Tim and Jen host Rifftrax writer Sean Thomason to watch the unwatchable: an ancient kiddie flick filled with air and B-roll, Fun in Balloon Land. Jen also pitches her idea for a new, horrible subgenre, named after the director of the similarly horrible Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny: Mahoncore!The Rifftrax version of Fun in Balloon Land goes down much easier than the unadorned version, plus you’ll be helping pay Sean’s salary. You can also bug Sean over at Bluesky— tell him the chuckleheads at Have You Seen This? sent you!Get yourself a copy of the Krazee Kidz Video Party blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome— they’re flying off the shelves!The Akron Beacon Journal has a throwback account of the 1973 balloon parade that went so very, very wrong. Great job, Giant Balloon Parades Inc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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260 - Velvet Vampire
Jen and Tim brave the harsh California desert in search of a truly obscure female-focused vampire chiller, The Velvet Vampire!Watch The Velvet Vampire on Shudder, and accept no substitutes! This is the best version of the film currently available, as the most recent blu-ray release is extremely difficult to find.No joke, if you know where we can get a copy of this exact Shout Factory edition of The Velvet Vampire blu-ray for a reasonable (or at most mildly unreasonable) price, please let us know.Read an exhaustive interview with Stephanie Rothman covering her entire life and career as a filmmaker, courtesy of the UCLA Center for Oral History Research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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259 - Video Violence
Tim and Jen reach deep into the spooky season remainder bin and pull out one of the better shot-on-video horror movies…but regular listeners know just how low that bar can really go.Video Violence filmmaker Gary P. Cohen has a website!Forbes has the rundown on the guy who got banned for like two seconds for posting one of the worst things you can find online.Want more shot-on-video horror? We’ve talked about some of the hard(est to watch) stuff— check out our SOV episode collection! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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258 - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Jen and Tim look back at “the Cybertruck of prestige novel adaptations,” Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein!Most of this interview with Frank Darabont is about The Shawshank Redemption, but at the tail end he gives his unvarnished thoughts on what a hash Branagh made of his screenplay for Frankenstein.“That movie was his vision entirely. If you love that movie you can throw all your roses at Ken Branagh’s feet. If you hated it, throw your spears there too, because that was his movie.”-Frank DarabontBranagh spoke in-depth about the film with a pre-cancellation Charlie Rose, if you’re interested in hearing him explain himself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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257 - Trick 'r Treat
Tim and Jen haze Bitter Karella over her inexplicable defense of a Halloween-themed anthology film, Trick 'r Treat!As of 2024, filmmaker Michael Dougherty is threatening a sequel to Trick 'r Treat. Be still my heart.See What's Your Problem? (What is Wrong With You?), one of Jen's favorite pieces of public television ephemera.Want a horror anthology that's actually good? Check out our episode on Ghost Stories! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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