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Jen and Tim are doing misogyny again! They DO NOT support women...filmmakers who make bloodless, smarmy takes on rape-revenge flicks. Kind of like Promising Young Woman!Abel Ferrara talked with Rotten Tomatoes a while back about the superior Ms. 45 when it made the rounds of revival houses.And of course, don't miss our gleeful takedown of another helping of plastic feminism: listen to our episode on The Love Witch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen finally give the departed William Friedkin a proper sendoff with a discussion of his once-maligned masterpiece, Sorcerer. Guest Darren Herczeg provides his usual able assistance.To clear up an anecdote Jen related during the episode: she says that Paramount president Charles Bluhdorn freaked out when he spotted himself in the group photo of oil company executives in a scene from Sorcerer. The source of this story is screenwriter Walon Green, who describes Bluhdorn as having had a "shit hemorrhage" during the screening. However, a review of the offending scene reveals only other Gulf+Western execs, not Bluhdorn."To me, they looked like a bunch of thugs," Friedkin said (as quoted in Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls).Catch the documentary Friedkin Uncut on Tubi, where the man himself evokes Hitler in the first five minutes. We'll miss you, Billy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim suffer through the half-baked hippie whimsy of the Beatles' first major creative cock-up, Magical Mystery Tour.If you're curious, you can watch the Pet Shop Boys' head-scratcher of a longform music video, It Couldn't Happen Here, at the Internet Archive. It looks like it was ripped from someone's VCD copy of a Hong Kong laserdisc, but it still has plenty of bops!The Anton Corbijn-directed Strange (A Black and White Mode) incorporates all those songs that Tim says you know from Depeche Mode's Music for the Masses. You can watch it right now on YouTube, but a restored DVD and Blu-ray release will arrive in December. Still mad at Paul McCartney? Listen to our Give My Regards to Broad Street episode with special guest Jane Altoids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen seek aid from wacky funster Bitter Karella to explain a film series as British as lousy weather and inedible food: the Carry On series! Also, Tim positively bursts with Carry On-related research.The Carry On series is so popular that you're spoiled for choice when it comes to documentaries about them. A Perfect Carry On Documentary is relatively lighthearted, but for more dirt, start with What's a Carry On? - The Story of the Carry On Films and 40th Anniversary Reunion and finish (ooh-err!) with the incredibly bleak Carry On Darkly. The latter two delve into the financial straits and personal problems of many of the most beloved cast members from the series.If you’re not familiar with the canon and want to sample the world of Carry On for yourself, stop by the Internet Archive. Be warned, though: if you’re as susceptible to broad comedy as Tim seems to be, you might end up Carry On-pilled too! Cor blimey! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim do a deep dive into the canned pumpkin pie filling that is Shudder's Ghoul Log! Are we serious with this shit? You tell us! However, all of the usual outlets appear to trick-or-treat it with the same gravitas afforded to, say, the latest Terrifier installment. To wit:Comicbook.com anticipates the Night of the Ghoul Log: "While some fans might be disappointed that this year hasn't embraced a specific horror property, it still marks a great way to capture the atmosphere of Halloween night." - Patrick CavanaughAll Hallows Geek covers Tippett Studios's Mad God edition of the Ghoul LogSlashFilm on the Trick 'r Treat-themed edition: "It's charming, but it's also a bit distracting. If you want the Ghoul Log to serve as background filler – as I do – this isn't the way to go, as the constant interruptions will pull you away from whatever it is you're doing." - Chris EvangelistaComicbook.com dutifully announces the 2023 edition (the kitty appears at approximately 4:30, for Shudder subscribers who

Tim and Jen bring back one of horror’s heaviest (lol) hitters to talk about a movie William Friedkin couldn’t be bothered to mention after he made it, The Guardian!Tim’s quip about Q’s on Wilshire refers to a 2000 incident in which screenwriter and director Eric Red plowed his Jeep into a crowded bar following a fender bender, killing two people, then attempted to slit his own throat with a piece of glass. The linked LA Weekly article draws some tenuous conclusions between Red’s work and the bloody mess at Q’s, but as of 2023 he appears to have stayed out of trouble and written several novels.KCRW memorializes Deirdre O’ Donaghue’s incredibly influential playlists with its Bent By Nature podcast. The ballerina clown of Venice remains in situ, where it has been since 1989. Presumably, it makes the CVS underneath it easy to find for out-of-towners.Do you love Tim and Bitter Karella, but have had enough of Jen? Hear the former two discuss a beloved childhood favorite in our Ernest Goes to Camp episode! Host

Jen is pleasantly surprised when Tim suggests a horror movie that's actually pretty good: the eerie anthology with a twist, Ghost Stories. Also, Tim gives an impromptu lecture on the deeper meaning of American zombie movies.Read an interview with Ghost Stories co-writer Derren Brown about his new stage show. He also confesses that he used to be a cape guy ("a bit intense, and a bit socially maladroit," according to the article. No surprise there! He also has a YouTube channel if you would like to see him hypnotize people into giving him their wallets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen look at Peter Jackson’s transition from splatter king to mainstream whizbang effects filmmaker, The Frighteners.Check out part one of The Frighteners blooper reel! Part two may be viewed here. Damn, that’s a lot of blooperin’!In 2018, Germain Lussier wrote a positive reappraisal of the film for Gizmodo. Lussier does not appear to be alone in liking the film, since a recent post from MSN claims that Universal intends to remake The Frighteners. Maybe we’ll get that franchise after all! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim come to a tenuous agreement about a once universally loathed Martin Short comedy, Clifford. Also, Tim punches down ruthlessly on a twenty pound miniature pinscher.The Slate article about Martin Short that riled everyone up may be found here, but if you want to skip right to the synchronized swimming sketch from SNL, you can watch it on Vimeo. The Vulture oral history of the making, the release, and the eventual cult fandom around Clifford is as exhaustive a history of the film as one may be expected to tolerate.DNA specialists identified the Boy in the Box as Joseph Augustus Zarelli, 65 years after his death (be careful if you search for info on the case; the police distributed postmortem photos shortly after he was found in an attempt to generate leads). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen head back to the pre-prestige-TV cable well with a failed spinoff of Tales From the Crypt called Perversions of Science. Throughout, you can really tell that your hosts would rather be watching a certain Canadian/German co-production.Jen was slightly off when she said that HBO has existed since “the mid-to-late 70s”—it launched in 1972.Mic mentions the Dan Quayle/Murphy Brown kerfuffle in this article about depictions of abortion on American television. And then there’s Maude!In 1992, Vanity Fair covered the speculation around the circumstances of the death of Hitler’s niece. (Jen thinks he did it.)If you love Skinemax Farscape as much as we do, listen to our Lexx episode!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen enlists show stalwart Bitter Karella to help offend nearly every single person in the Czech Republic by providing an honest review of Goat Story: The Old Prague Legends.See the intro for the show Jen and Karella saw in Switzerland, Kommissar Rex. That's what I call a good friend!If you would like to see the "Roy Orbison in clingfilm" stories for yourself, you can do so here, but keep in mind that the site owner has "ceased answering mail" because of "weirdos." However, the film and television rights to his long-awaited Roy Orbison in clingfilm novel are still up for grabs!Hear our Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure episode, also featuring Bitter Karella! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim quibble over Bobcat Goldthwait’s directorial debut, the seedy comic tale of Shakes the Clown. Also, Jen drops some hard truths about Robin Williams.Patton Oswalt tells his story about the world’s worst party clown to Conan O’Brien.Are you new to Have You Seen This? Have you yet to hear the good news about Pervy the Clown? Tune your Roku to B-Movie TV every Friday at midnight!…if you dare.Or, if you’re subscribed to our Patreon at $5 and up, direct your Pervy-related questions to your hosts in the show Discord!Apropos of nothing, apparently the children’s show Little Clowns of Happytown was developed by Chuck Lorre, the guy who went on to runaway success with a bunch of sitcoms that Jen hates with every fiber of her being.Can’t get enough clownin’? Listen to our episode about the Terrifier franchise!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen look at the creepiest Charles Bronson film not directed by Michael Winner, Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects.Regarding Jill Ireland leaving then-husband David McCallum for Bronson, longtime rumor says that Bronson reportedly told McCallum to his face, “I’m going to marry your wife.” However, McCallum disputes this, and apparently didn’t hold a grudge:“‘I never hated him, Charlie was always a good friend,’ he says. ‘I find that when problems come along, worrying about them and getting anxious and negative is quite unnecessary. You can solve them, usually amicably. That’s what happened.’” -McCallum to the Daily Mirror, 2016Whatta guy!Lateral move, reallyCBR has the rundown on Cannon’s ersatz entry in the Macross/Robotech saga, the optimistically titled Robotech: The Movie. This archived Robotech fansite goes into even further detail on what went wrong. Please direct any further questions to our Robotech expert, Tim.For more Cannon/Bronson (and J. Lee Thompson!), listen to our episode about 10 to Midn

Jen and Tim get mad enough to talk about All Hallow’s Eve and Terrifier (the first one) for almost two hours!Jen really punted when she said that scary clowns go back to John Wayne Gacy— according to Smithsonian Magazine, clowns have been creepy (and annoying) for centuries!This Bloom County strip from the story arc Jen mentioned illustrates the one-time societal loathing directed at mimes pretty well.For that previous mime discussion, listen to our Eat and Run episode with special guest Bitter Karella! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen review a film of great technical genius and great vacuity of story: Natalie Wood’s final film, Brainstorm. But Jen liked at least half of it. Also, please send Tim all of your uneaten candy corn.There’s a rundown on the Showscan process originally intended for Brainstorm from Douglas Trumbull himself on YouTube. Too bad it’s in 360p. This fine Japanese documentary on Trumbull is in much higher quality, though.If you’re super into the dialectic and want to go beyond Noguchi’s and Lambert’s account of the death of Natalie Wood, former prosecutor Sam Perroni has written a well-researched look into the case called…Brainstorm!And if you want more mind-bending visuals that weren't appreciated by the public at the time, listen to our episode on the Wachowskis' update of Speed Racer! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim struggle to understand the newly-minted cult status of a flop from Keanu Reeve’s himbo era, the cyberpunk thriller Johnny Mnemonic. They also put on hazmat suits and and delve into the horror that is the comment section on Dina Meyer’s website. Director Robert Longo talks about the rationale and process that led to his black-and-white edition of Johnny Mnemonic over at Screen Slate. Screenwriter and god of cyberpunk William Gibson reflects on the film shortly after its U.S. release.For more Dina Meyer discussion, listen to our The Evil Within episode!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen dutifully cover the sequel to Cast a Deadly Spell, the Paul Schrader (!)-directed Witch Hunt.Jen erred and called Schrader’s 2022 film Master Gardener “Master.” Was she thinking of the Paul Thomas Anderson film The Master? Who knows!Be sure to watch Tim’s webseries Assignment Unexplained! And visit his website! And follow timtoonstudio on Instagram!Tim alluded to the disappearance of Bill Ewasko, which you can learn more about in episode 47 of Adam Walks Around. View the miracle of electrical kitchen appliances as filtered through the horny fixation of a teenage girl in a short riffed for Mystery Science Theater 3000, Young Man’s Fancy. Damn, that girl is SO squishy. Was it even legal to be that squishy in the 1950s?!Speaking of sexuality and decades long past, here is the paper Jen was talking about that debunks the myth of "hysteria treatments" for women in decades past. Author Hailie Lieberman warns that the spurious paper is “a cautionary tale for how easily falsehoods can become embedded

If you enjoy this episode, subscribe at the $5 tier on Patreon and get two bonus episodes every month and access to our Discord!Jen and Tim try to say something nice about a pay cable attempt at Lovecraftian horror/comedy, Cast a Deadly Spell. Also, Jen tries and fails to remember the time she massively insulted Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid out of nowhere.Jen is so dumb she forgot to mention who directed Witch Hunt, the sequel to Cast a Deadly Spell: Paul fucking Schrader. Will we watch it? EhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhTim confused Peter Scolari of Bosom Buddies with Mark Linn-Baker in Perfect Strangers, or maybe he was thinking of Bronson Pinchot. Does it matter?Jerry Smith over at Certified Forgotten makes a fan’s case for the movie, so we’ll include it as a concession to an imaginary genre podcast Fairness Doctrine.Finally, for more throwback horror, try our episode on the first Kolchak telefilm, The Night Stalker!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim is too cool to talk about a nerdy British kid’s coming of age story, so Jen and special guest @bitterkarella step in to talk about cult BBC teleplay Penda’s Fen.BFI did indeed release Penda’s Fen on blu-ray in 2016, but it’s also available on YouTube! The 2010 post that originally turned Jen on to the film may be found at John Coulthart’s excellent art blog, Feuilleton. At the time of writing, Penda’s Fen was almost impossible to see, as a home video release was far in the future.As for Penda’s Fen, whenever a TV executive tries to argue that television hasn’t dumbed down I’d offer this work as Exhibit A for the prosecution. Rudkin and Clarke’s film was screened at 9.35 in the evening on the nation’s main TV channel, BBC 1, at a time when there were only three channels to choose from. A primetime audience of many millions watched this visceral and unapologetically intelligent drama; show me where this happens today. - John CoulthartJen mangled the words to the Bonzo Dog Band’s “Sport” a little bit (“

Jen and Tim welcome reproductive rights expert Mellie to discuss an exhaustive documentary on A BIG COMPLICATED ISSUE: Tony Kaye’s overview of abortion in the US, Lake of Fire.Looper has the rundown on Tony Kaye’s battle with New Line Cinema (and Edward Norton) over the final cut of American History X.The Nation has a pretty good overview of the intertwining of anti-abortion activism and white supremacy in the United States.Randall Terry is still alive, unfortunately, but Paul Jennings Hill, John Burt, John Salvi, and Norman Weslin are not.Be sure to listen to Mellie’s first appearance on the show, where we picked apart the anti-abortion propaganda film The Silent Scream.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.