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Dan and Nick give each other one present early: a new yuletide Projexploitaiton episode! Listen for a very Christmassy discussion of the superb French thriller 3615 code Père Noël (aka Deadly Games, or Dial Code Santa Claus, and many more names...)
TIMECODES
00:00:00 / Intro ("Auguries Of Innocence" by William Blake, read by Spencer Parks)
00:02:11 / Theme Song
00:03:30 / Episode Start
00:06:16 / Film discussion: 3615 code Père Noël (1989)
01:02:20 / Intermission
01:04:04 / Film discussion continues
02:10:27 / Segment: The A-List
NOTES/LINKS
Crucial thanks to Spencer Parks for providing the wonderful & winning spoken performance of William Blake's immortal "Auguries Of Innocence". He also has 2 weirdly addictive podcasts that are well worth your attention: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-dictionary https://www.stitcher.com/show/when-im-high
Spencer is also the producer of the show "Whores Talk Horror", in which Sharon (not a whore) & Mindy (also not a whore) discuss new & classic horror films as well as urban legends, ghost stories, horror-themed Americana, etc: https://www.stitcher.com/show/whores-talk-horror
Spencer (& his lovely & amazing wife Sharon) are also also in the midst of producing the film "Unplugged: A Survivor's Story", based upon Paul McComas' novel: https://linktr.ee/unpluggedfilm Point is, people, Spencer is involved in a cornucopia of awesome stuff.
For more information on the annual & much beloved "Christmas Carol" that The Riverfront Playhouse puts on, click here: https://www.riverfrontplayhouse.com/ To listen to "Old Guys Who Love Things", featuring firebreather extraordinaire Shawn Dooley (& his worthy & clinquant co-host Eric Peter Schwartz), click here: https://www.stitcher.com/show/old-guys-who-love-things
To read more about "36.15 Code Père Noël" & other spine-tingling Christmas-tinged horror cinema, check out Spectacular Optical's brilliant book "Yuletide Terror" here: http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/store/product/yuletide-terror-christmas-horror-on-film-and-television-2/
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Nick and Dan find out you truly can't go home again with a look at Jamaa Fanaka's Welcome Home Brother Charles from 1975, a blaxploitation classic about systemic & individual racism, and America's disillusionment about its own penal fixation.
TIMECODES
00:00:00 / Intro
00:02:14 / Theme Song
00:03:33 / Episode Start
00:05:35 / Film discussion: Welcome Home Brother Charles (1975)
00:53:11 / Intermission
00:54:17 / Film discussion continues
01:31:15 / Segment: The A-List
NOTES/LINKS
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Nick and Dan drift into the eastern hemisphere without a prayer in the world or a gun in their suit jacket pocket. We discuss Seijun Suzuki's TOKYO DRIFTER from 1966.
TIMECODES
00:00:00 / Intro (w/ clips from interviews with Seijun Suzuki)
00:02:06 / Theme Song
00:03:24 / Episode Start
00:05:25 / Film discussion: Tokyo Drifter (1966)
00:53:42 / Intermission
00:54:51 / Film discussion continues
02:11:55 / Segment: The A-List
NOTES/LINKSWould you like to know more . . . about Seijun Suzuki?
Click here to find Tom Vick's comprehensive & fully-illustrated book "Time & Place Are Nonsense: The Films Of Seijun Suzuki":
https://www.amazon.com/Time-Place-Are-Nonsense-Occasional/dp/0934686335Click here to read more of Howard Hampton's delirious prose on Suzuki in "Born in Flames: Termite Dreams, Dialectical Fairy Tales, & Pop Apocalypses":
https://www.amazon.com/Born-Flames-Termite-Dialectical-Apocalypses/dp/067402317X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=16QIDTG28238G&keywords=termite+dreams&qid=1642645509&s=books&sprefix=termite+dreams%2Cstripbooks%2C143&sr=1-2
Click here to read Chris D's irresistible brainstorms on how Suzuki developed his style:https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Masters-Japanese-Chris-Desjardins/dp/1845110862/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1V0VPTZ7W0DRW&keywords=chris+desjardins&qid=1642645630&s=books&sprefix=chris+dejardins%2Cstripbooks%2C128&sr=1-1
Click here to experience firsthand the unbelievable comedic brilliance of Craig Ferguson on "The Late Late Show" [04/29/2010]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liWQppibh-4
Here's the translation from the Japanese of Seijun Suzuki's statements that are sampled in the intro of this episode:"The question is: What do I think about my own films?
            — I make movies that make no sense & make no money.
So I tried a lot of different ideas & styles to accomplish that.
            — I make movies that make no sense & make no money.
I guess that's the strength of entertainment movies. You can do anything you want to, as long as those elements make the movie interesting. That's my theory of the grammar of cinema.
            — I make movies that make no sense & make no money.
I just didn't want to follow everything the company ordered me to do. That's another reason I sued."
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Nick and Dan head over to SEX WORLD, their first XXX movie for the podcast. If this is your first too, don't worry... they'll be gentle. 
TIMECODES:
00:00:00 / Radio ad (performed by Brandon Kane of DIABLOICAL TALES RADIO HOUR)
00:01:01 / Theme Song
00:02:19 / Episode Start
00:06:40 / Film discussion: Sex World (1978)
00:57:35 / Intermission
00:58:41 / Film discussion continues
01:53:15 / Segment: The A-List
Listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, and wherever podcast feeds are pulled. Rate/review our podcast wherever you listen to it, to help us out. We appreciate your support!
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It's that time of year again! Nick and Dan sit down in front of the fireplace and reflect on what the holiday season means to Harry Stadling, the protagonist of Lewis Jackson's classic yuletide feature, Christmas Evil (aka You Better Watch Out). Be good to each other, and we'll be back next year. Otherwise, Santa will be coming for you...
TIMECODES:
00:00:00 / An excerpt from "The Fool-Killer" by O. Henry, read by Sharon from Whores Talk Horror
00:02:21 / Theme Song
00:03:40 / Episode Start
00:05:00 / Film discussion: Christmas Evil (1980)
01:06:39 / Intermission
01:08:16 / Film discussion continues
01:47:46 / Segment: The A-List
 
An important correction: at one point Nick makes a boneheaded joke about Harry and Phillip not to be confused with "Diana's children." This is because Nick has seen like 3 episodes of The Crown and recently watched Spencer (twice, actually, it was quite good!), and frankly knows very little about the Royal Family but knew those two names were related to Diana in some capacity. My apologies to the entire country of England for accidentally mixing up her Father-In-Law and her sons. 
 
LINKS
First off, we give much thanks to Sharon, co-host of "Whores Talk Horror", for providing her stupendous vocal talents to this episode’s intro; she's performing a section taken from O Henry's short story "The Fool-Killer". "Whores Talk Horror" is on hiatus as of a few days ago, but they have 126 entertaining &, dare we say it, enriching episodes available to listen to. Sharon & Mindy, besties since 3rd grade, talk about everything from horror movies, the paranormal, true crime, & even "Twin Peaks" & David Lynch, so what are you waiting for? Go get creepy with them!
https://linktr.ee/whorestalkhorror
Sharon is also associate producer (along with her lovely husband Spencer) of "Unplugged", the upcoming full-length animated feature film starring Christina Ricci, Ed Asner, Lou Gossett Jr, Jeri Ryan, Sheryl Lee & Dana Ashbrook (the latter 2 being of "Twin Peaks" fame). Now that's one whole hell of a lot of vocal talent right there! Check it out here:
https://linktr.ee/unpluggedfilm
To read "The Fool-Killer", the original O Henry story that's excerpted in the opening of this episode, click here:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1444/1444-h/1444-h.htm
For the equally worthy Stephen Vincent Benét short story "Johnny Pye & The Fool-Killer", look here:
https://archive.org/details/johnnypyeandthefoolkiller
For more on Jesse Holmes The Fool-Killer, check out Edward Wozniak's "Balladeer's Blog" here:
https://glitternight.com/2019/03/26/fool-killer-neglected-american-folklore/
(One caveat: We don't endorse his politics.)
For Nick's beautiful review of "Christmas Evil", go here:
https://letterboxd.com/affrosponge88/film/christmas-evil/
(No caveat: We definitely endorse his politics, because one of us is him.)
For more on the Niagara Falls "Foolkiller" contraption & its inventor's daredevilry, check out "The Constant" podcast here: https://www.constantpodcast.com/episodes/the-foolkiller-pt-1-tears-falling-from-the-sky
To get your copy of Spectacular Optical Publication's impeccably assembled book "Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror On Film & Television", go here:
https://www.spectacularoptical.ca/2018/11/yuletide-terror/
Listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, and wherever podcast feeds are pulled. Rate/review our podcast wherever you listen to it, to help us out. We appreciate your support!
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Projexploitation presents: Sax & the City
Speakeasy or forever hold onto your piece. The Projexploitation racket starts a new side hustle. Meet us in a dark alley and we'll tell you all about it. This week they feel the blazing pressures of The Big Heat. Fritz Lang and the gang bring us a seedy tale of a cop on the edge. 
TIMECODES:
00:00:00 / An excerpt from "The Big Heat" by William P. McGivern, read by Troy Sterling Nies
00:01:26 / Theme Song
00:02:11 / Episode Start
00:05:28 / Film discussion: The Big Heat (1953)
00:50:48 / Intermission
00:51:15 / Film discussion continues
01:36:41 / Segment: The A-List
 
Thanks to Troy Sterling Nies for his contribution to this episode. For more of his works, check out these links:
https://troysterling.com
https://troysterlingnies.bandcamp.com/
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