The Last Temptation of Becky
We review The Last Temptation of Becky, the third part of the Becky franchise, which sees Lulu Wilson’s Becky trade her nomadic, outsmart-the-bad-guys roots for the resources of the CIA. With Neil Patrick Harris stepping in as the latest fascist villain and that long-teased key finally coming into play, we look at how this unlikely trilogy came to exist at all, what makes genre trilogies so hard to get right, and whether Becky’s final chapter delivers on everything the first two films set up.
Season 3 - Episode 3 - The Vampire Motorcycle is Dead Again
We’re talking 90s Hitchcockian Noir, Dead Again - and our hosts struggle to answer the question "why Kenneth Branagh?" and we discuss the wonderfully grim 80s/early 90s Britain and low budget, horror comedy, I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle.
What happens when Brits go to Hollywood and what happens when they don't.
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Insanitarium - "Different Wiring" and the Jeff Buhler Conundrum
For Episode 2 of Season 3, the guys are back in an actual diner to discuss 2008's Insanitarium — an action horror set inside a mental health facility where the inmates are being injected with nanobot-infused cannibal juice. Yes, really. They also dig into the work of writer/director Jeff Buhler and the state of indie horror.
Season 2 - Episode 23 - The Becky Films
Recorded last year but being released now, Matt Poirier from the DTVC Connoisseur Podcast joins me again and this time we’re talking The Becky Films - Becky and The Wrath of Becky both starring the incomparable Lulu Wilson - two films I think have flown under the radar too damn long!!
Ryan Kruger's RIP collection
Ryan Kruger, the indie film Director with the Grindhouse and Horror sensibility behind feature films like Fried Barry and the new Street Trash update, is releasing a collection of experimental short films. Learn more here!
Season 2 - Ep 19 - Troll & Delta Heat
Matt Poirier joins us to talk about the bizarre Michael Moriarty starring and John Carl Beuchler directed movie, Troll and Anthony Edwards is miscast alongside an always welcome, Lance Henriksen in the sweaty, action, VHS pick - Delta Heat
Season 2 - Ep 18 - In the Paré Way - DragonFight and Seizure
On this Gary Hill and I talk about the Michael Paré fim DragonFight from 1990, and our VHS pick, Seizure which is equally loopy but a lot more 70s is the first movie from Oliver Stone!
Season 2 - Ep 17 - The Substance
The utterly delightful Nic Meek-Whitehead joins us to discuss The Substance - the new Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley body horror/social commentary film from Writer, Director, Editor and Producer, Coralie Fargeat.
Season 2 - Ep 16 - The Kiss & Soldier
Matt Poirier joins me to talk about The Kiss - a criminally under seen, gonzo possession horror from 1988 starring Joanna Pacula and Meredith Salenger and Soldier, the oft maligned, sci-fi flopperooni from Paul W. S. Anderson, starring Kurt Russell
Season 2 - Ep 11 - On the Wings of Love - A celebration of all things Wings Hauser
Matt Poirier from Direct to Video Connoisseur, joins us to head down a Wings Hauser rabbit hole and discuss a wild sextet of his films - Dead Man Walking , Street Asylum, Mutant, Nightmare at Noon, The Art of Dying and Living to Die.
The Bloke Down The Pub's Top 5 Hammer Horror Films
To celebrate the launch of his book - A Bloke Down the Pub Bangs on About Hammer Horror - We asked The Bloke Down The Pub, our resident Hammer Horror expert, what his Top 5 Hammer Films are.
Ep 353 - Donald Pleasence Double Bill - The Uncanny & House of Usher
Jon Cross and long suffering, regular co-host Jim Wallace bid a fond farewell to the podcast, back in an actual diner for the first time in 2 1/2 years, by talking a Donald Pleasence double bill of The Uncanny & House of Usher.
Episode 352 - Demonoid
Jon Cross and special guest Kirk Howle discuss the Mexican, possessed-hand, horror film - Demonoid
Uncle Sam - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray - Blue Underground
We review the new Blue Underground, 2 Disc, 4K Ultra HD & Blu-Ray release of the last collaboration between horror and genre masters director William Lustig and writer Larry Cohen, the satirical slasher, Uncle Sam.
God Told Me To - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray - Blue Underground
We review the new Blue Underground, 2 Disc, 4K Ultra HD & Blu-Ray release of one of writer-director-producer Larry Cohen’s most intriguing, wild and complex films, the 70s horror, sci-fi gem, God Told Me To.
Wild Things - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray - Arrow
We review the new Arrow, 2 Disc, 4K Ultra HD & Blu-Ray release of the late 90s, sleazy classic, Wild Things starring Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell and Denise Richards.
Die! Die! My Darling! AKA Fanatic
Our Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is back and hypothesising just what goes into the development process of a Hammer Film and wishing that Hammer had signed Tallulah Bankhead to a 10 picture deal because of her excellent presence in 1965’s Die! Die! My Darling! AKA Fanatic.
Episode 350 - Caine & Keaton 6 - Johnny Dangerously & The Hand
Jon Wallace returns to the Diner podcast to revive, not just the show itself, but the Caine & Keaton series (dormant for almost 6 years at this point) to discuss Johnny Dangerously and The Hand.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray - Arrow
We review the new Arrow, 2 Disc, 4K Ultra HD & Blu-Ray release of Kenneth Branagh, Francis Ford Coppola and Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Episode 347 - Christmas Evil
We’re very excited to release our Christmas episode with all new guest David Frazer! We talk about the unfairly relatively unsung, horror Christmas classic, Christmas Evil AKA You Better Watch Out. We also talk about Dave’s new album Pillaging Villagers!