Cinesludge Episode 9: The Leaping Lycanthropes of Fred Olen Ray!

In a special episode, we double down on our Fred Olen Ray ways and look at not just one epic Werewolf saga, featuring the final performance as Daninsky from Paul Naschy, in THE UNLIVING!  We also enjoyed the easily available and utterly awesome DIRE WOLF (or DINO WOLF if you want the special edition).  As a big fan of both the director and the star (never mind the MVP performance of the immortal Michelle Bauer!) the special edition of THE UNLIVING was (and is still close to), my favorite release of the year.

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CINESLUDGE Episode 8! In [REC]trospect and Hellbilly Too!

With this episode, the Evil Monks of Cinesludge examine not just the Spanish [REC] series, but also the two Quarantine films that spun out of it.  But that is not all!  You can also learn more about Max (HELLINGER!) Cherchi's lost and now found Beverly Lynne film, HELLBILLY!  And why not add Jean Claude Van Damme to the mix?

DIG IT!!

MILLIGAN MAYHEM at Cinesludge Evil Monk #2 HQ

This image says it all. We live in an age of digital miracles.

Episode 7: Top O' The Sludge and a Fred Olen Ray Christmas and Stripper A-Go-Go!

Join The Twitching Brain EVIL MONK #1 (Dan Taylor of EXPLOITATION RETROSPECT) and the Rampaging Id EVIL MONK #2 (David Zuzelo of TOMB IT MAY CONCERN) as they combine into the Snark Free Voltron and celebrate the holidays with FRED OLEN RAY as he unleashes not just a new Christmas Film but a beautiful throwback to the Strippers In Peril genre, AFTER MIDNIGHT!  Then it's time for the duo of HorrorDad dichotomy to unleash their TOP TEN films of the year. No simple list, this is the top 10 FIRST VIEWINGS, so nothing is off limits.  From Baseball Documentaries to Holiday Horrors to EyeFetal Anger Generators and Billy Clubs! 
A SUPER DOUBLE SIZED (almost) EPISODE OF TITANIC PROPORTIONS! It's THE TOP O' THE SLUDGE, baby.... we even brought the strippers!
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Episode 6 is up! ALL ZOMBINATORS MUST DIE!

A new episode has been unleashed as we battle germs, microphone dust covers gone missing and more to face down some Grade A CINESLUDGE with some really good cinema. Well, that depends on how you define GOOD!
First up is a look at THE ZOMBINATOR, an off the cuff film that pits fashion bloggers against a tiny apocalypse of the Undead?  Then it's BODY BY JAKE smashing people in the Thanksgiving slasher, HOME SWEET HOME.  The main course?  ALL SUPERHEROES MUST DIE!  And hey, we toss in Mack Bolan and even some WRONG TURN 6 thoughts.  DIG IT!  Don't forget to comment or subscribe via iTUNES as well!

Episode 5 is ALIVE!

EPISODE FIVE IS ALIVE!!!  Yes, we are back with a lot more audio action as the process of Cinesludging has grown easier and easier with each week.  The topics this week include two films from director Jim Wynorski, SUB ZERO and HARD BOUNTY.  One is slab of stock footage and insane action that features world dominating EMP Blasts (!!) while the other is a Wynorski'd Up Spaghetti Western with Kelly LeBrock as one tough hooker with a heart!

Then we chat some BEER with Evil Monk #1...THE HUNGOVER GOURMET!  Which leads us to a delectable look at two recent releases from INTERVISION of the late period BRUNO MATTEI films, IN THE LAND OF THE CANNIBALS and MONDO CANNIBAL!  These are just amazing epics of exploitation, and I even forgot to mention MIKE MONTY was in there....SORRY, MIKE!!!

Dig in..enjoy...and explore some Cinesludge with us, right now!

Inside Episode 0.90 - Hellingers, Habits, Earbuds and CherKEE not CherCHEE

Cinesludge was the first time I'd EVER tried to record a podcast, and with Dan and I saddled up by picking a topic on the fly based off a late night text he sent me regarding the film HELLINGER being amazingly rampagingly awesome we hit the ground running.



It was supposed to be a test. It turned into an hour. A fun hour about some films that were new to us!  Sure, we mispronounced director Max Cerchi's name and I totally fluffed the fact that the sexy lead in HOLY TERROR was Beverly Lynne of Tomb Of The Werewolf and Tanya X, but given the technical challenges I put in front of us, it's a miracle it even worked.  Dan was working on a webcam and with earbuds (which must have been beyond challenging since I talk pretty fast) and I had us both recording our streams via Audacity and somehow it actually WORKED!  We would discover that wouldn't always happen, but... that is for the next episode.

Neither of us had a lot of experience with Cerchi's films, but when I listen back to the episode while editing some bits together to upgrade the archived edition it really shows off why I wanted to do this with DT so much.  Starting out with a short history of Exploitation Retrospect and then into just enjoying the brain shattering awesomeness that is Hellinger, the light that squeezes realtors balls because they have pacts with a demented cabbage patch faced nun and even pondering the mix of Cerchi and The Polonia Bros. working together on a film, it's just a snark free (for the most part) look at a few DVD releases that caught our eye.

Believe me, it's just a start, but you know what? As a first try, I think it holds up. And I'm pretty amazed that the director would enjoy it and Hellinger is sort of our pet monster now.  A cross between a priest and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man with a rictus grin and a story that is subliminal at best, it was fun to enter the Cerchiverse that way. And hey, there is MORE to come.  I've already seen a trailer for HOUSE OF EVIL and I think Hellinger fans are in for a treat!

So, here is some more media for the items covered in episode 1. And we'll be talking about the films a bit more, since I couldn't resist buying ANOTHER version of Hellinger and Holy Terror..with commentary!!

See ya back here, over there and in yer ears...
Evil Monk #2, DZ

THE DOUBLE FEATURE FROM HELL at MVD

 

CARNAGE: THE LEGEND OF QUILTFACE at MVD