Get Me Another

Join us as we shower glitter and unicorn horns upon Ridley Scott’s LEGEND (1985) starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, and Tim Curry; then we shift gears into our next great adventure: Ron Howard’s WILLOW (1988) story by George Lucas and starring Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, and Joanne Whalley.

We wrap up our Halloween series with three movies that play with the conventions of the slasher film: NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CLASS REUNION (1982), SLAUGHTER HIGH (1986), and Fred Walton’s APRIL FOOL’S DAY (1986).

Justin Beahm stops by to dissect two of the wildest post-Halloween slasher films: Robert Hiltzik’s SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983) starring Felissa Rose and BLOOD RAGE (1987) with Louise Lasser and Mark Soper. Website: https://www.justinbeahm.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinbeahm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinbeahm/

If you like long slow escapes from the asylum, abandoned dorm rooms, and punishing the naughty have we got the show for you! It’s time for TRICK OR TREATS (1982), THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD (1982), and yuletide slashic SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984).

It’s time to bone up on your Freudian symbolism with THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982) written by Rita Mae Brown and directed by Amy Holden Jones. With special guest Ryan from The New World Pictures Podcast! To check out The New World Pictures Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1486407373 To follow The New World Pictures Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheNewWorldPod

We’re joined by Ryan from The New World Pictures Podcast to discuss the charms of Tom DeSimone’s HELL NIGHT (1981) as well as prank-gone-wrong slasher THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW (1982). To check out The New World Pictures Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1486407373 To follow The New World Pictures Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheNewWorldPod

Grab your pickaxe and camo as we discuss 1981's MY BLOODY VALENTINE (directed by George Mahalka) and THE PROWLER (directed by Joseph Zito with special makeup and effects by Tom Savini). Listen and learn why it's a bad idea to reinstate your town's (insert occasion) dance party decades after a related death.

Grab a shish kebab, your fencing sabre, and strap yourself naked to a tree in honor of this trio of school-based slashers from 1981: FINAL EXAM, Herb Freed's gonzo GRADUATION DAY, and J. Lee Thompson's supremely strange HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. 

Join us for a Jamie Lee Curtis double-feature of Canuxploitation films as we get dressed up for PROM NIGHT (1980) with Leslie Nielsen before booking a ticket on TERROR TRAIN (1980) directed by Roger Spottiswoode, featuring David Copperfield as The Magician! 

This week's episode's got a death curse! Join us for FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) from Sean S. Cunningham and Victor Miller as we discuss what made it so impactful. Then stick around for a Golan-Globus afterparty discussion of Hollywood new wave/punk slasher NEW YEAR'S EVIL (1980) starring Roz Kelly and Kip Niven.

John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN (1978) spawned a slasher movie trend that changed American horror forever. In addition to the Carpenter and Hill penned movie, we look at two films whose stories sprang from urban legends: WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1979) starring Carol Kane and Charles Durning, and HE KNOWS YOU'RE ALONE (1980) which features young Tom Hanks, a cavernous morgue, and the worst detective in th...

Join us as we get philosophical about the nature of good and evil (no, seriously) while we discuss two Jim Henson classics: THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982) and LABYRINTH (1986), starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly. 

We conclude the series with two films directed by F. Gary Gray, stoner comedy FRIDAY (1995) and bank heist drama SET IT OFF (1996) before finishing with the Wayans Brothers parody DON'T BE A MENACE TO SOUTH CENTRAL WHILE DRINKING YOUR JUICE IN THE HOOD (1996).

We look at SUGAR HILL (1993) which re-teams Wesley Snipes and New Jack City writer Barry Michael Cooper, FRESH (1994) starring a young Sean Nelson in the title role, and the Hughes Brothers' masterpiece DEAD PRESIDENTS (1995).

We discuss DEEP COVER (1992) TRESPASS (1992) and JUDGMENT NIGHT (1993).

We dig into Ernest R. Dickerson's genre mash-up JUICE (1992) and the Hughes Brothers's unflinching MENACE II SOCIETY (1993).

We kick off our new series with two stunning feature film directorial debuts from 1991: Mario Van Peebles's classic American gangster film, NEW JACK CITY, and John Singleton's epic drama, BOYZ N THE HOOD.

Join us to celebrate Ray Harryhausen's career capstone CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) as well as John Boorman's heavy metal/folk horror version of the legend of King Arthur, EXCALIBUR (1981).

We bring the Star Wars series to a close with the He-Man movie that is not a He-Man movie, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (1987), the animated grotesquerie STARCHASER: THE LEGEND OF ORIN (1985), and Mel Brooks's masterpiece, SPACEBALLS (1987).

We revel in the Amblin-esque tale of a boy recruited for a space war in THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984) and then go deep into the fantastic world of David Lynch's DUNE (1984).

The quest for another Star Wars gets weird as we look at early 80s 3-D boom film SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE (1983), Stewart Raffill's off-the-wall comedy THE ICE PIRATES (1984), and Shaw Bros. insane sci-fi/comedy/kungfu/thriller/monster/musical/romance film TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR (1983). And yes, we promise that last film is Star Wars related.

Break out your swords and loincloths as Chris and Rob argue the merits of the Glaive in the science-fantasy film KRULL (1983) and discuss the goofy charm of Antonio Margheriti’s YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE (1983).

This week we argue the merits of the Roger Corman produced BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980) before moving on to the inimitable THE MAN WHO SAVES THE WORLD  (1982), also known as TURKISH STAR WARS.

Before Disney bought Star Wars, they tried to make their own. Join us as we discuss The Black Hole (1979) and Tron (1982).

We veer off the normal Star Wars path to look at three films from 1979 whose trajectory was altered by Lucas's success: Alien, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Moonraker.