Episode 387: The Mr. Vampire Series

Guest Co-Hosts: Samm Deighan, El Goro

Released in 1985, the original Mr. Vampire was directed by Ricky Lau and stars Lam Ching Ying as a Taoist priest who battles the forces of evil along with his two inept students. This became a blueprint for dozens of other films -- some of them under the Mr. Vampire moniker and others not. We discuss the “official” Mr. Vampire movies as well as the unofficial entries, some copycat films, and many other jiangshi movies along the way.

Samm Deighan (Daughters of Darkness) and El Goro (Talk Without Rhythm) join Mike to discuss all manner of hopping vampires, beautiful ghosts, bad subtitles, and Taoist magic. Get your sticky rice ready!

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Movies Discussed

Movie Title	Chinese Title	Year
Mr. Vampire	Geung si sin sang	1985
Mr. Vampire 2	Jiang shi jia zu: Jiang shi xian sheng xu ji	1986
Mr Vampire 3	Ling huan xian sheng	1987
Mr. Vampire Saga	Jiang shi shu shu	1988
Shy Spirit	Pa xiu gui	1988
Vampire vs. Vampire	Yi mei dao ren	1989
Magic Cop	Qu mo jing cha	1990
The Ultimate Vampire	Jiang shi zhi zun	1991
Crazy Safari	Fei zhou he shang	1991
Mad Mad Ghost	Huang jin dao shi	1992
Mr. Vampire 1992	Xin jiang shi xian sheng	1992
The Musical Vampire	Yin yue jiang shi	1992
Exorcist Master	Qu mo dao zhang	1993
Vampire Expert	Geung Si Dou Cheung	1995
Rigor Mortis	Geung si	2014

Music:
"Mr. Vampire OST Guitar Cover" - TK Viper
"Mr. Vampire" - Glen Porter

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Episode 386: Begotten (1990)

Guest Co-Hosts: Heather Drain, Ben Buckingham

We are discussing E. Elias Merhige’s Begotten. Released in 1990, the film is an experimental narrative about creation, religion, and more.

Heather Drain and Ben Buckingham join Mike to discuss experimental films, music videos, and much more.

Music:
"Anti-Christ Superstar" - Marilyn Manson

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Stateless: E. Elias Merhige from Packe on Vimeo.

Special Report: Survival of the Film Freaks (2018)

Special Guests: Kyle Kuchta, Bill Fulkerson

How does cult cinema survive and thrive in the 21^st century? This notion is explored in the 2018 documentary Survival of the Film Freaks.

Joe Bob Briggs, Ted Raimi and Adam Green are just a few of the familiar faces that you'll see in this documentary that is both a love letter to and in-depth study of "cult."

Mike White talks to co-directors Kyle Kuchta (Fantasm) and Bill Fulkerson (Outside The Cinema) on this special episode.

Keep up on everything at the Survival of the Film Freaks Facebook page.

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Episode 384: Suspiria (1977)

Special Guests: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Clare Nina Norelli
Guest Co-Hosts: Maitland McDonagh, Rob St Mary

We kick off #Shocktober2018 with a discussion of Dario Argento’s 1977 film Suspiria which stars Jessica Harper as Suzy Banyon, a young dancer who travels from New York to Germany to attend a prestigious dance academy to not do lot of dancing but, instead, to become embroiled in a mystery...

Maitland McDonagh (Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento) and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss this classic, atmospheric horror tale. Authors Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (Suspiria) and Clare Nina Norelli help unravel the mystery of Argento's most note-worthy film.


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Links:
Visit Riverdale Ave Books
Read Alexandra Heller Nicholas's interview with Barbara Magnolfi
Read Alexandra Heller Nicholas's Three Mothers Redux: Kathy Acker, Pina Bausch, Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria
Read Clare Nina Norelli's Scores on Screen column
Read about Stan Douglas's Suspiria installation

Music:
"Markos" - Goblin
"Suspiriorum" - Stan Douglas
"Suspiria (Celesta and Bells)" - Goblin
"Witch" - Goblin

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Episode 385: Fiend Without a Face (1958)

Guest Co-Hosts: Maitland McDonagh, Troy Howarth

Shocktober 2018 begins with the 1958 film from director Arthur Crabtree, Fiend Without a Face . Written by Herbert J. Leder and based loosely on a story by Amelia Reynolds Long, the movie stars Marshall Thompson as Major Cummings, an Army officer stationed at that pivotal American/Canadian border where he’s investigating the strange goings on in and around his base. Unfortunately, he’s got a case of Brains Gone Wild...

Maitland McDonagh and Troy Howarth join Mike to discuss this classic sci-fi film as well as some other naughty brain movies.

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Links:
Buy The Brain from Planet Arous
Read Fiend Without A Face, and its surprising controversy by Ryan Lamble
Listen to our episode on The Brain that Wouldn't Die

Music:
"Fiend Without a Face" - The Misfits

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Guest Spots: Samurai September

I was recently asked to be part of "Samurai September" over at Kulture Shocked. Chris Stachiw looked at three classic Samurai films including two that I had never seen:

Kiru! (1968)

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Lone Wolf & Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

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Hara-Kiri (1962)

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Special Report: The Predator (2018)

On this special episode, Mike shares an episode of The Kulturecast where he joins hosts Chris and Eric to discuss the latest film from Shane Black that continues the saga of the Predator.

Be sure to visit www.kultureshocked.com for more of The Kulturecast!

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Music:
"Long Tall Sally" - Little Richard

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Episode 383: Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)

Guest Co-Hosts: Jonathan Owen, Jim Laczkowski

#Czechtember2018 concludes with a look at Václav Vorlícek's Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966). Co-written by Vorlicek and Milos Macourek, the film concerns a couple, Ruzenka and and Jindrich Beránek. Ruzenka (Dana Medrická) is a prestigious scientist who has discovered how to manipulate dreams -- though there are some unexpected consequences. Meanwhile, Jindrich (Jirí Sovák) makes his own discovery as he reads a comic series about Jessie (Olga Schoberová) and her anti-gravitational gloves, just the thing to help him out at his job.

Jim Laczkowski of the Now Playing Network and Jonathan Owen (Avant-garde to New Wave: Czechoslovak Cinema, Surrealism and the Sixties) join Mike to discuss this wild comedy as well as some of the more serious undertones of the film.

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Music:
"Dream Police" - Cheap Trick

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