Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan discuss fun, freaky, fabulous, and offbeat "gems" of cinema. Film Freaks Forever! is part of the Writer's Bone Podcast Network.
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Episode 49: The Film Freaks Get Naughty With Pre-Code Hollywood!
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The Film Freaks gladly go back to the hard-boiled and raunchy 1930s when Hollywood was making movies that adults flocked to see—gritty films full of violence, sex, drug abuse, questioning religion, and giving it to the system…you know, like college. But as talkies came in, the studio writers decided to have fun with this new thing called dialogue s…
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Episode 48: The Film Freaks Meet Jim Beaver!
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The Film Freaks are honored and thrilled to interview film historian, writer and incredible actor, Jim Beaver to the podcast. Beaver has been so good in so many things - especially as Ellsworth in the amazing series “Deadwood,” Bobby Singer on “Supernatural,” Shelby Parlow on “Justified,” Lawson the Gun Dealer on “Breaking Bad,” and more recently a…
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Episode 47: The Film Freaks Take to the Skies - Window or Aisle?
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Yes, your Film Freaks Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton fly straight into the Airline Disaster Movies genre and have a thrilling time. Come join us in First Class as we highlight six fun, fascinating, and freaky films—everyone from Jimmy Stewart to Lucille Ball to John Wayne to Samuel L. Jackson are discussed along with many others. We dive deep i…
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Episode 46: The Film Freaks Meet Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski!
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Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan, your Film Freaks have the honor of sitting down and interviewing the terrific writing team of Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (“Ed Wood,” “The People v. Larry Flynt,” “Man on the Moon,” “1408,” “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” “Dolemite Is My Name,” etc.). Scott and Larry are also true Film Freaks and we hope …
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Episode 45: The Film Freaks Go Long - Pro Athletes Who Tried Acting!
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In this exciting, last-minute, long-touchdown-pass-to-win-the-game-type of episode, your Film Freak hosts, Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan, guzzle Gatorade, draw up some plays, and take the field to shine stadium lights on a wonderful, fun, interesting topic: pro athletes who went into acting. Some crashed and burned, but others showed real tale…
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Episode 44: The Film Freaks Hide in the Shadows of Noir!
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Your Film Freaks put their feet up on their private eye desk, slip a gat in their pocket, and light a Chesterfield, see? Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton discuss six of their favorite crime noirs—some well known and some rather obscure—the films cover the time period of 1940 through 1959. Everyone from Peter Lorre to Ida Lupino to Robert Ryan to …
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Episode 43: The Film Freaks Get Groovy Scary With 70's Horror!
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Your Film Freaks Forever! hosts, Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan shine a harvest moon on some of their favorite 1970s horror films. It makes for a fun, fascinating, frightening witches brew! They discuss the decade itself, share some terrific drive-in trailer clips, and then take deep dives into six wonderful flicks. Everyone from Shelley Winter…
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Episode 42: The Film Freaks Honor Their Friend, Treat Williams
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In a special episode of the podcast, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton honor their dear friend, the terrific actor Treat Williams who sadly passed away this summer. Gone too soon, Phoef and Mark share memories of getting to work with him for two seasons of the family drama “Chesapeake Shores,” where Treat played the patriarch Mick O'Brien. They al…
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Episode 41: Good Evening, The Film Freaks Honor Alfred Hitchcock!
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In this fascinating episode, your Film Freaks Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton dive deep into the filmography of the great British master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. With fun and engrossing trivia about the behind-the-scenes productions and all the talented actors Hitch worked with, we look at six of our favorite movies from his 50-year career…
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Episode 40: The Film Freaks Mid-Life Crisis!
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In honor of episode #40 (!!), the Film Freaks have decided to trade in their respectable automobiles for cherry red Porches, dye their hair, go to a tanning salon, drive to Vegas, baby, and finally start to live, man! Come join us as we get cozy with some of the best and eclectic Mid-Life Crisis movies. From decades as far back as the 1930s right u…
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Episode 39: The Film Freaks Favorite Five!
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Because you asked us for it, in this episode your Film Freaks share their personal five favorite films of all time. As Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton explain, lists like this can be fluid, but they put on their FFF Thinking Caps and came up with their picks. Everyone from Ingrid Bergman to Sidney Lumet to Hitchcock to Robert Mitchum are discuss…
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Episode 38: The Film Freaks Get Animated!
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Come join your Film Freaks, Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan, as they discuss some of their favorite animated feature films. Like all FFF! episodes, it's packed with fun and fascinating trivia and back stories, plus you'll learn some engrossing facts about such legendary animation giants like Walt Disney, Hiyao Miyazaki, Brad Bird, etc. Everyone …
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Episode 37: The Film Freaks Feast on ‘40s Fright Fest!
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Just in time for Halloween, your ghoulish hosts share with you six of their favorite fright flicks from the 1940s. Horror movies got their second wind in this decade and your Film Freaks discuss some classics and some underrated gems. Everyone from Val Lewton to Boris Karloff to Ray Milland to Lon Chaney Jr. are featured, as well as all the behind …
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Episode 36: The Film Freaks Attack All Monsters!
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In this fun, fascinating episode your Film Freaks are back from the wilds of Canada and happy to bring you an in-depth look at the big giant monster movie genre. We take you through the very early days to the 1953 classic “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” the first giant creature awakened by man and boy is he cranky movie. Quick to follow was the Ja…
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Episode 35: The Film Freaks Mic Drop – Singers Who Tried Acting!
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Your Film Freaks invite you to enjoy the latest podcast—where we shine a spotlight on this unique niche—singers who tried to be film actors. And there are a'plenty! Now some absolutely proved they were more than capable—with a few even winning Oscars—like Frank Sinatra and Cher. But so many others quickly showed that standing in front of a micropho…
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Episode 34: The Film Freaks Focus on Zero to Hero: Box Office Bombs That Became Classics!
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In the latest episode, the Film Freaks discuss the fascinating phenomenon of movies that bombed at the box office on their initial release and then later found adoring audiences and now are acclaimed classics. Films from “The Princess Bride” to “It's a Wonderful Life” and “Brazil” to “Heathers” have suffered this way. Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan L…
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Episode 33: The Film Freaks Bring You the TV Mini-Series!
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Way before streaming services came along and could easily show "limited series" like “The Queen's Gambit,” “Godless,” or “Mare of Easttown,” broadcast television back in the day excitedly came up with a new special way to present longer programs. Thus, the mini-series exploded in the 1970s and was a popular form of television entertainment for deca…
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Episode 32: The Film Freaks Get Gritty With the ‘70s!
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The Film Freaks are back! And they are here to turn you onto some of the best, underrated gritty flicks from that crazy decade…the 1970s, man! A time of social change, bell bottoms, and lava lamps! Plus, the country was dealing with the Vietnam War, Watergate, the oil crisis, and rising costs of Hamburger Helper! Six terrific movies are discussed—m…
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Episode 31: The Film Freaks Honor Fallen Favorites
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Early in this new year of 2021, some truly great talents have passed away and we were particularly moved and yet pleased to see the incredibly long lives and distinguished careers of four favorite performers—Cicely Tyson, Hal Holbrook, Cloris Leachman, and Christopher Plummer. All lived into their 90s and worked right up to the end, and along the w…
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Episode 30: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Podcast!
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2020 was a dumpster fire in so many ways, so we figured everyone could use a good laugh. So, in Episode #30 of Film Freaks Forever!, we shine a light on six of our favorite film comedies. Hilarious movies that are guaranteed to make you chuckle, guffaw, belly laugh, chortle, roll in the aisles…you get the idea. We take you from the 1930's through t…
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Episode 29: The Film Freaks Plan A Heist!
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Just like they do in heist movies, your Film Freaks quietly and meticulously planned this podcast, wearing masks, gloves, speaking in code, all the while planning the ultimate heist episode. Enjoy the thrills and chills of staying one step ahead of the authorities as Phoef and Mark take you through some of the best heist movies ever made - from the…
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Episode 28: Film Freaks Forgotten Favorites!
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In this episode, your fellow Film Freaks Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan share six of their favorite forgotten films. Phoef and Mark discuss good movies that fell through the cracks or were well received, but have since faded in memory—some real gems that deserve to be discovered or re-discovered by a wider audience. As you know, film buffs love…
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Episode 27: The Film Freaks Drink Witches’ Brew!
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For Halloween, your fellow Film Freaks approach the cauldron with some wolf's bane, an eye of newt (so yummy) and some of the best witch movies ever! Phoef and Mark take you through the beginnings of the genre and then discuss six films about witches that they love and enjoy watching over and over. So grab your broom, your black cat, pull up a larg…
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Episode 25: The Film Freaks Go West!
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Hey you bushwhackers, mosey on up and listen in as the Film Freaks discuss some great, rather underrated Westerns flicks. The Film Freaks love them some Westerns, but classics like “High Noon,” “Shane,” “The Searchers,” etc. have been discussed to death, so we light a campfire, cook up a mess of beans, and discuss some truly wonderful Westerns. Fil…
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Episode 24: The Film Freaks Meet Little Stevie Spielberg!
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Way before Steven Spielberg changed movies and box office numbers forever with the summer smash, “Jaws,” he had already established quite a reputation and resume working in television in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Film Freaks dive deep into Spielberg's very first television job ever (where he got to work with legends like Rod Serling and J…
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Episode 23: Film Freaks Keep on Truckin'!
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In the latest entertaining podcast episode, the Film Freaks tip their trucker hats to a wonderful genre, the trucker movies! The long-haul truckers truly keep this country going and there are dozens of fun, weird, and fantastic flicks about these dedicated drivers delivering us everything we need! The Film Freaks take you through the history of the…
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In the latest episode of the Film Freaks Forever! podcast, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton provide yet another quarantine edition, recorded from their individual lairs during this unusual time. And though we couldn't record in our regular recording studio, we hope with even a different audio system and a few glitches, you'll enjoy this one. The …
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Episode 21: Stay at Home With the Film Freaks!
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In a special episode of the Film Freaks Forever! podcast, Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan try and record a new episode with both of them isolated in their respective homes during these unusual and abnormal times. Fans wrote in requesting a special podcast suggesting some perfect streaming films to view, entertainment that could provide escape (c…
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Episode 20: Film Freaks of the Living Dead!
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Episode 19: Film Freaks Fight Oscar Fever!
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Episode 18: A Film Freaks Christmas!
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Happy holidays from your Film Freaks, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton! ‘Tis the season, but if you are tired of the same old holiday movies like “White Christmas,” “Miracle on 34th Street,” and "It’s A Wonderful Life,” your Film Freaks shine some twinkling lights on four terrific Christmas films that you might not even think of as Christmas film…
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Episode 17: The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Film Freaks!
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In this entertaining new episode of Film Freaks Forever!, your hosts Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan shine a stage light on the genre of films about show business! It's always fascinating when the entertainment industry looks inward and the Film Freaks shout "Action!" with four captivating, engaging movies about this biz we call show are discuss…
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Episode 16: Film Freaks Go Trick or Treating!
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Happy Halloween, fellow Film Freaks! Your hosts Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton have returned from their trick or treating and—as they fight over trading Skittles for Kit Kats (or maybe a Baby Ruth)—they’re thrilled to share with you four fantastic, scary, maybe you know them, maybe you don't 1960s horror films! 1960 started with a bang as Norma…
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Episode 15: The Film Freaks Time Travel!
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In the latest edition of the podcast that has been called "cool" and "gives me something to do when walking the dog," your Film Freaks jump through the Fourth Dimension to bring you some of the best, fascinating films on those who have dared to mess with Einstein's theories, H.G. Wells' diaries, and cosmic strings. Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Lega…
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Episode 14: Film Freaks Go to College!
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In this episode, your loyal hosts Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton don their caps and gowns and march to "Pomp & Circumstance" to receive their Film Freak diplomas. They're ready to guide you around the coolest campus and find the greatest parties as they educate you on four superb college themed movies—from one of the most popular college comedi…
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Episode 13: Film Freaks Fight Mother Nature!
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In the latest Film Freaks Forever! episode, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton throw a net over the whole "When Animals Attack" genre, which really took off during the anti-pollution/ecology movements of the 1970s. It's a fascinating, frightening and unintentionally funny genre and your loyal Film Freaks guide you through scary swamps, treacherous …
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Episode 12: Film Freaks Frolic in the Sun!
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In the latest edition of Film Freaks Forever!, we head to the beach and to the swimming pools for summer fun! Slather on some sunscreen, grab your surfboards, and jump in your dune buggy as the Film Freaks, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton, shine a light on four eclectic summertime films. They discuss the origins of the whole subgenre with “Gidge…
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Episode 11: Film Freaks in a Foxhole!
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In the latest edition of every cinephile's favorite podcast, the Film Freaks march you to four of the best World War II films out there—four terrific, yet rather underrated war movies. There are so many famous ones out there, but your hosts, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton will shine a light on some gritty, muddy, bloody, exciting pieces of cine…
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Episode 10: The Film Freaks Present the Worst Movie Musicals Ever Made!
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In the tenth episode of Film Freaks Forever!, our hosts Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton dared to watch and listen to some truly dreadful modern film musicals—so much so that all the wildlife around our place, ran for the hills and have never returned. With so much to choose from, the Film Freaks narrowed it down to four modern film musicals that…
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Episode 9: Film Freaks of the Week!
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In this latest edition of Film Freaks Forever!, co-hosts Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton sit you down in front of a 1970s’ television set and turn you on to the amazing program that was ABC TV Movie of the Week. Launched in 1969, The ABC TV MOW quickly became a ratings juggernaut and week in, week out, would provide some of the grittiest, well-m…
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Have you ever wanted to rule the world? Of course you have. Have you ever wanted to graft the hands of a murderer onto your rival and steal away his girl? No doubt. Have you ever wanted to escape from prison, cross dress as a sweet old lady and plan the murder of your arch enemies? We all have. Well, in this month's segment of Film Freaks Forever!,…
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Episode 7: Film Freaks Meet Sweaty Dudes From the ‘80s!
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Gary Busey, Lorenzo Lamas, and the ghost of Bruce Lee walk into a bar...well, sorta, kinda… In this exciting edition of Film Freaks Forever!, Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan tackle the crazy world of 1980s action flicks. They explore those campy, cheesy, batshit crazy films with lots of sweaty guys, villains who cackle and do evil things, scrapp…
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In the latest edition of Film Freaks Forever!, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton embrace the history of the “A Star Is Born” film franchise. The Film Freaks take you, the listener, all the way back to the very beginning to the great 1932 film that started it all and isn't even called “A Star Is Born.” In honor of the latest 2018 remake starring Br…
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In the latest episode of Film Freaks Forever, Mark & Phoef present three examples where they actually got a remake right. The Film Freaks shine a light on “The Fly,” “The Thing,” and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” And like all our episodes, FFF shares with you fun, fascinating facts about the various directors, writers, stars, and special effect…
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Episode 4: Film Freaks Go Down A Dark Alley!
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In Episode 4, the Film Freaks don trench coats, hats, and .45 calibers as they slowly make their way down a rain-soaked alleyway to introduce you to some of the best, underrated crime noir gems. Yes, in this episode the tough, chain-smoking, whiskey-swilling tough guys Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton shine a police patrol light on three terrific…
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Episode 3: Film Freaks to the Rescue!
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In Episode 3, the Film Freaks don tights and a cape and fly through strange and bizarre cinema and television to bring you some of the weirdest, off-beat, and not-so-super superhero entertainment out there. These brave lads take you through the 1960s, ‘70s, ‘80's, and even the ‘90s. They live to tell about it because of their super strength and the…
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Episode 2: Film Freaks for Dummies!
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In this episode, the Film Freaks, Phoef and Mark, slowly creep backstage into the creepy, eerie and just plain strange sub-genre of evil ventriloquist dummy films! Man, oh man, it's surprising how many there are plus once television got going they too embraced these wooden, warped, and weird dummies as well. The Film Freaks introduce you to the Gre…
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Episode 1 takes the Film Freaks deep into space—past far off galaxies and successful sci-fi franchises into the black hole of some the craziest, weirdest, and fun "space operas" ever made! These are low budget, B-movie "Star Wars" wannabes that shine just as bright from sheer willpower! Come blast off with the Film Freaks as they discuss and honor …
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A long time ago, two like-minded writers (Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan) met in college, discovered they were both "film freaks" and a lifelong friendship was born. While both having successful careers in television & film, they made sure that they get together every weekend and devour all the strange & bizarre cinema that is out there - biker…
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