The New World Pictures Podcast

Bonus Episode: Interview with Editor/Director James Melkonian (THE JERKY BOYS, NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER, EAT AND RUN)

February 6, 2025 01:30:28

It’s time for another New World interview, this time with editor/director James Melkonian, who started as an intern at New World Pictures before climbing the ladder all the way to VP of Post-Production! James spent five years at New World, toiling away on a wide range of projects – GODZILLA 1985 (Ep. 108), THE PUNISHER (Ep. 121), REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS (Ep….

The New World Pictures Podcast

Bonus Episode: Interview with Editor/Director James Melkonian (THE JERKY BOYS, NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER, EAT AND RUN)

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Ep. 132: Gary Coleman: For Safety’s Sake In the Neighborhood (LIVE)

October 22, 2024 00:46:28

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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Ep. 132: Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake In the Neighborhood (LIVE)

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Roger Corman Tribute featuring Allan Arkush, Allan Holzman, and Tony Randel

May 27, 2024 01:02:19

Roger Corman passed away on May 9, 2024, and we knew we wanted to do something special to commemorate his passing, so we are lucky to be joined by director/editors Allan Arkush (HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL), Allan Holzman (FORBIDDEN WORLD), and Tony Randel (HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2) to discuss their careers and memories…

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Roger Corman Tribute featuring Allan Arkush, Allan Holzman, and Tony Randel

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Bonus Episode: Interview with GODZILLA 1985 co-director R.J. Kizer

February 5, 2024 01:07:42

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…

The New World Pictures Podcast

Bonus Episode: Interview with GODZILLA 1985 co-director R.J. Kizer

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Ep. 108: Godzilla 1985 featuring Ali Davis

January 22, 2024 01:23:43

Finally, Godzilla returns! And this time, he’s sleepier than ever! After 9 years away from the box office, Japanese film studio Toho decided they need to expedite another GODZILLA movie and created 1984’s THE RETURN OF GODZILLA. That film ended up in the hands of New World Pictures, who chopped it up and added extra…

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Ep. 108: Godzilla 1985 featuring Ali Davis

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Ep. 106: Hellbound: Hellraiser II

December 24, 2023 01:36:33

On December 23, 1988, New World Pictures released the sequel to one of their greatest hits, thus creating #DIEcember for this podcast a mere 35 years later! We dig into this holiday delight and ask all the important questions, like: what happened to Kirsty’s boyfriend Steve? What’s the worst smell you can encounter at an…

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Ep. 106: Hellbound: Hellraiser II

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Bonus Episode: Interview with Editor/Director R.J. Kizer (HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN, BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, UP FROM THE DEPTHS)

July 10, 2023 02:06:15

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…

The New World Pictures Podcast

Bonus Episode: Interview with Editor/Director R.J. Kizer (HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN, BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, UP FROM THE DEPTHS)

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Ep. 81: Reform School Girls Featuring Erin Dawn

March 20, 2023 01:43:32

#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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Ep. 81: Reform School Girls Featuring Erin Dawn

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New World Pictures and the Women in Prison Film

March 15, 2023

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…

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