Cult Connections

Season Three: Episode Eight. It's part two of "The Trilogy Within A Film Series Trilogy" Friday The 13th is a franchise which plays fast and loose with it's own continuity (including Jason himself). However Parts IV, V and VI all feature the character of Tommy Jarvis albeit played by three different actors. I'm joined by Helen Carey as we discuss our favourite Tommy's, bald caps, bananas and 80s dance moves.

Season Three: Episode Seven. Ian is joined by Christopher Craig from A Musical Sunday to review three versions of Hairspray. From screen to stage then back to the screen, it's a funny, diverse and sometimes bizarre tale of representation, identity and just needing to dance!

Season Three: Episode Six. American Outlaws. Ian is joined by Chrisi Talyn Saje from Madison On The Air to talk  train robbers, strong women and pot heads. All three films document journeys through the  American cultural, societal and  physical landscape as, Bob Dylan once sang, the times they are a changing.

Season Three: Episode Five. It's Part One of "The Trilogy Within A Film Series Trilogy". Chris Cassell joins Ian to boldly go into  the Genesis Trilogy.  Khans six pack, Klingon Christopher Lloyd  "colorful metaphors" and everything else in-between. Is this the best Star Trek has ever been?

Season Three: Episode Four. In 1975 Fawlty Towers became an instant classic all round the world. So naturally America had to remake it not once but three times. But was it third time lucky or three times a failure? Ian is joined by Lara Kristine Elliot to find out!

Bonus Episode. Ian is joined by Paul Tomlinson from Mugs games to discuss the launch of the movie themed board game The  Grand Guess Hotel on Kickstarter. Find out all about the inspiration and work that goes into designing the game,  our favourite cinematic hotels and why Ian would be a rubbish hotel manager!

Season Three: Episode Three.  Ian is joined by Dr Adrian Smith to look at three influential Italian horror films. From the "nonno" of the slasher film to a visceral assault on the senses via the worst holiday ever we discover how Italian cinema is like no other.

Ian is joined by Mark Plant to discuss John Boorman's Deliverance. We find out about dentistry, nepotism, the Moustache Conundrum and of course "that scene".  Mark talks about why  his podcast journey also went "up river"  and as always Ian admits to why he's never watched this before.

Season Three: Episode Two. Ian is joined by Scott and Cam from SpyHards Podcast to explore the amazing journey of a rather large prop dinosaur. From London to Peru via Tatooine then back to London it's definitely a crazy ride!

Season Three: Episode 1b. Following on from the horrifying vision of nuclear Britain portrayed in Threads Ian is joined by Stephen Spurling to review its American counterpart ABCs The Day After. Does this TV movie from 1983 still have the power to chill the audience nearly 40 years on?