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Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1977’s The Incredible Melting Man and 1989’s The Vineyard.
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We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about seeing Oz Perkins’ The Monkey and reading the horror/sci-fi manga Dandadan, and Justin talks about attending a screening of Mulholland Drive.
Up first is The Incredible Melting Man. Justin talks about being familiar with the film’s poster before actually seeing it, and Liam talks about how a few years back he was somewhat ostracized for not liking this movie at a past Exhumed Film’s Horrorthon, and discuss how boring the film is despite the hype.
We talk about how the film has somewhat unexpectedly dark tones to it, one of them being the concept the objectification of the working class by the government. Liam brings up some of the film’s quirkier elements such as the strange fashion choices, and we talk about the odd casting choice of director Jonathan Demme.
Justin talks about how it felt that the very beginning and very end of the film are the best parts and stand out in stark contrast to the rest of the film.
We discuss the lack of tension in the film despite having a clear menacing presence, as well as the film still attempt to have a sense of drama to it.
Up next is The Vineyard. We give a summary of the film, and how it is objectively a poorly made film. We talk about actor James Hong’s career, and how his performance is the only compelling one in the film.
We discuss how the film is bad but it’s not boring, and how the film throws a lot at the wall. We talk how about it’s a rare American film of the time that doesn’t contain a hint of Christianity brushing up against it.
We discuss how the film feels like something that would be on Cinemax at one in the morning in the early ‘80s.
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