John Penney returns to the podcast! Following our TORMENT reunion episode alongside his cohorts Earl Ghaffari (WAYNE’S WORLD) and Scott Alexander (ED WOOD), John is back to discuss his time working as an assistant editor for New World movies BODY ROCK, GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN, and THE STUFF (as well as RETURN OF…
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It’s #NOvember, where we talk about all the movies we previously said “no” to, and we’re kickstarting it with 1986’s EAT AND RUN, written by the father/son team of Stand and Christopher Hart and directed by Christopher. it stars Ron Silver as a Detective on the trail of an alien who is eating Italian people…
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We were shocked to discover that 1987’s Adventures in Babysitting doesn’t have a DVD or Blu Ray audio commentary. After interviewing screenwriter David Simkins in 2022, we asked if he would be willing to record an audio commentary for Adventures in Babysitting and, to our delight, he agreed to do it. In typical NWPP…
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We end #ROBOtober like we with every October, with a franchise ranking episode! This time, to celebrate our 5th year as a podcast, we are talking about all the ALIEN movies! Roger Corman had a shot at ALIEN at one point, as we discussed in a previous episode, so this is a “Nearly New World”…
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We continue with #ROBOtober, our exploration of all the weird things new World has released, with our first live show! And what did we subject an audience to? A true curio from the New World library, an educational film starring Gary Coleman about being safe in your neighborhood! How on Earth did this end up…
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We continue #ROBOtober with 1972’s THE CREMATORS, a movie that doesn’t include a single robot but that’s okay because #ROBOtober is all about the weird movies made by New World Pictures. You wouldn’t be to blame for punching holes in the second part of that last sentence but we will move on. Considered one of…
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Welcome to #ROBOtober, where we will be discussing things you never knew New World Pictures released, starting with the 1988 Robocop Animated Series! Created by Marvel Productions, which was owned by New world at the time, this Saturday morning cartoon could’ve been a staple of your childhood weekend viewing, but only lasted for 12 episodes!…
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We end #SEXtember Part Deux, our 2nd annual look at the sexy films of New World Pictures, with PARTY INCORPORATED aka PARTY GIRLS, a 1989 comedy directed by adult film director Chuck Vincent and starring adult film star Marilyn Chambers, who also starred in New World’s RABID from David Cronenberg. The film centers around Marilyn…
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We continue #SEXtember Part Deux by checking in on 1972’s NIGHT CALL NURSES. Directed by Jonathan Kaplan, in his debut, and produced by Julie Corman, this is the third in Roger Corman’s “NURSES” movie. Quentin Tarantino called it “a sexy version of Three Coins in the Fountain.” IYKYK. We talk about the many, many, MANY…
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Our latest interview is with someone we have hoped to talk with for some time, director, writer, and actor Katt Shea! We go through her early career where Shea appeared as an actor in a few Corman-produced films before stalking Roger to get an opportunity to direct her debut feature, 1987’s STRIPPED TO KILL! Shea…
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