#Shocktober2024 wraps up with a double dose of horror and weird science, diving into The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971), a pick from Patreon donor James Brummel. No, it’s not the two-headed flick with Rosie Greer or the one from Japan -- this is Bruce Dern’s wild ride as a mad scientist, melding the body of a manchild with the head of a deranged killer in the ultimate “transplant gone wrong.”
Tim and Agatha Luz of CinemaSpection join Mike to break down this two-headed cult classic and explore the world of other split-brained cinema (The Manster, The Thing with Two Heads).
Special Guests: Richard Christian Matheson, Phil Joanou Guest Co-Hosts: Agatha Luz, Tim Luz
We wrap up Comedy Month with a look at Phil Joanou's 1987 film Three O'Clock High. Based on a screenplay by Richard Christian Matheson and Tom Szollosi, the film stars Casey Siemaszko as Jerry Marshall, a dweeby high school student that runs awry of new student and general malcontent Buddy Revell (Richard Tyson).
Tim and Agatha Luz join Mike to discuss how the film is an exercise in style which sets it apart from other typical high school movie fare.
Special Guest: Dianne Steinberg Guest Co-Hosts: Agatha Luz, Andrew Nette
Agatha Luz and Andrew Nette join Mike on a special episode to discuss Michael Schultz's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), a story of the dangers of fame set to the music of the music of The Beatles. The film stars the Brothers Gibb and Peter Frampton as innocents from Heartland, USA who get wooed by record producer B.D. (Donald Pleasence) and set against villains Mean Mr. Mustard and the FVB (Future Villain Band).
Singer Diane Steinberg who played femme fatale Lucy (of the Sky with Diamonds) discusses the making of the film and her illustrious career.
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Selections from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack
"10 Got To Get You Into My Life" - Little Joe (Pesci)
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" - William Shatner
Sci-Fi July continues with a discussion of Ralph Bakshi's Wizards. Released in 1977, the film stars the voices of Bob Holt as Avatar and Jesse Welles as Elinore. The film is an illuminating history bearing on the everlasting struggle for world supremacy fought between the powers of technology and magic. Or something like that.
Vincenzo Natali and Agatha Luz join Mike to discuss this Tolkeinesque post-apocalyptic fantasy film.
Special Guests: Steven Cohan, Jeffrey Schwarz Guest Co-Hosts: Agatha Luz, Philip Marinello
We conclude Noirvember 2022 with a look at Billy WIlder's Sunset Blvd. Released in 1950, the film tells the story of Joe Gillis (William Holden), a screenwriter who meets a faded star of yesteryear, Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson). Gillis becomes a kept man while helping to fuel Norma’s Desmond’s delusion that she’s returning to the silver screen in a lavish production of Salome.
Agatha Luz (Cinemaspection) and Philip Marinello (The Substance Podcast) join Mike to discuss one of the best films ever made. Interviews include Steven Cohan (author of the new BFI book on Sunset Blvd) and Jeffrey Schwarz (director of Boulevard! A Hollywood Story).
Shocktober 2021 continues with a look at Jack Gold’s The Medusa Touch (1978). It’s the story of John Morlar (Richard Burton) a man with a special gift who is "murdered" in the first few minutes of the film. It then becomes an investigation by Detective Brunel (Lino Ventura ) who tries to learn more about Morlar, who murdered him, and why.
Agatha Luz and Jeff Meyers join Mike to discuss psychic films, "dogs" of 1978, and more.
Special Guest: Andrew Horton Guest Co-Hosts: John Atom, Agatha Luz
Theodoros Angelopoulos's 1998 film, Eternity and a Day, stars Bruno Ganz as Alexandros, a poet who thinks he’s at the end of his life. He rescues an Albanian refugee boy (Ahilleas Skevis) who lives on the street and wipes windshields for spare change.
Guest Co-Hosts: Agatha Luz, Tim Luz
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