Joe and Graham celebrate and explore cinema, new and old, through the lens of the first time viewer. Such a wide angle includes the underserved medium of short films as well as the glancing into the future through film festivals and upcoming releases!
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Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899. It is a story within a story, following a character named Charlie Marlow, who recounts his adventure to a group of men onboard an anchored ship. The story told is of his early life as a ferry boat captain. Although his job was to transport ivory downriver, Charlie develops an interest in investing an ivory procurement agent, Kurtz, who is employed by the government. Preceded by hi ...
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Short Ends: The Occupant of the Room (2025)
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34:41It's that time of year where a chill in the air can be so cold that it permeates everything, eventually settling deep in one's bones. Luckily, we have friends, fire, and ghost stories to keep us warm. Alyssa of the The Silver Scream Podcast joins Joe to discuss Kier-La Janisse's hauntingly good adaptation of "The Occupant of the Room", an eerie tal…
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This week, Graham brings Joe and Steve on a noirish journey through a desert full of family drama, betrayals, pyschobabble, and identity crisis, in Scott McGehee and David Siegel's stylish thriller Suture. Will the fellas get swept up in the mystery or will it be another unfortunate case of mistaken identity? Tune in to find out!…
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Whoops, sorry for the delay! We got distracted exploring eBay. Fortunately, we came back with the goods! Join us as we chat about Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest thriller, Cloud, a film that ultimately asks, what are you really willing to sell to feel fulfilled? And according to Joe going gaga for the Japanese auteur, it may be EVERYTHING. Tune in to fin…
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This week we are tightening up our habits alongside Rachel from the More Deadly Podcast and Whitney from the Oh My Horror Movie Challenge, as we talk about the Powell & Pressburger epic from 1947, Black Narcissus. Will the crew be swept away by the sensuous winds of the Himalays or will it all just be too much resulting in deeds most foul? Tune in …
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Episode 74: Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965)
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1:45:49This week, friend of the show Deke joins us as we head back to the Deuce with Joseph Cates' leering and pervy thriller, Who Killed Teddy Bear. It's an evening full of menacing phone calls, Sixties bops, rampant perversity, and of course, Sal Mineo's workout routine. And let's be honest, that last part is the entire reason Joe picked the film in the…
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Jody from Dads from the Crypt joins us again for another episode of Short Ends, and he's taking Joe to the prom. Well, sorta. He showed Joe a short film about a couple of kids whose romantic prom night takes a nightmarish turn. Join us as we chat about Brian Otting's "Prom Car '91"!By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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Short Ends: Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
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21:59Short Ends is back and getting esoteric with Jody from Dads from the Crypt as he joins Joe to discuss Maya Deren and Alexandr Hackenschmied's experimental silent short film from 1943, "Meshes of the Afternoon". So, step out of time with us as we discuss cloaked killers, doppelgangers, and sunlight horror while becoming increasingly concerned with t…
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Technical difficulties be damned, nothing can stop Joe from talking about Steve Wang's stylistic action spectaluar Drive from 1997. With Graham on his own adventure, Wit and Zac swing on by to chat about Brittany Murphy, Hong Kong influences, friendship in films, and of course, cyborgs. Will Mark Dacascos win over their hearts or will they be as co…
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Episode 72: How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)
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1:25:57This week, we are joined by Mando from the Dads from the Crypt podcast to discuss Daniel Goldhaber's eco-terrorism thriller, How to Blow Up a Pipeline. Alongside the implicatations of commiting such a crime in today's society, the fellas discuss other lighthearted topics such as the upcoming Faces of Death remake and Mando explains what the Lawn Da…
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This week we're diving head first into one of Joe's favorite films of the year, Eephus. And it wouldn't be a baseball episode without a new member of the squad, friend of the show Ethan joins us for the first time to discuss the events that took place on the final day of play at Soldier's Field in Carson Lund's elegy to America's pasttime. Will thi…
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Joe and Graham spent the weekend down at the historic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA taking in the sights and sounds of the 3rd Annual Phoenixville Film Festival. So, join us as we recap the festivities and chat about such feature films as Drink and be Merry, American Comic, and RARE: A Rare Disease Revolution. And it would not be a proper fi…
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This week, Graham hops in the driver's seat with beset promises to Joe of an exotic destination. And where did they land? In the gang infested suburbs of Naples, Italy. That could mean only one thing, the fellas are talking Matteo Garrone's oppressively grim crime epic, Gomorrah. So tune in for discussions of urban crime, typical vs atypical mafia …
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We're back and things are about to get weird! Join us as we talk Kuei Chih-Hung's INSANE horror-action film The Boxer's Omen, a film so entrenched in chaos, describing it feels like the ravings of a lunatic. But if you're a fan of the Shaw Bros, Bolo Yeung, black magic, practical effects, dissolving bats, alligator skulls, creature feature work, ey…
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Episode 67: 2 High 2 Low: High and Low (1963) & Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
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1:09:09We're back and bringing a FINAL Double Feature of the summer that is only possible because there are masters at work damn it! First up, is Akira Kurosawa's tense thriller involving shoes, kidnapping, drug addiction, jealousy, and of course Toshiro Mifune. It's 1963's High and Low. And then we have Spike Lee's contemporary interpretation of the stor…
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Grab a poncho because things get messy when Joe & Graham sit down to discuss Joe Begos' latest neon-drenched splatterfest, Jimmy & Stiggs. Will the fellas make it out alive or will they suffer a fate worse than being trapped in an aparment with killer aliens and enough booze & drugs to kill 13 Keith Richards? Tune in to find out!!…
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We're back with Exposure Time and this episode, we are taking a look at Mitzi Peirone's latest thriller, Saint Clare, a story about a young girl out to rid the world of the scum that prey on girls only to stumble on a mystery much larger than she anticpated. Will Bella Thorne's Clare deliver us from the evil that prevades the world? Tune in to find…
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Ahoy, mateys! We are back and LIVE at the Colonial Theatre to talk about Michael Curtiz's seminal pirate adventure Captain Blood! And luckily for us, we've assembled one of the most dastardly crews ever to sail the deadly waters of the Schuylkill River. Rosalie Kicks!, The Old Sport and Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy from MovieJawn join us to talk abou…
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Episode 64: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
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1:14:03We welcome extraordinary colors as well as an extraordinary new guest to the show, Zac, who joins us to chat about Jacques Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. And what is better than talking about a whimsical and heartbreaking romantic French musical from the '60s? How about introducing it to someone whose taste is the polar opposite of the entire m…
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Episode 63: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
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1:18:21We are back and so is Steve who has brought another thrilling sci-fi gem. This time it is Joseph Sargent's Colossus: The Forbin Project, a film that wonders what the consqeuences might be if one were to give an AI supercomputer control of the US defense systems. So, join us as we explore this startlingly prescient film and lament our own modern tec…
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Short Ends is back and this time we are taking a look at the Mormon Folk Horror short film, "The Angel" from Barrett Burgin and Jess Burgin. Will Doug Jones bring us to salvation or will we suffer a fate worse than we ever imagined?! Tune in to find out!By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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Chattanooga Film Festival 2025 Part 2 w/ Rachel Shatto from MovieJawn
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1:35:24Rachel Shatto from MovieJawn and The More Deadly Podcast joins us to wrap up our coverage of the 2025 Chattanooga Film Festival which was a whirling dervish of fun. We touch on a slew of feature films such as Pater Noster and the Mission of Light, In the Mouth, Solvent, Alan at Night, Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma, and Abigail Befo…
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Episode 62: Faust (1926) & Becoming Nosferatu w/ Matthew Sorrento
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1:03:22We may have made a deal with the Devil because fortune smiles on us once again! Matthew Sorrento returns to the show where we dive into German expressionist cinema, his latest collection of original stories, Becoming Nosferatu: Stories Inspired by German Silent Horror Films, as well as F.W. Murnau's Faust (1926). And what is a silent film without i…
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Chattanooga Film Festival 2025 Part 1 w/ Allison of Who's There? A Podcast About Horror Fans
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1:08:22We hope you campers are having a great start to the Summer! As is our annual tradition, we went off to Cinephile Summer Camp down by the Tennesee River, to attend the great Chattanooga Film Festival. First up in our widespread look at the festivities, Joe is joined by friend of the show, Allison from Who's There? A Podcast About Horror Fans, where …
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Short Ends: The Confection (2025) CFF 2025
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29:58We're at the Chattanooga Film Festival for another episode of Short Ends! Join us as Christopher Jason Bell bakes up a tale of cake, grief, and international espionage in his new short film, The Confection. Will we find it to be a delectable treat or a crumby mess? Tune in to find out!By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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Episode 61: Identikit AKA The Driver's Seat (1974)
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1:26:07Caitlin from the Plug It Up Podcast joins us as we take a disorienting vaction to Italy with Elizbeth Taylor in Giuseppe Patroni Griffi's Identikit AKA The Driver's Seat. Will we know just what the hell is going on by the end of it or will we mix our diets with our orgasms and ruin the whole messy affair? Tune in to find out!!…
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Episode 60: Operation Finale (2018)
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1:01:45We're back and Graham has us traveling down to Argentina when we chat about 2018's Nazi hunting thriller, Operation Finale. Come for a smoldering Oscar Isaac and stay for what is potentially the worst first date that we've covered thus far!By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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Episode 59: Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987)
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1:31:44We're back and we brought some friends with us! Casey from Bloody Good Horror and Alyssa from the Silver Scream Podcast join Joe and Graham to chat about Juraj Jakubisko's monster mashup Freckled Max and the Spooks. Will this wildly inventive adaptation of Frankenstein's Aunt give us life or will the gang break out the torches and pitchforks and de…
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We're back with another episode of Short Ends! Join us as we open up the crypt and dive into 1967's Soy leyenda, a moody adaptation of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. And of course this means we have to sort through the various other attempts at this wonderfully dark tale of lonliness, isolation, and vampires. Check it out!…
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Episode 58: The Death Collector ('76) & Death Collector ('88)
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1:14:47We're back and still celebrating Drive-In Double Features, this time with a movie title mix-up! So hop on in the car and turn up the volume as Joe and Graham chat about Joe Pesci's feature film debut, from 1976, The Death Collector AKA The Family Enforcer and a low budget post-apocalyptic western, from 1988, Death Collector.…
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Buckle up for one helluva journey as Wit returns to the show and we chat about William Friedkin's stonecold masterpiece Sorcerer. We laud the theater experience, try and unpack the various themes, and get into it about pacing verse length, all the while, wondering if we would even survive the treacherous journey through the Mexican jungle.…
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Episode 56: The Conversation & Enemy of the State
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1:22:37Sarah from the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network joins us to kick off Drive-In Double Feature Season as we pay tribute to Gene Hackman with 1974's The Conversation & 1998's Enemy of the State, two films that couldn't feel more different stylistically, but are so thematically intertwinned that we had no choice but to sit down with them. Will we su…
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Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival 2025
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1:05:31We're heading back to the Mauch Chunk Opera House in the beautiful Pocono Mountains, for the 8th Annual Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival. Joe breaks down everything he saw, including festival favorite Fucktoys, Lanfia Wal's over-the-top homage to '80s blaxploitation and action flicks, New Jack Fury, and it wouldn't be JTIFF without a stop to th…
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Episode 55: To Sleep So as to Dream
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1:16:59Step out of time with us as Graham brings Joe into a surreal dream world involving private detectives, missing dames, ninjas, gyroscopes, eggs, and meta commentary utilizing silent film as its medium, with Kaizo Hayashi's remarakable fantasy/mystery To Sleep So as to Dream.By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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Short Ends: No Experience Necessary (2025)
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23:16We're back with another edition of Short Ends, this time previewing Emily Everhard's short film No Experience Necessary, which World Premieres at the 35th Aspen Shortsfest. So join us, as we discuss this funny and moving short about finding that spark in life again.By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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We're getting sexy and mysterious when Jason from Dads from the Crypt returns to talk about Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill, a film that begs the question, what is the proper painting to be looking at when we succumb to our innermost desires and fantasies?By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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Wowee, 2024 was quite the year for cinema and we have so much to reflect on. So, grab a seat while we each go through 20 films that stood out amongst an impressive amount of movies watched, both new and old. We've got beavers, evil Canadian children, slutty pizza lovers, juggalos, crime sprees, film-noir, sex workers across multiple generations, re…
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Hustle on up and hitch a ride with us as we are joined by Bloody Good Horror's Eric Newell to chat about Martin Scorsese's dusty crime thriller Boxcar Bertha. I mean, it was have been desrepectful NOT to cover one of the many films that Roger Corman produced which launched a major career. And who doesn't wanna see Bernie Casey being an all around b…
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Join us as we invite our old friend Brad to help us investigate Denis Villeneuve's labyrinthine thriller Prisoners, a Thanksgiving flick that gets us wondering, where was Hugh Jackman's character on January 6th? Other points of discussion are Thanksgiving films, the star studded cast, favorite actors that perpetually get beat the hell up, our oddes…
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Sometimes you just need a fresh start. Something new to springboard you into the next chapter of life. Well join us as we return for our first coverage involving a Made-For-TV film and we have a brand new guest on the show, Levi from the Well-Adjusted Horror Podcast. This episode we are talking about the 1970's Play for Today broadcast on the BBC, …
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Life isn't full of too many second chances but what happens when you are given a new lease on life? Now that's a big question for a small podcast. Luckily for us, friend of the show, Steve is here to enlighten us to all of the mysteries and wonders that accompany such a profound inquiry with John Frankenheimer's science-fiction masterpiece, Seconds…
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We've got a new guest to the show and he's bringing what may be one of the most divisive movies we've covered thus far, Luca Guadagnino's Challengers. Gabe Coffey joins Joe & Graham to talk throuples, competition, sweat, and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. Check it out!By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Part 3 w/ Jody Webster
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50:21Joe and Jody from Dads from the Crypt sit down and talk this year's Chattanooga Film Festival while they unpack their thoughts on juggalos, the need for gay southern gothic tales, and the implicit dangers of joining a cult.By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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Joe and Graham are joined by friend of the show, Whitney, to discuss Lucía Forner Segarra's latest short film, Berta, which World Premiered at Fantasia Fest on July 28th, 2024. The gang gets into their taste for revenge films, the importance of women's voice in the subgenre, and the use of art as a means to dissect and understand trauma. Join us fo…
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Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Part 2: Transmissions, Shorts, and Ghosts
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34:11We had so much to say about this year's Chattanooga Film Festival that we couldn't help but hit the record button again! Joe and Graham keep it rolling with a slew of shorts such as Roger is a Serial Killer, The Cost of Flesh, Giallo, Like Me, Apotemnofilia, and the BANANAS The Rainbow Bridge. And things get meta as we talk podcast representation i…
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Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 w/ Allison of Who's There?
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1:21:13The smell of freshly popped popcorn, the clicking and spinning of projector wheels, oh it can only the summer camp for cinefiles, the Chattanooga Film Festival. This year we are joined by Allison of the Who's There? podcast to discuss some of our favorite things we saw such as Canvas, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Adult, The Vourdala…
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We're LIVE again at the Colonial Theatre where we are joined by filmmaker Ryan Hammaker to discuss 1971's Vanishing Point, a film championed as one of the greatest car movies ever made. Does it live up to its legendary status or does it crash and burn in a fiery smoldering wreck?By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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This episode we are joined by Rachel and Ariel from The More Deadly Podcast to chat about Věra Chytilová's Daisies, a movie near and dear to Joe's chaotic heart. For maximum chaos, subjects include food fights, blacklists, feminsim in film, taking mushrooms and talking to the police, and surprise appearance from Ariel's cat! Check it out!!…
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The 7th Annual Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival (2024)
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56:00Join us in the cozy little mountain town of Jim Torpe for The Seventh Annual Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival as we regale the sights and sounds of one of Pennsylvania's BEST Film Festivals. We talk creepy Irish tales, locally shot tearjerkers, and finally find something tense enough that it forced Graham to flee the theater. JTIFF really does …
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Instead of our socials with images of what we watched, we're sitting down to chat about some of our favorite (and least favorite) films that we watched in March of 2024. And of course we get wildly distracted along the way. So join us for our inaugural episode of Firsts of the Month!By Joe Ferry & Graham James
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