Episode 22: Cold as Shit

Here are some show notes from the new episode:

What is more appropriate at this chilly time of year than to discuss films that take place in cold and isolated environments? Sam and Mike tackle three films; The Last Winter 2006, 30 Days of Night 2007, and John Carpenter's The Thing 1982. We discuss why this setting lends itself well for horror films as well as our thoughts on good ways and bad ways to express political opinions via film.

We also get our first entry to the "Imitate Sam" contest. You're guaranteed to laugh your ass off when you hear this.

Lastly, this week we take a step back and play some guilty pleasures for the musical selections...

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Evil Zombie Usses!

So, I know this is lame, but... I had some extra time this week and we did some chatting over on the Midnight Podcast forums about getting "Zombie Portraits". We talked about sites like http://www.zombieportraits.com/.

Well, me being the dumbass that I am, I thought I'd take a shot. I am in no way a graphic designer, but I figured that I'd at least take a stab at making a zombie me. So, I took a pic of myself and gave it a shot. I kind of liked the way my zombie turned out, so I tried making one of Sam. Sam sent over 4 or 5 pics of himself and I chose the one that looked most like a mugshot.

They look different from each other in color and tone even though I followed the tutorial to the letter with both attempts.

I figured that I'd put them up here since I think that they are, if nothing else, pretty funny. I also added them on the "About Us" page.

So... Here they are.

Sam:


Mike:

Hellraiser Deader Review - SPOILERS! by Robert R. Best

Kari Wuhrer smokes. And does investigative reporting. Like taking pictures of crack addicts in their natural environment. This gets her on the front page. So she smokes.

Her boss gives her a tape to watch. She smokes and does so. The tape shows a weird cult, known as Deaders, killing themselves and coming back to life. This freaks Kari Wuhrer out, so she smokes.

She investigates the Deaders, going to Eastern Europe so she can smoke and remind us all vaguely of Hostel and how much money that made.

Things quickly stop making any sense. Kari Wuhrer smokes and runs around a lot. And gets stabbed without dying. And has flashbacks about her abusive father. And smokes.

Eventually we sort of learn that the Deaders have tampered in Pinhead's domain and Pinhead is pissed. The Deaders want Kari Wuhrer to smoke and kill herself so they can do something or other. She refuses. Pinhead shows up and kills all the Deaders. Kari Wuhrer escapes Pinhead by killing herself, which is suddenly a good thing now. Pinhead goes "Nooooooo!"

The end.

Did I mention how much Kari Wuhrer smokes in this movie? It's a lot.

Episode 21: Sci-Fi Horror

We've finally released Episode 21. Here are some notes on the episode:

This week Mike and Sam discuss a few selections that fall into the genre of Sci-Fi Horror. We realize that this topic is not the most unique, but we put our spin on the topic. We review Galaxy of Terror 1981, Event Horizon 1997, and the classic Alien 1979.

In this episode, Sam gets called a name that he just can't seem to die and a flame-war is started with another podcast... kind of.

Don't forget about our "Impersonate Sam" contest. We have an awesome prize package for the the person who calls our voicemail with the best impression of Sam!

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Robert R. Best Reviews Zombie

There are some movies you love more than they deserve.

Zombie - a 1979 Italian movie by Lucio Fulci - is one of those movies for me.

70's/80's Italian horror can be a bit of an acquired taste. They tend to be loosely written, slow and heavy on the gore. Horror fans raised on shaky-cam and jump cuts tend to find them unbearable. Oh well. Their loss.

And to that the fact that Lucio Fulci wasn't necessarily the greatest director of all time. He made loose, sloppy movies which moved slowly and in which acting was - well, incidental to the whole process. But there's a gleeful sleaziness to his movies, a willingness to get to the nasty gory point, that I just love.

So, on to what many consider his classic, Zombie. Well, it's known in America as Zombie. In the UK, it's known as Zombie Flesh Eaters. And in Italy it was released as Zombi 2. Interestingly, there was no Italian movie called Zombi. There was an American movie released in Italy as Zombi, which was known in America as Dawn Of The Dead. Confused?

Okay. Let's back up. While Fulci is making Zombie, Romero's Dawn Of The Dead is a huge hit in Italy under the name Zombi. To cash in on this, Fulci's film is then released as Zombi 2, as though it's a sequel to Dawn Of The Dead, which it's not. Still confused?

Oh well. Let's just call it Zombie.

Story time! A seemingly abandoned boat floats into New York Harbor. The harbor patrol discovers a zombie on board. The zombie attacks and is shot.

A journalist investigates the attack, and meets a woman whose father was supposed to be on the boat. They trace the trail - do boats leave trails? - back to an island with an outbreak of . . . malaria! Oh, I mean, zombies! They go to the island and zombie attacks ensue.

And that's pretty much the plot. But that's not why you watch this movie. You want to see disgusting zombies. And you do. Fulci's zombies also look more - well, corpse-y than Romero's zombies. They really do look like corpses. Like this guy:



And there's lots of gore. Gobs of it. Including one of the most infamous gore scenes of all time. If you haven't seen it, here's how it starts:



Guess how that plays out. And, there's also this:



And that's all you really need to know. This movie has a zombie fighting a shark.

A zombie. Fighting a shark.

Enjoy.

Robert R. Best Series of Reviews: Calvaire

Robert R. Best has offered to submit a series of film reviews. We, here at the Cadaver Lab, feel lucky to have him send these into us because of his entries into horror literature. Make sure to visit him online at http://robertrbest.synthasite.com/.

Review of Calvaire:

This is a Belgian film from a few years back. It's disturbing, perverse and worth seeing.

Our hero is a low-level singer who is touring the countryside, playing nursing homes and things like that. And we gather that he considers himself better than the sad, lonely people he is performing for.

While on the way to another show, he ends up stranded in a depraved village being terrorized by a depraved innkeeper. And all sorts of nasty things ensue. And his distaste for the sad and lonely quite literally comes back to fuck him in the ass. And crucify him. And force him to wear dresses.

Also features a pig being violated and the strangest dancing you'll ever see. How strange? So strange that I feel compelled to mention it on top of the other things I've listed.

Watch it.

Trust me.

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