIN WOMEN, DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE, that last episode of NATHAN FOR YOU, and YOUR NAME. Intr...

In our sixty-ninth episode we're talking spine #82: Laurence Olivier's HAMLET from 1946. But first, RJ talks about STRANGER THINGS Season 2, the secret strangeness of the movie FOREVER YOUNG starring RJ's main man Mel Gibson. Then, Jarrett talks about some newish movies he's caught up on, like ALPS, ROOM, PATERSON, DUKE OF BURGUNDY, and a bunch of Louis Theroux documentaries. Introduction is 'Crit...

In our sixty-eighth episode we're talking spine #81: Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada's VARIETY LIGHTS from 1951. But first, RJ and Jarrett decide to get their Ghoul School done here rather than do another one off, so looots of movie talk, so skip to about 1h15m or so for that Fellini action you all have come to love! Jarrett gets to even talk about some NEW non-horror stuff, like A GHOST STO...

We're back, with another casual back and forth on the horror movies we've been watching. Such lowlights as VAMPIRELLA and HORNS, and highlights like NECRONOMICON and DARK WATERS. And hey, RJ even likes a Fellini movie!

In our sixty-seventh episode we're talking spine #80: Lars von Trier's THE ELEMENT OF CRIME from 1984. But first, RJ watched THE ALIEN FACTOR, and Jarrett runs through a couple overall disappointing Halloween creeps before explaining to RJ why he should definitely contribute to Corey Feldman's IndieGoGo campaign. Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical interludes are...

Finally, and as promised, it's October, meaning it is time for the Creeps to go to School for their sophmore year. So we're already two-thirds of the way through the month, meaning Jarrett and RJ have already watched almost 100 movies between the two of them... which is kind of disgusting if either of them thought about it for a moment. But enough of that downer talk, listen up for one stop listen...

In our sixty-sixth episode we're talking spine #78 & 79: Edward Cline's THE BANK DICK from 1940, and SIX SHORT FILMS starring W.C. Fields. But first, RJ watched GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL again, and, uh, some porn with his girlfriend, and somehow more embarrassingly SHOWTIME. Jarrett touches on some of his horror viewing, but more will be discussed on Ghoul School later this week! Introduction is 'Crite...

In our sixty-fifth episode we're talking spine #77: Roger Vadim's AND GOD CREATED WOMAN from 1956. But first, RJ explains why we're late recording this week, then catches us up on his horror movie watching, Jarrett gives his thoughts on BLADE RUNNER 2049, and a few of his horror creeps. Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical interludes are Dario Mareno 'Brigitte Bar...

In our sixty-fourth episode we're talking spine #76: David Lean's BRIEF ENCOUNTER from 1945. But first, RJ regales the listener with his journey to listen to Stephen King talk in Montana, then RJ and Jarrett talk about GERALD'S GAME, and Jarrett reports on GOOD TIME (which was a good time about bad times). Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical interludes are Gun Cl...

In our sixty-third episode we're talking spine #75: Kevin Smith's CHASING AMY from 1997. Jarrett's microphone decided to be shitty for the first fifteen or so minutes, to apologies for that, it gets better after a restart and another USB port! Anywho, RJ talks about CREEPSHOW 2 and then they both talk about RAW (2016), and Jarrett rattles off a bunch of crap like DR.T AND THE WOMEN and THE VILLAGE...

In our sixty-second episode we're talking spine #73 and 74: Agnes Varda's CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 and VAGABOND from 1985. RJ talks about some more Stephen King adaptations he watched this week, and Jarrett talks about some more hickploitation, and talks about his enjoyment and recommendation that everyone should go see Darren Aronofsky's much maligned mother! Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by p...

In our sixty-first episode we're talking spine #72: Rene Clair's LE MILLION from 1931. RJ talks a very long time about all the Stephen King movies he watched this week, which leads into both discuss about that IT movie that kids are all talking about. Jarrett even manages to squeeze in another stab at TWIN PEAK: THE RETURN one more time. So the actual Criterion movie part starts at an astonishing...

In our sixtieth episode we're talking spine #71: Ingmar Bergman's THE MAGIC FLUTE from 1975. First RJ talks about watching THE MANGLER, the PARADISE LOST trilogy, Jarrett talks about some pinky violence rewatches, some hicksploitation movies like WHITE LIGHTNING and GATOR, and then the two of them talk a long time about the last two episode of TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN. Magic Flute talk is a good hou...

In our fifty-ninth episode we're talking spine #70: Martin Scorsese's THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST from 1988. First RJ and Jarrett talk about TWIN PEAK: THE RETURN (only one more week to go, haters!), and Jarrett got down with RICK & MORTY finally, and watched a really good EuroCrime movie in the form of CALIBER 9. Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical interludes...

In our fifty-eighth episode we're talking spines #66-69: Jean Cocteau's THE ORPHIC TRILOGY! RJ got a job, and is living in a hotel room, and somehow the episode sounds better for it! Jarrett did the heavy lifting in the creeping, talking about watching some Mexican horror, THE NAZIS: A WARNING FROM HISTORY, and SEANCE (2000). Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical i...

In our fifty-seventh episode we're talking spine #65: Wes Anderson's RUSHMORE from 1998. First RJ talks about THE HIDDEN 2, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2, and both talk about OUIJA: ORIGIN OF SIN, and Jarrett talks about some western pictures he watched. Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical interludes are Rolling Stones' 'I Am Waiting', and The Faces 'Ooh La La'. Like...