Episode 437: Wolfen (1981)

Special Guests: Whitley Strieber, Rupert Hitzig, John D. Hancock, Craig Safan
Guest Co-Hosts: Stephen Graham Jones, Jedidiah Ayres

#Shocktober2019 continues with a look at the 1981 movie from director Michael Wadliegh, Wolfen. Based loosely on the 1978 book by Whitley Strieber, the film stars Albert Finney as Dewey Wilson, a world weary New York City cop who is assigned the macabre murder of real estate mogul Peter Vanderveer. Initially thought to be a terrorist plot, Wilson is assigned a psychologist, Neff (Diane Venora), to aid in his pursuit. They soon learn that they’re facing something much more sinister... and much older...

Stephen Graham Jones and Jedidiah Ayres join Mike to talk about this film. Interviews include author Whitley Strieber, producer Rupert Hitzig, director John D. Hancock, and composer Craig Safan.

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Bonus Interview w/Stew Buck:

Listen to "Special Report: Stew Buck on Uncovering Wolfen" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Wolfen on Blu-Ray
Buy The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber
Buy Hancock on Hancock by Michael Doyle
Buy Wolfen (The Unusued Score by Craig Safan
Buy Wolfen by James Horner
Buy Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Read Sculptures of wolves mauling tourist appear in New York City parks

Music:
Scores by Craig Safan and James Horner
"Bark at the Moon" - Ozzy Osbourne
"The Killing Moon" - Echo & The Bunnymen
"Smuggler's Waltz / Bronx Lullaby" - Tom Waits
"South Bronx" - KRS-One

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Episode 188: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

Special Guests: John D. Hancock, Lee Kalcheim
Guest Co-Host: Cameron Cloutier

We're looking at the 1971 film Let's Scare Jessica to Death. Directed by John D Hancock and based on a screenplay by Lee Kalcheim, the film tells the tale of... you guessed it... Jessica (Zohra Lampert) a woman who's back from a time away at an asylum and spending some quiet time in the country with her husband and their friend.

Jessica is plagued with visions of a girl in white as well as a monstrous woman in their local lake. Are the unfriendly people of the country town trying to gaslight her? Is it the strange hippie girl they find living in their house? Or is it something truly supernatural?

Links:
Buy Let's Scare Jessica to Death on DVD
Learn more about John D. Hancock's Filmacres
Keep up with Mr. Hancock's new film, Swan Song
Visit the official Lee Kalcheim website
Visit Cameron Cloutier's Obnoxious & Anonymous
Support Cameron's Bird with a Broken Wing
Visit the Let's Scare Jessica to Death fan site
Listen to the Terror Transmission episode about Jessica.

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Music:
"Let's Scare Jessica to Death" - The Vladimirs

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