It’s that time of year when we celebrate the work of director/producer Roger Corman, by watching some of his past work and report it back to each other! Will Marc, Ryan, and Erica watch the same movie or will they, as they have from the very first Roger Corman Birthday Celebration, not watch the same…
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Our sub-series Convince Me returns after a long hiatus to close out #MarchMadness as we say goodbye to the sports movies of New World Pictures. But will the co-host who adores this blend of Looney Tunes and National Basketball Academy star Michael Jordan be able to convince the other co-hosts to love it? You’ll have…
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We return to #FebWARary for a Roger Corman/Cirio Santiago film that New World DIDN’T release, but could have! The film, one of Santiago’s many Namsploitation films, is at least filled with action and the debut of Robert Patrick, the eventual T-1000 of James Cameron’s T2. We sharpen our gaze towards THE EYE OF THE EAGLE…
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R.J. Kizer returns to the podcast! A longtime New World Pictures editor, R.J. made his directorial debut with the American scenes that were inserted into GODZILLA 1985, New World’s re-edit of Toho’s THE RETURN OF GODZILLA. We discuss how he became involved with the project, what it was like working with Raymond Burr, why GODZILLA…
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Are you new to the New World Pictures Podcast? Well, there’s no better place to start than our 2nd Annual Worldies where we hand out awards to the best New World Pictures films we watched in 2023. We invited former guests and NWPPVIPs to help us present these prestigious awards including: Jean Black (guest on…
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We begin DIEcember, a celebration of the horror movies made by New World Pictures, with a movie that nearly made it into New World’s history: 1992’s WARLOCK: THE ARMAGEDDON directed by the late Anthony Hickox (HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH) and starring the late Julian Sands in his second go-around as Satan’s son. This time…
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We push the limits of what we mean by “nearly New World” with this bonus episode where we talk about 1986 classic, Night of the Creeps starring Jason Lively (Blake’s brother), Jill Whitlow (not related to the Lively family) and Tom Atkins in the role he was destined to play. This may be the most…
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We close out #VIDtober with our ranking of Italy’s much beloved La Casa franchise. A franchise that shares the podium with such greats as The Godfather 1-3 and Star Wars. If you’re saying to yourself, “I’ve never seen a La Casa movie” you would be wrong. If you’ve seen Evil Dead or Evil Dead 2,…
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As we continue #VIDtober and talk about the movies released by New World Video, there’s one title we can’t figure out why it wasn’t released by New World Video and that’s Lamberto’s Bava’s DEMONS 2! Featuring perhaps the greatest soundtrack ever created for a film (at least, in our opinion) and yet somehow not a…
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We continue #AuGHOST with our most Nearly New World episode yet with 1985’s SCHOOL SPIRIT! Roger Corman produces this ghostly comedy, directed by Allan Holeb (CANDY STRIPE NURSES), about a college student whose attempts to hook up with fellow student is interrupted by a deathly car crash! We discuss why New World passed on this…
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