Sunday, June 19, 2011

Episode 14 - No Reason



Episode 14 delves into the world of inanimate objects that become living vessels of evil as we focus on 1974's Killdozer and 2010's Rubber. Killdozer was a TV movie where a hulking D9 Bulldozer mysteriously starts to stalk the isolated team of workers on a tiny island off the coast of Africa. Starring the stoic Clint Walker and a team of talented character actors, Killdozer works surprisingly well and develops real tension as the men fall one by one. Rubber takes more of an art-school mentality to the subject of a standard car tire that comes to life for "no reason" and begins rampaging across the southwest on psychokinetic killing spree. Rubber uses the idea of a framing metafiction to great effect and really messes with the viewers minds. We heartily recommend both of these and would love to hear what you think. Let us know at flickersfrom@yahoo.com or on our Facebook page.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

13 - Jason Is In The House

Lucky episode 13 focuses on an obvious subject, the notorious film-series Friday the 13th.
Beginning with 1980's original Friday the 13th, and continuing on through the next three films in the series and then we speak briefly about 2009's reboot which was also titled Friday the 13th.
Also included in the discussion is the wonderful retrospective His Name Was Jason which includes comments from basically everyone who was ever menaced by a Vorhees family member.
The conversation detours to talk about remakes/reboots in general and...

***** SPOILER ALERT ******

no clear consensus is reached.
We hope you enjoy this spoiler-packed episode where we ladle the love onto a film series that was a landmark in our formative years.
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-Marty