MOVIES FROM HELL

Dan and I are joined tonight by our pal the extreme movie genius Carmelita Valdez McKoy, and the fantastic Mr. Dirk Marshall, host of the great VH US podcast (one of the best cult film podcasts you can get your grubby lil mits on). We are here to talk about DECODER the beloved West German film from 1984, adjacent topics, the music and cast from the film and our own personal experiences when it comes to bitchin music and movies.

guest info:

Carmelita on Twitter/X

Carmelita's super fancy Letterboxd ‎CarmelitaSays's profile • Letterboxd

Dirk's VH US website the VH US twitter/x

For this episode we are joined by our pal author, smart movie guy and possible cage dancer at your local after hours Industrial club, Paul Grammatico! to discuss, these four films here, and much-much more:

about our guest:

Paul Grammatico can be found on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/paulwriteshorror.bsky.social

and on the Twitter https://x.com/PaulGGramm and FB: https://www.facebook.com/paulgramm66

and you can get his readin stuff here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Paul-Grammatico/author/B0DRWCJL6L?ref_=ast_author_cp&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=e49ac198-9bcc-47fd-93d0-960a3186f633

The FLILMS

these are the main four, you can see a list of alll the films discussed or mentioned on this episode over at our free Patreon

• Fingers (1978) - Directed by James Toback; stars Harvey Keitel as a pianist torn between music and mob collections.

• Ferat Vampire (1982) - Directed by Juraj Herz; a Czechoslovakian vampire car movie.

• Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture (1973) - Directed by Teruo Ishii; a violent pink film starring Reiko Ike.

• Frisk (1995) - Directed by Todd Verow; based on the Dennis Cooper novel and features Craig Chester and Alexis Arquette.

Join us as we talk about Ken Russell's masterpiece THE DEVILS with our friend, genius and film scholar Heather Drain. We have covered The Devils a few times, and always with fresh eyes. This time we talk about (not to an annoying degree hopefully, but just a bit) about some of the themes of THE DEVILS; power, corruption, obsession, religion, politics, sex, horniness and more.... And we did all of this, for over 2 1/2 hours

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Heather Drain and all things MONDO HEATHER can be found here: https://linktr.ee/mondoheather she also has a swell Patreon that you should definitely check out.

finally you100% need to check out Heather's Substack https://mondoheather.substack.com/ and her Youtube Channel - especially this great Phantom of The Paradise video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIdd-I3aFCk

26 Movies from HELL is an A-Z journey through Cult, Weird, Exploitation and Rare film... one letter at a time. Each episode we take four films that start with the same letter (in order and selected by Dan, Bradley and their guest) and put forth a poll (currently on twitter, we may change this) to help us narrow the discussion to just three films, with the fourth and last place film being thrown into the PIT, never to be heard from again.

This week Dan and Bradley are welcoming the ridiculously nice and questionably hip, the movie genius, Carmelita Valdez McKoy Carmelita on Twitter/X

here is Carmelita's super fancy Letterboxd ‎CarmelitaSays's profile • Letterboxd

EPISODE C Poll Results:

The films to be discussed on the episode

• CRAZY THUNDER ROAD 1980

  33.3%

• THE CENTERFOLD GIRLS 1974

  32.3%

• CANNIBAL ORGY 1985

  32.3%

The film that is going into the PIT

• CRUEL PASSION 1977

  2.2%

Our guest for this extraordinary episode, EPISODE E!! is none other than the incredible Heather Drain! We get to talk with Heather about these fine films (here are the poll results as well):

(sadly Exquisite Cadaver will go into the pit, never to be heard from again!)

• Exquisite Cadaver 16.7%
• Ebola Syndrome 20%
• Emanuelle in America 36.7%
• Eaten Alive 26.7% Heather Drain and all things MONDO HEATHER can be found here: https://linktr.ee/mondoheather she also has a swell Patreon that you should definitely check out. finally you100% need to check out Heather's Substack https://mondoheather.substack.com/ and her Youtube Channel - especially this great Phantom of The Paradise video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIdd-I3aFCk

**warning, this unedited episode does include some technical difficulties

26 Movies from HELL

EPISODE: D

26 Movies from HELL is an A-Z journey through Cult, Weird, Exploitation and Rare film... one letter at a time. Each episode we take four films that start with the same letter (in order and selected by Dan, Bradley and their guest) and put forth a poll (currently on twitter, we may change this) to help us narrow the discussion to just three films, with the fourth and last place film being thrown into the PIT, never to be heard from again.

This week Dan and Bradley welcome their good friend Paul Grammatico

Paul is an Author and Movie Genius who may or may not have been a Dungeon Lord in the past.

EPISODE D Poll Results:

The films to be discussed on the episode

DROWNING BY NUMBERS (1988) 40.6%

THE DEADLY ORGAN (1967) 23.6%

DOOR (1988) 18.9%

The film that is going into the PIT (reluctantly)

DEATH POWDER with (a decent) 17% of the vote

our guest:

Paul Grammatico can be found on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/paulwriteshorror.bsky.social

on the Twitter and FB: https://www.facebook.com/paulgramm66

https://x.com/PaulGGramm

and here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Paul-Grammatico/author/B0DRWCJL6L?ref_=ast_author_cp&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=e49ac198-9bcc-47fd-93d0-960a3186f633

**warning, this unedited episode does include some technical difficulties (totally Dan's fault of course)

26 Movies from HELL

EPISODE: B

26 Movies from HELL is an A-Z journey through Cult, Weird, Exploitation and Rare film... one letter at a time. Each episode we take four films that start with the same letter (in order and selected by Dan, Bradley and their guest) and put forth a poll (currently on twitter, we may change this) to help us narrow the discussion to just three films, with the fourth and last place film being thrown into the PIT, never to be heard from again.

This week Dan and Bradley welcome their good friend John Arminio

John Arminio is not only the nicest person on the internet, he is also the host of his own podcast Popcorn Eschaton - John can also be found on X and Bluesky

EPISODE B Poll Results:

The films to be discussed on the episode

BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE with 34.1%

BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL with 30.6%

BLOOD DELIRIUM with 21.2%

The film that is going into the PIT

THE BRAINIAC with a measly 14.1% of the vote

(Dan may have been a good pal and saved The Brainiac from eternal damnation)

26 Movies from HELL

EPISODE: A

26 Movies from HELL is an A-Z journey through Cult, Weird, Exploitation and Rare film... one letter at a time. Each episode we take four films that start with the same letter (in order and selected by Dan, Bradley and their guest) and put forth a poll (currently on twitter, we may change this) to help us narrow the discussion to just three films, with the fourth and last place film being thrown into the PIT, never to be heard from again.

This week Dan and Bradley are kicking 26 Movies from HELL off with their good friend, genius and spectacular person, HEATHER DRAIN.

Heather Drain and all things MONDO HEATHER can be found here: https://linktr.ee/mondoheather she also has a swell Patreon that you should definitely check out.

EPISODE A Poll Results:

The films to be discussed on the episode

ALMOST HUMAN (1974) 35.1%

THE AGES OF LULU (1990) 24.7%

ALISON'S BIRTHDAY (1981) 23.4%

The film that is going into the PIT

ALMOST TRANSPARENT BLUE 16.9%

stay tuned for Episode B, coming soon....

This Episode Dan and Bradley talk with their good friend and movie genius Carmelita Valdez McKoy Carmelita on Twitter/X to discuss three rare(ish) films from 1975!

They are all films from 1975, that have less than 100 reviews on Letterboxd. Dan, Bradley and their guest Carmelita each selected a film:

Bradley's film was LIFESPAN

Carmelita's film was A WOMAN POSSESSED

you can watch here: https://youtu.be/m9oI-ofWL3A?si=YcBVU8baLYyAzPVB

Dan's film was: NIGHT OF THE DEVIL BRIDE

No need to watch the films before you listen to the podcast, these movies are mostly pretty confusing and cannot necessarily be spoiled :)

btw, here is Carmelita's super fancy Letterboxd ‎CarmelitaSays's profile • Letterboxd

With his unexpected passing, it was mandatory that we gather up some of our good friends/geniuses to get together for an evening talking about and celebrating the great Udo Kier.

Join Dan and Bradley for this fine evening, with their good friends/guests/all-stars Heather, Carmelita and Paul. Big thanks to all of them for joining us and sharing how Udo has impacted them personally through his films and more.

It's a wide ranging discussion, with our usual derailings and discoveries, with just enough time to barely scratch the surface of such a storied life and a career that featured over 200 film credits to his name.

our guests:

Heather Drain and all things MONDO HEATHER can be found here: https://linktr.ee/mondoheather

Paul Grammatico can be found on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/paulwriteshorror.bsky.social and here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Paul-Grammatico/author/B0DRWCJL6L?ref_=ast_author_cp&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=e49ac198-9bcc-47fd-93d0-960a3186f633

Carmelita Valdez McKoy can be found here https://x.com/CarmelitaSays

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