Man, I love Sylvester Stallone. He’s my John Wayne. Anyway, I want to tell you all about it and share my feelings on Judge Dredd, Demolition Man and Cobra. What’s your favorite Stallone movie?
Jennifer Upton is an American (non-werewolf) writer/editor in London. She currently works as a freelance ghostwriter of personal memoirs and writes for several blogs on topics as diverse as film history, punk rock, women’s issues, and international politics.
Yes, I did a show about Academysploitation, but part of me wanted to talk about every movie in the series and no one else in my life wants to discuss these movies, so I am ready to share my love for Tackleberry, Zed, Hooks, Hightower and more.
Adam Hursey is our guest this episode, a pharmacist specializing in health informatics by day, but his true passion is cinema. His current favorite films are Back to the Future, Stop Making Sense, and In the Mood for Love. He has written articles for Film Eastand The Physical Media Advocate, primarily examining older films through the lens of contemporary perspectives. He is usually found on Letterboxd, where he mainly writes about horror and exploitation films. You can follow him on Letterboxd or Instagram at ashursey.
Adam is defending the 1978-made, 1983-released Mardi Gras Massacre. This was a fun episode and I really loved discussing the movie with Adam. He’ll be back soon!
I love Pittsburgh — a Rick Sebak doc will move me to tears in seconds — and I adore giallo. So together? Well, that’s like putting fries on a salad, which is pretty much Allegheny County’s major contribution to the world of cuisine. This is a list cataloging the movies that I deem to be Yinzer Giallo.
Bill Van Ryn is the master of all things Groovy Doom and Drive-In Asylum. The Bat People is a movie that he loves and it’s so awesome to hear why it’s one of his obsessions. You can also get issues of Drive-In Asylum at the Groovy Doom Etsy store.
Kurt Brown, also known by some as Vandal Drummond, introduced me to so much. I look at him as the older brother I don’t have and thank him for driving me all over Hollywood to show me some amazing places. He’s also the executive producer and researcher of Out In the Ring, a documentary you can get from Vinegar Syndrome.
In this episode, we go deep into Skidoo but go off on several tangents, which include Johnny Legend, pre-1970s wrestling all over the world, including Titantes en el Ring, Dr. Jerry Graham and much more. This is one of my favorite episodes because it captures a true conversation between us, two friends who haven’t spoken by voice in years.
This week, Police Academy, which gives way to the genre known — at least by me — as academysploitation. It’s cops, it’s a bit of Animal House, it’s slobs vs. snobs.