Podcast Episode 61 - The Abominable Dr Diggles Phibes

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Podcast Episode 42

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Episode 42 is all about Van Damme and we're discussing three of his earlier releases. First up is Bloodsport where we contemplate just how much of this "true" story might actually be true. Next up is Kickboxer where we discuss how useful the forced split device could be when getting ready in the morning. Rounding out the bunch is Cyborg. Known for being a pretty bad film is Cyborg so bad it's good or so bad it's bad. We can't quite agree. We also discuss the current trend of horror in television, Daredevil and more! Enjoy!

Artsploitation Films is Back!

Artsploitation Films is the distribution company behind some really great and unique genre films including "Toad Road", "Wither", and the fantastically brutal and exploitative "Hidden in the Woods". We are incredibly excited to hear the news of their soon to be announced titles and think many of you are really going to dig them as well. Head on over to www.artsploitationfilms.com and show them some support!

From the Press Release, April 22, 2015
After a hiatus of 16 months, alternative North American film distribution company Artsploitation Films (www.artsploitation.com) has announced its upcoming summer line-up of international films. From the comedic to the horrific; the unsettling to the blood-curdling; and from the erotic to the controversial, the films showcase the best and most innovative genre movies the world has to offer.

The announced selection of 10 titles begins June 9th with the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the German slasher film and film festival favorite DER SAMURAI and features films from 6 different countries. Showcased is a cross-dressing, samurai sword-wielding killer (DER SAMURAI); a middle-class snuff-making suburban couple (THE HOUSE WITH 100 EYES); a group of cub scouts who should not have gone into the woods (CUB); a porno director’s bed-hopping search for his next female star (TRANSGRESSION); a young girl tormented by psycho-sexual dreams (HORSEHEAD); a money-desperate drug dealer who will stop at nothing (DEALER); a kidnapped woman more duplicitous than her abductors (RECKLESS); and, coming this Fall, a severed hand bent on bloody revenge…and bodily reunification (BLOODY KNUCKLES). And there is not a G–rated children’s film in the bunch!

There will be several limited theatrical releases (FEVER and DEATH IN BUENOS AIRES this summer) and most films will go out day and date on DVD/Blu-Ray and VOD. Artsploitation’s founder, Raymond Murray, sums up the company’s acquisitions philosophy as, “We seek entertaining and provocative films that encompass our admittedly left-of-center film esthetic. My goal is to find films that my team and I love but then the hard work begins: connecting each film with its targeted, often quite specialized audience. And remember, hundreds of fictional men, women and children have been killed, kidnapped, tormented, or have had their blood sucked out of them and the least we can do is connect their stories with their future fans.”