Really Awful Movies: Ep 18b – Animal attack movies with author / broadcaster Mike Mayo

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Mike Mayo joins us on the program. He is one-half of Max and Mike On the Movies and the author of American Murder: Criminals, Crime and the Media, VideoHound’s Video Premieres and Really Awful Movies’ favorite reference, The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies.

Whether it’s Jaws, Sharknado or Piranha, everyone loves a good animals run amok movie.

We talk about how we got into horror, why people are drawn to the genre and naturally (no pun intended) eco horror.

The RAM guys and Mike explore The Swarm, Piranha, The Nest, Jaws, Alligator, Rogue, Sharknado, Lake Placid and the truly awful killer bunny movie, Night of the Lepus.

We discuss why creature features are made and their appeal. And we also look at what scares us personally, the work of David Cronenberg, horror generally and where the genre is heading.

 

Really Awful Movies: Ep 18 – Basket Case

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On this episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, Basket Case! 

Basket Case is a 1982 American horror-comedy-monster movie written and directed by Frank Henenlotter. It has two sequels, Basket Case 2 (1990) and Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991), both of which were directed by Henenlotter.

The film is definitely one of our absolute favorites, low budget, off-beat and gory. The film gained an audience in the 1980s due to the proliferation of VHS and has become a bona fide cult classic.

Kevin Van Hentenryck stars as Duane, an average, everyday dude who seeks vengeance for the unwanted surgery that separated him from his deformed conjoined twin brother, who was unceremoniously tossed in the trash.

Belial is left for dead but the grey misshapen lump of flesh is very much alive. Soon, it’s stuffed into a basket carrying case by its protective brother, Duane.

The duo make their way to the mean streets of New York City (42nd street, aka The Deuce) and take up residence in a very sleazy hotel. They then seek vengeance against doctors who performed the surgery and separated the inseparable “twins.”

 

Really Awful Movies: Ep 17c – The Beyond

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The Italian horror classic, The Beyond.

On this week’s podcast, a look at this gore-fest which is set in Louisiana.

“I can feel a presence, someone else is in here!”

Room 36 of a Bayou hotel is where something evil transpired a century ago. Flash forward to a woman who inherits the building and is restoring it to its former glory.

We look at how Fulci loves to focus on the eyes. We discuss where this film places among the Italian director’s work.

The plot is pretty thin gruel, but hey it’s Italian. Who needs plot when you can have Gothic atmosphere to spare and loads and loads of blood??