Episode 8 - Terror In The Wilderness: Rituals And Just Before Dawn The Retro Podcast Massacre podcast

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS LIGHT SPOILERS ONLY FOR BOTH FILMS
In this episode, Val travels into the forest with an unwitting Willing Participant for a good old backwoods barbecue. But he's forgotten to pack any sausages...
Then we revisit the classic Canadian 1977 exploitation movie "Rituals" in which a group of doctors find themselves terrorised by an assailant who wishes to turn the terrain against the men.
Once we've finished with the doctors, Val then moves on to a familiar group of horny 1980's teenagers, ready to par-TAY to the max or whatever it was 1980's teens got up to, in the 1981 slasher "Just Before Dawn".
Unbeknownst to our teens, there's a man with a BIG knife and a bad attitude awaiting them.
Dare you venture into the unknown with Val? Grab the bug repellent and get ready to pitch a terror tent as we investigate BACKWOODS HORROR!
AGAIN, NO MAJOR SPOILERS IN THIS PODCAST. NO REALLY, WE MEAN IT.

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Welcome to The Big Screen Biograph 1:13:22

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The Retro Podcast Massacre is finished! But here's episode 1 of the new podcast - The Big Screen Biograph! If you liked it, please subscribe to the new show at any of the sites below... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-big-screen-biograph/id1554434636 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3UPwd9wrA5ewwSNuZXNLDm Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vdGhlLWJpZy1zY3JlZW4tYmlvZ3JhcGg Amazon: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/612a4b5c-6e94-4d33-aab0-111e8fec58c6/The-Big-Screen-Biograph Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/xmrdxmhc YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaZhNwU87TOfkBL6NWfDIBw…

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Episode 25 - The Rings: Sadako and Samara and ****ing Aidan 49:00

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THIS EPISODE INCLUDES FULL SPOILERS FOR THE RING In this episode, Val watches as many Ring films as he can possibly stand (all but one). We look at the entire plot of the original Ring movie, to see how it compares to the American remake. Is the original better, or are those who claim the remake is worse just farty cinema snobs? No hints as to Val's opinion, but yes, totally. They are. Val also runs through the sequels - and there are LOT of them. From the Japanese sequels, which veer into science fiction and romance, to the American sequels which veer into... errrr... well... remakes of the first one... So come! Join us one last time! We promise that the rumours about this podcast being cursed are NONSENSE! And that at no point will some watery teenager emerge from your phone and kill you! Probably.…

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Minisode - The Roly Poly Man - The Strangest Film You've Never Seen 15:21

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS Join Val for a short episode on the little-seen, little-known, criminally-underappreciated Australian splatter comedy, "The Roly Poly Man". A film SO obscure we could find out almost NOTHING about it. So Val does his best to explain the movie's INCREDIBLY strange plot and tells you why you NEED to track this film down! Featuring giant Amazonian leeches, the murder of a giant TV bear, huge testicles, horny nuns. several horrible children and a horse driving a taxi, you owe it to yourselves to listen to this episode and FIND THIS FILM!…

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Episode 24 - SPLAT! The Savage Humour of Peter Jackson 48:35

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ONLY LIGHT SPOILERS Kia ora koutou, Willing Participants! Come to New Zealand with us, for this very Kiwi episode of The Retro Podcast Massacre! Val takes a look at the splatstick years of Peter Jackson, from building models and effects in his dad's shed and cooking up aliens in his mum's oven for "Bad Taste" through to bringing us debauched, filthy puppets in "Meet The Feebles" and then on to THEEEE GORIEST FILM IN THE WORLD EVAH - "Braindead" aka "Dead Alive". We'll be talking about drinking chunder! Cooking charity workers! Murdering puppets! Sumatran rat monkeys! And mowing the lawn. So grab yourself a can of L&P, a packet of Rashuns and sit back as we take you to the Land of the Long White Cloud... and HEAPS of blood... Ngā Mihi, Val…

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Episode 23 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch - Genius or Bollocks? 45:47

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WARNING: This episode contains significant spoilers for the film Halloween III. In this episode, Val looks back on the troubled history of the film Halloween III: Season of the Witch. It was a sequel that John Carpenter and Debra Hill didn't want to make. But they found inspiration in one of Carpenter's horror heroes - British science-fiction writer, Nigel Kneale. In an audacious move, they decided to make a film unlike any other in the Halloween franchise. "Not a knife movie, but a pod movie," said Debra Hill. Could they pull it off? As the production broke down in acrimony between Kneale and Carpenter, critics called it a disaster. Fans were divided. And the film has remained controversial ever since. It's time to make the call... Halloween III - genius or BOLLOCKS?…

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Episode 22 - Hogmanay Special: Tales of Old Edinburgh 1:00:20

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! In this festive episode of The Retro Podcast Massacre, Val takes you back to Edinburgh. A medieval city, where past links to the present. We focus on two tales from famed Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Body Snatcher. Val's old friend Dougal stops by for a dram or two, and to share with us the real-life inspiration for both stories. The dastardly Deacon Brodie, who lived by night as "Sir Lluyd" - a criminal who inspired Mr. Hyde, and then the murders of the original body snatchers, Burke and Hare. Join us for this atmosphere soaked episode! Share a whisky with us and toast in the New Year! Sláinte, Willing Participants.…

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Episode 21 - Stephen King's Night Shift: The Movies 1:05:03

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ONLY MILD SPOILERS In this episode, Val looks back at Stephen King's first collection of short stories, "Night Shift" published in 1978. This slim volume contained enough material to inspire movies, sequels, tv show episodes, segments in anthologies and even a Bollywood movie! Val will look at seven of the feature film adaptations in turn before talking about the great man's awesome Dollar Baby programme which encourages young film-makers to adapt his work. We'll feature one of those very film-makers - Julia Marchese. She has recently taken Stephen King up on this amazing opportunity. And we'll be providing you Willing Participants with the chance to help with her audacious venture! SHOW NOTES: Julia's indiegogo campaign to raise money for the film is now closed but she is still working hard, raising the remainder of the budget. If you wish to contribute to the budget for "I Know What You Need", you can Tweet Julia @juliacmarchese. She can also be found on Instagram and Facebook. And if you want to know more, you can view Julia's original campaign and update videos here - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/i-know-what-you-need-a-stephen-king-adaptation?create_edit=true#/updates/all…

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Episode 20 - EVIL TWINS in Horror Movies or "Attack of the Clones" 48:17

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ONLY MILD SPOILERS In this dramatic episode of The Retro Podcast Massacre, the podcast is taken over by Val's EVIL TWIN Hal, who is determined the turn the Willing Participants into an army of unthinking drones! But first, Hal reviews three horror films which feature twins. The first is 1981's "Madhouse", directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis, featuring a spooky old house and a terrifying twin sister, hell-bent on REVENGE! Then we look at Brian de Palma's brilliant thriller "Sisters", starring Margot Kidder and featuring more Hitchcock references than a Truffaut textbook. Finally, we spend some time with the Mantle twins in David Cronenberg's brilliant and disturbing "Dead Ringers". This episode also features our first ever Pets in Peril RED Alert, a new segment called "Mansplaining with Men" and a pack of farty Labrador dogs. Will Val escape? Will Hal's evil plans succeed? You'll have to listen to find out!…

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Minisode - BRRRM-SPLAT! The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Dissected 33:27

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS ONLY Our first minisode! It turned out almost as long as a regular episode. Eff's sake. Join Val as he goes over the history of Tobe Hooper's horror masterpiece. The inspiration for the movie, the writing of the movie and the trauma of shooting the movie. Also find out how Tobe Hooper wanted to make the world's first ever PG-rated cannibal chain saw movie, and why the bemused British censors found it completely unrateable. We'll also talk about setting dead animals on fire, stinky actors and how the Mafia stole all the profits. Will we survive? And what we be left of us??…

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Episode 19 - Black and White Nights or "An Appointment With Fear" 50:10

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ONLY LIGHT SPOILERS In this episode, Val's family stops by to reminisce about their days of staying up late to watch the Friday Night Horror at grandad's on his old black and white tv set. We'll take a look at some family favourites from back in the day, including... - Robert Wise's adaptation of Shirley Jackson's classic novel, "The Haunting" - Jacques Tourneur's terrifying and atmospheric "Night of the Demon" - Heaps of rollicking fun with Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff in "The Strange Door" - And the film that traumatised young Val, "Devil Doll" from 1964. Why don't you cosy up with us? Curl up under a blanket with a nice cup of tea and some hot buttered toast. Let the ghoulies and ghosties roam outside as we celebrate Halloween with our horror family. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!…

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Episode 18 - Telekinesis in Horror Movies or "Carrie White Burns in Hell" 49:53

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ONLY LIGHT SPOILERS Join Val once again as he digs through the back catalogue for films about telekinesis! We start with a visit to the World Telekinesis Championships to see what would happen if you pitted a Firestarter against a Scanner! With that out of the way, Val then discusses what makes Carrie such an outstanding and influential horror movie, before discussing some of the films that followed in its wake. First of all, the campy, silly, funny tv film "The Initiation of Sarah" in which Shelley Winters gets to summon Satan and chew scenery at the same time. Then "The Medusa Touch" which sees Richard Burton attempting to use his gifts to DESTROY all those who displease him (hint: almost everyone). Then we head to Australia for a bit of Ozpolitation with "Patrick" a fun movie about a man confined to a hospital bed who still manages to get out and about... somehow. And finally we look at "The Sender" in which the nightmares of a disturbed young man manifest themselves as reality for everyone around him. We'll also briefly touch on "The Rage: Carrie 2" and the "Carrie" remake from 2013. And there's the usual digressions, willy jokes and segments like PETS IN PERIL and CULTURAL DIFFERENCES CORNER. You can't afford to miss this one. Mainly because it's, like, free.…

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Episode 17 - Hammer's Karnstein Trilogy or "Carmilla Comes A Cropper" 50:12

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ONLY LIGHT SPOILERS Greetings, Willing Participants! Come and join us for this wildly-Gothic, atmospheric episode of RPM! This time Val delves into the blood-soaked world of Hammer films, to look at their Karnstein trilogy. Tales of female vampires who want to seduce you before draining your blood. We open with Val's puerile and smutty tribute to Hammer movies, as he visits a Hammer tavern and talks to the barkeep about rude vampire ladies who may or may not look like Caroline Munro. Once that silliness is out of the way, Val takes us to Karnstein castle itself, where he relates the story of Hammer's Karnstein films - the stars, the behind the scenes drama and the quality of the films themselves. This episode is dedicated to the wonderful Peter Cushing and the fabulous Ingrid Pitt. Two horror stars who are sadly no longer with us, but whose rampant talent raises the level of "The Vampire Lovers" and "Twins of Evil" to Hammer classics. So come on in! Join us once again for BLOOD! THRILLS! LARFS! And a family of hedgehogs in the toilet! Links: Ingrid Pitt's Blog can be found here - https://www.denofgeek.com/author/ingrid-pitt/…

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Episode 16 - Anthony Perkins and Norman Bates: Psycho and Sequels 45:15

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WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS OF THE FILM "PSYCHO". LIKE YOU HAVEN'T ALL SEEN IT ALREADY. THERE ARE ONLY LIGHT SPOILERS OF THE FILMS, PSYCHO II, III AND IV. In this episode, we look back over the four Psycho films which star Anthony Perkins and completely ignore Psycho 1998 because seriously, eff that film. Val recounts the theory by critic Donald Spoto as to what Psycho 1960 is really all about, then moves swiftly on to the overlooked classic sequel Psycho II. Anthony Perkins himself directed Psycho III, and Val explains why this eccentric, arthouse entry into the saga doesn't meet the standards of its predecessor but is still worth your time. Finally, Henry (ET) Thomas gets a chance to don the dress in Psycho IV and Val reckons even that film adds a little something to the story. Come! Join us! As we discuss murders, mothers and LARGE KNIVES. Along the way we'll also discuss the cinema habits of 1970's patrons and pooing in the shower. It's a very full episode. INSIDE PSYCHO PODCAST: https://wondery.com/shows/inside-psycho/…

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Episode 15 - The Terror Films of Pete Walker 36:42

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ONLY LIGHT SPOILERS In this episode, Val invites you to step into the TIME VORTEX as we travel back to the sleazy, swinging world of seedy London in the early 1970's, full of permissive young people and disapproving old folk. Val takes you into a 1970's flea-pit cinema where we talk through the "Terror Films" of Pete Walker. He was a British director who wanted his movies to inspire TERROR through their reality. No vampires or ghosts for him. His films feature insane old people, torturing, murdering and even EATING the young. No really. In this episode we discuss The Flesh and Blood Show (1972), Frightmare (1974), House of Mortal Sin (1976), Schizo (1976), The Comeback (1977) and House of the Long Shadows (1983). So prepare yourselves for a fun romp through the seamier side of British horror cinema. Find out about the controversies, the scandals and Val's unrequited love for saucy British actresses! DARE YOU STEP INTO... THE TIME VORTEX?…

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Episode 14 - Early David Cronenberg: The "Squishy" Years 41:36

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ONLY LIGHT SPOILERS In this episode, Val explores the crazy, sticky, scary and maybe-misogynistic world of David Cronenberg. We open at the Van Nostrand Institute for Scary Science Fiction Ideas where a bunch of science nerds have invented Oblivio-Cast, the next generation in podcasting which may or may not cause sexual insanity and/or head explosions. With that silliness out of the way, Val reviews the first three films from the King of Body Horror. In "Shivers" a luxury apartment complex is taken over by rampant sex zombies. In Cronenberg's second film, "Rabid", Marilyn Chambers runs amok with her vampire armpit, which is turning mild-mannered Canadians into drooling snot-monsters. Finally, David Cronenberg works out his marital issues in "The Brood" which features Samantha Eggar as a woman who uses her womb to wreak revenge on those who have wronged her. In addition to the above reviews, we'll also feature our usual PETS IN PERIL ALERT and we introduce a new segment CELEBRITY ANECDOTE CORNER. JOIN WITH US, WILLING PARTICIPANTS. LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH.…

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