High Camp

Marissa Strickland joins Bryan to talk Ken Russell's THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM with Hugh Grant and Amanda Donohoe. We also discuss Watchmen, Breakthrough and Welcome to the Dollhouse.The Lair of the White Worm is available to stream on Amazon Prime.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopek

Ashley Ward (Baby Wants Candy, Aiming For Average) joins Bryan to talk about the bizarre Tennessee Williams adaptation THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE directed by José Quintero and starring Vivian Leigh and notable Italian Warren Beatty. We also discuss Netflix's Camp, Bombshell, Melrose Place, Mamma Mia and Black Swan.The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone is available to stream on Amazon Prime.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopek

Brian Thompson (Whatever Happened to Pizza At McDonald's?) joins Bryan to talk Dr. Seuss's first and only foray into Hollywood, THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T. We also discuss Richard Jewell, 1917, Klaus, Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, Batman, Jim Steinman Youtube videos and more!The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. is available to stream on something called FlixFling and also Amazon.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopek

Mark David Christenson (Aw...Crap, a Hellboy Podcast) joins Bryan to talk about the original superhero movie, 1941's ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL. We also discuss the acting categories in the impending Oscar race. All 12 episodes of Adventures of Captain Marvel are available to watch on Youtube.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopek 

Bryan Rainstein (@bryansfaces) joins Bryan to talk about Ed Wood's GLEN OR GLENDA. We also discuss Netflix's Terrace House, 2014's non-Shakespeare Winter's Tale, and the Oscar race for Best Picture. Glen or Glenda is available to stream on Amazon Prime.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekHigh Camp will be back in January. In the meantime, watch RICHARD JEWELL, the campiest movie of our time.

Bryan discusses Golden Globe Nomination SnubsAndSurprises™ with special guest Aggie Hewitt. Then, Brad Evans (@bradfordevans) joins Bryan (1:06:00) to talk about Gus Van Sant's MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO.   My Own Private Idaho is available to rent on Amazon Prime and iTunes.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Ed Wood's GLEN OR GLENDA

Jon Millstein (What A Day) joins Bryan to talk about Pedro Almodóvar's TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. We also talk Barry, Pain and Glory, the Los Angeles movie theater class divide, The Irishman, and Trolls.Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is available to stream on Criterion Channel and to rent on Amazon Prime and iTunes.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Gus Van Sant's MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO

Mano Agapion (Drag Her) joins Bryan to talk about Robert Aldrich's WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? starring Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and British daddy Victor Buono. We also talk It: Chapter Two, American Horror Story, The Politician, Motherless Brooklyn and Wicked Stepmother.What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? is available to rent on Amazon Prime and iTunes.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Pedro Almodóvar's TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!

John Flynn (Two Old Queens) joins Bryan to talk about Gene Saks' MAME starring Lucille Ball and Bea Arthur. We also talk Drag Race UK, Drag Race Thailand, Judy, Barry, Unbelievable, Hocus Pocus, and Clue.Mame is available to rent on Amazon Prime and iTunes.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Robert Aldrich's WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?

Heather Jewett joins Bryan to talk about John Waters' FEMALE TROUBLE starring Divine, Edith Massey, Mink Stole and David Lochary. We also talk Fleabag, The Assassination of Gianni Versace, alarmist food documentaries, Parasite, The Lighthouse and The Day of the Locust.Female Trouble is available to stream on Criterion Channel, Amazon Prime and Apple.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Gene Saks' MAME.

Irene Marquette (The Experts) joins Bryan to talk about Nicholas Ray's JOHNNY GUITAR staring Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge. We also discuss On Becoming A God In Central Florida, Fosse/Verdon, Judy, Margaret, Breaking The Waves, Requiem For A Dream and Mary Lambert's Siesta.Johnny Guitar is available to stream on Amazon Prime.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches John Waters' FEMALE TROUBLE.

Drew Droege joins Bryan to talk about Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers' RUTHLESS PEOPLE, starring Bette Midler and Danny DeVito. We also discuss Joker, The Death of Dick Long, Wakefield Poole and The Boy Next Door.Ruthless People is available on to rent on Amazon and iTunes.See Drew in RAVENSWOOD MANOR at the Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles through 11/24! Get tix here.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Nicholas Ray's JOHNNY GUITAR.

Michael Lucid (Damiana Garcia) joins Bryan to talk William Castle's STRAIT-JACKET, starring Joan Crawford. We also talk awards show red carpet coverage, Real Housewives, Hustlers, The Goldfinch and 2001's Valentine.Strait-Jacket is available on to rent on Amazon and iTunes.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers' RUTHLESS PEOPLE.

Amber Petty (Aiming For Average) joins Bryan to talk Frank Tashlin's WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? starring Jayne Mansfield and Tony Curtis. We also talk Oscars, Pixels, The Great British Bake Off, Drag Race Thailand, The Apple, and the Carry On films. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? is available on to rent on Amazon and iTunes.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches William Castle's STRAIT-JACKET.

Greg Smith (@SmithLGreg) joins Bryan to talk Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden. We also talk Lana Del Rey, Good Boys and Troll 2.Sunset Boulevard is available on to stream on Amazon Prime and Kanopy.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Billy Wilder's WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?

Jonathan Bradley Welch joins Bryan to talk William Wyler's JEZEBEL starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda and High Camp fave George Brent. We also talk Who's The Boss, Mindhunter, Years and Years and She-Devil.Jezebel is available on to stream on Amazon Prime and Kanopy.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD.

Naomi Ekperigin joins Bryan to talk Mark Rappaport's documentary collage ROCK HUDSON'S HOME MOVIES. We also talk Pose, Baskets, Arrow, BH90210, Veronica Mars, driving lessons, hair catastrophes, cis men getting rewarded for playing women and Gremlins 2: The New Batch.Rock Hudson's Home Movies is available on Youtube and Amazon Prime.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches William Wyler's JEZEBEL.

David Crabb joins Bryan to talk about Jim Sharman's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW starring Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon. We also discuss teen crushes, Euphoria, intentional camp and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2.The Rocky Horror Picture Show is available for rent on Amazon and iTunes.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Mark Rappaport's ROCK HUDSON'S HOME MOVIES.

Blake Wilding joins Bryan to talk about Alfred E. Green's BABY FACE starring Barbara Stanwyck. We also discuss Robyn, 9/11, the Hays Code, Elvira, Nietzsche and contemporary camp classic Ma.Baby Face is available to stream on The Criterion Channel and for rent on Amazon and iTunes.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Jim Sharman's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.

Mark Rennie joins Bryan to talk about Douglas Sirk's IMITATION OF LIFE starring Lana Turner and Juanita Moore. We also discuss summer cocktails, institutional racism, Big Little Lies, John Travolta, The Last Black Man In San Francisco, and Ma.Imitation of Life is available to rent on Amazon and iTunes.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Alfred E. Green's BABY FACE.

Film critic Alonso Duralde joins Bryan to talk about Mark Robson's VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. We discuss Alonso's history with "Valley," how camp objects eventually become respectable, and the careers of stars Patty Duke and Sharon Tate.Valley of the Dolls is available to rent on Amazon and iTunes.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekFollow Alonso on Twitter @ADuralde and Insta @LinoleumcastNext week Bryan watches Douglas Sirk's IMITATION OF LIFE.

Julie Brister joins Bryan to talk about Curtis Harrington's WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN? We also discuss childhood TV movie favorites, roles for aging actresses, questionable lesbian subtext, and season 2 of Big Little Lies.What's The Matter With Helen? is available for free on Youtube!Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Mark Robson's VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.

Amy Heidt joins Bryan to talk about John Waters's POLYESTER. We share some of our formative teen movie experiences, gender roles, the trauma of Showgirls, and the genius of DIVINE.Polyester is available to watch on iTunes and Amazon, and comes to the Criterion Collection on September 17th.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Curtis Harrington's WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN?

Bridgid Ryan joins Bryan to talk about Andy Warhol's (actually Paul Morrissey's) HEAT, starring Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro and Andrea Feldman. We discuss directorial intent, mental illness, and crotch-centric filmmaking!HEAT is available to watch on a sketchy Russian website. Google it!Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches John Waters's POLYESTER.

Pete Byrnes joins Bryan to talk about Giulio Berruti's KILLER NUN, starring Anita Ekberg and Joe Dallesandro. We discuss childhood fears, Catholic horror, aging in Hollywood, and queer fascination with nuns.Killer Nun is available to rent on Prime Video.Check out Pete's album SPOTS here!Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week Bryan watches Andy Warhol's HEAT.

Dyna Moe (Mad Men: The Illustrated World, Hipster Animals) joins Bryan to talk about Busby Berkeley's THE GANG'S ALL HERE. The 1943 musical stars Carmen Miranda, Alice Faye, Benny Goodman, and about 10,000 bananas. We discuss Berkeley's mental issues, Miranda's tragic story, outsider art, Gen X vs. Millennial culture, and much more.The Gang's All Here is available to rent on Prime Video.Dyna also created our fabulous logo! Check out more of her work here!Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts. It helps degenerates like you find the show!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week, Bryan watches Giulio Berruti's KILLER NUN. 

Aggie Hewitt (Goop Yourself) joins Bryan to talk about Joseph L. Mankiewicz's SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER. The 1959 camp classic stars Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Katharine Hepburn, and a Venus Flytrap. We discuss Tennessee Williams, southern accents, internalized homophobia, and more!Suddenly, Last Summer is available to rent on all major streaming platforms.Please rate and review HIGH CAMP on Apple Podcasts!Instagram: @highcamppod @ruckerbryTwitter: @highcamppod @ruckerbryLetterboxd: @mrjopekNext week, Bryan watches Busby Berkeley's THE GANG'S ALL HERE.

In the 1990s, Duluth librarian Paul Roen published a two volume gay movie guide called "High Camp", reviewing queer cult classics from every corner of film history. 25 years later, Bryan Rucker and his special guests attempt to watch every movie listed in the books before they are forgotten!Follow Bryan on Twitter and Instagram @ruckerbry and @highcamppodIn next week's episode, we're going to discuss Joseph L. Mankiewicz's "Suddenly, Last Summer" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Katharine Hepburn - based on the play by Tennessee Williams. See you then!cover art by @dynamoe