It's time for another multi-part series on Blood on the Tracks. This time out Lee is covering the filmography of Amicus Productions, who were most famous for their excellent horror anthology films in the 1960s and 1970s. But they did so much more, and Lee is going to explore their output through the music that was featured in their films. --Spaceship to Mars from "It's Trad, Dad!" (1962) --Gene Viincent --Sweet Boy from "Just for Fun" (1963) --Clodagh Rodgers --Suite from "Dr. Terror's House of ...
Mar 01, 2022•59 min•Ep. 289
Lee, Leah, and her friend & returning guest host, Sam, talk about Mario Bava's sexy comic book-adapted action/Euro-spy parody/crime film "Danger: Diabolik" (1968). Topics brought up include baby powder; KY jelly; banging on money; separate sexy showers; catapults; John Phillip Law's eyebrows; proper day for night photography; fashion choices; Valmont's drunk girlfriend; Diabolik's politics, or lack thereof; and Ennio Morricone's fantastic score. The hosts also talk about what they've watches...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 288
Due to some time constraints this month Lee's back with a slightly shorter show than usual. This time out he's compiled an addendum to the previous episode, which was about fictional bands and solo artists featured in films. This list was all taken from the list of tracks he had to cut from the original over-stuffed track list for that episode. He felt these were all too good to ignore. --Lunar Madness from "Vicious Lips" (1986) --Vicious Lips (Sue Saad and the Next) --Touch Me, I'm Dick from "S...
Jan 31, 2022•48 min•Ep. 287
Leah and Leah are back for an Intermission episode to cover a lesser-known slasher film from 1982, the David Nelson-directed "Death Screams". Is this rural slasher, full to the brim with red herrings and extended sequences at a county fair, one rightfully forgotten, or is it a hidden gem? The hosts go back and forth weighing the good and the bad, including the quality of the respective versions of the film they each watched. Come listen, just don't lose your head over it! "Death Screams" IMDB Fe...
Jan 24, 2022•56 min•Ep. 286
Lee and Leah are back to gush over a film they love. This week they look at 2015's post-apocalyptic love letter and send-up "Turbo Kid", written and directed by the trio of François Simard, Anouk & Yoann-Karl Whissell. Topics discussed include comparisons to "Mad Max" and other similar films, as well as the "Fallout" video game series; if the film uses it's 1980s aesthetic too much or just right; the over-the-top practical effects work; and if the character of Apple is a manic pixie dream gi...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 285
2021 has come and gone and Lee and Leah have watched a staggering amount of films in the past year. Thus come the time for the usual best and worst lists to be talked about on the podcast. In this 2hrs+ episode the hosts list their 20 best first-time watches, their 10 worst first-time watches, and their best honourable mentions. Come help us shovel the last bit of dirt on 2021's grave. Lee's Best and Worst of 2021: Honourable Mentions: "Viy" (1967) "The Sicilian Connection" (1972) "The Laughing ...
Jan 04, 2022•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 284
The cursed year that was 2021 has come to an end and Lee felt like going out on a more positive note. In this mega-sized episode he's compiled a list of tracks from fictional bands and musical artists that have appeared in films. Lots of research went into this one, as Lee tries to give credit where credit is due to the people behind the fictional acts. Be it totally made up acts, parody acts that came before their film debuts, or if they actually formed later on in real life, Lee tries to cover...
Dec 31, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 283
Lee & Paul are back together to cover the Z-grade sci-fi film "The Astounding She-Monster" (1957), directed by Ronald V. Ashcroft. This semi-forgotten, low-budget shlock about a sexy radioactive space alien has some interesting aspects to it, including the possibility of the titular star, Shirley Kilpatrick, faking her death to make a better film career for herself as Shirley Stoler! Don't touch this podcast, just listen to it at a safe distance! The Astounding She-Monster IMDB Featured Musi...
Dec 24, 2021•45 min•Ep. 282
This week Daniel returns (!) to join Lee as they welcome friend and fellow podcaster Bo Ransdell, in order to have a quite meaty conversation about Phil Alden Robinson's "Sneakers" (1992), starring Robert Redford & Ben Kingsley. Things covered: old school hacking talk, and what the film gets right and wrong about it; the wonderful ensemble cast elevating the material; the politics behind the film; the comparisons to the 1970s paranoid thrillers this film draws from; the still-unmade tv serie...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 281
In this latest Intermission episode Lee and Leah are back together to talk about one of the first (if not the actual first) atomic monster films from the 1950s, "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (1953), directed by Eugène Lourié. Much of the conversation revolves around the fantastic Ray Harryhausen special effects work and if the rest of the movie manages to live up to that. How is this both not based on a Ray Bradbury story, but kind of is at the same time? What the hell is Lee Van Cleef doing h...
Dec 14, 2021•46 min•Ep. 280
In this episode Lee takes a slightly different route. This time out it's a playlist pulled from the soundtrack and scores of recent watches by Lee over the last few months. --Windsor Concerto from "The Whip and the Body" (1963) --Carlo Rustichelli --Main Theme from "Kill, Baby... Kill!" (1966) --Carlo Rustichelli --Bank Robbery & Last of the Independents from "Charley Varrick" (1973) --Lalo Schifrin --Underwater from "Female Trouble" (1974) --The Frogmen --Main Theme from "Female Trouble" (1...
Nov 30, 2021•59 min•Ep. 279
In this episode Lee is joined by special guest, friend and fellow podcaster, Brady Kimball, to cover Paul Schrader's intimate and innovative docudrama of the influential Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, whose art and life became one on the day he ended it. The film, "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)", is a meaty film to pick at, and the hosts try their best to come to some conclusions about Mishima the man, Mishima the artist, and ultimately the art itself. Can those things be separated in ...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 278
Paul returns to the podcast to help Lee talk about the classic 1941 Universal horror film "The Wolf Man", directed by George Waggner, starring Claude Rains, and Lon Chaney Jr. as the beast itself. Much of the conversation revolves around Chaney and his performance, and the possible hidden layers in the script that don't always clearly come out in the finished product. Is this the best of the classic Universal horror films? The hosts also talk about recent watches and purchases. "The Wolf Man" IM...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 277
This week Lee is joined by friend and fellow podcaster, Vaughn Kuhlmeier, to cover one of the more notorious, yet somewhat forgotten, late-period Euro-horror sleaze flicks "Vampire in Venice" (1988), AKA: "Nosferatu in Venice". Originally envisioned to be an unofficial sequel to Werner Herzog's remake of "Nosferatu", the only connection is its star Klaus Kinski, who returns to his iconic role, but here he's not reigned-in, and all hell broke loose on this already troubled production. Is anything...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 276
TMBDOS! does something a little out of the wheelhouse and covers a James Bond film this week. Lee and Lady Leah watched the final Daniel Craig outing as Bond, in theatres during their vacation, and are back on this episode to talk about 2021's "No Time to Die". Is it a good send-off for Craig? Is it a good Bond film? Is it too "woke"? What does the future hold for the series? The hosts also talk about what they've watched recently and respond to a couple of listener comments. Tune-in and discove...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 275
Facing several set-backs this year, he still couldn't be held down! Lee Van Teeth returns to take over TMBDOS! Radio and Blood on the Tracks once again for Halloween. This time out he presents his favourite musical selections from the long-running "Halloween" film franchise. What made the cut and what is best left forgotten on this larger than usual BotT episode? Tune in with the Wolf Man to find out! --Halloween Theme & Lights Out from "Halloween" (1978) --John Carpenter --Don't Fear the Re...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 274
Lee and Leah have returned from a much-needed vacation and recount the horror-related stuff they watched, tried to watch, or just flat-out fell asleep through for the week or so they were away. Featured Music: "The Sultan and the Slave Girl" by Manfred Mann & "Aloha from Hell" by The Cramps.
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 273
Lee is back this episode giving you a playlist compiled from the soundtracks and scores for his favourite British crime films of the last 50 years. --It's Caper Time from "The Italian Job" (1969) --Quincy Jones --Dyed, Dead, and Read from "Performance" (1970) --Jack Nitzsche --The Hashishin from "Performance" (1970) --Ry Cooder --Excerpt from "Villain" (1971) --Jonathan Hodge --Getting Nowhere in a Hurry from "Get Carter" (1971) --Roy Budd --Main Theme from "Sitting Target" (1972) --Stanley Myer...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 272
This week Lee and Leah have promised to live to see you die, and they will. Well, not really, but there's a lot of that sort of thing going on in Edward L. Cahn's radioactive monster thriller "Creature with the Atom Brain" (1955). The hosts discuss just how effective this low budget sci-fi horror film is. Do they get radiation right? Does it matter? Early squib work; shitty grenades; questionable Italian gangsters; huge lobotomy scars; and just who is Dick Cutting? All of this and more, as well ...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 271
Lee is joined this episode by his friend and fellow podcaster Vaughn Kuhlmeier to chat about an underseen Canadian exploitation film, "Siege" (1983), directed by Paul Donovan. Set in, and shot on location in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Lee's home province), some Canadian history surrounding the premise for the film, and some silly East Coast-isms are pointed out by Lee. Police brutality and corruption come up as they talk about the differences between American and Canadian police, and the obvious infl...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 270
Lee and Leah get lost in the vast desert that is the seemingly endless conflict in Afghanistan, as they look at a film that was requested a while back by a listener. This week it's 1988's "The Beast of War", directed by Kevin Reynolds. This bleak and unexpectedly serious tale of a Russian tank on the run from Afghani rebels, during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, contains very little to be light-hearted about. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch it. The hosts also talk about what they...
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 269
Lee and Leah return this episode with a trip back to the Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes series, taking a look at "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" (1942), directed by Roy William Neill, picked to be covered by special guest host on this episode, Matt Anderson. Much of the conversation revolves around the otherwise straight-forward plot and the changes made to Holmes after Universal picked up the series from Fox. Is 1940s spy-smasher Holmes a total betrayal to the source material, or is it ...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 268
Lee, Kerry, Greg and Leah are finally back to talk more outer space super hero stuff with James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2" (2017). This lively and sometimes argumentative discussion gets into some of the deeper psychology of family dynamics, in what's otherwise a silly action film full of daffy jokes. "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2" IMDB Featured Music: "Fox on the Run" by Sweet.
Aug 09, 2021•56 min•Ep. 267
The Atomic age is upon Blood on the Tracks this month as all sorts of strange radiation-born monsters are invading the perfect utopia that was the 1950s *cough-cough*. Anyway, it was a great decade to be a sci-fi and horror fan, and it was a decade that produced a lot of great film scores. Lee curates a playlist that reflects some of the best examples of this fact, in his opinion. --Main Title from "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (1953) --David Buttolph --Main Title & Fury of Godzilla from "...
Jul 31, 2021•57 min•Ep. 266
Lee, Leah and special guest Gary Hill join the mile high club this week as they talk about "Fly Me" (1973). This Roger Corman-produced off-shoot of his sexy nurses films features the directing talents of Cirio H. Santiago, Jonathan Demme, and Curtis Hanson; and along with a cast of often-naked beauties, it has bit parts by Dick Miller and Vic Diaz. How can it fail? Tune in to find out! Italian mothers; sex slavery; bad martial arts; bloody shoot-outs: this film has it all and more! The hosts als...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 265
Lee and Leah find themselves with the daunting task of talking about "Citizen Kane" (1941) -- the film that put Orson Welles on the map, and is often hailed as the greatest film of all time. But is it any good? Does it hold up? Is it a case of style over substance? Do the hosts have anything new to say about this film? Maybe not, but join in anyway to hear their opinions; Lee get in a fight with a moth live on the recording; and what the hosts have watched to as of late. "Citizen Kane" IMDB Feat...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 264
Lee and Leah are joined on this episode by special guest Daniel Segura, of the excellent Moustachioed Podcastio to talk about a film that deals with bride kidnapping and honour killings - and it's a swinging 1960s comedy! On this episode they cover the Monica Vitti-starring film "The Girl with the Pistol" (1968). Also, as Daniel is a first-time guest, he gets to play The Movie God Game. Can Lee stump two people in a row? The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. So gather up you...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 263
Despite the subject matter, Lee & Leah try to keep in good spirits while having a pretty serious chat about a very different rape/revenge film, in Emerald Fennell's "Promising Young Woman" (2020). "Promising Young Woman" IMDB Featured Music: "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You, Baby" by Donna Missal.
Jul 02, 2021•47 min•Ep. 262
It's been a busy summer so far for Lee, so he's half-assing it a bit on this episode and presenting another TMBDOS! grab bag episode, featuring soundtrack and score selections found on more recent episodes of the They Must Be Destroyed On Sight! podcast. --Day of the Dead from "Day of the Dead" (1985) --John Harrison (Episode 200) --Theme from Southern Comfort from "Southern Comfort" (1981) --Ry Cooder (Episode 201) --Main Theme from "The Final Terror" (1983) --Susan Justin (Intermission 26) --T...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 261
Lee, Leah, and special guest Vaughn Kuhlmeier of the excellent podcast Motion Picture Massacre attempt to slay the dragon that is Terry Gilliam's Monty Python-adjacent film "Jabberwocky" (1977). Not loved at its time of release, is this still a critical failure, or has its politics and social messages aged much better over the years? Is it funny? What did they get away with while still rated PG? Why is Steven Spielberg a fucking hack? Also: the hosts talk about what they have watched recently, a...
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 260
