The Blob Show!

Charley and Tony talk DEATH BLOOD 4: REVENGE OF THE KILLER NANO-ROBOTIC BLOOD VIRUS (d. Chris De Pretis), a proud b-movie sci-fi romp out of Pleasanton, California.  It's a real sequel in a fictional franchise and-- if that wasn't confusing enough-- wait until you hear Charley grapple with multiple dimensions, the bigfoot, her love for both female characters, and plumbing infrastructure.   There's a lot going on here.

DEATH BLOOD 4 is available now on Amazon Prime http://amzn.to/2ZR7WtJ

A twofer!  Charley and Tony hope you don't get too spooked this October despite our double-dose of scary coverage.  First up, 本多猪四郎 (Ishirō Honda) threatens earth with ominous star GORATH (妖星ゴラス, Yōsei Gorasu, 1962).  It's more like a blob than you'd think.

Next, Charley watches MICHAEL JACKSON'S THRILLER (John Landis, 1983) for the first time.  She's got a lot to say about this one and, despite some speculation that it was Thriller-filler to avoid bedtime, she's got some substantive arguments to make about the music video's narrative structure.

Charley is introduced to Scooby Dooby Doo in this experimental episode featuring the consumption of a 24" sandwich fit for Shaggy Rogers.  We discuss the 2020 animated film SCOOB! (d. Tony Cervone) as well as "The Haunted Candy Factory," a 1973 episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies featuring Mama Cass and the Green Globs.  

Walking skeletons and possessed appliances!  The Blob Show hits the ground running with spooky October screenings.  Today we visit William Castle's HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL and thank our Massachusetts listeners by covering a regional short, Michael Savino's ATTACK OF THE KILLER REFRIDGERATOR [sic] from 1984.  We also, apparently, find out the order in which members of our family should be thrown into a vat of acid.

Attack of the Killer Refrigerator | The Tingler | Vincent Price

Ten seconds before starting the recording for a Scoob! episode, Charley insisted that we instead talk about our new favorite Japanese kaiju movie The Magic Serpent (d. Tetsuya Yamanouchi).  It was not a wrong decision.

Charley and Tony give a definitive overview of blobs in the Pixar universe.  From the creepers and leapers of Monstropolis in MONSTERS, INC. (2001) to the green gelatinous cube in ONWARD (2020), and the transformation of Buzz Lightyear and Mira Nova in the 2000 episode of BUZZ LIGHTYEAR OF STAR COMMAND: "The Crawling Flesh", we think we covered them all.

Tony and Charley discuss parents and agency in the great Hayao Miyazaki's (宮崎 駿) 2008 feature, PONYO.  This is Tony's favorite movie to watch with Charley and, as luck would have it, this turned out being what would be The Blob Show's "For Your Consideration" episode.  

Charley and Tony finally pay tribute to local Arizona filmmaking with a review of MAX RELOAD AND THE NETHER BLASTERS featuring Greg Grunberg and Kevin Smith (who shot his scenes about ten days before his "widow-maker" heart attack).  The film, directed by Scott Conditt and Jeremy Tremp, drips with '80s retro-gaming nostalgia so we paired it with a Blob-Bites review of 1981's Commodore 64 release CRUSH, CRUMBLE AND CHOMP!, oxford comma be damned. 

Spoilers abound.  For example, characters have red eyes.

MAX RELOAD AND THE NETHER BLASTERS http://www.cineforgemedia.com/maxreloadmovie.html

Happy Labor Day!  Charley and Tony celebrate the traditional end of summer with a salute to the workforce in Charlie Chaplin's MODERN TIMES.  It's Charley's first Charlie and hopefully the beginning of a beautiful friendship.  If you're into our niche poor sound quality, you're in for a real treat today with a guest spot from the neighbor's dog.

Charley and Tony complete the Spielberg hat-trick as we delve into LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK.  

And then JURASSIC PARK III, JURASSIC WORLD, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, BATTLE AT BIG ROCK, LEGO JURASSIC WORLD: THE INDOMINUS ESCAPE, LEGO JURASSIC WORLD: THE SECRET EXHIBIT, LEGO JURASSIC WORLD: LEGEND OF ISLA NUBLAR, Ocean Software's JURASSIC PARK (1993, SNES), and Universal Studios' JURASSIC PARK: THE RIDE.  

It's been a busy few weeks.  Apologies to Colin Trevorrow for my pronunciation.