Vanessa and Daeron are joined by guest Courtney Allen to discuss the 2021 Candyman film. They explore how it updates the original story, delving into its critiques of gentrification, the art world, and real-life horrors faced by the Black community. The conversation also examines the film's unique art style, horror tropes, casting choices, and its complex legacy.
Since we’re still in the smothering grips of winter, Vanessa and Daeron cover Stephen King’s ‘Misery’ and Rob Reiner’s ‘Misery’. Next Month: ‘Candyman’ (2021) VD Clinic Pod ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vd-clinic/id1250949032 LEGION: https://www.legionpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-vd-clinic/ and all your other favorite podcast listening places… VD Clinic Podcast on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/VDClinicPod and on Twitter & Instagram as @VDClinicPod Find Legion Podcast Net...
Put on your cha-cha heels and get out the trampoline. It’s time for another VD Clinic Podcast nontraditional holiday movie: John Waters’ 1974 film ‘Female Trouble’ Next Month: Stephen King’s ‘Misery’ and Rob Reiner’s ‘Misery’ VD Clinic Pod ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vd-clinic/id1250949032 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/03BPkYLembG4cAWr3I1Nyq?si=dQ4fGmIuRaa_W1009_zYPA&nd=1 LEGION: https://www.legionpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-vd-clinic/ VD Clinic Podcast on Facebo...
It’s a VD Clinic Tanksgiving. Vanessa & Daeron discuss the 1995 dystopian sci-fi action comedy ‘Tank Girl’ Starring Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Naomi Watts, Ice-T (among others) Next Month: ‘Female Trouble’ (1974 John Waters) VD Clinic Pod ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vd-clinic/id1250949032 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/03BPkYLembG4cAWr3I1Nyq?si=dQ4fGmIuRaa_W1009_zYPA&nd=1 LEGION: https://www.legionpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-vd-clinic/ VD Clinic Podcast on ...
For their annual Halloween episode, The VD Clinic pairs Silvia Moreno-Garcia's award-winning novel 'Mexican Gothic' with Guillermo del Toro's 2001 film 'The Devil's Backbone'. Joined by guest Iris, they delve into the gothic genre, discussing themes of colonialism, racism, female agency, and how both works use supernatural elements to explore human horrors like greed and the impact of war. The hosts and guest also share personal supernatural experiences.
It’s a return to the VD Clinic Pod joint coverage of ‘The Boys’ series with Psychosemantic. This episode covers the last two episodes of Season One and talk about what’s to come of the dual coverage now that Season One is wrapped up. As usual Vanessa has had an idea of what we’ll cover in October since at least July and can finally let us know the book and movie and guest we’ll be having for Halloween. VD Clinic Pod ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vd-clinic/id1250949032 SPOTIFY...
In this episode, the hosts say goodbye to summer by revisiting the 2001 cult classic "Wet Hot American Summer". They share personal camp experiences, dissect the movie's incredible ensemble cast and unique humor, and analyze key plot points, running gags, and the film's commentary on tropes. They discuss its lasting appeal and surprising sensitivity.
Cue up the Don Henley song ‘The Boys of Summer’ because we return to the joint VD Clinic Pod and Psychosemantic coverage of Amazon’s The Boys. This episode covers Episodes 4-6 (of season 1) paired with a portion of the Garth Ennis comic. In this installment Vanessa and Daeron are joined by Lance of The Horror Returns. Next episode: Wet Hot American Summer LEGION: https://www.legionpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-vd-clinic/ ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vd-clinic/id1250949032 SPOTIF...
Happy Pride! This year Vanessa & Daeron dissect the queer & trans aspects of 1998’s “Bride of Chucky” & 2004’s “Seed of Chunky.” Do they deserve the hate that they got when they were originally released? Or were they ahead of their time? We certainly think they need another watch & need to be appreciated for the LGBTQ+ content alone. Be sure to listen for our poll question from the episode (hint: it involves Julia Roberts). You can weigh in on Facebook or via our email. We’ll ann...
It’s that time of year again. We’ve made it through another year, & Vanessa and Daeron are bringing you another anniversary commentary episode. This time we cover David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet.” The 1986 film starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, & Dennis Hopper is a bit more prestigious than some of our other commentaries, yet we manage some laughs. Next for our Pride episode, we’re going a little campy with a double bill of 1998’s “Bride of Chucky” & 2004’s “Seed ...
After spending March in Jonestown we took the month off from ‘reading the articles’ and watched the 1996 biographical’ish drama ‘The People vs Larry Flynt’ directed by Miloš Forman and starring Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Crispin Glover, James Cromwell, Vincent Schiavelli… Next Episode is Our traditional anniversary less than sober commentary… This Year’s Movie: ‘Blue Velvet’ LEGION: https://www.legionpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-vd-clinic/ SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/...
It’s March so you know what that means…. March Madness with our annual guest Bo Ransdell. This year it’s ‘The Road To Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple’ (book by Jeff Guinn) paired with the Ti West film ‘The Sacrament’ from 2013 for an extra special Jonestown podcast! Next Month: ‘The People vs Larry Flynt’ LEGION: https://www.legionpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-vd-clinic/ SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7equkcGw16U0bEVe6Su2jb… iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/…/the-vd-clinic/id125...
Hail, hail East Germany, Land of fruit and grape, Land where you’ll regret, if you try to escape, no matter if you tunnel under or take a running jump at the wall, forget it, the guards will kill you, if the electrified fence doesn’t first…. You know what that means. It’s another VD Clinic Fascist February and this year Daeron and Vanessa talk about the 1984 comedy ‘Top Secret!’ directed by the Zucker Brothers & Jim Abrahams starring Val Kilmer and Lucy Gutteridge. Next Month is March Madnes...
EPISODE 46 – ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER DYSTOPIA – Yet again Vanessa & Daeron dive into the dystopian future. This time David joins us to discuss the 1995 Keanu Reeves picture “Johnny Mnemonic”, which coincidentally takes place during a global plague in January 2021 (this seriously wasn’t planned). Then we take a look at the feminist dystopian graphic novel “Bitch Planet Book One: Extraordinary Machine” by Kelly Sue Deconnick & Valentine De Landro. Coming next month: The 1984 film “Top Secret!”...
HOLIDAY SURPRISE – CLUE – In classic VD Clinic non-traditional tradition, Vanessa & Daeron unwrap an alternative to the holiday fodder & roll the dice with the 1985 classic “Clue”. And here to join us are fellow Legion podcasters Cort & Wych. As a treat, we have an extra special chapter of Quarantine Theatre with a surprise guest. Coming next month: the 1995 film “Johnny Mneumonic” & the comic “Bitch Planet Volume 1.” Legion Relief: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legionnaires039-reli...
EPISODE 45 – THE BOYS – This month Vanessa & Daeron suit up and fly into our discussion of Amazon’s ‘The Boys’ (season 1 episodes 1-3). Daeron offers some insight from his ongoing reading of the comic and tries to act like he hasn’t seen both seasons already. We may drop a CLUE in the coming weeks about next month’s episode. LEGION: https://www.legionpodcasts.com/2020/09/18/the-vd-clinic-episode-43-barbarella/ SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7equkcGw16U0bEVe6Su2jb?si=ERx4fObDQ3aw5d...
EPISODE 44 – HOWLING AT THE MOON – It’s that spooky time of year again, & this month Vanessa & Daeron sink their teeth into some werewolf favorites with the Joe Dante classic “The Howling” & the Stephen King novella “Cycle of the Werewolf.” Naturally, we chat about our love of Dee Wallace & can’t resist comparing Stephen King’s novella to its film adaptation “Silver Bullet” (it’s got Gary Busey in it, so that’s a given that we’d mention it). Coming next month: Our discussion of t...
EPISODE 43 – BARBARELLA – Vanessa & Daeron bring you the belated August’s selection of the Roger Vadim film “Barbarella” starring Jane Fonda & catch you up on their quarantine recommendations. Naturally Vanessa geeks out over the costumes, & we have to discuss that groovy soundtrack. Due to our delays & despite what we mention at the end of this episode, our next episode (just in time for Halloween) will be the film “The Howling” & the Stephen King novella “Cycle of the Werew...
This Summer’s beach read episode is ‘Jaws’ by Peter Benchley & its film adaptation. Since we got a bigger boat we brought along an extra crew member. This episode’s special guest is Lance of The Horror Returns. Next month we will discuss the 1968 science fiction film ‘Barbarella’ directed by Roger Vadim based on the comic series of the same name by Jean-Claude Forest. We will likely also delve into what we’ve been watching and reading on the side during the extended quarantine. Legion Relief...
EPISODE 41 – PRIDE 2020 – It’s that time of year again when Vanessa & Daeron celebrate LGBTQ Pride. This year we highlight international artists with the 2017 biopic film “Tom of Finland” & the manga “My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness” by Kabi Nagata. We’ve extended our book giveaway to the third week of July. Just e-mail us if you’d like the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World volumes 1-6. Next month: This year’s beach read “Jaws” by Peter Benchley & its film adaptation. One thing’s for...
THE VD CLINIC 3RD ANNIVERSARY – THE CABIN IN THE WOODS COMMENTARY – Here we are at the end of our third year, & that means another commentary. This time Vanessa & Daeron take a break from Stephen King & chat over Drew Goddard’s 2011 “The Cabin in the Woods.” We thank our listeners for another year down. Tune into this episode for a big book giveaway. Next month: We celebrate LGBTQ Pride with the 2017 biopic “Tom of Finland” & the manga “My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness” by N...
VD CLINIC – MARCH MADNESS…EXCEPT IT’S APRIL – Finally this year’s installment of March Madness is here. After a scheduling delay, Vanessa & Daeron are once again joined by guest Bo Ransdell to discuss some serial killers & true crime. This year we cover Spike Lee’s “Summer of Sam” & the John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker book “Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit.” Never a dull moment. Coming in May: We celebrate our third anniversary with a commentary of “Cabin in t...
REFERRAL SLIPS #14 – MARCH 2020 – Vanessa & Daeron give a few of their latest recommendations including a few things in line with the coming episode. Due to scheduling, March Madness had to be delayed, but in April, we’ll bring you another chapter of serial killers & true crime with Spike Lee’s “Summer of Sam” & “Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit” by John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
EPISODE 38 – BLACK HISTORY MONTH – In honor of Black History Month this year, Vanessa & Daeron cover Julie Dash’s “Daughters of the Dust” & Zora Neale Hurston’s “Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-tales from the Gulf States. Next month: It’s another year of March Madness… Spike Lee’s “Summer of Sam” & John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker’s “Mindhunter.” Check us out: on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/VDClinicPod, on Twitter & Instagram as @VDClinicPod, or via email at vdclin...
EPISODE 37 – THE BASKETBALL DIARIES – Yet another episode when Vanessa & Daeron talk about heroin. Seriously, we didn’t plan it that way. This time it’s Jim Carroll’s “The Basketball Diaries” & its 1995 film adaptation starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Due to our recording delay, we won’t have a February Referral Slips episode, but in lieu of that, we throw in a little Oscar talk here. Coming late February: the 1991 film “Daughters of the Dust” & Zora Neale Hurston’s “Every Tongue Got to C...
REFERRAL SLIPS #13 – JANUARY 2020 – Vanessa & Daeron begin the new year with their latest recommendations & a little Golden Globe discussion. This year awards season is a lot shorter. Coming later this month: Jim Carroll’s “The Basketball Diaries” & the 1995 film adaptation starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Check us out: on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/VDClinicPod, on Twitter & Instagram as @VDClinicPod, or via email at [email protected]. Our Flick Chat group code: VDClinicPod. ...
EPISODE 36 – THE ICE HARVEST – In continuing with our history of fractured versions of holiday movies, Vanessa & Daeron cover the 2005 Harold Ramis heist movie “The Ice Harvest” starring John Cusack & Billy Bob Thornton. Vanessa’s neighbors make a guest appearance with their domestic dispute. Apologies. Here’s hoping the new year is quieter. Coming in January: Jim Carroll’s “The Basketball Diaries” & the 1995 film adaptation starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Check us out: on Facebook at fa...
This year Vanessa and Daeron are joined by Cort and Matt of Cinema Psyops for our annual December commentary. We continue Daeron’s ____sploitation education with some Nunsploitation in the form of the 1978 Pornographic/Drama ‘Sins of sister Lucia’ . We do commentary and discussion. Later this month we’ll check in with the Harold Raimis 2005 film adaption of ‘The Ice Harvest’. Check us out: on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/VDClinicPod, on Twitter & Instagram as @VDClinicPod, or via email at...
EPISODE 34 – SAMURAI – A bit of chaos was unleashed as Duncan & Bo joined Vanessa & Daeron this month to cover Jim Jarmusch’s 1999 “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” & Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s “Rashomon and Other Stories” (although due to some crossed wires we end up with some discussion of Kurosawa’s film “Rashomon”). Coming in December: a commentary of “The Sins of Sister Lucia” & later “The Ice Harvest”. Check us out: on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/VDClinicPod, on Twitter &a...
REFERRAL SLIPS #12 – NOVEMBER 2019 – This month Vanessa & Daeron pop in to help ease your post-Halloween hangover with some recommendations. We’ve got everything from books to podcasts. Coming later this month: Jim Jarmusch’s 1999 “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” & Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s “Rashomon and Other Stories”. Check us out: on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/VDClinicPod, on Twitter & Instagram as @VDClinicPod, or via email at [email protected]. Our Flick Chat group code:...
