Film
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The Curator of Schlock #387: 1408
I used to grow up reading ghost lore books written by Daniel Cohen with such titles as Real Ghosts, Ghostly Terrors, Phone Call from a Ghost, Ghostly Warnings, Phantom Animals, etc. I found them in the nonfiction section of my local public library and my impressionable young mind reasoned that if these books were nonfiction,… Continue reading
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Episode 728: Schloctoberfest 2026 #3: A Discussion of Kiss Me Deadly, with Jeff Shuster!
Episode 728 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss a movie that is either schlock or a masterpiece or a schlock masterpiece. Kiss Me Deadly… Continue reading
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Episode 726: Schloctoberfest 2026 #1: A Discussion of The War of the Worlds / Robot Monster with Jeff Shuster
Episode 726 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss two zeitgeist-defining 1953 science fiction films, The War of the Worlds and Robot Monster. TEXTS DISCUSSED… Continue reading
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Video: Reacting to Mickey Mouse in “The Haunted House”
In this 1929 classic, a wretched Mickey Mouse investigates an old house as he seeks shelter from the rain and finds himself coerced into deejaying a haunted party. John and Samantha get their comedy-horror kicks reacting to this one. Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #377: Deep Red
I skipped Giallo Month last year in favor of a Bruce Lee retrospective, but we’re back. We’ll begin with 1975’s Deep Red from Dario Argento because it’s the movie that got most of us interested in the genre to begin with. For me, however, it’s the American cut of Deep Red put out by Blue Underground so many years… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Exorcist USA 1973 Director: William Friedkin Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Pazuzu The Exorcist was the first horror movie to make me realise the genre can deal with hefty subject matter. The first time I saw the film almost a decade after its initial release, it was… Continue reading
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Episode 721: A Secret DVD Commentary of Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive, with Chad Coup!
Episode 721 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King and Chad Coup discuss all of Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive, DVD Commentary style. NOTES To hear John and Jaroslav Kalfař discuss… Continue reading
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Episode 719: A Conversation about Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce (1985) with Shawn McKee!
Episode 719 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King and Shawn McKee dig down into the mysteries of taste and the effect a lot of nudity can have… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Wicker Man UK 1973 Director: Robin Hardy Cast: Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Assorted Naked Pagans Warning: Deleterious Kukurbit, as I call him, did not write this month’s column. I did. My name is Mr Sozzled Scribbler. You may call me SS. Mr Kukurbit is off-colour and he asked me… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #372: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
A Happy 4th of July to all the many patrons of the Museum of Schlock. We’ll be having an outside prize fight between Edwige, my kangaroo companion from my misadventures in North America, and a gorilla named Morrie on loan from a local crypto bro. We’ll have free firecrackers for the kids. Buy one, get one… Continue reading
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