Part I of my three-part series on giallo journeyman Sergio Martino. Today I discuss The Case of the Scorpion's Tail. Starring George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Ida Galli, Luigi Pastilli, Julie Reynaud and more. Music by Bruno Nicolai. Cinematography by Emilio Foriscot. Produced by Luciano Martino. Screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi. Directed by Sergio Martino.
Today on the show I am joined by writer/director Patrick R. Young, cinematographer/director Powell Robinson, and surprise guest, editor William Ford-Conway. We talk about their beautifully executed Threshold which was shot on an iPhone 8 Plus for less than $15,000. Threshold stars Joey Millin and Madison West. Produced by Lauren Bates. Music by Nick Chuba. Written by Patrick. Cinematography by Powell. Directed by Patrick R. Young and Powell Robinson.
An underappreciated film from the 1970s satanic panic era. The Brotherhood of Satan stars Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Charles Bateman, Ahna Kapri, Charles Robinson, Alvy Moore, Geri Reischl and more. Music by Jaime Mendoza-Nava. Cinematography by John Arthur Morrill. Story by Sean McGregor. Screenplay by William Welch. Directed by Bernard McEveety.
Today I talk about Arrow Video's release of Threshold. A film shot entirely on an iPhone 8 Plus for less than $15,000 with elite execution. Threshold stars Joey Millin and Madison West. Music by Nick Chuba. Edited by William Ford-Conway. Cinematography by Powell Robinson. Written by Patrick R. Young. Directed by Powell Robinson and Patrick R. Young.
Today's show is a review for the divisive Malignant. I brought on, no stranger to the show, Kyle Bruehl of I Know Movies and You Don't. He and I get to the bottom of the batshit insanity that is... Starring Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, Jacqueline McKenzie, and more. Director of Photography Michael Burgess. Music by Joseph Bishara. Story by James Wan, Ingrid Bisu, and Akela Cooper. Screenplay by Akela Cooper. Directed by James Wan.
Well Go USA's release of Crazy Fist. Starring Guo Qing, Steve Yoo, Liu Mengke, Collin Chou, Wang Wei, Zhuge Chengcheng, Shi Guanghui, Huang Xiaoming, Zhao Wei, and more. Music by TOBY. Director of Photography Huang Yongheng. Action Director Li Donghao. Written and Directed by Guo Qing.
I discuss Arrow Video's 4K release of Dario Argento's The Cat O' Nine Tails. The Cat O' Nine Tails is the second installment of Argento's "Animal Trilogy." Starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Cinzia De Carolis, Aldo Reggiani, Pier Paolo Capponi, Horst Frank, Rada Rassimov, Carlo Alighiero, and more. Music by Ennio Morricone. Cinematography by Enrico Menczer. Story by Luigi Cozzi and Dardano Sacchetti. Written and Directed by Dario Argento.
Discussing the erotic horror masterpiece that is Yasuzo Masumura's Blind Beast. Starring Eiju Funakoshi, Mako Midori, and Noriko Sengoku. Production Design by Shigeo Mano. Music by Hikaru Hayashi. Cinematography by Setsuo Kobayashi. Written by Yoshio Shirasaka. Directed by Yasuzo Masumura.
Today I discuss Arrow Video's release of David Lynch's Dune (1984). Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Kenneth McMillan, Jose Ferrer, Sting, Everett McGill, Patrick Stewart, Jurgen Prochnow, Paul L. Smith, Max von Sydow, Alicia Witt, Sean Young, Brad Dourif, Fancesca Annis, Virgina Madsen, Leonardo Cimino, Linda Hunt, Freddie Jones, Silvana Mangano, Jack Nance, Sian Phillips, and more. Production Design by Anthony Masters. Music by TOTO. Cinematography by Freddie Francis. Written and Directed by David Ly...
The final stop on Ellissinema's trail of vengeance - And God Said to Cain. Starring Klaus Kinski, Peter Carsten, Marcell Michelangeli, Guido Lollobrigida, Maria Luisa, Antonio Cantafora, Guiliano Raffaelli, Lucio De Santis, Luciano Pigozzi, Joaquin Blanco, Giacomo Furia, Furio Meniconi, and more. Music by Carlo Savina. Director of Photography Riccardo Pallotini and Luciano Trasatti. Story by Giovanni Addessi. Directed by Antonio Margheriti.
Third stop on Ellissinema's trail of vengeance - Bandidos. Starring Enrico Maria Salerno, Terry Jenkins, Venantino Venantini, Maria Martin, Marco Guglielmi, Chris Huerta, Massimo Sarchielli, Ennio Pagliani, Giancarlo Bastianoni. Music by Egisto Macchi. Director of Photography Emilio Foriscot. Directed by Massimo Dallamano.
Second stop on Ellissinema's trail of vegeance - My Name is Pecos. Starring Robert Woods, Pier Paolo Capponi, Lucia Modugno, Peter Carsten, Luigi Castellano, Cristina Ioasani, Corrine Fontaine, Giuliano Raffaelli, Umberto Raho, Maurizio Bonuglia, and Massimo Righi. Music by Lallo Gori. Director of Photography Franco Villa. Written by Adriano Bolzoni. Directed by Maurizio Lucidi.
First stop on Ellissenma's trail of vengeance - Massacre Time. Starring Franco Nero, George Hilton, Nino Castelnuovo, Lynn Shane, Giuseppe Addobbati, Tom Felleghy, Rina Franchetti, Yu Tchang, Aysanoa Runachagua, and more. Music by Lallo Gori. Edited by Ornella Michelli. Art Direction by Sergio Canevari. Director of Photography Riccardo Pallottini. Written by Fernando Di Leo. Directed by Lucio Fulci.
Today we chat Well Go USA's release of The Fatal Raid and also my personal life. The Fatal Raid stars Patrick Tam, Michael Tong, Jade Leung, Jeana Ho, Min Chen Lin, Hidy Yu, Sin Hang Chiu, Andrew Yuen, Jadie Lin, Kristy Yeung, Rosanne Lui, Vivian Chan, Terence Chui and more. Director of Photography Paul Ckw. Music by Jimmy Fung, Sammy So, and Hang Chiu. Action Director Johnny Tang and Shui Wa. Written by Choi Meng Wa, Lam Siu Fu and Jacky Lee. Directed by Jacky Lee.
Arrow Video's release of Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. Starring Tony, Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho, Renato Romano, Giuseppe Castellano, Mario Adorf, Pino Patti, Gildo Di Marco, Werner Peters, Reggie Nalder, and more. Director of Photography Vittori Storaro. Music by Ennio Morricone. Directed by Dario Argento.
One of the best summer actioners. Raging Fire stars Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Qin Lan, Simon Yam, Ray Lui, Ben Yuen, Ben Lam, Ken Lo, Carlos Chan, Patrick Tam, Kenny Wong, Jeano Ho, Angus Yeung, and more. Music by Nicolas Errera. Cinematography by Yuen Man Fung. Written and Directed by Benny Chan.
Arrow Video with another amazing release of a Japanese classic.. This time of the cult classic Versus. One of the most batshit insane films you're ever going to see. And 20 years later, it has aged like a fine wine. Versus stars Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, Yuichiro Arai, Minoru Matsumoto, Kazuhito Ohba, Takehiro Katayama, Ayumi Yoshihara, Shoichiro Masumoto, Yukihito Tanikadao, Hoshimi Asai, and more. Music by Nobuhiko Morino. Cinematography by Takumi Furuya. Writt...
That may be the most fun I've had at the movies this year. The Suicide Squad stars Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, John Cena, Daniela Melchior, David Dastmalchian, Sylvester Stallone, Jai Courtney, Michael Rooker, Peter Capaldi, Pete Davidson, Nathan Fillion, Mayling Ng, Flula Borg, and more. Music by John Murphy. Director of Photography Henry Braham. Written and Directed by James Gunn.
A review for Pig starring Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Nina Belforte, Gretchen Corbett, David Knell, and more. Music by Alexis Grapsas and Phillip Klien. Cinematography by Patrick Scola. Written and Directed by Michael Sarnoski.
Kyle and I talk about David Lowery's The Green Knight. Starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson, Erin Kellyman, Barry Keoghan, and more. Production Design by Jade Healy. Music by Daniel Hart. Cinematography by Andrew Droz Palermo. Written and Directed by David Lowery.
An interview with director of Drive, special effects legend, Steve Wang. Drive stars Mark Dacascos, Kadeem Hardison, John Pyper-Ferguson, Brittany Murphy, Tracey Walter, James Shigeta, Masaya Kato, Sanaa Lathan, and more. Action Choreography by Koichi Sakamoto. Music by David Williams. Director of Photography Michael G. Wojiechowski. Written by Scott Phillips. Directed by Steve Wang.
Today on the show I discuss the superbly crafted action thriller Hydra. Starring Masanori Mimoto, Miu, Tasuku Nagase, Takaya Aoyagi, Takashi Nishina, Satoshi Kibe, Kensuke Sonomura, Tsutomu Uchigaski,Yoji Tanaka, and more. Music by Moku. Director of Photography Yasuyuki Suzuki. Directed by Kensuke Sonomura.
A chat with renowned cinematographer Steven Poster. We talk his excellent work on Dead and Buried (1981), the restoration process, studio involvement in films, the lot of it. ENJOY!
A chat with comedian Mark Normand. We talk about cancel culture, talent over popularity, the lot of it. Check out Mark's special "Out to Lunch on YouTube. And check out his podcasts, Tuesdays with Stories with Joe List and We Might Be Drunk with Sam Morill. Enjoy!
A review for Malaysian action film Silat Warriors: Deed of Death. Starring Namron, Khoharullah, Feiyna Tajudin, Fad Anuar, and more. Produced, Cinematography, Written and Directed by Areel Abu Bakar.
A review for Arrow Video's release of Django (1966) featuring Kyle Bruehl of I Know Movies and You Don't. Django stars Franco Nero, Loredana Nusciak, Angel Alvarez, Eduardo Fajardo, Jose Bodalo, and many more. Music by Luis Bacalov. CInematography by Enzo Barboni. Story by Segio and Bruno Corbucci. Screeplay in collaboration with Piero Vivarelli and Franco Rossetti. Produced and Directed by Sergio Corbucci.
Today I discuss Arrow Video's release of Mallrats. Starring Jason Lee, Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London, Claire Forlani, Renee Humphrey, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Michael Rooker, Stan Lee, Ethan Suplee, and more. Written and Directed by Kevin Smith.
A review for Blue Undergound's release of The Final Countdown. Starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino, Katherine Ross, Charles Durning, and Ron O'Neal. Music by John Scott. Director of Photography Victor J. Kemper. Screenplay by David Ambrose, Gerry Davis and Thomas Hunter & Peter Powell. Directed by Don Taylor.
Today, Kyle Bruehl (I Know Movies and You Don't) and I discuss Arrow Video's bluray release of the cult classic Tremors. Tremors stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire, Victor Wong, Tony Genaro, Charlotte Stewart, Robert Jayne, Ariana Richards, and more. Music by Ernest Troost. Cinematography by Alexander Grusyznski. Written by Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson. Directed by Ron Underwood.
**YouTube audio is better. My apologies.** An evening with director, Bao Tran and producer, Al'n Duong discussing The Paper Tigers. The Paper Tigers stars Alain Uy, Ron Yuan, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Jae Suh Park, Matthew Page, Phillip Nang, Andy Le, Brian Le, and many more.
