Jen and Tim warn the listener about a stupefying piece of outsider cinema, Dracula’s Angel.

Watch Dracula’s Angel on YouTube, if you want to look straight into the abyss. Also stop by the creators’ website!

The IMDb reviews, which the filmmakers solicit via title card at the end of the movie, are extremely amusing.

If you enjoyed this for some reason, check out our other episodes on the least polished media we have covered so far in our Outsider Cinema collection!

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Tim and Jen welcome Tom of the Anime Sickos podcast to roll with a movie stocked with a single Corey, Prayer of the Rollerboys.

Listen to The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne, “a fresh and original story set in a deceptively familiar world of constant surveillance, information overload, and electronic communication.”

Can’t get enough rolling? Watch this Vice documentary about “aggressive skating,” its rise and decline, and the utter loathing of skateboarders for inline skaters.

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Jen and Tim look back at a dark entry from the often astonishing oeuvre of Nicholas Ray, the thrilling melodrama Bigger Than Life. Also Tim has medical trauma.

Errata: Jen says “They Drive By Night” when she meant They Live By Night, confusing Raoul Walsh’s 1940 hit with Nicholas Ray’s 1948 debut feature. Her pay will be docked accordingly.

The Classic Film Noir website has a wonderful visual essay about the film, including details about the negative critical response when it was released.

Adrian Danks writes about Bigger Than Life and the psyche of its central character in a 2009 essay for Senses of Cinema. Sam Wasson’s article at the same site gives cultural context to the film,including the chilling affect of the Cold War and anticommunism.

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