Podsploitation – Details, episodes & analysis

Body Melt (1993). Written by Philip Brophy & Rod Bishop, directed by Philip Brophy. Starring Gerard Kennedy, Andrew Daddo, Ian Smith, Gina Gaigalas, Brett Climo, Lisa McCune, Nick Polites, Maurie Annese, William Innes, Suzi Dougherty, Vince Gil, Neil Davis, Ben Genrens, Amanda Douge, Matt Newton, Anthea Davis, Adrian Wright, Jillian Murray, Lucinda Cowden, Stig Wemyss and Tommy Dysart.

Splat!

Body Melt at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106450/

Body Melt at OzMovies: https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/body-melt

Body Melt available at Umbrella: https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/body-melt-blu-ray-ozploitation-classics

Podcast theme music is ‘Creation Time’ by KieLoKaz, used with their kind permission under Creative Commons. Their work can be found and purchased at musikbrause.de .

The film © Body Melt Pty Ltd 1993.  

The podcast ℗ Moment of Mayhem 2021.

Out of the Body (1988). Written by Kenneth G Ross, directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. Starring Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries, Linda Newton, Helen O’Connor, Mary Regan, Carrie Zivitz, Sally Hudson, John Clayton, John Ley and Margaret Gerard.

A killer terrorises Sydney and gives visions to a wild-eyed musician. Or is the wild-eyed musician himself the killer? What does his cat have to do with it? What can the police do? What’s his job? There are a lot of questions to this movie.

• Out of the Body at IMDb:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098044/
  
• Out of the Body at OzMovies:  https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/out-of-the-body
  
• Out of the Body on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FDjcntohXk
  
  
  The film © Premiere Film Marketing 1988.  The podcast ℗ Moment of Mayhem 2021.

The Marsupials: The Howling III (1987). Written and directed by Philippe Mora. Starring Barry Otto, Imogen Anneley, Dagmar Bláhová, Lee Biolos, Ralph Cotterill, Frank Thring, Max Fairchild and Michael Pate.

Now, it’s the sequel that’s not a sequel. Werewolves in the outback, orange future fashions, film buffs doing science and women with pouches - the team get themselves a horror-comedy Halloween as the Undead Host brings them some Howling!

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this podcast may contain audio of, and references to, people who are deceased.

• The Howling III at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093227/
  
• The Marsupials: The Howling III at OzMovies:  https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/marsupials-the-howling-iii
  
• The Howling films available at Umbrella: https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/search?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=howling
  
• The Howling III on Rough Night Movie Podcast: http://lbzstudios.com/roughnight/2018/4/25/episode-19-the-howling-iii-the-marsupials-with-kelsey-kelly

Additional effects from Freesound and Sirderf.

The film © 1987 Bancannia Holdings. The Podcast ℗ 2020 Moment of Mayhem.

Theme music 'Hell Loop, Ween' by Lemon Yellow Hayes, used under an Art Libre Licence. Find more of their work at Free Music Archive.

I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2008). Written and directed by Stacy Edmonds & Doug Turner. Starring Jai Koutrae, Stacey Edmonds, Az Jackson, Doug Turner, Ben Paul Owens, Otto Heutling, James Winter, Aaron Scully, David Gambin and Brendan Arlington.

For November’s Dealer’s Choice, she deals out the low-budget cricket horror comedy to end all low-budget cricket horror comedies. This episode gives us a look at another way to make a low-budget film, revisits Callum’s definition of Ozploitation, has an intern try to raid her treats supply on-air, and once again asks how much of a film needs to be in the film itself?

• I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910904/
• I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer at AppleTV: https://tv.apple.com/au/movie/i-know-how-many-runs-you-scored-last-summer/umc.cmc.7ezlb2jwailyzaecszr345jya
• Phelous and the Movies’ review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVKLciK0H08

The Nullarbor Nymph (2012). Written and directed by Mathew J Wilkinson. Starring Douglas Feary, Jessica Sterling, Paul Hayman, Scott Whitecross, Madeyln Wilkinson, Ron Redford, Neville Betts, Mark Jeffrey and Mathew J Wilkinson.

Unable to decide on violence or nudity for her Dealer's Choice episode, Daria picked both in the form of The Nullarbor Nymph. Hoax begat legend begat movie begat review. Excessively 'helped' by two ginger cats, the team take on this modern approach to urban legends and indie mockumentaries.

• The Nullarbor Nymph at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954961/
• The Nullarbor Nymph at EzyDVD: http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/The-Nullarbor-Nymph/dp/6191469
• Nullarbor Nymph at Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullarbor_Nymph

The Time Guardian (1987). Written by John Baxter and Brian Hannant, directed by Brian Hannant. Starring Tom Burlinson, Nikki Coghill, Carrie Fisher, Dean Stockwell, Peter Merrill, Tim Robertson, Thye Liew Wan and Jim Holt.

Callum kicks off our Dealer's Choice season with popular always-on-the-video-rental-shelf The Time Guardian. Has this time-travel adventure withstood the trip from 1987 to 2020? Is there a reason we're not enjoying the Time Guardian Expanded Universe to this day, or was that predestination?

• The Time Guardian at IMDb:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094152/
  
• The Time Guardian at OzMovies:  https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/time-guardian
  
• The Time Guardian available at Rare Films on DVD:  https://www.rarefilmsondvd.com/product-page/the-time-guardian-1987-dvd

The film © I International Film Management 1987.  The chat ℗ Moment of Mayhem 2020.

Theme music 'Creation Time' by Kielokaz, used with their kind permission. Hear and purchase more at https://www.musikbrause.de/ .

Number 96 (1974). Directed by Peter Benardos, written by David Sale and Johnny Whyte. Starring Lynn Rainbow, Tom Oliver, Johnny Lockwood, Alister Smart, Rebecca Gilling,  Philippa Baker, Pat McDonald, Ron Shand, Bunney Brooke, Jeff Kevin, Elizabeth Kirkby, James Elliott, Joe Hasham, James Condon, Bettina Welch, Elaine Lee, Chard Haywood, John Orcsik and Thelma Scott.

The series that lost Australian television its virginity (so they say) went on to deflower the cinema. We look into the whole world of soap, sex, slapstick and seventies that Number 96: The Movie opens up. And, well, we're pretty much hooked.

• Number 96 at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071932/
• Number 96: The Movie at Umbrella:  https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/on-demand/3079-number-96.html
• Number 96 at OzMovies:  https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/number-96
• Number 96 Home Page: http://number96.tv
• Donate to Aboriginal Legal Service:  https://www.alsnswact.org.au/donate

End Play (1976). Directed and written by Tim Burstall. Adapted from a novel by Russell Braddon. Starring John Waters, George Mallaby, Ken Goodlet, Delvene Delaney, Bud Tingwell, Robert Hewett and Belinda Giblin. 

This month's thriller brings us two brothers and four dead hitch-hikers. The Podsploiteers talk adaptations, disability, eunuchs, books, twists and more; while Mayhem looks for something to read. 

(Update: Toward the end, Callum keeps wishing for Timestalkers. He of course means The Time Guardian.) 

• End Play at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072938/  
• End Play at OzMovies:  https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/end-play  
• End Play at Fishpond:  https://www.fishpond.com.au/Movies/End-Play-Belinda-Giblin/9344256005985    
• Sons of Obi-Wan Lightsaber Academy:  https://www.sonsofobiwan.com  
• Canty's Bookshop:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Independent-Bookstore/Cantys-Bookshop-169200606711/

Me and My Mates Vs The Zombie Apocalypse (2015). Directed and written by Declan Shrubb. Starring Alex Williamson, Greg Fleet, Jim Jeffries, Adele Vuko, Andy Trieu and Matt Popp.

Three Australian telecom tradespeople find themselves trapped in a telephone exchange during the onset of a zombie apocalypse. Three Australian podcasters find themselves in a home studio chattering about zombie rules and beer brands.

• Me and My Mates Vs The Zombie Apocalypse at IMDb:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2846938/
• Me and My Mates Vs The Zombie Apocalypse at Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/Mates-Vs-Zombie-Apocalypse-Jefferies/dp/B01I06LF18/
• Film Rhapsody Podcast 1.1:  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-film-rhapsody-60471379/episode/s1-ep1-new-year-new-60478453/
• Star Wars Downunder:  http://swdufanfilm.com

Black Sheep (2006). Written and directed by Jonathan King. Starring Nathan Meister, Danielle Mason, Peter Feeney, Tammy Davis, Tandi Wright and Glenis Levestam.

April Fool! And now for something completely (well, a bit) different.  There are a lot of sheep in the Land of the Long White Cloud. But you don't want to get up close and friendly with these ones.

• Black Sheep on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779982/
  
• Movie Oubliette's podcast review:  https://www.facebook.com/movieoubliette/posts/319182572147939 
  
• Worst Year Ever podcast:  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-worst-year-ever-49377032/