The Horror Podcast

Chuck Porterfield joins me to discuss this amazing hybrid offering from Hammer and the Shaw Brothers Studios. When Hong Kong action meets British Horror what we get is one of the most unusual hybrid films of the period.

Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (wikipedia)

You can snag this classic on BluRay here.

Very detailed article about the history of this film from Diabolique Magazine .

Horror! Action! Romance! Hopping! Giant Golden Bat necklaces! This film has it all.

This is the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup of Action/Horror of the 70s.

We discuss The Wilhelm Scream a bit. That audio is not in this film despite the IMDB trivia - but here is a list of movies that are supposed to feature the clip.

I mentioned actress Pik Sen Lim who helped make the Hammer/Shaw Bros connection. She is actually still working at 75. Good for her!

Chuck makes the case for the 1980 film Alligator starring the late, great Robert Forster. The film is hard to find in high quality release, but is on YouTube. (Patrons can vote HERE on whether Chuck made his case.)

Also mentioned: Mister Vampire (the Chinese hopping vampire movie)

Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind

Link to Chuck's project Be a Better Geek.

Christian Walters (The Survivor Typecast, and The Burlington Friendship Society podcast) joins me to discuss the 1981 horror film GHOST STORY. Starring an amazing cast featuring Fred Astaire, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, John Houseman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal and (fresh from Chariots of Fire) Alice Krige. Craig Wasson takes on dual roles as Don and David Wanderly.

It's got greasy rotten corpses, flapping falling penis shots, and John Houseman telling ghost stories. What's not to love?

We also discuss the book by Peter Straub, which is an incredible Lovecraftian tale of much more depth and with many more ghost stories in it.

My friend Mike joins me to talk about his pick for The Horror Podcast: THE ASPHYX (1972). Watch as Sir Hugo Cunningham searches for immortality by literally 'bottling up' the spirit of the dead, the Asphyx. Starring: Robert Stephens - Sir Hugo Cunningham Robert Powell - Giles Cunningham Jane Lapotaire - Christina Cunningham Alex Scott - Sir Edward Barrett Ralph Arliss - Clive Cunningham Fiona Walker - Anna Wheatley Make Your Case Mike wants you to take a look at the Vincent Price vehicle Theater of Blood. Does he make his case? Who played the sexiest Jesus? 15 Fine-Ass Actors Who Played Jesus

Welcome to The Horror Podcast (TheHorrorPod.com) a podcast whose title says it all. In our kick-off episode, we'll be talking to Karl Mamer (host of The Conspiracy Skeptic podcast) about the amazing 1970s horror film Sssssss. (That's 7 S's in the American title.)

You can pick up a copy of this episode's subject here:

The Official Trailer to Sssssss

Starring:

• Strother Martin as Dr. Carl Stoner
• Dirk Benedict as David Blake
• Heather Menzies as Kristina Stoner
• Richard B. Shull as Dr. Ken Daniels
• Tim O'Connor as Kogen
• Jack Ging as Sheriff Dale Hardison
• Kathleen King as Kitty Stewart
• Reb Brown as Steve Randall
• Ted Grossman as Deputy Morgan Bock
• Charles Seel as Old man
• Ray Ballard as Waggish Tourist
• Nobel Craig as Tim McGraw, the Snake Man

Holmes & Yoyo from the 6 Degrees of Star Trek segment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a1I63FpzpA

Make Your Case

Karl makes the case that we should revisit the 1984 Australian giant wild hog film, Razorback. Want to take the poll? Join us over at Patreon at just $1/month to participate.