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Celluloid Fever Dreams
by Wyndham Jennings
A weekly discussion of weird, overlooked, forgotten, and strange films. Join me, every Thursday,as I dive into cinematic history to find the under appreciated gems and answer The Most Important Question of All! Is it entertaining?
Episodes
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Ep.74: The Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Winslow Leach is a young man who wants to create heavenly music, even if he has to descend to the depths of hell to do it. Brian DePalma's (Scarface) Glam Rock reinterpretation of the Phantom of the Opera is a perfect encapsulation of 70s musical culture in all it's campy, stylized glory. In this...
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Ep.73:Grosse Pointe Blank
Continuing Season 3 after a hiatus with the John Cusack action comedy Grosse Pointe Blank. A film that dares to ask what's scarier, fighting for your life against international hitman trying to steal your contract or going to your high school reunion to face the girl you stood up at prom? Host...
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Officer Downe (2016)
A mix of Dirty Harry and Robocop with gratuitous nudity, over the top violence, criminal furries, and demonic gun running nuns? And it was written by the creator of Ben 10 and directed by one of the founding members of Slipknot? Why is this film not a cult classic already? This week Wyndham…
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Ep. 71:Pleasantville
We're back! (The podcast, not that horrible animated dinosaur film.) To kick off Season 3 host Wyndham Jennings dives into the 1998 Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon comedy Pleasantville. The story of 2 modern teens trapped in a 1950s sitcom who wind up changing it forever and learn something…
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Minisode: Michael Myers in The Multiverse of Murder
Quick update on the podcast, and what's been going on for the past two months. It's a bit rambly, and chaotic but I'm getting divorced AND buying a house simultaneously so I'm a little frazzled. Until I can get in somewhere permanent I'm going to post these minisodes that will help me get back…
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Stockholm (2018)
It's a movie! It's a European capital! It's a psychological syndrome! Ethan Hawke(Gattaca) plays a bank robber who takes Noomi Rapace(Lamb) hostage in this 2018 heist comedy. Based on the actual events from 1973 the hostages eventually take the side of the robbers versus the police, which leads…
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EP.69:The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
It's a Musical-Comedy Film, based on a Broadway Musical, based on the actual Chicken Ranch that inspired a song by ZZ Top! It's chickens all the way down! Combining the biggest Country star of the 80s with the biggest leading man of the 80s leads to one of the biggest musicals of the decade.…
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Ep.68: Oscar (1991)
Sylvester Stallone (Demolition Man, Rocky) is an action star with a long list of successful films. So imagine everyone's surprise when he teamed up with John Landis (Blues Brothers, Coming to America) for a screwball comedy about a Prohibition Era gangster trying to go straight. Based on the…
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Ep.67: Deathgasm (2015)
A Heavy Metal, Horror-Comedy from New Zealand that finds two teens having to stop a demon they accidentally summoned by playing the ultimate metal song from bringing about the end of the world. Lots of blood, gore, and killer music to enjoy. A film in the tradition of Bad Taste and Dead Alive…
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Death Laid an Egg (1968)
Murder! Genetic Monstrosities! Adultery! Chickens! No, seriously lots of chickens. More chickens per minute than any other giallo in history. Anna's husband has a strange hobby, murdering prostitutes in a roadside hotel. She doesn't notice because she's too busy trying to breed the world's first...
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Ep.65:Near Dark (1987)
Caleb Cotton gets more than he bargained for when a little bite on the neck gives him a fatal allergy to the sun. Forced to join an undead band of criminals as they leave a trail of crashed vehicles, burned out buildings, and broken bodies across the American Southwest, Caleb struggles to retain...
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Ep.64:The Death of Stalin (2017)
After the death of Josef Stalin the members of his committee plot and scheme to hold on to their positions, win the heart of the Soviet people, and most importantly survive the transition of power. This dark, satirical comedy from Armando Iannucci (Veep, In the Loop) draws some of it's most…
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Ep.63:Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
A satire of pop culture at the turn of the 21st century Josie and the Pussycats flopped hard at the theaters upon it's release. (But the soundtrack went gold!) Host Wyndham Jennings walks you through the surprising origins of the title characters, the impact they had on pop culture, and the...
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Ep.62: The Belko Experiment (2016)
Office Space meets Battle Royale in this James Gunn(Slither) and Greg McClean(Wolf Creek) action/horror. The employees of Belko industries find themselves locked inside their office building while a voice over the P.A. informs them they must kill 2 employees in the next two hours or the company...
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Ep.61: The Dead Lands (2014)
Another dollar movie find 2014's The Dead Lands follows Hongi, the last survivor of his tribe, as he chases Wirepa, the warrior who lead the massacre across the titular place. The lands are said to be haunted by a demon warrior who devours everyone who enters. Can Wirepa escape both Hongi and The...
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Eagle Vs Shark (2007)
We're back! This week it's the unromantic comedy Eagle Vs Shark. The first feature film from Taika Waititi, follows Lily, a introvert who's life has hit a dead end and Jared, an absurdly overconfident loser as they fall in love. A darkly comic tale with a warm heart that takes a look at being in...
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Seconds(1966)
Seconds is about Arthur Hamilton, a man who is given a second chance at life by The Company. Reborn through surgery, and outfitted with a new name, occupation, and purpose as Tony Wilson. But is it what Arthur really wants? Was his old life really that bad? Is there a way for him to go back? Rock...
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The Assassination Bureau(1969)
This dark comedy adventure follows Ivan Dragomilof and Sonya Winter as they travel across Europe, avoiding assassins and trying to prevent the outbreak of WWI. Starring Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, and Telly Savalas. One of many films made in the 60s that revisited Edwardian times, how does it hold…
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Ep.57: Kumiko the Treasure Hunter (2014)
This week we talk about the based on a true story, kinda, but not film Kumiko the Treasure Hunter. Rinko Kikuchi anchors this film based on a Japanese office worker who flies to America in search of a lost treasure she's convinced she knows the location of. Simultaneously tragic and uplifting…
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Ep.56:House(1986) and House II:The Second Story(1987)
This week we travel back to the 80s for a pair of Horror-Comedies made by the team behind Friday the 13th. House sees writer Roger Cobb dealing with metaphorical, and literal, ghosts from his experiences in the Vietnam War while trying to solve the mystery behind his son's disappearance. Then we...
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Ep.55: The Secret of NIMH(1982)
We're back with the 80s classic The Secret of NIMH. The first feature from Don Bluth Studios(An American Tail, All Dogs Go To Heaven) it's the story of Mrs Brisby, a field mouse who must move her home before the farmer's tractor destroys it with the spring plowing. Her quest to save her family…
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Ep.54: Polyester(1981)
It's taken a while but we finally dive into the John Waters filmography with his first studio film, Polyester(1981). Starring Divine as Francine Fishpaw, a poor housewife who's life is in a downward spiral, and 50s heartthrob Tab Hunter as Todd Tomorrow, the man who sweeps her off her feet. This…
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Ep.53:Monster Brawl(2011)
Imagine a fighting tournament of the world's most dangerous monsters. Wolfman versus Zombie! Frankenstein's Monster versus Dracula's Daughter! Cyclops versus...Wait, Cyclops?!?! Who invited him? This isn't Krull! Anyway, quit imagining it and check out Monster Brawl, this week's film. With tongue...
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Ep.52: Rare Exports (2010)
Mini-sode about the only Christmas film worth watching this year! (Besides Love Actually, and A Christmas Story) Rare Exports follows a father and son trying to survive in rural Lapland, Finland when an American company digs up the original Santa Claus. Unlike the jolly, old, elf we all grew up...
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Ep.51: Corporate Animals (2019)
Wyndham takes a look at the dark comedy Corporate Animals this week. Starring Demi Moore, Karan Soni, and Jessica Williams, it's about a group of co-workers on a team building exercise that get trapped in a cave in. Secrets are revealed, relationships are destroyed, and not everyone makes it out...
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Ep.50:Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance(2014)
This week is an Academy award winning film, Birdman, and no it's not about the Hanna Barbera/Adult Swim character. Michael Keaton plays an actor trying to regain respect and relevance by staging a Broadway play. But he's haunted by the superhero role that brought him to the heights of fame over...
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Ep.49: The Blues Brothers(1980)
We're back!(Is an awful movie. Don't torture your kids with it.) But also CFD is back with Season Two and it's kicking off with my favorite film of all time, The Blues Brothers. I'll dive into the origin of the band, the troubles the production faced, and the absolute legends they managed to talk...
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Ep.48: Paint Your Wagon(1969)
It's a Clint Eastwood Western...musical? 1850 California sees a mining camp of 400 men spring up around a gold strike. Ben Rumson(Lee Marvin) and Pardner(Clint Eastwood) work a claim together. Things take a turn when a passing Mormon sells his least favorite wife to Ben who is convinced every man...
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Ep.47: Voodoo Apocalypse (2018)
A parody/homage to grindhouse films of the 70s, Voodoo Apocalypse features everything you need! A cop seeking revenge for his partner's death! Kung Fu! Voodoo! Lucha Libre! The Mafia! A rock song that turns people into zombies! And did we mention the whole thing was shot in Spain? But don't…
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Ep.46:George of the Jungle (1997)
How did a cartoon that only lasted 17 episodes in 1967 become one of the biggest films of 1997? Did it have anything to do with Brendan Fraser running around in nothing more than a loincloth? Is this a lost classic, or just a film best forgotten? Join Wyndham Jennings for a look at the absurd,...
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Ep.45:Inhuman Kiss (2019)
Skirting dangerously close to serious film podcasting again with Inhuman Kiss(2019). Set in Thailand in the 1940s, young Sai finds herself in a love triangle with two of her childhood friends, while trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. On top of that, she's been cursed to...
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Ep.44: Splinter(2008)
Continuing the Horror theme with this zombie/body horror film from 2008. Two couples trapped in a gas station in the middle of nowhere must survive the night against a fungus that takes over your body and consumes you from the inside while controlling you to infect others. It's a tense, creepy...
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Ep.43:Vampire In Brooklyn
Comedy legend Eddie Murphy and Horror Legend Wes Craven team up for this 1995 vampire film! So why didn't it do better at the box office?Murphy, in his only villainous role, plays Maximillian a Caribbean vampire who comes to New York in search of a bride to stop his death at the next full moon....
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EP.42: Critters (1986)
What do Angela Bassett, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Billy Zane have in common? Tiny, fur covered, voracious aliens trying to devour them. This week we're talking about Critters, the franchise that launched some of Hollywood's biggest stars, writers, and directors. Seen by many as a Gremlins(1984)...
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Ep.41:Man With The Screaming Brain (2005)
The age old tale of a man who gets murdered in a formerly Communist nation, only to wake up with another murdered man's brain grafted onto his! Now they must work together to solve their murders before the medical miracle that saved them fails, and they die for good. Oh, and the wife of one of…
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Ep.40: Altered States (1980)
Have you ever woke up and thought: A. I need a film that makes me think I'm on drugs. B. I need a film to watch while tripping on something. C. I need more naked William Hurt in my life. Congratulations! Have we got a film for you! Altered States tells the story of Eddie Jessup, who searches for...
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Ep. 39: Blazing Saddles
Blazing Saddles is often cited as a film that couldn't get made today, but truthfully it almost didn't get made then. Wyndham Jennings takes a dive into one of the funniest movies ever made, detailing the inspiration behind the film, the obstacles it overcame, and the records it set. He also...
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EP.38: Wolfen(1981)
Taking a look at the not-a-werewolf film Wolfen this week. Following the death of a prominent real estate developer and his wife a New York City cop and a criminal psychiatrist discover a pack of wolves preying on the city. With near human levels of intelligence, and senses far sharper than ours,...
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Ep.37:The Man With Two Brains(1983)
Steve Martin is Dr. Hfuhruhur (It's pronounced just like it's spelled.) a world famous brain surgeon and inventor of the Screw Top Zip Lock brain surgery. After accidently hitting a woman, played by Kathleen Turner, and saving her life with his radical surgical techniques, Dr. Hfuhruhur falls in...
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Ep.36:The Family Fang (2015)
This week is all about one of my all-time favorite films, The Family Fang. I talk about performance art, Jackass, YouTube, Jay-Z and more related to this dark comedy about a dysfunctional family of artists and the fallout from the parent's disappearance. Are they dead? Is this just a new "piece"?...
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Ep.35: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
The last film in our Dollar Bin movie series! (There was one more but the disc was scratched.) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is our first Terry Gilliam film, and I can't believe it took this long to talk about him. Coming off the failure to finish his Don Quixote adaptation Terry Gilliam...
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Ep.34: Blue Iguana (2018)
Continuing Dollar Movie Finds with this British Crime caper starring Sam Rockwell. A London lawyer hires two American criminals to help pull a job for a British gangster. When it doesn't go as planned she enlists them to get revenge on the man instead by stealing a priceless gem from under his...
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EP.33: Rehearsal For Murder Dead and Buried
Continuing the Dollar Movie Finds with Rehearsal For Murder(1982), an early television movie role for Jeff Goldblum, about a playwright who gathers people together for a readthrough of his latest work. They soon discover his real motivation is trying to discover which one of them killed his…
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Ep.32: Kill Me Three Times (2014)
Continuing our Dollar Movie Finds, this week Wyndham talks about the Australian Crime Comedy, Kill Me Three Times. Starring Simon Pegg as a hitman who discovers he's not the only one trying to kill his target the film tells the story from three different perspectives, revealing new details and...
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Ep.31: Dylan Dog, Dead of Night
Continuing the Dollar Movie Finds with Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010). An adaptation of the Italian comic book series sees Brandon Routh as the titular paranormal investigator, retired since the death of his fiancé, being drawn back into New Orleans supernatural side to investigate the murder by...
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Ep.30: Permanent(2017)
After the dark story of last week's film (High Rise) we need something light and fluffy, a palate cleanser if you will. Do we find it in this coming-of-age story set in small town Virginia circa 1982? Maybe? When Jim(Rainn Wilson) retires from the Air Force and moves to a small town he throws the...
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EP.29: High Rise
Continuing our Dollar Tree Movie Find series with High Rise (2016). A Tom Hiddleston film about the residents of a new apartment building in 70s Britain that descend into madness, violence, and class war after a prolonged power, and water, outage. Directed by Ben Wheatley (Kill List) and adapted...
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Ep.28: God Bless America (2011)
Kicking off our Dollar Movie series with this Blu-Ray. Didn't know Dollar Tree sold movies? Neither did I until I saw a bin full of them and fished through to find several for the podcast. God Bless America stars Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Barr as Frank and Roxy, a pair of spree killers out to...
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Ep.27: Little Shop of Horrors
The 1986 musical film is a strange one. An adaptation of an Off-Broadway musical, based on a Roger Corman film from 1960 about a nerdy florist and his talking, killer plant. Throw in a cast of 80s stars, a Motown legend, and the man behind Miss Piggy AND Yoda, and you get one of the cheeriest,...
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Ep.26: Tod Browning's Freaks
One of the most controversial films of all time. Banned in several states, and the United Kingdom! Vilified for it's visuals! Hated! Feared! Blamed for various catastrophes, and seen as a sign of the End Times! It's Tod Browning's Freaks, and it's this week's film. The story of a circus performer...
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A weekly discussion of weird, overlooked, forgotten, and strange films. Join me, every Thursday,as I dive into cinematic history to find the under appreciated gems and answer The Most Important Question of All! Is it entertaining?
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