IFWT is finally covering The Sultan of Sexploitation, Russ Meyer! And if that wasn't groovy enough, writer and connoisseur of all things cult, Heather Drain is here to discuss Meyer's bodacious, buxom and badass movie from 1975, SUPERVIXENS.

Supervixen's concerns the accidental sexploits of gas station worker Clint, who after being falsely accused of killing his girlfriend, hits the two-lane blacktop and finds himself in a series of sexual escapades, often to the ire of the men he encounters, primarily, corrupt cop Harry Sledge, played by the fantastically menacing Charles Napier.

And being a Meyer film, Heather and myself couldn't help share more than a few laughs, dive into the background of Meyer himself and discuss an assortment of periphery topics tangibly linked to the man himself.

You can find Heather Drain at:

heatherdrain.com

Instagram: @MondoHeather

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Youtube: MondoHeatherDrain

This week I'm joined by author Scott West and Rif of the upcoming podcast Rocket Ships, Ray Guns & Rock n Roll, to discuss Alex Cox's incendiary debut, and truly punk film Repo Man.

One part conspiracy thriller, one part Sci-Fi mystery and 100% cult classic, Repo Man would catapult Emelio Estevez in leading man territory alongside certified greats such as Harry Dean Stanton.

With a soundtrack featuring punk greats such as Circle Jerks and Black Flag, and an original space age surf score by The Plugz, Repo Man wears its punk-rock credentials well, and myself, Scott and Rif try and decipher the meaning behind some of the themes and elements the film brings up, and may have accidently stepped into a conspiracy ourselves.

It's a pleasure to welcome director Joshua Erkman onto the podcast, who, after a lifetime toiling away in the industry, has finally released his feature-length debut, A Desert - a film that exists somewhere between Hitchcock's Psycho and the abstract nightmares of David Lynch.

When a middle-aged photographer heads to the desert, sans mobile phone, to attempt to recapture a sense of the wildness that informed his prior work. Unlucky for him, he gets what he wanted in the form of the Manson-like Renny and Nymphet Susie-Q, who light the fuse for the chaos that ensues.

This was genuinely one of my favourite first time watches of 2025, so i'm pleased i got to sit-down with Joshua, who runs thru the pre-production, the themes, the characters and so much more involved in this desert-noir.

And for those who may have not seen this, there is major spoilers from about the mid-way mark, but we try not do touch on every plot element, to keeps things fresh for those of you who haven't.

A Desert is currently available on physical, and is also streaming on Shudder.

Punk icon Harley Flanagan has persevered through hell to tell his story of addiction, madness and redemption. As founder of hardcore band the Cro-Mags, he's toured the world and entertained the masses. But behind the mayhem, lies a human story of abuse, neglect and kicking against the pricks. As a child born into a world of counterculture legends as Allen Ginsberg and Andy Warhol, Harley was determined to carve his own path. First as a pre-teen drummer in The Stimulators then as leader of the pioneering hardcore band Cro-Mags.

But what is the truth between these sign-posts? The trials, tragedy's and triumphs that lay beneath? Well, lucky for us, Harley is in the guest seat, to discuss his life story with us. A life that is a contradictory story of violence, creativity and beauty.

This week I'm joined by Welsh filmmaker and guest film programmer at London's only grindhouse-exclusive picturehouse, The Nickel Cinema, Craig Williams, to discuss Paul Morrissey's near-lost punk artifact Madame Wang's.

Centered on a story of of an East German agent who is sent to the United States, not only to search for Jane Fonda, but to wait for the Communist takeover. Along the way he bumps into an eclectic mix of society's throwaways, who teach him the what it is to be an American.

Morrissey's film, like his previous Flesh, Trash and Heat films with Andy Warhol, never strays from that street level poetics, and even though Morrissey himself never lived the lives he portrays, he never condemns - this duality is a topic we definitely discuss.

You can find Craig Williams on Instagram at @Mondodraig,

and you can find The Nickel Cinema at @The NickelCinema.

Gentry Austin, co-host of the sexploitation podcast The Sin Syndicate podcast is joining the podcast to discuss the Annie Belle starring Laure a.k.a Forever Emmanuelle Forever.

Laure, is a 'Emmanuelle-adjacent' softcore film that waxes on liberation, religion and emancipation from life's shackles - so it is no mere T&A film, which makes it ripe for the IFWT deepdive. And much of this is thanks to the participation of Emmanuelle Arsan, the writer of the original Emmanuelle book that spawned franchises in France and Italy.

Also, Gentry not only brings us this film due to pure fandom, as he is currently working on the biography of star Annie Belle.

You can find the Sin Syndicate podcast on Instagram at :@thesinsyndicatepod

Writer and contributor to TheFightCity.com, Andrew Rihn joins the podcast for the first time, as he brings IFWT Humphrey Bogart's last ever film 'The Harder They Fall'.

Adapted from a novel by controversial writer Budd Shulberg - controversial for reasons we definitely discuss in this episode, as we dive into the real life scenes behind this fictional film. A film about a down-on-his-luck reporter who is tempted by a crooked fight promoted who believes that Toro 'The Wild Man of the Andes' Moreno, might just be their next big meal ticket in the shady world of boxing.

You can find Andrew Rihn on X at @RihnAndrew

and on Instagram at @a.rihn

Amazingly this is the podcast's first dive into the works of Quentin Tarantino - and we're starting right at the beginning with his explosive 1992 debut Reservoir Dogs . A Heist film that doesn't show the heist. Filled with expletives and pop-culture references, Reservoir Dogs would encapsulate the work Tarantino would go on to make.

And lucky for you and I, Phillip Duke, host of the Making Tarantino podcast is here to wax lyrical, trade stories and decipher where Reservoir Dogs sits in his filmography.

You can find Making Tarantino on X @MakingTarantino and Instagram @makingtarantinothepodcast

friend of the podcast Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) is back, and this time he's here to conclude our series diving into the works of New York auteur Larry Fessenden.

For the finale we're wrapping up in style, with a creature feature double-feature! In discussion are Fessenden's hitherto films, 2019's modern retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Depraved, and the Wolf Man story of Blackout.

We get into the themes, the politics, the elements that ran through Fessenden's work, including certain complimentary elements between both Depraved and Blackout, and we even riff on Fessenden's future monster mash film!

*This ep contains NO MAJOR SPOILERS*

We kick of 2026 welcoming Nottingham-based director Derry Shillitto on the podcast - a young filmmaker who has just released his debut feature film The Correction Unit.

After spending his formative years with a plethora of jobs in the film industry - costume design and music video production for the likes of Sleaford Mods, being but a couple - Derry has finally dropped a feature film. The Correction Unit takes place in a tangible near-future where an AI institute promises to reform a group of juvenile offenders into the best and most productive versions of themselves.

Straddling the line between Roget Corman low-budget ingenuity and class polemics akin to Ken Loach and The Angry Young Men, The Correction Unit showcases the young talent of a crop of up-and-comers and first timers, alongside the voicing talent of global star Bella Ramsey, who returned to her Nottingham roots to feature in Shillito's warning call to society - with heavy doses of action, of course.

Because this film is new as of this recording and upload, we veer away from major spoilers and instead contextualise the film within the world it takes place, the themes that run through it and the importance of working class representation in the arts, which has sadly halved in the UK since the 1970s.

So if you've seen the film already, great!, I hope this episode can act as a companion, and if you haven't make sure to check out The Correction Unit which is currently streaming on Prime.