Hold onto your hats and masks ladies and germs! This week’s Podcast has a very special look into the mind of the man behind the man behind the man behind the man behind the man behind the all work and no play make Gooshie a dull boy…kjdlsf,kjnsdfam,vsiu Sorry about that. Anyway… It’s the one and […]
Posts Tagged ‘Halloween’
Side-Cast: Fotonovels & Novelizations
Posted: 8th January 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Electronics, Film, History, Literature, Podcast, Side-Casts, TechnologyTags: 8MM, Alfred Hitchcock, Assault on Precinct 13, Batman, Cassette Tape, Choose Your Own Adventures, Coffee, Dean Koontz, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, fotonovels, Funhouse, Gremlins, Halloween, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, Harry and the Hendersons, iCloud, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, iTunes, James Cameron, John Carpenter, LUX Radio Theater, MP3 Player, Psycho, Record, Rocky, Rocky 2, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Star Trek, Star Wars, Suspense, The Abyss, The Omen, the terminator, VCR, Viewmaster, Vincent Price
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back and ready to kick 2014 off with a duesy of a topic: Before you had the DVD, VCR, or even the Multiplex, how else could fans continue to digest their favorite films after seeing them in the theater? Well the duo discuss the short-lived 1970’s genre called the fotonovel, and film novelizations. The […]
Oh My God… It’s… it’s… it’s BAD!
Posted: 9th November 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Batman, Captain America, Dick Tracy, Doctor Who, Halloween, Justice League, Spider-Man, Superman, The Phantom, The Rocketeer, The Shadow
For reasons that defy proper explanation, J and Dion delve into some of the worst that genre entertainment has to offer. Waxing nostalgic over guilty pleasures like The Flash TV series and The Shadow feature film and trying desperately to forget misfires like CBS’ abortive Justice League TV pilot and fan films like The Death of Batman, the boys cover […]
Tattoos & Home Brewin’ (And NOT Prolapse!)
Posted: 26th October 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Beer, Food, Podcast, SexTags: Alamo Drafthouse, Beer, Brian Cox, Disney, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Ernest Borgnine, Filmation, Freaks, Ghostbusters, Guiness, H.P. Lovecraft, Halloween, Home Brewing, Joesph Gordon Levitt, Lou Scheimer, Manhunter, Nightmare on Elm Street, Reanimator, Silence of the Lambs, Spiderman, Stuart Gordon, tattoo, The Black Hole, The Great Courses, The Real Ghostbusters, Transmetropolitan, Yonkers Ale
The Podwits are at it again and this week are pulling out all the stops! They chat about Alamo Drafthouse, buying educational lectures online, brewing your own beer, Halloween favorites, getting a tattoo, and- anal prolapse (does it always lead to porn?!). Come have a listen to what we’re serving for you this week! Footnotes: Find […]
Side-Cast: Horror Remakes Part 1
Posted: 16th October 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 13 Ghosts, 28 Days Later, Assault on Precinct 13, Bob Clark, Bullitt, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Deadly Blessing, Don Siegel, Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland, Ed Gein, Friday the 13th, Funny Games, George Romero, Halloween, Halloween 2, House on Haunted Hill, I Spit on Your Grave, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Irreversible, John Carpenter, John Saxon, Kevin Williamson, Last House on the Left, Monica Bellucci, Murder By Decree, My Bloody Valentine, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, Phil Kaufman, Psycho, Robert Duvall, Scream, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Straw Dogs, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Beyond, The Crazies, The Evil Dead, The Faculty, The Fly, The Haunting, The Strangers, The Thing, Tony Todd, When a Stranger Calls, William Castle, World's End
‘Tis the season of witches, ghosts and goblins, and the Podwits are full of the Halloween spirit! Contributor J. Blake and Dion sit down in this edition of the Side Cast to discuss their favorite remakes in the horror film genre! They get into the nuts and bolts and see how their faves stack up […]
Halloween II…Still The Night “He” Came Home
Posted: 30th October 2012 by J. Blake in Film, Film ReviewTags: Blu-ray Review, Donald Pleasance, Film, Film Review, Halloween, Halloween 2, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter
One could argue that few film franchises are more polarizing among horror fans than the HALLOWEEN series and of the installments featuring Michael Myers, it is HALLOWEEN II that is, perhaps, the most controversial. Considered by some to be a worthy follow-up to its now legendary predecessor and by others to be a steamy pile […]
“What’s in a Name?“
Posted: 27th October 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Albert Brooks, Alien, Bob Hope, Boris Karloff, Cary Grant, Charlton Heston, Cher, Dean Martin, Diana Rigg, Doris Day, Gene Wilder, Groucho Marx, H.P. Lovecraft, Halloween, Harry Houdini, Harvey Keital, Ice T, James Bond, Jamie Foxx, John Denver, John Wayne, Jon Stewart, Judy Garland, Martin Sheen, Michael Caine, Michael Myers, Natalie Wood, Reanimator, Roger Moore, Rogert Ebert, Sean Connery, Skyfall, Star Trek, The Avengers, Timothy Dalton, William Shatner, Winona Ryder, Woody Allen
‘Tis a tale of spirits and spooks this week. The lads wrestle about horror films and aliases, while dodging MI5 secret agents and contract killers. Yep, they’ll all need afternoon naps after this one…
Facing Childhood Fears: Revisiting John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13
Posted: 21st September 2012 by Dion in Film, Film ReviewTags: Assault on Precinct 13, George C Scott, George Romero, Gregory Peck, Halloween, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, Kim Richards, Night of the Living Dead, Quentin Tarantino, Rage, Rio Bravo, Sorcerer, The Boys From Brazil, The Fog, The Last Man on Earth, The Thing, Vincent Price, William Friedkin
It’s interesting what images stay with you from childhood, still crisp as the day they were viewed. I know like most kids growing up, in what sadly seems already like another time, I was exposed to a lot of television and film at a very early age, which made me into what I am today […]