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    Episode 97: American Gothic (1987)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 93:57


    Madeleine Koestner returns to Cinema Oblivia to talk about American Gothic, a supremely gnarly late-80s hidden gem of a slasher about a seriously dysfunctional family and the idiots yuppies they decide to slay.  Content Warning: We discuss fictional depictions of graphic sexual assault, and considering the tone of this film, our tone is certainly not serious when doing so.

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    Episoded 96: The Challenge (1982)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 129:33


    The Challenge, directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Scott Glenn, is not the greatest film in the world. It was certainly not the greatest film to come out in 1982, but it's about a giant white dipshit living in Japan and making an ass of himself. And as a giant white dipshit who lives in Japan who routinely makes an ass of himself, I felt seen. Although I've killed far less people than Scott Glenn does in this movie (at least, so far). Fellow American in Japan Diamond Feit joins me to talk about this very silly film.

    Episode 95: The Bees (1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 89:47


    Last month it was Ant with Anthony Abatte. This month it's Bees...with Anthony Abatte...because I don't know anyone whose name is Bee.  You've never seen a killer bees movie like The Bees. Believe you me. In a time of great strife and war, the themes of unity and togetherness that are touched upon in The Bees should inspire us all to make the world a better place. And John Saxon. John Saxon is great (and oddly attractive).

    Episode 94: Ants (It Happened At Lakewood Manor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 102:33


    ANThony Abatte joins me once more to discuss this ANTagonistic film about killer ants. It's real great bad movie, even if the ending is really ANTiclmatic. Sorry. (No I'm not).

    Episode 93: The Quiet Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 90:26


    Ever wish that every other person on the planet would vanish in a puff of smoke? Feeling that way more than usual lately? So have I! And so has Scott Sharkey, who wanders in from the wastelands to talk about The Quiet Earth, the hugely influential New Zealand classic about what it would be like to be the literal last man on Earth (and then suddenly not be).

    Episode 92: Obscure Movie Recommendations

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 98:58


    We're closing out this year at Cinema Oblivia by offering a virtual smorgasbord of lesser-known film recommendations. Diamond Feit joins me once ore as we browse the absolute depths of Letterboxd to find the weirdest, most out-there, and criminally under-seen films we've watched, as well as our picks for the best movies we've seen this year!

    Episode 91: Rolling Vengeance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 104:49


    Depressed over the current state of the world? Have you considered using a monster truck to solve your problems?   Diamond Feit and Anthony Abatte join me to talk about Rolling Vengeance, the world's only monster truck revenge movie. Yes, it is Canadian. And it rules.

    Episode 90: Halloween Horror Recommendations

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 80:13


    It's nearly Halloween so I thought I'd meet with Joe & Rob from Caliber 9 From Outer Space to share some recommendations for spookytime movie watching. Whether you're into actually scary movies, gory movies, or just silly goofy movies with a horror bent, we got something for you in this episode. And stay tuned at the end to hear which presidential candidate earns the coveted official Cinema Oblivia endorsement!

    Episode 89: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 127:51


    DON'T YOU SAY THAT. Emmett Watkins Jr. returns to the podcast to talk about this wacky Blaxploitation spoof that helped to launch the Wayans family empire. We had a lot to say about this one, it may be my longest episode yet! We also talk about its lesser-known sequel/spin-off (yes, really!) and another attempt at Blaxsploitation homage that did not work nearly as well, Original Gangstas.

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    Episode 88: Vampire Circus

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 97:39


    What's more terrifying than a circus full of clowns? A circus full of vampires! Joe Odber from the Caliber 9 From Outer Space podcast returns to Cinema Oblivia to talk about Vampire Circus, a 1970s Hammer horror flick that's oddly disturbing when compared to their other flicks featured fanged villain. Slight content warning on this one, there is some icky stuff in this one!

    Episode 87: Catch The Heat

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 88:56


    Anthony Abatte joins me once again to talk about Catch The Heat, an utterly forgotten late-80s B-grade action flick written by Sterling Silliphant and starring his wife Tiana Alexandra. It's a mess! But it's a charming mess. When it's not throwing out really bad racial slurs in its attempt to criticize racism. Yeah, um, content warning on this one.

    Episode 86: Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 100:07


    Rob Hill of the Bad Movie Bible returns with possibly the most British thing I have ever seen in my entire life. If you've never seen Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door, for God's sake go on YouTube right now and watch Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door, it's only 53 minutes long! Then come back and listen to us laugh about Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door for over 90 minutes.

    Episode 85: Tea For Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 91:29


    Doris Day makes her long-awaited debut on Cinema Oblivia! I put together this episode with Anthony Abatte and Diamond Feit because I wanted to introduce them to the wonderful world of Doris Day. And while we did that, I think we spent even more time talking about the amazing wit of Eve Arden and the inhuman dancing of Gene Nelson!

    Episode 84: A Brief Guide to Lesser Known Charles Bronson Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 38:37


    I've been unable to record lately due to my ever-so-fun health issues, so I thought I'd throw together this quick episode going over the multitude of Charles Bronson films I've seen recently. There are a lot, and most of them aren't the first flicks people think of when they think of Bronson. Lots of fun movies here, I hope you come away from this with some movies you want to check out!

    Episode 83: Species II

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 112:39


    It's the goopiest episode of Cinema Oblivia yet! Is Species II an unfairly maligned sequel? Madeleine Koestner thinks so, and she makes her case that this movie has a bad rep that is, well, at least partially unjustified. I mean, let's not get crazy here.

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    Episode 82: Batman & Robin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 73:13


    Last week I watched Batman & Robin for the first time and I unironically loved it so much. Seriously, I think it's an amazing movie and maybe the best Batman movie ever made. I needed to talk to someone about it! Thankfully, superhero movie aficionado and Batman superfan Anthony Abatte was able to join me to offer a more sane opinion on the film. We also talk about other films where our opinions deviate from the norm, sometimes we all have really out-there opinions!

    Episode 81: Murder on Flight 502 and SST: Death Flight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 107:55


    Diamond Feit and I cannot stop talking about 1970s plane disaster TV movies! We're back with two more, the ludicrous Murder on Flight 502 and the absolutely bonkers SST: Death Flight! We, as a culture, lost something when we stopped making star-studded TV movies, I tell ya.

    Episode 80: The Horror at 37,000 Feet & Mayday at 40,000 Feet

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 105:31


    The 70s were rife with TV movies about bad things happening on planes, and we're talking about two of them today! Diamond Feit joins me to talk about William Shatner, ghost druids, Marjoe Gortner, drunk doctors, Christopher George, and more!

    Episode 79: The Last Stand

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 96:31


    I'm back! And I brought Anthony Abatte with me so we could talk about The Last Stand, a movie starring one of the biggest movie stars of all time (Arnold Schwarzenegger) that only came out 11 years ago, but has somehow managed to be completely forgotten. Which is a shame because while it ain't high art by any stretch of the imagination, it's damn good.

    Episode 78: I watched 34 movies in 14 days and all I got was this lousy virus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2024 29:41


    Hey everyone! I'm still here! Covid sucks, don't get it. It (and other things) are keeping me from recording a proper episode this month, so I thought I'd record this mini non-episode to let you all know what's going on, and rattle off the 30+ movies I've watched in 14 or so days. I had a lot of down time.

    Episode 77: The Italian Connection

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 81:55


    Italian cinema fanatic Joe Odber is back to talk about The Italian Connection, a classic Italian crime flick about a pimp who is having a very bad day. It was also a major influence on Pulp Fiction, features a dope as hell score, and 70s lapels galore. It's fantastic.

    Episode 76: Devil Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 86:00


    Okay so there's a pig zombie monster wearing a Nazi jacket. And some kind of zombie lady? There's definitely a ghost horse and a shotgun with infinite ammo. But where does the mummy fit into all of this? Madeleine Koestner returns to try and help me digest one of the most inscrutably bad(?) movies ever made, Devil Story. We also delve into what we think makes an honest-to-goodness worst movie ever made, and why many people's picks for the worst movie of all-time are bullshit.  

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    Episode 75: Body Double

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 98:33


    In what might the be sleaziest episode of Cinema Oblivia yet, Diamond Feit returns to talk about De Palma's Hitchcockian thriller Body Double, one of the most ludicrously horny films ever made. It puts the 'cock' in 'Hitchcockian.' It's also the greatest film ever made that incorporates a Frankie Goes to Hollywood video in its narrative. And before you ask, yes there is another. No, I won't tell you what it is. Content warning: Lots of ribald sex talk in this one.

    Episode 74: Comfort Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 72:59


    Since the last episode of Cinema Oblivia, my boyfriend got Covid, I flew to America, landed myself in the ER and [redacted personal drama]. Basically, it's been a hell of a month, so I felt like talking about movies that cheer me up. Anthony Abatte joins me to discuss his comfort films, what we feel makes a good comfort film, and our go-to emergency "cheer someone up" flicks.

    Episode 73: Troll (1986)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 108:51


    Drew Mackie from The Gayest Episode Ever returns to Cinema Oblivia to talk about the 1986 fantasy classic Troll, aka the one true Harry Potter film (seriously). We talk about the movie's fantastic cast, great special effects, and what we want from a REAL Troll sequel.

    Episode 72: Monster Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 87:29


    I found Scott Sharkey wondering in the desert, put a microphone in front of him, and had him talk about the lesser-known Vincent Price/John Carradine horror anthology The Monster Club. This swan song of British horror anthologies is goofy as hell. Find out what a humgoo is and why Shaddocks should NEVER WHISTLE. And hear some great (and horrible) monster-themed rock and/or roll!

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    Episode 71: What A Carve Up!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 102:39


    Rob Hill from the Bad Movie Bible returns to the podcast to discuss one of his favorite films of all-time, the obscure 1961 British murder mystery, What A Carve Up! (The exclamation point is in the title) You definitely haven't heard of that movie but I hope you give the episode a listen regardless.

    Episode 70: Bay Of Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 91:38


    Dr. Sparkle makes his return to the podcast to talk about Mario Bava's Bay Of Blood, a strange proto-slasher with gore-o-plenty and a plot-o-nonsense, but it's a hell of a lot of fun, if you got the stomach for it.

    Episode 69: Them!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 103:44


    When pronouns attack! Them! is a giant monster movie classic. The definitive killer bug flick that holds up better than any of the multitudes that came in its wake. Anthony Abatte and I talk about the flick, how it launched the careers of two boomer TV icons, and briefly go over other giant bug movies that might be worth a watch (there aren't many). This one's for you, dad.

    Episode 68: Death Cheaters and Stunt Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 90:18


    Certified Australian Rhys (aka FlemishDog) is back to discuss two of the most Australian films ever made, Death Cheaters and Stunt Rock, both written and directed by the most Australian filmmaker, Brian Trenchard-Smith, and starring the most Australian stuntman/actor ever, Grant Page. Don't worry about spoilers in this episode because these films barely have plots, but who needs plots when you have WICKED STUNTS AND HEAVY METAL.

    Episode 67: Blood Beat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 106:22


    *MYSTICAL BOINGING* Blood Beat is, without question, one of the most inscrutable and hard-to-describe "horror" films that I have ever seen. There's a family of psychics? And a ghost samurai? And I think orgasms power it? Or something? Thankfully I have Madeleine Koestner here to help me figure it out. I don't know if we succeed though. *MYSTICAL BOINGING CONTINUES*

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    Episode 66:Switchblade Sisters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 106:37


    Drew Mackie from The Gayest Episode Ever podcast is here to discuss Switchblade Sisters, a grindhouse classic by legendary B-movie director Jack Hill (Jackie Brown, Coffy). We talk about the gender and political subtext of this underrated girl gang classic, and all the amazing 70s hair.

    Episode 65: TerrorVision

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 85:00


    Norm from A Question of Character returns to discuss TerrorVision! The crazy colors! The amazing cast! The spectacular special effects! The incredible theme song that WILL NEVER LEAVE MY HEAD. Turn off your TV before it eats you and give us a listen!

    Episode 64: Q -The Winged Serpent

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 85:15


    Diamond Feit returns to talk about Q: The Winged Serpent. One of my all-time favorite movies and, without question, the greatest movie ever made about a giant dragon that lives on top of the Chrysler Building and eats people. Larry Cohen was a mad genius.

    Episode 63:Firestarter(s)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 100:25


    Shane Bettenhausen and Alex Navarro both return to discuss the underrated Stephen King adaptation Firestarter, from 1984. They then begrudgingly stick around to discuss the massive piece of dog crap that is the absolutely horrendous 2022 remake. It's a bad movie. Bad movie. Bad.

    Episode 62: Run Lola Run

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 78:03


    I'm back! And so is Emmett Watkins Jr to talk about Run Lola Run! This movie rules! Emmett and I talk about just how much it rules, why it rules, and how it doesn't rule that there aren't more movies like it!

    Episode 61: A Year in Old Movies Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 85:32


    Anthony Abatte and I watched a lot of older flicks this year and we decided to look back on those instead of rattling off a Top Ten of 2022 this year - largely because I only saw 10 movies that came out this year. Hope you enjoy this more casual episode! Cinema Oblivia will be taking a slight break to start 2023 but I'll be back before the end of next month!

    Episode 60: Cash On Demand

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 69:42


    It's the very first Christmas-themed episode of Cinema Oblivia, as Joe Odber returns to discuss 1961's Cash On Demand. Yes, more Hammer and more Peter Cushing, but in a decidedly different film; a tale of a bank robber that's...surprisingly an affirmation of the Christmas spirit? And maybe an influence on Die Hard?

    Episode 59: Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 91:31


    Oh boy. One of the absolute strangest movies of the early-80s, featuring a bravado performance by the wonderful Susan Tyrrell as THE WORST PRIMARY CAREGIVER EVER and shockingly progressive, LGBT+ themes, Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker is a one-of-a-kind fever dream of a film, exactly the kind of thing that Madeline Koestner likes to subject me to, and I'm better for it. Content Warning: Generally uncomfortable sexual themes/assault discussion.

    Episode 58: Horror Express

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 84:27


    More Peter Cushing! Diamond Feit is back to talk about Horror Express, one of the funnest, silliest, wackiest, goofiest horror movies of the early-70s. And not only does it star my all-time favorite actor of all-time, Peter Cushing, but it also features my second-favorite actor of all-time; Christopher Lee. And someone who would probably make the top 10 or so; Telly Savalas! This movie kicks ass.

    Episode 57: Twins of Evil

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 89:18


    This Halloween I decided to spread the gospel of the Hammer House of Horror by subjecting Hammer virgin Anthony Abatte to one of my favorite films from the studio, 1971's Twins Of Evil! Not only does it have a standout performance by the legendary Peter Cushing, but the, ahem, titular characters are really something else too. We also have a quick spoiler-free discussion about the new Halloween Ends, and rattle off some other horror movies you might want to check out this Halloween weekend.

    Episode 56: The Taking of Bevelry Hills

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 91:14


    "Die Hard but in Beverly Hills" is elevator pitch for The Taking of Beverly Hills. And while the film looked like a sure-fire hit on paper thanks to its star, the then white-hot Ken Wahl, and it's director, Sidney J. Furie, the didn't even get the chance to fade into obscurity - it debuted there. Rob Hill from The Bad Movie Bible joins me to try and find out why. Content warning; When discussing Wahl's past, I quote some homophobic things other people said.

    Episode 55: Million Dollar Mermaid

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 96:23


    The original idea of this podcast was to focus on the types of films they don't make anymore and "Technicolor underwater musicals" certainly fit that bill. Diana Goodman of 30-20-10 joins me today to talk about Million Dollar Mermaid. If you thought movies like The Avengers were spectacle, you ain't seen nothing yet.

    Episode 54: Foul Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 94:29


    We're 70s AF today on Cinema Oblivia. How 70s? We got a movie by the writer of Harold & Maude, starring Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn, and featuring a hit single by Barry Manilow. That's how 70s. Foul Play is a wacky little comedy that is very much of its era, and I'm happy that Diamond Feit called me up to talk about it! Check it out!

    Episode 53: Shakedown

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 113:20


    Shakedown is a 1988 action film about corrupt cops starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott. It's one of the most bonkers movies of the 80s, thanks no doubt to its writer/director, the madman James Glickenhaus. Madeline Koestner joins me once again to discuss this utterly bizarre flick, and she brought her attorney with her! Because this movie is full of so many crazy courtroom shenanigans that I just had to find out from an expert just how inaccurate this movie is. The answer will (not) surprise you!

    Episode 52: Too Much

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 86:32


    In 1987, Cannon Films teamed up with Toho Pictures in Japan to make a children's film about a friendly robot and his stupid American girl friend. It stars no one you've ever heard of and it was directed by a softcore porn producer. It's called Too Much, and it's really [insert movie title here]. Rhys (aka FlemishDog) joins me to talk about this family-friendly monstrosity.

    Episode 51: American Ninja 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 88:04


    We got an all-star line-up today! T.L. Foster is back! Anthony Abatte is back! Norm from A Question of Character is back! And they're all here to talk about American Ninja 2! Is it a good film? Probably not, but it's a great excuse to talk about Steve James, the man who should've been the biggest action star of the 1980s/90s/2000s/2010s and today.

    Episode 50: Car Wash

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 89:11


    A brilliant slice of life comedy from the director of The Last Dragon(!!) and Joel Schumacher(!?!?!?), Car Wash is a perfect time capsule of a bygone era, but still manages to hold up today as a fantastic comedy, all while offering insightful commentary on race, gender, sexuality, and religion. And it has George Carlin and Richard Pryor! Anthony Abatte joins me to talk about this great piece of 70s pop culture, and its legendary soundtrack.

    Episode 49: Big Shots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 73:06


    I'm dumb white boy (sometimes) and Norm from A Question of Character is a black dude from Chicago, so we felt we absolutely had to cover Big Shots - a film about a dumb white boy (sometimes) and a black kid from Chicago. This is not a great film, but it's definitely the best film about a white kid from suburban Chicago that was made without John Hughes' involvement. I absolutely love it. It also has what might be the worst rap song of all-time.

    Episode 48: Thrashin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 95:24


    Thrashin' was an attempt by out-of-touch middle-aged men to make a hip and cool skateboarding film. They failed miserably. But I still love it! And so does Nextlander's Alex Navarro! We talk about this fascinating failure, and why we can't hate it despite it's mediocre acting, idiotic story, and absolutely atrocious original music.

    Episode 47: Class of 1984

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 90:54


    Class of 1984 is a fantastic exploitation flick about a high school from hell, its evil bullies, and the poor teachers who just try to teach their damn students. Diamond Feit joins me to talk about this classic late-era grindhouse flick. Disclaimer: Although this is an over-the-top exploitation film, we do discuss real world school violence at times. Additionally, this was recorded BEFORE the horrific events in Texas.

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