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Brad and Sean are joined by BirthMoviesDeath.com’s Jacob Q. Knight (@JacobQKnight) to discuss some recent Olive/Slasher Video releases: Shock Em Dead, Killer Workout & Deadly Prey. We also get into the Christmas spirit and discuss Michael Dougherty’s Krampus! This is the last ScreamCast episode of 2015, we’d like to thank all of you for listening and we’ll talk to you all next year! Have a very happy Holiday!

The Flicks:

Krampus (2015)

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Director: Michael Dougherty

Written By: Todd Casey, Michael Dougherty

Starring: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner

After losing his faith in Christmas and tearing apart his letter to Santa, a young boy (Emjay Anthony) accidentally summons the malevolent holiday demon Krampus. The following day, his family awaken to find that a massive blizzard has knocked out the power in their house, and they are soon forced to fight for survival as the fearsome folklore creature and his minions proceed to wreak havoc on the dysfunctional clan. Adam Scott, Toni Collette, and David Koechner co-star in this hybrid of black comedy and horror from director Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat).

Killer Workout (1987)

Director: David A. Prior

Written By: David A. Prior

Starring: Marcia Karr, David James Campbell, Fritz Matthews

Going to the gym may be hazardous to your health. In fact, it could kill you.

Valerie, a model with a promising career, Valerie heads out to the local fitness club to use their sun-tanning bed. She needs to look her best for her Cosmopolitan magazine cover shoot. Alas, Valerie’s visit will end in tragedy when the machine malfunctions, burning her to death. Despite Valerie’s death being a public relations nightmare, things are back up and running at the club with the iron-fisted Rhonda (Marci Karr, Maniac Cop) in charge. But tragedy is lurking just around the corner when another club member is soon found stabbed to death. Enter Lieutenant Morgan (David James Campbell, Scarecrows), the cop on the case. Tasked with solving the crimes, he’s in for more than he expected as the body count rises. Who’s behind the grizzly slayings? What’s their motive? And, who will be the next victim?

Slasher // Video presents Killer Workout, directed by David A. Prior (Deadly Prey, The Deadliest Prey) and starring Ted Prior (Deadly Prey), Marcia Karr (Maniac Cop), David James Campbell (Scarecrows) and Fritz Matthews (The Deadliest Prey). [Olive Films]

Shock Em Dead (1991)

Director: Mark Freed

Written By:

 

This week we dig into the new Arrow Video box set of Edgar Allen Poe’s Black Cats! Two films inspired by Edgar Allan Poe with very different results by Sergio Martino and Lucio Fulci. We also dive into some Lou Diamond Phillips insanity with Route 666 and some non-horror sex comedy shenanigans with Valet Girls!

The Flicks:

Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key (1972)

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Director: Sergio Martino

Written By: Adriano Bolzoni, Ernesto Gastaldi

Starring: Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli

In Martino’s classic giallo Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, teacher Oliviero (Luigi Pistilli, A Bay of Blood) finds himself under suspicion for murder when one of his students – and mistress – is found brutally murdered. As more bodies start to pile up, the arrival of Oliviero’s attractive niece (Edwige Fenech, Five Dolls for an August Moon, All the Colours of the Dark) brings with it complications of its own. [Arrow Video]

The Black Cat (1981)

[Buy]

Director: Lucio Fulci

Written By: Lucio Fulci

Starring: Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck

In The Black Cat, from that “other” Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci (Zombie), Scotland Yard Inspector Gorley (David Warbeck, The Beyond) find himself summoned to a sleepy English village to investigate the recent murder of a young couple. With no obvious signs of entry at the murder scene, Gorley is forced to start considering the possibility that his suspect may not be human… [Arrow Video]

 

Other Films Discussed:

The Last Shift, Garbage Pail Kids, Queen Of Blood, The Car

We also give a shout out to the podcast: The Lore Podcast. Check them out!

Stream Screams: Route 666 (2001)

Video-OMG: Valet Girls (1987)

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This week we’re all over the map as we take a look at the Drafthouse Films/Olive release of the insane ROAR, then we try to analyze Lynch’s Mulholland Dr (out now via Criterion) and finally we love us some vampire ass kicking with James Woods on Twilight Time’s newest horror offering, John Carpenter’s Vampires! Plus, we dive into the sequels of The Return Of The Living Dead (Yuzna4lyfe!).

The Flicks:

Mulholland Dr (2001)

[Buy]

Director: David Lynch

Written By: David Lynch

Starring: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux

A love story in the city of dreams . . .

Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harring). Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman’s identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux) runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project. David Lynch’s seductive and scary vision of Los Angeles’s dream factory is one of the true masterpieces of the new millennium, a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other. [Criterion]

Roar (1981)

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Director: Noel Marshall

Written By: Noel Marshall

Starring: Tippi Hedren, Noel Marshall, Melanie Griffith

Produced over the course of ten years, Roar is an audacious cinematic experiment: a thriller showcasing the majesty and ferocity of African lions, filmed on location amidst dozens of actual untrained cats. Photographed by Jan De Bont (d.p. of Die Hardand director of Speed), the result is a spectacular achievement—though often terrifying to watch—as actors (not stunt men) flee, wrestle, and come face-to-face with the massive hunters.

Writer/director Noel Marshall stars as Hank, a doctor and outspoken naturalist in Africa who allows lions, tigers, cheetahs, and other big cats to roam freely around his remote estate. While away protecting animals from poachers, Hank’s family—including Marshall’s real-life wife and daughter, Tippi Hedren (The Birds) and Melanie Griffith (Working Girl)—arrive at his home and are stalked by the massive lions that have overrun the house.

Not surprisingly, many members of the cast and crew suffered injuries during the making of the film though care was taken to ensure that no animals were harmed. Since filming Roar, Hedren has become an advocate for the protection of big cats, founding the Roar Foundation and the Shambala Preserve. [Olive Films]

Vampires (1998)

[Buy/Rent Digital | Buy Blu-ray]

Director: John Carpenter

Written By:

 

A demonic hand, a puppet controlled operating system, and a horror icon returning from the grave to kill! We discuss what could be the best triple feature in the history of cinema with Vinegar Syndrome/Exploitation.TV’s releases of Nightmare Weekend, Demonoid and Frightmare! Plus, Stream Screams returns with Ghost In The Machine and Video-OMG features John Stamos firing on all cylinders in Too Young To Die.

Note: In this podcast Sean tries to give a shout-out to Horror Pack, but mistakenly says “Horror Box.” Please check out Horror Pack, they are a pretty great way to get a jump start on your Horror DVD or Blu-ray collection!

The Flicks:

Demonoid: Messenger Of Death (1981)

[Buy]

Director: Alfredo Zacarías

Written By: David Lee Fein, F. Amos Powell

Starring: Samantha Eggar, Stuart Whitman, Roy Jenson

A British woman visits her husband at the Mexican mine he is attempting to reopen and discovers that the workers refuse to enter the mine fearing an ancient curse. The couple enter the mine to prove there is no danger and inadvertently release a demon which possess people’s left hands and forces them to behave in a suitably diabolical manner. The only way for a possessed person to free themselves from this torment is to cut off their left hand after which it scurries away in search of its next victim… [Vinegar Syndrome]

Nightmare Weekend (1986)

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Director: Henri Sala

Written By: George Faget-Benard, Robert Seidman

Starring: Debbie Laster, Dale Midkiff, Debra Hunter

A brilliant computer scientist has just finished work on his greatest creation: a super computer with the ability to transform the personalities of bad and disobedient people. In anticipation of sharing his work with the scientific community, the scientist invites a fellow expert to test the machine on a group of debauched young women. Little does he know that his colleague intends to use the computer to turn their subjects into bloodthirsty mutants!

Made by a French crew in Florida, NIGHTMARE WEEKEND is a non-stop assault on the senses. Head explosions, gratuitous nudity and softcore sex, bikers, roller-skating, and a telepathic hand puppet named George rank NIGHTMARE WEEKEND among the weirdest and most jaw droppingly absurd horror films of the 1980s. Long available only in low quality transfers of the R rated version, Exploitation.TV and Vinegar Syndrome present this forgotten trash masterpiece fully uncut and in widescreen, on Blu-ray for the first time!  [Vinegar Syndrome]

Frightmare (1983)

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The Final Girls has gained a unique following since it’s festival runs and now more people are discovering it via VOD and a limited theatrical run. This week we have the pleasure to have a very candid discussion with screenwriters Mark Fortin and Josh Miller. Also, listen for your chance to be entered into a drawing for some Coffee Shop Of Horrors coffee and an official ScreamCast mug!

The Flick:

The Final Girls (2015)

Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson

Written By: M.A. Fortin, Joshua John Miller

Starring: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Adam DeVine

A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom’s most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film’s maniacal killer.

Other films discussed: Exeter, Deathgasm, Cooties, Tales Of Halloween, Pay The Ghost, Tango Of Perversion, My Favorite Martian, Curse Of Downer’s Grove

Mark and Josh’s TV series Queen Of The South debuts on USA Network in April of 2016

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We Are Still Here has proven to be one of the most recent stand-out Horror films of the past couple years. Last week it finally made it’s way to physical copy form and the blu-ray was gobbled up by people needing a October fright. We are joined by writer/director Ted Geoghegan, star Barbara Crampton, and producer (and skateboard wunderkind) Travis Stevens. We also discuss Ghoulies Go To College in our Scream Streams segment as well as Pledge Night in our Video-OMG segment. 

The Flick:

We Are Still Here (2015)

Director: Ted Geoghegan

Written By: Ted Geoghegan

Starring: Barbara Crampton, Andrew Sensenig, Lisa Marie, Larry Fessenden, Monte Markham

After their teenage son is killed in a car crash, Paul and Anne move to the New England countryside to try to start a new life. But the grieving couple unknowingly becomes the prey of a family of vengeful spirits that reside in their new home, and before long they discover that the seemingly peaceful town is hiding a terrifyingly dark secret. Now they must find a way to overcome their sorrow and fight back against both the living and dead as the malicious ghosts threaten to pull their souls and the soul of their lost son into hell with them. From the producers of The House Of The Devil and Cheap Thrills, WE ARE STILL HERE is a tense, frightening, and thoroughly haunting ghost story.

Other Films Discussed:

Sicario, Goosebumps, The Vatican Tapes, Bloody Knuckles, Angst, The Invoking 2, Some Kind Of Hate, The Brood, Tales Of Halloween, Addams Family, Bordello Of Blood, The Babysitter, The Woods

Stream Screams: Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go To College (1991)

VideOMG: Pledge Night (1990)

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Everyone and their mom is covering Horror in October. And while we very much support Horror in general, we figured we’d take some time from our Horror flick viewing to check out a couple films released by Vinegar Syndrome‘s imprint label Etiquette Pictures: Some Call It Loving and The American Dreamer. We also cover the Exploitation.TV/Vinegar Syndrome release of Crypt Of The Living Dead. Scream Streams is back as we discuss He Knows You’re Alone (1980) and Vide-OMG returns as we talk about The House Of The Yellow Carpet (1983). Special guest host Jacob Q. Knight of Birth. Movies. Death. joins us.

The Flicks:

Crypt Of The Living Dead (aka Hannah, Queen Of The Vampires) (1973)

Director: Julio Salvador, Ray Danton

Written By: Ricardo Ferrer

Starring: Andrew Prine, Mark Damon, Patty Shepard

After arriving on a remote island to bury his father, a young American engineer (Andrew Prine) opens the crypt of a vampire queen. He inadvertently unleashes a terrible and violent force of evil on the unsuspecting townspeople, making them fight for their lives, while a few townsfolk aren’t who they appear to be. Vinegar Syndrome brings the U.S. theatrical version to blu-ray, scanned and restored in 2k from a newly exhumed 35mm negative.

Some Call It Loving (1973)

Director: James B. Harris

Written By: James B. Harris

Starring: Zalman King, Carol White, Tisa Farrow

From the minds behind home video label Vinegar Syndrome, comes Etiquette Pictures, a new label which will present incredible restorations of some of the most significant arthouse, underground and experimental cinema, all on Blu-ray for the very first time. The inaugural release from Etiquette Pictures is Some Call it Loving, directed by James B. Harris.

In this modern day re-imagining of Sleeping Beauty, a disillusioned musician named Robert (Zalman King) obtains a carnival act from a sleazy carny and brings home a young girl (Tisa Farrow) who has been asleep for many years. After bringing her to his secluded castle and awakening her with a kiss, Robert tries to introduce her to his strange and magical world, but as their relationship develops, Jennifer begins to pine for a life that is more complex than Robert can offer.

Director James B. Harris (Cop, Fast Walking) combines magical realism with sumptuous visuals by cinematographer Mario Tosi (Carrie, The Stunt Man) and a haunting score by Richard Hazzard (Xanadu, Terms of Endearment) to create a poetic love story like no other. Etiquette Pictures brings this forgotten masterpiece to Blu-ray and DVD for the very first time in a new,

Brad survived Fantastic Fest 2015…barely. This week Brad recaps his Austin, TX adventures involving amazing BBQ at The Salt Lick, experiencing Itchy-O in all it’s glory, Fantastic Debates and a TON of movies. Movies covered include: Demon, The Lobster, Bone Tomahawk, The Wave, The Green Room, The Witch and much much more!

Fantastic Fest 2015 Films Discussed: Demon, The Lobster, Bone Tomahawk, The Wave, The Green Room, The Witch, The Keeping Room, Demon, Darling, Victoria, Der Bunker, Dog Legs, Camino, What We Become, The Devil’s Candy, Liza the Fox Fairy, The Similars, Dangeroud Men, Baskin, Gridlock’d, High Rise, Snyder Vs Bax, Office, February, Southbound, Men and Chicken, The Club, Man Vs Snake, The Mind’s Eye, Sensoria, Too Late

Other Films Discussed: A Christmas Horror Story, Lost After Dark, Demon Knight, Gravy, Allelujah, The Ordeal, Into The Grizzly Maze, Poltergeist (2015), School Spirit, Housebound, Gremlins

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This week, Brad has been in Austin raising all kinds of hell and watching an insane amount of movies. Meanwhile, Sean and BJ wait anxiously for a Fantastic Fest update that never arrives (yet…it will…soon) and we have a candid conversation about whether or not Green Inferno can save the Horror genre. A loud faction online has proclaimed it our duty to see Eli Roth’s Green Inferno in order to save our theaters from remakes, found footage and haunted house movies. Is it worth it to support a film you have no interest in seeing for the sake of a genre? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments!

Other films discussed: Tabloid, Beneath The Surface (Directed by Blake Reigle), Invalid (directed by Dustin Mills), Cooties

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With the release of THE EDITOR, Astron-6 is quickly rising to the top of the “DROP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND WATCH THEIR SHIT!!” list. Today we are discussing The Editor (out now on Blu-ray via Scream Factory) and Astron-6’s commitment to bring male frontal nudity into the forefront of respectable modern cinema.

Mark Wahlburg as Ironman

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The Flick:

The Editor (2014)

Director: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy

Written By: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney

Starring: Paz de la Huerta, Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy

“Devoted fans of the Italian giallo genre… will get a hoot out of the precision with which The Editor satirizes their clumsier conventions.” – Variety

Rey Ciso (Adam Brooks) was once the greatest editor the world had ever seen. Since a horrific accident left him with four wooden fingers on his right hand, he’s had to resort to cutting pulp films and trash pictures. When the lead actors from the film he’s been editing turn up murdered at the studio, Rey is fingered as the number one suspect. The bodies continue to pile up in this absurdist giallo-thriller as Rey struggles to prove his innocence and learn the sinister truth lurking behind the scenes.

Functioning as a straight-up send-up of Dario Argento, Mario Bava and the cinematic sorcerers of ’70s slasher films, Canadian horror comedy The Editor is a charming tribute to the unsung classics of giallo, an Italian subgenre known for its gory and gruesome erotic horror. [Scream Factory]

Other Films Discussed:

The Visit, Spaced Invaders, Turkey Shoot, Halloween 6: Producer’s Cut, Run Hide Die, The Wife Killer, All American High, Infini

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