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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Listen to "Episode 387: Mr. Vampire (1985)" on Spreaker.

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

Links:
Get an amazing Mr. Vampire t-shirt from Shelf Life clothing
Read Hopping Vampires and the Unibrowed Priest Who Hates Them by Wes Black

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

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Guest Spots: Talk Without Rhythm & Kulturecast

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm joined by the great Mike White of the Projection Booth to discuss two films that deal with the dehumanization of women in modern society in very, VERY different ways - 1981's The Incredible Shrinking Woman and 1995's Safe.

Kulturecast
Chris is joined by The Projection Booth's Mike White to start Documentary Month with a look at Jesus Camp, a documentary described by some as "the scariest movie ever made". The film follows pastor Becky Fischer as she puts on the Kids on Fire summer camp in North Dakota to preach her message to evangelical children from across the country. It's an interesting look at the religious base in America as they attempt to indoctrinate the youth into their mindset both politically and spiritually.

Listen to "Jesus Camp" on Spreaker.

Chris is joined by The Projection Booth's Mike White once again to finish out Documentary Month with a look at This Film is Not Yet Rated, a look at the secretive Motion Picture Association of America (the MPAA). The film takes a look at the inherent hypocrisy and censorship that the association levels against filmmakers who want their films released. It's a lighter film than any of the month's previous films and one drives a dagger straight into the heart of film censorship.

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Episode 333: Akira (1988)

Special Guest: Jonathan Clements
Guest Co-Hosts: El Goro, Chris Cummins

Based on his manga of the same name and released two years before the end of the comic series Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira (1988) tells the tale of Kaneda -- a teenage punk in a motorcycle gang -- and Kei -- a member of an underground resistance -- and their adventures in NeoTokyo. They enter into a world of psychics including the titular Akira, the little boy with incredible powers that lead to the devastating explosion that opens the film.

Special guest Jonathan Clements, author of Anime: A History, provides Mike with some much-needed background on Japanese animation while co-hosts El Goro and Chris Cummins describe their love of Otomo's groundbreaking film.

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Links:
Buy Akira on Blu-Ray
Buy Akira, the manga
Visit the School Girl Milky Crisis blog
Check out the books of Jonathan Clements
Visit the Akira wiki
Visit the Talk Without Rhythm podcast
Read Chris Cummins's articles on Den of Geek

Music:
"Battle Against The Clowns" - Geinoh Yamashirogumi
"The Capsule's Pride (Bikes)" - Bwana

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Special Report: They Live (1988)

Special Guests: D. Harlan Wilson, Sandy King, Peter Jason, Keith David
Guest Co-Hosts: El Goro, Patrick Bromley

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, we're giving you a choice: either put on the podcast, or start eating a trash can.

Yes, we're talking about John Carpenter's They Live (1988) wherein a man with no name -- or a name that means nothing -- Nada ("Rowdy" Roddy Piper) comes to Los Angeles looking for work only to find a vast conspiracy instead.

We talk to the author of the They Live Cultography, D. Harlan Wilson, as well as producer Sandy King, and actors Peter Jason and Keith David.

F! This Movie's Patrick Bromley and Talk Without Rhythm's El Goro join Mike to discuss this politically-charged film as well as Pizzagate, Wrestlemania, Shepard Fairey's use of wrestling, skateboarding, and politics via the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" phenomenon, and morning in America.

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Listen to "Special Report: They Live (1988)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy They Live on Blu-Ray
Buy They Live (Cultography) by D. Harlan Wilson
Buy They Live (Deep Focus) by Jonathan Lethem
Buy Mitch O'Connell's The Real Donald Trump Revealed T-shirts
Listen to 8 O'Clock in the Morning by Ray Nelson
Read Nada by Ray Nelson and Bill Wray
Visit the official John Carpenter website
Visit Storm King Productions
Visit the official Peter Jason website
Visit the official Keith David website
Visit the official D. Harlan Wilson website
Visit the official Rowdy Roddy Piper website
Visit the official Ray Nelson website
Visit Obey Giant - The Art of Shepard Fairey
Learn more about Wallflower Press
Listen to the Talk Without Rhythm podcast
Listen to the F! This Movie podcast
Read John Carpenter Is Fighting With Internet Nazis Over His Cult Classic They Live by Sidney Fussell
Read more about Les Hoffman, Felix Hoffman, and Albert Hoffman
Read 33 Things We Learned From John Carpenter’s and Roddy Piper’s They Live Commentary by Rob Hunter
Read Larger than life: An oral history of WrestleMania III by Adam Graham and Tony Paul
Listen to our episode on The Thing
Hear more Keith David on the Requiem for a Dream episode
Hear more about Other Side of the Wind

Music:
"Return to Church" - John Carpenter & Alan Howarth
"Wake Up" - John Carpenter & Alan Howarth
"Back Alley" - John Carpenter & Alan Howarth
"Transport Station" - John Carpenter & Alan Howarth
"For Everybody" - "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"With Hoffman Lenses We Will See The Truth" - Set Your Goals
"They Live" - Reign of Zaius
"Obey, Consume... Escape" - Jon of the Shred

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Episode 162: Santo vs. the Diabolical Hatchet

Special Guest: Bobb Cotter
Guest Co-Host: El Goro

A run for the border is in order. We're talking about the Mexican icon, El Santo, and his thirteenth film, El hacha diabólica with El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm podcast.

Plus, we discuss the idea of luchadores (Mexican masked wrestlers) with Bobb Cotter, author of The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography.

Listen/Download Now:
Listen to "TPB: Santo Vs The Diabolical Hatchet" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Santo vs. the Diabolical Hatchet on DVD
Buy Bobb Cotter's The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography
Buy Doyle Green's Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History Of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-man And Similar Films, 1957-1977
Check out the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast
Subscribe to TWORP
Listen to the Diabolical Hatchet episode of TWORP

Music:
"Double Shot" - Southern Culture on the Skids
"Mexican Radio" - Wall of Voodoo
"Viva Del Santo!" - Southern Culture on the Skids
"The Crusher" - The Novas


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