Film Fanatic Commentaries

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1989 film THE CHURCH by John Doe. Starring Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Barbara Cupisti, Antonella Vitale, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Asia Argento. Directed by Michele Soavi. An old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1975 film ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW by John Doe. Starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Meat Loaf. Directed by Jim Sharman. A newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter. #rockyhorrorpictureshow #timcurry #timewarp #susansar...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1981 film POSSESSION by John Doe. Starring Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer, Carl Duering, Shaun Lawton. Directed by Andrzej Zulawski. A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister. #possession #1980s...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1987 film THE LOST BOYS by John Doe. Starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Edward Herrmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman. Directed by Joel Schumacher. After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires. #lostboys #vampires #kiefersutherland #80smovies #coreyhaim #coreyfeldman #joelschumacher #commen...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1989 film SOCIETY by John Doe. Starring Billy Warlock, Concetta D'Agnese, Ben Slack, Evan Richards, Patrice Jennings, Tim Bartell, Charles Lucia. Directed by Brian Yuzna. An ordinary teenage boy discovers his family is part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite. #society #80smovies #brianyuzna #billywarlock #flesh #1989 #80sclassic #commentary 12/05/2022 Comm...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 2023 TV Series The Reckoning by John Doe. The story of Savile's life from his working-class roots, to his rise to TV stardom as a BBC presenter, and his later years when he managed to keep his reign of sexual abuse concealed until after his death in 2011. Part 1 & 2. Apologies for the technical issues during Part 1 #jimmysavile #nightmare #crime #topofthepops #c...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 2015 film THE WITCH by John Doe. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Bathsheba Garnett, Sarah Stephens, Daniel Malik. Directed by Robert Eggers. A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession. #anyataylorjoy #roberteggers #witchcraft #thewitch #occult #horrorstories #2015 #commen...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1986 film DOLLS by John Doe. Starring Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason, Bunty Bailey, Cassie Stuart. Directed by Stuart Gordon. A dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted col...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 2022 film CHOOSE OR DIE by John Doe. Starring Asa Butterfield, Eddie Marsan, Robert Englund, Kate Fleetwood, Ryan Gage, Angela Griffin, Iola Evans. Directed by Toby Meakins. After firing up a lost 1980s survival horror game, a young coder unleashes a hidden curse that tears reality apart, forcing her to make terrifying decisions and face deadly consequences. #netfli...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 2010 film SHUTTER ISLAND by John Doe. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Jackie Earle Haley. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1991 film THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by John Doe. Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, Frankie Faison, Brooke Smith, Ted Levine. Directed by Jonathan Demme. A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. #jodiefoster #anth...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1960 film PSYCHO by John Doe. Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. #hitchcock #normanbates #psycho...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1986 film RAWHEAD REX by John Doe. Starring David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Hugh O'Conor, Cora Venus Lunny, Ronan Wilmot, Niall Toibin, Heinrich von Schellendorf. Directed by George Pavlou. An ancient creature called Rawhead is awakened from its slumber near an Irish village and goes on a rampage killing anyone in sight. #80sclassic #horrorstory #clivebarker #rawheadrex #...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1987 film PRINCE OF DARKNESS by John Doe. Starring Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Peter Jason, Dirk Blocker. Directed by John Carpenter. A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil forc...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1992 film BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA by John Doe. Starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant, Sadie Frost, Tom Waits. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land. #vampires #garyoldman...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1992 film BASIC INSTINCT by John Doe. Starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle, Bruce A. Young. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist. #michaeldouglas #sharonstone #paulverhoeven #basicinstinct #90scla...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1966 film ALFIE by John Doe. Starring Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Jane Asher, Shirley Anne Field, Vivien Merchant. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle. #commentary #alfie #michaelcaine #1966 #shelleywinters #consequences #classic 21/09/2023 Commenta...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1985 film WEIRD SCIENCE by John Doe. Starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler. Directed by John Hughes. Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down. #commentary #1985 #80sclassic #kellylebrock #bil...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 2003 TV Movie THE NIGHT SHE DIED by John Doe. After the death of Princess Diana of Wales, conspiracy theories filled the headlines. As so many of the conspiracy theories are absurd, many simple questions about the fatal night of August 31st have never been asked. By the end not only Princess Diana but also Dodi Al Fayed and the driver Henri Paul were dead. First, po...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1988 film ABOVE THE LAW by John Doe. Starring Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean, Daniel Faraldo, Sharon Stone, Miguel Nino. Directed by Andrew Davis. A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing. #commentary #stevenseagal #pamgrier #sharonstone #abovethelaw #1988 #80sclassic #cultclassic 15/09/2023 Comm...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1991 film JFK by John Doe. Starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy, Donald Sutherland. Directed by Oliver Stone. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. #commentary #history #jfk #kevincostner #oliverstone #garyoldman #joepesci #tommyleej...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 2003 film LOST IN TRANSLATION by John Doe. Starring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Catherine Lambert, Akiko Takeshita, Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe. Directed by Sofia Coppola. A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo. #billmurray #scarlettjohansson #lostintranslation #sofiacoppola #ann...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 2017 film 9/11 by John Doe. Starring Charlie Sheen, Gina Gershon, Whoopi Goldberg, Luis Guzmán, Wood Harris, Olga Fonda, Faune Chambers Watkins. Directed by Martin Guigui. Five people find themselves trapped in an elevator during the September 11 attacks. They soon work together, never giving up hope, to try to escape before the unthinkable happens. https://youtu.be...

The Howard Stern Show 9.11.01 Howard and the gang look back on 9/11. #commentary #9/11 #howardstern #robinquivers #cabbie #GaryDellAbate #FredNorris #ArtieLange #retrospective #history 04/09/2023 Commentary recording date https://youtu.be/W_KM9pwu-V4?si=HHy0USD2DuaFhaCx - Video link to sync up Commentary https://youtu.be/e8P9TaEIWjw?si=-ZM2n9HRSNd6z2mJ - Full version (Over 5 hours long) https://yo...

An Audio-Only Commentary on the 1987 film OPERA by John Doe. Starring Cristina Marsillach, Daria Nicolodi, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Antonella Vitale, William McNamara. Directed by Dario Argento. A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself. #darioargento #opera #darianicolodi #80smovies #...