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  • Encounters of the Spooky Kind - Podcast/Discussion

    Encounters of the Spooky Kind - Podcast/Discussion
    2026/08/18
    Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Chinese: 鬼打鬼; pinyin: Guǐ dǎ guǐ; lit. 'Ghost Against Ghost') is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts comedy horror film starring and directed by Sammo Hung, written by Hung and Huang Ying, and produced by Hung's film production company Bo Ho Film Company. Hung stars as Cheung, a rickshaw worker whose wife is having an affair with one of his wealthy clients. His wife and her lover hire a powerful sorcerer to kill Cheung, who is aided by the sorcerer's colleague (Chung Fat).
    Encounters of the Spooky Kind was one of the first Hong Kong-produced action horror comedies; it popularized the production of films featuring jiangshi, hopping vampires of Chinese folklore, though it was not the first film to feature jiangshi.

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    1 時間 29 分
  • ZOMBIE (1979) w/ special guest screenwriter of MICHAEL, John Logan

    ZOMBIE (1979) w/ special guest screenwriter of MICHAEL, John Logan
    2026/08/26
    This week we have a look at the 1979 zombie film from Lucio Fulci, ZOMBIE AKA ZOMBI 2. This is Episode 493!
    ZOMBIE AKA ZOMBI 2 is a 1979 English-language Italian zombie film directed by Lucio Fulci. It was adapted from an original screenplay by Dardano Sacchetti to serve as a sequel to George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978), which was released in Italy under the title Zombi. The film was released as Zombie in the USA and Zombie Flesh-Eaters in the UK. It stars Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, and Richard Johnson, and features a score by frequent Fulci collaborator Fabio Frizzi.
    PLUS, once more we are joined by very special guest JOHN LOGAN-- John has been nominated for the Oscar three times and has received Golden Globe, BAFTA, WGA and Edgar awards. His film work includes Skyfall, Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo, Rango, Sweeney Todd, They/Them, The Last Samurai, and Any Given Sunday. His most recent release is the movie Michael, about Michael Jackson. Michael has been a monumental commercial success, the highest-grossing biopic of all time, the highest-grossing musical biopic and the biggest film in Lions Gate's history.

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    1 時間 31 分
  • The Ghost Lovers (Podcast/Discussion)

    The Ghost Lovers (Podcast/Discussion)
    2026/08/05
    This week we have a look at the 1974 Shaw Brothers film The Ghost Lovers. This is Episode 491!
    The Ghost Lovers AKA A Woman with Half Soul) is a 1973/1974 Hong Kong–South Korean supernatural romance produced by Shaw Brothers Studio in collaboration with Shin Films. Directed by the South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok, the film stars Li Ching as a young upper-class maiden who dies waiting for the return of her betrothed, Lam Wai-Tiu as Han, a young man whom she must convince to sleep with her ghostly form or else she’s doomed to wander the earth forever.

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    56 分
  • Castle Talk: Chad Boykin, author of Kaiju Haiku: A Haiku Comics Zine

    Castle Talk: Chad Boykin, author of Kaiju Haiku: A Haiku Comics Zine
    2026/08/01
    Today we're talking with Chad Boykin, author of Kaiju Haiku: A Haiku Comics Zine which is brand new from Jobber House Press, available now wherever you look for books.
    About the book:
    Japan is the land of giant monsters and tiny poems. Kaiju Haiku fuses these two cultural forces into one stunning full-color explosion! Remember the awe of discovering giant monster movies as a child? Imagine recapturing that magic. Experience the wonder one more time through stunning haiku set to surreal abstract comic book art. Each poem is a small exploration of kaiju cinema. A burst of nostalgia. A pop of insight. Lurking below the surface, they are also an invitation to slow down, to look twice. Mirrors disguised as windows. What will you see looking back at you? Then, like a burst of the fireball from outer space, the vivid kaleidoscopic comic art of Jason McBride explodes onto each page - transporting you to parts unknown. Kaiju Haiku is an art museum that fits into your pocket. A traveling companion. Reach for it anytime the ordinary becomes a little too ordinary. The giant monsters are waiting.


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    29 分
  • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (Podcast/Discussion)

    Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (Podcast/Discussion)
    2026/07/21
    This week we have a look at the 1969 Japanese fantasy horror film Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts. This is Episode 490!
    The third and final film in Daiei's "Yokai Monsters" trilogy, Along with Ghosts (Japanese title: Tōkaidō Obake Dōchū, "The Haunted Journey Along Tokaido") was directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and Yoshiyuki Kuroda, released March 21, 1969 on a double bill with Gamera vs. Guiron. Unlike the prior two entries, this one plays largely as a samurai melodrama with the yokai kept mostly offscreen until the climax.

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    1 時間 3 分
  • Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (Podcast/Discussion)

    Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (Podcast/Discussion)
    2026/07/14
    This week we have a look at the 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare. This is Episode 489!
    Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (Japanese: 妖怪大戦争, Hepburn: Yōkai Daisensō; lit. 'The Great Yokai War') is a 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda. It is the second in a trilogy of films produced in the late 1960s, all of which focus around traditional Japanese monsters known as yōkai. (It was preceded by Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968), and was followed by Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969).

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    1 時間 11 分
  • JUST BEFORE DAWN (Podcast/Discussion) with MICHAEL screenwriter John Logan

    JUST BEFORE DAWN (Podcast/Discussion) with MICHAEL screenwriter John Logan
    2026/07/01
    This week we have a look at the 1981 Slasher film JUST BEFORE DAWN. This is Episode 488! JUST BEFORE DAWN is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Jeff Lieberman and starring Chris Lemmon, Gregg Henry, Deborah Benson, Ralph Seymour, Jamie Rose, and George Kennedy. The film follows a group of hikers who travel into a mountainous region of Oregon to visit property inherited by one of them, only to be hunted by a ruthless backwoods killer.
    PLUS, once more we are joined by very special guest JOHN LOGAN-- John has been nominated for the Oscar three times and has received Golden Globe, BAFTA, WGA and Edgar awards. His film work includes Skyfall, Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo, Rango, Sweeney Todd, They/Them, The Last Samurai, and Any Given Sunday. His most recent release is the movie Michael, about Michael Jackson. Michael has been a monumental commercial success, the highest-grossing biopic of all time, the highest-grossing musical biopic and the biggest film in Lions Gate's history.


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    1 時間 35 分
  • Castle Talk: Sangster Directs Hammer with Marcus Hearn and David Gregory

    Castle Talk: Sangster Directs Hammer with Marcus Hearn and David Gregory
    2026/06/12
    Tonight we're talking about one of the most comprehensive Hammer releases in a while — Sangster Directs Hammer, a seven-disc box set from Severin Films featuring the three films director Jimmy Sangster made for Hammer at the turn of the 70s: The Horror of Frankenstein, Lust for a Vampire, and Fear in the Night. All three are now in their North American UHD premiere, scanned in 4K from original camera negatives — plus nineteen hours of special features and a brand new 312-page book, Horror! Lust! Fear! Sangster.
    The set releases June 30th and is available for pre-order right now at SeverinFilms.com.

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    31 分