Schlock and Awe

  As we're heading into the New Year it's time to let off a little steam and head to a party.  Lindsay is joined by Film Feast Host ( @filmfeastpod ) Matt Bledsloe ( @mattbled87 ) as they wonder through a densely packed party Double Feature of The Nice Guys and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.    You Can Also Find The Podcast Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify I Heart Radio FM Player Film Feast Podcast @filmfeastpod Film Feast Instagram filmfeast Matt's Twitter @mattbled87 Credits   Schlock and Awe Twitter @schlockandawe1 Schlock and Awe Instagram schlock_awe_movies Schlock and Awe Letterboxd SchlockAwe Lindsay's Twitter @readandgeek Lindsay's Letterboxd Lindz81   Opening & Closing Credits:  Calling Munity, Marc Wallock www.shutterstock.com

  This week on Schlock and Awe Lindsay is joined by the You Gotta See This Host ( @YouGottaSeeThisPC ) Dan Machholz as they trip through a MCU Comsic Fantastic Double of Guardians of the Galaxy from 2014 and Howard the Duck from 1986.    They talk all things comic books and plenty of Batman. Podcast Also Found Podbean Apple Podcasts Spotify FM Player Stitcher    Dan Machholz Twitter:  @DanMachholz   You Gotta See This:  You Gotta See This You Gotta See This Twitter:  @YouGottaSeeThisPC   Schlock and Awe Twitter:  @schlockandawe1 Schlock and Awe Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/schlock_awe_movies/ Lindsay Twitter:  @readandgeek   Opening & Closing Credits:  Calling Munity, Marc Wallock www.shutterstock.com

  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

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 fil...