CinaCult Podcast Cordell Caulkins

Following our talk on the original trilogy, we are back to discuss Lucas' follow up prequel trilogy about Luke's father Anakin, released between 1999 to 2005 made up of The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones & Revenge of the Sith. While not as universally beloved as the OG films, these movies have found their own love with a new generation.



Anakin Skywalker is only nine when Jedi Master Qui-Gon-Jinn frees him from slavery and takes him to the Jedi to be trained. From boyhood to adulthood, Anakin is molded into a powerful Jedi Knight by Obi-Wan-Kenobi. But a secret marriage to Padme Amidala, The Clone Wars and an increasingly ineffective and resentful Jedi Counsel will soon push Anakin towards the Dark Side bringing the fate of the galaxy into question.



Join Lucas and Cordell as we discuss the legacy of the prequels, Jar Jar as well as the Clone Wars, Rebels and the merchandising of Star Wars that we indulged in as kids.

Music: Duel of the Fates and A New Hope by John Williams

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The Force is strong with us today folks as we return to talk STAR WARS! Specifically for this week the original three films created by George Lucas from 1977 to 1983 made of of Star Wars (later A New Hope), The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi.



Luke Skywalker is a young man who finds himself at the center of a galactic civil war between the tyrannical Galactic Empire and the freedom fighters of the Rebel Alliance. Joined by Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca and a couple of droids, C-3PO and R2-D2, Luke battles Darth Vader and his master the Emperor while on his journey to become a Jedi, reveling secrets that hold the fate of the galaxy in the balance. Join Lucas and Cordell as we talk the films that helped defined 3 generations of kids and continues to inspire filmmakers and fans everywhere!



Music: Star Wars Main Theme and The Imperial March by John Williams.

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Coming off the success of Halloween, John Carpenter wasted no time with his next story of evil, this time taking the form of a mysterious fog with a deadly secret inside in 1980's The Fog



The sleepy town of Antonio Bay is preparing to celebrate its 100 years. But a mysterious fog soon arrives off the coast and people begin to die and experience strange occurrences. Caught up in all of this is town DJ Stevie Wayne (Adrienne Barbeau), hitchhiker Elizabeth (Jamie Lee Curtis), everyman Nick Castle (Tom Aitkins), Mayor Williams (Janet Leigh) and Father Malone (Hal Holbrook) who discovers a long buried secret about the town's dark and deadly past.



Will our heroes survive the vengeance of the evil that lurks in the fog? Did the low budget rob us of some cool effects? Does this movie hold us as one of Carpenter's best films? Join Cordell and Lucas as we look to the darkness at sea...as we look for The Fog!



Music: The Fog Theme and "Prologue"

The Fog Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. All rights reserved.

Stay tuned after the show for big breasted girls going to the beach!

In 1978 while Michael Myers terrorized Haddonfield, the rest of the nation was under attack in the comedy-horror Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Fast forward a decade later and the watery veggifruits once again rear their red in Return of the Killer Tomatoes with George Clooney in an early role as well as Repossessed's Anthony Stark and John Astin.





When Professor Gangreen (Astin) formulates a new killer tomato plot, he thinks the world will finally be at his mercy. Fortunately his tomato woman creation Tara (Karen Waldron) and a failed tomato experiment named FT (Fuzzy Tomato) enlist the help of Chad (Starke) who is smitten with Tara and Chad's ladies man roommate Matt (Clooney) Hijinks ensues as product placement, Rambo tomato men and Gangreen's wanna reporter henchman Igor (Steve Lundquist) bring the laughs in this forgotten 80's cult gem. Can a world survive with no pizza sauce? Is Tara way out of Chad's league? Join Lucas and Cordell as we face the red terror of killer tomatoes!



Music: "Return of the Killer Tomatoes" and "Big Breasted Girls Go to the Beach" from the Killer Tomatoes Soundtrack. All rights reserved.

Music in episode "Witchy Woman" by The Eagles. All rights reserved.



Join Lucas and Cordell as we bewitch ourselves in the 2016 movie "The Love Witch" Does this movie have undertones of empowerment or is our protagonist just losing it? Listen today!

1974: the world was shocked by the brutality of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. 1980: the world is enamored with the slasher with Friday the 13th. So what do you get when you combine those two? 1982's Spanish-American slasher/giallio Pieces, a movie that put gore at the forefront long before Saw.

Someone is carving up co-ed girls on campus with a large chainsaw and stealing body parts and it's up to Lt. Bracken to stop this maniac. But it won't be easy: the killer knows when to strike and where without police intervention. Along with his partner Sgt. Holden, pro-tennis player turned cop Mary Riggs and campus stud Kendall, Bracken must figure out who is building a human jigsaw before they complete their objective.

Does this film deserve its cult following? Why the hell does Bracken deputize Kendall who should be a suspect? Is Lucas enamored with Willard for his WWE approach with cops? Join us at CinaCult as we butcher our way through this hidden gem of 80's horror!