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Jen welcomes animal expert Emma back to the show to discuss the documentary that spawned a surprise viral clip.Once you've see the famous reunion clip, you can also watch the whole movie for free on Tubi! Ace and John’s memoir, A Lion Called Christian, is available cheap at Alibris. You can also visit their website about Christian.  A very Web 1.0 site with info about George Adamson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim welcome back Bitter Karella so she can carve up Joss Whedon like the turkey he is and also to discuss an affectionate satire of the slasher genre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen (mostly Tim) describe a beloved ersatz-Hammer sci-fi thriller starring the venerable team of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing (plus a sensational appearance by Telly “Kojak” Savalas). Throughout, Tim is like: games games games tabletop Cthulhu saving throw Traveller roll up a character -2 sanityRead the 1999 Fangoria article in which director Eugenio Martín reflects on the film and his career up to that point Read about the turn-of-the-century theory that a murderer’s image might be preserved on the victim’s eye Get the Horror Express blu-ray from Arrow Films  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Would you like to make a movie and just don’t know how? Why let that stop you? Try concocting a pseudo-spiritual method out of your own failings and refusing to pay your cast and crew! On this episode, don’t miss Jen slipping into mania about Hollywood sex criminals and Tim getting confessional about his own indie filmmaking sins!We highly recommend perusing Scott Shaw’s website at scottshaw.com, where many of his books are available for purchase. Scroll down for about seventeen hours to find the book we discuss in this episode, Zen Filmmaking!“If you have too many crew people, they all want silly things like story boards, shot lists, and stuff.” -Scott Shaw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim holds forth excitedly about “the most accurate depiction of virtual reality as a profound concept that is silly in its execution.” Based on the Stephen King lawsuit! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Screenwriter Josh Olson brings us a movie that he swears is actually funny and good! Featuring Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, violent gay bikers, Sally Kellerman’s boobs, casual homophobia, Tommy Smothers in a headband, hot tubs, est probably, psychologically disturbed children whose acting out is played for laughs, etc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim discuss Donald Cammell’s posthumous thriller. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen return to the comforting mayhem of shot-on-video horror! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and show MVP Bitter Karella dissect some disgusting works by a disgusting person!Hear our earlier episodes about Jonathan King’s revolting outsider works:009 - Vile Pervert038 - Vile Pervert Redux Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim rewrite Glenn Danzig’s stupefying horror anthology! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys take over as Tim welcomes our comrade Bitter Karella to discuss a classic from their youth! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Do you know what jarts were? Have you ever dialed a rotary phone? Well you’ll love our episode about a Soderbergh(!!!)-directed Yes concert film! With special guest Julie of the Rabin-esque blog! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We dissect John Landis’s first flop with returning guest Sean Morris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bitter Karella returns to discuss a good-natured B-movie about an alien who eats Italian people, and also to answer an important question: were mimes so reviled as a class that they were shamed out of public spaces? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 You know how sometimes a movie just sucks and is lazy and stupid and sexist? Bitter Karella joins us to discuss one of them! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen revisit everyone’s favorite dad-joke heist movie! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Jen and Tim bring you another extra-stuft episode, this time about a haunting psychological thriller that 100% blames the US government Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Tim and Jen return to the fevered nuclear paranoia of the 80s with a look at one of the most important TV events of the era and one that wasn’t but is still pretty good! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim cheerlead for a movie about the dangers of joining illegal underground sword-fighting operations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim saves Jen’s bacon by explaining a Frankenstein’s monster of a thriller brought to you by cut-and-paste filmmaker Godfrey Ho.If you're curious about the auteur, read the interview we mentioned in the episode, in which Mr. Ho/Hall/Chan/Cheung/Lee/Kingsbrook explains himself: https://www.nanarland.com/interview/interview.php?id_interview=godfreyhovo&vo=1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.