With the success of their last Halloween themed Side Cast and posting on Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers where J.Blake and Dion Baia recommend some horror films they both feel may have fallen through the cracks or have been overlooked, the boys meet back at the Podwits studios to record a quick cast about the zombie genre. […]
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Side Cast: The Zombie Genre
Posted: 24th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, History, News, Podcast, Side-Casts, UncategorizedTags: 28 Days Later, Carnival of Souls, City of the Living Dead, Dairy of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive, Dead Snow, George Romero, House by the Cemetery, I Walked with a Zombie, Land of the Dead, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Lucio Fulci, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare City, Resident Evil, Return of the Living Dead, Scream, Serpent of the Rainbow, Shaun of the Dead, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Survival of the Dead, The Beyond, The Faculty, The Walking Dead, Val Lewton, White Zombie, Zack Snyder, Zombie
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Side Cast: October Horror Recommendations
Posted: 8th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Celebrities, Comic Books, Film, History, Podcast, Side-Casts, TelevisionTags: Adrienne Barbeau, Andy Kaufman, Black Christmas, Black Sabbath, Bob Clark, Brad Dourif, Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, don mancini, EC Comics, George Romero, God Told Me To, Hal Holbrook, Horror, Invaders From Mars, James Cagney, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Spinell, John Carpenter, John Carradine, Larry Cohen, Leslie Nielsen, Lucio Fulci, Maniac, Mario Bava, Martin, mike ploog, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead 1990, Peeping Tom, Peter Cushing, Randy Jurgensen, Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Seed of Chucky, Sharon Mitchell, Shock waves, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Stephen King, Sylvester Stallone, Tales of the Crypt, Ted Danson, Tom Baker, Tom Savini, tony lo bianco, True Blood, Twilight, Vault of Horror, Vincent Price, William Lustig, William Powell, Zombie
To help get the word out about their new Podcast Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Dion and J. Blake sit down to recommend 10 horror films for the Halloween season that they feel may be overlooked or forgotten in today’s times. The boys attempt to compile a list of amazing fright films that may not be […]
Side-Cast: Horror Remakes Part 2
Posted: 30th October 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, Podcast, Side-CastsTags: Betty Davis, Black Christmas, Bruce Campbell, Cape Fear, Carrie, Dawn of the Dead, Devil's Rain, Disney, Elijah Wood, Ennio Morricone, Fear.com, Frankenstein, Fright Night, Gregory Peck, Howard Hawks, I Am Legend, Invaders From Mars, Irreversible, Joe Spinell, John Carpenter, John Frankenheimer, Ju-on, Julianne Moore, Let Me In, Let the Right One In, Maniac, Martyrs, Michael Mann, Mirrors, Mystery of the Wax Museum, Nightmare on Elm Street, Nightshift, Omega Man, Piranha, Piranha 3D, Piranha 3DD, Poltergeist, Psycho, Ray Harryhausen, Richard Matheson, Sam Raimi, Scarface, Scream Factory, Shelley Long, Shutter, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Steven Spielberg, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Amityville Horror, The Astronaut's Wife, The Black Hole, The Blob, The Cat People, The Devil and Max Devin, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II, The Exorcist, The Eye, The Fly, The Fog, The Grudge, The House of Wax, The Last Man on Earth, The Manchurian Candidate, The Mummy, The Omen, The Orphanage, The Ring, The Thing, The Thing From Another World, The Toolbox Murders, The Watcher in the Woods, The Wolfman, Tobe Hooper, Troll Hunter, Vincent Price, World War Z
Continuing to celebrate the festive Halloween season, Dion and contributor J. Blake are back with part two of their hugely insightful Side Cast on Horror Movie Remakes. They jump right back into the in’s and out’s of the genre, and see how their favorite modern intrepretations stack up to the classics and why. So grab a pen and paper (or you dang […]
Side-Cast: Horror Remakes Part 1
Posted: 16th October 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 13 Ghosts, 28 Days Later, Assault on Precinct 13, Bob Clark, Bullitt, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Deadly Blessing, Don Siegel, Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland, Ed Gein, Friday the 13th, Funny Games, George Romero, Halloween, Halloween 2, House on Haunted Hill, I Spit on Your Grave, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Irreversible, John Carpenter, John Saxon, Kevin Williamson, Last House on the Left, Monica Bellucci, Murder By Decree, My Bloody Valentine, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, Phil Kaufman, Psycho, Robert Duvall, Scream, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Straw Dogs, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Beyond, The Crazies, The Evil Dead, The Faculty, The Fly, The Haunting, The Strangers, The Thing, Tony Todd, When a Stranger Calls, William Castle, World's End
‘Tis the season of witches, ghosts and goblins, and the Podwits are full of the Halloween spirit! Contributor J. Blake and Dion sit down in this edition of the Side Cast to discuss their favorite remakes in the horror film genre! They get into the nuts and bolts and see how their faves stack up […]
Side Casts: Post-Apocalyptic Cinema
Posted: 24th July 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 12 Monkeys, 1990: The Bronx Warriors, 2019: After the Fall of New York, 9, After Earth, Battle Royale, Blade Runner, Book of Eli, Buster Keaton, Castlefreak, Charlie Chan, Children of Men, Christopher Lambert, Cyborg, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Deathrace 2000, Elysium, End Game, Ender's Game, Ernest Borgnine, Escape from New York, Firefly, Fortress, Fritz Lang, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, George Miller, I Am Legend, Italian Cinema, James Mason, Jeffery Combs, John Carpenter, Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, la jetee, Logan's Run, Mad Max, Mel Gibson, Metropolis, Mind Warp, New Barbarians, Night of the Living Dead, Omega Man, Pacific Rim, Peter Weller, Planet of the Apes, Post Apocalyptic, Reign of Fire, Richard Matheson, Robocop, Robocop 2, Rod Serling, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Silent Films, Soylent Green, Star Trek, Stuart Gordon, Terminator, Terminator 2, The Day After Tomorrow, The Hughes Brothers, The Hunger Games, The Last Man on Earth, The Postman, The Purge, The Road, The Road Warrior, The Stand, The Thing, The Time Machine, The Walking Dead, The Warriors, This is the End, Time Travel, Total Recall, Trancers, Warner Oland, Waterworld, World War Z
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back for another edition of the Podwits’ Side Cast. This time they take on a very weighty topic in the lore of cinema, the Post-Apocalyptic film. Believe it or not, a lot more movies than you may think end up inhabiting this horror/sci-fi/fantasy genre, and you may be surprised what Dion […]
World War Z The Podwits Review
Posted: 27th June 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Film, Film ReviewTags: Brad Pitt, Dawn of the Dead, Finding Neverland, George Romero, Marc Foster, Max Brooks, Night of the Living Dead, Quantum of Solace, The Walking Dead, World War Z, WWZ, Zack Snyder
World War Z is One of the Most Formulaic and Meaningless Zombie Films Ever Made. Rating: * * out of five stars Review by Luke Whitmire Ex-United Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) traverses the world to prevent a zombie pandemic that is destroying governments, nations and humanity itself. WWZ was initially envisioned as a […]
Man of Steel : A Review
Posted: 17th June 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: 300, Amy Adams, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Reeve, David S. Goyer, Dawn of the Dead, Diane Lane, Hans Zimmer, Henry Cavill, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Kevin Costner, Man of Steel, Michael Shannon, Richard Donner, Russell Crowe, Sucker Punch, Superman, Watchman, Zack Snyder
Man of Steel is an Epic, Righteous, Legendary Masterpiece!!! (Podwits contributor Luke Whitmire shares his personal reaction to the new Superman film.) In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. For seventy-five years his stories have been published in thousands of comic books, novels, a successful radio […]
Side-Casts: The Decline of the Horror Convention Part. 2: The Italian Giallo Phenomenon
Posted: 1st May 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-Casts, UncategorizedTags: Albert DeSalvo, Anchor Bay, Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Black Sunday, Bruce Dern, Burt Lancaster, Dario Argento, Dawn of the Dead, Deep Red, Die Hard, Ennio Morricone, George Romero, Giallo, Halloween 2, Henry Fonda, Horror, Horror Conventions, Italian Horror, Joe Bob Briggs, John Frankenheimer, Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava, Monster Vision, Once Upon a Time in the West, Robert Shaw, Rock Hudson, Seconds, Side-Cast, Sidecast, The Boston Strangler, The Girl Who Knew too Much, The Train, The Warriors, Tony Curtis, Walter Hill, Zombie
Dion and Podwit contributor J. Blake are back for their 2nd installment in the new Side-cast series. Today they zero in on Joe Bob Briggs‘ 1990’s television show Monster Vision, and then dissect the 1970’s Italian genre known as Giallo. For any Horror fan out there, Italian Horror cinema is clutch, and who better to educate you […]
Side-Casts: The Decline of the Horror Convention Part. 2: The Italian Giallo Phenomenon [ 51:08 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (401)Side-Casts: The Decline of the Horror Convention Part 1
Posted: 17th April 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 52 Pick Up, Anchor Bay, Andrew Divoff, Blue Underground, Burt Reynolds, Casino, Chiller Theater, Dario Argento, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Ed Begley Jr., Elijah Wood, Fangoria, Friday the 13th, George C Scott, George Romero, Hardcore, Harvey Keital, Horror Conventions, Inherit the Wind, Jake LaMotta, Joe Bob Briggs, Joe Spinell, John Glover, Kane Hodder, Knightriders, Leon, Lucio Fulci, Maniac, Martin, Martin Scorsese, Monster Vision, Night of the Living Dead, Peter Boyle, Raging Bull, Randy Jurgensen, Shamus, Sherman Howard, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Tales From the Crypt, The Professional, The Warriors, Tom Savini, Toy Soldiers, Two Evil Eyes, Walter Hill, William Lustig, William Sadler, Wishmaster
Dion debuts The Podwits’ brand new spin-off, called Side-Casts; a series of podcasts that will be done with various contributors, by various Podwits members. In Part 1 of Dion’s 3-part debut special, he and contributor J. Blake discuss the decade-long decline of horror conventions, and also reminisce about various legendary, but seldom-seen masterpieces (most horror, but others skirt the line) that […]
Strolling Along with The Walking Dead
Posted: 11th April 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, TelevisionTags: Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Frank Darabont, George Romero, Night of the Living Dead, Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Zombie
“When Hell is full, the Dead will walk the Earth…” Brian and Dion take a stab at season 3 of The Walking Dead, and discuss the highlights of the prior two seasons, as well as its comic book origins. Get you zombie bug-out bag ready and make sure the SUV is gassed up, because the […]