It’s about time that I had another guest on from the Now Playing Network family! My guest is friend Jim Laczkowski, who is a librarian, writer, critic, musician and podcaster of Director’s Club and B-Side Me. And we have some shocking news! Not only are we covering the Wes Craven flick Shocker (1989) on this episode, but we are also getting together on Director’s Club to discuss Wes Craven more broadly (so check that out on the Director’s Club feed around Halloween). In this episode, we talk about rockin’ soundtracks, Craven’s “electro-world,” Tracy Letts, and… am I going to start watching The X-Files finally? Listen to find out!
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00:00-13:30- Intro / Our Craven History / New Horror Landscape
13:30- 31:00 - How Jim First Saw Shocker / Brief Synopsis / Soundtrack / Television
31:00-48:00- Horace Pinker / Favorite Scenes / Themes of the “Electro-World” and Violence
48:00- 01:02:00- Double Feature Ideas / Outro
Please note, timestamps are estimates.
References:
* Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop promote Shocker(MTV’s Headbanger Halloween)
* Shocker (1989) Director’s Commentary (on Blu Ray)
* Wes Craven: The Man and his Nightmares by John Wooley (book mentioned by Chloe)
* Jungian archetypes (Wikipedia, mentioned by Chloe as a Craven influence)
* The Texas Chain Saw Massacre episode (Jim’s first episode on this pod)
Books Mentioned:
* The Human Chair by Junji Ito (mentioned by Chloe)
* The Dark Descent (our book club book)
* House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (our other book club book)
Find Us:
* Follow Jim’s website for all things podcast and writing.
* Follow Chloe’s Letterboxd and Instagram.
* Listen to my episodes on Jim’s podcast Director’s Club (James Wan, Guillermo del Toro, and Mike Flanagan)
The music used in this episode is from the soundtrack and trailer for Shocker (1989) and MTV’s Headbanger Halloween (1989) used for educational purposes.
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