This is the last episode of the "Internet Archive" era of Abnormal State Theatre, or what I've dubbed "Season Zero"...I'm putting the show on hiatus for about three months in order to record and edit a mess of episodes that will be the first "season" of the show after switching over to Podbean. I get into the whys, wherefores, and reasons thereof m…

I'm working to get Episode #9 together and out, hopefully by mid-month...in the meantime, please enjoy this belated mini-review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (SPOILERS!!!), and a brief update on the upcoming MST3K revival... Short Takes #3 - In the Not-Too-Distant Future, In a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part Deux Music: "Star Wars - Extended Version" …

I'm apologizing up-front for this one--it was recorded in my vehicle on my iPhone mic, so it takes a step back in sound quality, at least to my ear, and apart from the opening, there aren't any of the usual assortment of snarky clips. It's been a crazy couple of months, so I'm (as usual!) behind schedule on Episode 9...I'm hoping to have it ready t…

This was the second of two podcasts I recorded while on my mountain vacation this past September; it took me a little longer to get around to editing this one. We take a few moments to mourn the loss of one of the greatest genre cinema podcasters of all time, Vince Rotolo of the B-Movie Cast, who passed away this past April (yeah, I know, but bette…

Finally I'm back with a little something to hold you over until Episode 8: A new subset of minisodes I've dubbed "Short Takes" which will cover such things as DVD/Blu-Ray releases I've recently acquired or perhaps acquired a while ago and am just now getting to watch, entertainment news I feel the need to put my two cents in about, or just what may…

A few episodes ago, we explored the beginnings of modern science-fiction with a review of Fritz Lang's 1927 epic Metropolis. This time we hop into the Wayback Machine for a trip to 1920 and Robert Wiene's Expressionist breakthrough film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, which did the same thing for the horror genre of film that Metropolis did for sci-fi…

Just touching base...I think I'm just going to post audio updates to my feed when there's a delay of some sort on the main podcast or if I feel the need to explain or elaborate on my situation. Makes me feel productive to still sit down and edit something, even if it is just a blurb. Update - March 21, 2015 Music: Russ Huddleston & Robert Smith - "…

I LIIIIVE!!!! So sorry for the long hiatus, but between my computer dying, everyone in the house being in a perpetual state of sick, and the three feet of snow dumped on us in January, I haven't been able to drop a decent update for three months. But I'm back now with a new episode, dissecting one of my favorite 70's Italian space operas, Luigi Coz…

Only a day late this time--I'm improving! This month I head into the screening chamber to tangle with the 1962 caveman musical Eegah, co-written, produced, and directed by Arch Hall, Sr. (under the pseudonym Nicholas Merriwether), and starring Arch Hall, Jr., Richard Kiel (best known for his turn as Jaws in a couple of 007 flicks), Marilyn Manning,…

As promised, here is the bonus episode to make up for my tardiness in posting for the past couple of months. This time around instead of my normal review, I recorded an audio commentary track for Phil Tucker's best-known film, 1953's Robot Monster. If you've ever used Rifftrax in the past or listened to other audio commentary podcasts, you know the…

Sorry again for the late update - October was a crazy month for me. This episode was recorded in October but every time I sat down to edit I was interrupted. I have an idea for a new podcast to run parallel to this one, and I'm going to test it on the next episode, which will be VERY soon. This time around, we explore the progenitor of the sci-fi g…

A thousand pardons for being away so long! Real life intruded once again and threw me off my game, but I'm back with a brand new episode that was actually recorded around the middle of the month but couldn't be edited and released till now. I'm shooting for mid-October for the next episode to drop. In this episode, we get a hobbit's eye view of for…

Grab your hip waders--this month, we slog our way into the murky depths of 70's schlock documentary waters with a little nugget of paranoia from the Pacific Northwest called "Overlords of the UFO". Supposedly banned and suppressed for decades (but now somehow available for free on YouTube), this film was the brainchild of reporter W. Gordon Allen, …

Welcome to Abnormal State Theatre, the podcast where we evaluate the therapeutic value of bizarre and obscure cinema of past and present as a cure for the common movie! With each episode, after some opening remarks and a rundown of the featured movie's history, cast, and crew, our host, Doctor R. D. Gearhardt (not a real doctor) will step into the …