This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm joined by Trevor of the Theater of War Podcast for his Patreon Pick - a Sam Peckinpah double-feature of 1972's The Getaway and 1977's Cross of Iron. [00:00] INTRO [01:26] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo [02:09] RANDOM CONVERSATION [21:36] The Getaway (1972) [57:31] Cross of Iron (1977) [01:36:56…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my series of Patreon Picks with TWoRP Elite Patron Kevin G. Kevin joins me in a discussion of the first and third installments (part two is here) of Penelope Spheeris' classic music documentary trilogy as we watch 1981's The Decline of Western Civilization and 1998's The Decline of Western…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm joined by TWoRP Elite Patron Will Tordella for his Patreon Pick of Elephant (1989) and Elephant (2003). [00:00] INTRO [01:56] Trick or Treat Radio Promo [03:13] RANDOM CONVERSATION [28:35] Elephant (1989) The Follow Shot: A Tale of Two Elephants [01:06:06] Elephant (2003) [01:59:18] FEEDBACK [02:07:2…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm joined by TWoRP Elite Patron Matthew K for his Patreon Pick - 1981's Roar and 2005's Grizzly Man. [00:00] INTRO [01:51] CromCast Promo [02:35] RANDOM CONVERSATION [06:51] Roar (1981) [52:03] Grizzly Man (2005) [01:58:32] FEEDBACK [02:17:46] ENDING MUSIC: Coyotes by Don Edwards Buy Roar (1981) Buy Gri…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm joined by TWoRP Elite Patron Brad Ellison for his Patreon Pick. Together we descend into the decadent and depraved world of early cinematic depictions of youth culture with 1964's Bikini Beach and A Hard Day's Night. [00:00] INTRO [01:52] Projection Booth Podcast Promo [03:02] RANDOM CONVERSATION [15…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm joined by TWoRP Elite Patron Cornelius of the From the Canopy Podcast for his Patreon Pick - 1951's Ace in the Hole and 1957's A Face in the Crowd. [00:00] INTRO [02:04] The Good, the Bad, and The Odd Promo [02:48] RANDOM CONVERSATION [12:14] Ace in the Hole (1951) [44:13] A Face in the Crowd (1957) …

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm fulfilling a very special Patreon Pick. Recently, we lost Steven King - a fellow podcaster, a talented artist, a member of the TWoRP Elite, and a good friend. So, in honor of Steve, I'm joined by his Invasion of the Podcast co-host Paul and our good bud Terry of Strange Highways to fulfill Steve's fi…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my series of Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Legionnaire Georges. Georges requested I check out the 2005 hooligan drama Green Street (aka Green Street Hooligans) and I opted to pair it with its ridiculous, but very fun, DTV 2013 sequel Green Street 3: Never Back Down. [00:00] INT…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my series of Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Kehaar as we hit the mean streets of Liverpool with 1958's Violent Playground and 2000's Going Off Big Time. [00:00] INTRO [01:54] CromCast Promo [02:38] RANDOM CONVERSATION [15:57] Violent Playground (1958) [01:13:32] Goi…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm fulfilling a Patreon Pick from TWoRP Legionnaire Corin. Corin requested I discuss 1980's The Elephant Man and I chose to expand my Lynchian horizons by pairing it with 1990's Wild at Heart. [00:00] INTRO [01:36] Projection Booth Promo [02:45] RANDOM CONVERSATION [19:38] The Elephant Man (1980) [01:03…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm fulfilling another Patreon Pick as mean girls get murderous in 1989's Heathers and 1999's Jawbreaker, the former selected by TWoRP Legionnaire Trent B. [00:00] INTRO [01:40] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo [02:23] RANDOM CONVERSATION [11:54] Heathers (1989) [48:48] Jawbreaker (1999) [01:17:15] F…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my series of Patreon Picks with a duo of Noirs featuring a young Vincent Price: 1944's Laura and 1951's His Kind of Woman, the latter of which was selected by TWoRP Legionnaire David W. [00:00] INTRO [01:42] Chin Stroker vs Punter Podcast [02:50] RANDOM CONVERSATION [11:04] Laura (1944) [5…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my series of Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Caitlin! Caitlin joins me in a conversation of two films featuring stories of death and family with stars associated with prominent sci-fi franchises: 2001's Life as a House and 2014's What We Did on Our Holiday. [00:00] I…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my series of Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Jacob P.! Jacobs joins me in a conversation of two off-beat crime films - 1996's Bound and 2001's Sexy Beast. [00:00] INTRO [01:31] CromCast Promo [02:16] RANDOM CONVERSATION [09:41] Bound (1996) [47:14] Sexy Beast (2001) …

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my series of Patreon Picks with two comedic takes on the whodunit genre - 1976's Murder by Death and 1985's Clue, the latter of which was selected by TWoRP Legionnaire Donny D. [00:00] INTRO [01:43] Projection Booth Promo [02:53] RANDOM CONVERSATION [09:37] Murder by Death (1976) [49:46] C…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I kick off a new season of Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Alan R. Alan has selected two queer narratives from the UK - the folk horror surreality of 1974's Penda's Fen and the punk rock romance of 1985's My Beautiful Laundrette. [00:00] INTRO [02:05] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, I'm celebrating 700 episodes of TWoRP by returning to start. The Cancer Man returns, and together we're going back to 2010 - the year we began the show. We take a look at the film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture - The King's Speech - and pair it up with the highest-grossing film of the year …

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast we have the last episode of the "classic" era of the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas - 1978's The Ice House. Pairing with it we have a 1979 episode of ITV's Playhouse series, Casting the Runes. It wasn't released on Christmas, but it was directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and it was based off an M. R. J…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I return to the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas series with 1976's The Signalman and 1977's Stigma. [00:00] INTRO [01:58] Cromcast Promo [02:43] RANDOM CONVERSATION [15:14] The Signalman (1976) "The Signal-Man" by Charles Dickens Cathode Ray Tube The Cromcast discusses "The Signalman" [42:28] Stigma (1…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, NoirVember comes to a close with a look at the lowest, most pathetic figures ever to emerge from depths of Film Noir - Hollywood Screenwriters. From the Classic Noir period we have 1950's Sunset Boulevard and from the Neo Noir era we have 1991's Barton Fink. [00:00] INTRO [02:03] Projection Booth Podcas…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing NoirVember with Japanese Noir courtesy of Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill (1967) and Americanized Nordic Noir courtesy of David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). And joining me in the conversation is Brett the Wiz! [00:00] INTRO [02:06] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo …

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast NoirVember takes a journey into the fetid heart of the urban jungle with the classic Noir The Naked City (1948) and the Neo-Noir Sin City (2005). [00:00] INTRO [02:13] Chin Stroker vs Punter Podcast [03:21] RANDOM CONVERSATION [09:50] The Naked City (1948) [42:44] Sin City (2005) [01:25:24] FEEDBACK [01:…

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm kicking off this year's NoirVember with the first of a series of pairings of "classic" Noirs and Neo-noirs. For this episode I'm taking a look at two Noirs with a black protagonist - 1959's Odds Against Tomorrow and 1995's Devil in a Blue Dress. [00:00] INTRO [02:06] Trick or Treat Radio Promo [03:27…

31 Days of Halloween 2023 comes to an end as I dive back into the world of (loose) Stephen King adaptations with 2023's The Boogeyman. ENDING MUSIC: I'm Your Boogie Man by White Zombie Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues with some CG anime insanity in 2017's Resident Evil: Vendetta. ENDING MUSIC: Residential Disaster by Municipal Waste Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast the Child's Play embraces its queer camp to fantastic results in 1998's Bride of Chucky and 2004's Seed of Chucky. [00:00] INTRO [02:23] CromCast Promo [03:07] RANDOM CONVERSATION [22:54] Bride of Chucky (1998) [01:12:44] Seed of Chucky (2004) [02:13:39] FEEDBACK El Goro on discusses Kiss Meets the Phant…

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as after many years I return to the vampire post-apocalypse with Mister and Martin in 2016's Stake Land II. ENDING MUSIC: Ain't No Grave by Johnny Cash Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues with another dive into the no-budget world of independent splatter flicks, this time from the blasted wastes of Northeast Ohio, in 2011's Tonight You Die. ENDING MUSIC: The Morgue by Cult of the Psychic Fetus Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues with a look at the pitfalls of attempting to create a new slasher icon in 2011's The Orphan Killer. ENDING MUSIC: Cry Little Sister by Ventana Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as I rail against nautical nerdery and aquatic problem solving in 2006's Open Water 2: Adrift. ENDING MUSIC: Oceans by Puscifer Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween continues as a great horror franchise goes made-for-TV with 1991's Omen IV: The Awakening. ENDING MUSIC: The Antichrist by Slayer Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as Wes Craven tries to inject a little sci-fi into his horror in 1986's Deadly Friend. ENDING MUSIC: Are 'Friends" Electric by Gary Numan Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as Deodato goes full American slasher in 1986's Body Count. ENDING MUSIC: Body Count's in the House by Body Count Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast the Spooky Season rolls on with the continuing adventures of Charles Lee Ray - but you can call him Chucky - in 1990's Child's Play 2 and 1991's Child's Play 3. [00:00] INTRO [01:51] Projection Booth Podcast Promo [03:01] RANDOM CONVERSATION [15:50] Child's Play 2 (1990) [46:30] Child's Play 3 (1991) [01…

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as I confront childhood expectation/disillusionment in 1986's Alien Predators aka The Falling aka Mutant 2. ENDING MUSIC: Falling by Skinny Puppy Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues with a SOV anthology (and a TWoRP Milestone) in 1985's Twisted Illusions. ENDING MUSIC: Sick and Twisted by GWAR Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues with a comedic horror misfire in 1985's Transylvania 6-5000. ENDING MUSIC: Transylvania 6-5000 by Paul Chiten Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues with a return to the carnie criminality of Tod Browning in 1925's The Mystic. ENDING MUSIC: Gypsy by Mercyful Fate Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as SOV stands for "Savini on Video" in 1985's The Ripper. ENDING MUSIC: The Ripper by Judas Priest Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as I explore the early origins of James Spader - Sexual Deviant in 1985's The New Kids. ENDING MUSIC: Stand Up by Bill Wray Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as Roland Emmerich tries to become the West German Spielberg in 1985's Making Contact, aka Joey. ENDING MUSIC: Kinder der Nacht by Eisbrecher Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I finish up my Krueger coverage with 1991's Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and 1994's New Nightmare. [00:00] INTRO [01:38] Cult of Muscle Promo [02:50] RANDOM CONVERSATION [07:56] Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) [42:09] New Nightmare (1994) [01:15:44] FEEDBACK [01:23:01] ENDING MUSIC: Night…

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues with some Canadian hicksploitation in 1985's Junior. ENDING MUSIC: Junior by Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as I discuss a TRUE example of "torture porn" in 1985's Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment (1985). ENDING MUSIC: Human Guinea Pig by Suicidal Tendencies Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues with the best slasher of 1985 where Danny Bonaduce gets his head smashed into a TV with Deadly Intruder. ENDING MUSIC: Intruder by Primus Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as Richard Lynch and Michael Berryman have a "face-off" in the jungle in 1985's Cut and Run. ENDING MUSIC: Run Though the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues with some Cine de terror mexicano in 1985's Cemetery of Terror. ENDING MUSIC: Cementerio profanado by Carniceros Demoníacos Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as I dive into the low-budget morass of SOV horror with 1985's Blood Cult. ENDING MUSIC: Cult by Slayer Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

31 Days of Halloween 2023 continues as valley girls take on the living dead in 1984's Night of the Comet. ENDING MUSIC: Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my exploration of Freddy flicks with 1988's A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and 1989's A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. [00:00] INTRO [01:36] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo [02:19] RANDOM CONVERSATION [13:35] A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1…