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CinaCult PodcastEpisode 65-Bloodsport (1988)*NOTE: There are some audio issues in this episode.*We're back with a Lucas pick and he's taking us back to the film that launched the career of Jean Claude Van Damm with 1988's Bloodsport!Frank Dux is on a personal mission to honor his sensei and win the Kumite, a competition for the best fighters to prove who is the ultimate champion. Chased by two army CID's ordered to bring him home, he meets wild man Jackson and curious but beautiful reporter Janice as he partakes in this honored tournament. His main challenge: Chong...2025-07-262h 59CinaCult PodcastEpisode 64-Space Jam (1996)The commercial success of Who Framed Roger Rabbit proved that the combination of live action and animation could be profitable. Sure Cool World failed to capture the success but in 1996, another attempt was made in the form of Space Jam!When a group of aliens called Nerdlucks steal the talent of pro NBA players to challenge the Looney Tunes, becoming the intimidating Monstars, The Tunes call upon NBA legend turned baseball player Michael Jordan to help them. With the help of new Tune Lola Bunny, the Toon Squad prepares for the ultimate game. Can...2025-06-262h 26CinaCult PodcastEpisode 63-The Silence of the Lambs (1991)"Good evening Clarice"With those chilling words, Anthony Hopkins endeared himself into the hearts of movie goers as the charismatic but frightening Dr. Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter in 1991's Oscar winning epic The Silence of the Lambs. FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is a woman in a man's world. Determined to prove herself, she finds herself chosen to go toe to toe with Lecter to gain information on elusive serial killer "Buffalo Bill" (Ted Levine) Cunning and dangerous, the doctor begins to help Clarice while simultaneously getting her to divulge her own...2025-04-212h 54CinaCult PodcastEpisode 62-Shootin' the Shit (Anotha One!)Hello Cinacultists! We apologize for the long silence as the hosts have undergone some life changes recently but we are slowly getting back to our format with another "shoot the shit" episode.We talk NECA, Trick or Treat Studios, What You've Been Watching and we remember some iconic stars in memorandum. Next time we will return with Silence of the Lambs! Music: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Journey and I Fought The Law by Bobby Fuller Four. 2025-04-101h 48CinaCult PodcastEpisode 61-Shoot the Sh*t New Years EpisodeHappy New Years everyone! As we go into 2025, Lucas and Cordell decide to do another "Shoot the Sh*t" episode. Join us as we discuss our Christmas, What We've Been Watching, Movie Releases of 2025 and a brief trip down memory lane of our favorite Christmas gifts from childhood. We look forward to spending 2025 with you all again when we come back in Episode 62 with a review of Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
Music: We're Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister
and We Built this City by Starship. All rights...2025-01-011h 49CinaCult PodcastEpisode 60-Christmas Evil (1980)Merry Christmas and Winter Solstice Cinacultists! Lucas and Cordell wrap up the 2024 year with our review of a hidden gem horror thriller from 1980 when slasher were in their infancy. We're talking Christmas Evil!
Harry has a rough life. His coworkers mock him, his brother thinks he's a problem and and no one understands his tune for the Christmas holiday. This year however, Harry snaps. He believes he IS Santa Clause and he's going to deliver presents to the kids....and lethally punish the naughty! Is Harry a bit too obsessed? Is his spying on...2024-12-252h 41CinaCult PodcastEpisode 59-A Muppet's Christmas Carol (1992)Jim Henson is remembered as a visionary of children's entertainment. From the iconic Muppets to Sesame Street to the Ninja Turtle suits, he left a mark on generations with his work. Following his death, his studio continued to honor his work starting with today's review of 1992's Christmas classic: A Muppet's Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine) is a Christmas hating pariah in London. He's cold, cruel and thinks not of the needy and poor, instead more concerned with his lust for money. However this Christmas, Scrooge is warned: repent your wicked selfishness or...2024-12-181h 57CinaCult PodcastEpisode 58-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)When a crime wave hit New York, Channel 3 reporter April O'Neill is on the case. But she's gonna need help from 4 talking mutated turtles-Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael-to battle Shredder and his Foot Clan. Along with Casey Jones, the turtles are determined to save their rat sensei Splinter, beat the Shredder and make it home in time for pizza in this childhood 90's classic!
Does this movie capture the spirit of the 80's cartoon? Did later incarnations tell Splinter's story better? What's with the the "damns" in this film? Did Jim Henson and his Creature Shop out...2024-12-013h 09CinaCult PodcastEpisode 57-Halloween II (1981)The nightmare isn't over! Following completion of The Fog, John Carpenter returned to give audiences 1981's Halloween II-more of the night HE came home!
Laurie Strode has been taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital following her encounter with boogeyman Michael Myers. But Michael is still on the prowl hunting Laurie and slaughtering anyone who gets in his way. Meanwhile, a mentally unhinged Dr. Loomis is taking command of the police, hellbent on stopping his patient once and for all. Is this movie a worthy sequel for a box office classic? How does Leo Rossi have such range? Is...2024-11-143h 49CinaCult PodcastEpisode 56-Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1987)In 1987, the box office was dominated by the slashers. Freddy was taking on the Dream Warriors, Jason fought a telekinetic and Michael Myers was one year away from returning. But audiences were soon introduced to a new horror icon. One born of the mind of author Clive Barker in the form of Pinhead, The Hell Priest and his gang of Cenobites in the extreme, body-horror that was Hellraiser.
Julia Cotton (Claire Higgins) is in an unhappy marriage. Her husband Larry (Andrew Robinson) is lame and his daughter Kirstie (Ashley Lawrence) isn't much fun either as Julia pines...2024-10-043h 29CinaCult PodcastEpisode 55-Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)Jason is back!...or is he? Following the massive success of The Final Chapter, Paramount was eager to crank out more Jason to bring in the big bucks bringing us to today's review of 1985's A New Beginning.
Five years after killing Jason Voorhees, Tommy Jarvis is a broken mute sent to Pinhurst Halfway House. There he meets colorful characters like Reggie "The Reckless", loner Violet, assistant Pam, director Matt and hillbilly mom and son Ethel and Junior. But when a murder sparks a string of bloodshed, it seems that Jason is not as dead as Tommy...2024-09-253h 36CinaCult PodcastEpisode 54-Maniac Cop 2 (1990)The wrong arm of the law is back! After being left for dead at the bottom of the Hudson, Matt Cordell (Z'Dar) returns to police the streets once more in Bill Lustig's 1990 sequel Maniac Cop 2
Cordell is back and this time, he's up against Detective Sean McKinney (Robert Davi) and head shrink Susan Riley (Claudia Christian) while making friends with serial killer Steven Turkell (Leo Rossi) while continuing his quest for vengeance against those who wronged him. Will Cordell finally be able to rest? Was the actress for Susan really hard to work with behind the scenes...2024-09-193h 11CinaCult PodcastEpisode 53-Frankenhooker (1990)Frank Henenlotter. The man who terrorized us with Basket Case and Brain Damage, gives us this modern (and hilarious) retelling of the classic Mary Shelly story of Frankenstein in 1990's Frankenhooker!
Jeffery is having a bad day. First his fiancé Elizabeth is turned into a tossed "human salad" by a lawnmower. Now the storm he needs to bring her back is 2 days out and he doesn't have the parts to complete her! What follows is super-crack, exploding hookers, a pimp named Zorro and shocking sex! Is this a forgotten gem of B-cinema? Why is H...2024-08-312h 22CinaCult PodcastEpisode 52-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)Who will survive? And what will be left of them?
When Sally Hardesty, her brother and 3 friends take a trip to visit the old Hardesty farm, they become the victims of a deranged family of ex slaughterhouse workers who've taken to getting their meat from humans to survive.
50 years ago, Tobe Hooper introduced America to the cannibalistic Sawyers in his controversial 1974 hit, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Inspired by the real crimes of killer Ed Gein, the film saw the introduction of Leatherface and changed the landscape of future horror movies. Does this movie hold up...2024-08-183h 07CinaCult PodcastEpisode 51-Masters of the Universe (1987)The 80's were a time of crazes where popular toy lines became Saturday morning kid's cartoons. GI Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers became 80's staples of childhood. Joining them came Masters of the Universe, a world were a barbarian like hero named He-Man and his friends defended the mystical Castle Grayskull from the sadistic Skeletor and his army of evil. In comes Cannon Films looking for a hot property to bring to the screen and we get today's review of 1987's Masters of the Universe: The Movie.
When the evil Skeletor (Frank...2024-08-063h 48CinaCult PodcastEpisode 50-American Ninja (1985)The long kept secrets of ninjitsu from the East now come to the West....at least that what was promised in 1985's American Ninja.
Michael Dudikoff is Joe Armstrong, an amnesiac loner in the US Marines who finds himself ostracized and framed for theft of military property. His only allies are Patricia Hickock, daughter of the base commander and his captain Curtis Jackson. His enemies: corrupt officials, drug lords and the mysterious Black Star Ninjas. Does this movie have any redeeming quality beyond its attempt to cash in on America's fascination with martial arts? Join Lucas and...2024-08-022h 49CinaCult PodcastEpisode 49-The Black Cauldron (1985)CinaCult is back! And we are tackling our first ever animated film with our review of the 1985 box office bomb turned cult classic: Walt Disney's The Black Cauldron!
Part of the Disney Dark Age and based on the 5 book "Chronicles of Prydain" series, the movie follows Taran, a young pig-keeper who dreams of becoming a heroic warrior. When his oracle pig Hen Wen is hunted by the ruthless Horned King, who searches for the mythical Black Cauldron, Taran must set out to stop the evil king and his goblin Creeper from rising an undead army with the...2024-06-262h 44CinaCult PodcastEpisode 48-The Crow (1994)Eric Draven and his fiancé Shelly are murdered on Devil's Night. One year later, a mystical crow (or raven actually) brings Eric back as he becomes an avenging angel, hunting the freaks responsible that fateful night.
Based on a dark, gritty comic book from James O'Barr, who'd recently lost his fiancé, The Crow seemed like it might be just another adaption thriller by a major studio. However, tragedy struck when up and coming lead actor Brandon Lee, son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, was killed in a horrible on-set accident. Funding AND Paramount pulled out and th...2024-06-143h 18CinaCult PodcastEpisode 47-Star Wars Prequel Trilogy: (1999-2005)Following our talk on the original trilogy, we are back to discuss Lucas' follow up prequel trilogy about Luke's father Anakin, released between 1999 to 2005 made up of The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones & Revenge of the Sith. While not as universally beloved as the OG films, these movies have found their own love with a new generation.
Anakin Skywalker is only nine when Jedi Master Qui-Gon-Jinn frees him from slavery and takes him to the Jedi to be trained. From boyhood to adulthood, Anakin is molded into a powerful Jedi Knight by Obi-Wan-Kenobi...2024-05-313h 08CinaCult PodcastEpisode 46-Star Wars: Original Trilogy (1977-1983)The Force is strong with us today folks as we return to talk STAR WARS! Specifically for this week the original three films created by George Lucas from 1977 to 1983 made of of Star Wars (later A New Hope), The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi.
Luke Skywalker is a young man who finds himself at the center of a galactic civil war between the tyrannical Galactic Empire and the freedom fighters of the Rebel Alliance. Joined by Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca and a couple of droids, C-3PO and R2-D2, Luke...2024-05-313h 40CinaCult PodcastEpisode 45: The Fog (1980)Coming off the success of Halloween, John Carpenter wasted no time with his next story of evil, this time taking the form of a mysterious fog with a deadly secret inside in 1980's The Fog
The sleepy town of Antonio Bay is preparing to celebrate its 100 years. But a mysterious fog soon arrives off the coast and people begin to die and experience strange occurrences. Caught up in all of this is town DJ Stevie Wayne (Adrienne Barbeau), hitchhiker Elizabeth (Jamie Lee Curtis), everyman Nick Castle (Tom Aitkins), Mayor Williams (Janet Leigh) and Father...2024-05-022h 48CinaCult PodcastEpisode 44-Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988)Stay tuned after the show for big breasted girls going to the beach!
In 1978 while Michael Myers terrorized Haddonfield, the rest of the nation was under attack in the comedy-horror Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Fast forward a decade later and the watery veggifruits once again rear their red in Return of the Killer Tomatoes with George Clooney in an early role as well as Repossessed's Anthony Stark and John Astin.
When Professor Gangreen (Astin) formulates a new killer tomato plot, he thinks the world will finally be at...2024-04-152h 42CinaCult PodcastEpisode 40-The Love Witch (2016)Music in episode "Witchy Woman" by The Eagles. All rights reserved.
Join Lucas and Cordell as we bewitch ourselves in the 2016 movie "The Love Witch" Does this movie have undertones of empowerment or is our protagonist just losing it? Listen today!2024-04-142h 56CinaCult PodcastEpisode 43-Pieces (1982)1974: the world was shocked by the brutality of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. 1980: the world is enamored with the slasher with Friday the 13th. So what do you get when you combine those two? 1982's Spanish-American slasher/giallio Pieces, a movie that put gore at the forefront long before Saw.
Someone is carving up co-ed girls on campus with a large chainsaw and stealing body parts and it's up to Lt. Bracken to stop this maniac. But it won't be easy: the killer knows when to strike and where without police intervention. Along with his partner...2024-03-252h 51CinaCult PodcastEpisode 42-Street Fighter (1994)GAME OVER! We are BACK listeners with a redo of a "lost episode" with this weeks review of 1994's Street Fighter- a movie that should have worked considering it's casting but failed to impress audience's upon release.
When the evil mad M. Bison (Raul Julia of Addams Family fame) kidnaps hostages and demands a 20 billion ransom for their return, the world looks to Col. Guile (Jean Claude Van Damme) and his second in command Cammie (Kylie Minogue) to save them. Meanwhile Chun-Li (Ming-Na Wen) and her crew Balrog and Honda attempt to find Bison...2024-03-113h 11CinaCult PodcastEpisode 41-Prom Night (1980)Note* I wasn't aware of quality in which my microphone was working so at time I come off very hard to understand. I deeply apologize for this*
1980 was truly the beginning of the slasher genre. With Friday the 13th dominating the box office, other filmmakers were quick to realize there was money to be made in cheap low budget horror. Which brings us to tonights discussion of Prom Night starring Jamie Lee Curtis coming off the success of Halloween.
When a tragic accident leaves a young girl dead, 4 friends...2024-03-042h 40
CinaCult PodcastEpisode 40-The Love Witch (2016)Happy Valentine's Day Cinacultists! It's the season of love and we're back with a new review of 2016's retro 60's Technicolor comedy/horror (?) romance The Love Witch.
Elaine Parks (Samantha Robinson) is a witch moving from San Diego to northern Cali in search of true love. But her attempts at seduction usually end with disastrous fatal results. Meanwhile Deputy Griff (Gian Keys) is smitten with the new arrival as he investigates the dead men. Is Elaine purposely killing under the guise of her witchcraft? Is Elaine actually a witch or simply a damaged woman living a fantasy...2024-02-142h 56CinaCult PodcastEpisode 39-Spawn (1997)We're back folks with a Lucas pick this time! We're talking Spawn from 1997: the film that probably should have ended toy collecting maker Todd McFarlen's career quite honestly...
When Al Simmons is betrayed, he strikes a deal with Hell ruler Malbolgia to avenge his name in return for leading Hell's army. But things don't go exactly smooth for Al as he comes to grips with his new destiny as a Hellspawn. When faced with the reality of what his purpose will do, Al must decide if he shall give in to Hell's wishes or...2024-01-303h 08CinaCult PodcastEpisode 38-Cordell's OverbingeWelcome Cinacultists we are back with another little side episode to tide you over. Schedual's seem to be conflicting so Lucas and I decided to bring you an hour of movie talk bs! I give my EXTREMELY long list of movies I've watched over the past week ranging from slasher and Chuck Norris to my first Italian giallos. We look (and fail) to find some juicy news on Bloody Disgusting.com and we take a look at Trick or Treat Studio's new 2024 catalog! Next time we shall be back with our review of Todd McFarlane's 1997 Spawn!
2024-01-241h 47CinaCult PodcastEpisode 37-New Year's Evil (1980)Happy 2024 listeners! Thank you so much for supporting and listening to CinaCult! To thank you, we're bringing you a review of a lesser known slasher from the early aughts of the 80's: New Year's Evil!
When Blaze (Roz Kelly) hosts a New Year's special, she gets more then she bargained for. A mysterious caller going by the name "EVIL!" is attacking women at each time zone New Year with Blaze being the intended final victim. Who is "EVIL!?" Why does he want Blaze dead? What the hell is up with Blaze's son Derek (Grant...2024-01-172h 30CinaCult PodcastEpisode 36- Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)Listener note* This episode is heavily edited due to recording issues during the session. Some audio may not sound cohesive.
Merry Christmas CinaCult fans! Lucas and I are back to give you a late present with our review of the 2000 Jim Carrey live action adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. A beloved tale of a green fuzzy curmudgeon who learns the blessing of Christmas from a young Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) Does this film hold up 24 years later? Listen now to hear our thoughts!
We hope everyone had a great...2024-01-172h 23CinaCult PodcastEpisode 35-Scream 3 (2000)Before the story continued almost a decade later, Sidney Prescott's story was meant to end in the bookended Scream 3 released in 2000.
Hiding from society, Sidney is forced to resurface when a new Ghostface targets the production of Stab 3, the final chapter of the Woodsboro saga and leaves photographs of Sidney's mother Maureen. Along with Gale, Dewey, Kincaid (Patrick Dempsey) and the Stab 3 cast, Sidney comes face to face with the truth behind her mother's troubling legacy in what is considered the weakest of the Scream films.
But do our host's feel that...2023-12-185h 08CinaCult PodcastEpisode 34-Repossessed (1990)Parody is the ultimate form of flattery and in 1990, Leslie Neilson gave flattery to cinema's most profound demonic possession film The Exorcist with 1990's horror spoof Repossessed
When Nancy Aglet (Linda Blair) is repossessed by Satan, she enlists of the help of Father Luke Brophy (Anthony Stark) and Father Jebadiah Mayi (Leslie Neilson) to rid her of the Prince of Darkness. But as the Fathers prepare to do battle with ancient evil, a scheming televangelist (Ned Beatty) wants to use Nancy for a televised exorcism and get rich doing it. Is this movie worthy...2023-12-053h 01CinaCult PodcastEpisode 33: Random Bullshittery & TriviaHello Cinacultists! Lucas had the idea to forgo our usual formula this week and instead just sit back and BS about some major horror news and we decided to toss in some horror trivia while we were at it! Along the way we get into a major debate about the Star Wars franchise, talk about Spyglass' recent fumble with Melissa Barerra and Jenna Ortega, Cordell tries to win an eBay bid on some Tales from the Crypt merch and just try to relax and have fun! We'll return in Episode 34 with Leslie Neilson's Repossessed!
...2023-11-302h 09CinaCult PodcastEpisode 32-Scream 2 (1997)Wes Craven/Kevin Williamson's Scream was a box office hit in 1996 so a sequel was never in doubt. A sequel which happened to hit the following year in the form of Scream 2.
It's been two years since the Woodsboro Massacre and Sidney and Randy are now in Windsor College hoping to put the past behind them. But a copycat Ghostface killer begins targeting students and harassing Sidney. With new suspects and old friends in the form of Gale and Dewey, the clock is ticking to find the psycho before they can complete their sequel...2023-11-124h 27CinaCult PodcastHalloween Special! Episode 31-Halloween (1978)Happy Halloween CinaCultists! Lucas and I are ready to treat you for the big day with our take on John Carpenter's 1978 masterpiece: Halloween, a movie that shocked and reinvented the horror genre for the next decade to come!
In 1963, little Michael Myers murdered his sister. After 15 years in the institution, he escapes and goes home to Haddonfield where he sets his sights on innocent babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her not-so-innocent friends. Pursuing him is Dr. Samuel Loomis (Donald Pleasance) who is determined to stop this evil. Will Laurie survive the boogeyman...2023-10-313h 12CinaCult PodcastEpisode 30-Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1987)After the disappointing reception of Part 5, Paramount brought Jason back in Jason Lives which underperformed at the box office in 1986. However Jason still had some life left in him the following year in today's review of 1987's The New Blood!
Tina Shepherd (Lar Park Lincoln) is special. She can harness the power of telekinesis. She's got two downsides: one is her sleezy doctor, Dr. Crews, trying to keep her emotionally unstable and the fact that these powers only work outside her control when she's upset. So when a trip to Camp Crystal Lake results...2023-10-303h 43CinaCult Podcast9/11 Commemoration Episode-World Trade Center (2006)WARNING: THIS EPISODE WILL CONTAIN AUDIO SOME MAY FIND DISTRESSING.
September 11th 2001 will live on in our collective memory. The terror, pain and loss still haunts the American consciousness. To mark the 22nd anniversary, the hosts of CinaCult are reviewing Oliver Stone's World Trade Center.
When a plane strikes the Twin Towers on September 11th, John McGloughlin (Nicholas Cage) leads a rescue effort to evacuate the 110 story skyscraper. Before they can begin, the tower collapses trapping John and fellow Port Authority officer Will Jimeno (Michael Peña). As the m...2023-10-152h 23CinaCult PodcastEpisode 29-Scream (1996)How do you make horror great again when Michael joins a cult, Freddy makes NES puns and Jason goes to hell? You Scream! The box office hit child of Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven revitalized the slasher concept while honoring and satirizing the cliches in this 1996 horror classic.
Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) isn't having a great time. The one year anniversary of her mother's murder is approaching, her bf Billy (Skeet Ulrich) is horny and a masked killer obsessed with horror movies is killing off her classmates and targeting her. Her friend Tatum (Rose...2023-10-154h 10CinaCult PodcastEpisode 28: Maniac Cop (1988)The 80's was the decade of horror from slashers, to werewolves and zombies. Michael Myers, Freddy and Jason ruled the big screens. But by the end of the decade, slashers were being replaced by thrillers and schlocky low budget and seemed worn out. That didn't stop cult filmmaker William Lustig, who shocked audience's with 1980's Maniac to team up with Larry Cohen for 1988's Maniac Cop!
When a silent killer in blue targets the innocent of NYC, fear grips hold as police try to apprehend this "Maniac Cop" Investigating is Det. McCrae (Tom Atkins...2023-08-193h 36CinaCult PodcastEpisode 27: House of the Dead (2003)Uwe Boll sucks D!CK! That is the feeling of many a video gamers and film fans who have been subjected to this man's filmography. But before he got his hands on beloved titles like BloodRayne, Far Cry or Postal, Uwe showed us just how incapable he was in 2003's zombie flick House of the Dead based on the cult 90's Sega rails shooter!
When a group of friends join Rudy on an island rave, they find themselves in a survival struggle against hoards of ravenous zombies. Helped by Coast Guard boss Casper (Ellie...2023-08-023h 35CinaCult PodcastEpisode 26- The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)By the late 2000's, horror remakes (not a new phenomenon but not common) were becoming insanely popular with titles like Halloween, The Fog, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Prom Night all receiving new life in cinemas between 2005 and 2010. However hardly anyone thought that a forgotten Charles B. Peirce 1976 slasher would ever warrant such attention but that is what Blumhouse (in one of their first major projects) did in 2014 with their pseudo remake/sequel The Town that Dreaded Sundown (confusing right?)
Young woman Jami finds herself caught up in the...2023-06-163h 33CinaCult PodcastEpisode 25- Spaceballs (1987)Mel Brooks is the undisputed master of parody. The man has tackled all the genres from horror (Dracula: Dead & Loving It, Young Frankenstein) to westerns and fantasy/medieval (Blazing Saddles, History of the World, Robin Hood:Men in Tights) so it made sense in 1987 when he tackles the sci-fi classics of Aliens, Star Wars, Star Trek etc. with SPACEBALLS!
The nefarious Spaceballs led by President Skroob (Mel Brooks) and his two trusted enforcers Colonel Sanders and Dark Helmet (Rick Morranis) are planning to steal 10,000 years of fresh air from their neighbor Planet Druidia by...2023-04-242h 59CinaCult PodcastEpisode 24-The Prowler (1981)In 1978, Halloween showed slashers could be successful. In 1980, films like Friday the 13th, Maniac, Prom Night and Terror Train proved there was an audience who thirsted for the bloodlust of the masked maniac. But 1981 was the boom of the slasher craze giving us classic gems like My Bloody Valentine, Halloween ll, The Burning and Happy Birthday to Me. But there is one that stands out among the crowd, labeled as one of the most violent and bloody of the early slashers: 1981's The Prowler!
Directed by Joseph Zito before his Friday the 13th fame, the film opens...2023-03-282h 26
CinaCult PodcastEpisode 23: Mr. Nanny-1993The world of wrestling has given us many great icons over the past several decades and none were bigger than Hollywood Hulk Hogan! With his trademarked "Hulkamania!" and "Brother" catchphrase, Hogan brought the world of wrestling to life with rivals like Andre the Giant and the Iron Sheikh. In the 90's however, the Hulkster decided to get some acting chops in with films like Suburban Commando and today's film: 1993's family-comedy Mr. Nanny.
Burnt out wrestler Sean Armstrong is hired by negligent father Alex Mason (Sean Pendleton) to bodyguard his young children Alex Jr. (Robert Hy Gorman) a...2023-03-172h 53CinaCult PodcastEpisode 22-Jason X (2001)Space. The last remaining frontier of the unknown. Where explorers dare to go and slasher franchises go to die....That's the fate that befell Jason Voorhees in 2001's Jason X! Like Leprechaun, Pinhead and Dracula, the Hollywood machine decided Jason needed an Alien-esq reboot. Captured by the military, Jason Voorhees is awaiting cryostasis at the Crystal Lake Research Facility. However, a botched transfer sees Jason and Rowan (Lexa Doig) frozen 444 years into the future where they're discovered by a class of students. Once awakened, Jason continues his murderous ways against the students, a platoon of Marines and Rowan. Can...2023-02-272h 52CinaCult PodcastEpisode 21-Jason Goes to Hell-The Final Friday (1993)Jason Voorhees is going to Hell! After the disappointing reception to Jason Takes Manhattan, Paramount decided to bid farewell to the iconic franchise and sold it to New Line Cinema, home of dream demon Freddy Kruguer. An effort was started to pit these two titans against each other but the Wes Craven came along wanting to make Wes Craven's New Nightmare so Sean Cunningham, absent since the original, decided to make Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. After being blown up by the FBI, Jason seems to be finally dead....but now he can possess people! Now hunting...2023-02-193h 31CinaCult PodcastEpisode 20-Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)Welcome back and Happy Friday the 13th!
By 1989, the slasher genre was dying down after a successful decade of cinematic boogeymen hacking up our screens. However Paramount, home to hockey masked maniac Jason Voorhees, decided to change things up a bit after the success of Part VII:The New Blood, bringing us to tonight's review of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan! The premise should have worked: A resurrected Jason follows a group of Crystal Lakers to Manhattan, New York to find a bigger cesspool of bodies to drop. However upon release, the film was d...2023-01-184h 07CinaCult PodcastEpisode 19-Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)New Year! Good Point!
Happy New Years! CinaCult wants to start off the year with a bang for everyone with a review of Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2! Picking up 8 years following the death of Billy Chapman in the first film, we find Billy's little brother Ricky (Eric Freeman) locked away in a sanitarium giving his life story to his doctor recounting (in a ridiculous amount of flashback) the events of the first film and then Ricky's life following Billy's death. It isn't long to realize Ricky is just as disturbed by Christmas as Billy was and...2023-01-011h 57CinaCult PodcastSpecial Commemoration Episode-Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)Welcome back CinaCultites and today we are diverging from our usual formula to review the 1970 Japan-U.S. co-production Tora! Tora! Tora! to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Looking to recreate the success of their 60's star studded D-Day blockbuster The Longest Day, 20th Century Fox turned it attention to another monumental date in US history: December 7th 1941. Going all out with the effects, set design, props (even a brief relationship with famed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa) and available assets, it seemed like the makings for another potential hit. However the movie sank a...2023-01-013h 03
CinaCult PodcastEpisode 18-Die Hard (1988)Merry Christmas! We are back with an exciting review of Die Hard-the movie the completely cuckholded action movies for the next decade!
The 80's-a time of horror, action and gratuitous nudity....lots of big names too like Stallone and Schwarzenegger and...Willis? Coming late in the 80's action game, Die Hard seemed like a monumental flop starring TV's Moonlighting actor Bruce Willis as NYPD cop John McClane who's in L.A. to see his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) and two children for the Christmas holidays. But when Holly's workplace, Nakatomi Corp, gets taken over by terrorists...2022-12-253h 04CinaCult PodcastEpisode 17-Under Siege 2: Dark TerritoryWelcome Cinacultists! We're back, continuing our Steven Seagal fun with his follow up sequel to arguably his most successful film Under Siege. Taking place (when I have no damn clue) after the events of the first film, Casey Ryback is now a Denver restaurant cook who takes a vacation to see his niece Sarah (played by a young Katherine Heigl) after her father- Ryback's brother-and mother are killed in a tragic accident. While on a continential passenger train, they find themselves hostage by rouge US government genius Travis Dane (Eric Bogosian) and a mercenary team led by Marcus Penn...2022-12-123h 11CinaCult PodcastThanksgiving Special: ThanksKilling (2009)Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The hosts of CinaCult have gobbled up a special treat for you this November! The world of horror movies is filled with low budget, non-Hollywood backed films. People who have a heart for film, a decent camera and a little cash will whip up a title and it will find an audience in the various film festivals and straight to DVD/streaming market. One such film appeared in 2009 in the form of ThanksKilling!
When five friends head home for Thanksgiving break, they find themselves stalked by Turkie: an 500 year old homicidal turkey who's out t...2022-11-221h 56CinaCult PodcastEpisode 15-Under Siege (1992)Steven Seagal, like Chuck Norris, Jean Claude-Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, never quite managed to hit the level of stardom that Stallone or Schwarzenegger did in the 80's pantheon of action. After some successful B level hits of the time like Out for Justice and Above the Law, Seagal got his big hit in 1992's Under Siege!
Seagal is Casey Ryback, a Navy SEAL turned cook aboard the battleship USS Missouri. When a team of commandos led by disgruntled CIA agent William Strannix (Tommy Lee Jones) and turncoat Commander Krill (Gary Busey) take the ship over for i...2022-11-203h 30CinaCult PodcastEpisode 14-Ernest Scared StupidHappy Halloween CinaCultists! The hosts of CinaCult want to wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween and we ourselves have a treat for you this spooky season with a review of the 1991 family-spooky comedy: Ernest Scared Stupid! Jim Varney was an incredible man who brought laughter and smiles to kids and adults alike with his bumbling, lovable goofball Ernest P. Worrell. After a string of films in the 80's like Ernest Saves Christmas, Ernest Goes to Camp & Ernest Goes to Jail, Disney's Touchstone Pictures brought back Ernest under their banner one last time. This time, Ernest and his friends m...2022-10-312h 29CinaCult PodcastEpisode 13-A Nightmare on Elm Street 3:Dream WarriorsIn 1978, Michael Myers slashed the way for countless icons of horror. Jason would soon follow and in 1984, Freddy Kruger snuck onto the scene by infecting the nightmares of teens in Springwood, Ohio in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street. After a successful first hit and a critical failure of a second, Freddy returned in 1987 in what is arguably the best film of the Elm Street franchise: Dream Warriors. When teens at Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital are plagued by Freddy, they find an ally in Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp returning from the 1984 film). Battling a bitchy no-nonsense nurse, Nancy a...2022-10-103h 13CinaCult PodcastEpisode 12-The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)Texarkana, Arkansas/Texas, 1946. Men are returning from the conclusion of World War II and going to school. The economy booms and fears of the Soviets are only beginning to grow. But in a period of four months from February to May, the town of Texarkana would experience a horror not yet common to American society. The masked "Phantom Killer" would strike, attacking 8 people and leaving 5 dead before disappearing into the chapters of American true crime, his identity as unknown as Jack the Ripper or Zodiac. 30 years later, Arkansas native Charles B. Pierce of The Legend of Boggy Creek fame...2022-09-112h 24CinaCult PodcastEpisode 11-Hellbound (1994)Before Chuck Norris became a household name with Walker Texas Ranger, he made a living working with Cannon Films making cult level B classics such as Delta Force, Firewalker, Invasion U.S.A. and the Rambo-esque Missing in Action trilogy. But in 1994, he took us on a trip to Hell with a dirct-to-video film: Hellbound!
When Chicago detectives Shatter and Jackson (Calvin Levels) investigate the murder of a rabbi, their search leads them to Israel where they come face-to-face with Prosatanos (Christopher Neame): Satan's emissary who seeks to open the gates of Hell and begin Lucifer's reign...2022-08-282h 56
CinaCult PodcastEpisode 10- Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)We're back CinaCultists after a month hiatus and revving up the chainsaw once more! The buzz is back as Cordell and Lucas review this cult classic. After a 12 year absence, audiences were finally thrusted back into the world of Leatherface with 1986's Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Tobe Hooper was back but this time took the series in a new direction: horror-comedy. Starring horror icon, Bill Mosley and then big star Dennis Hopper, this sequel saw the uncle of original film victims Sally and Franklin team up with a radio DJ, reporter-wannabe in order to bring the Sawyer clan to justice...2022-05-022h 37CinaCult PodcastEp 9- Scream (2022)What's your favorite scary movie? It's been along time coming but in 2022, Ghostface returned in Scream (not to be confused with Scream) the 5th sequel in the highly successful Scream franchise. When her sister Tori is attacked by a person donning the Father Death mask, Sam Carpenter returns to Woodsboro where she teams up with a new group of teens including her bf Richie, Randy Meeks' niece and nephew: Chad and Mindy, cop brat Wes and Scream legacy characters Sidney, Gale and Dewey, to figure out who the new killer or killers are! Can they survive this "requel?" Will...2022-03-283h 32CinaCult PodcastEpisode 8- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)The buzz is back….again! But should it be? Coming hot off the success of Halloween Kills and Scream is Texas Chainsaw Massacre! When a group of Gen Z kids arrive to gentrify the backwater Texas ghost town of Harlow, they unwittingly incur the wrath of the legendary Leatherface and his chainsaw! Can this film blend the social topics of school shootings and Confederate flags with horror? Does this film do justice by bringing back Sally Hardesty? Do we want these kids to survive? Join Cordell and Lurtz as we discuss this newest addition to the Chainsaw Family! If you...2022-03-103h 00
Star Wars In CharacterSWICing with Chris Episode 6 – Cordell CaulkinsIt’s a new episode of “SWICing with Chris”! And this time, Chris welcomes SWIC community member Cordell Caulkins to the show to answer this infamous 10 questions.
The post SWICing with Chris Episode 6 – Cordell Caulkins first appeared on NEOZAZ.2021-11-0100 minCinaCult PodcastEpisode 7: The TerminatorAction. Science Fantasy. Horror. These were the elements in the mind of director James Cameron that brought us the most arguably iconic action movie of all time: THE TERMINATOR! Arnold Schwarzenegger is the titular villain: an advanced cybernetic killing machine known as the T-800 sent back in time to 1984 L.A. to kill Sarah Conner (Linda Hamilton) who's son will lead humanity to victory the future war of man v machine. Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) is a Resistance soldier sent back by John Connor to protect his mother. As the two race to find Sarah before the other, the...2021-08-061h 47CinaCult PodcastEpisode 6: My Bloody Valentine (1981)From the heart comes a warning of bloody good cheer, filled with spoilers and legends is this podcast you'll hear! Welcome back Cinacultists! Today we are breaking down Canada's 1981 slasher My Bloody Valentine! 20 years ago, a tragic mining accident left hardworking Harry Warden insane and driven by revenge. After murdering two supervisors and warning the town to never hold another Valentine's Day dance, Warden was committed to Eastfield Mental Institution where he has remained since. But this year, the younger generation is ignoring the silly old "legend" and are preparing to to spread the love. However, a box of...2021-02-053h 01CinaCult PodcastEpisode 5: Silent Night Deadly Night1984 saw audiences introduced to Freddy Kruger in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street. However, the dream demon almost found himself overshadowed by Billy Chapman, a young man scarred by the slaying of his parents by Santa Claus and tormented by an authoritarian nun in Silent Night Deadly Night! Donning a Santa suit one night while at work, Billy suddenly snaps and goes on a night of yuletide terror to punishing the naughty! Were parents and Catholics right to be incensed and protest this Christmas classic? Will Billy give Mother Superior a fitting axe to boot? Find out as...2021-01-232h 09CinaCult PodcastEpisode 4: Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI w/ Special Interview with CJ GrahamFollowing the disappointing fan reception of A New Beginning, Paramount decided to bring back the hockey masked Jason Voorhees in 1986's Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI. Directed by Tom McLoughlin, this entry tried to shock (literally) new life into the Jason mythos with campy self referential humor, a gothic aesthetic, music by shock rocker Alice Cooper and an undead Jason.
This time we find Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) inadvertently resurrecting Jason (CJ Graham). Now on the run from a hard as nails sheriff who thinks he is the killer and the sheriff's daughter (Jennifer Cooke) w...2020-12-293h 37CinaCult Podcast*Special Episode* Episode 3: Tribute to David ProwseHello CinaCultists! We are back to pay tribute to the Dark Lord himself. On November 29th, 2020, the world lost Star Wars icon David Prowse who portrayed the physical embodiment of Darth Vader from 1977's STAR WARS to 1983's RETURN OF THE JEDI. Combined with the voice of James Earl Jones, Prowse brought to life one of cinema's greatest villains....and he never lost his love for that role nor the appreciation of his fans after his falling out with George Lucas and Lucasfilm. Join me and special guest Chris Irons of the Neozaz.com STAR WARS IN CHARACTER podcast...2020-12-011h 59CinaCult PodcastEpisode 2: Demolition ManIs it cold in here or is it just me? This week on CinaCult we discuss Sylvester Stallone's dystopian action film Demolition Man (1993)! After being wrongly convicted, LAPD cop John Spartan is cryogenically frozen in prison. 36 years later, he is thawed out by Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock) and the pacified LAPD to hunt down career psychopath Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) with whom Spartan has shared history. Can Spartan bring down Phoenix while fitting in to a society that no longer needs a hard as nails cop? Can he uncover the mystery of this new peaceful society created by Raymond...2020-11-282h 18CinaCult PodcastEpisode 1: Halloween (2018)Welcome to the debut of CinaCult! Today we take a look at Halloween (2018) the semi soft reboot/sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic Halloween produced by Blumhouse Productions of Insidious fame! Joining me are Tyler and Rob aka Darth Ballsac from the horror podcast All My Heroes Wear Masks. Was this movie worth the hype or just another confusing sequel? Find out in today's episode!
Music in this episode are "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes and "Halloween 2018 Theme" by John Carpenter. 2020-11-202h 00