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The Carnage Report Episode 32: Brooklyn 45

On this episode of the podcast, Julie and Nick talk about director Ted Geoghegan’s latest, the ghost story of Brooklyn 45, now streaming on Shudder. In addition to what they think about the film, the pair recommend some other religious horror, discuss trailers galore for the fifth season of What We Do in the Shadows, Tearsucker, Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar, and more. Plus, Julie and Nick discuss their if their friends would come to a séance and get excited about Crypticon KC.

Cinema Smorgasbord – Cinema Fantastica – Watchers (1988) & Leviathan (1989)

On this episode of Cinema Fantastica we travel all the way to Molins de Rei, near Barcelona, Spain to attend the 1990 edition of the Molins Horror Film Festival. Or, more accurately, we’re attending the Dotze hores de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei, a ten hour marathon of recent horror movies that was initially established way back in 1973! The 1990 edition featured a slew of interesting horror films, and our hosts have chosen two to battle against each other: the super-intelligent dog chased by a sasquatch-monkey thing Canadian horror film WATCHERS from 1988 /w Corey Haim and Michael Ironside, and the star-studded underwater mutant monster film LEVIATHAN from 1989 /w Peter Weller, Ernie Hudson, Daniel Stern and more. WHICH FILM REIGNS SUPREME? Listen and find out!

The Shame List Picture Show S7E8 – CRUISING (1980) feat. Niko Aldrich

On today’s episode of the Shame List Picture Show, Michael is joined by Niko Aldrich. Niko Aldrich is not only a friend of Michael’s but a former guest, and also a skilled editor and filmmaker. Niko joins Michael to discuss William Friedkin’s controversial yet transgressive film CRUISING. A film that was wildly misunderstood back in 1980, CRUISING is being re-evaluated in the last couple of years as one of Friedkin’s most interesting pieces of filmmaking.

Cinema Smorgasbord – Wild in the Streets – The Italian Connection (1972)

We’re getting WILD IN THE STREETS with Henry Silva and Woody Strode in Fernando Di Leo’s THE ITALIAN CONNECTION from 1972! Starring Mario Adorf as a Milanese pimp wanted by the mob for a crime he didn’t commit, it takes its time getting going, but eventually turns into a story of violent revenge, including one of the finest chase sequences you’re likely to ever see! We discuss some of our other favorite chase scenes, Liam’s crime connections and SO MUCH MORE. Check it out!