Today’s edition of Nostalgia Trip is an encore presentation of a 2020 segment from our horror-themed podcast Examining The Dead. Dan “The Dragon” Wilson of Seeking Human Victims podcast joins Seth and Crazy Train to talk Christmas-themed horror films. The genre might be bigger than you think.
It’s a great time to be a Godzilla fan. It may even be the greatest time. Not only are there blockbuster movies and TV shows, but there is also a new Godzilla film by the company that created him, Toho Studios.
The Monsterverse continues with its latest installment, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong presumably picks up shortly after the previous film left off. The highly anticipated trailer introduces an all-new original villain to the Monsterverse.
Subotsky and Rosenberg had collaborated on film projects before. In fact, Rosenberg had submitted a pitch for a Frankenstein revival that wound up being given to Hammer Films which became Curse Of Frankenstein. They formed Amicus Productions shortly after. Rosenberg handled the money and funding while Subotsky had more of a hand in the creative process.
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While Hammer Films focused mainly on horror projects, Amicus tried to other genres ranging from horror to sci-fi to thrillers. They may be most famous for making the two standalone Dr. Who movies, Dr. Who And The Daleks and Daleks Invasion Of Earth 2150 A.D. Both films starred Peter Cushing. We did more extensive coverage of these two films in a past episode of Examining The Doctor.
Over the years, many of the Amicus movies would be mistaken for Hammer Films productions due to many of the same cast being used (Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough).
We enter the final week of National Podcast Post Month with our first movie entry into our Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame, Disney’s 1979 sci-fi film The Black Hole.
Day 10 of National Podcast Post Month, or NaPodPoMo, brings us another edition of The Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame. Many fans remember the 1966 TV show with Van Williams and Bruce Lee, but did you know that the character had existed for 30 years before that TV show? Join Seth and Crazy Train as they discuss the long storied history of the character and the surprising lineage back to the fictional Old West.
Seth and Train end 2021 with a triple whammy of geek reviews! First up, Spider-Man: No Way Home followed by the season finale of Hawkeye. And finally, the series premiere of The Book of Boba Fett. 2021 may have been a lousy year but there were some great geek movies and programming.