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Podsploitation#34 Body MeltBody Melt (1993). Written by Philip Brophy & Rod Bishop, directed by Philip Brophy. Starring Gerard Kennedy, Andrew Daddo, Ian Smith, Gina Gaigalas, Brett Climo, Lisa McCune, Nick Polites, Maurie Annese, William Innes, Suzi Dougherty, Vince Gil, Neil Davis, Ben Genrens, Amanda Douge, Matt Newton, Anthea Davis, Adrian Wright, Jillian Murray, Lucinda Cowden, Stig Wemyss and Tommy Dysart.
Splat!
Body Melt at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106450/
Body Melt at OzMovies: https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie...2021-07-011h 49
Podsploitation#33 Out of the BodyOut of the Body (1988). Written by Kenneth G Ross, directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. Starring Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries, Linda Newton, Helen O’Connor, Mary Regan, Carrie Zivitz, Sally Hudson, John Clayton, John Ley and Margaret Gerard.
A killer terrorises Sydney and gives visions to a wild-eyed musician. Or is the wild-eyed musician himself the killer? What does his cat have to do with it? What can the police do? What’s his job? There are a lot of questions to this movie.
Out of the Body at IMDb: https://www...2021-06-011h 48
Podsploitation#32 Alison's BirthdayAlison’s Birthday (1981). Written and directed by Ian Coughlin. Starring Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Bunney Brooke, John Bluthal, Vincent Ball, Ralph Cotterill and Brian Wenzel.
When Alison Findlay gets a warning not to go home for her nineteenth birthday, she pays it no attention whatsoever. Can her boyfriend Good Guy Pete get to the bottom of the mystery at the bottom of the garden? And what is herbal chocolate like?
Alison's Birthday at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078751/
Alison's Birthday at OzMovies: https://www.ozmovies.com.au...2021-05-011h 50
Podsploitation#31 Forgotten Silver (April Fool's episode)Forgotten Silver (1995). Written and Directed by Costa Botes & Peter Jackson. Featuring Jeffrey Thomas, Peter Jackson, Costa Botes, Leonard Maltin, Sam Neill, Johnny Morris, John O’Shea.
Time for our annual April Fool celebration, a trip across the Tasman for a New Zealand film. This documentary begins with a simple call to Peter Jackson from his mum. What Sir Peter found in his neighbour’s shed would raise questions about what we thought we knew about history.
Forgotten Silver at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001392/
Forgotten Silv...2021-03-312h 08
Podsploitation#30 Sidecar RacersSidecar Racers (1975). Written by Jon Cleary, directed by Earl Bellamy. Starring John Clayton, Ben Murphy, Wendy Hughes, John Meillon, Peter Gwynne and Peter Graves.
Two men who don't like each other share a dream. Well, they don't really share it. One's kind of along for the ride. Which make sense, because they're a pair of sidecar racers. They're also rivals for the love of a largely indifferent woman. The Podsploiteers, never the sportiest of folks, juggle the racing and the relationships, and Callum reviews Days of Thunder.
Sidecar Racers on...2021-03-011h 42
PodsploitationValentine Sexytimes Special: The Love Epidemic
The Love Epidemic (1975). Written by Brian Trenchard-Smith and Michael Laurence, directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. Starring Derryck Barnes, Michael Laurence, Rosalind Speirs, Grant Page, Tim Lynch, Roger Ward, Billy Thorpe, Bobo Faulkner, Clyde Packer and Bettina Arndt.
There was as much love and sex in 1975 as there is today. And sexual health is just as important in any era! This Valentine’s, we’re unzipping Ozploitation’s comic sex documentary subgenre. (Even more than usual, not for under 18s.)
Much thanks to guest announcer, Empress Eyrie: https://www.empresseyrie.com/
The Love E...2021-02-142h 08
Podsploitation#29 Melvin, Son of AlvinMelvin, Son of Alvin (1984). Written by Morris Gleitzman, directed by John Eastway. Starring Gerry Sont, Lenita Vangellis, Graeme Blundell, Jon Finlayson, Tina Bursill, David Argue, Arianthe Galani and Abigail.
THE SUMMER OF ALVIN CONCLUDES!
Ten years later, Alvin Purple was back - in a film more recent than any before it. The Podsploiteers bring Three Colours Purple to an end. One of them even admits that this was their first exposure to Ozploitation. This extended episode looks not only at Melvin’s debut, but the trilogy as a whole. They ask: was Alvin’s time past...2021-01-312h 23
Podsploitation#28 Alvin Rides AgainAlvin Rides Again (1974). Written by Alan Hopgood, Tim Burstall and Alan Finney. Directed by David Bilcock and Robin Copping. Starring Graeme Blundell, Alan Finney, Chantal Contouri, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Noel Ferrier, Frank Thring, Gus Mercurio, Ross Bova and Jeff Ashby.
THE SUMMER OF ALVIN CONTINUES!
Alvin Purple was such a hit with audiences that they had him Ride Again the following year. This time, there’s not just sexy escapades, but gambling, cricket, more car chases, guns, murder, lookalikes and beloved children’s television programs. It's three movies (and then some) in one!
Alvin Rides Agai...2020-12-311h 59
Podsploitation#27 Alvin PurpleAlvin Purple (1973). Written by Alan Hopgood. Directed by Tim Burstall. Starring Graeme Blundell, Elli Maclure, Alan Finney, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Roger Hattam, George Whaley and Noel Ferrier.
THE SUMMER OF ALVIN BEGINS!
There’s a good chance that if you ask Jay Public to name an Ozploitation picture, they’ll pick this sex comedy. Or they may remember scenes of Graham Blundell in his top hat, or running away from dozens of women. We were always going to come to these sooner or later, and this summer, we’re bringing you our look at the three - Yes, t...2020-12-0100 min
PodsploitationComing soonYou'll Know What We Do This Summer.2020-11-2900 min
Podsploitation#26 Howling III: The Marsupials (Halloween episode)The Marsupials: The Howling III. Written and directed by Philippe Mora. Starring Barry Otto, Imogen Anneley, Dagmar Bláhová, Lee Biolos, Ralph Cotterill, Frank Thring, Max Fairchild and Michael Pate.
Now, it’s the sequel that’s not a sequel. Werewolves in the outback, orange future fashions, film buffs doing science and women with pouches - the team get themselves a horror-comedy Halloween with some Howling!
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this podcast may contain audio of, and references to, people who are deceased.
The Howling III at IMDb: https://www.im...2020-10-3100 min
Podsploitation#25 I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last SummerI Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2008). Written and directed by Stacy Edmonds & Doug Turner. Starring Jai Koutrae, Stacey Edmonds, Az Jackson, Doug Turner, Ben Paul Owens, Otto Heutling, James Winter, Aaron Scully, David Gambin and Brendan Arlington.
For November’s Dealer’s Choice, she deals out the low-budget cricket horror comedy to end all low-budget cricket horror comedies. This episode gives us a look at another way to make a low-budget film, revisits Callum’s definition of Ozploitation, has an intern try to raid her treats supply on-air, and once again asks how much o...2020-10-011h 39
Podsploitation#24 The Nullarbor NymphThe Nullarbor Nymph (2012). Written and directed by Mathew J Wilkinson. Starring Douglas Feary, Jessica Sterling, Paul Hayman, Scott Whitecross, Madeyln Wilkinson, Ron Redford, Neville Betts, Mark Jeffrey and Mathew J Wilkinson.
Unable to decide on violence or nudity for her Dealer's Choice episode, Daria picked both in the form of The Nullarbor Nymph. Hoax begat legend begat movie begat review. Excessively 'helped' by two ginger cats, the team take on this modern approach to urban legends and indie mockumentaries.
The Nullarbor Nymph at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954961/
The Nullarbor Nymph at EzyDVD: http...2020-09-011h 41
Podsploitation#23 The Time GuardianThe Time Guardian (1987). Written by John Baxter and Bryan Hannant, directed by Brian Hannant. Starring Tom Burlinson, Nikki Coghill, Carrie Fisher, Dean Stockwell, Peter Merrill, Tim Robertson, Thye Liew Wan and Jim Holt.
Callum kicks off our Dealer's Choice season with popular always-on-the-video-rental-shelf The Time Guardian. Has this time-travel adventure withstood the trip from 1987 to 2020? Is there a reason we're not enjoying the Time Guardian Expanded Universe to this day, or was that predestination?
The Time Guardian at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094152/
The Time Guardian at OzMovies: https://www.ozmovies.com...2020-08-011h 46
Podsploitation#22 Number 96: The MovieNumber 96 (1974). Directed by Peter Benardos, written by David Sale and Johnny Whyte. Starring Lynn Rainbow, Tom Oliver, Johnny Lockwood, Alister Smart, Rebecca Gilling, Philippa Baker, Pat McDonald, Ron Shand, Bunney Brooke, Jeff Kevin, Elizabeth Kirkby, James Elliott, Joe Hasham, James Condon, Bettina Welch, Elaine Lee, Chard Haywood, John Orcsik and Thelma Scott.
The series that lost Australian television its virginity (so they say) went on to deflower the cinema. We look into the whole world of soap, sex, slapstick and seventies that Number 96: The Movie opens up. And, well, we're pretty much hooked.
Number 96...2020-07-012h 03
Podsploitation#21 End PlayEnd Play (1976). Directed and written by Tim Burstall. Adapted from a novel by Russell Braddon. Starring John Waters, George Mallaby, Ken Goodlet, Delvene Delaney, Bud Tingwell, Robert Hewett and Belinda Giblin.
This month's thriller brings us two brothers and four dead hitch-hikers. The Podsploiteers talk adaptations, disability, eunuchs, books, twists and more; while Mayhem looks for something to read.
(Update: Toward the end, Callum keeps wishing for Timestalkers. He of course means The Time Guardian.)
End Play at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072938/
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Podsploitation#20 Me and My Mates vs The Zombie ApocalypseMe and My Mates Vs The Zombie Apocalypse (2015). Directed and written by Declan Shrubb. Starring Alex Williamson, Greg Fleet, Jim Jeffries, Adele Vuko, Andy Trieu and Matt Popp.
Three Australian telecom tradespeople find themselves trapped in a telephone exchange during the onset of a zombie apocalypse. Three Australian podcasters find themselves in a home studio chattering about zombie rules and beer brands.
Me and My Mates Vs The Zombie Apocalypse at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2846938/
Me and My Mates Vs The Zombie Apocalypse at Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au...2020-05-011h 33
Podsploitation#19 Black Sheep (April Fool's episode)April Fool! And now for something completely (well, a bit) different. There are a lot of sheep in the Land of the Long White Cloud. But you don't want to get up close and friendly with these ones.2020-04-011h 48
Podsploitation#18 StorkStork (1971). Directed by Tim Burstall, written by David Williamson. Starring Bruce Spence, Graeme Blundell, Jacki Weaver, Helmut Bakaitis, Sean Myers, Jan Friedl, Max Gilles and Dennis Miller.
Bruce Spence's would-be revolutionary might mark the start of Ozploitation. Or one of them. What did it say about the Australia of the time? And what happened next?
Stork at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067795/
Stork at OzMovies: https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/stork
Stork at Umbrella: https://www.umbrellaentfilms.com.au/movie/stork/
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Podsploitation#17 Wake in FrightWake in Fright (1971). Directed by Ted Kotcheff, screenplay by Evan Jones from a novel by Kenneth Cook. Starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasance, Chips Rafferty, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle, Sylvia Kay, Al Thomas, John Meillon and Maggie Dence.
We see in the new year (and the new decade) watching an English schoolteacher have probably the harshest new year he’ll ever see. It looks almost as hot in the movie as it does outside right now.
Wake in Fright at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067541/
Wake in Fright at OzMovies: https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/wake-in-fright
Wake in Fright a...2020-01-012h 06
PodsploitationChristmas special: Red Christmas (with Horror Movie: A Low-Budget Nightmare)Red Christmas (2016). Directed and written by Craig Anderson. Starring Dee Wallace, Geoff Morrell, Janis McGavin, Gerard O'Dwyer, Sam Campbell, Sarah Bishop, Bjorn Stewart, Deelia Meriel, David Collins and Robert Anderson.
Horror Movie: A Low-Budget Nightmare (2019). Directed by Gary Doust. Featuring Craig Anderson, Dee Wallace, Robert Anderson, Gerard O'Dwyer and Bryan Moses.
Callum (of The Year of Living Dangerously fame), Daria and November get some help from Mayhem and Moment to bring you the spirit of the festive season by...reviewing a film about an aborted foetus out for revenge. (Hey, at least it's not another Christmas Carol knockoff.) Their hearts gr...2019-12-241h 47
Podsploitation#16 Frog DreamingFrog Dreaming (1985). Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, screenplay by Everett DeRoche. Starring Henry Thomas, Rachel Friend, Tamsin West, John Ewart, Tony Barry, Dempsey Knight, Katy Manning and Dennis Miller. Cody Walpole finds himself curious about a pond near his rural Australian town. Callum holds the spiritual up to the rational. Moment and Mayhem throw some ping-pong balls down the corridor.
Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this episode may contain the names and voices of people who have passed away.
Frog Dreaming at IMDb: https://www...2019-12-011h 54
Podsploitation#15 Houseboat Horror (Halloween episode)Houseboat Horror (1989). Directed by Ollie Martin and Kendal Flannigan, screenplay by Ollie Martin. Starring Alan Dale, Gavin Wood, Animal, Christine Jeston, Craig Alexander, Louise Siverson, Peppie D'Or, Stephen Whittaker, Julie Thompson, Mark Muggeridge, Greg Latts, Ian Campbell, Lewis Porter, Christopher Young, Don Bridges, Wilkie Collins and Zlatko Kasumovic.
Known through cult screenings and variety show reviews, this movie drags the Podsploiteers screaming into the world of so-bad-its-good horror. This Halloween, a crew of musicians and moviemakers (and John Michael Howson) face getting killed one by one in Houseboat Horror.
Houseboat Horror at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097529/
Houseboat Horror...2019-10-311h 36
Podsploitation#14 RoadgamesRoadgames (1981). Written by Everett De Roche and Richard Franklin. Directed by Richard Franklin. Starring Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Killer, Marion Edward, Grant Page and Bill Stacey.
Is Pat Quid chasing a killer across the country, or is the killer chasing him? And is November right about what brought him to Australia?
Roadgames at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083000/
Roadgames at JB Hi-Fi: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/road-games-1981-blu-ray
Roadgames at OzMovies: https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/roadgames2019-09-301h 30
Podsploitation#13 BoarBoar (2017). Written and directed by Chris Sun. Starring Simone Buchanan, John Jarratt, Nathan Jones, Roger Ward, Bill Moseley, Christie-Lee Britten, Hugh Sheridan, Melissa Tkautz, Griffin Walsh and Ernie Dingo.
Podsploitation marks its first anniversary with a new pig attack. With a megaboar chomping and stomping its way through Queensland, the people of a small town may be the next victims in this latter-day nature horror.
Boar at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158594/
Boar at JB Hi-Fi: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-shows/movies-tv-shows-on-sale/horror/boar/649892/2019-09-012h 03
Podsploitation#12 The Shrimp on the BarbieThe Shrimp on the Barbie (1990). Written by Grant Morris and Ron House. Directed by Alan Smithee. Starring Cheech Marin, Emma Samms, Carole Davis, Vernon Wells, Terence Cooper and Bruce Spence.
Cheech Marin comes to Australia to fall in love, and our team fall in love with Cheech Marin coming to Australia. Callum is happy because his Ozploitation BFF OTP is in the movie.
The Shrimp on the Barbie at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100608/
The Shrimp on the Barbie at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/Shrimp-Barbie-Movie/dp/B06...2019-08-011h 40
Podsploitation#11 PluggPlugg (1975). Written and directed by Terry Bourke. Starring Peter Thompson, Cheryl Rixon, Norman Yemm, Reg Gorman, Noel Ferrier, David Vallon and Alan Cassell.
This month's film sees an unkempt private detective investigate a brothel while a pair of police officers investigate him. They don't make them like this anymore. Thank goodness.
Plugg at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125987/
Plugg at Ozmovies: https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/plugg
Plugg at Umbrella: https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/movies/4144-plugg-ozploitation-classics.html
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Podsploitation#10 Midnite SparesMidnite Spares (1983). Directed by Quentin Masters, written by Terry Larsen. Starring James Laurie, Gia Carides, Bruce Spence, David Argue, Max Cullen, Graeme Blundell, John Godden, Amanda Dole, Terry Camilleri and Jonathan Coleman.
When the racing circuit and the crime circuit collide in this month's movie, we hold court on car cinema and wandering accents (that for once aren't from one of the hosts).
Midnite Spares at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085939/
Midnite Spares at Ozmovies: https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/about/midnite-spares2019-06-011h 47
Podsploitation#9 Money MoversMoney Movers (1978). Directed and written by Bruce Beresford from a novel by Devon Minchin. Starring Terence Donovan, Bryan Brown, Ed Deveraux, Tony Bonner, Lucky Grills, Charles (Bud) Tingwell, Alan Cassell, Candy Raymond, Hu Pryce, Frank Wilson and Ray Marshall.
Pink Floyd said that money was a gas, but the Jackson brothers find it all too solid when they want to take off with twenty million dollars of the stuff. Callum compares to Tarantino, November goes biscuit-spotting and Daria starts losing her voice as they review this heist movie.
Money Movers at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077944/
The Money Mo...2019-05-011h 46
Podsploitation#8 Dying Breed
Dying Breed (2008). Directed by Jody Dwyer, written by Michael Boughen, Jody Dwyer and Rod Morris. Starring Mirrah Foulkes, Leigh Whannel, Nathan Phillips, Melanie Vallejo, Bille Brown, Ken Radley, Sheridan Harvey and Elaine Hudson.
A researcher and her colourful entourage go looking for a Tasmanian Tiger and find the secret descendants of cannibal convict Alexander 'The Pieman' Pearce. Our team have a lot to say about their methods, as well as broader questions like their own favourite cannibal films, and the possibility of modern-day Ozploitation pictures.
Dying Breed at IMDb: https://www.imdb...2019-04-011h 58
Podsploitation#7 BMX Bandits
BMX Bandits (1983). Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, screenplay by Patrick Edgeworth based on a screenplay by Russell Hagg. Starring James Lugton, Angelo d’Angelo, Nicole Kidman, David Argue, John Ley and Bryan Marshall.
Some may wonder if this is Ozploitation, but we didn’t wonder whether we wanted to review it this month, so here’s our talk of the tale of teenagers getting into the hi-jinx that comes with crossing small-time organised crime.
BMX Bandits at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085204/
BMX Bandits at Umbrella: https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/movies...2019-03-011h 26
PodsploitationValentine Sexytimes Special: Felicity & CentrespreadFelicity (1978). Directed by John D Lamond, screenplay by Felicity Robinson as told to Diane & John D Lamond. Starring Glory Annen, Joni Flynn, Chris Milne, Marilyn Rodgers, Gordon Charles and Jody Hanson.
Centrespread (1981). Directed by Tony Paterson, screenplay by Robert Fogden and Michael Ralph. Starring Paul Trahair, Kylie Foster, Mark Watson, Ivor Louis, Jack Neate and Paula Carter.
Time for a special adults-only episode as we indulge in the love and sex of a double-bill of Ozploitation erotica. A young woman blossoming into a world of discovery, and the high-profile low-clothing world of near-future photography...2019-02-143h 23
Podsploitation#6 FortressA quartet of masked men kidnap the teacher and students from a small rural school, and their day doesn't get any better from there. The Podsploiteers can't help but be reminded of their own 1980s schooldays, and wonder how (or if) the film might be made today. Meanwhile, the cats find the studio equipment as much fun as ever.2019-01-311h 48
Podsploitation#5 Long WeekendA couple having marital troubles go camping at the beach to have their marital troubles there instead. When it becomes clear that they don't treat their surroundings much better than they treat each other, those surroundings start to threaten their weekend - and their lives.2019-01-011h 37
Podsploitation#4 The Adventures of Barry McKenzieWhen Ocker-about-town and hypermicturationist Barry and his Aunt Edna Everage pay a visit to England, they manage to be offensive to just about everyone. Except cinema audiences, who threw their hard-earned seventies money to them.2018-12-011h 30
Podsploitation#3 Next of Kin (Halloween episode)The team face a tale of blood relatives and blood spilt, as well as their own past - or at least random television nostalgia.2018-10-311h 48
Podsploitation#2 The Cars That Ate ParisThe team watch a strange small town and car crashes in Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris.2018-10-011h 45
Podsploitation#1 RazorbackWelcome to a regular chat about some classic (and not-so-classic) Australian films from the Ozploitation oeuvre!
Razorback (1984). Directed by Russell Mulcahy, screenplay by Everett De Roche. Starring Bill Kerr, Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, David Argue, Chris Haywood and Judy Morris.
Nature horror! As a killer boar chomps its way through the Australian Outback, our intrepid reviewers take their first crack at defining just what Ozploitation is. We also take a quick tangent into the future to look at the legacy of Australian pig-vs-people movies.
Razorback at IMDb: https://www.imdb...2018-09-011h 53
PodsploitationTrailerComing soon! A new podcast about a classic genre in Australian cinema.
Subscribe by punching https://podsploitation.podbean.com/feed.xml into your favourite podcast app.2018-08-3101 min