Episode 12 - Planet Of The Vampires

Team WSD are back with a big bang, making our first foray into the eclectic back catalogue of Italian macabre maestro Mario Bava as we dissect his 1965 effort Planet Of The Vampires. With Captain Mark Markary by our side, we attempt to fend off the bodiless consciousness of cinematic preconceptions and get to the heart of one of the godfather of Italian horror’s least appreciated works. It may have inspired Alien, it may have inspired Event Horizon, heck, it may even have inspired John Carpenter’s The Thing, but one single burning question remains: is it any good? As we navigate the cinematic cosmos, our salubrious stowaways this episode include Super Bock, Union Black cider, Peroni, Astra, Sierra Nevada, Alhambra’s Mezquita and a wee Italian lager from Marksie’s. Of course, this means no room on the bridge for that all-important meteor rejecter, but hopefully one of us remembered to pack a spare…