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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Special Report: Manos the Hands of Fate Redux

Special Guests: Jackey Neyman Jones, Rachel Jackson, Ben Solovey

The may be the first time we’ve done a sequel episode. Not the sequel to a film but the sequel to an episode we did back in January, 2012. On there we discussed the classic film Manos: The Hands of Fate and the fundraising efforts of Ben Solovey to restore the film to its former glory.

We’re back to talk about the restoration with Ben again, to talk with Rachel Jackson about Manos: The Hands of Felt and with Jackey Neyman Jones for the scoop on Manos Returns.

Links:
Buy Manos: The Hands of Fate on Blu-Ray
Buy Manos: The Hands of Felt on DVD
Buy Manos: The Hands of Fate MST3K version
Be sure to visit Manos Returns
Be sure to LIKE Manos in HD
Be sure to LIKE Manos: The Hands of Felt
Buy the Manos soundtrack
Learn more about Manos: The Rock Opera of Fate
Listen to our original Manos episode

Music:
"Techno Tara" - The Vampire Sara
"Torgo's Revenge" - Hynge
"The Torgo Twist" - Manos the Band of Fate
"Torgo" - The Millipede
"Torgo" - DJ Napp

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Special Report: Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow

Special Guest: Michael Felsher

On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks to Michael Felsher, the head honcho at Red Shirt Pictures and the Ultimate Film Fanatic, about his career crafting supplemental material for DVD and Blu-Ray releases including Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow which is now available for pre-order via IndieGoGo.

Links:
Buy Just Desserts on Blu-Ray
Visit Red Shirt Picture
Read about Mike White's near miss on the Ultimate Film Fanatic

Music:
"Until the Next Time" - John Harrison

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Episode 177: Zoom In: Sex Apartments (1980)

Special Guest: Jerry Chandler
Guest Co-Host: Coffin Jon

This week we're looking at Naosuke Kurosawa's 1980 Japanese Roman Porno film Zoom In: Sex Apartments (AKA Zoom In: Rape Apartments/Zûmu in: Bôkô danchi). The film tells the tale of a young married woman (Erina Miyai) who gets raped on the way to visit an old flame. The assault appears to be a part of a series of similar rapes and gruesome murders taking place in an apartment block. The film is visually striking and seems inspired by Dario Argento's 1970s giallo films.

We're joined once again by VCinema's Coffin Jon to talk about pinku eiga, roman porno, and more.

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Links:
Buy Zoom In: Sex Apartments on DVD
Buy Jasper Sharpe's Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema
Check out Synapse's Nikkatsu Roman Porno page
Get a free book about Japanese pinku eiga edited by Abé Mark Nornes
More about Coffin Jon's VCinema

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Episode 169: Black Roses

Special Guest: John Fasano
Are you ready to rock? A cautionary tale of the evils of Rock & Roll, Black Roses tells the story of a demonic group who descend on unsuspecting Mill Basin to unleash a fury of Satanic music, claiming the souls of those who would choose to rock out.

We're joined this week by Mike "McBeardo" McPadden, author of Heavy Metal Movies: Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos & Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most Ear- and Eye-Ripping Big-Scream Films Ever!

By the way, Captain B.J. Hunnicutt was from Mill Valley, California.

Links:
Buy Heavy Metal Movies by Mike "McBeardo" McPadden
Buy Black Roses on DVD
Visit the Bazillion Points website
Visit the official John Fasano website
Read more about Black Roses on Geek Juice
Listen to our episode about Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park
For more about the "Satanic Panic" listen to our episode on Ricky 6
Listen to us try to talk about Sexette on our Myra Breckinridge episode
Listen to the original review of Black Roses on Outside the Cinema

Music:
"Dance on Fire" - Bang Tango
"One" - Metallica (8-bit version)
"Sucks" - KMFDM
"Startin' Up a Posse" - Anthrax
"MTV Get Off the Air" - Dead Kennedys

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Episode 144: The Brain that Wouldn't Die

Special Guests: Jon Gillespie, Tom Sivak
& Kevin Frei

Is The Brain that Wouldn't Die a schlock classic or a treatise on unfettered male desire? Why not both?

We spoke to not one but three people who have worked on musical adaptations of the film (The Brain that Wouldn't Die: A New Musical, The Brain that Wouldn't Die: In 3-D!, and Head: The Musical).

We're joined by Professor Kevin Heffernan, author of Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953–1968.

The paths of podcasts twist and turn through mountains of miscalculations and often lose themselves in error and darkness!

Listen / Download Now: Listen to "TPB: The Brain that Wouldn't Die" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Kevin Heffernan's Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold
Buy the Synapse version of The Brain that Wouldn't Die on DVD
Buy Professor Dowell's Testament on DVD
Buy Professor Dowell's Head by Alexander Beliaev
Buy Jon Gillespie's The Brain that Wouldn't Die: A New Musical soundtrack
Learn morea bout Tom Sivak's The Brain that Wouldn't Die: In 3-D!
Visit the official Head: The Musical website
Buy the MST3K Brain that Wouldn't Die
Buy the Elvira Brain that Wouldn't Die
Read about Brains on Film at MovieMorlocks.com
Learn more about Cinema Insomnia

Music:
"The Brain That Wouldn't Die" - Abie Baker
"Drive in Movie" - Kevin Frei
"Transplantations" - Kevin Frei
"Let Me Die! - Tom Sivak/Elizabeth Gelman
"Open the Door - Jon Gillespie/Phil Luna
"Brain that Wouldn't Die - Tom Sivak/Elizabeth Gelman
"Transfusion" - Nervous Norvus
"The Brain that Wouldn't Die" - MuSiK

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The Brain That Wouldn't Die - HD - by MuSiK from MuSiK on Vimeo.

Episode 114: Singapore Sling

Special Guest: Professor Vrasidas Karalis

Nikos Nikolaidis's Singapore Sling is a bizarro sequel to Otto Preminger's Laura and one of the few Greek films that has made it onto the podcast. We talk about Singapore Sling, golden showers, and Greek film with our guest co-host, Fräulein von B.

Links:
Buy A History of Greek Cinema by Vrasidas Karalis
Buy Singapore Sling on DVD
Visit the official Nikos Nikolaidis website

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Music:
Tunes used this episode include...
"Curse Curse Curse" - Singapore Sling
"The Laura Suite" - David Raskin
"Laura" - Frank Sinatra
"Knifey Cock Song" - Reverend Scott & Outside the Cinema

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Nikos Nikoladis Interview from Jose Sarmiento on Vimeo.

Drink:
Here's how to make a Singapore Sling...
1/2 oz grenadine syrup
1 oz gin
sweet and sour mix
club soda
1/2 oz cherry brandy

Pour grenadine into the bottom of a Collins glass, and fill with ice. Add gin, and almost-fill with equal parts of sweet and sour and chilled soda. Top with cherry brandy, and serve unstirred, garnished with a cherry. Drink excessively and try not to kill the chauffeur.

Episode 52: Frankenhooker (1990)

Special Guest: Frank Henenlotter

Make sure you bring a date to this special episode of The Projection Booth. Episode 52 marks the one year mark for the podcast. And, what better film to discuss than Frankenhooker, an comic updating of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, in which love knows no bounds, even death.

Celebrating this milestone is the brand spanking new co-host of The Projection Booth, Rob St. Mary.

Links:
Buy Frankenhooker on Blu-Ray
Visit Hotel Broslin, the Frank Henenlotter fan site

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Special Report: Manos - The Hands of Fate

Special Guest: Benjamin Solovey

The Master will be pleased if you listen to this special episode about Manos: The Hands of Fate, a classic film of lust, love, and betrayal. Hear how the film has been rescued by cinephile Ben Solovey and how the film community has come to his aid.

Co-Host Rob St. Mary calls Manos the "ultimate film school movie" as it teaches filmmakers just now not to make a film.

Links:
Support the Manos project on Kickstarter
Follow the progress of Manos in HD
Buy MST3K version of Manos
Visit Jackey Raye's website
The "Official" Manos website
More about The Locations of Fate
Read about The Hands of Felt!
A Manos game
Another Manos game
Watch the un-restored version at Archive.org

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Episode Five: Red Scorpion (1988)

Special Guest: Dolph Lundgren

Directed By Joseph Zito (Invasion USA, Missing in Action), and shot by Joao Fernandez (Deep Throat, Let Me Die a Woman), Red Scorpion is the three act construction of Lt. Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren) who is sent out by his Russian government to assassinate an oppressive African revolutionary. When he fails, his country turns on him. and he discovers who the true oppressors have been all long.

Also starring M. Emmet Walsh and Brion James. Scripted by the notorious Washington D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Links:
Buy Red Scorpion on Blu-Ray
Read Jack Abramoff's Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist
Visit the official Dolph Lungren web site
Follow Dolph on Twitter

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