Scorsese and this whole Marvel bollocks
After weeks and weeks of sheer head scratching nonsense regarding Scorsese’s comments about Marvel in an interview with Empire magazine and on the day he published an opinion piece in the New York Times, I have decided to put an end to it all by simply adding to the pile of irrelevant column inches written about this non-story.
Episode 298 - A Silent Night, Deadly Night Bonanza
Host Jon Cross and guest Axl Kay dissect, discuss and ask questions of the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise from part 2 through to the 2012 remake. It’s a fascinatingly weird and sometimes wonderful franchise which rattles off into some mad places. Altogether now… GARBAGE DAY!
Episode 297 - Zombieland Double Tap
Jon Cross and Jim Wallace hang out at Paul’s Da Burger Joint where they don’t serve tea but the server does seem surprisingly up on new technology - there, our intrepid duo talk about the inevitable despair of modern times and the 10 year reunion sequel, Zombieland Double Tap.
At Twenty Five: Wes Craven's New Nightmare
In the month of its 25th Anniversary, contributor to the site, TF Parent, brings us a look back at the meta horror film that started 90s meta horror, revitalised a franchise and allowed an original filmmaker to respond to the sequels that were out of his control, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare.
Episode 296 - John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire joins Jon Cross to discuss John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness from 1987
Episode 295 - Rambo: Last Blood
On this episode, the grumpy old men of podcasting, Jon Cross and Jim Wallace, talk about the grumpy old man of action movies, Sylvester Stallone and his new film as one of his most iconic characters, Rambo: Last Blood.
Fantastic Fest Review: Thai Film The Pool is About a Guy Stuck in a Pool. What More Do You Need?
In her latest Fantastic Fest review, Lisa Gullickson contemplates being stuck in an empty pool for days, what kind of premise that is for a movie and how we’re all just one mistake away from having one of those “you’ll never believe this but…” stories. Read her review for Ping Lumpraploeng’s independent horror, The Pool.
Nurse 3D
Michael Campochiaro, the appreciator of the underappreciated, the excavator of the discounted and the curator of cult takes a look at what some consider the worst film ever made, the controversial, relatively new cult classic - Nurse 3D starring Paz de la Huerta, Katrina Bowden and Judd Nelson.
Episode 294 - The Urban Legend Trilogy
Jon Cross sits down with Matt Farley of moternmedia.com and they do the important work of movie podcasters and talk the forgotten trilogy of late era slasher films: The Urban Legend movies.
Fantastic Fest Review: Takashi Miike’s First Love Proves the Yakuza Genre is Worth Fighting For
Lisa Gullickson sends back another review from Fantastic Fest 2019. This time it’s the blood soaked and violent, romantic, drama First Love from filmmaker Takashi Miike.
Fantastic Fest Review: Joe Begos’ VFW is a Bloody Good Time for Genre Film Fanatics
Our roving reviewer down at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Tx. Lisa Gullickson had the luck and privilege to see the premiere of one of our hotly anticipated fall titles, Joe Begos’ VFW starring William Sadler, Fred Williamson, Stephen Lang and George Wendt.
Fantastic Fest Review: VHYes – A Nostalgic Romp Through Being a Child of the 80s with Director Jack Henry Robbins
Lisa Gullickson, reporting from Austin, TX, sends her first Fantastic Fest 2019 review of 80s nostalgia fest, family comedy and TV parody, Jack Henry Robbins’ VHYes.
The Hotly Anticipated VFW Finds Distributors Ahead of its Debut at Fantastic Fest
VFW, the groovy new action horror from filmmaker Joe Begos and starring Diner favourites William Sadler and Fred “The Hammer” Williamson finds a home with RLJE and Fangoria - we have the skinny!
Episode 293 - The Poltergeist Trilogy
Old friend of the show, fellow podcast, film journalist extraordinaire and all round groovy chap, Brad Gullickson from In the Mouth of Dorkness and Film School Rejects joins Jon Cross to talk ghosts, 80s politics, gross out effects, curses, Spielberg and Tobe Hooper rumours and much more when they take on The Poltergeist trilogy!
Interview with Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein - Writer/Directors of Freaks
Writer/Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein talk about their new movie, Freaks - a Sci-Fi, Horror and Superhero hybrid that stars Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern and Lexy Kolker. The film is out in theatres on Sept. Friday 13th 2019!
At Twenty Five: The Shawshank Redemption
In the month of its 25th Anniversary, new contributor to the site, TF Parent, brings us a look back at the relevance and endurance of perennial favourite and topper of best-of film lists everywhere, The Shawshank Redemption.
Interview with Hayley Griffith - Star of Satanic Panic
Jon Cross talks to Hayley Griffith star of the new, glossy and gory horror comedy Satanic Panic which is out IN THEATERS and ON VOD and DIGITAL HD: September 6, 2019
Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity
Michael Campochiaro is back extolling the virtues of and waxing rhapsodic about those cult and B-Movie corners of the film universe. This time he is casting his gaze towards the stars and the excellently titled Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity starring genre icon Elizabeth Kaitan.
Episode 292 - Ready or Not
We talk Ready or Not, the new horror comedy starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody and Andie MacDowell and all the great indie, genre films of 2019, in the Hollywood Diner, Chelsea New York.