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Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome PodcastEpisode 23 - Is it Giallo? With Sam PanicoFinding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 23 we welcome back Sam Panico who can now say he is a contributor to a VS release! In addition to his look into 5 Dead on the Crimson Canvas, Sam is a frequent collaborator with Visual Vengeance, has his own podcast bandsaboutmovies and co-hosts a YT show called Drive-In Asylum.You'll hear this in the episode, but Sam has a deep knowledge of exploitation and low-budget cinema and a great sense...2025-07-162h 35
B and S About MoviesB & S About Movies podcast Episode 81: DeliriumLamberto Bava was sick of making Giallo, but then he made another. This is Delirium, which you can get from Vinegar Syndrome.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.Important links:Theme song: Strip Search by Neal...2025-05-0204 min
B and S About MoviesB & S About Movies podcast Episode 80: Hands of SteelSergio Martino comes to America and makes an arm wrestling cyborg movie. You know that I love Hands of Steel.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.Important links:Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner. ...2025-04-2505 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast special episode 14: April Ghoul's 2025April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre in Vandergrift, PA on April 25 and 26, 2025. Admission is still only $15 per person each night (children 12 and under free with adult) and overnight camping is available (breakfast included). You can buy tickets at the show, but get there early and learn more here.The features for Friday, April 25 are the first four A Nightmare On Elm Street movies.Saturday, April 26 has Frankenhooker, Doom Asylum, Brain Damage and Basket Case 2.Important links:Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner. ...2025-04-2425 min
B and S About MoviesB & S About Movies podcast Episode 79: The ComebackWhat if the dude who sang The Love Boat theme was the man in peril in a Giallo? Then you'd have The Comeback.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.Important links:Theme song: Strip Search by Nea...2025-04-1807 min
B and S About MoviesB & S About Movies podcast Episode 76: Legend of the Lone RangerLegend of the Lone Ranger is a pop culture property that probably shouldn't have been a blockbuster, but if itw as going to be, going after the actor best known for playing the role legally was a bad way to get audiences excited about his replacement. It's a mess. But isn't that why you listen to the show?Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.Fair use is a use permi...2025-04-1108 min
B and S About MoviesB & S About Movies podcast Episode 78: Sudden DeathYes, we already did Striking Distance, the most Pittsburgh movie of all time, but this is right up there. Van Damme as a firefighting ex-hockey goalie, making fun of Brad Tolliver and talking French with Luc Robitaille? I'm shocked that he didn't have a paper carton of Turner's Iced Tea in his hand the entire movie. BONUS: Here's the Sudden Death audiobook: https://soundcloud.com/jfoss-157952483/sets/sudden-death-audiobookCopyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news repo...2025-04-1110 min
B and S About MoviesB & S About Movies podcast Episode 77: Party LinesThree movies that obsess me, from a time when we had no internet and had to use phones to connect and fall in lust -- as well as a teen sex comedy that makes no sense -- are on the show this week. Get ready to hear me go on and on about Lovelines, The Party Animal and Party Line. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.Fair use is a use permitt...2025-04-0430 min
B and S About MoviesB & S About Movies podcast Episode 75: Mannequin Two: On the MoveMannequin Two: On the Move is very much the same movie as Mannequin but it is also quite similar to Tammy and the T-Rex. How could that be? Well, as always, you're going to have to listen to this episode.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor o...2025-03-2104 min
B and S About MoviesB & S About Movies podcast Episode 74: How to Get...RevengeHow to Get...Revenge is insane. A movie that people shouldn't watch -- it's on YouTube -- filled with advice from fake experts that they should never listen to, all hosted by Linda Blair. Why? How? Just listen to the episode.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.Non-profit, educational or personal use tips...2025-03-1411 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Episode 73: Four Times That NightWe don't think of Mario Bava as a director of commedia sexy all’italiana, but Four Times That Night is one of the better examples of the genre. Learn how he used his skills to create a movie that really stands out in a genre he didn't spend much time in.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.No...2025-03-0708 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Episode 72: American Psycho 2 and Caddyshack 2Not all movies are good. American Psycho 2 and Caddyshack II are two examples of that. In fact, one of them was never meant to be a sequel. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.Important links:Them...2025-02-2809 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Episode 71: SleepwalkersWhat's a sleepwalker? How about shapeshifting energy vampires that survive off the energy of virgins, who can cast illusions, move things with their minds and transform into werecats? Oh yeah and their biggest weakness is cats, who can see them and kill them with their claws. And before we forget, the only way the males can feed their female mothers is by having sex with them. Got all that? Then if you can get your head around all of that, you're ready for Sleepwalkers.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Episode 70: AlucardaIn a Mexican convent and orphanage, a new girl named Justine arrives. She becomes close with another orphan named Alucarda, who was born in a mysterious barn and may be evil before this film even starts. In fact, she often appears in the film out of the shadows, filled with menace and questioning everyone’s faith.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Episode 69: Emanuelle and the Last CannibalsLegend has it that David Cronenberg for the idea for the torture TV channel that lends its name to his opus Videodrome from this Joe D’Amato film, which is also known as Trap Them and Kill Them. Think of this — a film that upset Cronenberg for its mash-up of snuff, cannibalism and sex. Take it from me. This one totally lives up to its promise. Or lives down. You almost have to appreciate it for how lurid it is, as if it just screams at you, “I am the kind of movie you should feel ashamed for watching.”
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Episode 68: Invitation to HellRobert Urich. Soleil Moon Frey. Joanna Cassidy. Patty McCormack. Michael Berryman. Barret Oliver. Kevin McCarthy.
Susan Lucci!
Invitation to Hell!
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Episode 67: Idaho TransferThe future is not a nice place. That's what Peter Fonda wants to trip us out with. Idaho Transfer is this week's movie.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast special episode 13: Severin's David GregoryIf you haven't picked it up from the movies I talk about on this site, I'm a big fan of Severin Films. I was so excited for this opportunity to speak with David Gregory, who is the man behind the label. In this interview, you'll learn about their new Russ Meyer releases, what it took to make that happen and how movies are selected for Severin, as well as an exploration of the films of Bruno Mattei and Joe D'Amato, the video nasties era from a true expert and even a possible sneak preview of a few upcoming releases.2025-01-2136 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Episode 66: MegaforceDeeds not words! Megaforce has come from the 1980s to fix what's wrong. They're going to do it by blowing up their own vehicles and wearing skintight suits and yeah, maybe, they're going to be sexist. But they're going to do it.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E65: NostradamusNothing kept me up at night more as a child than Nostradamus. Here are two movies all about how he predicted the end of the world, Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen and The Man Who Saw Tomorrow.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E64: Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine andThere is a world where vans are the most important thing. This is that world. This is that movie.
Bonus: Check out The Weird, Wild World of Dr. Goldfoot on YouTube.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast special episode 12: Severin's Russ Meyer Vixen TrilogyI can't tell you how excited I was when my mailbox contained three 4K blu rays from Severin, filled with Vixen, Supervixens and Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens. Actually, I can tell you. Here's an entire podcast all about it.
You can get these movies from Severin:
Vixen
Supervixens
Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E63: DondiLet's finish off 2024 with one of my most hated movies ever, based on the comic strip I hate more than Mark Trail and Mary Worth. It's Dondi, a film that will kill you dead.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E62: Santa Claus the MovieAfter Superman, what else can you make? How about a movie about Santa? And what if he died really early in it? And what if Dudley Moore was an elf and made Christmas 2?
Then you'd have Santa Claus the Movie. You can watch it on Tubi.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E61: SupervanThere is a world where vans are the most important thing. This is that world. This is that movie.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E60: McCinsey's IslandWhat if Hulk Hogan got to be in a movie with Grace Jones? He was in one. It is not good. But that's OK. It'll be fun to talk about it.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E59: The Devil Inside HerImagine: A Satanic epic that predates The Witch but made on a farm in the 1970s. And also an adult movie. Let's learn about Zebedy Colt and The Devil Inside Her.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E58: Death BedThere's a bed that eats people. That's the concept but this goes so much deeper than that and even has a major meaning to my life. Learn all about how, why and where this was made, as well as the genius who made it.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E57: Ghost FeverSherman Hemsley spent all the money he worked his whole life to earn on this movie. Was it worth it? No. But we should talk about it regardless.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Special Episode 11: All the Haunts Be Ours Volume 2 Part 2This is the second part of the breakdown of All the Haunts Be Ours Volume 2 and an interview with its creator, Kier-La Janisse. All the Haunts Be Ours Volume 2 can be ordered now from Severin and you can catch up on every movie in the set on our site all this week.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E56: The Films of Bo DerekAs a lover of movies some people hate, even I have my limits. Those limits are all about Bo and John Derek. Allow me to tell you about Bolero, Tarzan the Ape Man and Ghosts Can't Do It. I hate making fun of movies and being snarky, but sometimes, you have to deal with PTSD like this.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Special Episode 10: All the Haunts Be Ours Volume 2 Part 1Thanks to Severin, I had the amazing opportunity to discuss how this set came together with its creator, Kier-La Janisse. All the Haunts Be Ours Volume 2 can be ordered now from Severin and you can catch up on every movie in the set on our site all this week.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E55: Basic Instinct 2: Risk AddictionMan, you'd think I'd learn better. No. Enjoy a sequel that took so long to come out! Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E54: Double TeamDouble Team. Tsui Hark. JCVD. Dennis Rodman? Yes, this happened.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Special Episode 9: Unsung Horrors Horror Gives Back Part 2Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes.
Here are the second half of the movies I did for this month!
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E53: Striking DistanceIf you live in Pittsburgh, this is going to be the best episode ever. If you don't, you won't even know this movie. Get ready for Bruce Willis, cops and murder. This is Striking Distance.
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Interview with director and writer Rowdy Harrington.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Special Episode 8: Unsung Horrors Horror Gives Back Part 1Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes.
Here are the first 15 movies I did for this month!
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E52: Jonathan Livingston SeagullMan, I have lost my mind because no one cares about this movie and no one is going to listen to this. That's why I have a podcast.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E51: Iron WarriorSo you've seen the Ator movies, right? Well have you seen Iron Warrior? It's like a heavy metal music video and it's directed by the man who made The Beast In Space. Watch it on Tubi and have your mind destroyed.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E50: The Films of DanzigHave you seen Verotika and Death Rider? You should. I spent more time than usual explaining why I enjoyed two movies that no one else did. Keep making movies, Glenn.
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You can get Verotika from MVD.
You can get Death Rider from Cleopatra Records.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E49: The Black Room and Club LifeThis week, I'm talking about two of the movies by Norman Thaddeus Vane, The Black Room and Club Life. So many of his movies were based on his absolutely wild life and these are no exceptions.
Important links:
You can get The Black Room from Vinegar Syndrome.
You can watch Club Life on YouTube.
Hidden Films referenced article on the life of Norman Thaddeus Vane and an interview with the director.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Special Episode 7: The September Drive-In Monster-RamaWe're going to the September Drive-In Monster-Rama! If you are, stop and say hello. Listen to the show on the way there or the way home. If you can't make it, use the show to feel like you're there.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E48: Staying Alive and RhinestoneI love Stallone. Yet when I love someone, I often make fun of them a lot. It's loving, trust me. And man, in the middle of the 80s, Sly made some rough ones. Here's a deep dive into Staying Alive and Rhinestone. Are you brave enough to watch them with me?
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies podcast Special Episode 6: Cannon Month 1It's Cannon Month! That means in addition to talking all about Cannon Pictures on the site, there will be two episodes all about Menahem Golan And Yoram Globus. And you know who else?
David Mendenhall, that's who.
Get ready to learn more about Over the Top, The Secret of the Ice Cave, Going Bananas and one non-Mendenhall movie, the absolutely baffling and mind breaking Too Much. Can you handle this much Cannon?
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E47: Prey for the JaguarWhat if Maxwell Caulfield was a secret agent superhero that is being trailed by Linda Blair shows up as a cop, supplied with weapons by Paul Bartel and works for Stacy Keach? Then you'd have this week's movie, Prey for the Jaguar.
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You can watch this movie on YouTube.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E46: Won Ton Ton the Dog Who Saved HollywoodMichael Winner didn't just make violent movies and try to live only on steak tartare. He also made this comedy about the Golden Age of Hollywood. Won Ton Ton the Dog Who Saved Hollywood is one of the mid 70s movies that tries to put as many cameos in as possible and hopes that you won't notice the movie isn't all that great. Why am I doing an episode about it? Because these kind of movies are the ones I get obsessed about.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E45: Skullduggery and Igor and the LunaticsSkullduggery (also known as Warlock and Blood Puzzle) is a 1983 slasher where the devil uses a role-playing game and a cursed boy named Adam to kill people. Everyone works in a costume story and is involved in community theater. It came out on VHS from by Media Home Entertainment and Video Treasures.
Igor and the Lunatics was financed by Troma Entertainment and they disliked the movie so much that they did extensive reshoots. Just think -- a movie too poor for Troma! A cult made up of Paul, Igor and Bernard go to jail...2024-08-3010 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E44: The FanSally Ross (Lauren Bacall) is a Broadway star who is about to star in a new musical and is working on reconciling with her ex-husband Jake Berman (James Garner). What she doesn't know is that the biggest problem in her life are the letters from obsessive fan Douglas Breen (Michael Biehn). Soon, Sally and Douglas will meet and many people will die. Directed by Ed Bianchi, The Fan is a stalker with actual stars and plenty of wild moments.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E43: Devil ReturnsJing hun feng yu ye is a 1982 Hong Kong horror film that steals liberally from several movies, most notably Halloween. Known as Devil Returns, it's not available commercially outside of the gray market. Yet even though it's taking so many things from so many films, it has a pretty even handed discussion of post traumatic stress and postpartum depression within it, as well as an awesome karaoke scene.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E42: The Houses of DoomUmberto Lenzi and Lucio Fulci made four movies for Italian TV. Well, that was the plan, because The House of Lost Souls, The House of Witchcraft, The House of Clocks and The Sweet House of Horrors were way too gory. While they were released on home video, it wasn't until Cauldron Films re-released these this year that the U.S. has had a high quality version of these movies. This episode gets into all four of the movies in a short burst that will help you decide whether you should buy this set.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E41: 21st Century PoeOn this episode, you'll learn what happened to Menahem Golan after the end of Cannon Films as he took over 21st Century Film Corporation. There's an overview of their films, as well as a longer discussion about three of the four Poe movies that they released: Edgar Allan Poe's The House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death and Edgar Allan Poe's Buried Alive.
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Buy House of Usher from Vinegar Syndrome
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies Special Episode 5: 13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black and more13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black is micro budget horror done right. After talking about this movie, I'll get into director Bradley Steele Harding's next film, Occult Canvas and how you can help make it happen.
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Indie Gogo page for Occult Canvas.
Watch 13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black on Tubi.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies Special Episode 4: The Films of Bret McCormickI'm a huge fan of Bret McCormick's movies. Here's a deep dive to celebrate the Kindle release of his books Texas Schlock and The Abomination Book.
The Abomination, Repligator and Ozone: The Attack of the Redneck Mutants are all beyond strange and wonderful.
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You can purchase the Visual Vengeance release of The Abomination from MVD.
You can buy the Visual Vengeance release of Repligator from MVD or watch it on Tubi.
You can buy Texas...2024-07-2614 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E40: MalignantA movie from this century? On this podcast? Well, it feels like it's from 1985, if it helps. Malignant was sold as a giallo when it's really the most expensive direct to video movie ever made. I kind of love that someone gave James Wan $40 million to make the kind of movie that cost a few hundred thousand in the VHS days.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E39: Jess and SoledadThis week, two of Jess Franco's movies with his first muse Soledad Miranda. If you've never seen one of his movies, you may want to start here. Vampyros Lesbos promises you vampires and lesbians and delivers. She Killed In Ecstasy has the same crew and a similar story, but who cares? It's Jess Franco and Soledad Miranda.
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Watch Vampyros Lesbos on Plex.
You can find She Killed In Ecstasy on, well, some adult sites.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E38: The End of Bruno MatteiEveryone has to die sometime even if I never wanted Bruno Mattei to leave. This is about his last few movies which totally live up to what I want from his films.
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Watch Island of the Living Dead on Tubi:
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Watch Zombies: The Beginning on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/100009911/zombies-the-beginning
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com.
Donate to our ko-fi page at www.ko-fi.com/bandsaboutmovies2024-07-1212 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E37: Hell of the Living DeadI love Bruno Mattei and in this movie, he was asked to make a happier Dawn of the Dead. He, well, kind of did. It also has the world ending.
IMPORTANT LINKS
Watch Hell of the Living Dead on YouTube:
https://tubitv.com/movies/486752/hell-of-the-living-dead
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com.
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B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies Special Episode 3: Junesploitation part 3This is the fourth year I’ve participated in the F This Movie! month-long event.
For those of you new to Junesploitation, here’s how it works: each day of the month has its own theme, and you’re supposed to watch a movie that ties into that theme.
This is the third episode about the movies I've watched. It's long, so hope you have fun listening.
You can watch:
Lola on Tubi
More on Norman Thaddeus Vane on Hidden Films:2024-07-011h 07
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E36: Foreign Exorcist ripoffsIt's episode 36 (66), so why not get into how Italy and France ripped off The Exorcist with Magdalena, Possessed by the Devil and Enter the Devil?
IMPORTANT LINKS
Watch Magdalena on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDgrk6wss8w
Watch Enter the Devil on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/100013826/the-eerie-midnight-horror-show
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com.
2024-06-2813 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E35: Amityville Part 2I promised Amityville sequels. I am sorry. For God's sake, get out of the podcast.
IMPORTANT LINKS
Watch Amityville: Mt. Misery Road on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/478034/amityville-mt-misery-road
Watch Amityville In the Hood on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/673589/amityville-in-the-hood
Watch Amityville Karen on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/705907/amityville-karen
Watch Amityville Emanuelle on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/100003611/amityville-emanuelle
Theme song: Strip Search by...2024-06-2123 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies Special Episode 5: Junesploitation part 2This is the fourth year I’ve participated in the F This Movie! month-long event.
For those of you new to Junesploitation, here’s how it works: each day of the month has its own theme, and you’re supposed to watch a movie that ties into that theme.
This is the second episode about the movies I've watched. It's long, so hope you have fun listening.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsabo...2024-06-2057 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E34: Amityville Part 1Oh God, oh man, oh God! It's Amityville, this week all about the inspirations and three of the somewhat good ones. Next week, it gets worse.
IMPORTANT LINKS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/09/16/the-calamityville-horror/3daedbf6-10e5-46cd-945c-faf52dc4db17/
Watch Amityville: It's About Time on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/488933/amityville-it-s-about-time
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-06-1426 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies Special Episode 4: Junesploitation part 1This is the fourth year I’ve participated in the F This Movie! month-long event.
For those of you new to Junesploitation, here’s how it works: each day of the month has its own theme, and you’re supposed to watch a movie that ties into that theme. How you interpret the connection is entirely up to you, which means if you have no interest in exploitation or genre movies that’s ok and you can still join in!
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the...2024-06-1043 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E33: Freddy Got FingeredIs this movie a colossal waste of money?
A complete piece of trash?
A stunning piece of art that stole from Hollywood?
Is it all of those things?
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-06-0709 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E32: SextetteMae West was an icon who should be celebrated.
I'm still not sure about Sextette.
But I love it.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-05-3109 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E31: The Adventures of Ford FairlaneAndrew Dice Clay was the biggest comedian at the start of the 1990s. He even got to make this movie before it all went away. I saw it the first day in the theater. I am not afraid to admit this.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-05-2410 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E30: The AstrologerWe lived in a world where every movie is now easy to find. Except one. The Astrologer.
This is the story of that movie.
Read the original article on the film: https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2021/06/06/junesploitation-2021-the-astrologer-1976/
Cited references:
https://matchboxcineclub.com/2018/04/17/who-is-the-astrologer/
https://younghollywood.com/scene/cinema-second-chances-the-astrologer-1975.html
https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/the-astrologer/1975s-the-astrologer-is-the-greatest-cult-classic
You can download this movie from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org...2024-05-1717 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E29: ScarabA movie that disappeared but and nobody has ever released it.
You can watch it on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgKv5n-6s-Q
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com
2024-05-1006 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E28: Nightmare BeachLet me tell you -- for a few minutes -- how much I love Umberto Lenzi.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-05-0310 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E27: SkidooOtto Preminger made an LSD movie. No, really, he did. I can talk a long time about it.
You can also watch Skidoo here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnmPnmebKBw
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-04-2620 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E26: CliffhangersMan, Cliffhangers was the show for me when I was 7. Have you seen it?
You can see Dracula here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBH5mS5q-7Y
You can also watch the first episode of the show here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSx6P1yz8TU
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-04-1910 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E25: Deadlier Than the Male and Some Girls DoEurospy is the best. Here are two of my favorite non-James Bond Bond movies.
You can watch Deadlier Than the Male on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/465009/deadlier-than-the-male?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed
You can watch Some Girls Do on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ipj-JzwTtM
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-04-1212 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E24: Night KillerHow did it take me so long to do this movie on the show? My obsessionL Night Killer.
You can watch this on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/526464/night-killer
You can also get it from Severin:
https://severinfilms.com/products/night-killer-bluray
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-04-0519 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies Special Episode 3: Jesus filmsHappy Easter. Here's three movies about Jesus: In Search of Historic Jesus, The Passover Plot and The Greatest Story Ever Told.
You can watch In Search of Historic Jesus on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXYqPH7Or4
You can watch The Passover Plot on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4HRihcVYLo
You can watch The Greatest Story Ever Told on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/304802/the-greatest-story-ever-told
Theme song: Strip...2024-03-2922 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E23: Female Convict Scorpion: Beast StableMeiko Kai is going to kill every man in Tokyo if she has to. Well, she kind of has to.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-03-2907 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E22: The Gong Show MovieThe Gong Show was such a big TV show, it got it's own movie. No one really saw it. I did. Here's what happened.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-03-2210 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E21: Bud and LouListen as my childhood is kicked in the balls.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-03-1508 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E20: If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?This is what is made when a magician and exploitation film maker finds God.
You can watch this movie on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGavEEdKuyk
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-03-0810 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E19: ThunderAll three Thunder movies. Have you seen them? They're all on Tubi right now.
Thunder: https://tubitv.com/movies/100015706/thunder
Thunder 2:
https://tubitv.com/movies/100015707/thunder-2
And I lied! As I finished recording, I learned that only the first two are on Tubi. You can find the third movie here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUlN5vKxI-k
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www...2024-03-0122 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E18: Eaten AliveHow do you follow up The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? You go on a soundstage, get a great cast and let a crocodile eat most of them. This is Eaten Alive.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-02-2308 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E17: BizarreA mummy has waited 1000 years to reveal to you the secret of the war between men and women, which he will show you in a movie that combines Amicus-style portmanteau films, British men's magazines and the cut-and-paste style that William Burroughs would use.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-02-1607 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E16: The SentinelMichael Winner and all the forces of Hell are against a supermodel who just wants to get over her father. It's The Sentinel!
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-02-0909 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies Special Episode 2: Cannon FilmsI'm super sad about The Cannon Canon going anyway, even if I understand. So to show my love, I'm covering all of the movies that they would have quit even sooner if they had covered them. Yes, get ready for The Arrogant, all of the Cannon Movie Tales and Master of Dragonard Hill. I almost did While Father Was Away On Business, but a woman hangs herself from a toilet in that and it wasn't the madcap romp I had hoped to bring to this episode.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
2024-02-0643 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E15: PinPin is ready to take over your brain. Seriously, if you're easily upset, you aren't ready for Pin.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-02-0206 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E14: StarcrashThe first Italian exploitation movie I ever saw, at a drive-in, that changed my life. Starcrash is this week's movie.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-01-2608 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E13: The Concorde … Airport ’79 and Concorde Affaire ’79I need to be myselfI can't be no one elseI'm feeling supersonicGive me gin and tonicYou can have it all butHow much do you want it
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-01-1909 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E12: I Know Who Killed MeThis episode is about a giallo that came out in 2007 that everyone hated. I Know Who Killed Me. That's right. A giallo. Listen on...
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-01-1210 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies Special Episode 1: Giallo JanuaryI love giallo and January is the perfect time to watch it. Here are three movies that I’m not sure anyone else is watching: Obsession: A Taste for Fear, Marta and Aska Susayanlar: Seks ve Cinayet.
You can see my Letterboxd list of giallo movies here: https://letterboxd.com/bandsaboutmovie/list/giallo-black-gloves-bad-intentions-fashionable/
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-01-0916 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E11: La Casa 3 / GhosthouseLa Casa 3 is Ghosthouse. This one gets a bit all over the place as I attempt to make sense of all the La Casa sequels, so maybe this site -- https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2021/11/19/exploring-la-casa/ -- will be of good reference as you listen.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2024-01-0512 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E10: BlackoutA movie that inspired a real-life murder, the made-for-TV Blackout has never been released on DVD. I love it, you will too after you listen.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Check out www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2023-12-2904 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E9: Last Ounce of CourageThey say you should never discuss religion or politics. Well, nine episodes in, I'm doing both. Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, let do as thou wilt be the whole of the law.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Send me hate likes at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2023-12-2407 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E8: A Visit to SantaWhat other holiday movie can I gift you with? How about a local Pittsburgh movie that takes you to McKeesport to meet Santa?
Some facts for this come from http://www.tubecityonline.com/almanac/entry_1398.php
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Check out www.bandsaboutmovies.com and write me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2023-12-2310 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E7: ElvesNazis. Elves. Incest. Cocaine. Dan Haggerty.
Elves is my gift to you. Do what thou will with it and have yourself a merry little Christmas.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
For more movies, visit www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2023-12-2104 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E6: Santa ClawsCan John Russo made a Christmas slasher? Should he? Is it mostly women dancing half naked? Of course it is. It's also pretty much Night Killer in Pittsburgh.
You can buy this movie from Terror Vision https://www.terror-vision.com/store/santa-claws-blu-ray
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Come to the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2023-12-1905 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E5: Manhattan BabyEven people who love Lucio Fulci hate this movie. Not me. I love it. You're going to find out just how much I love it. It also has Bob in it, so if you're the kind of jerk that makes fun of him, I want nothing to do with you.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
You can visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and reach out to me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com
2023-12-1909 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E4: Suicide CultThe 1970s. Carnivals. Satanism. Biorhythms. Astrology. Government conspiracies. Religion. This is one film that honestly has it all — and then some. Including biorhythms, which were a thing.
You can get Suicide Cult from Severin at https://severinfilms.com/products/astrologer-blu and watch it on Tubi.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2023-12-1905 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E3: Night Train to TerrorThree episodes in and I'm already talking too much. Well, this is Night Train to Terror, which is three movies in one and then some. Learn about Phillip Yordan, about Satan and God playing cards, hear a song a whole bunch of times and thrill to me talking way too much about a movie no one cares about.
Everybody's got something to do, everybody but you.
Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and send thoughts to bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com
2023-12-1926 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E2: Yor the Hunter from the Future“He is from a future world. Trapped in prehistoric times. Searching for his past. A hunter of incredible power and strength. In his quest for his origin, he and the woman he loves must fight hostile tribes. Battle deadly beasts. And try to survive the violent forces of a newly born Earth.”
Yor the Hunter from the Future is a movie that I've watched hundreds of times. Get ready for me to talk about it non-stop for over ten minutes.
Visit the site at www.bandsaboutmovies.com and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com2023-12-1913 min
B and S About MoviesB&S About Movies E1: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club BandOften one goes into a bad movie asking — to borrow the name of a highly entertaining podcast — how did this get made? Or why? In 1978, the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton appearing in a movie musical with songs by The Beatles seemed like a can't miss.
Well, it did.
Here's why. This is the first episode of the new B&S About Movies podcast.
2023-12-1912 min
ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY!BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN (1971) with GROOVY DOOM's BILL VAN RYN & SAM PANICO"My God...They're All Mad."For the first time in a long time, the door of THE NIGHTMARE CLOSET is about to slowly swing open once again and unleash another movie that completely traumatized me when I saw it as a child.This time, the evil let loose upon the world is BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN (1971).The tiny town of Hillsboro finds itself under attack by mysterious unknown forces. Unable to leave, entire families are slaughtered while the children vanish without a trace. Little do they know that a coven of witches has taken...2021-07-091h 42