The Rad Revival House

February is Black History Month, and the Rad Revival House pays homage to cinema-dom's coolest, most criminally underrated African-American films, DETROIT 9000! A sterling example of the hip Blaxploitation subgenre, DETROIT 9000 focuses on two Detroit cops who are as different as night and day: young, black, and ambitious Sergeant Jesse Williams (the slick, unfairly-underappreciated Hari Rhodes),...

The Rad Revival House revisits the ol' Horror department with our review of the 1982 classic chiller JOHN CARPENTER'S THING! Joining our discussion is veteran musician and film soundtrack composer George Davison. This claustrophobic shocker surrounds a group of scientists (led by bearded badass wonder Kurt Russell) stationed in Antarctica who find themselves stalked by an alien intruder wi...

Ladies and gentlemen: Elvis has left the building...guns a blazin'! The Rad Revival House returns to the classic Hollywood western with a review of FLAMING STAR, starring Elvis Presley! The King of Rock and Roll becomes the King of Vengeance as he portrays Pacer Burton, a mixed-race young man caught in a turbulent war between whites and indigenous Americans. Pacer, a half-white, half-Kiowa man...

Do the dead return to possess the living? That's the theme of tonight's newest review at The Rad Revival House with 1961's THE INNOCENTS! Our host, the Professor Cesare Augusto, analyzes Jack Clayton's mesmerizingly haunting ghost tale. Cowritten by Truman Capote (BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, IN COLD BLOOD) from the Henry James novel THE TURN OF THE SCREW, THE INNOCENTS has young go...

We return to the more artsy, abstract realm of cinema with a Prestige Picture Presentation review of Francis Ford Coppola's RUMBLE FISH. Joining us on our review of RUMBLE FISH is Anthony DeSanctis, fellow professional cinephile and Programming Manager at the great Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based arts & entertainment venue ArtsQuest. Both host Professor Cesare Augusto and Anthony analyze the...

On our 12th episode, host Professor Cesare Augusto welcomes a very special guest lecturer, filmmaker and cinephile extraordinaire Mel Cartegena as they discuss DARK OF THE SUN, the visually-stunning and ferociously-violent 1968 mercenary thriller directed by Jack Cardiff and starring cult screen legends Rod Taylor, Jim Brown, Yvette Mimeux, Peter Carsten, and Calvin Lockhart! Taylor portrays Capta...

Another Rad Revival House first! We are proud to announce a brand new film review campaign: the Prestige Picture Presentations. Our host, Professor Cesare Augusto, reviews great classic films that, for some odd reason, were oddly neglected or left on the way side by mainstream film criticism circles. We as a forgotten cinema podcast intend to reintroduce these beautiful pieces of celluloid to unsu...

No, this ain't the 1995 "Die Hard" ripoff starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, but the late 1970s Grindhouse Trash Masterpiece set and filmed in the Philippines! Since his return stateside from a two and a half week long vacation to his ancestral land of the Philippines, our host, The Professor Cesare Augusto, is cultivating a growing interest in Filipino cinema. He yearns to share with h...

"'Don't Go to Sleep' is 'Ordinary People meets 'Poltergeist'!" Thus is the fitting description our host, The Professor Cesare Augusto, enthusiastically exclaims for this week's review of the little-seen, yet disturbingly impactful 1982 made-for-TV horror film "Don't Go to Sleep"! This stunning network television family ghost story stars Valerie H...

Buongiorno, pardners! Welcome to a brand new Rad Revival House special showcase series, the Spaghetti Western Starter Pack! Our Host, the Professor Cesare Augusto, presents this new special showcase by first shedding light on the wildly popular Western subgenre, the Spaghetti Western. This colorful, exciting, and violent film movement began in Italy where its many innovative directors took the cla...

The Rad Revival House enters the grimy, violent world of Grindhouse Cinema with legendary director John Carpenter's bleak yet action-packed urban thriller ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13! Our host, the Professor Cesare Augusto, analyzes all the details that make this picture one of the greatest Grindhouse movies ever made: its stylish B-Budget feel, the graphically violent death scenes (especially one...

YEE-HAWWW! The Rad Revival House enters the Wild West with a vengeance with director John Sturges' classic suspense Western LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL! In what is arguably his toughest entry in the Western genre, megastar Kirk Douglas stars as Marshal Matt Morgan, a steadfast lawman who tows the thin line between justice and vengeance when his wife is brutally raped and murdered by a pair of unk...

The Rad Revival House heads to 1950s Brooklyn as we review the touching vintage comedy LITTLE FUGITIVE! Our host, the Professor Cesare Augusto, waxes sentimental in this episode, since LITTLE FUGITIVE takes place in his old stomping grounds of Brooklyn, NY. Our story centers around the misadventures of 7-year old Joey (the marvelously natural child actor Richie Ambrusco) who, after mistakenly thin...

The Rad Revival House goes to the summer camp from Hell! We revisit the 1983 cult slasher extravaganza, SLEEPAWAY CAMP. Young, shy, and withdrawn teenager Angela, along with her spunky cousin Ricky are forced to go to a summer camp where they endure torture and torment at the hands of several sadistic bullies. Little do the bullies know that they are in for brutal and highly-deserving payback by a...

In The Rad Revival House's first official review, we explore the 1970s Martial Arts masterpiece, THE WAY OF THE DRAGON! Our host, The Professor Cesare Augusto, analyzes star Bruce Lee's sole directorial effort, a gritty Martial Arts tale that takes place in the aptly-located land of warfare, Rome, Italy. Today's class will focus on not just Lee's fabulous Kung Fu/Jeet Kune Do prowe...

Welcome to the Pilot Episode of The Rad Revival House! Join host "The Professor" Cesare Augusto as he introduces this unique new film criticism podcast designed to reintroduce cool forgotten movies to younger generations, older cinephiles, and aspiring filmmakers looking to reinvigorate the classic golden age of movies. While this Pilot does not focus on one particular film, Professor Ce...

The Spaghetti Western Starter Pack returns, amicis, as we review the bonkers 1970 Italo gunslinger flick ADIOS SABATA! Antonio Palacios, host of the great cult cinema podcast The Cultworthy, is our guest lecturer, as we delve into exotic film legend Yul Brynner's ONLY foray into the Spaghetti Western. One part "Man With No Name" style mystery gunfighter shoot-em-up, one part Zapata r...

We proudly present the first Rad Revival House review of 2024! And have we picked a DOOZY of a picture to analyze... ROME ARMED TO THE TEETH, the 1976 Italian cop thriller directed by genre maestro Umberto Lenzi, is a no-holds-barred example of the Poliziotteschi subgenre of action movie, as Italian filmmakers borrowed (or some would say, "stolen") elements of the already popular cop and...

On the final Rad Revival House review of 2023, we time-warp back to Ancient Greece (or cinematically-speaking, the early 1960s) with the fantasy classic, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS! Join our host, the Professor Cesare Augusto, who analyzes this cinematic retelling of the mythological adventure where Jason (Todd Armstrong) recruits a band of warriors he christens the Argonauts, as they journey through...

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all who celebrate from your friends at the Rad Revival House! In our very first holiday season film review, we present the 1949 Christmas rom-com classic, HOLIDAY AFFAIR. Not your standard holiday romantic comedy fluff, HOLIDAY AFFAIR stars screen legends Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh as Steve and Connie, two retail workers caught in a whirlwind romance amids...

Yes, class, there's more to Japanese Sci-Fi than Godzilla and his giant buddies! On the 25th episode of The Rad Revival House, our host Professor Cesare Augusto analyzes the bizarre and visually-striking 1968 Science Fiction chiller GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL. Directed by one of Japan's premiere genre directors Hajima Sato (CAPTAIN ULTRA, THE GOLDEN BAT), GOKE tells the gripping tale of...

On this next episode of The Rad Revival House, we go back to school with the incomparable Sidney Poitier in the 1968 drama classic TO SIR, WITH LOVE. Special guest lecturer Frank Mandosa of the great film enthusiast podcast "Silver Screeners" joins us today as we discuss this poignant classroom drama where idealistic young teacher Mark Thackaray (Poitier) who takes a job educating a clas...

The next Rad Revival House Review is truly "out of this world" with the 1986 alien invasion thriller INVADERS FROM MARS! Directed by Tobe Hooper of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and POLTERGEIST fame presents this exciting tale of a Martian attack on smalltown USA and the brave young man who teams with the Marine Corps to send these extraterrestrial raiders back to their little red planet!

Presenting yet ANOTHER cool new special RRH campaign, CRIMINALLY FORGOTTEN ACTORS! Here, we will present some of the finest, most talented actors who, for some reason, have languished into pop culture obscurity. The intent behind CRIMINALLY FORGOTTEN ACTORS is to reintroduce these actors to the mainstream moviegoing audience and highlight some of their very best performances. Our first test subjec...

Introducing another new Rad Revival House campaign, Untapped Potentials, where we discuss a late great actor's unrealized talents for something different from their usual signature performances. Our first Untapped Potentials topic: John Candy and his hidden gift for drama! Ace podcaster Frank Mandosa of "Silver Screeners" returns to our show as he joins our host, Professor Cesare Aug...