We are getting all up in some manholes this time for the podcast.  Down in the darkness, under the city streets, there are things moving around in a very spooky way in both of the movies we talk about. We start with 1980's Scared to Death, from Bill Malone. It features a big humanoid monster known as the Syngenor that is killing people left and right. Only one former alcoholic, former cop has the skill to solve the mystery. It is very ambitious, and largely successful, especially when you consider the film's budget.  We follow that up with another from 1980, Lewis Teague's completely fantastic movie, Alligator.  Someone flushed a baby alligator down the toilet, 15 years ago, and that baby alligator has been eating the test animals from a local genetics lab which gives it a more than subtle growth-spurt. It stars the always-excellent Robert Forster and the totally gorgeous Robin Riker and the film is basically a perfect monster movie.

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We have two very disparate yet similar films this time in the cave. We start off with 1986's Hands of Steel, from Italian maestro Sergio Martino. It tells the story of Paco Queruak, a cyborg who begins to break from governmental control and rediscover his humanity. It is a quintessential 80's sci-fi movie and ultimately completely satisfying. We follow that up with a real mind-bender, the jaw-dropping Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning from 2012. Directed by John Hyams, it continues the story of the Universal Soldier franchise in a surreal, vicious, and completely over-the-top way.  This is dark, and shocking stuff, and WOW is it good! 

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We have two very disparate yet similar films this time in the cave. We start off with 1986's Hands of Steel, from Italian maestro Sergio Martino. It tells the story of Paco Queruak, a cyborg who begins to break from governmental control and rediscover his humanity. It is a quintessential 80's sci-fi movie and ultimately completely satisfying. We follow that up with a real mind-bender, the jaw-dropping Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning from 2012. Directed by John Hyams, it continues the story of the Universal Soldier franchise in a surreal, vicious, and completely over-the-top way.  This is dark, and shocking stuff, and WOW is it good!  Let us know what you thought of the show and send recommendations for future episodes by writing to [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also tweet at us @cavewalls, message us on our Facebook page, or follow our sparkling new instagram page.  

There is no point in trying to deny it...we LOVE John Saxon! We look at two of his films this time, and, thanks to podcast-listener George, one of the films is his sole directorial effort! We start off with the legendary 1980 movie, Cannibal Apocalypse, which stars Saxon and Giovanni Radice in a tale of flesh-eating vietnam vets, running from the police in Atlanta, Georgia. We had heard about this one for years but it largely left us unimpressed. We follow this up with 1988's Zombie Death House, which was directed by Saxon, impressively! It is a total blast and it completely took us by surprise! Thank you George for the recommendation!

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There is no point in trying to deny it...we LOVE John Saxon! We look at two of his films this time, and, thanks to podcast-listener George, one of the films is his sole directorial effort! We start off with the legendary 1980 movie, Cannibal Apocalypse, which stars Saxon and Giovanni Radice in a tale of flesh-eating vietnam vets, running from the police in Atlanta, Georgia. We had heard about this one for years but it largely left us unimpressed. We follow this up with 1988's Zombie Death House, which was directed by Saxon, impressively! It is a total blast and it completely took us by surprise! Thank you George for the recommendation!  Please send YOUR suggestions for films to [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also get ahold of us on our Facebook page or tweet at us @cavewalls.

Julie took over the film-selection this week, so we ended up watching two from Mr. Steven Seagal. We start off with his first, Above the Law from 1988, which is directed by the reliable Andrew Davis. It tells a very boilerplate story, but it tells it VERY successfully and really established Seagal as a new type of action star. We follow that up with his only directorial effort, 1994's On Deadly Ground. In this story, Seagal plays a native American who works for an evil oil tycoon, played by Sir Michael Caine in one of the most over-the-top performances we've seen. It is totally nuts.  Though there was dissension about the directorial efforts, we all agree that the movie is totally entertaining.

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Julie took over the film-selection this week, so we ended up watching two from Mr. Steven Seagal. We start off with his first, Above the Law from 1988, which is directed by the reliable Andrew Davis. It tells a very boilerplate story, but it tells it VERY successfully and really established Seagal as a new type of action star. We follow that up with his only directorial effort, 1994's On Deadly Ground. In this story, Seagal plays a native American who works for an evil oil tycoon, played by Sir Michael Caine in one of the most over-the-top performances we've seen. It is totally nuts.  Though there was dissension about the directorial efforts, we all agree that the movie is totally entertaining. Please let us know what you thought of the episode by writing to [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also post a message to us on our Facebook page or on Twitter @cavewalls.  

We decided to watch two films that feature the multi-faceted actor John Heard, starting off with 1981's Cutter's Way and following up with 1977's Between the Lines. None of us really "enjoyed" either movie, and we struggled in some cases to even make it through them. We bit both bullets though and pushed through for our podcasting art and we present our summation here. Even though the movies weren't fun, the conversations that they inspired are excellent and we DO recommend that you listen to those. 

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We decided to watch two films that feature the multi-faceted actor John Heard, starting off with 1981's Cutter's Way and following up with 1977's Between the Lines. None of us really "enjoyed" either movie, and we struggled in some cases to even make it through them. We bit both bullets though and pushed through for our podcasting art and we present our summation here. Even though the movies weren't fun, the conversations that they inspired are excellent and we DO recommend that you listen to those.  Please let us know what you thought of the show by writing to us at [email protected] or [email protected].  You can also message us on Facebook or Twitter, where you can find us @cavewalls.

We're not sure it's fair to call these movies "rip-offs" but...they are kinda rip-offs, but really, really entertaining ones! Both of the movies this time feature James Franciscus in the lead role, and deadly animals underneath the water!  We start off with 1979's "Killer Fish", which also stars Lee Majors, Karen Black and a lagoon full of hungry piranha! We follow that up with a 1981 "tribute" to Jaws that went by a million titles but we watched a copy called "L'Ultimo Squalo" ( The Last Shark ).  It adds Vic Morrow to the mix as a sort of Irish Captain Quint, with the emphasis on "sort of Irish".  We enjoyed both of these movies a lot and recommend them fully, just don't go in expecting them to be good in any sort of traditional way.

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