Get Me Another

Put down the peace pipe and make a video run with us to the teenage end of the Fatal Attraction series as we discuss: FEAR (1996) starring Reese Witherspoon as a teen girl who rebels against her family by dating the baddest of boys, played by Mark Wahlberg. SWIMFAN (2002) starring Jesse Bradford as the guy who gets mixed up with Erika Christensen's absolute supervillain, Madison Bell (the titular Swimfan). This episode is a must listen if you ever wanted to hear Chris say, “I was expecting Hoobastank.”

Jen Howell of the Every Rom Com podcast joins to help us answer the quesion: What if the dangerous stranger who is going to wreck your life…is a kid?  Go grab Mr. Highway and strap in for THE GOOD SON (1993) starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood, written by Ian McEwan and directed by Joseph Ruben. https://www.everyromcom.com/ https://www.instagram.com/everyromcom/ https://bsky.app/profile/everyromcom.bsky.social

We're under a strict “return to office” mandate as we look at two films where the danger is in the workplace: THE TEMP (1993) starring Timothy Hutton and Lara Flynn Boyle trying to make that cheddar in the world of cookies, and DISCLOSURE (1994) where Michael Douglas and Demi Moore deal with Malaysian supply chain issues.

Things get a little sleazy this week as we take a look at two movies where the dangerous stranger... is a teenage girl.   First, we'll explore 1992's POISON IVY starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert and Tom Skerritt. Then we'll follow that up with THE CRUSH (1993) featuring Alicia Silverstone and Cary Elwes.

Erin Dawn of the Manic Movie Monday Podcast joins us to explore one of the most memorable erotic thrillers of the ‘90s: SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (1992) starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh.    Along the way we discuss New York architecture, lost ‘90s cable TV series and Kenny Loggins.   https://rss.com/podcasts/manicmoviemonday/     https://www.instagram.com/manicmoviemondaypodcast/      

This week we explore two movies where danger comes not from a stranger, but someone much closer to home.    First, Julia Roberts must escape the “Husband from Hell” in SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (1991).   Then we encounter the “Nanny from Hell” in Curtis Hanson's THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (1992) starring Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, Matt McCoy and Ernie Hudson.

When dangerous strangers wreak havoc on yuppie couples — the police protect the stranger! How's a yuppie supposed to guard their investment in decorative glass blocks? This week's episode has the answers as we watch: PACIFIC HEIGHTS (1990) starring Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, and Michael Keaton as the con man who's one step ahead. UNLAWFUL ENTRY (1992) starring Kurt Russell, Madeleine Stowe, and Ray Liotta with an electric performance as an obsessed, psychopathic cop.

This week we have a pair of thrillers about guys who meet a “New Friend from Hell” and pay the consequences.  Explore the dark side with BAD INFLUENCE (1990) from writer David Koepp and director Curtis Hanson, starring James Spader and Rob Lowe.  Then it's time to get way to close to the creepy new neighbors in CONSENTING ADULTS (1992) starring Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Space, and Rebecca Miller.

We've flirted with you, gone out to dinner, and talked movies. But now, this podcast demands you face the consequences because it's time to dive into the wave of “dangerous stranger” psychological thrillers launched by Adrian Lyne's FATAL ATTRACTION (1987) starring very naughty boy Michael Douglas and the unignorable Glenn Close. We then examine the evidence in Alan J. Pakula's legal thriller PRESUMED INNOCENT (1990) starring Harrison Ford, Bonnie Bedelia, and Greta Scacchi.

This week we look at Spike Lee's biographical epic masterpiece MALCOLM X (1992) starring Denzel Washington in a film that attracted controversy, much like the man whose life story it told.

We discuss Spike Lee's breathrough feature film DO THE RIGHT THING (1989) which centers on race relations on a neighborhood block in Brooklyn.

Grab a cup of psychoactive mead and settle in for a Conan the Barbarian Bonus Episode as we look at Robert Eggers' historical epic, THE NORTHMAN (2022), starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, and Anya Taylor-Joy. Eggers co-wrote the film with Sjón.

Adam Mallinger (Writer: SUPERMAN & LOIS, MICHAEL F-ING BAY) joins us for a special Friday the 13th Bonus episode looking at slasher film deconstructor/reconstructor BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON (2006) starring Nathan Baesal & Angela Goethals, directed by Scott Glosserman, who also co-wrote with David J. Stieve. Adam Mallinger Bluesky The Bitter Script Reader The Bitter Script Reader: Tuesday Talkback: "Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon," My greatest discovery

We bid a fond farewell to the Friday slasher trend with two parody films: STUDENT BODIES (1981) are stalked by The Breather in a rare early cycle spoof, then Jackson gets a touch of the melancholy in UNMASKED PART 25 (1988).

What's a filmmaker to do if they need to make an 80s slasher film but the trend is getting long in the tooth? Add some inappropriate folklore! A group of campers is stalked by a Viking berserker in the appropriately titled, BERSERKER (1987).  And then a group of young people are mysteriously invited to their old summer camp built on land cursed by a medicine man in TWISTED NIGHTMARE (1988).

It's time for a European vacation with two films from across the pond that put their unique spin on the American slasher movie trend: BODY COUNT (1986) from famed Italian director Ruggero Deodato and Spanish slasher EDGE OF THE AXE (1988) directed by José Ramón Larraz.

Summer's over! It's time for Fall and Winter slashers to answer the question: Does changing seasons help change up a Friday-style slasher? SATAN'S BLADE (1984) combines bank robbing, attempted adultery, and boom mics with a local legend, while THE MUTILATOR (1984) mixes tones, tunes, and the craziest game of Blind Man's Bluff you've ever witnessed.

IT'S OUR 100TH EPISODE OF GET ME ANOTHER! While we ourselves are incapable of change, the Friday the 13th franchise is about to kick into overdrive. We look at the two movies that added the final pieces that cemented Jason Vorhees's status as a horror icon. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III (1982) and FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER (1984).

What do you get when the marketing team wants to sell aliens and inhuman monsters, but you made a wilderness set Friday the 13th riff? We look at two slasher films with wildly inaccurate ad copy released in 1983, Andrew Davis's THE FINAL TERROR, featuring a fantastic performance by Joe Pantoliano, and cinematic “bad boyfriend” THE PREY, featuring a cucumber and cream cheese sandwich.

Ryan from The New World Pictures Podcast joins to discuss Sisworo Gautama Putra's SRIGALA (1981), a wild treasure-hunting Indonesian slasher film that owes much to Friday the 13th while simultaneously being its own unique experience. To check out The New World Pictures Podcast: https://newworldpicturespodcast.com

This week features two films centered on a group of hikers encountering a backwoods killer in the mountains executed to quite different results. DON'T GO IN THE WOODS (1981) is one of the infamous video nasties banned in the UK during the 1980s. Did it deserve it? We then focus on a slasher film that has gained its reputation over time, JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981) directed by Jeff Lieberman.

The show goes Cropsey-Turvy this week with two films based on the New York urban legend of Cropsey: First up is THE BURNING (1981) featuring early career performances by Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens, and Holly Hunter. Then MADMAN (1981) gives us the legend of Madman Marz, as well as one sweet, sweet theme song.

Pack your sleeping bags and don't stand with your back to a window because it's time for Sean S. Cunningham & Victor Miller's FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) to prove that a movie capitalizing on a trend can become a trendsetter in its own right. We then look at how FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 (1981), directed by Steve Miner, altered the trajectory of the franchise and overall trend.

Our post-apocalyptic summer climaxes with Kevin Costner's THE POSTMAN, a movie that plays with and goes beyond the conventions of the genre in a wonderfully bizarre way. Does Costner perform Shakespeare with a mule? Yes.  Are there clips from Universal Soldier and The Sound of Music in the film? You bet your bippy.  Was it unfairly maligned and gave us the feels anyway? Tune in to find out! (But also, yes.)

Join us as we enter a world where the polar ice caps have melted and studio film budgets have no meaning. That's right, we're not done with the post-apocalypse yet. It's time for WATERWORLD, the fourth collaboration between star Kevin Costner and director Kevin Reynolds. Special Guest Max Evry (A MASTERPIECE IN DISARRAY: DAVID LYNCH'S DUNE. AN ORAL HISTORY.) helps us dissect this much maligned action film. Will we decide to trade it for a few ripped out sheets from an old National Geographic? Or do we discover faith in the myth of dry land and set sail? Max's website: https://www.maxevry.com X: https://twitter.com/maxevry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxevry1

Justin Beahm stops by for our final Mad Max episode to discuss two films with female protagonists: CHERRY 2000 (1987) starring Melanie Griffith and David Andrews and TANK GIRL (1995) directed by Rachel Talalay and starring Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, and Ice-T. website: https://www.justinbeahm.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinbeahm The Justin Beahm Radio Hour is available on all podcasting platforms and on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JustinBeahmRadioHour

Strap in for a wild one as we enter the mind of writer/director Donald G. Jackson for two films that include: roller-skating nuns, frog people, a male chastity belt rigged with explosives, and horny puppets. That's right, it's time for ROLLER BLADE (1986) and HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN (1988) starring Roddy Piper and Sandahl Bergman.

Special Guest Dirk Marshall of the VH US podcast joins us as we stand on our heads for two post-apocalyptic westerns featuring Brion James. First up is STEEL DAWN (1987) starring Patrick Swayze in a Shane-influenced search for water. Then we switch gears to STEEL FRONTIER (1995) as mysterious gunslinger Johnny Yuma battles the Death Riders. VH US website: https://www.vh-us.com Marshall's Haute Sauce: https://marshallshautesauce.com

It's time to go B-A-N-A-N-A-S, BANANAS...for post-apocalyptic sports week! Johnny Halladay, Karen Allen, and Jürgen Prochnow play the most dangerous game…no, not that one. It's driving a truck powered by AI across the TERMINUS (1987). Then we slam dog skulls onto spikes with the Juggers in David Webb People's THE BLOOD OF HEROES (1989), a.k.a. THE SALUTE OF THE JUGGER starring Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy Lindo, and Vincent D'Onofrio.

Austin Trunick, the author of THE CANNON FILM GUIDE, helps Chris scan a Cannon Films double feature that totally nukes the post-apocalyptic genre: AMERICA 3000 (1986) with Chuck Wagner and Laurene Landon, as well as Albert Pyun's CYBORG (1989) starring the “Muscles From Brussels,” Jean-Claude Van Damme. Meanwhile, Rob is lost in the vortex of tomorrow… Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CannonFilmGuide Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CannonFilmGuide

This week, we set the Wayback machine to “1983” and continue discussing the Italian wave of post-Mad Max films.  First up, we race against the Eurac Monarchy to find a fertile woman in Sergio Martino's 2019, AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK, starring Michael Sopkiw, Anna Kanakis, and George Eastman.  Then we penetrate the Wall of Illusion with the Rider in WARRIOR OF THE LOST WORLD, starring Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasance, and Fred Williamson.  We finish up protecting our water from Alien in EXTERMINATORS OF THE YEAR 3000.

This week we have a pair of supremely stylish post-apocalyptic films by Italian director Enzo G. Castellari and starring Fred Williamson. 1990: THE BRONX WARRIORS (1982) and THE NEW BARBARIANS (1983). Questa settimana abbiamo un paio di film post-apocalittici estremamente eleganti del regista Italiano Enzo G. Castellari e interpretati da Fred Williamson. 1990: I GUERRIERI DEL BRONX (1982) e I NUOVI BARBARI (1983).

Ryan from the New World Pictures Podcast joins us for a pair of New World Pictures riding that Mad Max wave. Who has the coolest post-apocalyptic nickname? Is it Michael Beck as Hunter in BATTLETRUCK (1982) directed by Harley Cokeliss? Or can STRYKER (1983) take the crown of coolest dude this side of the Oil Wars/nuclear holocaust? To check out The New World Pictures Podcast: https://newworldpicturespodcast.com

They say that people don't believe in heroes anymore. Well, damn them! Grab your petrol cans and weapons as we lurch toward the apocalypse with George Miller's MAD MAX (1979) starring Mel Gibson, John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) starring Kurt Russell, and MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR (1981).

Rob has hijacked the studio to discuss Gaspar Noe's CLIMAX (2018), an avant-garde horror film about a French dance troupe's hellish acid trip, starring Sophia Boutella. It's an unforgettable film, from the incredible dance number set to Cerrone's “Supernature” to a child locked in a room screaming for his mommy.

We bring the Hard Day's series to a close with two meta-narrative movie musicals starring singer-songwriters: ROBERTO CARLOS EM RITMO DE AVENTURA (1968) starring “the King” Roberto Carlos, and Anthony Newley's CAN HEIRONYMUS MERKIN EVER FORGET MERCY HUMPPE AND FIND TRUE HAPPINESS (1969).

We are joined by guest Tony Bevilacqua, guitarist for The Distillers, for BEATLE MOVIE MANIA PART TWO as we discuss HELP! (1965), directed by Richard Lester, the MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR television special (1967) written and directed by the Beatles themselves, and the animated YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968).

This week is a tale of contrasts as we talk about the musical party that is THE GHOST GOES GEAR (1966), featuring The Spencer Davis Group with Steve Winwood, before traveling back to the States for William Friedkin's first feature film, GOOD TIMES (1967), starring Sonny & Cher.

We're joined by Justin Beahm to look at projects fronted by “manufactured” bands, including the ground-breaking sitcom THE MONKEES (1966), Saturday morning cartoon THE ARCHIES (1968), as well as the Monkees's feature film HEAD (1968), directed by Bob Rafelson and written by Rafelson & Jack Nicholson. website: https://www.justinbeahm.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinbeahm

It's time for Hollywood studios to invade the British Invasion with two sitcom-esque American films starring Herman's Hermits: HOLD ON! (1966) and MRS. BROWN, YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER (1968).

We look at a pair of 1965 films about Swinging Sixties youth that use British rock-n-roll stars in more traditional movie musicals. EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY stars John Leyton and Freddie & the Dreamers, while THREE HATS FOR LISA features Joe Brown and songs by Leslie Bricusse.

Chris and Rob dive into the charms of FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY (1964), starring Liverpool's own Gerry and the Pacemakers. In I'VE GOTTA HORSE (1965), Billy Fury and his love for animals take center stage, prompting Chris and Rob to lose their minds.

We discuss Richard Lester's blockbuster Beatles comedy musical, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964), and its influence on both cinema and music videos. Then we switch gears to John Boorman's feature-film debut starring the Dave Clark Five, CATCH US IF YOU CAN (1965), a surprising movie that explores more mature themes of disaffection and estrangement.

Join us for an epic interview with Max Evry, movie journalist and author of A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune. An Oral History.  Get ready for a deep dive into the troubled history and artistic merits of David Lynch's DUNE (1984), starring Kyle MacLachlan. Max's website: https://www.maxevry.com X: https://twitter.com/maxevry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxevry1

GET CHRIS ANOTHER… CLUE! This 1985 cult classic was made by a murderer's row of 80s American comedy. It's also one of Chris's favorite films. If you're game, sit down, roll the dice, and make your guess whodunnit!

Tis the season for SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 (1987) and SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT 3: BETTER WATCH OUT! Grab your cocoa and listen as we add “colon Garbage Day” to the title of Part 2 and Chris explains how SNDN 3 led to Resevoir Dogs.

We refill the eyewash station for Sergio Martino's proto-slasher TORSO (1973) before coming back full circle to Dario Argento for DEEP RED (1975), which, like THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, changed Italian cinema.

Join us for a pair of 1972 giallo films by Umberto Lenzi, one focused on an investigation, the other on psychological torment. Follow the clues of SEVEN BLOOD STAINED ORCHIDS before you shiver under the KNIFE OF ICE.

This week has a double helping of Giallo Queen Edwige Fenech with THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS (1972) as well as the “HEAT” of giallo films… Sergio Martino's YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY (1972) with both Edwige Fenech and Anita Strindberg.

Join us for two giallo films by director Aldo Lado. SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS (1971) and WHO SAW HER DIE? (1972) starring George Lazenby.

Kevin and Erin from The Podcast That Wouldn't Die! help us decipher if Dario Argento's THE CAT O'NINE TAILS (1971) and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971) can recapture the magic of his film debut. https://linktr.ee/TPodcastTWDie