"Cannibal Holocaust", "Thir13en Ghosts" (01), "Upstream Color", and "VFW"
This edition of the Ally’s Accessories Trash Feature Revue covers letters T-V from 2022. Despite his disappointment (that he predicted) with Dark Castle's "Gothika", "Thir13en Ghosts" was crazy enough with its cast, gore effects, and outlandish premise to not amuse.
"VFW" is an ultra-violent film with all the action movie supporting actors who never got the chance to shine. It is crazy to the point of hilarity.
As for shame, just search Shane Carruth. "Upstream Color" is a brilliant film that investigates a need for connection while diving into the director/star's psyche.
To keep things fresh on "I Dig Crazy Flicks" Russ revisited what was once the most controversial film of all time "Cannibal Holocaust". Does it still hold that title? The American Humane Society did not truly get involved with protecting animals until "Heaven's Gate".
Raw. Baked. Ridiculously Good.
3X the Protein, 50% the Sugar, 20% the Carbs.
“I Dig Crazy Flicks” was founded as “Ninety For Chill”. It is Russ Stevens’s blog dedicated to movies with runtimes between 70 to 100 minutes. This runtime was the standard for horror movies and goofball comedies. Without the time for drawn out narratives, throwing everything at the wall and seeing what would stick was the rule. Thus, craziness ensues, and cinephiles like CatBusRuss want to preach the greatness of embracing the insanity.
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Episode 290
Warm up for season 10 of @ccinemapodcast.bsky.social by hearing Russ’s initial thoughts from a rewatch of “Cannibal Holocaust” Is the director of “Upstream Colors” monster? For fun horror, Russ talks up “Thir13en Ghosts” & “VFW”
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Episode 289
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Episode 288
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Bonus
Female-fronted action cinema with Ally. Dancing is action, so “Flashdance” is included. Get ready for the #Cregger #ResidentEvil by reviewing the first series of films. Russ also compared CG-animation from today with #FinalFantasy “The Spirits Within”
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Episode 287
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Episode 286
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Episode 285
CatBusRuss provides a TEDTalk to Missouri Comic Con 2026 about knock off cinema from 40 years ago. It was time before the direct-to-video market allowed Mom to say, “We have Texas Chainsaw 2” at home.
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Episode 284
CatBusRuss plays host to Kolin of “Trashpanda Podcast” and Andras from “Ta2squid Podcast” with the plan to chat about 2005’s “Doom”. Chaos soon reigns over the conversation as if “The Dungeonmaster” from 1984 was taking control.
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Episode 283
CatBusRuss gets to ask The Horror Master what influences Argento’s films had on “Halloween”, watched Miike’s “Dead or Alive” to prep for @ccinemapodcast.bsky.social, and how the money gouging of #FanExpo constantly mocking nerds & geeks.
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Episode 281
CatBusRuss has a conversation with ThePoeticCritic about the current and future state of cinema. Because there should be movie reviews on a podcast, he went to #Peacock to watch #SuperMarioGalaxy & #Obsession.
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Episode 280
CatBusRuss smashes a conversation about holiday cinema with ThePoeticCritic between reviews for sex/relationship dramas of the early ‘00s: Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin; Mark Ruffalo in “XX/XY”; and Ewan McGregor in “Young Adam”.
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Episode 279
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Episode 141
Jonathan Romeo comes to the podcast to focus on William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, but its longer than 100 minutes. So he and CatBusRuss discuss features it may have inspired: “Evil Dead 2”, “Prince of Darkness”, Brandon Cronenberg’s “Possessor”, “Demons”, “Saint Maud”, and “Event Horizon”.
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