Talkin' Movies

Episode 052 - The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Intro Music: "Field Of The Dead" by Jerry FieldingOutro Music: "Missouri Boat Ride" by Jerry Fielding

Episode 051 - Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)   Intro Music: "Zydrate Anatomy" by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich (performed by Terrance Zdunich, Alexa Vega & Paris Hilton) Outro Music: "Seventeen" by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich (performed by Alexa Vega)

Episode 050 - Star Wars Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) **SPOILER WARNING** - Full spoilers for The Last Jedi To celebrate the New Year, we discuss the cinematic highs and lows of 2017 before digging into The Last Jedi. The Last Jedi discussion begins at 01:19:00   Intro Music: "The Spark" by John Williams Outro Music: "Canto Bight" by John Williams

Episode 049 - The Thin Man (1934)   Intro Music: "Main Titles" from The Thin Man by William Axt Outro Music: "O Christmas Tree" from The Thin Man by various

Episode 048 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)   Intro music: "Duel of the Fates" by John Williams Outro mucis: "Anakin's Theme" by John Williams

Episode 047 - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)   Intro music: Super Like You by Paul Williams, performed by The Undeads Outro music: Old Souls by Paul Williams, performed by Jessica Harper

Episode 046 - Ishtar (1987)   Intro music: Dangerous Business by Paul Williams, performed by Dustin Hoffman & Warren Beaty Outro music: Little Darlin' by Maurice Williams,performed by Dustin Hoffman & Warren Beaty

Episode 045 - The Nutty Professor (1963)   Intro Music: "Main Titles" by Walter Scharf Outro Music: "That Old Black Magic" by Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen, performed by Jerry Lewis

Episode 044 - The Beyond (1981)   Intro Music: Voci Dal Nulla by Fabio Frizzi Outro Music: Voci Dal Nulla by Fabio Frzzi

Episode 043 - Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)   Intro/Outro: Ernest Scared Stupid Main Titles by Bruce Arntson & Kirby Shelstad   NOTES, SOURCES, & FURTHER READING   This episode was recorded live in front of a gathering of our friends while the film was playing in front of us.  If you watch the film while listening to the episode, it almost works as a commentary.  We do end up rewinding and rewatching some bits due to streaming issues, but you will get the gist.  We are the only ones with microphones, but we did attempt to make the various asides of our audience audible for you.   Tim refers to Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday as being released in 1991.  It was actually released in 1993.  He was confusing its release date with that of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Neither of us has read The Importance of Being Ernest: The Life of Actor Jim Varney (Stuff that Vern doesn't even know) by Jim Lloyd (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013) or Keeper of the Clown: My Life with Ernest! by John Cherry (John Cherry Synidication, LLC, 2013).  Should we ever return to the world of Worrell, these will most likely be our main sources of information.

Episode 042 - House on Haunted Hill (1959)   Outro Music: Main Titles from House on Haunted Hill by Von Dexter

Episode 041 - Needful Things (1993)   Intro Music: The Arrival by Patrick Doyle Outro Music: End Titles by Patrick Doyle

Episode 040 - The Funhouse (1981)   Intro Music: The Funhouse Main Title by John Beal Outro Music: Carnival Skyline by John Beal

Episode 039 - Rondo Hatton: The Pearl of Death (1944) / House of Horrors (1946) / The Brute Man (1946)     NOTES, SOURCES, & FURTHER READING For an overview of Universal Horror in general, the bible remains Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas, and John Brunas’ Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946 (second edition, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007) For more on the workings of Universal during the Classical Hollywood era, we recommend chapters 1, 6, 13, 18, and 23 of Thomas Schatz’s The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era (1988) Very few scholars have devoted much ink to Rondo Hatton over the years.  Aside from the Weaver/Brunas/Brunas tome, our main source of information on the reluctant thespian has been Cory Legassic’s ‘“The Perfect Neanderthal Man”: Rondo Hatton as The Creeper and the Cultural Economy of 1940s B-Films’ in Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade (Lexington Books, 2015). For more on Martin Kosleck, consult Harry M. Benshoff’s Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the horror film (Manchester University Press, 1997).  There’s not much there, but the quality of the information surpasses its brevity. James O’Neill’s Terror on Tape (Billboard Books, 1994) includes capsule reviews of The Pearl of Death and The Brute Man, but inexplicably omits House of Horrors despite mentioning it in the other reviews. John Stanley’s Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide (updated edition, Berkley Boulevard, 2000) includes capsule reviews of all three Creeper films discussed in this episode.   Intro Music: The Pearl of Death Main Titles by Paul Sawtell Outro Music: The Bute Man Main Titles

Episode 038 - Mummy Sequels: The Hand, Tomb, Ghost, and Curse of Kharis [The Mummy's Hand (1940) / The Mummy's Tomb (1942) / The Mummy's Ghost (1944) / The Mummy's Curse (1944)]     NOTES, SOURCES, & FURTHER READING For an overview of Universal Horror in general, the bible remains Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas, and John Brunas’ Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946 (second edition, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007)  For more on the workings of Universal during the Classical Hollywood era, we recommend chapters 1, 6, 13, 18, and 23 of Thomas Schatz’s The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era (1988) For more on the life and career of George Zucco, consult Gregory William Mank’s Hollywood’s Maddest Doctors: A Biography of Lionel Atwill, Colin Clive, and George Zucco (Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., 1998)  A review of MCA’s VHS release of The Mummy’s Curse appears in the column “The Video Eye of Dr. Cyclops” in Fangoria #134 (July 1994) For the history of horror cinema in general we recommend Carlos Clarens’ An Illustrated History of  Horror and Science-Fiction Films: The Classic Era, 1895-1967 (1967), William K. Everson’s Classics of the Horror Film (1974) and More Classics of the Horror Film (1986), and David J. Skal’s The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (1993).  Like many of the films they discuss, these books have their flaws but have become too influential to ignore.  They remain insightful, informative, and entertaining. Intro music: "The Mummy's Hand" Main Titles by Hans J. Salter & Frank Skinner Outro music: "The Mummy's Curse" Main Titles by William Lava & Paul Sawtell

Talkin' Movies episode 037 - The Black Cat (1934) & The Black Cat (1941)     NOTES, SOURCES, & FURTHER READING For an overview of Universal Horror in general, the bible remains Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas, and John Brunas’ Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946 (second edition, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007)  For more on the workings of Universal during the Classical Hollywood era, we recommend chapters 1, 6, 13, 18, and 23 of Thomas Schatz’s The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era (1988) There is a very long and detailed chapter on The Black Cat (1934) in Gregory William Mank’s Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff: The Expanded Story of a Haunting Collaboration (McFarland & Company, Inc., 2009) For further reading on the 1934 film The Black Cat, we recommend the chapter “Bauhaus of Horror: Film Architecture and The Black Cat” in Alison Peirse’s After Dracula: The 1930s Horror Film (I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2013) and the film’s brief entry in Danny Peary’s Cult Movies 3: Fifty More of the Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird and the Wonderful (Fireside, 1988) Lucille Lund’s account of Edgar Ulmer’s sadism can be found in Gregory William Mank’s “When the Black Cat Crossed Her Path” in The Bloody Best of Fangoria volume 12 (1993) A very brief overview of the Breen Office’s response to The Black Cat (1934) is included in Anthony Slide’s article “Censored Screams!  Horror Films and the Production Code in the 1930s,” which appeared in Filmfax issue 72 (April/May 1999) Tim’s dislike of David Fucking Manners was partially fuelled by the Gregory Mank article “David Manners Revisited: He Outlived Them All!” which appeared in issue 60 of Midnight Marquee Monsters (Summer/Fall 1999) For the history of horror cinema in general we recommend Carlos Clarens’ An Illustrated History of  Horror and Science-Fiction Films: The Classic Era, 1895-1967 (1967), William K. Everson’s Classics of the Horror Film (1974) and More Classics of the Horror Film (1986), and David J. Skal’s The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (1993).  Like many of the films they discuss, these books have their flaws but have become too influential to ignore.  They remain insightful, informative, and entertaining.   Intro music: "The Black Cat" (1934) Main Titles by Heinz Eric Roemheld Outro music: "The Black Cat" (1941) Main Titles by Hans J. Salter

Talkin' Movies episode 036 - Dracula (1931) NOTES, SOURCES, & FURTHER READING For an overview of Universal Horror in general, the bible remains Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas, and John Brunas’ Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946 (second edition, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007) For more on the workings of Universal during the Classical Hollywood era, we recommend chapters 1, 6, 13, 18, and 23 of Thomas Schatz’s The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era (1988) The Gary Don Rhodes article “The Twelve Biggest Myths of Classic Horror Film History!” is spread out over issues 140, 141, 142, and 143 of Filmfax Plus (Spring 2015-Winter 2016) Tim’s dislike of David Fucking Manners was partially fuelled by the Gregory Mank article “David Manners Revisited: He Outlived Them All!” which appeared in issue 60 of Midnight Marquee Monsters (Summer/Fall 1999) For information on the career of Bela Lugosi and his relationship with Universal, read Gregory William Mank’s Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff: The Expanded Story of a Haunting Collaboration (McFarland & Company, Inc., 2009) For a thorough look into the origins of Dracula, there is David J. Skal’s Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen (W.W. Norton & Company, 1990) If you enjoyed our brief exploration of the sexual undertones of Dracula’s relationship with Renfield, you will probably be interested in Harry M. Benshoff’s Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the horror film (Manchester University Press, 1997) For the history of horror cinema in general we recommend Carlos Clarens’ An Illustrated History of Horror and Science-Fiction Films: The Classic Era, 1895-1967 (1967), William K. Everson’s Classics of the Horror Film (1974) and More Classics of the Horror Film (1986), and David J. Skal’s The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (1993).  Like many of the films they discuss, these books have their flaws but have become too influential to ignore.  They remain insightful, informative, and entertaining.

Talkin' Movies episode 035 - George A Romero (1940-2017)   00:00:00 Driveway to the Cemetery by Spencer Moore from "Night of the Living Dead" / 01:34:00 The Gonk by Herbert Chappell from "Dawn of the Dead" NOTES, SOURCES, & FURTHER READING For an overview of the first two decades of Romero’s career, check out Paul R. Gagne’s The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh (Laurel Entertainment,Inc., 1987) For an interesting look at the American horror renaissance of the seventies, check out Jason Zinoman’s Shock Value (The Penguin Press, 2011)

Talkin' Movies episode 034 - Magical Mystery Tour (1967) & Yellow Submarine (1968) Original air date: 07/27/2017   00:00:00 Magical Mystery Tour by John Lennon & Paul McCartney from Magical Mystery Tour / 00:00:42 Intro, The Greatest Films ever made / 00:13:06 Eli Wallach / 00:16:54 Sean Lennon Live in Concert / 00:46:12 Magical Mystery Tour / 01:22:42 Yellow Submarine / 02:07:56 Give My Regards to Broad Street / 02:14:07 All Together Now by John Lennon & Paul McCartney from Yellow Submarine

Talkin' Movies episode 033 - A Hard Day's NIght (1964) & Help! (1965) Original air date: 07/28/2014   00:00:00 A Hard Day's Night by John Lennon & Paul McCartney from A Hard Day's Night / 00:00:50 Intro, The Jeffersonian art show 2014 / 00:12:16 The Beatles / 00:40:34 A Hard Day's Night / 01:31:53 Help! / 02:13:29 Next Time: Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine / 02:14:07 Help! by John Lennon & Paul McCartney from Help!

Talkin' Movies episode 032 - Akira (1988) Original air date: 07/17/2014   00:00:00 Requiem by Shoji Yamashiro from Akira / 00:00:39 Intro, Fading Gigolo / 00:03:28 Poetry / 00:08:12 The Bat / 00:13:30 Modern Music / 00:18:03 The Bling Ring / 00:25:21 Anime / 00:41:38 Akira / 01:56:23 Next Month on Talkin' Movies: The Beatles / 02:00:28 Exodus from the Underground Fortress by Shoji Yamashiro from Akira

Talkin' Movies episode 031 - Seven Samurai (1954) Original air date: 06/16/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 030 - Godzilla (1954) Original air date: 05/15/2014   00:00:00 Main Title from Godzilla / 00:00:38 Intro, Suspiria at Procters / 00:27:38 The Godzilla Phenomena / 00:42:41 American Superheroes / 00:54:06 Godzilla / 01:53:42 Next Episode: Seven Samurai

Talkin' Movies episode 029 - I Was Born, But... (1932) Original air date: 05/12/2014   00:00:00 Overture from I was Born, But... / 00:00:39 Intro, Tim's Job Check-In / 00:03:42 The Citadel, Racism in Film / 00:09:33 Divergent, Zodiac, Henry: A Portrait of a Serial Killer / 00:18:30 The Conversation, The work of Fracis Ford Coppola / 00:42:50 Blame it on Rio / 00:48:56 Star Wars Ep VII casting announcement / 01:16:20 I was Born, but… / 2:14:02 Next episode: Godzilla

Talkin' Movies episode 028 - Fists in the Pocket (1965) Original air date: 05/05/2014   00:00:00 Fist in his Pocket by Ennio Morricone from Fists in the Pocket / 00:00:45 Intro, The Grand Budapest Hotel / 00:25:57 Fists in the Pocket / 00:54:24 Learning other languages, Education, Christopher Columbus / 01:28:17 Next month on Talkin Movies / 01:39:31 Deceitful by Ennio Morricone from Fists in the Pocket

Talkin' Movies episode 027 - Saved! (2004) Original air date: 04/24/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 026 - Frankenstein Unbound (1990) Original air date: 04/15/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 025 - District 9 (2009) Original air date: 04/08/2014   00:00:00 Get Him Talking by Clinton Shorter from District 9 / 00:00:32 Intro, In defense of Glens Falls / 00:09:20 Tim's recent watch list (Trancers 2, Stop or My Mom will Shoot) / 00:16:16 Spielberg's 1941 / 00:20:35 Peter Pan films / 00:31:43 Tinkerbell (and other sexy cartoon characters) / 00:51:45 District 9 / 01:39:36 Closing / 01:43:20 District 9 by Clinton Shorter from District 9

Talkin' Movies episode 024 - Four Rooms (1995) Original air date: 03/31/2014   00:00:00 Vertigogo (Opening Theme) by Combustible Edison From Four Rooms / 00:00:44 Intro, Lake Nowhere update / 00:09:20 The Muppets Most Wanted (spoiler-free), general Muppet discussion / 01:04:08 Star Wars Episode VII and the Expanded Universe / 01:11:56 Four Rooms / 02:09:51 Hallway Ted by Combustible Edison From Four Rooms

Talkin' Movies episode 023 - Easy Living (1937) Original air date: 03/24/2014   00:00:00 Score from Easy Living by Boris Morros / 00:00:24 Skidoo, Gremlins 2, Batman (TV Series), Superhero Movies / 00:24:46 A world without Cutthroat Island / 00:27:58 Easy Living / 00:58:14 Tim's Piggy Bank Mystery / 01:38:28 Score from Easy Living by Boris Morros

Talkin' Movies episode 022 - Silent Running (1972) Original air date: 03/17/2014 00:00:00 "Rejoice in the Sun" by Joan Baez from Silent Running / 00:00:48 Silent Running / 01:06:55 Organic vs Genetically Modified Food / 01:23:36 "Silent Running" by Joan Baez from Silent Running

Talkin' Movies episode 021 - The Woman (2011) Original air date: 03/11/2014   00:00:00 "JH2" by Sean Spillane from The Woman / 00:00:37 Intro, Oscar Review / 00:17:41 Play Fest / 00:55:29 The Woman / 01:47:14 The story of Jeanie with special guest Kala Del Giorno / 02:11:58 "Time to Die" by Sean Spillane from The Woman

Talkin' Movies episode 020 - Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club & Her (2013) Original air date: 02/28/2014   00:00:00 "This is Not a Drill" by Henry Jackman from Captain Phillips / 00:00:42 Intro, Harold Ramis / 00:06:13 Captain Phillips / 00:28:57 Dallas Buyers Club / 01:04:10 Her / 01:48:50 "The Moon Song" by Karen O & Spike Jonze from Her / 01:57:00 Oscar Predictions / 02:39:33 "Life is Strange" by T. Rex

Talkin' Movies episode 019 - Wolf of Wall Street & Nebraska (2013) Original air date: 02/22/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 018 - Gravity & 12 Years a Slave (2013) Original air date: 02/18/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 017 - Philomena & American Hustle (2013) Original air date: 02/11/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 016 - John Carter (2012) Original air date: 02/05/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 015 - The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) Original air date: 01/25/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 014 - Cutthroat Island (1995) Original air date: 01/21/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 013 - The Blue Bird (1940) Original air date: 01/10/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 012 - Murder Rock (1984) Original air date: 01/03/2014

Talkin' Movies episode 011 - Black Christmas (1974) Original air date: 12/25/2013

Talkin' Movies episode 010 - Eyeball (1975) Original air date: 12/19/2013

Talkin' Movies episode 009 - The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) Original air date: 12/11/2013

Talkin' Movies episode 008 - The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) Original air date: 12/04/2013

Talkin' Movies episode 007 - The Deer Hunter (1978) Original air date: 11/27/2013

Talkin' Movies episode 006 - Easy Rider (1969) Original air date: 11/19/2013

Talkin' Movies episode 005 - Midnight Cowboy (1969) Original air date: 11/12/2013

Talkin' Movies episode 004 - Deliverance (1972) Original air date: 11/04/2013

Talkin' Movies episode 003 - The Blair Witch Project (1999) Original air date: 10/27/2013

Talkin' Movies episode 002 - Carrie (1976)