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The Curator of Schlock #353: Die Hard 2
I felt cold water splash across my face as I came to. A smirking Albert Simmons was holding the bucket. Standing next to him was the Goose Lord, dressed as Count Zarth Arn from Starcrash. The Goose Lord knelt down in front of me and grabbed my chin. “I know you think you’re the victim, Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #352: Die Hard
We were done for. Edwige, my kangaroo companion from my misadventures in North America, and the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, were down for the count. The Goose Lord and his gang of malcontents. A whirring in the air caused me to gaze up, and I saw six transport helicopters flying in Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Night of the Living Dead USA 1968 Director: George Romero Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Marilyn Eastman, naked undead hordes Your morbid correspondent first saw this milestone in 1969, a year after its initial release. I was eight years old and growing up in Turkey. The film was dubbed in Turkish. Consequently, Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #359: The Chronicles of Riddick
Edwige hopped toward the Enforcer of the Goose Lord and then stopped five feet in front of him. I’d seen that stance before. It’s what she used once before committing a fatal blow, one she delivered with a flying roundhouse. Edwige made her move, but so did the Enforcer. He brandished a chain whip that Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Rosemary’s Baby USA 1968 Director: Roman Polanski Cast: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Maurice Evans, Satan (offscreen) Rosemary’s Baby is the second of Roman Polanski’s so-called “apartment trilogy”. The first is Repulsion (1965) and the third is The Tenant (1976). In each an individual comes to a kind of self-realisation or transformation in a sinister, Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #357: City of the Living Dead
I heard a dog howl. And then another dog howled. And then many dogs howled. Edwige awoke, rattled from the noise. “Those aren’t dogs,” the Revenging Manta whispered in my ear. I looked in the rearview window and saw dozens if not hundreds of bandana wearing goons as far as I could see. The Goose Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Onibaba Japan 1964 Director: Kaneto Shindō Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Taiji Tonoyama A film begins the moment the credits appear on screen. As we see with Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) and Scorsese’s Cape Fear (1991), the conception of the opening credits is important. You don’t talk; you don’t reach for popcorn. You don’t even Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Haunting USA 1963 Director: Robert Wise Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn The need to belong is primal. Even those who hold the notion in disdain find they are invariably drawn to the warmth and security of a tribe. That said, membership into the tribe can be a Continue reading
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Episode 681: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of William S. Burroughs’s Queer (with Matt Peters)!
Episode 681 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this show, John and Matt Peters continue The Kerouac Project Book Club with a discussion of William S. Burrough’s second novel, Queer. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Learn more about The Kerouac Project of Orlando. Starting Continue reading
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Episode 680: Katharine Coldiron!
Episode 680 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this episode, John speaks with the prose writer Katharine Coldiron about what bad movies teach us, about rejecting the idea of guilty pleasures, and the ubiquity of the sublime. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If Continue reading
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