A series of encounters between a space blob and the world’s oldest teenagers.

Andrew and Matt go under the sea, where the seaweed is always greener (in someone else’s lake).

Creature from the Black Lagoon was directed by Jack Arnold and stars

• Richard Carlson
• Julie Adams
• Richard Denning
• Antonio Moreno
• Nestor Paiva
• Whit Bissell.

The Creature was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning underwater.

Additional notes

• Space Seed/The Wrath of Khan
• The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara relates the story of the designer of the Creature, Millicent Patrick
• The Shape of Water

The return of Vincent Price (Danzig voice intensifies)

I messed up and lost my audio for this one, so treat yourself to two excerpts from recent Patreon content – THE THING (1982) and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)

Let’s talk about pods baby.

Show Notes

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) was directed by Phillip Kaufman and stars:

• Donald Sutherland
• Brooke Adams
• Veronica Cartwright
• Jeff Goldblum
• Leonard Nimoy

The film’s Wikipedia page

It’s a remake of the 1955 film, which is adapted from the novel by Jack Finney.

There are two other remakes, one from 1993 and one from 2007.

We watched the version that was available (freely and legally) on YouTube but seems to have disappeared.

Topics Discussed

• The many versions of this story
• Donald Sutherland as heartthrob

• Wilhelm Reich
• The paranoid tradition of 1970’s horror
• Freddy and the Dreamers
• The X-Men

Andrew recommends buying all the back issues of Indiepocalypse.

We move into our sci-fi horror with this archetype-defining classic.

Show Notes

Village of the Damned was directed by Wolf Rilla and stars George Sanders

The film’s Wikipedia page

The story was adapted from the novel by John Wyndham

We watched the version that is streaming on the Criterion Channel

Topics Discussed

• European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945
• The Falcon, the Saint, and serial movies from the forties
• Blumhouse & the Dark Universe

Andrew recommends buying all the back issues of Indiepocalypse.

Andrew and Matt conclude their series on Folk Horror with this old Nicholas Roeg chestnut, starring Julie Christie, classic beefman Donald Sutherland, and, of course, Venice.

Show Notes

Don’t Look Now was directed by Nicholas Roeg and stars Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.

The film’s wikipedia page

The story was inspired by Daphne Du Maurier’s short story of the same name

Andrew watched the Criterion blu-ray. I watched the version you can rent for $4 on Amazon Prime.

Topics Discussed

• Don’t Look Now: British Cinema in the 1970’s
• Blair Witch Project
• Roger Corman and his influence
• The Patreon
• This happened to my buddy Eric

Andrew recommends buying all the back issues of Indiepocalypse.

Desperate to produce content for the content mills, Andrew and Matt resort to remote recording and in the process discuss the first Australian film on the podcast.

Show Notes

Picnic at Hanging Rock, which is for grownups only please, was directed by Peter Weir and stars Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver

The film’s wikipedia page

The story was inspired by Joan Lindsay’s 1967 book of the same name

We watched the version available on the Criterion Channel.

Andrew recommends buying all the back issues of Indiepocalypse.

Andrew and Matt live out the quarantine days with a trip into this psychedelic medieval witchcraft animated film.

Show Notes

Belladonna of Sadness, which is for grownups only please, was directed by Eiichi Yamamoto and starred Aiko Nagayama and Tatsuya Nakadai.

The film’s wikipedia page

We were inspired to watch this film after reading this top 10 list on Unquiet Dead.

The story was inspired by Jules Michelet’s 1862 non-fiction book “La Sorcière”.

We watched the version available on Kanopy, which may be free with your library.

Matt recommends Castlevania Season 3 on Netflix.

Andrew recommends Indiepocalypse.

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A double feature this month – we talk about the excellent 1968 BBC adaptation of “Whistle and I’ll Come To You”… and also the other one.

Show Notes

The first version of Whistle and I’ll Come to You was released in 1968, was directed by Jonathan Miller and stars Michael Hordern.

The second version was released in 2010, was directed by Neil Cross, and stars John Hurt.

The film’s wikipedia page

The story was adapted from the short story “Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” by MR James.

We watched the version available on YouTube (1968) and Amazon Prime (2010).

Matt recommends the Color Out of Space.

Andrew recommends not recommending anything.

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We continue to delve into folklore horror with this excellent 1950’s film, by the same director as Cat People. Show Notes Night of the Demon released in 1957 was directed by Jacques Tourneur and starred Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis. My chihuahua is sick and you can hear her making a horrible cough […]