Get Me Another

GET CHRIS ANOTHER… CLUE! This 1985 cult classic was made by a murderer’s row of 80s American comedy. It’s also one of Chris’s favorite films. If you’re game, sit down, roll the dice, and make your guess whodunnit!

Tis the season for SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 (1987) and SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT 3: BETTER WATCH OUT! Grab your cocoa and listen as we add “colon Garbage Day” to the title of Part 2 and Chris explains how SNDN 3 led to Resevoir Dogs.

We refill the eyewash station for Sergio Martino’s proto-slasher TORSO (1973) before coming back full circle to Dario Argento for DEEP RED (1975), which, like THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, changed Italian cinema.

Join us for a pair of 1972 giallo films by Umberto Lenzi, one focused on an investigation, the other on psychological torment. Follow the clues of SEVEN BLOOD STAINED ORCHIDS before you shiver under the KNIFE OF ICE.

This week has a double helping of Giallo Queen Edwige Fenech with THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS (1972) as well as the “HEAT” of giallo films… Sergio Martino’s YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY (1972) with both Edwige Fenech and Anita Strindberg.

Join us for two giallo films by director Aldo Lado. SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS (1971) and WHO SAW HER DIE? (1972) starring George Lazenby.

Kevin and Erin from The Podcast That Wouldn’t Die! help us decipher if Dario Argento’s THE CAT O’NINE TAILS (1971) and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971) can recapture the magic of his film debut. https://linktr.ee/TPodcastTWDie

Friend of the podcast Justin Beahm joins us as we look at Mario Bava’s film that launched a thousand American slasher films A BAY OF BLOOD (1971) and then shift gears to DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS (1971). website: https://www.justinbeahm.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinbeahm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinbeahm

Join us for two Lucio Fulci films that take giallo in a new direction, each with a fantastic turn by Florinda Balkan: A LIZARD IN A WOMAN’S SKIN (1971) examines the seedy underbelly of the urban upper class, while DON’T TORTURE A DUCKLING (1972) uncovers the rotten core of rural life. 

This week we have a pair of (maybe) murderous husbands in two films from 1971: THE BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA and THE BLOODSTAINED BUTTERFLY.

Get ready for a double helping of Sergio Martino as we talk THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH (1971) and THE CASE OF THE SCORPION’S TAIL (1971) with Special Guest Geoff Garlock of The Cannon Canon. https://twitter.com/TheCannonCanon https://www.instagram.com/thecannoncanon https://www.patreon.com/thecannoncanon https://www.1089thehawk.com

The giallo explosion of the 1970s is unlike any film trend before or since. Part arthouse, part grindhouse, no other genre mixes the sacred and profane with this much style. It’s time to slip on your black gloves for Mario Bava’s BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964) before losing yourself to obsession with Dario Argento’s THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970).

June of 1982 saw the release of five stone-cold classic Hollywood films. Today, we discuss none of them. Instead, don your spandex and hop on your motorbike for MEGAFORCE (1982) as we examine if this cinematic swing for the fences deserves a place in the Pantheon of June ’82.

We send off our Indiana Jones series with two Cannon Films featuring martial arts action stars. Drink from an unmarked gourd for FIREWALKER (1986) starring Chuck Norris and Louis Gossett Jr. before you float down the RIVER OF DEATH (1989) with the American Ninja himself, Michael Dudikoff.

It’s time to travel to South Asia for a pair of Indy-inspired adventure films: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TENNESSEE BUCK (1988) and BLOODSTONE (1988) directed by Dwight H. Little (Marked for Death, Rapid Fire) and starring Indian cinema superstar Rajnikanth.

It’s time to get weird with two pulp fiction-inspired adventure movies from 1986: the Australian SKY PIRATES and New World Pictures’s JAKE SPEED. Which one of these films haunts Chris to this very day? Tune in and find out… if you dare!

Grab your whip and kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather for our discussion of Just Jaeckin’s S&M themed THE PERILS OF GWENDOLINE IN THE LAND OF THE YIK YAK (1984) starring Tawny Kitaen before we head to Spain for Matt Cimber’s western adventure YELLOW HAIR AND THE FORTRESS OF GOLD (1984) starring Laurene Landon.

Austin Trunick, author of THE CANNON FILM GUIDE, joins us for a Cannon Quartermain double feature of KING SOLOMON’S MINES (1985) and ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD (1987) both starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone. Twitter/X https://twitter.com/CannonFilmGuide Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CannonFilmGuide

Ciao bella! Pour yourself a Bacardi and milk with crushed ice and sit back for an Italian triple-feature of Indy-inspired action from maestro Antonio Margheriti: HUNTERS OF THE GOLDEN COBRA (1982), THE ARK OF THE SUN GOD (1984),  and JUNGLE RAIDERS (1985).

It’s time to put on your dancing shoes, feather that hair, and get wild with special guest Jason Kleeberg (Force Five Podcast) as we discuss Robert Zemeckis’s action-adventure rom-com ROMANCING THE STONE (1984) and its sequel THE JEWEL OF THE NILE (1985), both starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas.   https://www.forcefivepodcast.com/ Twitter @forcefivepod Instagram @forcefivepodcast

Settle down with your one-eyed dog and grab a drink at the Raffles Hotel bar as we discuss two adventure tv series from 1982: Donald P. Bellisario’s TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY and BRING ‘EM BACK ALIVE, based on real-life big game trapper Frank Buck.  WARNING: CLOSE ALL TRANSOM WINDOWS BEFORE LISTENING TO THIS PODCAST!!!

There are certain films you never forget watching for the first time. Cannon Films’ TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS (1983) takes those movies, twists their heads off, and sets them on fire. Listen to avowed "Fanthonies" Chris, Rob, and Ryan from The New World Pictures Podcast swoon over this cinematic masterpiece.* *Hog Mountain playset not included. To check out The New World Pictures Podcast: https:...

Grab your bullwhip and fedora because it’s time for us to bask in the glory of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) which introduced audiences to iconic, globe-trotting archaeologist Indiana Jones. We then check out HIGH ROAD TO CHINA (1983) starring Tom Selleck, the man who was originally cast as Indiana Jones!

We bring our When Harry Met Sally series to a close with three movies that idealize two cities and one decade. THE WEDDING SINGER (1998) starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, NOTTING HILL (1999) starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, and Nora Ephron’s YOU’VE GOT MAIL (1998) starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.

Get ready for sex, lies, and deep dish pizza as we head to the Windy City for two rom coms built on deceit: WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING (1995) starring Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman & MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING (1997) starring Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, and Cameron Diaz.