Episodes
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Cinema Shock Rewind: GAME OF DEATH (1978)
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
In this Cinema Shock Rewind episode, we're republishing our episode covering Bruce Lee's GAME OF DEATH. The story of Bruce Lee ties in directly to our upcoming episode covering the production of ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, so we're providing a refresher here for new listeners or longtime listeners who may want to revisit it.GAME OF DEATH was originally published in January 2021 as part of our series The Six Degrees of Kill Bill.
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Extras: Reviewing the Reviews for POSSESSION
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
In this Extras episode, Justin and Gary break down some reviews of POSSESSION from various corners of the internet!Be sure to give us YOUR thoughts on POSSESSION by hitting us up on social media @cinema_shock!
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Extras: Further Viewing for POSSESSION
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
In this bonus episode, Justin and Gary sit down to discuss their picks for films that would make a great companion piece to Andrzej Żuławski's POSSESSION!
Have a great idea for a film that'd work great as a double feature with POSSESSION? Let us know by sending us a message on social media! You can find us @cinema_shock on most social platforms!
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, and Justin Bishop.
For episode archives, merch, show notes, and more, visit cinemashock.net
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
POSSESSION (1981) | Cinema Shock Roulette
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
In this episode, Justin & Gary take a look at Andrzej Żuławski's controversial 1981 cult film POSSESSION!
This existential relationship drama (slash body horror?), inspired by the director's own painful divorce, is an acting showcase for its stars, Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani, and up until the last few years, was almost impossible to find in the US in its original, unedited form.
This week, we'll take a detailed look at Żuławski's career in his native Poland, how he was forced to leave his home country by Poland's Communist government, and the circumstances that led to him filming a movie that Time Out called "extreme but essential viewing".
Synopsis: A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
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, and Justin Bishop..
For episode archives, merch, show notes, and more, visit cinemashock.net
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
THE IRON CLAW with Thrillbilly Silas Mason
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Gary and Justin sit down and talk with professional wrestler 'Thrillbilly' Silas Mason about being in the ring with Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White for A24's new film THE IRON CLAW - In theaters now!Check out this interview and let us know what you think! Should we try to do more interviews? Also let us know if you've seen The Iron Claw yet! You can hit us up on all social media - @cinema_shockSilas currently wrestles for Billy Corgan's (The Smashing Pumpkins) professional wrestling promotion, The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Check them out at youtube.com/@nwa and @nwa on all social media.
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, and Justin Bishop..
For episode archives, merch, show notes, and more, visit cinemashock.net
Friday Dec 22, 2023
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PARTS 3-5 | Extras: Further Viewing
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
In this very special Further Viewing episode, we're going to take a good look at one of the weirdest horror franchises to ever exist.
After a controversial first offering and a so-bad-its-good sequel, the SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT series inexplicably still managed to produce an additional three films, all released straight-to-video. While the first of these releases, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 3: BETTER WATCH OUT! concludes the Ricky Caldwell storyline from the first two films, Parts 4 & 5 (INITIATION and THE TOYMAKER, respectively) tell standalone stories set against the backdrop of Christmas, courtesy of SOCIETY and BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR filmmaker Brian Yuzna.
The story behind these sequels is as bizarre as the films themselves, so as a little added bonus to our recent Cinema Shock Christmas Special, our gift to you is an episode exploring the history behind the remainder of the SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT franchise.
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, and Justin Bishop..
For episode archives, merch, show notes, and more, visit cinemashock.net
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
"Garbage day!"
Merry Christmas from Cinema Shock! For this week's episode, we're doing something special and taking a break from our Roulette Extravaganza to give you a holiday-focused deep dive into not one but two of our favorite cult Christmas movies.
First up is one of the most controversial slashers of the 80s, one that was so immediatley infamous that its studio pulled it from theaters almost immediatley, despite it doing decent business at the box office. SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT has gone on to become one of the most popular and well-regarded entries in the highly specific Killer Santa subgenre.
Not wanting to let a good money-making controversy go to waste, the rights owners for SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT rushed a quickie, no-budget sequel into production just a few weeks after the first film hit home video and SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 is as famous — if not more so — than its predecessor, but for... entirely different reasons.
In this episode, we take a detailed look at the productions of these two films, and grapple with their legacies as holiday cult movie staples.
SYNOPSIS: Little Billy witnesses his parents being brutally murdered by Santa. Years later, when he has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa Claus, his childhood trauma materializes once again.
After being traumatized by his brother Billy's murderous rampage years earlier, Ricky Caldwell has become a serial killer himself and is now living in a mental hospital. Relating his story to a psychiatrist, Ricky recounts the details of their murder sprees and vows to avenge his brother's death.
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, and Justin Bishop.
For episode archives, merch, show notes, and more, visit cinemashock.net
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
EVENT HORIZON Extras: ToddCasting!
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
In this Extras episode, Mr. Todd A. Davis dives into the careers and filmographies of the cast of EVENT HORIZON.
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
EVENT HORIZON Extras: Further Viewing
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Did you enjoy EVENT HORIZON? Wondering what movies to watch next? Join Gary and Justin as they discuss their picks for films to watch alongside EVENT HORIZON in this Extras episode!
Got a Further Viewing recommendation of your own? Be sure to send it our way on Instagram, X or Threads at @cinema_shock!
Friday Dec 08, 2023
EVENT HORIZON Extras: Reviewing the Reviews
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
In this bonus episode, Gary and Justin scour the internet to see what online armchair critics think of Paul W.S. Anderson's EVENT HORIZON! Turns out, plenty of people don't like it!
(Yep, this is the same feature that we previously called "Somebody Needs A Nap," just retitled for the feed!)
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