The Kulturecast

Joined by host of The Projection Booth podcast Mike White and co-writer of Freaked Tim Burns, Sean and Chris continue Not-So-Newvember with The Phantom of the Paradise. The film stars William Finley as a tortured songwriter who is maimed, nearly murdered, and returns as the Phantom to seek revenge on Swan, played by Paul Williams. The film features not only some fantastic performances but a soundt...

We wander dystopian New York with this week's Not-So-Newvember Kulturecast film: I Am Legend. The remake of two previous films and an adaptation of the Richard Matheson's book of the same name, it features Will Smith as the last man on Earth. As the last man on Earth, he attempts to survive against all odds while attempting to find the cure for the disease that has ravaged humanity. As always, you...

Joined by staff writer Oscar Moreno, we go to hell with this week's Not-So-Newvember film: Bedazzled. The remake of the 1967 classic features Brendan Fraser as the geeky Elliot Richards who sells his soul to Satan, played by the buxom Elizabeth Hurley, for seven wishes. It's the classical tale of Faust told as only comedic director Harold Ramis could. As always, you can follow Chris Stachiw on Twi...

We continue Not-So-Newvember with a Disney remake of the French film Un indien dans la ville: Jungle 2 Jungle. The film features Tim Allen as a stuck-up New York commodities broker who travels to the Amazon to serve divorce papers to his estranged wife. While there, he finds out he has a son played by Sam Huntington and then takes him back to New York to teach him about "being a man". It's the cla...

We continue Not-So-Newvember with a remake that has style and charisma in spades, Ocean's Eleven. The film follows George Clooney as Danny Ocean, a recently released bank robber who has the ingenious idea to rob three Las Vegas casino at the same time. The film features a star-studded ensemble cast including Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Julia Roberts, along with expert direction from Steven Soderber...

Not-So-Newvember takes a turn to for the bizarre with this special bonus Kulturecast where we talk another Tim Burton "re-imagining", Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The film follows Charlie, a street rat with the heart of gold, that finds a golden ticket for a once in a lifetime tour of Willy Wonka's factory. Johnny Depp plays the chocolatier who comes off as more of a mentally handicapped adu...

It's the 100th Kulturecast! Thank you so for much supporting us for the 100 episodes, as a treat to you the listener, we selected a real interesting film. In keeping with the tone of Not-So-Newvember, we talk about the unequivocal mess that is Tim Burton's "re-imagining" of Planet of the Apes. The film stars Marky Mark as Cpt. Leo Davidson, an Air Force captain who just wants his monkey co-pilot b...

We being Not-So-Newvember with a look at a film that features Tim Allen as a dog and Robert Downey Jr. as a mad scientist, The Shaggy Dog. The film is an absolute trainwreck, and not in the endearing way, so come listen in on our thoughts on what happens when Disney decides to remake a already insane film into a true disaster. As always, you can follow Chris Stachiw on Twitter at @KultureStach, Se...

We end Horrortober and celebrate Halloween with Hausu, a film that literally defies logic and convention. The film follows seven friends as they visit one of the friend's aunts for a leisurely summer getaway. The vacation turns into a nightmare as killer cats, a possessed house, and a hungry piano start picking off the friends one by one. It's a straightforward plot but with an execution that is a...

We round out Horrortober with this week's final Kulturecast over The Perfect Host, the directorial debut from director Nick Tomnay. The film follows Clayne Crawford as John Taylor, a bank robber who wanders into the wrong dinner party hosted by Warwick Wilson played by David Hyde Pierce. It's a genre-bending thriller/horror film, and is destined to be a future cult classic. Along with analysis of...

We near the close of Horrortober with this week's Kulturecast over Stung, the newest film from Adam Aresty and Bennie Diez. The film follows Paul and Julia, two caterers whose job goes south when a hive of mutant wasps attack the party they are catering. It's an awesome mix of Aliens and The Fly. Along with talking about the film, we also talk with writer Adam Aresty about the film. Make sure to c...

We near the end of Horrortober with the latest Kulturecast to pay tribute to horror legend Wes Craven with his final entry into the story of Freddy Krueger: Wes Craven's New Nightmare. The film features Heather Langenkamp playing a herself as she is coerced, by director Wes Craven and a demonic entity that has taken the form of Freddy, to play Nancy Thompson one more time. It's a meta-take on the...

We head into the land of monsters on Horrortober‘s latest Kulturecast to take a look at two of director Adam Green's films: Digging Up The Marrow and Hatchet. Marrow features Adam Green playing a fictionalized version of himself who is approached by William Dekker, played by Ray Wise, who posits that monsters are real and that live under the ground in the Marrow. Hatchet puts a group of tourists o...

We head into a sex dungeon with Horrortober‘s latest bonus Kulturecast and take a look at a true underground horror classic: The Poughkeepsie Tapes. The film chronicles, through a documentary-style, the horrific actions of a serial killer in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. It features videos shot by the serial killer, along with talking-head style interviews with experts about the killer. It's...

We venture into the realm of sleep and dreams for Horrortober‘s latest Kulturecast: The Nightmare. The film is a documentary-horror hybrid film from director Rodney Ascher that takes a look at the complicated topic of sleep paralysis. Focusing on a group of interviewees, the film also features unsettling and often disturbing dramatizations of their experiences with sleep paralysis. Along with a ta...

We put on our animal masks, joined by guest co-hosts Zach Nowack and Quinn Fleming, for Horrortober‘s latest Kulturecast: You're Next. The film follows the Davison family who, while on a wedding anniversary retreat, are attacked by masked intruders who may have ulterior motives. They soon learn that one of their victims is not what they seem, and the hunters become the hunted. Along with talking a...

We rise from the grave, joined by guest co-host filmmaker Matt Campagna, for Horrortober‘s latest bonus Kulturecast: Return of the Living Dead. The film follows the exploits of a group of dead heads who rise from the grave looking for brains and sweet punk rock chicks. It's a send-up of the zombie sub-genre that added some of the most well known tropes along with a whole lot of humor. We along spe...

We chug on with Horrortober, joined by film staff writer Ben Hanig, with a new take on the slasher film: Laid to Rest. The film follows a woman who wakes up in a coffin with no memory of who she is or how she got there who is then pursued by the villainous Chromeskull, played by Nick Principe. Along with talking about the film, we also spoke with Nick Principe about his time on the film, what it i...

We continue Horrortober, joined by multimedia director for Kulture Shocked Daniel Wickwire, with a cult classic from Lamberto Bava and the master of horror Dario Argento: Demons. The film follows a group of film-goers that become trapped in a movie theater while some of them begin to turn into horrifying monsters. The film stars Urbano Barberini, Stelio Candelli, and Fabiola Toledo as some of the...

It's our first bonus Kulturecast of Horrortober and this episode guest co-host Sean Liang and Chris talk the cult classic: Elvira, Mistress of Darkness. The film features Cassandra Peterson as her iconic Elvira character taking on her nefarious uncle Vincent Talbot played by the always amazing W. Morgan Sheppard. Along the way she falls in love, spouts innuendos, and fights casserole monsters. We...

It's time to kick off Horrortober with one of the most exciting and interesting films out this year: Creep. The film features Patrick Brice as a man with a camera hired to film Mark Duplass' last days on Earth before he passes away from cancer. The film starts innocently enough but quickly devolves into a psychological game of terror between the two. Along with a review of the film, we also speak...

We close out Singin' September with the first, and possibly only, internet musical: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. We are joined by guest co-hosts co-writer of Freaked Tim Burns and author Russ Linton to talk about the cult classic directed by Joss Whedon. It features Neil Patrick Harris as the eponymous doctor who is dead set on upending the status quo by taking down his nemesis played by the sm...

As we near the end of our Singin' September marathon, we take a detour from our regularly scheduled programming to talk about Black Mass, Johnny Depp's newest film. It tells the story of Whitey Bulger, the most feared gangster in the history of South Boston, and his rise to power due to his standing as an FBI informant. The film also stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Corey Stoll, Dakota Joh...

As we near the end of our Singin' September marathon, we noticed one film hadn't made our list that many of our readers had requested: The Nightmare Before Christmas. So we decided, why not talk about one of Disney's most memorable musicals. The film tells the tale of Jack Skellington, one of the members of Halloween Town, as he stumbles across Christmas Town, and then wants to kidnap Sandy Claws...

On this week's Kulturecast we, along with frequent guest co-host Sean Liang, close in on the end of our Singin' September marathon with another stage to screen adaptation: Reefer Madness. A parody of the 1930's propaganda film, the film follows Christian Campbell and Kristin Bell as they are taken over by the effects of the devil weed, and sink into decadence and depravity. It also features Alan C...