The Really Awful Movies Podcast

(http://classic-horror.com/files/images/sleepaway_camp.jpg)Sleepaway Camp is an infamous 1983 exploitation slasher. "Dear mom and dad, I've been at sleepaway camp for almost three weeks...and I'm getting very scared!" We reflect on our own summer camp experiences and discuss the movie. Like most 80s slashers, Sleepaway Camp has a prologue in which the girl's father is run over by a boat and then a...

(https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-1/p200x200/11036916_1597868597120351_2904296831536348793_n.jpg?oh=e5a239b89e7fed361bd6bd7bd36fdb92&oe=567E14AB&__gda__=1450447335_545b9113da3d9c3fa0071960b61e7a55)In this special edition of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, we chat with Jack Davis of Crypt TV. Davis and Eli Roth's Crypt TV specializes in free short-form, horror, genre, p...

(http://twitchfilm.com/assets_c/2014/12/Poster_PTH_DRAFT-thumb-300xauto-52284.jpg)Director Vivieno Caldinelli and writer Matt Watts discuss the Rowdy Roddy Piper starring short ahead of its TIFF premiere. A crusty and reclusive building superintendent is foisted into the ultimate fight against evil when a couple of cultists open a portal to the ancient and mysical city of R'lyeh, awakening a slumb...

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Phenomena-poster.jpg)The master. Dario Argento is the man and here is one of our absolute favorites. Phenomena is a beautiful oddity. In this week's episode, we get ourselves psyched up with the magnificent soundtrack. What is it about the Italians, your Bavas, your Fulcis and your Argentos? Suspiria was a mind-blowing experience and from there, it w...

(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--3wdl_z7M--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/dfexododtlhk0yqg0a1j.jpg)We love Slime City. So when we heard about Buffalo director Greg Lamberson's next project, Killer Rack, we were thrilled. On this week's podcast, we had a chance to chat with Greg, co-star/writer Paul McGinnis, star Jessica Zwolak and co-star Michael Thurber about their work on...

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Double_impact.jpg)Double Impact is double the damage - double the Van Damme-age to be exact. Before you may have thought "double impact" to be a really ugly type of font, but it's also a really cheesy movie. This martial arts action flick features mono-zygotic twin Van Dammes, running around Hong Kong. They're also quite monosyllabic. The film is alm...

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Killer_klowns_poster.jpg)The Chiodo brothers are responsible for this very underrated, fun-fueled clown romp, Killer Klowns. A sequel Return of the Killer Klowns from Outer Space in 3D is currently in pre-production for a tentative release in 2016. We're there. The theme song is so bad-ass. For some reason, this thing is lumped in with other "bad" mo...

(http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/229/files/2015/01/turbo-kid-film-poster-850x560.jpg)Horror-action hybrid Turbo Kid is a fun new Canadian-New Zealand co-production. Set in the post-apocalyptic future of 1997, Turbo Kid is a loving homage to some of the great genre films of the 80s, and a damn fine film in its own right. Its stars discuss the movie with us on this week's episode of the...

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/Swampthing.jpg)Dr Holland became a human plant hybrid in Swamp Thing, a DC Comics Adaptation by Wes Craven, for whom we have some admiration but who hasn't done much to ingratiate himself to fans with his recent output. In the Bayou swamps, the good doctor and his sister are doing an experiment trying to create a hybrid character, when it's interrupt...

(http://www.rowthree.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DEATH-FORCE-PRE-CERT.jpg)The fantastic Death Force reviewed. It's by Cirio Santiago, the extremely prolific Filipino director. It's put out by Vinegar Syndrome, known for 70s Blaxploitation and horror. We had the pleasure of hanging with the VS guys at London's Shock Stock horror festival. Death Force combines Blacksploitation and vetsploitation ...

(https://reallyawfulmovies.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/hospital_massacre1.jpg)When it comes to horror, people like blood, gore and for better or for worse, gratuitous nudity. Can it ever be too much? Does it have to serve a purpose? Why is the genre known for the prevalence of nudity? More permissive cultural attitudes in the 60s, were quickly reflected in horror. We discuss pioneers of the genre,...

(http://s1.dmcdn.net/MbDW0.jpg)Bite star Elma Begovic and director Chad Archibald discuss the new movie, Bite. After a bachelorette party, an infected bug bite causes Casey (Begovic) to exhibit insect-like symptoms a la Gregor Samsor in Metamorphosis but with a twist. According to IMDb, "Between her physical transformation and her wedding anxiety, Casey succumbs to her new instincts and begins cre...

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/The_Apple_(1980)_Soundtrack.jpg)In this 1979 Cannon Group musical mega-flop, competing acts take to the stage in a song contest not unlike the Euro Vision one. Anyway, a Canadian folk duo is robbed of their potential song contest win when BIM Records sabotages their performance with a high-pitched squeal from backstage (it's folk music, so who would...

(http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/article/761/761481/turistas-unrated-20070205020246045-000.jpg)Travel in horror. Your humble hosts are international men of mystery, between us having visited about 40 countries, including all over the States, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. Tourism and horror are often paired. There's the usual spring breakers getting lost on road trips domestically but also inte...

(http://www.horrorexpress.com/movie-images/tourist-trap/tourist-trap-368.jpg)Tourist Trap a weird, overlooked and under-seen horror classic. "God help those who get caught in the Tourist Trap, where beautiful young people looking for excitement...are TRICKED, TERRORIZED, TRAPPED..." It's "the nightmare that never ends" as well, but we digress. It's not your standard, lost-by-the-roadside movie. It...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81ZADe3WJyL._SY606_.jpg)The use of social media in horror. In this week's podcast, social media in horror through a discussion of two low-budget films, Panic Button, a British feature and iMurders, both of which feature social media. The latter features a chatroom killer and the former, a social media-heavy reality show whose contestants are being messed with...

(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/tdy-120709-rifftrax-02.380;380;7;70;0.jpg)In the infamous Manos: the Hands of Fate, a family (and their little dog too) gets lost in the back roads of rural Texas and stumbles upon a hidden, sinister, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his hunched over man-servant Torgo. Guess roadside assistance was hard to come by. Genera...

(https://ghastlyfunvhsfilms.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/cm-capture-2.jpg)Another 1970s animal attack feature, Day of the Animals is full of corniness and surprises. "If there's a god left to believe in...you've made a jackass out of me for years!", exclaims an enraged Leslie Nielsen in one of the film's most outrageous moments. The Naked Gun star plays an ad man who, along with a bunch of other to...

(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1095064693/twitter2.jpg)We first came across Dayton, Ohio filmmaker Henrique Couto's work in Babysitter Massacre. He's a guy with the talent to do a lot with a little. In this special episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, we chat with the indie director about Scarewaves, Calamity Jane's Revenge, The Faces of Schlock, A Bulldog for Christmas and Haunted H...

(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFg4Nzg=/z/sHsAAMXQiNdRewAm/$(KGrHqN,!lMFEzJi2cN0BRew!m(wUg~~60_35.JPG)This beguiling, uber-cheap political thriller startled us, even as two seasoned bad movie aficionados. This is a real stunner, epically awful and should be included in anyone's Top 10 list of the worst films of all time. It "defies description, is extremely inept, an espionage thriller with no thr...

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Darkman_film_poster.jpg/215px-Darkman_film_poster.jpg)Darkman is a 1990 superhero flick directed and co-written by Sam Raimi. It is based on a short story Raimi wrote that paid homage to Universal's horror of the 1930s. We discuss similarities to Batman, happy endings and the dark spirit of its aesthetic. This film is early in Liam Neeson's car...

(https://www.tromashop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p/o/poultrygeist.jpg)All hail Lloyd Kaufman. We love TROMA films and Poultrygeist is an absolute masterpiece. On this week's podcast, we breakdown Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead. We feel like chowing down on some American Bunker Chicken products! This is a taboo-shattering, highly offensive (to...

(http://www.qwipster.net/cyborg.jpg)We're huge fans of bat-shit insane production company, Cannon Films. Surprisingly, they put out Barfly, in addition to the usual spate of lovable crap like Ninja 3. In the late 80s, bad business decisions brought the once mighty Cannon to their knees. Cyborg, the last Cannon flick to garner a theatrical release, was repurposed, originally having a bigger budget....

(http://www.gothacabre.com/uploads/1/1/7/6/11766347/3830536_orig.jpg)Victoria Price discusses her legendary father. Price wrote Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography (see link below). The book shows the man as a husband, father, friend, artist, writer, connoisseur and an all-around lover of life. On the show, Vincent's legacy, his appreciation and respect for the arts, what he brought to the horro...

(http://www.scifimoviepage.com/images/battlefield1.jpg)Roger Ebert said of Battlefield Earth: "it is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. It's not merely bad; it's unpleasant in a hostile way." Battlefield Earth, we feel, has been uncharitably dumped into the dung heap that is: "worst films of all time." However, it is never dull and actually holds up quite we...