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KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005) | Black Christmas

For the fourth and final week of our Black Christmas series, we're joined by writer and friend of the show DJ Wilson to discuss the film that finally put Shane Black in the director's chair, KISS KISS BANG BANG!
After the failure of THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, Black was essentially blacklisted from Hollywood, unable to get a job and went into self-isolation. When he came back, nearly a decade later, he was determined that this time, he'd be the one calling the shots, making sure that his story made it to the screen exactly as he'd envisioned it.
This is the story of how that eventually happened, how Black's old friend Joel Silver helped him out, and how Black's film helped to resurrect the career of Robert Downey Jr (directly leading to his role in a little superhero movie you may have heard of).
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Coming Up:
DEATH RIDES A HORSE (1967)
THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE (1973)
LADY SNOWBLOOD (1973)
GAME OF DEATH (1978)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
This episode was written, produced and edited by Gary Horne & Justin Bishop, with special thanks to Todd Davis.
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THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996) | Black Christmas

Despite the underwhelming box office performance of THE LAST BOY SCOUT, Shane Black was still a hot commodity in Hollywood in the early- to mid-90s. And when his new spec script started making the rounds, it resulted in one of the biggest bidding wars the industry had ever seen.
That script, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, sold for a record breaking $4 million to New Line Cinema, who brought in director Renny Harlin and his actress-wife Geena Davis as the star.
In this episode, we recount all fo the drama that lead to the selling of the script, the shooting of the film, and the fallout that resulted from its ultimate failure.
We're joined this week by our friend Zack Daigle, one of the co-founders of McArathon, an annual 24 hour Christmas movie film festival, which is going virtual this year for it's sixteenth edition. You can find more information on their Facebook page, with information on when and where you can stream the fest.
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KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991) | Black Christmas

After the success of LETHAL WEAPON, Shane Black became one of the most sought after screenwriters in Hollywood, while still in his mid-20s.
He'd immediately be hired as the screenwriter for that film's sequel, but left the project before it came to completion, resulting in Black taking a two year sabbatical from screenwriting.
When he did get back to writing, his next screenplay resulted in a bidding war, which ending with Black being paid a record-breaking $1.75 million for his script.
The resulting film, Tony Scott's THE LAST BOY SCOUT, was a tumultuous shoot with star Bruce Willis and producer Joel Silver essentially hijacking the shoot. And it was followed by an even more tumultuous post-production process where no less than seven editors were brought in to try to salvage the miles and miles of footage shot.
In this episode, we tell the story of how all of this came together. 
We're joined this week by our friend Myles Griffin of The More You Nerd podcast!
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Coming Up:
THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996)
KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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LETHAL WEAPON (1987) | Black Christmas

It's December! What does that mean? Mariah Carey songs on your radio and Christmas movies on your TV!
But this being the Cinema Shock podcast, we're not talking about just any ol' Christmas movies. No, there will be no talk of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE this year, nor will we be discussing the intricacies of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET.
Instead, we're spending the entire month of December discussing the filmography of Shane Black, a writer of hard-boiled detective stories and testosterone-fueled action movies, who just so happens to also set a lot of his movies during the Christmas season.
To kick things off, we're going to discuss the movie that put Black on the map and made him a major Hollywood player at the tender age of 24: Richard Donner's action classic LETHAL WEAPON.
Coming Up:
THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991)
THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996)
KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012) | Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy

After the massive critical and commercial success of THE DARK KNIGHT, Warner Brothers naturally wanted Director Christopher Nolan to return for a third film in the franchise.
While he was initially unsure about returning, he eventually did come back to finish out the Dark Knight Trilogy in a film that would become the most divisive in the entire trilogy, though it would eventually become the highest grossing Batman film so far.
In this episode, the Cinema Shock crew will discuss how Nolan and his brother Jonathan, along with David S. Goyer, broke the story that would become THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, and how they attempted to not only follow-up the most successful comic book film of all time, but do something that's rare in big studio franchises: bring the story to a definitive end.
Coming Up:
LETHAL WEAPON (1987)
THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991)
THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996)
KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
This episode was written, produced and edited by Gary Horne & Justin Bishop, with special thanks to Todd Davis.
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THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) | Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy

Following the success of BATMAN BEGINS, Christopher Nolan took a slight detour (to make THE PRESTIGE!) before ultimately returning to the franchise for what would become not only his most popular film yet, but one that proved to be an important milestone in the history of comic book films.
In this episode, we'll discuss the evolution of the second film in the series, from David S. Goyer's original story ideas to the final film, and the iconic turn by the late Heath Ledger as The Joker.
 
Here is the Lessons From The Screenplay video that we reference in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFUKeD3FJm8
Here is the Canadian Lad video that we reference in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ln1LQXYBJo
Here is the Film Theorists video we reference in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjPcIh1fVNg
Coming Up:
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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BATMAN BEGINS (2005) | Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy

For our next series, we're going to be exploring one of the most iconic film trilogies of all time, Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy!
With the release of BATMAN BEGINS in 2005, Christopher Nolan changed the face of comic book movies forever, ushering in the explosion of superhero films that would come a few years later, especially with the launch of the MCU in 2008.
But the road to BATMAN BEGINS was a long one, as DC and Warner Bros. tried to grapple with the critical failure of Joel Schumacher's BATMAN & ROBIN, a film that effectively killed the franchise and the comic book movie genre as a whole for several years.
Enter Christopher Nolan, the auteur behind small- and mid-budget thrillers such as MEMENTO and INSOMNIA. How could this young filmmaker turn the tides for the World's Greatest Detective?
Find out as we explore the story behind the making of BATMAN BEGINS!
Coming Up:
THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990) | Romero + Savini

In the conclusion of our exploration of the collaborations between filmmakers George Romero and Tom Savini, we're brining in the series full circle.
After years of litigation, attempting to reclaim the rights to the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), George Romero and his Image Ten cohorts figured that the best way to protect their copyright — and hopefully finally make a bit of money from it — was to remake the film.
So in 1990, that's what they did. Romero wrote the script and, since he was busy with another project, recruited his long time collaborator Tom Savini to sit in the directors chair.
Coming Up:
BATMAN BEGINS (2005)
THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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TWO EVIL EYES: Poe, Argento, and Macabre Tales | Romero & Savini: Splatter Kings

In the late 80s/early 90s, after decades of working independently, Romero found himself working in the Hollywood studio system for the first time with 1988's MONKEY SHINES and 1993's THE DARK HALF.
In-between those movies, he worked on a small anthology film with his old colleague Dario Argento. What was meant to be a larger anthology consisting of four or five segments, with several masters of horror adapting the works of Edgar Allan Poe, became a strange two-part anthology, with only Romero and Argento directing, which barely received a release in the United States.
On this episode, we'll dive into the possible reasons behind why it was shortened to two segments, what Argento's original intention for the project may have been, and why it fell into obscurity.
Join us for this penultimate episode of our Romero/Savini series! The conclusion comes next week!
Coming Up:
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990)
BATMAN BEGINS (2005)
THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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MONKEY SHINES: When Romero Went Hollywood | Romero & Savini: Splatter Kings

After the disappointing reception to DAY OF THE DEAD and the dissolution of Laurel Films, George Romero found himself in need of employment and ended up doing the one thing he'd never had to do in his career: work with a major film studio.
In 1988, Romero was hired by the struggling Orion Pictures to adapt a novel about a paraplegic man who forms a telepathic bond with a murderous monkey. That film: MONKEY SHINES.
On the latest episode of the podcast, we'll discuss just how Romero ended up here and the ensuring film that was created.
Coming Up:
TWO EVIL EYES (1990)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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