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“I think he's in both Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11!” - Chris, on Heston's sequel policy On this week's episode, we're going back to, well, Earth, to chat about the fun-as-hell sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes! How silly was it to make James Franciscus look exactly like Charlton Heston, instead of just having him play Taylor? How much of a total jerk is Dr. Zaius? Are these under-dwellers wearing those masks for outsiders only or what? How great are Zira and Cornelius as characters? And how fantastic is it to watch a big, Hollywood, sci-fi sequel and the movie's totally unconcerned with setting up the next one? PLUS: Never agree to follow Taylor in traffic, because he's gonna blow down the road and leave you in the dust! Beneath the Planet of the Apes stars James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison, James Gregory, David Watson, Don Pedro Colley, Natalie Trundy, Thomas Gomez, Jeff Corey, Victor Bruno, Paul Richards, and Charlton Heston as Colonel George Taylor; directed by Ted Post. This episode is brought to you in part by Rocket Money! Stop wasting money on things you don't use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney dot com slash WHM. That's RocketMoney dot com slash WHM. RocketMoney dot com slash WHM. And also by Seed! Trust your gut with Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. Go to Seed.com/whm and use code 25WHM to get 25% off your first month. That's 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic at Seed dot com slash whm, code 25WHM! Make the WHM Merch Store your one-stop shop for all your We Hate Movies merch-related needs! Including new SHEENPRIL, Night Vision & Too Old For This Shit designs! 

Planet of the Apes: Episode 296 - YOU MANIACS! YOU PODCASTED IT UP! AH GOSH DARN YOU, GOSH DARN YOU ALL TO HECK! Planets of the May-pe continues as we take a trip down below and really do blow it all up (you maniacs)! It's not A MADHOUSE, it's Beneath the Planet of the Apes on Normies Like Us! Listener See, Listener Do, Listener Click Insta: @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/ https://letterboxd.com/mikejromans/

Beneath the ruins of civilization lies the Forbidden Zone, a mysterious land where humanity's darkest secrets are buried. As astronaut Brent (played by James Franciscus) embarks on a perilous journey to find his lost comrade, Taylor, he encounters a society ruled by intelligent apes. Teaming up with the enigmatic Nova (played by Linda Harrison), Brent delves deeper into the forbidden territory, only to discover a shocking truth that could change the fate of both humans and apes forever.

Jim reflects on one of the first "Monster Movies" he saw after his family moved to North Carolina - "Marooned," starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Mariette Hartley, Nancy Kovak, Scott Brady, Walter Brooke, John Forsythe, and directed by John Sturges. This 1969 Sci-Fi tells the tale of three astronauts trapped in orbit around the Earth with no chance of being rescued. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

Jim reflects on one of the first “Monster Movies” he saw after his family moved to North Carolina – “Marooned,” starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Mariette Hartley, Nancy Kovak, Scott Brady, Walter Brooke, John Forsythe, and directed by John Sturges. This 1969 Sci-Fi tells the tale of three astronauts […] The post Marooned | Monster Attack Episode 410 appeared first on The ESO Network.

Ok we get it...the Planet of the Apes IS Earth, but what else is going on here?? What if we explored UNDER the Planet of the Apes or dare we say...BENEATH it! Join your hosts and special guests Almog Avidan Antonir and Jennifer Levinson as we go inside the wild first sequel in this franchise, Beneath The Planet of the Apes! Check out Almog Avidan Antonir and Jennifer Levinson's latest film Trust (https://www.instagram.com/trustafeaturefilm/) on Prime Video (https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.efb67a52-ab5d-4086-bcce-7e94e8a168bf?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv-20) or on AppleTV (https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/trust/umc.cmc.6mfugtwfx5pzsp35gsdhnz3o7) Follow Almog Avidan Antonir on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/almog.aa/) Follow Jennifer Levinson on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jenhearts247/) Star ratings help us build our audience! Please rate/review/subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen, and share us with your bomb worshipping overlords! Email us at sequelrights@gmail.com with feedback or suggestions on future franchises! Special Guests: Almog Avidan Antonir and Jennifer Levinson.

Jagbags favorite guests Scott OKen and Morgan Gire join Beave and Len to talk the hugely successful "Planet of the Apes" movie franchise, which began in 1968 and is still going strong today. From the original movie starring Charlton Heston to next year's highly anticipated "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes", we talk pretty much all the movies, all the TV shows, all the cartoons, and all the comic books! Join us for an excellent discussion, whether you are an expert or a novice (You can skip if you are a "Beneath The Planet of the Apes" fan, or if you are the famous Hollywood director Tim Burton). Tune in for ACTION-PACKED DISCUSSION!

This week, the Visitors return to the first Apes sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes. With a smaller budget and a smaller role for Charlton Heston, this film leaves a lot to be desired. We are introduced to Brent, who subsequently has to be introduced to everything we already learned in the first movie. Then, things take a dramatic left turn when we meet the underground super mutants who worship a giant bomb. Also, learn the Visitor's favorite Twilight Zone episodes in this excellent episode!

Three films were the lead actor is replaced for one film only to return in the next installment! Ian is joined by Patrick O'Riley to discuss The Other FellasOn Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Directed by Peter R Hunt. Screenplay by Richard Maibaum. Starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas. Beneath The Planet of the Apes (1970). Directed by Ted Post. Written by Paul Dehn. Starring David Watson, James Franciscus and Kim HunterInspector Clouseau (1968). directed by Bud Yorkin. Written by Frank and Tom Waldman. Starring Alan Arkin, Frank finlay and Beryl Reid

Michael and Pax stretch the definitions of both Western and Horror in this second Halloween pick, The Valley of Gwangi starring James Franciscus, Gila Golan, and Richard Carlson. And with visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. But their Westernin' picks this month are full on horror-related as Pax reads Tim Seeley, Aaron Campbell, and Jim Terry's vampire comic West of Sundown, and Michael watches Sam Shepard's Western ghost story Silent Tongue and the super cheesy Teenage Monster.

A quiet, restful summer in the lazy coastal town of Port Harbor is abruptly about to end, cause 80s Revisited is BACK to talk about The Last Shark (1981)! Then, we talked about it on 80s Revisited! 80srevisited@gmail.com to talk with us, and leave a review for us! Thank you for listening 80s Revisited, hosted by Trey Harris. Produced by Jesse Seidule.

This week the gang must depend on James Franciscus and Vic Morrow to save them and the helpless citizens of Port Harbor after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing their charming coastal town. Please join us for Enzo Castellari's 1981 film The Last Shark (L'ultimo Squalo - Great White). Intro: Great White Official Trailer from 1981. Outro: Last Line in the feature film. This episode features music from Guido & Maurizio De Angelis and Morton Stevens and clips from the film.

Join us for The Last Shark! This is the Italian version of Jaws! James Franciscus and Vic Morrow really need some Bat Shark Repellent, but Adam West is now where to be found! James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area. A quiet, restful summer in the lazy coastal town of Port Harbor is abruptly about to end. You're what's for dinner

Continuing with giallo July, Jenny discusses Dario Argento’s second film, the middle movie in his so-called “Animal Trilogy.” The film stars Karl Malden and James Franciscus as two amateur sleuths who team up to investigate a series of murders centering around a genetic research facility. Find this movie and more at the 13 O’Clock Amazon … Continue reading Flickers Of Fear – Jenny’s Horror Movie Reviews: The Cat O’Nine Tails (1971)

From child star to teen music sensation - Mickey Dolenz has almost always been meant to be in the spotlight.  At the age of ten in 1956  he starred in a children's TV show called Circus Boy under the name Mickey Braddock.  He played Corky, an orphaned water boy for the elephants in a one-ring circus at the start of the 20th century. The program ran for two seasons, after which Dolenz made sporadic appearances on network television shows and pursued his education.  In 1964, he was cast as Ed in the episode "Born of Kings and Angels" of the NBC education drama series Mr Novak, starring James Franciscus as an idealistic Los Angeles teacher.  Dolenz was attending college in Los Angeles when he was hired for the "drummer" role in NBC's  The Monkees.   After The Monkees television show ended, Dolenz continued performing providing voice-overs for a number of Saturday morning cartoon  series.   I had the pleasure of meeting Mickey twice. Once when he headlined for one of our K-HITS concert series of Oldies artists we called "Hullabaloo" and again for this interview when he was in town for a free live concert.  Here's that interview on K-HITS 92.1

In one of the countless billions of galaxies in the universe, lies a medium-sized start, and one of its satellites, a green and insignificant planet, is now dead. We, your dear podcasters, are delighted to swerve HARD from last episode's heartwarming story with a film about political ruin, dystopian society, nuclear fear, religious zealotry...and sexy shirtless men with an obvious Katie pick for our SEQUEL SENSATION theme -- 1970's Beneath the Planet of the Apes! An army of civilized apes...a fortress of radiation-crazed super humans...Earth's final battle is about to begin--beneath the atomic rubble of what was once the city of New York. So listen in as we subjugate Ashley and Graham to his over 50 year film (they both paid attention-ish) and talk about how this sequel got made into one of the world's most well-known franchises (when franchises were barely a thing) -- despite a near bankruptcy and literally everything going wrong from the start. We also chat about New Wave Science fiction, this film's SUB-PAR make up effects, the absolute sexiness of lead actor James Franciscus (aka the Caffeine-free, diet Coke version of Charlton Heston) and how you follow up the intensely mind-blowing ending of the first film (and then, how do you make a third movie?!). We also have TWO mini-Let Me Introduce Yous and discuss what intelligent animals we would want ruling the planet in the future. Join us as we reveal our innermost selves to you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 This episode we are going back to one of our favorite places, a little world known as the Planet of the Apes! But this time, we're going to explore...Beneath the Planet of the Apes!Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) was the second film in the original Apes franchise, and it went down quite a different path than the first. The Planet Ape -I mean, 8 - crew, along with our special guest, Lord Blood-Rah, will discuss all the myriad details behind how the film came to be made, as well as walk through the storyline. There were a number of ideas thrown around in the initial stages of the film, which involved bringing back Rod Serling and author Pierre Boule, but none of these really stuck. It was only when British poet and screenwriter Paul Dehn was brought in that the plot solidified.Making a sequel back then was unusual and seen as a shoddy money-grab, and Apes star Charlton Heston really didn't want to do it. He was ultimately convinced to do a cameo appearance, so a new lead had to be found, and James Franciscus, who had primarily appeared on television, filled the bill. Much of the cast of the first film returned, including Maurice Evans as Dr. Zaius, Kim Hunter as Zira, and Linda Harrison as Nova. Roddy McDowall was not available so actor David Watson stepped in. James Gregory gives a notable performance as gorilla General Ursus, a role originally offered to the legendary Orson Welles!The story builds to a confrontation between the ape military and the human mutants who live underground in the Forbidden Zone. The mutants are disturbing not only visually but for their bizarre worship of their doomsday bomb. With this film, we get a whole second culture to explore on the planet, one that in many ways is more threatening than the apes. The mutants are horrifically scarred but possess powerful mental abilities of telepathy, mind control and the ability to cast illusions. The moment when the mutants are shown praying to their god provides a massive shock moment.The film ends with (SPOILER) Heston's Taylor pushing the final button to set off the Alpha-Omega bomb, thus igniting the atmosphere and destroying the Earth. Famously Heston and producer Dick Zanuck thought that this would prevent any more sequels from being made -a fair conclusion - but this was not the case. But that's a tale for another episode!For our Sensor Sweep, our good friend Lord Blood-Rah updates us on his latest and greatest goings ons: check out his podcast, Lord Blood-Rah's Nerve Wrackin' Auditorium, which can be found on most podcast aps or Anchor.fm/Lord Blood-Rah to hear old time radio horror. His weekly series, Lord Blood-Rah's Nerve Wrackin' Theater is still going with new episodes every week to be found on LordBloodRah.com. His Patreon series (Patreon.com/lordbloodrah) hosts classic TV sci fi every Friday. The big news though is that Creatures Con is coming back on August 7th in Concord, California! The show will feature horror expert David J. Skal among other guests. Check out CreaturesCon.com for more info. That's all for now, listeners. Until next time, remember, ape shall never kill ape!  But the only good human, is a dead human!Thanks for listening!Twitter: https://twitter.com/Planet8CastFacebook: www.Facebook.com/Planet8Podcast

Join Trivial Theater and Movie Emporium as we journey through the world of Rod Serlings influential The Twilight Zone. This Week we talk one of Twilight Zones classic episode with Season 1 Episode 10 titled Judgement Night. The Episode is Directed By: John Brahm and Stars: Nehmiah Persoff, Deidre Owens, Patrick Macnee, Ben Wright, Leslie Bradley, Kendrick Huxham, Hugh Sanders, Richard Peel and James Franciscus. If you like to help out Jaime Hitchcock, click either link below to help donate to the GoFundMe page or Buy a shirt from online store: * GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/surgeries-for-smitty * Online Store: https://smitshappens.threadless.com/ You can find Trivial Theaters content at: Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/TrivialTheater Twitter: @trivia_chic You can find Movie Emporium's content at: Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/MovieEmporium Twitter: @Movie Emporium Intro Created by Trivial Theater Music By Dan Jensen #TheTwilightZone #MovieEmporium #TrivialTheater --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/5thdimension/support

The coats are clawing their way through their second giallo film from "The Master of the Thrill" aka "The Italian Hitchcock" aka "The Father of Fear". The one and only Dario Argento and his 1971 sophomore feature: "The Cat O' Nine Tails". Capitalizing on the success of his debut feature (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), Argento quickly turned out his next film at the behest of the studios. He would go on to complete his animal trilogy with "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" in the same year. Often overshadowed by his later films, "Cat O' Nine Tails" has gained more praise in recent years as Dario's films get restored and reassessed. Will this cat have the coats giving it head scratches or will they have it neutered?Director - Dario ArgentoStarring - James Franciscus - Karl Malden - Catherine SpaakIf you like the show, stab the follow button on your podcast app and write a nice 5-star review to help us grow the show!And if you want some more conspicuous content, support the show on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ConspicuousTrenchcoatsCatch the Coats on:instagram https://www.instagram.com/con.coats/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ConCoatsconcoats.buzzsprout.comGet your tickets to see your conspicuous host in the new Army of the Dead VR game at: https://armyofthedeadvr.comSpecial Thanks to:Lucas Brahme for our music https://www.lucasbrahme.comUptownStyleStudio for designing our artwork https://www.instagram.com/uptownstylestudio/Veronica Maccarihttps://www.instagram.com/iamveronicamaccari/?hl=enMichael Mackenzie (http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4730/1/2013Mackenziephd.pdf)Troy HowarthArrow VideoJ&B WhiskeyIMDBSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/ConspicuousTrenchcoats)

"Fire Island" is the twenty-third episode of Naked City's first season. Directed by Disney veteran Norman Tokar, this procedural first aired on March 3, 1959, and stars John McIntire, James Franciscus, Henry Hull, Harry Bellaver, George Maharis, Michael Conrad, and Guy Raymond.Tensions smolder as a gang of moonshiners hunker down for the winter in a little Fire Island shack. But the sociopath of the bunch is about to spark a calamity for the criminals. Meanwhile, the Naked City detectives bundle up and descend on the deserted resort town in order to investigation a vicious murder.In this episode, Áine and Kevin sit around the fire chatting about boastful producers, Prohibition and moonshining logistics, The Cat from Outer Space, and character actor Michael Conrad.Follow us on the usual social media suspects:FacebookTwitterInstagramAnd bare all in missives to send to mysterytomepodcast@gmail.com.Mystery to Me is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Got your pick axe and gorilla glue handy? Good, because you're gonna need it! We continue our multi-week trek through the Forbidden Zone with our second exploration of the Planet of the Apes franchise with its 1970 entry, Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Join us as we parse the glorious messiness of this film's simultaneous expansion upon and aping of (no pun intended) the themes and ideas introduced in the previous film, the apocalyptic overtones and shocking ending reflective of the fears and anxieties of the late 60s and early 70s, and the inherent problems of attempting to catch lightning in a bottle twice. Listen to the very end to hear a special tribute to the dearly departed filmmakers Robert Downey, Sr. and Richard Donner. Feel free to skip to 1:07:00 for the beginning of our audio commentary. As always, please like, subscribe, rate, and review us on all of our channels, which include Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube! Contact us at huffmanbrothersproductions@gmail.com with your questions, comments, and requests.

TVC 541.6: Alison Mills Newman discusses her early stage performances with the American Theater of Being, one of the first prominent L.A.-based stage companies to showcase African-American actors, and how that paved the way for her network TV debut in 1965, opposite James Franciscus and Lois Nettleton, in a well-received episode of Mr. Novak that opened the door to other opportunities in television. Chuck Harter, who arranged Alison's appearance this week, co-hosts. Alison is the writer, director, producer, and star of The Tree Widow, a series of faith-based films that is available for viewing on YouTube. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the science fiction podcast 'The ACE: Atomic Cinema Experiment,' we discuss the sequel 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' The film is Directed by Ted Post and stars James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison, Charlton Heston. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: https://twitter.com/Mild_Fuzz facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mildfuzznetwork Email: mftvquestions@gmail.com Audio version: https://the-ace-atomic-cinema-experime.pinecast.co UK Merch store: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/mild-fuzz-tv/ US Merch store: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mild-fuzz-tv-us SciFiPodcast #SciFi #ScienceFiction

“You’ve lived through the collapse of vaudeville and burlesque.” On the episode we take a look at the volcano-themed, disaster film WHEN TIME RAN OUT… (1980). A notorious critical and commercial flop, the movie has now passed into legend as the film that killed off the Seventies disaster genre.  Helping Will to review the film is When Time Ran Out super-fan Fred Andersson from Schmollywood Babylon.  They discuss the film’s “beautiful melodrama”, its questionable special effects, and why this film is the last great flowering of the Seventies disaster genre.  Episode 93.  Show notes When Time Ran Out… (1980) Director: James Goldstone Cast: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Edward Albert, Red Buttons, Barbara Carrera, Burgess Meredith, Ernest Borgnine, James Franciscus, Pat Morita.  Plot: An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

Jim, Mark and Clay discuss the second film in the successful "Planet of the Apes" franchise, 1970s "Beneath The Planet Of The Apes," starring James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Gregory, Linda Harrison, Natalie Trundy and Charleton Heston. An astronaut searching for "Taylor" not only finds "Ape City" and the remains of NYC, but also encounters a highly-evolved race of humans - or are they? Find out more on this episode of "Monster Attack!"

This week we kick off a new series on Dinosaurs with the 1969 film The Valley of Gwangi. The film is a 1969 American western fantasy film, produced by Charles H. Schneer and Ray Harryhausen, directed by Jim O'Connolly, written by William Bast,[1] and starring James Franciscus, Richard Carlson, and Gila Golan. Creature stop-motion effects were by Harryhausen, the last dinosaur-themed film that he animated. (Episode 289)

"May the blessing of the Bomb Almighty and the fellowship of the Holy Fallout descend on us all this day and forevermore." With the success of the first Planet of the Apes film, 20th Century Fox rushed a sequel into production, something that was usually reserved for b-run serials. That first film, however, was a good crossover property – it had the genre elements but was made on an A-list level. That gave Fox the confidence that a sequel could work. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we continue our Planet of the Apes series with Ted Post's 1970 film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes. We talk about how well this film works – or doesn't – as a followup to the first film and why it still stands out as a fun film to watch, at least for Andy. We look at how the story became what it was and why it ended up getting made at the budget level it was. We chat about our many problems with the story and debate if they're intrinsic to the script or were partially caused by the lack of a budget. We chat about the cast – notably the new faces of James Franciscus, James Gregory, David Watson and the actors playing the underground mutants – and look at what they're bringing to the table. We discuss the film's messages and wonder if any of them are as strongly portrayed as the ones in the first film. And we deliberate on the crew, particularly the camerawork of Milton R. Krasner and the music of Leonard Rosenman, not to mention the mutant faces created by John Chambers. It's an interesting entry into the franchise and certainly leaves us wondering how they can make a sequel. Regardless, it's a fun one to talk about, so tune in to this week's show! The Next Reel – when the movie ends, our conversation begins. Film Sundries Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • Netflix • YouTube Script Transcript Original theatrical trailer Original poster artwork Flickchart Letterboxd Paul Dehn's Poetry

"May the blessing of the Bomb Almighty and the fellowship of the Holy Fallout descend on us all this day and forevermore." With the success of the first Planet of the Apes film, 20th Century Fox rushed a sequel into production, something that was usually reserved for b-run serials. That first film, however, was a good crossover property – it had the genre elements but was made on an A-list level. That gave Fox the confidence that a sequel could work. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we continue our Planet of the Apes series with Ted Post’s 1970 film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes. We talk about how well this film works – or doesn’t – as a followup to the first film and why it still stands out as a fun film to watch, at least for Andy. We look at how the story became what it was and why it ended up getting made at the budget level it was. We chat about our many problems with the story and debate if they’re intrinsic to the script or were partially caused by the lack of a budget. We chat about the cast – notably the new faces of James Franciscus, James Gregory, David Watson and the actors playing the underground mutants – and look at what they’re bringing to the table. We discuss the film’s messages and wonder if any of them are as strongly portrayed as the ones in the first film. And we deliberate on the crew, particularly the camerawork of Milton R. Krasner and the music of Leonard Rosenman, not to mention the mutant faces created by John Chambers. It’s an interesting entry into the franchise and certainly leaves us wondering how they can make a sequel. Regardless, it’s a fun one to talk about, so tune in to this week’s show! The Next Reel – when the movie ends, our conversation begins. Film Sundries Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • Netflix • YouTube Script Transcript Original theatrical trailer Original poster artwork Flickchart Letterboxd Paul Dehn’s Poetry

Hail the bomb!  For the first time, two guest commentators join the podcast to talk about the strange, dark sequel to the original smash film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and also its enjoyably schlocky novelization.  We'll be diving into the bizarre story of a film that splits the difference between being an inferior retread of the first film and a daring, audacious and nihilistic experiment that's not quite like anything else.  There's a lot to unpack here, from the subtly odd and dispiriting racial politics in the background, the reduced budget, the disturbing and dissonant soundtrack, the impossible task of star James Franciscus, the strutting magnificence of General Ursus, and too many more to mention!  Mutants!  Psychic Beeps!  Crucified Gorillas!  Natalie Trundy!  It's all here!  This podcast is THE BOMB.

JAWS rip-offs were all the rage in the late 1970's. If you were a film producer of any ambition at that time the massive financial take of Steven Spielberg's world wide hit drew your attention. You can almost imagine the conversations in which moneymen demanded their own killer fish film, "script be damned!" And most of those rip-off scripts were damned - damned bad! It's easy to point to a couple of genuinely good descendants of JAWS (PIRANHA and ALLIGATOR ) to claim that high quality was more common in this narrow Danger in the Water sub-genre but the list of terrible efforts far outnumber the impressive. Who has good memories of TENTACLES (1977) , UP FROM THE DEPTHS (1979), ORCA (1977), TINTORERA: KILLER SHARK (1977),  BARRACUDA (1978)  or MAKO: THE JAWS OF DEATH (1976) the clear winner in the 'Not Even Trying to Hide Our Intentions' contest? Really - who? If you have some love for TENTACLES we need to know why! So where does a film like KILLER FISH (1979) fall on this good/bad scale? As always, merit is in the eye of the beholder so allow John Hudson and I the opportunity to convince you of our clear-eyed vision as we make the case for Antonio Margheriti's entry in the Pissed Off Fish genre. Given the tag line 'The adventure that drags you in, pulls you under and tears you apart!' the film is obviously trading on the allure of deadly fish munching on human flesh to get bums on seats. But this animal attacks tale throws at least two other genres into the mix to keep the story from becoming too predictable. The film begins with a jewel heist set to the tune of dozens of distracting explosions (cue Margheriti miniatures) and eventually slips in a bit of disaster film silliness to keep things off balance (cue embarrassing funnel cloud special effect). The film is packed with tasty humans known mostly from television stardom including Lee Majors, Karen Black and James Franciscus as well as model turned actor (?) Margaux Hemingway and football player turned guest muscle flexor Dan Pastorini. And what the hell is Gary Collins doing in this film? Anyway ..... Join us as we take a look at another Antonio Margheriti film to see where it fits into his long career. Do the Brazilian shooting locations add to the film's charms? Do the jewel thieves adhere to the code of criminal conduct we expect from all screen no-good-niks? Does Margheriti get the chance to work miniatures into the film on multiple occasions? Is the cool bionic sound effect used when Lee Majors makes out with Margaux Hemingway in the shower? Listen and learn! Or watch the film yourself. That's certainly an option. If you have any comments or suggestions the email address is thebloodypit@gmail.com where we'd be thrilled to get your thoughts. The show has a FaceBook page where updates are occasionally posted so please check that out. Thank you for downloading and listening - and stay out of the water!

Cowboys and Dinosaurs ! Cowboys AND Dinosaurs ! That’s right. Jim and Mark take a close look at 1969’s “The Valley of Gwangi,” featuring the incredible work of Ray Harryhausen and starring James Franciscus and Richard Carlson

Martin anmelder science fiction-filmen Beneath the Planet of the Apes. (Dansk titel: Flugten på abernes planet.) Instruktion: Ted Post. Medvirkende: James Franciscus, Linda Harrison, Kim Hunter m.fl. APJAC Productions, 1970. Karakter: ★★★ _ _ _ Den 27. november udkom Flugten på abernes planet på dansk blu-ray i den såkaldte Primal Collection fra 20th Century Fox. Læs mere på bloggen: http://filmblast.blogspot.dk Email-kontakt: martinhoulind@gmail.com

James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area. DirectorEnzo G. Castellari WritersRamón Bravo(uncredited) Vincenzo Mannino(screenplay) Marc Princi StarsJames Franciscus Vic Morrow Micaela Pignatelli --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gruesome-hertzogg/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gruesome-hertzogg/support