Do you like the beach? Do you like chess? How about Death? GOTCHA! Ollie and I talk death and chess and beaches and the Middle Ages as we tackle “The Seventh Seal!”

https://ia800702.us.archive.org/17/items/DelToroSeventhSeal/DelToro-SeventhSeal.mp3

It’s about time we got some more of that Monster Man! Ollie and I are back to horror with Hammer’s “The Curse of Frankenstein!” In this movie, Victor IS the monster and the Monster is . . . well, just a monster. BUT. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee together for the first time? Magnificent. Check it out!

https://ia800701.us.archive.org/9/items/DelToroCurseFrannkenstein/DelToro-CurseFrannkenstein.mp3

Ollie and I take a moment to talk about Guillermo del Toro’s list of 17 unproduced, yet finished, screenplays!

For the original Tweets by del Toro, click here!

https://ia800702.us.archive.org/13/items/DelToro17Screenplays/DelToro-17Screenplays.mp3

Wow, a war picture. About how terrible people are to each other. During war. That sounds like a real treat. Well, it *was* a real treat! At least for me! For Ollie? Maybe not so much. “Paths of Glory” is Stanley Kubrick’s first “Stanley Kubrick” film and, while it’s not the most cheerful thing in the world, it sure is good. Even Ollie can agree with that!

https://ia800709.us.archive.org/26/items/DelToroPathsGlory/DelToro-PathsGlory.mp3

Who’s ready for some Akira Kurosawa!? NOT US! Ollie and I sit and chat about “Throne of Blood” a movie that liberally adapted from “MacBeth” but that goes its own way. I liked it a lot. Ollie . . . had thoughts. It’s pretty rad and pretty sad and everyone acts pretty bad. But, it’s a classic!

https://ia800701.us.archive.org/7/items/DelToroThroneOfBlood/DelToro-ThroneOfBlood.mp3

Ollie and I finally get around to “The Night of the Hunter” which, I’ll be honest, is a profoundly strange movie. We cover a bit of the backstory, a bit of the symbolism and a LOT of the WTFism. It’s great. I mean, it’s really really great.

https://ia800704.us.archive.org/7/items/DelToroNightHunter/DelToro-NightHunter.mp3

HEY EVERYONE! OLLIE IS BACK!

In this episode, we get to the amazing and very misunderstood 1954 classic “Godzilla!” It’s not a monster mash! It’s not a cheesy goofy movie! It’s a serious mediation on the devastation wrought upon Japan and the nation’s steady slide into becoming active participants in that devastation. Also, a guy in a lizard suit? Also, a Frankenstein story? It’s a lot! Join us!

https://ia800700.us.archive.org/29/items/DelToroGodzilla/DelToro-Godzilla.mp3

Look, I’m not qualified to discuss Orson Welles! I don’t have a degree in . . . Wellesian Film History! I don’t get what’s going on in his head! But, a deal’s a deal. So, here’s “The Lady From Shanghai!”

https://ia802901.us.archive.org/1/items/DelToroLadyFromShanghai/DelToro-LadyFromShanghai.mp3

Wow, I’ve been getting a lot of good movies, lately! “Nightmare Alley” is a . . . Circus Noir(?) from 1947 starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell and, man, is it something! It’s got crime and death and drinking and tarot cards and . . . what more do you want?!

https://ia802903.us.archive.org/24/items/DelToroNightmareAlley/DelToro-NightmareAlley.mp3

Ollie is still adjust to life on the inside (of school) and so I’m here to talk about prison films, crime noir, HUAC and a bunch of other things I’m no expert on with 1947’s “Brute Force!”

https://ia803102.us.archive.org/5/items/DelToroBruteForce/DelToro-BruteForce.mp3