HORROR BUSINESS Episode 153: KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS & VISITING HOURS

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1977’s Kingdom Of The Spiders and 1982’s Visiting Hours. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. We have a lengthy discussion on the film Werewolves, and Liam talks about the recent premiere of James Gunn’s Creature Commandos. Justin talks about the Russell Crowe The Exorcism and the Jon Benet Ramsey series on Netflix. Up first is Kingdom Of The Spiders. We talk about how the movie is ridiculous and horribly overacted but still a lot of fun to watch, and how a bad movie made earnestly still has some value. We talk about how the movie relies heavily on “less is more” when it comes to showing tarantulas attacking people. We then spend a long amount of time discussing the various absurd moments in the film, and briefly talk about the creepy performance of William Shatner. Up next is Visiting Hours. We discuss our history with the film, with both of us sort of not really catching it a horrorthon. We talk about some of the more creative cinematography in the film, and the use of the unique architecture of the hospital. We talk about the strange dreamlike feel of much of the film. We discuss the films unique approach to a message about feminism mixed with a film that wants to be very ‘grindhouse’ and exploitive, while also the fact the film doesn’t have an overt amount of blood. The films use of a clear misogynist as a villain while including several more benevolent male characters who also display more subtle signs of misogyny is discussed. >We talk about the film loses some of its focus at one point when it shifts emphasis away from the initial protagonist. We talk at length about Michael Ironside’s performance and the intensity he brings to the film, and how the film may have brought a realistic depiction of serial killers without realizing it. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!