Episode 107 - Andy is Dandy

Back in the 80's the cable network Cinemax was the best source for genre and exploitation films. We saw many formative offerings there. Countless nude scenes, beheadings, car crashes and laser blasts. One of the people who's work was featured prominently there was the late Andy Sidaris.  His films were frequently set on Hawaii and "starred" a bevy of Playmates and Pets who would shoot guns and race cars in outlandish plots that were essentially just excuses for them to take off their clothes.  Those were VERY good days.  We decided to look at two of Mr. Sidaris' earliest works on the podcast. We start off with 1973's Stacey, which tells a muddled story of an elderly dowager who hires the gorgeous, eponymous, Stacey, to investigate the various people who aim to inherit her vast wealth.  It is filled with clunky innuendo and lots of tight clothing and serves as a template for Sidaris' future work. We follow that up with his next film, 1979's Seven, starring Conan's dad, William Smith as a "man who can get things done". He is assembling a rag-tag group to take down a villainous mob in Hawaii.  Things get really complicated, really quickly, but Sidaris clearly built upon Stacey with this one and the results are very entertaining.  Let us know what you thought of the show by writing to flickersfrom@yahoo.com or flickersfrom@gmail.com or you can just send us a message on Facebook.

Episode 106 - Don't Flicker the Cave

Telephones are much more of a part of our lives now, but back in the dark ages, they were huge, monolithic things that sat idly by, waiting for someone to call and sometimes those people were calling to scare the living hell out of you!  We look at two movies from this era, starting with 1980's "Don't Answer the Phone" which deserves it's placement on the UK's Video Nasties list.  It presents a serial rapist/killer and the horribly-acted police who are trying to catch him. It is grim, unpleasant and totally without any real appeal.  We follow that up with the classic film "When a Stranger Calls" from 1979. It stars Carol Kane, Charles Durning and Colleen Dewhurst in the story of one of the worst kinds of murderers and the people he torments and the dogged investigator who is tracking him down. It is a fantastic and unsettling thriller that belongs on a very short list of some of the best films of this kind.  Please let us know what you thought of the show by writing to flickersfrom@yahoo.com or flickersfrom@gmail.com or just leave us a message on our Facebook page.