Schlock and Awe

  I have a fantastic Guest today!  Christ Hurtado came on to the Podcast to talk French Science Fiction; how we miss movie theatres and how Australia is missing out on the Criterion Channel.    Schlock and Awe @schlockandawe1 Chris Hurtado @HurTastic_Cris Inside the Sequel @InsideSequel   Hurtastic Reviews  youtube.com/channel/UCTNmdheJzz_W6rqUMzAtPdw Podcast Also Found Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify FM Player Stitcher

  This week on Schlock and Awe on Schlock & Awe I grab myself a Martini and scamper around the city of New York City with Sofia Coppola's latest On the Rocks and the 1979 comedy of errors The In-Laws .  This is a Double Caper of sorts, with plenty of Shenanigans.     Other Movies Also Discussed:  Captain America: The First Avenger 2011, Captain Marvel, 2019 The Trial of The Chicago 7, 2020 Port of Shadows, 1938 The Philadelphia Story, 1940 Podcast Episodes Can Also Be Found... PodBean   iTunes Spotify FM Player

I decided to a thing.  So Welcome to the first ever Schlock and Awe Podcast!  A Double Feature Cast that celebrates all movies from the Sublime to the Dirty.    Celebrate Noirvember when I paired.  The 1953 classic The Big Heat and 2018 Meander Under the Silver Lake You can also listen on  BeanPod ,  Spotify  and  Apple Podcasts

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, DIR J L THOMPSON, 1981 & NEW YORK RIPPER DIR LUCIO FULCI 1982      The Slasher genre has it's roots firmly in the Murder Mystery.  It's the Italian's who give the murder mystery a more kill and gore focus: Blood and Black Lace ,  The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Torso .  Incredibly stylish movies with fashion, wealth and a killer often in black gloves.  What is important, especially for the movies I am going to be talking about; is the camera taking the POV or the Killer POV.  Something the later Slasher genre would take up with gusto, as the 1980s slid into masks and machetes, where the the final girl and  body count was more the primary objective.  At the Slasher's height, in the early 1980s, you see the melding with Giallo, as the two movies Happy Birthday to Me and The New York Ripper shows.  They are both Hodge Podge of Hitchcock, mystery, gore, kills but on completely different spectrum of film making.  One movie is all plot the o