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I ramble about three horror movie marathons I attended last October: 1. "Ha-Ha Horror" at Brain Dead Studios in Los Angeles, where I watched the following horror-comedies in 16mm: Once Bitten (1985); Vamp (1986); Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988); Lake Placid (1999); Transylvania 6-5000 (1985); and Night of the Comet (1984)  2. "Camp Frida: Monster Mash" at The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, where I watched the creature features Razorback (1984); The Ritual (2017); Attack the Block (2011); Shakma (1990); Lifeforce (1985); and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 3. "The 20th Annual Horrorthon" at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, where I watched The Funhouse (1981); the uncensored cut of Night of the Living Dead (1990); Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987); Demon Witch Child (1975); Squirm (1976); and Night of the Demon (1980)

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Welp. I find myself increasingly bummed by the outside world, and so I decided to cheer up by watching two made-for-television movies from the 1980s about nuclear war: The Day After (1983), directed by Nicholas Meyer and written by Edward Hume, and Threads (1984), directed by Mick Jackson and written by Barry Hines. 

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In which I ramble about two Netflix films starring The Adorable Amy Adams. First, the 2020 adaptation of J.D. Vance's memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, directed by Ron Howard and written by Vanessa Taylor; co-starring Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, and Frieda Pinto. Then I follow with 2021's The Woman in the Window, based on the novel by A.J. Finn, directed by Joe Wright, and written by Tracy Letts; co-starring Gary Oldman, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Anthony Mackie. 

After my longest break yet, here I go giving this foolish endeavor another go-round, this time covering the 2002 Brian De Palma film Femme Fatale, starring Antonio Banderas and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. This was requested by my buddy Alec over a year ago, but then 2020 happened.  Click here for the blog version of this episode. 

It's listener request fulfillment time, so listen as your humble rambler awakens the sleeping giant of Whovians with his ignorant lack-of-knowledge as he rambles about the 1996 made-for-television film Doctor Who: The Movie, starring Paul McGann, Sylvester McCoy, Daphne Ashbrook, and Eric Roberts as The Master. 

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And click here for listener Kris Wallace's awesome book "Chuck Solace and the Mystic of Meridian" from Migrant Publishing. 

Greetings! Your lolly-gagging sometimes podcaster is back, just in time for Thanksgiving with ramblings on last October's All-Night Horror Show movie marathon at the world famous New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles. Listen as I attempt to describe my evening watching the films 1988's Edge of the Axe, 1967's Quatermass and the Pit, 1943's The Mad Ghoul, 2000's Cherry Falls, 1975's Demon Witch Child, and 1993's Body Snatchers. 

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Five months into the new year, I figured it was high time to get back in the saddle with my perverted player-hating ramblings on Jonah Hill's directorial debut from 2018, the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film, Mid90s, starring Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges, and Na-kel Smith. 

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Another requested episode -- dropped just in time for New Year's Eve -- in which I ramble about the 1999 made-for-cable adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, directed by David Jones and starring Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge. 

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By request, I ramble about Disney's 2017 live action Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon, starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, and plenty of familiar faces providing their voices. Then I ramble a bit about the 1991 animated film as well. Click here for the blog version of these ramblings.

At the beginning of October, I went to The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, CA. to attend Camp Frida, a 12-hour horror movie marathon, where I watched From Dusk Till Dawn; Shaun of the Dead; Insidious; Friday the 13th Part III 3D; 30 Days of Night; and Poltergeist (1982). In typical EFC fashion, I waited until the end of October to drop an episode about it.  Click here for the blog version of these ramblings.