The Incredible Two-Headed Podcast

Episode 36."Guns, Guns, Guns" with Rik Tod Johnson

Summer is here, the world is on fire, and to help you all stay cool we're sticking to the shadows this year. It's Summer in the Shadows here at the pod, as we begin our long series on film noir. Joining us today for the first entry is our old pal Rik Tod Johnson.

We're talking guns today, with discussions on the Alan Ladd/Veronica Lake hitman flick This Gun For Hire from 1952, followed by the highly suggestive Gun Crazy from 1950.

Episode 35b. "Odds and Ends" with Rik Tod Johnson and Dolores Quintana

It's takin' care of business time here at the Incredible Two-Headed Podcast, and this week we've got a short filler episode to explain what's going on with the podcast these days. We've got big plans for the summer and we're previewing them here in a brief chat with our old pal Rik Tod Johnson.

After that, I threw in a little bonus deleted scene from last week's episode with Dolores Quintana. Our discussion about the self-censorship of streaming platforms led to a pretty interesting tangent about William Friedkin, The Exorcist, and the hypocritical morality of CBS procedurals. It was great stuff, but the episode was already going long and I figured we should just get to the movie discussion a bit quicker. So here it is now for your enjoyment!

We'll be back next week with a regular episode, the beginning of our Summer of Darkness series.

Episode 35. "Nuns" with Dolores Quintana

An episode months in the making! An episode so massive it took two weeks to edit!

Dolores Quintana (finally) joins me to discuss a pair of crazy nun dramas. Up first is Black Narcissus, from the incomparable team of Powell and Pressburger. After that we discuss Ken Russell's shocking, too-hot-for-Warner Bros portrait of the downfall of Urbain Ganier; The Devils.

This episode was a lot of fun to record, and we each had a lot to say, so instead of editing it down or splitting it into two, I'm just releasing the whole thing as one file. 

Dolores Quintana is a writer whose works appear in Nightmarish Conjurings and Fangoria, 

Episode 34. "Stunts" with Johnny Duarte

Johnny D. makes his triumphant, long awaited return to The Incredible Two-Headed podcast, bringing with him a topic, and a favorite movie. 

It's all about stunts today! Stunt performers, impressive stunts, stunt-heavy movies, movies ABOUT stunts, we cover it all. Well, mostly we cover the 1978 Burt Reynold's comedy Hooper, and the 2007 Quentin Tarantino oddity Death Proof. But we talk about that other stuff, too.

Episode 33. "Master of May-nace Roundtable Wrap up

You probably thought that our Master of May-nace series was going to end in May, didn't you? Well, you were wrong!

It's a special post-May wrap up for our monthlong tribute to the one and only Vincent Price! And joining me for this special meandering conversation are friends of the show J. Carlos Menjivar of the Dial F For Film podcast, and Rik Tod Johnson! 

It's a particularly focused episode this time, as we talk about Vincent Price and nothing else! There are certainly no discussions about the viciousness of Moose, bloody SNL skits, or how we remember the word 'onomatopoeia.' Save those digressions for bonus episodes, we're laser focused on this one!

Episode 32. Master of May-nace: "1959" with Bunnicula Blanc

Here it is, the penultimate episode in our monthlong tribute to Vincent Price.

Bunnicula Blanc returns to the show to discuss a pair of movies from the year 1959, which was a busy year for Vincent. Up first his House on Haunted Hill, one of two successful collaborations with William Castle. Following that we discuss The Bat, another whodunnit which shares a lot of similarities with House on Haunted Hill.

Episode 31. "Faux Poe" with Sir Hatchporch

Welcome back to our monthlong tribute to the Master of Menace, Vincent Price. It's the Master of May-nace month here at the Incredible Two-Headed Podcast!

One of the most well-known parts of Vincent Price's career was his string of Roger Corman directed adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories, and no discussion of his career would be complete without bringing up those classic films. So of course, we won't be discussing them today!

Instead, we're focusing on two films that tried, in one way or another, to piggyback off of the success of that cycle of films. Up first, The Haunted Palace, titled after the Poe poem, but in actuality based on the Lovecraft story The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. After that, we discuss the classic British horror film The Witchfinder General, which was retitled in America to The Conqueror Worm.

 

 

Episode 30. Master of May-nace Pt. 2 "Last Men On Earth" with J. Carlos Menjivar

Welcome back to Master of May-nace, our monthlong tribute to Vincent Price!

Things are a little different this week, as we discuss three, count 'em three movies! And only one of them stars Vincent Price! What's going on?

What's going on is that we're discussing all three filmed adaptations of Richard Matheson's novel, I Am Legend. The first of those, The Last Man On Earth, starred Vincent Price as the titular last man. After that we've got Charlton Heston in The Omega Man, and Will Smith in I Am Legend.

Which film will come out on top? Listen on to find out!

J. Carlos Menjivar is the host of the Dial F. For Film Podcast, which you can find wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow the show on twitter @DialFPodcast

Episode 29. Master of May-nace Pt. 1 "Dr. Phibes"

Master of May-nace month begins here at The Incredible Two-Headed Podcast! Or, should that be May-ster of Menace? May-ster of May-nace? No, that's just silly.

Whatever you want to call it, it's our month-long tribute to the one and only Vincent Price! We've got a lot of movies to talk about so let's just jump right into it here, with returning guest Rik Tod Johnson. Together we discuss a pair of landmark films in Price's horror career, 1971's The Abominable Dr. Phibes and its sequel, 1972's Dr. Phibes Rises Again.

Find Rik on twitter @TheCinema4Pylon and check his writings on animation at Cinema4Celbloc.

If you have any questions or comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please email me at TwoHeadedPod@Gmail.com

Episode 28. "Ghosts of Guillermo del Toro" with "A Ghost Waits" writer-director Adam Stovall

On today's special episode, Adam Stovall, the talented multi-hyphenate behind indie horror-romance A Ghost Waits joins me to discuss the works of Guillermo del Toro, specifically his ghost stories The Devil's Backbone and Crimson Peak.

Adam can be found on twitter @AdamStovall, and the film can be followed @AGhostWaits. Adam's lovely film comes out on Blu-Ray and TVOD on May 4th. If you want to pre-order the Blu-ray, you can do so here. Or, if you prefer it digitally, you can pre-order it digitally in itunes or apple tv here.

I will also be holding a giveaway for two listeners to win copies of the bluray. Details to which can be found within the show or on our twitter feed, @TwoHeadedPod.