Cult Cinema Cavalcade

Our Godzilla Showa Era February Marathon continues with KING KONG VS. GODZILLA! King Kong and Godzilla go head-to-head in an epic battle of the beast when the giant gorilla escapes from captivity in Japan and squares up to the recently thawed lizard.

Movie Information: King Kong Vs. Godzilla

Synopsis: A newspaper and television station funded by a pharmaceutical company want a sensation, which happens to be the discovery of King Kong on an island. He is captured and brought to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles Godzilla.Release date: August 11, 1962Director: Ishirô HondaBox office: $200,000 (estimated)Music by: Akira IfukubeScreenplay: Shin’ichi Sekizawa, Paul Mason (english version), Bruce Howard (english version), John Beck (uncredited), Willis H. O’Brien (uncredited)Produced By: John Beck, Tomoyuki Tanaka

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"The fights are more than just slapping, its a real deal wrestling match!"

Cullen

"Despite the American news inserts trying their best to sink it, King Kong vs Godzilla is exactly what you're hoping for this movie to be!"

Brandon Peters

Our March through the Showa Era Godzilla sequels begins with GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN! Godzilla battles an irradiated Ankylosaur and destroys Osaka in the process.

Movie Information: Godzilla Raids Again

Synopsis: Godzilla battles an irradiated Ankylosaur and destroys Osaka in the process.Release date: April 24, 1955Director: Motoyoshi Oda, Ishirô Honda (Uncredited)Box office: $800,000 (estimated)Music by: Masaru SatōScreenplay: Takeo Murata, Shigeaki HidakaProduced By: Tomoyuki Tanaka

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"It took me a while to finally see this one, and I'm glad I'd never took the time til now."

Cullen

"You could honestly skip right over this one and not miss a thing."

Brandon Peters

Our Friday the 13th bonus series continues in discussion of 1984’s The Final Chapter. Of note, 8 movies followed this one. Join us as we talk about Crispin Glover’s dance moves, Corey Feldman’s early peeping Tom days, Teddy’s computer, our crush on Trish Jarvis…AND TWIIIIIIIIINZZZZZ!

Special Guest: James Oster (Joblo.com)

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30 years ago today, December 6th 1989, the BBC aired the final episode in the classic run of Doctor Who; “Survival, Part Three”. In honor of that occasion we discuss the last serial (Starring Sylvester McCoy as The Doctor) among other things Who related.

Episode Guest: Russell McGee

Audio Editor at Big Finish Productions

Russell McGee has worked as a Sound Designer on several stories for Big Finish.He currently works as the On-air Promotions Producer for WTIU, a PBS member station, in Bloomington. IN.

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Episode Guest: Rachel Frend

Host, Editor & Producer of Five(ish) Fangirls Podcast

Fangirl, podcaster, cosplayer, future corgi mom

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Movie Information: Dr. Who - "Survival"

Synopsis: The Doctor brings Ace back to her hometown of Perivale. Her old friends are being kidnapped by a race of alien hunters called the Cheetah People, who were shown the way to Earth by the Doctor’s old enemy the Master.Release date: November 22, 1989Director: Alan WareingBox office: (TV Movie)Music by: Dominic GlynnScreenplay: Rona MunroProduced By: John Nathan-Turner

Movie Poster: Dr Who - "Survivor"

Movie Rating: Legend of the Werewolf

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"This is very low hanging fruit for me as far as Seventh Doctor."

Russell McGee

"I enjoy seeing the master, but the plot...its very convoluted"

Rachel Frend

"You guys are talking about heavy plots and convoluted stories, I thought this one was really easy to follow."

Cullen

We conclude our Thankful for Dona Speir Month! Come see us live at Starbase Indy 2019 on 11/30!!Hunted down by six teams of assassins hired by a Japanese crime lord, Federal agents Donna and Nicole struggle to survive, with help from their agency friends.Get more information on Starbase Indy

Movie Info: Do or Die

Synopsis: Hunted down by six teams of assassins hired by a Japanese crime lord, Federal agents Donna and Nicole struggle to survive, with help from their agency friends.Release date: June, 28 1991Director: Andy SidarisBox office: Music composed by: Richard LyonsScreenplay: Andy SidarisProduced By: Andy Sidaris

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"I think this is pretty fun. It's got a big edge on some of the others (Andy Sidaris movies."

Cullen

"From a technical level, I was actually impressed where we've gone to with this one. It felt like a much better made movie. The editing stuck out to me."

Brandon Peters

Our “Thankful For” Month focuses on Dona Speir, leading us back into the Andy Sidaris Universe!After a failed assassination attempt on her partner, DEA agent Donna Hamilton discovers that the crime lord responsible for her father’s death is coming after her and her associates.Dona’s book: The Naked Truth: The Fall and Rise of Dona Speir

Movie Information: Guns

Synopsis: After a failed assassination attempt on her partner, DEA agent Donna Hamilton discovers that the crime lord responsible for her father’s death is coming after her and her associates.Release date: November 9, 1990Director: Andy SidarisBox office: Music by: Richard LyonsScreenplay: Andy SidarisProduced By: Arlene Sidaris

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"The movie very much makes good on its title...you're gonna get explosions, you're gonna get ridiculous vehicles and you're gonna get mostly naked people. On that front; pretty good job!"

Cullen

"It was nice to step back into the Sidaris fold and this one gave me everything I like about them done pretty well. This one has a WTF factor that hasn't been present since Hard Ticket To Hawaii."

Brandon Peters

Happy Halloween from Cult Cinema Cavalcade!The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.

Episode Guest: Katie Rife

Senior writer @TheAVClub

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Synopsis: A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.Release date: September 23, 1983 (USA)Director: Juan Piquer SimónBox office: 2 million USDMusic composed by: Librado Pastor, Carlo Maria Cordio, Stelvio Cipriani, Fabio Frizzi, Enrico Pieranunzi, Alain LerouxScreenplay: Juan Piquer Simón, Joe D’Amato, Dick Randall, Roberto Loyola

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"This movie is like a lobotomy...It's like being high...Beam me up pieces."

Katie Rife

"This is nonsense! I don't know what's going on. It's a lot of fun. It is exactly what you think it is."

Cullen

"This is a blast, a total party movie."

Brandon Peters

A baby is brought up by wolves after they kill his parents. As a lad he is taken in by a second-rate travelling show, but one night when he is older he kills one of the troupe and runs away to Paris. Here he gets a job in a rundown zoo and falls for a girl who works in the local brothel. He resents her clients and whenever the moon is full gets extremely unpleasant about it.

Episode Guest: Russell McGee

Audio Editor at Big Finish Productions

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Movie Info: Legend of the Werewolf

Synopsis: A travelling circus in 19th century France adopts and showcases a feral “wolf boy”, who grows into adulthood only to kill the one-man band. He runs off to Paris, where he develops a jealous, overprotective crush on a prostitute, leading him to attack her client, incurring a pursuit by a determined police surgeon.Release date: April, 1975Director: Freddie FrancisBox office: Music composed by: Harry RobertsonScreenplay: Anthony HindsProduced By: Kevin Francis

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"It's got a lot of flaws. It's still a decent little horror film."

Russell McGee

"It's not bad but I don't see myself watching this again"

Cullen

"I liked watching Peter Cushing do his thing. Proceed with Caution. It was lean, moved a bit, had some fun."

Brandon Peters

With Rambo: Last Blood hitting theaters and another Terminator on the way in a a few weeks, we’ve decided to see which of these 80s action titans groundbreaking action films is king!

Episode Guest: Troy Brownfield

Staff Writer/Reporter at the Saturday Evening Post

Troy Brownfield is a staff writer at The Saturday Evening Post. He has an extensive background as a pop culture and entertainment writer for a variety of websites and magazines. Troy also writes comic books professionally, including turns on characters like Batman and Buck Rogers. He has two degrees in English and writing from Indiana State University.

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Movie Info: Rambo First Blood Pt. II

Synopsis: John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is doing hard time in jail when his former boss, Col. Troutman (Richard Crenna), offers him a deal. If Rambo travels to Vietnam to try to find the American prisoners of war, his criminal record will be expunged. Rambo takes the reconnaissance assignment and agrees not to get involved in any of the action. However, when his Vietnamese lover, Co Bao (Julia Nickson), is killed by American forces, Rambo forgets his promise and takes matters into his own hands.Release date: May 22, 1985Box office: 300.4 millionDirector: George P. CosmatosMusic by: Jerry GoldsmithScreenplay: Sylvester Stallone, James CameronProduced By: Andrew G. Vajna, Mario Kassar, Buzz Feitshans, Mel Dellar

Movie Poster: Rambo First Blood Pt. II

Movie Info: Commando

Synopsis: Retired Special Forces soldier John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) lives with daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano) in isolation, but his privacy is disturbed by former commander Franklin Kirby (James Olson), who warns him that his fellow soldiers are getting killed one by one. After Kirby leaves, Jenny is kidnapped by former Latin American dictator Arius (Dan Hedaya), who wants Matrix to restore him to power. Instead, Matrix sets out to take down the rogue leader and rescue his daughter.Release date: May 22, 1985Box office: 57.5 MillionDirector: Mark L. LesterMusic by: James HornerScreenplay: Steven E. de SouzaProduced By: Joel Silver, Stephanie Brody, Robert Kosberg, Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman

Movie Poster: Commando

Movie Winner: Commando

"[Rambo] A better film from top to bottom. A really well made action movie."

Troy Brownfield

"Commando is just endlessly entertaining and ridiculous. Better re-watchability."

Cullen

Brandon, Cullen and Jimmy O take on a Friday the 13th movie near and dear to the their hearts. Get ready to “Ooh baby” as they scream their love for LANAAAA!!! while Roy Burns subs in for Jason.

Episode Guest: James Oster

Writer and contributor, reviewer and correspondent at JoBlo

Bacon, Cats & JoBlo by JimmyO. LAOFCS member. I’m a pretty awesome dad too!

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Movie Info: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning

Synopsis: Years after Tommy Jarvis (John Shepard) murdered hockey-masked serial killer Jason Voorhees, he resides in a mental hospital and struggles with the trauma of the experience. When Tommy moves to an isolated halfway house, he has nightmares about Jason’s return, and soon one of the patients (Dominick Brascia) is killed. As the body count grows, Tommy begins to question his sanity and wonder if Jason has risen from the dead. But, to determine the killer’s identity, Tommy will need to survive.Release date: March 22, 1985Director: Danny SteinmannBox office: 21.9 millionMusic by: Harry ManfrediniScreenplay: Martin Kitrosser, David Cohen, Danny SteinmannProduced By: Frank Mancuso Jr., Timothy Silver

Movie Poster: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning