Get Soft With Dr Snuggles

Dr. Snuggles and friends return for episode 92 of your guide to the truly astonishing world of softcore films, and the world’s number one podcast on that subject!

Various world events and viruses stopped us from doing Inga II as planned - it’s coming up next time! - so we’re back to the films of the great Don F. Glut! Texas Mike is here as always with our series projects, and we’re also joined by the very wonderful Clare of Screaming Celluloid podcast and also various delightful meme pages fame. This time, we’re back to vampires once again, with 2004’s Countess Dracula’s Orgy of Blood! Whoa, hope the film can live up to that title! Two vampire siblings war for the love of a mortal woman in 2004 LA, irritating the other vampires with the trail of destruction and murder they leave behind. Bonus: the movie also features original goth metal, goth rock, and goth folk music.

The most notable thing about this film is the fact that it’s one of just two American films to star late Spanish horror legend Paul Naschy! We can’t pass up the opportunity to talk about the life and career of the Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry, as well as discussing the truthiness of some of Naschy’s various anecdotes. He loved to tell a story. Sure, some of them probably weren’t true, but he told them well nonetheless.

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Dr. Snuggles and friends return for episode 91 of your guide to the truly astonishing world of softcore films, and the world’s number one podcast on that subject!

We have looked at films from a number of different countries, but one place we haven’t been is Sweden! So, off we trot to the land of the midnight sun, to have a look at Joe Sarno’s 1968 erotic melodrama Inga! It is really something. Almost every single character in the film is a total jerk, which is rare. But can this black and white slice of ‘60s Swedish (slash American) weirdness charm the cast? Also, we recorded this one on AFL Grand Final day, which is a thing the Australians care about, including bonus Australian Tim. Many football team songs are played. There is also a tangent into perhaps the most regional reference ever on the show, as the Australians introduce Drew to Melbourne furniture salesman Franco Cozzo’s delightful ads.

Plus, we talk the life and brief career of the legendary and titular star of Inga, Marie Liljedahl! Liljedahl was only in 10 films in 3 and a bit years, but is still one of the most fondly remembered actors of this era of Swedish film.

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Dr. Snuggles and friends return for episode 90 of your guide to the truly astonishing world of softcore films, and the world’s number one podcast on that subject!

A few episodes ago, we started our latest big project: the vampire and mummy movies of Donald F. Glut! This time, we take a look at the second in the series, and the first mummy film, The Mummy’s Kiss! An evil Egyptian sorceress returns from the dead in modern day (well, 2003) L.A., and searches for the reincarnation of her long lost love. It’s a whole thing. Richard Lynch is there, and so is the great Mia Zottoli, and the vastly underrated Sasha Peralto (who can’t act but has very adorable cheeks). Don sure did it with The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula, but what will happen when he takes on Egypt?

Plus, the life and career of Katie Lohmann, who shows up in the movie as the goddess Isis. Lohmann appeared in Playboy as Miss April 2001, and showed up on countless magazine covers, and also had (small) roles in some pretty big movies, like A.I., and...uh, The Hot Chick?

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Dr. Snuggles and friends return for episode 89 of your guide to the truly astonishing world of softcore films, and the world’s number one podcast on that subject!

Byron Werner’s 2000 erotic thriller Starstruck (aka Deception, aka Deadly Affair, aka Other People’s Secrets) is far from the biggest name movie we’ve done on the show, but it sure is one of the most...surprising? Astonishing? Inaudible? Different members of the cast have very different ideas on that one, including our good bud Bobby from the Grindbin podcast! It’s a movie about movie making - specifically about softcore action movie making! Of course, being an erotic thriller, it’s also about both murder and sex, and the twist at the end will leave you speechless. Maybe. It left some of the cast speechless, anyway.

Plus, we talk about the life and career of the star of the film, Amber Lee Smith, red-headed superstar model of the ‘90s and actor in some quite surprising films. Or, perhaps you know her from Celebrity Rehab? The good news is, she’s cleaned up. The bad news is she found both Jesus and conservative politics along the way.

Also, Drew is hammered on this episode, so enjoy that!

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Dr. Snuggles and friends return for episode 88 of your guide to the truly astonishing world of softcore films, and the world’s number one podcast on that subject!

We’ve been watching Zalman King films chronologically for the whole time we’ve been doing this podcast, and anyone who knows Zalman King knows there’s one big film that has to be talked about: the most Zalman King film of all Zalman King’s films. A movie in which King gets to once again show an upper class woman in a steamy affair with a blue collar worker, but also gets to throw in death, bucketloads of angst, and a climactic boozy basketball battle. Finally, we’re ready for 1992’s Red Shoe Diaries. Along for the very exciting ride is Cassie from Happy Hour Gets Weird podcast: she and her co-host had talked about actors appearing in softcore pre-fame, and said a few times they were curious about seeing Red Shoe Diaries, so we had a blast chatting about the experience with her.

Plus, of course, we talk about the life and career of the film’s pre-fame star, David Duchovny! And there is much to talk about. There’s the unfinished PhD in English Literature, the recent ventures into music and novels, and of course, the universally recognised role for which everyone knows him: evil venture capitalist Brad in Beethoven.

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Dr. Snuggles and friends return for episode 87 of your guide to the truly astonishing world of softcore films, and the world’s number one podcast on that subject!

Our buddy Mike joins us for the first in another series of films: this time it’s Donald F. Glut’s vampire and mummy films! We’re starting with 2001’s The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula, and boy what a beginning it is. It’s all about a woman turned into a vampire by William Smith in the late ‘60s, who finds in the present day (of 2001) that she wishes for mortality. Glut is a titan of not just the film world, but also books, comics, and cartoons, and a whole lot more.

We will definitely explore all of his career achievements in a future episode. This is not that episode: this is the second of three episodes we recorded three weeks in a row. Frankly, the show is a lot of work, so sometimes while you could talk about the life of William Smith, you half-ass it and talk about the life and career (mostly career) of the movie’s star, Elizabeth X, aka Brick Randall. Elizabeth X made some hardcore movies, and she made two softcore movies. This is the story of those movies, their titles, and the years in which they were released.

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Dr. Snuggles and friends return for episode 86 of your guide to the truly astonishing world of softcore films, and the world’s number one podcast on that subject!

Back in episode 15, we looked at the 1978 comedy musical Fairy Tales, which for the most part we did not care for. Director Harry Hurwitz continued making films into the ‘90s, however, so we check out his 1994 swansong, art themed erotic conspiracy thriller Fleshtone. Martin Kemp (bassist from Spandau Ballet and star of Cyber Bandits) is a tortured artist obsessed with the intersection of romance, art, sex and death, who finds himself drawn into a terrifying and deadly conspiracy when he calls a personals ad in a sex paper. They find they’re enormously similar, in that they both like swapping nude photos (through the mail) and they’re both freakish outcasts because they’re interested in serial killers. The ‘90s sure were a different time. Now they’d just co-host a popular podcast together. Appropriately, we’re joined in this art themed adventure by actual artist and everybody’s favourite, Jimmy Ether.

Plus, we take a look at the life and career of writer and director Harry Hurwitz! Hurwitz wasn’t just a filmmaker - he was also a painter, and a film and art teacher. Amongst his students was the great Joe Dante, who said there’s a little bit of Hurwitz’s debut film in every Joe Dante film.

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Dr. Snuggles and friends return for episode 85 of your guide to the truly astonishing world of softcore films, and the world’s number one podcast on that subject!

Once again, we are joined by Matt from Movie Melt and Songs on Trial for another fan favourite drunkcasting episode. Except Matt isn’t drinking this time (the Australians bravely attempt to make up for this by getting drunk enough to sing Bond themes at one point). One thing Matt really loves is the mermaid films directed by Perry Tong, so we check out one of the more highly regarded entries, Mermaid's Quest: Search For the King of the Nile. Disappointingly, there are no mermaids, in the sense that all characters in this film are walking around on those...whad'ya call 'em?...oh - feet. But there is topless scuba diving! Also this episode: songs both from the movie musical you’re assuming we played songs from, songs about having sex with mermaids, a mermaid erotic audio story, general drunkcasting idiocy, and a whole lot of clips of Miss Brat Dom because we recorded an episode of Patreon bonus cast In Search of the Perfect Podcast moments before this show.

Plus, the life and career of Perry Tong! Not only did he write and direct 17 mermaid films in about four years, he was also an author and producer, and a band manager in the ‘60s. These days, you can find him behind the counter at Pop’s Safari Room Cigars & Fine Wines and KTF & Collectibles in Fort Worth, Texas!

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Dr. Snuggles and friends return for episode 84 of your guide to the truly astonishing world of softcore films, and the world’s number one podcast on that subject!

Our buds Ash and Avery from well-liked-cousin-podcast For the Story are back, and we decide to turn to a reliable old friend, Ernest G. Sauer, and check out his 1995 newsroom comedy Broadcast Bombshells! There’s also a telethon, complete with comedy guests including an accordionist, and the threat of a bomb hanging over the whole thing. Somehow, though, no one really recalls much of the movie, with the obvious exception of Joey Mennonna’s classic hit Kitten with a Whip (written for the movie, not actually a hit).

We also talk about the life and career of the movie’s star, Amy Lynn Baxter. Baxter was Penthouse Pet of the Month in June 1990, and made an absolute fortune from feature erotic dancing and some seriously smart money management. She also had a confusing engagement to Ed Begley Jr.!

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Dr. Snuggles and friends return for episode 83 of your guide to the truly astonishing world of softcore films, and the world’s number one podcast on that subject!

We’re joined this episode by Kelly and Ken from Compañeros Radio Network sister show Heavy Leather Horror Show, taking on not a horror film, but art crimes! Carnal art crimes, in Gregory Dark’s 1991 erotic thriller Carnal Crimes. This is Dark’s first erotic thriller, all the pieces are in place: an unsatisfied wife gets involved with a mysterious and mulleted photographer, only to find he’s more dangerous than he seems. Also, he really likes bananas! Does it all come together? Well, not quite, but there’s plenty to chew on nonetheless!

Plus, we talk about the life and career of the film’s star, the great Linda Carol. Carol is best known for playing the lead in Reform School Girls, but it turns out you can’t talk about the life of Linda Carol without also talking about the life of New England mobster Champagne Denny. It’s quite a tale.

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