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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By Ryan Gowland As we finish off our month of #JuneGloom selections, we saw a lot of responses from people that were unaware of New World’s association with Ingmar Bergman and CRIES AND WHISPERS (check out our episode here). It’s easy to see Roger Corman, the person most associated with New World Pictures even in…
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As they say, “all gloomy things must come to an end”. We wave goodbye to JUNE GLOOM with a movie that isn’t short on tears – Ingmar Bergman’s CRIES AND WHISPERS. This movie which deals with the fractured relationship between three sisters as one of the sisters is dying of cancer is long on…
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JUNE GLOOM marches on and takes a dramatic (yet satisfying) turn as we discuss SAINT JACK, the film that saw director Peter Bogdanovich’s return to Roger Corman filmmaking! And joining us for this episode is the hilarious and insightful Ben Slater, who literally wrote the book on SAINT JACK with Kinda Hot: The Making of…
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JUNE GLOOM, our tribute to the dramas or “saddies” released by New World Pictures, starts out with a bang with the 1984 New Zealand import HEART OF THE STAG! And boy, is it the gloomiest! Joining us to discuss this dark, dark film is returning guest Lindsay Wilkins, host of the Schlock & Awe podcast! …
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The final week of #VAMPril closes out with the third part of our interview with VAMP producer Donald P. Borchers! We discuss the how he got Grace Jones involved with the aid of an Anne Rice book, his stormy relationship with New World CEO Robert Rehme, his unmade projects 357 VIGILANTE and David Lee Roth’s…
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#PrisonMarch continues with writer/director Tom DeSimone’s Reform School Girls, and joining us to discuss this definitive women-in-prison film is Erin Dawn from the Manic Movie Monday Podcast! We discuss a new twist on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, fancy hands, and knock-off workout tapes! Plus, we get some clarification on prison de-lousing and crunch the radish…
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By Ryan Gowland New World’s fascination with the “women in prison” film can be blamed on two things: the Philippines and Larry Woolner. When Roger Corman started New World Pictures in 1970, he wasn’t immediately sure what kind of films he was going to make. He was already locked into a two-film deal with United…
Read MoreWe close out #Febsessed with a TORMENT Reunion Special! We talk with John Penney (THE KINDRED, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3), Scott Alexander (ED WOOD, DOLEMITE IS MY NAME) and Earl Ghaffari (ENCANTO, FROZEN) about making 1984’s TORMENT. These three friends share a long and storied history which made this less of an…
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