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118 - Martin Nov 01, 2021

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Tim and Jen welcome show mascot Bitter Karella to talk about George Romero’s melancholy 1976 vampire masterpiece, Martin.

Some exciting news that broke the day we recorded this episode— the 3-hour black-and-white director’s cut of Martin has been found!

Check out Karella's satirical horror microfiction account Midnight Pals on Twitter, as well!

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117 - The Town That Dreaded Sundown Oct 25, 2021

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Jen and Tim discover two Arkansas originals: The Town That Dreaded Sundown from 1976, and indie film pioneer Charles B. Pierce!

Amanda Squitiero, daughter of Charles B. Pierce, corrects some misconceptions about him in this fine article from Filmmaker magazine.

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116 - Faces of Death Oct 18, 2021

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Tim and Jen confront the most infamous mondo film of all time, Faces of Death!

Faces of Death may be viewed in its entirety on Tubi.

Echoing Jen’s experience in high school auto safety, two students were traumatized after their math teacher showed the film in class in 1985:

“The people at the table,” says Forget today, “beat this monkey over the head with a hammer until it died. Then they cut the top of its head off and ate its brains.” As an animal-lover, she found the film deeply disturbing and asked to leave. Mr Schwartz said no and when Feese also tried to go, he forced her to sit down, grabbing her chair and spinning it aggressively towards the screen.

Schwarz was disciplined, but with only a 15-day suspension without pay.

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115 - Vampire's Kiss Sep 26, 2021

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Jen and Tim catch up on a definitive Nicolas Cage performance in the cult film and meme template Vampire’s Kiss!

Read the evidence that Vampire’s Kiss writer Joseph Minion plagiarized much of After Hours at Andrew Hearst’s blog.

https://andrewhearst.com/blog/2008/05/the-scandalous-origins-of-martin-scorseses-after-hours

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114 - Loose Change Sep 11, 2021

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Tim and Jen struggle to make sense of one of the most persistent cultural artifacts of 9/11, Loose Change, as well as the lasting damage done by the Bush administration.

View every edit of Loose Change (except the 2015 edition) at archive.org.

Watch Screw Loose Change, an exhaustive response to the second edition of Loose Change, at YouTube.

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113 - The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Aug 30, 2021

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Jen and Tim revisit the greatest unfairly-cancelled single-season sci-fi western TV series of all time: The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.! If you thought we were going to say “Firefly” you have obviously never listened to our show before. Also Jen is finally able to air her feelings about Dixie for a mass audience. Spicy!

Check DVDTalk for information on the complete series on home media.

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/22466/adventures-of-brisco-county-jr-the-complete-series-the/

Whether you lived through it or not, you can peruse the 1993-94 prime-time television lineup for yourself.

http://www.inthe90s.com/prim9394.shtml

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112 - The Wicker Man: The Summerisle Cut Aug 23, 2021

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Tim and Jen welcome a special guest to discuss a fan edit of a beloved horror classic, The Wicker Man: The Summerisle Cut! Listen for yourself and decide if you want to leave angry comments on archive.org!

View the Summerisle Cut at the Internet Archive.

Visit the Wicker Man site mentioned by our guest, which describes all of the different cuts of the film in detail.

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111 - Eureka Aug 16, 2021

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Jen and Tim agree and disagree on an also-ran Nicolas Roeg movie, Eureka! Jen really gets the bit between her teeth in this one and Tim demonstrates almost saintly patience while she babbles.

Watch a short documentary on the inspiration for Jack McCann, the gold millionaire Sir Harry Oakes.

Buy Charlotte Gray’s very engaging bio of Harry Oakes, Murdered Midas, on Alibris.

For more British filmmaking, listen to our episode on The Firm and its 2009 reboot!

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110 - Cool World Jul 26, 2021

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Cool World is not cool. Emma Bowers (@hyenasandgin) returns to commiserate with Tim and Jen about a very bad animated feature. Turns out this movie did significant psychological damage to young Tim.

Watch Emma's Full Metal Alchemist video!

Compare and contrast: this interview with Ralph Bakshi, and this one with writer Michael Grais. Bakshi claims malfeasance from producer Frank Mancuso, Jr. (to the point of violence). Grais calls Bakshi a liar, essentially. What's the real story? Who knows?

Bakshi puts in this pissing stuff, and toilet stuff. I didn't like that sex attitude in it very much. It's like real repressed horniness; he's kind of letting it out compulsively.

R. Crumb on Ralph Bakshi and the Fritz the Cat feature film

The Tex Avery doc Tim alluded to is called Tex Avery, the King of Cartoons.

If we haven't dissuaded you, you can watch Ralph Bakshi's most recent animated work, The Last Days of Coney Island, on YouTube.

For more animated shite, listen to our episode on Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure!

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109 - M.A.N.T.I.S. Jul 19, 2021

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What if Black Panther had been the pilot for a TV show, but when they went to series they took out Wakanda and most of the black people? You'd have M.A.N.T.I.S.! HYST superfan mugrimm joins Tim and Jen to talk about what was lost when the Sam Raimi/Sam Hamm/Rob Tapert pilot became a politically toothless show with white sidekicks.

The documentary Jen couldn't remember the name of is Call Me Lucky, and it was directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. It's an account of the life of satirist and activist Barry Crimmins.

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