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Christmas Movies Actually154: Valentine's Day Movies Actually: My Bloody Valentine (1981) - feat. Patrick RipollThe second Valentine's Day Movies Actually episode takes a strong left turn from the warm and fuzzy feels of the Garry Marshall ensemble rom-com they covered a couple years ago. This time, Kerry and Collin are joined by their resident slasher movie expert, Patrick Ripoll, to discuss the 1981 cult classic, "My Bloody Valentine" (later remade in 2009). What makes this particular masked killer so distinct from the likes of Jason, Freddy, Michael, Ricky, Chucky, et al? Why was there never a sequel to this film when there was clearly a lot that could be done with it? How does the...
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Director's ClubEpisode 242: Favorite Films of 2025 (feat. Patrick Ripoll + Bill Ackerman)What a year. Thank God it's over. For a nearly five-hour long conversation among my two dearest friends and fellow podcasters, we reveal 25 our of favorite films of 2025. One of our guests mainly focuses on the horror genre while I decide not to rank the titles and simply list them in alphabetical order. Obviously, my number one is a film we talked about earlier this year in its entirety as a separate bonus episode (below). But there are 24 more films to celebrate as well (many more from my guests too).Joining me as always are film historian...
2026-01-024h 53Director's ClubEpisode 242: Favorite Films of 2025 (feat. Patrick Ripoll + Bill Ackerman)What a year. Thank God it's over. For a nearly five-hour long conversation among my two dearest friends and fellow podcasters, we reveal 25 our of favorite films of 2025. One of our guests mainly focuses on the horror genre while I decide not to rank the titles and simply list them in alphabetical order. Obviously, my number one is a film we talked about earlier this year in its entirety as a separate bonus episode (below). But there are 24 more films to celebrate as well (many more from my guests too).Joining me as always are film historian...
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Director's ClubBonus Episode: One Battle After Another (feat. Bill Ackerman, Patrick Ripoll)Spoilers spoilers spoilers! If you haven’t seen One Battle After Another (and you should) then wait to dive into this month’s bonus conversation featuring friends Bill Ackerman (of Supporting Characters) and Patrick Ripoll (of 96 Greers) as we have an impromptu talk about the latest PTA film, One Battle After Another and how it is conversation with his other work as well. In addition, I talk about my first viewing of the film (and how unique it was) as well Bill’s thoughts on what he’s seen at the New York Film Festival that we can look...
2025-10-031h 37Director's ClubBonus Episode: One Battle After Another (feat. Bill Ackerman, Patrick Ripoll)Spoilers spoilers spoilers! If you haven’t seen One Battle After Another (and you should) then wait to dive into this month’s bonus conversation featuring friends Bill Ackerman (of Supporting Characters) and Patrick Ripoll (of 96 Greers) as we have an impromptu talk about the latest PTA film, One Battle After Another and how it is conversation with his other work as well. In addition, I talk about my first viewing of the film (and how unique it was) as well Bill’s thoughts on what he’s seen at the New York Film Festival that we can look...
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Tumbleweeds and TV CowboysEpisode 10: 7 Men From Now w/ Patrick RipollPodcaster Patrick Ripoll joins me to discuss one of Budd Boetticher's greatest Westerns, 7 Men From Now. Patrick Ripoll's Podcasts:96 Greers: https://open.spotify.com/show/0DISCo7x4mahpPWyvCy3RZ?si=74ad69a45d66454dGenre Grinder: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Ns3YV8oCcZA8eLurWqXz5?si=XOpxGvL8QrOdSHlOcApVDQDirector's Club: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Ef54U1054rqdOQpZCMJlM?si=_JasJvAIRp-NwOkSbkdNHwTumbleweeds and TV Cowboys Social MediaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tumbleweedsandtvcowboys/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tumbleweedsandtvcowboysLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/TumbleweedsTV/X: https://x.com/T...
2025-04-0855 minChristmas Movies Actually120: "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker" (feat. Patrick Ripoll)Starring Mickey Rooney. Yes, that Mickey Rooney. Five years ago, Kerry, Collin and guest Patrick Ripoll made a pact to talk about the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" films every year in October. The pact has been fulfilled with "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker," as of now, the final film in the series. It did not disappoint. Rooney stars as the titular Toy Maker named Joe Petto. He has a teenage son who might be an android named Pino. You see where this is going? Why are the toys Petto makes turning deadly? What about Ricky, the Santa-Claus-killer...
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Director's ClubBonus Episode: Longlegs & In a Violent Nature (feat. Patrick Ripoll)Get it on, bang a gong, get it on! Patrick Ripoll (of 96 Greers) joins me once again, returning to discuss two horror films that left me a bit perplexed. About six years ago, I asked Patrick to come back on to review David Gordon Green's Halloween along with the Suspiria remake simply because I wanted to hear his thoughts.Upon walking out of both Longlegs and In a Violent Nature, I had that same feeling of needing Patrick to come over for a couple hours so we could hash out my thoughts (and neurosis) about these two...
2024-07-291h 39Director's ClubBonus Episode: Longlegs & In a Violent Nature (feat. Patrick Ripoll)Get it on, bang a gong, get it on! Patrick Ripoll (of 96 Greers) joins me once again, returning to discuss two horror films that left me a bit perplexed. About six years ago, I asked Patrick to come back on to review David Gordon Green's Halloween along with the Suspiria remake simply because I wanted to hear his thoughts.Upon walking out of both Longlegs and In a Violent Nature, I had that same feeling of needing Patrick to come over for a couple hours so we could hash out my thoughts (and neurosis) about these two...
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Director's ClubEpisode 223: Olivier Assayas (feat. Patrick Ripoll)Two reasons this podcast exist: Film Junk and Patrick Ripoll. So I'm always grateful when Patrick returns since he's the OG co-host of this show. He's always doing killer work with Reg on 96 Greers that I highly recommend. But I vividly recall two moments of the past decade: his love of Clouds of Sils Maria and my love for Personal Shopper. Made a mental note to put French filmmaker Olivier Assayas on the list of potential directors and the time has come to cover him. He will have a movie out later this year but there are...
2024-03-252h 50Director's ClubEpisode 223: Olivier Assayas (feat. Patrick Ripoll)Two reasons this podcast exist: Film Junk and Patrick Ripoll. So I'm always grateful when Patrick returns since he's the OG co-host of this show. He's always doing killer work with Reg on 96 Greers that I highly recommend. But I vividly recall two moments of the past decade: his love of Clouds of Sils Maria and my love for Personal Shopper. Made a mental note to put French filmmaker Olivier Assayas on the list of potential directors and the time has come to cover him. He will have a movie out later this year but there are...
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Director's ClubEpisode 220: Favorite Films Of 2023 (feat. Bill Ackerman & Patrick Ripoll)The title of this episode says it all. Over four hours of nerdy movie conversations and recommendations all about the year 2023. Two Director's Club mainstays return. Bill Ackerman (host of Supporting Characters and guest host of this show) along with Patrick Ripoll (co-host of 96 Greers) join me as well all share their favorite films of 2023.No categories this year (like Best Actor, etc.) but plenty of reflection, surprising disagreement and even a wild story about what happened when Patrick tried to see one of Jim's favorites. Thank you so much for the support this past year, listeners...
2024-01-084h 29Director's ClubEpisode 220: Favorite Films Of 2023 (feat. Bill Ackerman & Patrick Ripoll)The title of this episode says it all. Over four hours of nerdy movie conversations and recommendations all about the year 2023. Two Director's Club mainstays return. Bill Ackerman (host of Supporting Characters and guest host of this show) along with Patrick Ripoll (co-host of 96 Greers) join me as well all share their favorite films of 2023.No categories this year (like Best Actor, etc.) but plenty of reflection, surprising disagreement and even a wild story about what happened when Patrick tried to see one of Jim's favorites. Thank you so much for the support this past year, listeners...
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Director's ClubBonus Episode: Ethan Warren (The Cinema Of Paul Thomas Anderson) + Patrick Ripoll (Licorice Pizza)As if 2 hours plus for PTA Part II wasn't enough, you are about to get even more content all about my favorite filmmaker. This time I interview author/writer extraordinaire Ethan Warren about his recently released book, The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha that I highly recommend. We talked for 40 mins about what inspired him to write it, along with thoughts on PTA in general. Soon after that, you'll get to hear more conversation from my former co-host Patrick Ripoll. About a year ago for Patreon, we reviewed Licorice Pizza which Patrick felt...
2023-03-272h 17Director's ClubBonus Episode: Ethan Warren (The Cinema Of Paul Thomas Anderson) + Patrick Ripoll (Licorice Pizza)As if 2 hours plus for PTA Part II wasn't enough, you are about to get even more content all about my favorite filmmaker. This time I interview author/writer extraordinaire Ethan Warren about his recently released book, The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha that I highly recommend. We talked for 40 mins about what inspired him to write it, along with thoughts on PTA in general. Soon after that, you'll get to hear more conversation from my former co-host Patrick Ripoll. About a year ago for Patreon, we reviewed Licorice Pizza which Patrick felt...
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Genre GrinderEpisode 31: Shot-on-Video Horror – Addendum, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned (Part 2 of 2)LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH! OUR BLOODSTREAMS ARE ANALOG DATA! OUR SKIN IS TEXTURED PLASTIC! OUR INTESTINES ARE RIBBONS OF MAGNETIC TAPE!! Welcome back to SOV hell! Your hosts Gabe and Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned and Uptown Song Club have nine more movies to talk about, seven of which at least one of them was able to see. This includes a homemade homage to Italian horror, a surprisingly sophisticated slasher shot in Gabe's hometown, two J.R. Bookwalter films (one good, one not so good), and one genuine transgressive horror classic. Don't worry...
2022-08-031h 16Genre GrinderEpisode 31: Shot-on-Video Horror – Addendum, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned (Part 1 of 2)YOU THOUGHT WE WERE DONE EXPLORING THE DEPTHS OF DO-IT-YOURSELF ANALOG HORROR? YOU FOOL!!Remember when Gabe and always special guest Patrick Ripoll spent almost eight hours talking about the weird, wonderful, and horrible world of Shot-on-Video (SOV) Horror? Well, there have been some developments since then. More of these movies have been dug up by boutique home video labels and maniacs on YouTube and now we have to make an addendum episode. Make that TWO addendum episodes, because there is still so much to discover. Or maybe not DISCover. Maybe we're TAPEscovering. Man, I'm funny.
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Director's ClubEpisode 200: Crash & Phantom Thread (feat. Patrick Ripoll)Episode 200 is here (technically this is the 300th episode if you include bonus episodes). Of course, I had to invite my original co-host and dear friend Patrick Ripoll back to the show since it all began with him and I talking about Cameron Crowe in front of microphones back in January 2011. This serves as not only a celebration of the podcast but as an early birthday treat. So why not talk about two of my favorite directors over the course of two entire films they’ve made. I was never the biggest fan of David Cr...
2022-04-254h 10Director's ClubEpisode 200: Crash & Phantom Thread (feat. Patrick Ripoll)Episode 200 is here (technically this is the 300th episode if you include bonus episodes). Of course, I had to invite my original co-host and dear friend Patrick Ripoll back to the show since it all began with him and I talking about Cameron Crowe in front of microphones back in January 2011. This serves as not only a celebration of the podcast but as an early birthday treat. So why not talk about two of my favorite directors over the course of two entire films they’ve made. I was never the biggest fan of David Cr...
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Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Jurassic Park (1993) ft. Regina LinnFIGHT BACK AGAINST TRANSPHOBIC ATTACKS ON THE CHILDREN OF TEXAS: Resources For Transgender Youth in Texas: https://www.txtranskids.org/ Transgender Education Network of Texas: https://www.transtexas.org/services Equality Texas: https://www.equalitytexas.org/ ---------- Whether it's a complicated layered confession from the man who introduced blockbuster filmmaking into the water supply, turning his fellow New Hollywood icons into endangered species or just the best monster movie of the 90s, Jurassic Park (1993) is a beloved institution that will never go away, that children around the world will...
2022-03-032h 21Genre GrinderEpisode 25.5: Year in Horror: 1960, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned (part 2 of 2)RETURN TO THE GREATEST YEAR IN HORROR HISTORY FOR MORE IRONIC PUNISHMENTS, FIERY INFERNOS, CURSED TOWNS, BLOODTHIRSTY WITCHES, AND SEXY LIBRARIANS! Happy Halloween hangover, everyone! Welcome back to 1960 and a deep dive into three more stone cold classics. Well, more like two classics and a movie that has an awful lot in common with some stone cold classics. Gabe and returning guest Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned had already talked about Georges Franju's Eyes without a Face, Michael Powell's Peeping Tom, and Roger Corman's (Fall of the) House of Usher in part one a...
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Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - From Beyond by HP LovecraftA special Halloween treat: a unique performance of the classic HP Lovecraft short story by Patrick Ripoll and Regina Linn.
2021-10-3121 minGenre GrinderEpisode 25: Year in Horror: 1960 feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned (part 1 of 2)PSYCHOPATHS! PEEPING TOMS! CRUMBLING HOUSES! EYELESS FACES! CITIES OF THE DEAD! LITERAL HELL! Happy Halloween! It's time to settle some schoolyard arguments and decide once and for all the most incredible year in horror cinema history. Our world's greatest scientists, historians, and statisticians have compiled all the pertinent data and come to the following conclusion: 1960 was the best year for horror movies. Gabe and returning guest Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned parsed 32 of the year's genre releases and chose six to discuss at length – Georges Franju's Eyes without a Face, Michal Powell's Peeping Tom...
2021-10-181h 30Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.11 - The Devil Commands (1941)The climax of the career of the greatest horror star of all time and also a miserable failure critically and commercially, The Devil Commands was the product of a hungry up and coming director, Edward Dmytryk, being paired with material best described as "Lovecraftian" decades before that word meant anything to anybody. In this episode of Tracks of the Damned, the horror film commentary track podcast, host Patrick Ripoll tackles the second horror boom of the 40s and asks the big questions like: is that matte painting haunted? Time-Stamps: 0:00 - 0:37 - Apology Concerning My Thoughtless Words
2021-10-051h 59Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Hostel: Part Two (2007) feat. Gabe Powers of Genre GrinderThe year was 2007, we were all drinking Four Loko, playing Super Mario Galaxy, listening to MIA's "Paper Planes" and taking to our Livejournals and message boards to argue about "torture porn" films. Were they pumped up cinema sadism designed to please craven adolescent creeps? Or angry political works calling back to horror's glory days of the 70's? The better question was, perhaps, were they torture porn at all? To answer all that and more on the latest episode of Tracks of the Damned, the horror film commentary track podcast, Patrick recruited Gabe Powers of Genre Grinder to take a look at...
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Director's ClubEpisode 189: Tony Scott (feat. Andrew James & Patrick Ripoll)Great Scott! Patrick returns to host a different approach to an episode in which he and returning guest Andrew James run down an entire filmography. So no more what we watched segment or parody songs just three and a half hours focused on action director Tony Scott starting at the beginning of his career all the way to the end. Follow along with the filmography below as well as follow both Patrick and Andrew on Letterboxd. Stay tuned next month for Patrick's final stint as guest host alongside Bill Ackerman when they run down the filmography of Wong Kar-wai...
2021-06-253h 36Director's ClubEpisode 189: Tony Scott (feat. Andrew James & Patrick Ripoll)Great Scott! Patrick returns to host a different approach to an episode in which he and returning guest Andrew James run down an entire filmography. So no more what we watched segment or parody songs just three and a half hours focused on action director Tony Scott starting at the beginning of his career all the way to the end. Follow along with the filmography below as well as follow both Patrick and Andrew on Letterboxd. Stay tuned next month for Patrick's final stint as guest host alongside Bill Ackerman when they run down the filmography of Wong Kar-wai...
2021-06-253h 36Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.10 - Friday the 13th (1980)In a world full of rip-off artists the key is how you rip something off. Sean S. Cunningham, the director of two separate Bad News Bears knockoffs, was not the first guy to go "Hey, this Halloween movie is real popular and seems cheap to make" but he was the guy who did it the exact right way at the exact right time to change the world of horror forever. On the latest episode of Tracks of the Damned Patrick finally returns to the one that started it all (the uncut version!) and talks about why critics...
2021-02-261h 48Genre GrinderEpisode 18: Shot-on-Video Horror, Part Four, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END AS MUST ALL BAD THINGS AND ALL THINGS RECORDED ON OBSOLETE HOME VIDEO MEDIA! Welcome to the home stretch! After dozens of movies and six hours of podcasting, we've come to the end of Genre Grinder's shot-on-video horror retrospective. Gabe and returning extra-special co-host Patrick Ripoll (who, yet again, did most of the research) drag and claw their way through a final 16 SOV oddities; nine of which one or both of them were able to watch, including Mark Shepard's Dark Romances Vol. 1 (1990), Carl Denham's Shreck (1990), and J...
2021-02-181h 27Genre GrinderBONUS EPISODE: VCR Horrors – An SOV Mixtape by Patrick Ripoll Welcome to an extra special BONUS EPISODE of Genre Grinder. What you are about to hear is a digital mixtape compiled and mixed by Tracks of the Damned creator Patrick Ripoll. It includes themes, complete songs, and various clips from the films we've been discussing throughout Genre Grinder's shot-on-video horror series. Be aware that, in most cases, Patrick or myself had to rip the audio from the films themselves, so the sound quality will be uneven to say the least. Then again, that's kind of the point isn't. So, sit back, relax, and let the SOV horror vibes take...
2021-02-0355 minGenre GrinderEpisode 18: Shot-on-Video Horror, Part Three, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned LISTEN IN TERROR AS WE CONTINUE TO BE STRANGLED BY THE GNARLED, RIPPLING TENTACLES OF DEAD ANALOG MEDIA! Part three of our epic (seemingly never-ending) FOUR-PART look back on the insane world of shot-on-video horror movies from the pre-digital era. Gabe and returning extra-special co-host Patrick Ripoll (who, again, did most of the research) trudge through an additional 32 movies, 12 of which one or both of them were able to watch, including D3's Death Row Diner (1988), Wally Koz' 555 (1988), Herb Robins' The Brainsucker (1988), Jim Whiteaker's Night Feeder (1988), Dean Alioto's The McPherson Tape (1989), and Eric Parkinson, Michael...
2021-01-281h 31Genre GrinderEpisode 18: Shot-on-Video Horror, Part Two, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned ENJOY EVEN MORE TALES OF THE TAPE AS WE DELVE FURTHER INTO THE INSANE DEPTHS OF THE MOST NEOPHYTIC MOVIES EVER TO GRACE A VIDEO RENTAL STORE! Bring on part two of three! Wait, of three? That can't be right. Oh, yeah, this is a four-part epic now. Gabe and special co-host Patrick Ripoll (who did most of the research) break down 21 more shot-on video horror movies; nine of which one or both of them have been able to actually see, including 'classics,' like the Polonia Brothers' Hallucinations (1986) & Splatter Farm (1987), Jeff Hathcock's Night Ripper! (1986...
2021-01-081h 35Genre GrinderEpisode 18: Shot-on-Video Horror, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned TAKE A TRIP BACK TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF WTF DIY HOME VIDEO HORROR! I REALLY WISH I HADN'T USED UP MY 'ADJUST YOUR TRACKING' REFERENCE ON THE FOUND-FOOTAGE HORROR DESCRIPTION! Strap in for part one of a three-part look back at an era when three teenagers with a camcorder could shoot a horror movie without a script and sell it to video rental stores across the country. Gabe and special guest/co-host Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned do their best to parse the mind-melting world of shot-on-video (SOV) horror movies. Their total list came...
2020-12-141h 56Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - The Evil Dead (1981) ft. Jim Laczkowski of Director's ClubIt's cold, meat is carved and you're thankful it exists. That's all the justification we need for a special Thanksgiving episode of Tracks of the Damned where Patrick & Jim sat down and did an impromptu, research-free commentary track for The Evil Dead. You may not get to be with your family this year but sit down next to the hearth (don't forget the screaming claymation Necronomicon) and warm your bones with us and Bruce Campbell. That ain't cranberry sauce! Ash gets the stuffing beaten out of him. And a third Thanksgiving joke. 0:00 - 2:43 - Intro 2:44 - 1:30:39...
2020-11-251h 43Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Friday the 13th (2009)We've cut off heads, double impaled lovers, went 3D, we ended things, we began them again, we went Frankenstein, we went Carrie, we went to Manhattan, we went to Hell, we went to Space we went Kaiju, what the hell is left to do? Do it all again! How do you remake a movie when the things the fans love about the series don't actually exist in that movie? By remaking the entire series. As ambitious as it is divisive, Friday the 13th (2009) may not be a great film but it is a great example...
2020-11-191h 49Tracks Of The DamnedApocalypse 2021 - A Tracks of the Damned Halloween Mix"Remember last year, when we were worried that Halloween in 2020 wouldn't feel like Halloween? 'We can't bob for apples, the season is ruined!' Well now some time has passed, it's October again and I haven't even seen an apple in 7 months." - Micah Bravo, host of Tracks of the Damned You think this year was a clusterfuck, you ain't see nothing yet. Live, from the radio station of the third most prestigious community college in the greater Baton Rouge area, DJ Micah Bravo (Regina Linn) surveys a decimated post-nuclear landscape and does what they do every...
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Director's ClubEpisode 180: Lucio Fulci (feat. Gabe Powers & Patrick Ripoll)Every October, we try to go above and beyond the call of duty. For one of the most insane years in recent history, it only made sense to finally tackle another Italian horror master by the name of Lucio Fulci. I needed help with some very special returning guests by the names of Patrick Ripoll and Gabe Powers, both host their own shows on the Now Playing Network as well. It was difficult to narrow down our discussion to the main essentials but we do start out talking about his Giallo work with A LIZARD IN A WOMAN’S SK...
2020-10-133h 18Director's ClubEpisode 180: Lucio Fulci (feat. Gabe Powers & Patrick Ripoll)Every October, we try to go above and beyond the call of duty. For one of the most insane years in recent history, it only made sense to finally tackle another Italian horror master by the name of Lucio Fulci. I needed help with some very special returning guests by the names of Patrick Ripoll and Gabe Powers, both host their own shows on the Now Playing Network as well. It was difficult to narrow down our discussion to the main essentials but we do start out talking about his Giallo work with A LIZARD IN A WOMAN’S SK...
2020-10-133h 18Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Freddy Vs. Jason (2003) feat. Gabe Powers of Genre GrinderIt took 17 years, three god-awful sequels, 18 spec scripts and meetings with every person who ever worked in Hollywood but we got here, we have arrived, grab your shit from the overhead bin because the plane has landed, Freddy Vs. Jason is upon us. A stupid idea inspired by only the most juvenile among the fanbases somehow, some way, turned out to be one of the best entries in either series, a well-crafted and energetic bit of party cinema, grab your gummi bears and throw them at the screen, shouting is enouraged! And in that spirit join Patrick...
2020-09-282h 13Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Jason X (2001) He went to development hell and stayed there but now Jason is escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism: SPAAAACE. Yes, since "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman but slasher" was apparently too monumental a task for New Line to tackle Sean S. Cunningham once again delayed Freddy Vs. Jason to boldly go where Hellraiser, Leprechaun AND Critters had already gone before, none of them successfully. But would Jason X be the film to crack that "Horror Franchise In Space" nut? No, it sucks. But I meant what I said and I said what I meant, a podcaster's fait...
2020-08-271h 46Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Jason Goes To Hell (1993)After Paramount squeezed all of the blood they could from their stone they sold that dry-ass stone to New Line with a shrug and a smile. They say the plan was always Freddy vs. Jason, but when Wes Craven threw a monkey wrench into the spokes of his old friend Sean Cunningham and, with no ideas and no real interest in anything but money, Cunningham went the dirt cheap route of hiring a bunch of college kids, including his son's old best friend Adam, to radically alter the massive film franchise he didn't quite intend to create. ...
2020-07-291h 46Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - The House of the Devil (2009) w/ Jim of Voices and VisionsIf the quintessential quarantine experience is walking around your house bored doing nothing as you wait for the pizza you ordered to arrive, than The House of the Devil is the quintessential quarantine movie. Alternately thought of as brilliant and a total waste of time, Ti West's divisive modern classic may not have a quick pace but will it quicken your pulse? To find out we got Jim and Patrick to take a look and debate it's relative merits as horror and as art, time capsule and post-modern riff, homage and parody. And also complain a lot...
2020-06-241h 48Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhtattan (1989) w/ Louisa of Hack the NetParting can be such sweet sorrow, but it can also just be sorrow, no sweetness, nothing good about it whatsoever. As we close the book on the Paramount years of the Friday the 13th series we see that Frank Mancuso Jr. opted to go out not with a bang, or even a whimper, just a shrug, a gimmicky ad campaign and no fucks given whatsoever. Welcome to Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan, where the ideas ran out long before the money did. But if we are to continue down the thankless path to hell, chronicling...
2020-06-172h 02Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - X: The Man with the X-Ray EyesSo you get your X-Ray Vision but the truth is that after a week of staring at everyone's boobs and dongs nudity fails to do anything for you anymore. What are you going to use it for? Cheating at cards? Curing the sick? Hiding in a dingy Long Beach boardwalk doing insult comedy while dressed lake a blindfolded Pharaoh? If you said all three you might be Dr. James Xavier, star of Roger Corman's 1963 classic X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes. On the latest episode of Tracks of the Damned we take a look at a...
2020-06-101h 30Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood (1988) w/ Bill Ackerman of Supporting Characters https://chicagobond.org/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd Just when you thought it was safe to have a psychic freakout at your parent's summer home! Some say this movie started as Freddy Vs. Jason, or as a Jaws rip-off, an attempt at an Oscar or an attempt to meet Federico Fellini but if there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that it's neutered! Yes, they cut out all the gore, but that does mean they cut out all the fun? To find out Patrick enlisted the help of Bill Ackerman of Supporting Cha...
2020-06-021h 45Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.9 - I Drink Your Blood (1970)Before Boyle cleared out London, before Snyder tacked a mediocre remake onto a strong opening sequence, before Cronenberg went beyond the green door to ask for Marilyn Chamber's phone number, David Durston was there, making zombies who ran hella fast. Raconteur, TV writer, actor and possible gigantic liar (seriously, some of his life stories are wild), Durston was a cuddly madman who saw news footage of caged children foaming at the mouth and thought "that'd make for a fun movie, if only you could squeeze Charles Manson in there". So it is on this episode of Tracks of the Damned, t...
2020-05-272h 30Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (1986)Here's some real truth for you: every time your neighbor is loud and annoys you through the walls, what they are doing is making a deposit. It's a deposit in your "be as loud and obnoxious as you want guilt-free" bank. You don't have to feel guilty about shouting at the TV while watching The Americans or for stomping around as you dance. When neighbors are aspiring DJ's that's the world telling you: don't worry about being polite all the time. It is in that spirit that on the latest episode of Tracks of the Damned, the horror...
2020-05-211h 39Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) w/ Tessa Racked of pandabearshape.com1, 2, Patrick's coming for you...4, 3, check your RSS feed. That's right, Tracks of the Damned is back with another bonus episode, this one of the rare 2017 vintage. In it Patrick is joined by Tessa Racked of Consistent Panda Bear Shape to talk about the controversial and oh-so delightful A Nightmare on Elm Street Part Two. You take a newly-successful studio like New Line and ask them what to do with all that Freddy Money (tm), it's no surprise they didn't exactly know what the future of the franchise should be. But a movie like this only raises questions, like: Wh...
2020-05-131h 40Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning (1985) w/ Gabe Powers of Genre GrinderEvery new beginning comes from some other beginning's end, it's true, but when that other beginning's end was the high point of the series since the beginning's beginning what can you expect from the new beginning, particularly it's end? Why, one of the most controversial choices of the franchise, of course! We've reached the love-it-or-hate-it section of the series, so we made sure to have both sides represented. On the love it side we have Gabe Powers, proprietor of GenreGrinder.com and host of the Genre Grinder podcast, whose delight in the film's drug-fueled sleaze is only matched by his in...
2020-05-061h 43Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - The Black Cat (1934)So you saw Night of the Living Dead when you were 8, you brag to all your high school buddies about how your parents let you watch Martyrs, but trust me you aren't ready for this. Gnarly onscreen violence is one thing, but violent architecture? There's only one classic horror film that can make art deco scary: The Black Cat. Lugosi and Karloff together, now you know you in trouble. Ain't nothin but Ulmer thing baby, two horror star legends so it's crazy. Released a mere month and a half before they started enforcing the Hayes Code, this deep dive in s...
2020-04-291h 12Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)Well it took us several weeks but we're finally here. We've had decapitations and double impalements and 3D yo-yos and now we've reached the thrilling conclusion of the Friday the 13th series and, with it, our commentary tracks. (Wait, they made HOW many more after this? Oh geez.) Yes, on this episode of Tracks of the Damned, the horror film commentary track podcast, we take a look at the least accurately titled slasher movie since Jason took Vancouver. But even if it wasn't the end of the series it was probably the series' peak, a...
2020-04-221h 38Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Frogs (1972) w/ beerLook there's nothing wrong with an overgrown octopus pulling down the Golden Gate Bridge, there's nothing wrong with adorable giant bunnies gobbling up the townsfolk, but what if you got something more? What if you saw a killer animal movie that really got under your skin? An early 70's AIP cheapie directed by someone mostly known for TV work seems like an unlikely candidate, but sometimes life surprises you. On this episode of Tracks of the Damned, the horror film commentary track podcast, Patrick revisits a track he recorded back in the halcyon days of 2017. Christ, you ever thought you'd b...
2020-04-151h 41Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982) w/ Regina Linn of Consistent Panda Bear ShapeOnce, twice, three times a dopey slasher series but how are you gonna get the kids coming back to pay to see the same movie they already paid to twice before? The real answer is "Twice? Wait til you realize we can do this 8 more times!" but it's 1982, they don't know what they're sitting on yet. Instead they find a solution fitting their respect for the franchise: stick a bunch of goofy 3D gimmick shit in it! Yes, it's time to talk about Friday the 13th: Part 3, the film that launched the series into what it would...
2020-04-081h 42Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Halloween (Director's Cut) (2007)It's an age-old question. Why do we keep pushing on that bruise, tonguing that sore, why do we watch movies we know we hate, movies we know hate us? We don't know, but there are few more mainstream horror films more hateful than Rob Zombie's Halloween. Yes, kids, it's time to gaze into the abyss. Patrick may not like Rob Zombie's divisive 2007 remake of the Carpenter classic, but that hasn't stopped him from trying to figure it out, like some kind of Film Crit Sam Loomis trying to see what lurks behind the blackest eyes, the devil's...
2020-04-012h 10Tracks Of The DamnedBonus - Friday the 13th: Part 2 (1981)It's slower than we'd like but the days are finally getting warmer, the clouds are beginning to part and that first lonesome call of the loon cracking across the valley indicates the summer must soon be here. Time for camp! Yes Tracks of the Damned, the horror film commentary track podcast, is returning with this bonus episode recorded in 2019 that goes deep into the heart of New Jersey to Camp Crystal Lake with the indeliable Friday the 13th: Part 2. We're here to ask the really hard questions, like: What else did this movie rip-off from The Town...
2020-03-251h 34Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.8 - Martin (1978) w/ Gabe Powers of Genre GrinderTracks of the Damned is back? We must truly be living in the end of days. Oh. Right. Well regardless, if we're all gonna be stuck in front of our TVs for the next two months than we might as well watch some movies together. So the plan right now is to go back into the crypt and dig up some old unreleased episodes and other archival material to release on a weekly basis. And to start off, a real doozy: Martin! In this episode, originally recorded in 2017, Patrick is joined by Gabe Powers of Genre...
2020-03-182h 26Genre GrinderEpisode 10: The Best Horror Movies of the 2010s (Part Three), feat. Patrick Ripoll & Betsy Jorgensen ARE WE STILL DOING THIS? WE ARE STILL DOING THIS!! THERE'S SO MUCH MORE CONTENT FOR THE MACHINE!! Gabe and Tracks of the Damned's Patrick Ripoll are back ...again and running down more of Patrick's favorite horror movies of the previous ten years ...again. When they're done, it's up to Your Favorite Monsters' Betsy Jorgensen to tell us what she thinks made the last decade in horror great. Then, when all is said and done, Gabe and Patrick talk about a few more of Gabe's faves. I know I originally promised a complete list from m...
2020-03-101h 49Genre GrinderEpisode 10: The Best Horror Movies of the 2010s (Part Two), feat. Patrick Ripoll & Luana Saitta THERE WAS TOO MUCH GOOD STUFF FOR ONE PODCAST! OR EVEN TWO!! THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER ONE AFTER THIS ONE, GUYS!!! Gabe and Tracks of the Damned's Patrick Ripoll are back and running down more of Patrick's favorite horror movies of the previous ten years. Right smack-dab in the middle, Gabe is also joined by Monster Island Commentaries/Movie Lobby Commentaries' own Luana Saitta (recorded separately) for a look at her top 10 horror picks – some of which may surprise you! This is the second of THREE podcasts on the subject, so stay tuned in t...
2020-02-141h 57Genre GrinderEpisode 10: The Best Horror Movies of the 2010s (Part One), feat. Patrick Ripoll & Jim Laczkowski IT'S THE END OF AN ERA! JOIN US AS WE LOOK BACK ON THE BEST HORROR MOVIES OF THE 2010S WITH...20/20 VISION! BET YOU HADN'T HEARD THAT JOKE YET! It was a heck of a decade and Gabe has gathered all of his friends (and co-hosts) together to discuss the very best horror movies released between 2010 and 2019. In part one, he is joined by Tracks of the Damned's Patrick Ripoll and Voices + Visions' Jim Laczkowski (recorded separately) to decide what defined 2010s horror and what made each of these films so great. This...
2020-01-201h 52Tracks Of The DamnedHalloween Mixtape 2019: Sweet Treats and Rotten TricksHey all, Jim here. I wish I could explain what you're about to hear, but I really can't. But Patrick is recovering in the hospital after 40% of his body was eaten away by insects, so all I can do is direct you to this sound file, which captures his final moments before he succumbed to a demonic force. So listen, but listen with caution, lest the same happen to you... TRACKLIST 1. Skeletons in the Closet - Louis Armstrong 2. Everyday is Halloween - Ministry 3a. "Help Me!" from The Fly (1958) 3b. Human Fly...
2019-10-281h 00Genre GrinderEpisode 5 (Part 3): The Slasher Movies of 1981, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM THE FINAL CHAPTER... Gabe and special guest Patrick Ripoll from Tracks of the Damned are back and finishing what they started: an interminable look back at the slasher movies of 1981. The complete list includes 42 films that friends, colleagues, and random people on the internet consider to be slashers. The last episode is the shortest, including discussion of 13 movies – Hell Night (directed by Tom DeSimone), Don't Go in the Woods (directed by James Bryan), Lady Stay Dead (directed by Terry Bourke), Absurd (aka: Rosso sangue, Monster Hunter, and
2019-09-171h 23Genre GrinderEpisode 5 (Part 2): The Slasher Movies of 1981, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned THE BODY COUNT CONTINUES... Gabe and special guest Patrick Ripoll from Tracks of the Damned are back and continuing their interminable look back at the slasher movies of 1981. The complete list includes 42 films that friends, colleagues, and random people on the internet consider slashers and this time we covered 14 – The Phantom Killer (Directed by Stanley Fung), Bloody Birthday (Directed by Ed Hunt), Friday the 13th Part 2 (Directed by Steve Miner), Graduation Day (Directed by Herb Freed), The Burning (Directed by Tony Maylam), Happy Birthday to Me (Directed by J. Lee Thompson),
2019-08-191h 33Genre GrinderEpisode 5: The Slasher Movies of 1981, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned Strap in, because we've got a lot of ground to cover this month. Gabe and special guest Patrick Ripoll from Tracks of the Damned are looking into the peak year in slasher movie history: 1981. Originally assuming that this would shrink the number of movies to about 20, they learned that there were, in fact, 42 movies that people on the internet consider slashers released in the year 1981 – and they were foolish enough to think that was still a small enough number to discuss every single one of them in under two hours. "Perhaps this will be a two-parter," Gabe wo...
2019-08-061h 49Genre GrinderEpisode 1: Proto-Slashers, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the DamnedEnjoy a prototype podcast about a prototypical film genre as Gabe and special guest Patrick Ripoll talk about proto-slashers. Please excuse our dust as we run through several dozen stalk 'n stab movies extending back to the very beginning of cinema. You can follow along with our list here: https://letterboxd.com/gabepowers/list/proto-slashers/
The greatest emphasis is placed on three classics – John Brahm's Hangover Square (1945), Robert Siodmak's The Spiral Staircase (1946), and Charles B. Pierce's The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) – as well as three...erm...less than classics – Kent Bateman's Headless Eyes (1971), Marc B. Ray's Scream Bloody Murd...
2019-04-032h 15Tracks Of The DamnedHalloween Mixtape 2018I've spent the past 2 weeks making this special Halloween mix for you all to enjoy. Novelty songs, soundtrack cuts, horrorcore, horror-punk, horror surf, trailers, and other assorted bits and bobs. A creeptastic spooktacular! 1. Dark Dark Dark from "Spooky Scary Stories", read by Robert Dryden (1973) 2. Spooks! by Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins (1954) 3a. The Graveyard Shift by Nature Sounds DJ (2013) 3b. Main Title from "Carnival of Souls" by Gene Moore (1962) 4a. Screams and Groans from "Disney's Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House" (1964) 4b. Living Dead Girl (Subliminal Seduction Mix) from "American...
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CreepyPodsta: The Creepypasta PodcastEpisode 110 – Search and Rescue Woods with Regina Barry and Patrick RipollPatrick Ripoll (Popcorn Supper, Tracks of the Damned) and Regina Barry (Consistent Panda Bear Shape) are the best guests ever, and they return to CreepyPodsta: The Creepypasta Podcast to discuss the amazing and long story from a Search & Rescue Officer.
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2017-12-2238 minCreepyPodsta: The Creepypasta PodcastEpisode 109 – Dionaea House with Patrick Ripoll and Regina BarryPatrick Ripoll (Popcorn Supper, Tracks of the Damned) and Regina Barry (Consistent Panda Bear Shape) come back to CreepyPodsta: The Creepypasta Podcast for a very long chat about Dionaea House.
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2017-12-141h 10Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.7 - Alice Sweet Alice (1976)They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, so why does the past seem like such a nightmare? In the world of pre-Vatican Patterson, NJ the Catholic communities are trapped, shamed, guilty, frustrated, and unhappy. And that's before a maniac in a mask starts burying butcher knives into the tops of people's feet. Alice, Sweet Alice is one of the greatest slashers of all-time and unforgivably forgotten by too many people, but on this episode of Tracks of the Damned, the horror film commentary track podcast, two lapsed Catholics from New Jersey (host Patrick Ripoll and...
2017-10-272h 30Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.6 - Horror of Dracula (1958) with Robert ReinekeHey folks, Jim here. We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of Patrick's computer, now in a deep coma. I have used my skills as a part-time fortune teller and medium to contact it in The Great Beyond and can confirm that it may be quite some time before it returns, if it ever does. So we must announce that Tracks of the Damned is on an indefinite hiatus until this matter can be resolved. However before Squinky The Wonder Laptop had her unfortunate accident, she did do one last noble deed. She recorded the...
2017-08-261h 52Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.5 - Prince of Darkness (1987)You will not be saved by iTunes. You will not be saved by Stitcher Radio. In fact, YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED. You take Carpenter's filmography and put it in a giant 1,500 lb blender, mix with some green goo, and hit puree. The result? Prince of Darkness (1987), a supernatural quantum physics siege film that has as many high minded science fiction ideas as it does characters. But can a director who's worked his way to major studio projects go back to a puny 3 million dollar budget? Can you slow burn an entire movie? And where does Alice Cooper fi...
2017-08-181h 59Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.4 - Final Destination 2 (2003)But is that deer head you have hanging above the couch in your den really secure? Just how good are your cars brakes anyway? Did you know that 11 out of 10 people who use a ladder start a Rube Goldberg chain of events that ends with a bowling ball smashing someone's head? Yep, it's a big dangerous world out there and in 2000 New Line Pictures saw all the dough Scream and it's derivatives were raking in and shouted into a phone "DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT." Thankfully, instead of another masked whodunnit high speed slasher, writer Jeffrey Reddick produced...
2017-08-042h 06Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.3 - Duel (1971)So we all know the stories. Spielberg was a wunderkind. He snuck onto the Universal lot as an 8 year-old with nothing more than a turtleneck, viewfinder and a suitcase full of candy bars and was immediately hired to design the Creature From the Black Lagoon and do re-writes on Magnificent Obsession. But the truth is that even The Beard started somewhere and anyone who's seen his episodes of Night Gallery knows that start was inauspicious at best. So while now we can look back on Duel (1971) as a no-brainer, the 20th century's preeminent film entertainer being handed a...
2017-07-222h 14Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.2 - The Funhouse (1981)Look, I get it. You're a major studio, you see a movie like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre make a boatload of money, you look at a movie like Friday the 13th make a trainload of money, you think "Well, if we could get the director of THAT to make a version THIS, we could make a planeload of money!" Here's your wake-up call. Tobe Hooper is only ever gonna do what Tobe Hooper wants to do. He doesn't just follow his own drummer, he IS his own drummer (listen to the TCM score if you don't believe me) and while y...
2017-07-141h 42Tracks Of The DamnedS.2 E.1 - The Haunting (1963)What is behind that door? It's maybe the key question at the root of all horror. What is behind that door, what is in that shadow, what was that noise? It's a fact that RKO producer Val Lewton exploited better than anyone and one that Robert Wise, who was mentored by Lewton, used as the backbone of his 1963 psychological ghost story classic The Haunting. For the season 2 premiere of Tracks of the Damned, the horror film commentary track podcast, Patrick is joined by author Christopher Olson (Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema) as they both...
2017-07-072h 26Tracks Of The DamnedBonus Episode UpdateHis tomb disturbed by raging teenagers, Patrick returns from the cold embrace of death to issue this warning: Bonus episodes are here, if you want them. So here's the deal. Season 2 will begin as planned July 7th, with one episode a week, 20 episodes total. All free of charge, at your leisure. HOWEVER. Patrick's already started recording Season 2. There will be 5 or 6 episodes already complete by the time July 7th rolls around. So if you'd like access to Season 2 episodes before they air, all you need to do is send a one-time donation of 20 dollars to one of the charities listed bel...
2017-04-2209 minCreepyPodsta: The Creepypasta PodcastEpisode 75 – Kill Screen with Patrick Ripoll and Regina BarryPatrick Ripoll (Popcorn Supper, Tracks of the Damned) brings us a fresh tale by the name of Kill Screen. Regina Barry (Consistent Panda Bear Shape) also returns! This is CreepyPodsta: The Creepypasta Podcast.
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2017-04-1442 minCreepyPodsta: The Creepypasta PodcastEpisode 74 – SCP-2030 with Regina Barry and Patrick RipollRegina Barry (Consistent Panda Bear Shape) returns to CreepyPodsta: The Creepypasta Podcast once again, bringing along Patrick Ripoll (Popcorn Supper, Tracks of the Damned) to talk about SCP-2030!
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2017-04-0733 minTracks Of The DamnedTween Season UpdateHey folks, Patrick here. With Season 2 of Tracks of the Damned on the way, I figured it'd be a good idea to give people an update on the podcast, why Season 1 was abruptly cut short, and why, now more than ever, it's important to record commentary tracks for A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2. Or whatever. Also, check out a new song by Genki Genki Panic, whose new album, Litanies of Surf, is available on Bandcamp now.
2017-03-0108 minTracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.18 - Blood Feast (1963) with Never-Before-Heard Herschell Gordon Lewis InterviewIn 2016 the streets of Chicago are full of celebrations but in 1963 the streets of Miami were full of blood. Anyone can walk into a nudist camp and point a Bolex at some breasts, but it took a mad professor (Herschell Gordon Lewis) and his carny friend (David F. Friedman) to think of ripping a sheep's tongue out of a Swedish model's face in screaming color. Enter Blood Feast. On the latest episode of Tracks of the Damned, Patrick takes aim at the world's first gore movie (no, for real, Eyes Without A Face doesn't really count), and dives into what i...
2016-11-041h 47Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.17 - Scream 4 (2011)New decade, new cast, new blood, new rules? Well wait, let's pump our brakes a sec here, what are the rules of remakes? What do the remakes of The Fog and A Nightmare on Elm Street share, other than the fact that they both suck? So maybe the whole "someone's trying to remake the events of the original" angle is a bit clumsy, and maybe there's no actual reason for this movie to exist. But the Final Chapter (until the New Beginning) of this seminal slasher series does have some merit to it. At least, that's what Patrick would have yo...
2016-10-292h 27Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.16 - Scream 3 (2000) Scream once, Scream twice, Scream as loud as you can, but you've got an episode about Scream 3 (2000) in your red right hand. Reviled by many, defended by a few, Scream 3 was the death knell for the new slasher boom. With an assist from Tessa Racked of Consistent Panda Bear Shape, Patrick dives into a movie that dares to ask: are two Gale Weatherses better than one? If one of those Gales is Parker Posey, the answer is "Yes, hell yes, oh my God yes". In addition to discussing the troubled production and diminished ingenuity of Scream 3, Patrick and Tessa respond to...
2016-10-212h 54Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.15 - Scream 2 (1997)Oh Jesus Christ, will the internet never leave Scream 2 alone? First there was a script leak before they even started filming. Then an extra brought a camcorder into the opening scene and filmed the whole thing. Then another script leak that made them change the ending. And now, the final indignity, some moron named Patrick Ripoll is gonna release a commentary track and jabber on over the whole thing? Is there no justice in the world? There is no justice, there's just us. And what we have for you this week is a dive into the most frenzied shoot of We...
2016-10-142h 20
Director's ClubBonus Episode: The Thing (1982) Commentary feat. Patrick RipollI tied my dear friend Patrick Ripoll to a f*****g couch! Former co-host and podcaster extraordinaire, is back for this special bonus episode. We are hoping that this bonus offering for October will encourage you to donate any amount to the network to help keep our shows running, but again, no obligation, just a request: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/donation/ Patrick is a movie commentary savant at this point, thanks to his terrific show Tracks of the Damned. So I invited him down to my place for an in-depth analysis on John Carpenter's THE THING. Many l...
2016-10-102h 02Director's ClubBonus Episode: The Thing (1982) Commentary feat. Patrick RipollI tied my dear friend Patrick Ripoll to a f*****g couch! Former co-host and podcaster extraordinaire, is back for this special bonus episode. We are hoping that this bonus offering for October will encourage you to donate any amount to the network to help keep our shows running, but again, no obligation, just a request: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/donation/ Patrick is a movie commentary savant at this point, thanks to his terrific show Tracks of the Damned. So I invited him down to my place for an in-depth analysis on John Carpenter's THE THING. Many l...
2016-10-102h 02Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.14 - Scream (1996)What's your favorite scary movie? Ok, well what's your favorite scary movie that was originally titled "Scary Movie" but then changed to "Scream" because the Weinsteins thought that first name was box office poison? Scream (1996) has many die-hard fans and many die-hard detractors, but it's impact on the horror landscape of the late 90's is undeniable and it's status as a slasher movie touchstone is untouchable. To celebrate the greatest month of the year, Patrick decides not just to celebrate one of the greatest slasher movies ever, but also all it's sequels of diminishing quality. Every Friday this month join P...
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Supporting CharactersEpisode 16: Patrick RipollBill speaks with Tracks Of The Damned podcast host Patrick Ripoll. In addition to talking about both his current show and his years co-hosting the Director's Club podcast, they discuss Woody Allen, the C.H.U.D.com forums, standup comedy, the "Loveline" radio call-in program, what makes Letterboxd less evil than other social media sites, Buster Keaton, midnight movies, building cinephile monasteries within oneself, preserving pan and scan VHS transfers for historical purposes, TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, video store culture in 2016, Nicolas Winding Refn and the value of studying improv as it pertains both to podcasting and dating. Hear Tracks...
2016-10-032h 29Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.13 - Jacob's Ladder (1990) feat. Jim Laczkowski of Directors ClubWho is that on the subway muttering to himself? The shell-shocked vet or the man with the tail or the faces you can't make out. Is it just me or is that bag twitching? Who said that? Who are these people at this party, why can't I breathe and who is my girlfriend dancing with and why can't I breathe and where lurks the Vibroman? Natural questions if you're the main character of Jacob's Ladder (1990). For Patrick and guest Jim Laczkowski of Director's Club, the questions are a little more specific: How does a director like Adrian Lyne...
2016-09-302h 35Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.12 - City of the Living Dead (1980) feat. Gabe Powers of DVDActiveGrab your best blow-up doll and get ready to puke your guts out. You can learn all the horror movies rules, grab a crucifix, holy water, and silver bullets, but none of it will help you. An undying hanged priest don't care about your logic. An undying hanged priest just wants you to suffer. Lucio Fulci really knew how to reach out and squeeze the audience's brain, and there's few films that prove that better than City of the Living Dead (1980). Bravely in lockstep with DVDActive's Gabe Powers, Patrick explores the finer points of the seminal Italian film and asks t...
2016-09-231h 58Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.11 - 1st Annual Tracks of the Damned Short Horror Film Festival Did you know the original Halloween is 110 minutes long? I'm sorry, but who's got time for that noise? Maybe back in 1978 when all people had to do was homebrew beer and collect Susan B. Anthony dollars and wait in line for gas that shit would fly, but us modern folks got things to do, places to be, Pokemon to Go. What the world needs now, is films, short films. And we here at Tracks of the Damned are all about fulfilling your needs (hey baby, hit me up at tracksofthedamned@gmail.com ), so here we are with our 1st Annual Tr...
2016-09-161h 41
Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.10 - Troll 2 (1990) feat. a merry band of drunken delinquents Ho boy. Ok folks, this one is a little different. Patrick took a five day trip to Salem, Massachusetts with his partner Tessa Racked to visit their friends: actress Jess Conger-Henry and theater programmer Nick Henry. He fully intended to spend all five days steeping in the rich history of Salem to return with a 4 hour lecture on witchcraft, witch hunts, the effects of historical tourism on modern day neo-pagan landscape, and the broader sociological and metaphysical implications of polytheistic cultural preservation in Western society. But then he got fucking sloshed. Looking back, Patrick can't really tell where one day st...
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Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.9 - Doctor X (1932)You ever see something so ugly it's cute again, like an armadillo or a pangolin? Not to oversell it, but this movie is kind of like that. It has the color of reality, just muted, twisted, slightly broken. Alive but not. That's right: two-strip technicolor is the synthetic flesh of color processes. On the latest episode of Tracks of the Damned, the horror film commentary track podcast, Patrick dives into the many contradictions of famed director Michael Curtiz truly singular mad-scientist cannibal murder mystery Doctor X (1932). If James Whale's classic The Invisible Man is a perfect cocktail of humor, horror a...
2016-09-021h 42
Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.8 - Carnival Of Souls (1962) feat. Chris Olson of Pop Culture Lens Sure, Night of the Living Dead is the masterpiece, the one they all fawn over.. But you know what else it is? Wasteful. Did it shock the world, invent a lasting pop cultural icon, and inspire hundreds of low-budget copycats the world over? Certainly. But it also cost 90,000 dollars. Which means, if I do my math correctly (and what is art if not the result of math), George Romero could have taken that same $90,000 and made THREE Carnival of Soulses. Yes Carnival of Souls (1962), Kansas' greatest gift to the world, the je-ne-sais-quoi incarnate on celluloid. In the latest episode of T...
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Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.7 - Masque of the Red Death (1963)Satan. Say it loud and there's music playing. Say it soft and it's almost like praying. The debauchery of the 60's had yet to even really begin when Roger Corman decided to have the final word in colorful horror bachanalia with The Masque of the Red Death (1963). In this episode of Tracks of the Damned, the horror commentary track podcast, Patrick dives into the Corman Poe cycle, the advantages of shooting your costume dramas in England, and what Vincent Price means to Patrick as a queer man and more. What better way to celebrate the fact that at...
2016-08-191h 52
Tracks Of The DamnedS.1 E.6 - Messiah of Evil (1973) feat. Bill Ackerman of Supporting Characters Patrick's waiting at the edge of the city. He's peering around buildings at night, and he's waiting. Waiting for you! And, with his dear friend Bill Ackerman of the Supporting Characters podcast, he'll take you one by one and noone will hear you scream. Noone will hear you SCREAM! With joy at this latest episode of Tracks of the Damned, the horror film commentary track podcast! In it, the two take a look at the 1973 cult classic Messiah of Evil and ask the really hard questions like: Did Dario Argento see this or what? Were Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck f...
2016-08-122h 25