Considering we’re already halfway through #Corntober, it’s fitting that we return to the franchise that inspired it all AND RANK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM! Dirk Marshall of the VHUS podcast joins us as we raw cob all the CORNS and discuss all the different places that the franchise goes (mostly Nebraska). Which film did…
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David Simkins is well known as a writer for both the big and small screen, writing ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING and working on shows like Adventures of Brisco County Jr. and Lois & Clark, but it was a surprise to us that he started his career working as a development executive at New World Pictures. In…
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It’s another installment in our burgeoning Bonus Episode series, “Nearly New World”. This time, we’re talking about 1988’s THE BLOB. This movie checks a lot of boxes. It has faceless eurocrats (Ryan’s favorite). It’s a creature feature (Erica’s favorite). It highlights the challenges of a low tax basis on a small town’s infrastructure (Marc’s favorite). …
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We are talking with Actor, Director, Producer Dimitri Logothetis about his directorial debut, PRETTY SMART. Dimitri shares with us the origin of getting the film made including Tony Randal’s ulterior motive for getting New World Pictures involved. More importantly, we learn that playing with an Ouiji board in a Greek hotel while high can drive…
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We talk with screenwriter Daniel Waters about his debut film HEATHERS, one of the last films released in theaters by New World Pictures! Our hilarious and wide-ranging discussion goes from Daniel’s beginnings working on the South Bend sketch comedy show Beyond Our Control, to his move to Hollywood, where he watched many New World movies…
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Our celebration of FORBIDDEN WORLD continues with a conversation with makeup effects artist Mark Shostrom (EVIL DEAD II, PHANTASM II & III, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 1-3) who got his start at New World Pictures, working at the Lumberyard for Allan Holzman’s FORBIDDEN WORLD and Aaron Lipstadt’s ANDROID! But Mark’s work at New World didn’t…
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Forbidden World month starts off with a blaster beam bang as we talk to the film composer, Susan Justin, who also worked on music for several other New World Pictures films like FIRECRACKER, GRUNT! THE WRESTLING MOVIE and STRYKER! We discuss her musical beginnings and her collaborations with Craig Huxley that led to the unique…
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After the resounding success of our first Convince Me episode (where Ryan and Erica failed to convince Marc that The Silence of the Lambs is a good movie because that movie blows) we decided to do another episode. This time, Erica selects 1982’s Blade Runner. Erica has always been vocal about her detest of Blade…
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Our new Bonus Episode series Nearly New World continues with the sequel to the 1984 New World classic, which might have been released by New World for reasons we’ll explain in the episode. First we’ll also discuss a few things we’ve been watching lately, including ALIEN PRIVATE EYE, ANACONDA, and Tootsie the Musical! Then it’s…
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Did you know one of us hates SILENCE OF THE LAMBS? It’s true! And that’s either surprising or completely normal, depending on your perspective. That lead to us creating a new Bonus Episode series called “Convince Me!” Listen as some of us do our best to convince the other that Jonathan Demme’s SILENCE OF THE…
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