Laser boobs, neck fetuses, and a cavalcade of insensitive racial stereotypes. It’s the Manitou. The Manitou on Wikipedia Show Notes We watched the Amazon Prime version of this flick but there is a re-release available from Scream Factory. I first heard about this story from Grady Hendrix’s truly, truly great pop history of horror publishing, […]

Episode 48 – The Manitou (1978)

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A series of encounters between a space blob and the world’s oldest teenagers.

Episode 65 – The Blob (1958)

Andrew and Matt go under the sea, where the seaweed is always greener (in someone else’s lake). Creature from the Black Lagoon was directed by Jack Arnold and stars Richard Carlson Julie Adams Richard Denning Antonio Moreno Nestor Paiva Whit Bissell. The Creature was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning underwater. […]

Episode 64 – Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

The return of Vincent Price (Danzig voice intensifies)

Episode 63 – The Fly  (1958)

I messed up and lost my audio for this one, so treat yourself to two excerpts from recent Patreon content – THE THING (1982) and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)

Episode 62 – The Thing from Another World Apology Tour

Let’s talk about pods baby. Show Notes Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) was directed by Phillip Kaufman and stars: Donald Sutherland Brooke Adams Veronica Cartwright Jeff Goldblum Leonard Nimoy The film’s Wikipedia page It’s a remake of the 1955 film, which is adapted from the novel by Jack Finney. There are two other remakes, […]

Episode 48 – The Manitou (1978)

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