Really Awful Movies: Ep 96 – Monkey Shines and Shakma with Scott Drebit from Daily Dead

March 18, 2016October 29, 2016 ~ reallyawfulmovies

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Killer monkeys are on the loose. In George A. Romero’s Monkey Shines, it’s a telepathic Capuchin helper monkey, and in Shakma, it’s a rampaging baboon in a university hospital. It’s Old World Vs New World Monkeys in this battle of our closest genetic cousins in the animal world.

We love “animals attack” / “nature run amok” movies and we love having Scott Drebit on the show to talk about them. He’s a regular contributor to the excellent site Daily Dead.

Romero’s Monkey Shines was met with much indifference upon first release, earning a mere 5 million or so at the box office. Did this “experiment in fear” deserve its fate?

Shakma, on the other hand, isn’t as well known. And we’re here to change that.

Check out which one of these films deserves a tuxedo and a cigar and which only made a monkey out of us on this hairy episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 78 – Roar

January 1, 2016October 29, 2016 ~ reallyawfulmovies

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“I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter. … ‘Cause I am the champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar. … You’re gonna hear me roar!”

Katy Perry

Roar is UNREAL. It is completely and utterly BATSHIT. Do yourself a favor and see this ASAP, as nothing’s been made like it since, nor ever will be again for ethical reasons.

Roar is a film about Hank, a guy who lives on what can only be described as a predatory cat compound on the African Savannah.

It stars then-married Tippi Hedren (The Birds) and Noel Marshall, as well as their real-life family, daughter Melanie Griffith and sons John and Jerry.

This film was a very dangerous, dangerous vanity piece…and really has to be seen to be believed. Rarely has such commitment been shown to a film in the face of such real-life dangers.

Keep your arms inside the vehicle at all times as we get down and dirty with jungle cats in Roar.

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 71b – Slither and Squirm with Scott Drebit of Daily Dead

November 28, 2015October 29, 2016 ~ reallyawfulmovies

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Two times the worms! Twice the ooze. Last time we spoke with Scott, we had double the Shatner, two times as much Captain Kirk as anyone could justifiably handle.

One of our favorite podcast guests is Scott Drebit of the Daily Dead. He’s the brains behind Drive-In Dust Offs,a column that look back at some of his favorites from the mid 70s to early 80s such as Race with the Devil and Willard. He loves animal attack flicks as much as we do, so he was the perfect guest to talk slithery slimy flicks.

On this special episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, the three of us break down two very slimy films: Slither and Squirm. The former is a 2006 comedy horror hit starring Nathan Fillion (Castle) and Elizabeth Banks (40-Year Old Virgin). The latter is a fun, under- the-radar 1976 nature run amok film directed by Jeff Leiberman and starring Don Scardino.

We love ’em both – lots. They’re undeniably fun, goofy, gory and smart. You don’t get much better than that folks. Be sure and follow us at @awful_movies and Scot at @phantasm2