Last show we featured April Fool's Day from 1986, starring Deborah Foreman.  She's going to be featured again in this 1988 film which also stars Zach Galligan from Gremlins and the legendary David Warner.  There have been countless House of Wax type horror films since the dawn of cinema.  In 1988 writer/director Anthony Hickox gave us his very first feature film which was his take on this subgenre.  It was a hidden gem for me when I first found it on the VHS shelf 30 years ago.  It is rarely showed a lot of love in the horror community and for that reason we are going to spend this podcast giving the horror 101 treatment to Waxwork.  

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror
04:00  First finding this film...
14:00  Meeting Mr. Lincoln...
19:45  Tony and the Werewolf...
24:28  Massacre at Dracula's Castle...
30:15  The Curse of the Mummy...
35:40  Zombies...
36:49  The Marquis De Sade..
41:02  Battle Wheelchair Finale...
45:25  Scoring the Film...
51:34  Conclusion!  Thanks for listening!

Horror 101 - Episode 109:  Waxwork

This is a horror podcast out of Windsor, Ontario where we focus on some of the greatest titles that you may have missed over the last few decades.  Our show is laced with great soundtrack music, audio clips from scenes that we discuss, interesting production trivia and much, much more.  Join Cash and his cohorts as they celebrate the absolute cream of horror movies!   There's a horror movie out there that's JUST for you --  And we're gonna help you find it at The Horror 101 Podcast!.

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TV & Film

Greetings Horror Fans!  For our 145th episode we're spotlighting a new Australian film from the Cairnes Bros.  This is an excellent example of independent horror being done correct.  This movie has masterful performances and an authentic retro 70s style that delivers a tense and fascinating faux reality experience.  We cannot remember another film that made us want to press play on it again right away.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 Treatment of Late Night with the Devil, starring David Dastmalchian.Show Hightlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...06:35  Setting up for Late Night...13:40  Michael Ironside narrating!16:40  The 70s emulation is superb...19:40  Christou...26:25  Carmichael Haig...28:35  Unmarried Man with a Wedding Ring...31:35  The Cult of Abraxas...34:10  Lilly and Dr. June...40:05  Mr. Wriggles...44:25  Mass Hypnosis...47:50  Reviewing the Tape...50:30  Armageddon...53:30  So It Is Done...58:30  Scoring the Film...71:30  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Episode 145: Horror 101 - Episode 145:  Late Night With The Devil

Happy Easter!  And welcome Horror 101 fans to our 144th show.   A year after Romero's epic Dawn of the Dead took the Horror world by storm Italy answered with their own take on the undead subgenre, made for the International market.  This would be Lucio Fulci's first entry in an array of graphic Euro-Splatter features made for English audiences which would crown him the Godfather of Italian Splatter.  With unforgettable sequences and gore which is as graphic as it is ridiculous we are pleased, for the second time to remind our listeners that Fulci Lives!  Please enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to ZOMBIE!  (They Are Going To Eat You!!)Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:15  Introducing Fulci's Zombie13:30  "The Boat Can Leave Now....Tell The Crew!"16:00  Tor Johnson Zombie...18:30  Where's your father now?21:05  Peter West....Reporter.23:40  Chartering a Boat to Death...29:25  Zombie Vs. Shark!32:25  Eye Trauma!36:00  Reaching Matool and The Dr....41:15  Zombie Banquet...44:00  The Conquistador Cemetery...47:45  The Last Holdout...54:25  New York Apocalypse...57:50  Scoring the Film...66:45  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Episode 144: Horror 101 - Episode 144: Zombie (1979)

Welcome to our 143rd episode!   For the first time ever we flipped a coin with the microphone running and let fate decide the direction for this show.   There's been word that Jordan Peele's company has announced they are remaking this title.  Its not the most celebrated film by Wes Craven but we hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to the bizarre 1991 horror The People Under the Stairs.  Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...07:00 The Coin Toss!11:30  Birthday Tarot Card Reading...13:30  One last family...18:00  Break in...20:00  Robbery Gone Bad...25:40  Sometimes Out is In...30:00  Total Spring Cleaning...40:00  "Tail End of the Craziest Family you ever heard of..."45:00  Re-Entry52:40  The People Released...56:00  Explosives...60:00  Scoring the Film...67:30  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Episode 143: Horror 101 - Episode 143:  The People Under The Stairs

Welcome to our first show of 2024!  We're hoping that you're in the mood for some European 80s sleaze cause that is whats on the docket for this podcast.  Gratuitous nudity.  Horrible dubbing.  Extreme violence and bad acting all wrapped up in a package of camp from a Spanish director.  They cannot make films like this anymore.  We had a lot of fun picking this feature apart and we hope you enjoy as well as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Juan Piquer Simón's Pieces.  Its EXACTLY what you think it is! Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:00 Introducing Pieces...11:30  Porno Puzzle...14:50  Decapitation on the grounds...16:00 Edmund Perdom...17:45  Paul L. Smith (and those looks)...18:40  Murder at the Pool...21:00  The Weird Mailing Dilemma...22:15  "I'm no Pathologist but..."26:45  Is that a chainsaw behind your back?32:40  Fung Fu!!34:25  Waterbed Massacre!37:00  The Chainsaw Payoff!41:00  More coffee?48:00 WTF Ending?!!?51:40  Scoring the Film...57:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Episode 142: Horror 101 - Episode 142:  Pieces (1982)

We're going back to 1980 on this show.  There are 5 movies that made Jamie Lee Curtis one of the most famous scream queens, ever.  Tonight, we bring you another one of those.  Since this show is coming out on New Year's Eve and the setting of this film is also on the same occasion, we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Roger Spottiswoode's Terror Train.  Happy New Year to all our listeners!Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:30  60% of our crew has NOT seen this film...07:50  The remake and its sequel...11:40  A Macabre Practical Joke...15:35  Three years later....Train Party!17:30  Left on the tracks...22:06  Lizardman death...26:40  Mitchy gets hers...29:00  Moe's last magic show...31:00  What do we have in common?35:00  A vicious battle...41:15   A SPOILER WARNING!46:35  Horky's Call...50:30  Scoring the Film...61:00  Conclusion!  Happy New Year!!

Horror 101 - Episode 109: Waxwork

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