They Must Be Destroyed On Sight!

Lee and Paul have a big drunken Halloween episode as they talk about the last two Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing Dracula films for Hammer studios, "Dracula A.D. 1972" (1972) & "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" (1973), directed by Alan Gibson. Have these films been unfairly maligned? The hosts try their best to break down the good and the bad as fairly as possible, discussing if these attempts by H...

Lee and Paul are back for another bonus episode, this time covering Umberto Lenzi's (maybe) spring break slasher film "Nightmare Beach" (1989), featuring John Saxon and Michael Parks. Who actually directed it? Does a mash-up of 1980s sex comedy and 1980s slasher work? All this and more, so why not hitch a ride on our electric motorcycle? "Nightmare Beach" IMDB   Featured Music: "Running on the Bea...

Lee and Paul have a talk about a classic slasher shot in Lee's home province of Nova Scotia, "My Bloody Valentine" (1981), directed by George Mihalka. Much of the talk revolves around the restored gore scenes that were cut from the original release, how this film speaks to both Lee and Paul as Canadian and American East coast boys respectively, and the small town East coast economic realities the...

Lee and Leah are feeling a little crazed towards each other this week as they butt heads while talking about David Cronenberg's "Rabid" (1977), starring Marilyn Chambers. The talk centers around how effective the movie executes its premise, the parallels between what the film shows happening, marshal law in Canada during the 1970 October Crisis, and what happened during the Covid-19 lockdown. The...

Lee is joined this episode by his friend Matt from the Movie Melt Podcast to have a fun talk about the William Lustig-directed "Maniac" (1980), written by and starring the amazing (and very sweaty) Joe Spinell, and co-starring the beautiful Caroline Munro. The film being Spinell's passion project; porn star casting; sleazy New York; the 2012 remake; and exploding heads are just a few of the things...

Lee, Leah, and Daniel fulfill a listener request and review the somewhat obscure stoner/sex comedy from 1995, "National Lampoon's Senior Trip" (1995), directed by Kelly Makin, and featuring the film debut of Jeremy Renner. Is this film a sleeper hit or a lame duck? Can talents like Tommy Chong, Matt Frewer, and "The Kids in the Hall" member Kevin McDonald carry this to being something worth watchi...

In this episode Lee takes a brief trip to the far East to check out tracks from the soundtracks and scores of some of his favourite Asian horror films. This will most likely be followed up with more parts in the future. --Heart Sutra from "Kwaidan" (1964) --Tōru Takemitsu --Theme from "Onibaba" (1964) --Hikaru Hayashi --Oriental Melon Man from "House" (1977) --Mickie Yoshino & Godiego --Theme...

Lee and Leah dive into a pool of kink and murder this week as they talk about the late period giallo, "Arabella: Black Angel" (1989), directed by Stelvio Massi, and starring the beautiful and often nude Tini Cansino. A lot of the conversation revolves around the abundance of kink content, nudity and softcore sex, as well as the crazy plot twists. Is this a good giallo? How does the movie tackle me...

Plans for a regular episode this week were put on hold, so Lee decided to put out an intermission, briefly talking about seven films he recently watched. The films he talks about are: "Ms. 45" (1981) "The Menu" (2022) "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" (2023) "Dark of the Sun" (1968) "The Tower" (1993) "I Come in Peace" (1990) "Nightbeast" (1982) Featured Music: "The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Stei...

Lee is back with the second part of his look at the soundtracks and scores of the sex comedy genre, focusing on the more lurid side of things. This time everything has gotten far bigger and far hornier as he moves into the 1980s. Much like with slasher films, and other assorted cinematic junk food, the sex comedy genre exploded in North America during this decade, getting far raunchier and problem...

Lee, Leah, and their friend and fellow podcaster Gary Hill travel through the cosmos this episode as they check out Luigi Cozzi's "Starcrash" (1978), a fun Italian "Star Wars" rip-off starring Caroline Munro, Marjoe Gortner, Joe Spinell, David Hasselhoff, and Christopher Plummer (!). Sexy costumes, big hair, clunky stop-motion, the lava lamp of death, a hillbilly robot cop, and handy magical power...

Lee and Leah get sexually primitive this time out when they check out the rather obscure Bruno Corbucci-directed, and caveman-themed sex comedy, "When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong" (1971). This comedic take on Aristophanes' Greek play "Lysistrata" features a lot of beautiful bare female flesh, and a lot of bumbling slapstick from the male cast, but does it feature much else? Grab y...

A little late getting this episode out, but yet again Lee is joined by Paul, this time to talk about the gory 1983 creature feature, Douglas McKeown's " The Deadly Spawn ", and then get into a casual chat about movie monsters in general. Like last time, this was taken from a G+ Hangout, thus there may be some minor sound quality issues, but nothing too distracting. End Song: "Godzilla" by Blue Öys...

Lee & Leah are joined by previous guest host Robby Roberson to cover Steven Soderbergh's oddball crime drama from 1999, "The Limey", starring Terence Stamp. Does the unusual narrative device used here work? Does one of us really not like Peter Fonda as an actor? All of this and more, including what the hosts have watched as of late. So try your best Brit gangster slang and come listen. Check o...

Lee is back with part one of a two-part look at the soundtracks and scores of sex comedies, specifically those of the 1970s and 1980s, the raunchier the better! There was so much material to go through that he had to split each decade into its own super-sized episode of BotT, and even then he's barely scraping the surface. In part one we start off in the decade where the sex comedy really started...

Lee and Leah let Satan penetrate them this week with 1974's "Enter the Devil", directed by Mario Gariazzo. Also known as "The Eerie Midnight Horror Show" and "The Sexorcist", as well as seveal other titles, is this cheap Italian rip-off of "The Exorcist" any good? Is it perhaps better? The hosts talk kinky sex and kink-shaming; stigmata; the horrible treatment of people in "real life" exorcisms; r...

Lee and Leah check out an Italian-French artsy post-apocalyptic co-production, directed by Marco Ferreri, "The Seed of Man" (1969). The End of the world; nipple fetishes; stock footage; dead whales on the beach; and spontaneous explosions (?). All this and more in this episode; so come be aloof about the end of the world with us on the beach. "The Seed of Man" IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt006...

Yes indeed, Lee is swamped with work and other things, so it's time to give him a break and let him do another easy TMBDOS! Grab Bag episode. This is where he makes up a playlist based on selections from the scores and soundtracks from the films covered on previous episodes of the They Must Be Destroyed On Sight! podcast. Enjoy! --La Ragazza Con La Pistola, In Due & Shake Balera from "The Girl wit...

Lee and Leah are back on the Mario Bava, as they check out his 1972 return to gothic horror with "Baron Blood". Does this attempt to bring the traditional gothic horror into the modern day with gialli elements work, or was Bava barking up the wrong tree here? Were Elke Sommer's vocal cords the same after this one? How did this film help inspire a popular urban legend/internet hoax? Step into our a...

Lee, Leah, and their friends and fellow podcasters Cameron Scott & Gary Hill try their best to escape Bartertown this episode as they cover the third film in the Mel Gibson-starring Mad Max series, "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" (1985), directed by George Miller & George Ogilvie. Why do the third film in the series before the first two? Simple: to celebrate the recently departed co-star of...

Lee is back with his second part of his look at his favourite selections from the soundtracks and scores for the filmography of Quentin Tarantino, this time covering "Death Proof" to "Once Upon a Time in America". As Tarantino went forward his soundtracks got larger and larger, so this ended up being an even bigger episode than part one, even with Lee trying his best to restrain himself with his p...

Lee and Leah check out Mario Bava's kinky gothic horror/murder mystery "The Whip and the Body" (1963). The hosts have fun this week talking about Daliah Lavi and Christopher Lee getting busy with leather whips and very few words. Some of the topics brought up include: how hard into S&M the film really goes; could the film have gone harder?; the murder mystery plot; is there actually anything super...

Lee & Leah are joined this week by friends and fellow podcasters Vaughn Kuhlmeier & Daniel Segura to check out Ralph Thomas' "Some Girls Do" (1969), the sequel to his previous film that adapted popular pulp character Bulldog Drummond, "Deadlier then Male". Things brought up in the conversation: a bit of background on Bulldog Drummond as a character; how this films stacks up to other spy spoofs of...

Lee and Leah are back and they are in court! Stuffy, drab, VERY British court. This time out they are looking at the little-known British courtroom drama "The Blind Goddess" (1948), directed by Harold French. As it turns out they had far more to say about it than they thought they would. Before that they have an extended talk about what they've watched as of late. Get a good lawyer and tune-in, wo...

Regardless of if you like the work of Quentin Tarantino or not, it can not be denied that he curates killer soundtracks for his films. Much like how he borrows visually and thematically from the films of the past to create his own unique film architecture, he often layers in music from other films in other to do much the same. Sometimes the music is there just to accent a scene and make it cooler,...