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The Carnage Report Episode 93: The Occupant of the Room

Podcasts, The Carnage Report on December 11, 2025 0Comments 0Likes

On this episode of the podcast, Julie and Nick take a look at The Occupant of the Room, director Kier-La Janisse’s adaptation of the Algernon Blackwood short story for The Haunted Season, now streaming on Shudder. They also suggest some more spooky winter folk horror, while also digging into director Mike L. Taylor’s wildly unhinged Christmas film Gnome Sick: 7 Slays Til Mithras, now streaming on Tubi and available on Blu-ray from Dark Star Pictures. Plus, the pair discuss trailers galore for Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Mother Mary, the Boulet Brothers’ A Holiday of Horrors, and more (all of which you can check out in the show notes), while running down some short tastes in Teaser Corner. All this and Julie and Nick share stories of their worst hotel stays before welcoming director Corbin Rowell of Mad Crab Productions to discuss his new short film, A Raven’s Call — and how he came to horror — in The Gate.

Cinema Smorgasbord – Praising Kane – License to Drive (1988)

Cinema Smorgasbord, Podcasts on December 2, 2025 0Comments 0Likes

On the latest PRAISING KANE we’re diving into the fraught history of the two Coreys (Haim and Feldman) with the 1988 teen comedy classic(?) LICENSE TO DRIVE, featuring car chases, a hip drive-in restaurant, scary driving tests (/w James Avery), Richard Masur, Billy Ocean’s “Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car” and OF COURSE the wonderful Carol Kane. We also chat about the upcoming short documentary CAROL & JOY which should be available to watch RIGHT NOW on the Criterion Channel. Enjoy!

The Carnage Report Episode 92: Keeper

Podcasts, The Carnage Report on November 27, 2025 0Comments 0Likes

On this episode of the podcast, Julie and Nick take a look at Keeper, director Osgood Perkins’ third movie in 18 months, in theaters now. They also suggest some more weird stuff in the woods and talk about what foods they’ve eaten because of their Midwestern upbringing. Plus, the pair discuss trailers galore for Rufus, Return to Silent Hill, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, and more (all of which you can check out in the show notes), while showering love and affection on Sarah Sherman. All this and Nick tells the tale of Popeye’s Freddy Fazbear meal.

Cinema Smorgasbord – Wild in the Streets – Weapons of Death (1977)

Cinema Smorgasbord, Podcasts on November 25, 2025 0Comments 0Likes

We’re getting WILD IN THE STREETS with Henry Silva (/w some other guy’s voice) in Mario Caiano’s WEAPONS OF DEATH from 1977. Trying desperately to seem like a sequel to the previous year’s VIOLENT NAPLES, this one has Leonard Mann as Commissioner Belli, a cop on the edge trying to track down rogue mob boss Santoro (Henry Silva) while also helping out a precocious/annoying kid named Gennarino. Thankfully this one has a trick up its sleeve: EXTREME VIOLENCE (thanks to Fulci makeup favorite Gino De Rossi), and a few solid action scenes (car chases! Pool hall fights! Piano wire decapitation!) to keep things moving. It’s not bad, but is it.. good? Listen and find out!

Cinema Smorgasbord – We Do Our Own Stunts – Twinkle Twinkle, Lucky Stars (1985)

Cinema Smorgasbord, Podcasts on November 17, 2025 0Comments 0Likes

It’s the 300th(!!!!) episode of Cinema Smorgasbord! Now, normally we would do a big, special celebratory episode, but.. uh.. I forgot it was coming up so instead we’re back with those pervy Lucky Stars goofballs as they travel to Thailand for some trademark misadventures/sexual harassment. Thankfully these sequences are intercut with some of the most incredible action sequences of the era featuring (naturally) Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao (and also Andy Lau, Richard Norton, Lau Kar-wing, Dick Wei, Philip Ko, and Yasuaki Kurata!). Michelle Yeoh even pops up briefly. It’s a tale of two movies in 1985’s TWINKLE TWINKLE, LUCKY STARS. Enjoy!