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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘Psycho’
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
Alan Jones: Dario Argento & Beyond…
Posted: 31st October 2013 by J. Blake in Film, Film Review, News, Podwits Exclusive, UncategorizedTags: ABBA, Alfred Hitchcock, All The Colors Of The Dark, Amer, BBC, Brian DePalma, Bruno Forzani, Cat Of Nine Tails, Dancing Queen, Dario Argento, David Cronenberg, Deep Red, Diabolique, disco, Dracula 3D, Eleonora Giorgi, Eli Roth, Frenzy, George Romero, Giallo, Goblin, Hélène Cattet, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Horror, Inferno, John Carpenter, Johnny Rotten, Julie Andrews, Leon Cunningham, Lucio Fulci, Macbeth, Mario Bava, Martyrs, Michele Soavi, Mondo Argento, Mother of Tears, Nicholas Winding Refn, Phantom Of The Opera, Phenomena, Profondo Agento, Psycho, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Corman, Sergio Martino, Sid Vicious, Sleepless, Stendhal Syndrome, Strange Colors of Your Body's Tears, Suspiria, Tenebre, The Bird With Crystal Plumage, The Card Player, The Conjuring, The Day Britain Turned Disco, The Joy of Disco, the Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, The Wax Mask, Thomas Kretschmann, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Two Evil Eyes, White Punks on Dopw, William Castle
Halloween is here, Italian horror maestro Dario Argento’s latest film, Dracula 3D, has finally received distribution in the U.S.A. (through IFC Midnight) and the band Goblin, who contributed so many great scores to Argento’s earlier films (as well as many other Italian horror classics) is finishing up the first leg of their recent American tour. […]
Side-Cast: Horror Remakes Part 2
Posted: 30th October 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, Podcast, Side-CastsTags: Betty Davis, Black Christmas, Bruce Campbell, Cape Fear, Carrie, Dawn of the Dead, Devil's Rain, Disney, Elijah Wood, Ennio Morricone, Fear.com, Frankenstein, Fright Night, Gregory Peck, Howard Hawks, I Am Legend, Invaders From Mars, Irreversible, Joe Spinell, John Carpenter, John Frankenheimer, Ju-on, Julianne Moore, Let Me In, Let the Right One In, Maniac, Martyrs, Michael Mann, Mirrors, Mystery of the Wax Museum, Nightmare on Elm Street, Nightshift, Omega Man, Piranha, Piranha 3D, Piranha 3DD, Poltergeist, Psycho, Ray Harryhausen, Richard Matheson, Sam Raimi, Scarface, Scream Factory, Shelley Long, Shutter, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Steven Spielberg, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Amityville Horror, The Astronaut's Wife, The Black Hole, The Blob, The Cat People, The Devil and Max Devin, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II, The Exorcist, The Eye, The Fly, The Fog, The Grudge, The House of Wax, The Last Man on Earth, The Manchurian Candidate, The Mummy, The Omen, The Orphanage, The Ring, The Thing, The Thing From Another World, The Toolbox Murders, The Watcher in the Woods, The Wolfman, Tobe Hooper, Troll Hunter, Vincent Price, World War Z
Continuing to celebrate the festive Halloween season, Dion and contributor J. Blake are back with part two of their hugely insightful Side Cast on Horror Movie Remakes. They jump right back into the in’s and out’s of the genre, and see how their favorite modern intrepretations stack up to the classics and why. So grab a pen and paper (or you dang […]
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 […]
It’s Alive… ALIVE!!!
Posted: 9th June 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, Television, UncategorizedTags: Al Lewis, Eddie Izzard, Ernest Borgnine, Feline Quadrocopter, Jerry O'Connell, Peter Falk, Psycho, Ray Bradbury, Red Shirts, Remakes, Robocop, Star Trek, Taxidermy, The Munsters, Total Recall
This week the masters of Wit and Pod are confronted with the shocking terror that is… The Feline Quadrocopter! The Podwits then try to escape the horrors of Herman Munster and film stories that won’t die! Is it Halloween? No, but these frightening tales are not for those with weak hearts! Listen… IF YOU DARE!!! […]
First Look at NEW Alfred Hitchcock Film!
Posted: 23rd April 2012 by Dion in Film, NewsTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock, Psycho, Sienna Miller, The Birds, The Girl, Toby Jones
Can you spot who this is? Here’s the first look at Anthony Hopkins filling the shoes of one of the greatest directors of all time in the upcoming film Hitchcock.