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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Wait a minute, you may be asking yourself, ALIEN was nearly a New World Picture? Ridley Scott’s ALIEN? It’s true! So that gave us, Erica, Marc and Ryan, your intrepid hosts, and excuse to talk about one of the greatest sci-fi/horror films ever made! And, considering we’re celebrating #SciFiJuly, the timing couldn’t be better! Listen…
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If HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN didn’t start #SciFiJuly with enough of a bang, here’s an epic interview with the film’s co-director and editor, R.J. Kizer, who got his start editing for Roger Corman and New World Pictures with 1979’s UP FROM THE DEPTHS (which we covered earlier this year) and went on to work on…
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We continue our procession through the deep recesses of JUNE GLOOM with a Nearly New World entry – 1986’s WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? Written by Jack Sholder (GENERATION X, THE HIDDEN), WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? explores the challenging topic of child abduction in a small town where the police are useless, the realtors are…
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It’s the end of Marc’s Miserable MARVELous May and we wanted to send it off with a celebration of the New World Pictures era of the MCU with our special guest, Tarik Davis. We rank our top 6: Generation X, Death of the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, Captain America, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D…
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When planning (Marc’s Miserable) #MARVELousMay, we couldn’t wait to watch GENERATION X, directed by veteran genre filmmaker Jack Sholder (THE HIDDEN, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2, RENEGADES) to see how he contributed to the first live-action X-Men movie! In our interview, we discuss the making of the 1996 TV movie about the world of teenage…
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