Caliber 9 From Outer Space

Time for another jaunt over to Eastern Europe and the unique and wonderful cinema that only those guys seem capable of making. Once again, we have the privilege of welcoming Jonathan Owen onto the show to discuss Juraj Herz's Czech New Wave masterpiece, The Cremator (1969), and the truly bizarre slice of Yugoslav comic lunacy Visitors From The Galaxy (2000), directed by Dušan Vukotić. A tour through the disturbing mind of a proto-Nazi psychopath followed by a bizarre adventure with androids, laser-eyed kids, nude Croatians and the weirdest monster ever devised laying waste to a wedding feast. It's going to be a hell of a trip east, this week! We don't think you can really spoil Visitors From The Galaxy, which is less interested in following a clear plot than it is in just spiralling through ever-increasing layers of insanity, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for The Cremator. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:32:06 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Into the Galaxy" by Midnight Juggernauts

West Beach, Connecticut is terrorised by a relentless onslaught of jangly doo wop and strangely choreographed gang fights. And THEN the fishmen turn up and things get even worse! Film-makers Diq Diamond and Amy Jennings stop by to discuss The Horror of Party Beach (1964) directed by Del Tenney. They also tell us all about their new film, Plankenstein: A Killer Surf Movie which releases globally this week! It's not really possible to spoil The Horror of Party Beach, so no Spoiler Territory is called out this week. Seriously, I wouldn't be too concerned about it. Plankenstein: A Killer Surf Movie opens on Prime, Fandango, Tubi, Pluto TV, Vimeo and Bloodstream this week! Check it out! It's Caliber 9 approved! TikTok & IG @plankenstein_movie FB Plankenstein: A Killer Surf Movie Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "The Horror of Party Beach" by Sloppy Seconds

Creepy Spooky Month culminates in the best day of the year - Happy Halloween, everyone! Loaded up with an inadvisable quantity of coke bottle gummis from a gruelling bout of trick or treating, Dr Ethan Lyon swings by to discuss a classic and entirely Halloween-appropriate double feature: Bride of Frankenstein (1935), directed by James Whale, and The Brides of Dracula (1960), directed by Terence Fisher. At this point it's not really possible to spoil either of these films, so we won't be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for either of them. But before you listen, if you object to either of these marriages, speak now or forever hold your peace. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

We all have our demons. Some of us more than others. This week we delve into two very different kinds of horror as Samm Deighan drops in to check out Demons (aka Shura) (1971) directed by Toshio Matsumoto, followed by Demons (1985) directed by Lamberto Bava. Samurai on the verge of psychotic breakdown and a West Berlin cinema full of badly dubbed weirdos take turns being overrun with demons both psychological and literal. Whichever way you look at it, this world is a sea of blood. It's not really possible to spoil Demons '85, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Demons '71. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:21:31 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Demons" by Spring King

The blood runs free as Justin Kerswell joins Joe, Rob and Bryce for our latest instalment of Creepy Spooky Month! Obnoxious expats, killer hippies (or are they angels?), and Dennis Hopper being a scumbag all feature in obscure genre art-piece, Bloodbath (a.k.a. The Sky is Falling) (1975), directed by Silvio Narizzano. And then we buckle in for a truly demented bit of late-cycle Italian horror, Sergio Bergonzelli's Blood Delirium (1988), in which John Phillip Law kills women so he can use their blood as paint in his horrible artworks, and Gordon Mitchell plays a butler with a penchant for rape, cannibalism and necrophilia - but apart from that, he's a model servant. It's not really possible to spoil Blood Delirium, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Bloodbath. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:07:03 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp Our closing music this week comes courtesy of Seven Ascended Masters and their track "The Good Work" (T. Morton) © 2025. Find more from their back catalogue on SoundCloud

We're doing a crossover episode with Grandad and Mr Tech for this instalment in Creepy Spooky Month! Horror is very much the name of the game(-to-film-adaptation) this week. Together, we dive deep into Silent Hill (2006), directed by Christophe Gans, followed by Sweet Home (1989), directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Be ready for some computer game talk too, as we discuss the relative merits of the games that these films are based on. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Silent Hill by skipping ahead to the 1:57:15 mark, and for Sweet Home by skipping ahead to 2:39:04. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp Our closing music this week comes courtesy of The Aah Yeah and their track "Bravado" (A. Lifeson, G. Lee, N. Peart) © 2025. Find more from their back catalogue on SoundCloud

Creepy Spooky Month continues with a double shot of two very different demons. Sammy stops by to discuss Jacques Tourneur's classic MR James adaptation, Night of the Demon (1957), and also its namesake, the infamous video nasty Night of the Demon (1980), directed by Jim West. A cerebral meditation upon the English Eerie with a big-ass honest-to-God demon paired with a psychotronic gorefest about Bigfoot - the names may be the same, but the films couldn't be more different! But to us, they're both classics. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Night of the Demon '57 by skipping ahead to the 1:38:21 mark, and for Night of the Demon '80 by skipping ahead to 2:35:28. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp Our closing music this week comes courtesy of The Aah Yeah and their track "Nasty Pieces" (T. Morton) © 2025. Find more from their back catalogue on SoundCloud Robert Macfarlane's fascinating article on the "English Eerie"

The days are cooling down, the leaves are changing colour, and the nights are drawing in. It must be Creepy Spooky Month! Al joins us for the first of a series of episodes all devoted to horror this October - and what better way to kick it all off than by presenting the second instalment of our deep dive into the beloved Friday the 13th movie franchise? This time, we discuss Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), and then carry right on into Friday the 13th Part III (1982), both directed by Steve Miner. Jason has entered the building! Let's just say, plot is not really the reason to watch either of these films. so we won't be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for either of them. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Friday the 13th" by White Reaper

Fear and loathing on the sun-baked tarmac of the Australian Outback and the... not so sun-baked tarmac of downtown Birmingham. Ted Bennett pops in and he and Rob dive full throttle into Richard Franklin's Hitchcockian Ozploitation classic, Roadgames (1981), before going on to scratch their heads over British horror-comedy curio I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990), directed by Dirk Campbell. There is much hilarity and not a little dandruff. It's not really possible to spoil I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Roadgames. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:18:19 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Nude Sheilas on Motorbikes Drinking Beer" by Cosmic Psychos

To mark International Forbidden Desires Week (inaugural, and declared by us), Bryce drops in to discuss two films that feel worlds apart, even if they're both obsessed with love taboos. We check out Luis Buñuel's classically kinky Belle De Jour (1967), and Jean-Marie Pallardy's rather less celebrated Franco-Turksploitation riot, White Fire (1984). Sadomasochism and.. siblings. It's quite a heady mix. We don't think you can really spoil White Fire, which has a storyline although comprehending it is probably optional, but we will call out a Spoiler Territory of sorts for Belle De Jour. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:04:36 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Chance On A Feeling" by Jon Lord

Crime and transgression from the golden age of Italian exploitation cinema this week, as Sammy from the Gentlemen's Guide to Midnite Cinema pops in to discuss Cry of a Prostitute (1974), directed by Andrea Bianchi, followed by To Be Twenty (1978), directed by Fernando Di Leo. We discuss the amazing second act of Henry Silva's career as a genuine star of Italian cinema, and delve into the deeper themes of gender politics in Di Leo's surprisingly heavy swing at the genre conventions of the day. It's not really possible to spoil Cry of a Prostitute, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for To Be Twenty. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 2:41:48 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "I Became a Prostitute" by The Twilight Sad

It's time to watch some fast cars on film, driving dangerously around narrow streets by square-jawed men (and women) tortured by the existential horror of modern life. Sakana joins us to discuss John Frankenheimer's high octane epic, Grand Prix (1966), followed by Hairpin Circus (1972), directed by Kiyoshi Nishimura. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Grand Prix by skipping ahead to the 1:24:59 mark, and for Hairpin Circus by skipping ahead to 1:58:45. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Lights On The Chrome" by Cloud Control

From the sublime to the ridiculous, we're getting esoteric this week. Not to mention erotic. And not a little neurotic to boot. Jerry drops in to discuss Mandala (1971), directed by Akio Jissoji and Things To Come (1976), directed by Derek Todd. Buddhism! Politics! Pleasurebots! Pissville! It's all happening this week! We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Mandala by skipping ahead to the 1:28:56 mark, and for Things To Come by skipping ahead to 2:16:42. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

He was a stranger... and a killer! In this impromptu and somewhat shambolic bonus episode, Ted and Sammy catch up with Rob and Joe to try and remember as much as possible from the previous night's drunken watchalong of Psycho From Texas (1975), directed by Jim Feazell - an obscure piece of cinema trash which Ted found on an old VHS but which is also available on YouTube. Smalltown oil tycoons, underwhelming hitmen, confused children, gratuitous floral print clothing, the longest foot chase in cinema history, earnest country and western odes to hatred, killing and rape, and an early career appearance from Linnea Quigley which she (understandably) would rather forget. Psycho from Texas is a strange little film and we have great fun talking about it. This movie seems impossible to spoil, as far as we're concerned, so consider the entire episode to be Spoiler Territory – honestly, I wouldn't worry. But if you want to watch before listening, it's easily available on YouTube and, loathe as we are to recommend the film, those with the right mindset might find it pretty good fun. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Check out Ted Bennett's award-winning horror short Reel Terror! Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Psycho" by Eddie Noack

Yes, we had a hankering to delve back into gritty, seedy, 1970's police thrillers! Our partner in crime, Nick Langdon, stops by to discuss The Offence (1973), directed by Sidney Lumet and The Laughing Policeman (1973), directed by Stuart Rosenberg. From the sleazy underbelly of San Francisco to the mean streets of, er, Bracknell, the fear and loathing is everywhere and we wouldn't have it any other way. Apart from that, it's a pretty good time! We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for The Offence by skipping ahead to the 1:32:17 mark, and for The Laughing Policeman by skipping ahead to 2:15:49. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

What would summer be without cheesy 80's rock, swimming in the lake, lounging on the pontoon, non-marital sex in a rickety cabin and brutal, bloody death? Al drops by to discuss seminal slasher, Friday the 13th (1980), directed by Sean S. Cunningham and Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), directed by Danny Steinmann. We discuss the phenomenon of how the original film became arguably the single most influential movie for the subsequent 80's horror boom, despite being widely regarded as inferior even within its own franchise. Meanwhile, we take a closer look at one of the most derided films in the series. Is it underappreciated? Or is it really a pile of sleazy junk with nothing to recommend it? We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Friday the 13th by skipping ahead to the 1:20:10 mark, and for Friday the 13th: A New Beginning by skipping ahead to 2:21:32. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "A New Beginning" by Wolfie's Just Fine

An episode 5000 years in the making! Heather Drain joins us at the bloodsoaked shrine of Ishtar (or is that Sheetar?) to discuss Herschell Gordon Lewis' seminal splatterfest, Blood Feast (1963), and its bonkers cult favourite homage, Blood Diner (1987), directed by Jackie Kong. Tune in for this audio feast, or you'll have to eat hamburgers for dinner tonight. Let's just say, plot is not really the reason to watch either of these films. so we won't be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for either of them. And remember: All of the mutilations, bodily dismemberments and cannibal rituals were performed by seasoned professionals. Please do not attempt any of these stunts at home. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Stud Pony" by Dino Lee

In this brief revival of the Sundance Film Festival's Midnight program, Mike Willden from Watch Skip Plus swings by to discuss Space Truckers (1996), directed by Stuart Gordon, and The Convent (2000), directed by Mike Mendez. Join us as we regale you with tales of Charles Dance and his low energy wang, George Wendt getting his butt sucked into space, Dennis Hopper trapping women into marriage and Adrienne Barbeau killing demonic nuns with gay abandon. We don't think you can really spoil The Convent, which is more interested in horror homage than any kind of actual storyline, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Space Truckers. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:08:21 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

And the truth is, he didn't die an ordinary man. In this bonus episode, Rob and Joe welcome Sammy from The Gentlemen's Guide to Midnite Cinema back on the show to pay tribute to the troubled genius of Ozzy Osbourne, a man whose life encompassed precipitous highs and very dark lows, but whose impact on the worlds of music and, indirectly, film  - not to mention pop culture at large - was immeasurable. Along with a discussion of his life and music, they also dive deep into Mario Bava's seminal 1963 horror masterpiece, Black Sabbath, the film from which the band took its name. After much dithering, the guys do eventually go into Spoiler Territory for the film – if you want to avoid those, the place to duck out and return later is 1:16:50. RIP Ozzy. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Fire in the Sky" by Ozzy Osbourne

Red sky in morning, brutal prison guards' warning. Red sky at night, there'll be trouble in flight! Mike White from The Projection Booth podcast joins us to discuss a couple of Japanese exploitation classics: Prisoner Female Scorpion: #701 (1972), directed by Shunya Ito, and Goké, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968), directed by Hajime Sato. Gorgeous visuals and heinous humanity will be the twin themes today. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Prisoner Female Scorpion: #701 by skipping ahead to the 1:21:24 mark, and for Goké, Body Snatcher From Hell by skipping ahead to 2:05:43. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Dark Lady" by The Scorpions

It's business up front and party at the back this week - as long as the business up front is Silly-Beggars and the party involves hogs, testosterone and a psychotic Lance Henrickson making alarming threats. We're joined this week by film-maker Ted Bennett (Reel Terror) to conduct a frequently irreverent discussion on bizarre Jackie Chan vehicle City Hunter (1993), directed by Wong Jing, followed by explosive two-wheeler vehicle Stone Cold (1991), directed by Craig R. Baxley. These films are nonsensical and all about the ride, so we don't bother calling out a Spoiler Territory section for either of them. If you are on tenterhooks about the dramatic resolution of either of these films, please watch them before listening (our advice: don't worry too much about that). Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Justin Kerswell from The Hysteria Lives and The Hysteria Continues pops in to discuss Patrick (1978), directed by Richard Franklin, followed by its notorious and wholly unexpected Italian rip-off, Patrick Still Lives (1980), directed by Mario Landi. Toxic masculinity, screaming cat-fights, Holly Hockeysticks cheer in the face of psychic assault and full body impalement: these movies have similar titles but they're worlds apart. In fact we're still not sure what world Patrick Still Lives is on. It's not really possible to spoil Patrick Still Lives whose mystery plot makes little sense and takes a back seat to sleaze in any case, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Patrick. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:19:47 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp "Patrick" by Goblin

What the bloody hell is going on?!?! Curses flying thick and fast all over the place. Adam drops by to talk A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), directed by Tony Ching, and Kadaicha (1988), directed by James Bogle. Dark magic and people getting engulfed by giant tongues (or is that just the biggest eel I've ever seen in my life?) Also, Tom Cruise's messiah complex, Sonny Chiba's cowboy yakuza, Australia's difficult racial history and gratuitous Neighbours references. It's an eclectic mix! No Spoiler Territory section for either film this week. We do discuss the endings but these aren't films that can really be spoiled, so our advice is not to worry too much! Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp Listen to the Warumpi Band wherever you find good music.

We love a mismatched double feature, and this is a doozy. Charlie Adlard is back to discuss a couple of films that couldn't be more different. We reflect on Dario Argento's masterpiece of phantasmagoric horror, Suspiria (1977), followed by Gerry Anderson's own childlike dream of mecha joy: Thunderbirds Are GO (1966), directed by David Lane. One thing these films have in common? Plot is entirely secondary in importance, and as such, we don't bother calling out a Spoiler Territory section for either of them. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com For the best overview of Charlie Adlard's amazing career as one of the world's foremost comic book artists, go to charlieadlard.com His latest book, Heretic is available on Amazon and via all good booksellers. Look out for his upcoming book, Altamont, which is slated for an English language release later in 2025. Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Computer game adaptations: perhaps the least respected form of film-making around. And let's face it, the ratio of good films to bad films is pretty darn low. This week, we team up with the guys from the Grandad and Mr Tech gaming podcast to have a close look at two much maligned entries in this subgenre: Street Fighter (1994), directed by Steven E. de Souza, and Mortal Kombat (1995), directed by Paul W.S Anderson. Tune in, sit back, and FINISH IT!!! Let's just say, plot is somewhat secondary in importance to the conception of both of these films. so we won't be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for either of them. If you are on tenterhooks about the dramatic resolution of either of these films, please watch them before listening (our advice: don't worry too much about that). Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Just which cop is the biggest bastard? Lieutenant Crow or Inspector Cliff? Bryce joins us to discuss a couple of tales of cops gone off the rails. First up: Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989), directed by J. Lee Thompson, and Mafia Junction a.k.a. Super Bitch (1973), directed by Massimo Dallamano. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects by skipping ahead to the 1:14:20 mark, and for Mafia Junction by skipping ahead to 1:46:31. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

This week, we are trapped inside and beset by unnameable horrors in a dark corner of the Great White North. Sammy from the Gentlemen's Guide to Midnite Cinema pops in to discuss Pontypool (2008), directed by Bruce McDonald, followed by the notorious SOV act of lunacy, Things (1989), directed (if that's what you can call it?) by Andrew Jordan. As well as pondering the profound cultural influence of language as a thing in and of itself, we also tackle some other philosophical questions such as: The possibly Saxon origins of the word, "fart". Kettle or urn, which is better? And just what the hell does "no cap" mean? It's not really possible to spoil Things (because it's not really possible to understand the plot, assuming there is one), but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Pontypool. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:33:23 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

It's another director spotlight this week, as Al stops by to discuss a couple of Riccardo Freda joints. Freda was a diverse journeyman of the Italian film industry who produced most of his output before the heyday of Italsploitation, but his late career tilts at giallo and horror were... unusual, to put it mildly. We dive deep into his Dublin-set giallo, The Iguana With the Tongue of Fire (1971), and his bizarre hippiesploitation / gothic horror / Satanic gore fest, Tragic Ceremony (1972). We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for The Iguana With the Tongue of Fire by skipping ahead to the 1:25:47 mark, and for Tragic Ceremony by skipping ahead to 2:18:24. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

This week we are talking about one of the great directors of the New Hollywood era, George Roy Hill. Sakana joins us once again to celebrate the work of this master storyteller: we will check out his divisive box office failure, The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), and his raucous, subversive sports comedy Slap Shot (1977). Death defying air stunts, stunted pretty boys, and ultraviolence on the ice rink - there's a lot to chew on here. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for The Great Waldo Pepper by skipping ahead to the 1:28:56 mark, and for Slap Shot by skipping ahead to 2:16:09. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

War is hell. Vive le revolution! Conflict is on the menu this week as Nick Langdon drops by to discuss The Battle of Algiers (1966), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, and Battle of the Commandos (1969), directed by Umberto Lenzi. A legendary treatise on how to both wage a guerilla resistance and combat one, plus an object lesson in how NOT to conduct a commando mission - even if you are Jack Palance with a shonky Scottish accent! The Battle of Algiers has an unusual narrative structure which is not really spoilable and it's hard to imagine how we could spoil Battle of the Commandos more than it already is. So, we won't be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for either film this week. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

It's a week for tough cops who chafe under the soft libertarian justice system of modern democracy, dammit! And no cop is tougher than Maurizio Merli. Unless it's Charles Bronson, obviously. Bryce swings by to shoot the breeze and a whole heap of scumbag criminals, as we discuss 10 to Midnight (1983), directed by J. Lee Thompson, followed by Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976), directed by Umberto Lenzi. We don't think you can really spoil Rome, Armed to the Teeth, which only has a passing acquaintance with its own plot, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for 10 to Midnight. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:07:38 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

We are very late to the wake, but better late than never. Earlier this year, in close succession, we lost a couple of legends of film: Gene Hackman and Wings Hauser. In this bonus episode, Rob and Joe talk about the contrasting careers of these two great talents: one of them widely celebrated, the other probably underappreciated. Then we have a close look at the only film collaboration between them: Ted Kotcheff's Uncommon Valor (1983), which starred Hackman and was written and produced by Hauser. We do have a Spoiler Territory section for Uncommon Valor, so you can skip ahead to the 1:07:30 mark to avoid spoilers if you haven't seen the film. RIP Gene. RIP Wings. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

I dunno, man - I think this mutually-agreed arrangement is a little undercooked. Mike White drops by again to discuss Raw Deal (1948), directed by Anthony Mann, and then, you guessed it, Raw Deal (1986), directed by John Irvin. Listen as we gasp in wonder at Mann's sumptuous shadowy cinematography and Arnie's enormous pectorals. What do these films have in common other than their names? Probably not a lot, but we sure have a lot of fun discussing them. It's not really possible to spoil Raw Deal '86 because that would require you to be able to make some sense out of its plot, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Raw Deal '48. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:06:02 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp Our closing music this week comes courtesy of Seven Ascended Masters and their track "No The World Is Not A Fkin Sim" (T. Morton) © 2025. Find more from their back catalogue on SoundCloud

The horror genre exists to probe our latent fears, and the so-called "Duality of Man" has been a huge theme across so much film and literature. This week, writer and video artist Graham Williamson joins us to discuss a couple of interesting meditations on transformation and duality: Ginger Snaps (2000) directed by John Fawcett and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981), directed by Walerian Borowczyk. Forget Duality of Man: what about the Duality of Woman? Or the Duality of Man and Woman and anything else we can be? We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Ginger Snaps by skipping ahead to the 1:00:09 mark, and for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne by skipping ahead to 1:52:51. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Forget the threat of AI to our livelihoods... what about the murderous CYBORGS that countless B-movies have taught us are coming to get us any moment now?! This week, Al (the person, not the AI) joins us to check out Steel and Lace (1991), directed by Ernest D. Farino, and American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1994), directed by Boaz Davidson. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Steel and Lace by skipping ahead to the 1:09:03 mark, and for American Cyborg: Steel Warrior by skipping ahead to 2:06:41. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Half ape. Half reptile. Half we don't know what. Dr Ethan Lyon is not a horror from the murkey deeps but he is a huge fan of the films of Matt Farley and the folks from Motern Media, and he joins us this week to discuss two microbudget gems: Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You! (2012) and Magic Spot (2022), both directed by Charles Roxburgh. We don't think we spoil either of these films in the dissussion, so there's no Spoiler Territory section this week. If you're in the UK, join us at Dr E's Motern Media Madness event over the Easter weekend! Buy tickets here for Local Legends. Buy tickets here for Magic Spot. Buy tickets here for Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You! Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

By gar, it's a good old fashioned Letterboxd Collab! Dr Ethan Lyon and Sakana join forces to help us deliver a little shot of bonus episode classic western joy, as we share our thoughts on Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 (1950). Jimmy Stewart in dark and vengeful mode, Shelley Winters as comely young blonde, Stephen McNally being dastardly, Dan Duryea sliming up the screen (bless his cotton socks) and Rock Hudson as a politically incorrect Indian Chief. All saddled up and ridden like the clappers by the great Anthony Mann. Yee har!!! We do have a Spoiler Territory section for Winchester '73, so you can skip ahead to the 1:02:57 mark to avoid spoilers if you haven't seen the film. If you're in the UK, join us at Dr E's Motern Media Madness event over the Easter weekend! Buy tickets here for Local Legends. Buy tickets here for Magic Spot. Buy tickets here for Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You! Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

This one hurt. This week we lost one of Hollywood's great mercurial talents, Val Kilmer. In this bonus episode, Rob and Joe talk about the man, the enigma, sometimes the spanner in the works that was Val Kilmer. Then they deep dive into one of his lesser celebrated later films, David Mamet's Spartan (2004). We do have a Spoiler Territory section for Spartan, so you can skip ahead to the 55:10 mark to avoid spoilers if you haven't seen the film. RIP Val. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

We're still fixated on HEISTS, people!!! Nick Langdon pops in to discuss Charley Varrick (1973), directed by Don Siegel, and then Hudson Hawk (1991), directed by Michael Lehmann. Walter Matthau gets dark and grisly under Siegel's immaculate directorial hand (even if he didn't get the movie at all, apparently) and Joel Silver lets Bruce Willis' ego off the leash completely (with the result that very few people got the movie at all). Underappreciated gems or not? You be the judge! And then see if you agree with us! It's not really possible to spoil Hudson Hawk (plot is kind of secondary), but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Charley Varrick. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:23:51 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Marek Turner stops by to tell tales of Gigi the Loser, as we pair another classic Italian giallo with one of the great classics of film noir. We check out Rififi (1955), directed by Jules Dassin, and The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971), directed by Dario Argento. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Rififi by skipping ahead to the 1:01:24 mark, and for The Cat O' Nine Tails by skipping ahead to 1:52:20. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Marek's new book, Born to Lose: Tales of Gigi is available in paperback and ebook on Amazon Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Jonathan Owen joins us this week as we venture into Eastern Europe to lift the lid on the greatest cinema you've probably never heard of. Together we Czech out (see what I did there? And sorry about that) Marketa Lazarova (1967), directed by František Vláčil, and I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970), directed by Oldřich Lipský. Sublime dark-age psychedelic freak-out paired with ridiculous comedy of errors with a sci-fi Surrealist twist. It's not really possible to spoil I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Marketa Lazarova. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:21:27 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Samm Deighan is back to chat with us about one of our favourite niche subgenres: the Two-Mortal-Enemies-From-The-Past-Get-Frozen-In-Ice-And-Reanimated-In-The-Future-So-They-Can-Chase-Each-Other-Around-And-Smash-Stuff-to-Bits movie. We check out Demolition Man (1993), directed by Marco Brambilla, and The Iceman Cometh (1989), directed by Clarence Fok. We won't be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for either film this week, because we just don't think they can be spoiled! Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Check out Samm's podcast Eros + Massacre and look out for the Criterion Release of Godzilla vs Biollante, which includes her latest audiocommentary Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

It's 8 o'clock in the F#%KING MORNING and we are joined by full grown sandgroper, Adam Trainer to dig up a couple of unsung antipodean gems. We discuss Fortress (1985), directed by Arch Nicholson, and then Fortress (1992 - no relation), directed by Stuart Gordon. Deep kindertrauma in the bush and dystopian prisonbreak glory - this week's episode is a psychedelic trip down some very obscure Australian rabbitholes so put on your stubbies and blue singlet, crack open a VB longneck and settle back for a couple of hours of Ozploitation fun. It's not really possible to spoil Fortress '92, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Fortress '85. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:18:47 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp Our outro music today is "Son of Neck" by Adam's band Original Past Life (M. Caratti, W. Hall, A. Trainer)

Sammy joins us this week to check out a couple of films which (a) feature Michael Caine in less-than-flattering roles and (b) may have been regretted by their directors in later years. We discuss Blame It On Rio (1984), directed by Stanley Donen, and then On Deadly Ground (1994), directed by Steven Seagal. This week's episode is brought to you by the letter P - for Problematic. Yikes!!! It's not really possible to spoil On Deadly Ground (Seagal prevails, guys - he always does), but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Blame It On Rio. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:09:46 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

The Walking Dead's Charlie Adlard joins us this week to talk comic books, kaiju and the iconic art of Saul Bass. Together we check out Bass' sole feature as a director, Phase IV (1974), followed by Destroy All Monsters (1968), directed by Ishiro Honda. It's not really possible to spoil Destroy All Monsters but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Phase IV. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:14:28 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com For the best overview of Charlie Adlard's amazing career as one of the world's foremost comic book artists, go to charlieadlard.com His latest book, Heretic is available on Amazon and via all good booksellers. Look out for his upcoming book, Altamont, which is slated for an English language release later in 2025. Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

This week we are celebrating the diva that was Elizabeth Taylor! Sakana joins us once again to celebrate the work of this prodigious star - with a close look at two of her most bizarre and off-kilter projects: the Italian psychosexual thriller, Identikit (1974), directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, and Tennessee Williams' Boom! (1968), directed by Joseph Losey. Macrobiotic orgasms, bomb attacks on the streets of Rome, Richard Burton getting attacked by dogs and then sulking about not being fed enough, plus cameo appearances by Andy Warhol and Noël Coward. It's a wild ride, folks. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Identikit by skipping ahead to the 1:25:00 mark, and for Boom! by skipping ahead to 2:08:02. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

There's mad, and then there's MAD. John Horgan joins us this week to check out Madhouse (1981), directed by Ovidio Assonitis, and then Watch Out, We're Mad (1974), directed by Marcello Fondato. Sheer slasher insanity from the deep south, followed by chases and fights a-plenty with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. It's not really possible to spoil Watch Out, We're Mad as the plot doesn't matter (it's all about the crashes and bashes, basically), but we will call out Spoiler Territory for Madhouse. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:12:33 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Mike White from The Projection Booth podcast stops by to venture across the boundaries of normality, into the weird, the disturbing, the monstrous and the sometimes hilarious. We check out Border (2018), directed by Ali Abbasi, and The Rift (1990), directed by Juan Piquer Simon. A portrait of personal loneliness and dispossession both sensitive and shocking, followed by a ramshackle underwater adventure by our favourite Spanish lunatic. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Border by skipping ahead to the 1:13:27 mark, and for The Rift by skipping ahead to 2:12:15. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp Our closing music this week comes courtesy of Seven Ascended Masters and their track "Oligarching" (T. Morton) © 2025. Find more from their back catalogue on SoundCloud

Jerry McGlothlin joins us once again to discuss Bad Lieutenant (1992) directed by Abel Ferrara and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009), directed by Werner Herzog. Two very different takes on utter corruption and the possibility (or not) of redemption, from two very different, but both visionary film-makers. A double feature for the ages with two towering central performances triggers one of our most enjoyable discussions so far - from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Bad Lieutenant by skipping ahead to the 1:09:48 mark, and for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans by skipping ahead to 1:52:38. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Which one of you two looks most like a football movie? This week, we welcome Ali back to the show to discuss a couple of sports-related flicks: The Last Boy Scout (1991) directed by Tony Scott and The Last Match (1990), directed by Fabrizio de Angelis. Get ready for some pop psychoanalysis of Shane Black, a close examination of the early 90's Bruce Willis screen persona, and just how weird it got for aging Hollywood stars in the dregs of Italian exploitation fare around the same time. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for The Last Boy Scout by skipping ahead to the 1:09:36 mark, and for The Last Match by skipping ahead to 1:51:59. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

The Middle Ages were a terrible time to be alive. Dr Ethan Lyon joins us in the torture chamber as we dress up in couch upholstery and torment some sinners while discussing The Conspiracy of Torture (1969), directed by Lucio Fulci, and then Torture Chamber (1970), directed by Andy Milligan. Yep, time to get medieval on your ass!!! It's not really possible to spoil Torture Dungeon as it barely has a plot at all, but we will call out Spoiler Territory for The Conspiracy of Torture. If you want to skip ahead from that point, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:06:27 mark to avoid spoilers. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp