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Join your host, filmmaker Mark Bessenger (BITE MARKS, NINJA ZOMBIE), and his guests as they delve into the exploitative, overlooked and under-appreciated side of cinema! Each week, Mark picks a film his guests haven't seen, then they watch and discuss it! Will they like it, love it or hate it? Listen and find out! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: SPOILERS! ©2024 Thrillsville Productions
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Send us a text Today, Zelluloid Zemetery is Zenzational as we get out our sword, our whip and our best outfit! Filmmaker Billy Clift joins me to discuss George Hamilton's dual acting role and his brilliant supporting cast and how things just miss the mark in the 1981 action-comedy, ZORRO, THE GAY BLADE! WARNING: ZANY ZPOILERS! Theme by Rossano Gala…
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Send us a text Keep the creek on your left and the ridge on your right, and you'll find what you're looking for...unless it finds you first! Be sure and bring a pair of big shoes as Celluloid Cemetery has Bigfoot enthusiast Rob Carl join me to chat about the 2013 Bobcat Goldthwait found footage film, WILLOW CREEK! WARNING: Sasquatchy SPOILERS! Them…
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Send us a text You think Christmas is too commercial? How about a movie that's a 90-minute commercial? Celebrate Halloween with film enthusiast Patrick Falvey and me as we get trapped into watching the first film based on a business--SPIRIT HALLOWEEN: THE MOVIE! But hurry! It may only be here for six months! WARNING: Commercial SPOILERS! Theme by R…
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Send us a text What's worse than spending the weekend camping with your soon-to-be-ex? Camping with your soon-to-be-ex while everything nearby is trying to kill you! Join actor Leland Morrow and me as we discuss the atmospheric Australian nature attacks film, LONG WEEKEND (1978)! WARNING: SEA COW SPOILERS! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Se…
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Send us a text Celluloid Cemetery gets it drag on as filmmaker/playwright and co-editor of the book "Queer Horror: A Film Guide," Sean Abley joins us to talk about this movie starring cast members from "Ru Paul's Drag Race!" It's PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT meets FROM DUSK TIL DAWN, and very few are getting out alive...or even undead! Drag queen…
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Send us a text Get ready for the GAWDDAMN best piece of Tail in the whole world! Today, filmmaker Lee Anthony Smith joins me to talk tales of vampire hookers, quartered hearts, adventuring dwarves and Dennis Miller! That's right, kiddies, based on the popular HBO anthology series, we're doing TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS BORDELLO OF BLOOD! WARNING…
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Send us a text By the power of Grayskull, voice actor Aaron Veach joins me to talk about the 1987 Cannon fantasy adventure film based on the Mattel toy line, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE! We discuss Aaron's love of the toys, the film and the poor fate of Moss Man! WARNING: MASTERS OF THE SPOILERS! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. ©2024 Th…
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Send us a text It's bigger on the inside! No, not the Tardis (well, yes, the Tardis) but today, we're talking about a cavernous labyrinth set in an apartment living room, full of booby traps and a murderous Minotaur! Join me and singer/songwriter/actor Drew Beasley as we take left turns into the film DAVE MADE A MAZE! WARNING: SPOILERS THAT WILL GE…
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Send us a text Pack your bags and your bicycle! We're headed to Italy to catch one of director Tinto Brass' most famous movies, FRIVOLOUS LOLA! It's likely to rain, so join filmmaker Vito Trabucco and me as we get sopping wet talking about what differentiates porn from art, and how Tinto Brass fits into the Russ Meyer-Andy Sedaris pantheon! WARNING…
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Send us a text Punch! Punch! Punch! When the undersea kingdom of Seatopia is tired of being the world's nuclear whipping boy, they decide to strike back by sending their guardian monster, a giant bug named Megalon, to do some damage! But scientist Goro has invented a robot named Jet Jaguar that he sends to get Godzilla for help! When Gigan appears …
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Send us a text Is that a guitar in your hands or are you just happy to see me? Take one B-slasher film, add topless girls, pillow fights and Peeping Toms, shake well, and you have today's film: SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II. Is it a not-so-subtle cinematic metaphor for the fear of sex? Is it just an excuse to show T & A & gore? Is it both? Is it neithe…
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Send us a text You know how right after Halloween, all the stores start displaying their April Fools Day merchandise? No? Well, time flies just like that in this sorority house horror flick KILLER PARTY! Join actors from the original run of the 90s smash hit play "Party": Nic Arnzen, Vince Gatton and Kellum Lewis, as we talk about naked shimmying, …
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Send us a text Got your monkeypox shot? Feeling a bit angry? Save your frustration for us here at Celluloid Cemetery as actor/entertainment marking producer Patrick Falvey joins me to talk all things rage, viruses and red-butted baboons! WARNING: RED-BUTTED SPOILERS! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. ©2024 Thrillsville Productions…
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Send us a text If your college professor ever suggests you follow him into the woods to search for Bigfoot...say NO! Today, Sasquatcher Rob Carl joins us to talk about why the woods makes everyone so goddamn horny...including Bigfoot! It's the hairy beast like you've never seen him before! WARNING: BIG HAIRY SPOILERS! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artw…
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Send us a text Psychokinetic teen Tina returns to her childhood home at Crystal Lake to deal with some issues, but when a traumatic experience causes her to unknowingly revive undead Jason, she and new love interest Nick must try to save their friends and escape the clutches of the savage killer! Join me and special guest filmmaker Bart Mastronardi…
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Send us a text STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! First, there was Michael, then there was Jason, then there was Freddy...now, there's Johnny! Keep your hands off the merchandise and stay out of the woods, as Celluloid Cemetery invites filmmaker Vito Trabucco to examine the 2024 throwback to 80s slasher films, IN A VIOLENT NATURE! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwo…
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Send us a text Not lions and tigers, but bears! Oh, my! In this episode of Celluloid Cemetery, Bigfoot enthusiast and horror film fan Rob Carl treks into the deep woods with me to chat about a big hairy horror, GRIZZLY! So load your gun, put on your orange jacket and climb into the helicopter as we go ahuntin'! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by …
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Send us a text Howdy, partner! Grab yer gun and yer wooden stake and mosey on up to the coffin, as Celluloid Cemetery welcomes The Cobwebs Channel video podcaster Daniel Epler! Together, we have a showdown at high midnight with a vampire gun-for-hire in the first horror western, CURSE OF THE UNDEAD! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. W…
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Send us a text Pack your sleeping bag and grab your toothbrush! You're spending the night in a mausoleum as part of an initiation prank. But don't worry, you won't be alone! Your friends have broken in to scare you! And THEY aren't alone, either, as there is one very unhappy corpse about to make their night a living hell! Join actor Dudley Beene on…
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Send us a text Dance with the stripper pole and try not to get it embedded in your heart! Join actors and best friends Hunter Evans and Daniel Moser as we chat about the vampire-infested dive bar, the After Dark Club in the Grace Jones horror comedy VAMP! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: stripper SPOILERS! ©2024 Thrillsville…
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Send us a text Light the candles! Have a slice of cake! Leave the presents on the table as Celluloid Cemetery celebrates MY birthday with the 1981 slasher flick, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! Entertainment Project Manager and film fan Patrick Falvey helps me celebrate by talking about the appropriately-themed horror movie starring Melissa Sue Anderson! The…
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Send us a text From Bing Crosby's production company comes this creepy tale full of chuckles! Arnold is dead, but that doesn't stop him from marrying Karen (Stella Stevens) so she can inherit his vast fortune--provided that she keeps him on display in the drawing room and never leave his side. Obviously, lots of people are upset, but Arnold knows h…
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Send us a text What two things can kill a werewolf? Listen and find out as Celluloid Cemetery joins Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster, a werewolf, a mummy, a Gill-Man and actor/screenwriter Vince Cusimano, as we talk about the childhood terror film, THE MONSTER SQUAD! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: Spooky SPOILERS! ©2024 T…
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Send us a text Celluloid Cemetery checks itself for lumps and finds a big one! So it's off to the hospital for crazy encounters with skinless orderlies, Indian medicine men and tight satin shirts as filmmaker Vito Trabucco joins me to talk about the 1978 film, THE MANITOU and the tragic death of its director, William Girdler. Theme by Rossano Galan…
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Send us a text Celluloid Cemetery travels to Dog Island and gets the munchies as several young castaways shipwreck on the desolate rock and encounter a very large, very hungry creature! Actor Dudley Beene joins me to discuss that 80s slasher/monster flick HUMONGOUS! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: Humongous SPOILERS! ©2024 …
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Send us a text You are cordially invited to the wedding of Barnabas Collins and Maggie Evans! BYOB (Bring Your Own Blood)! Join writer/director/actor/podcaster/film historian Michael Varrati as we travel from the small screen to the big screen to talk about the 1970 horror hit HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. W…
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Send us a text Today, Celluloid Cemetery hits the road, and the road hits back as Entertainment Project Manager Patrick Falvey and director/cinematographer/film school teacher Bart Mastronardi join me to talk about that road rage horror movie THE CAR! Grip the wheel and buckle up as we chat about crying cops, flying cars and cat poo while trying to…
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Send us a text Something's fishy today at Celluloid Cemetery! Actor Peter Stickles joins me to talk about the fourth and final entry in the immensely popular shark franchise, JAWS: THE REVENGE! Listen to us talk about robot sharks, Christmas Eve attacks and Michael Caine's drip-dry clothes! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: T…
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Send us a text Cowabunga, dudes and dudettes! Today, Celluloid Cemetery invites actor Tommy Hinkley to join us to talk about his role in and the production of that 1987 sequel to the Beach Party movies, BACK TO THE BEACH! Join us as he talks about Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Bob Denver, Connie Stevens and Pee-Wee Herman! It's Gnarly! Theme b…
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Send us a text Forget the itsy-bitsy spider! Today, comic book writer and producer Sam Park joins me to discuss a big-ass one in the 1955 Universal big-bug classic TARANTULA! We also touch on other giant insect classics such as THEM!, THE DEADLY MANTIS and you get to hear me sing for the first time! Beware! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT S…
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Send us a text Does a mutated bear shit in the woods? Find out in this episode of Celluloid Cemetery as Bigfoot enthusiast Rob Carl joins me to talk about the 1979 Paramount Pictures release, PROPHECY, starring Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire and Armand Assante as an Indian! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: Big, mutated SPOILER…
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Send us a text My kingdom for a banana! Today, filmmaker Vito Trabucco joins me to talk about the fourth and darkest entry in the Apes franchise, CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES! Why did 20th Century Fox change the ending? How was this movie affected by the Civil Rights movement? Listen and find out! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seato…
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Send us a text Sit right back, and you'll hear a tale...of TV's most famous fictional castaways and how, after three years on the air and twelve years off, Gilligan, the Skipper, Mr. & Mrs. Howell, Ginger, the Professor and Mary Ann finally get rescued from their island home! Join me and guest Fangoria writer and playwright Sean Abley as we take a …
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Send us a text It's Thanksgiving Day at Celluloid Cemetery, but the turkey isn't the only thing about to be carved up! Join actor and horror aficionado Peter Stickles and me as we chat about the identical twin slasher film BLOOD RAGE and its leading lady, Louise Lasser! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: It's not cranberry sau…
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Send us a text When actors die onstage, this isn't what they mean! Join actor David Pevsner as we talk about the 1987 Italian slasher/giallo production STAGEFRIGHT! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: SPOILERS! Between the EYES! ©2024 Thrillsville Productions由Mark Bessenger
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Send us a text Splish! Splash! Die! as actor and psychotherapist Kellum Lewis join Celluloid Cemetery as we follow the rules: 1. No Running. 2. No Diving. 3. No Peeing in the 2001 internationally-cast slasher, THE POOL! Kellum and I try to solve the mysteries: WHO is the killer? WHEN will the police rescue the victims? And WHY the hell is James McA…
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Send us a text Those damn Yankees! Why can't we beat 'em?? Celluloid Cemetery welcomes our guest, choreographer/actor/director Michael Weaver as we talk about the filmed version of the hit Broadway musical with dance sequences by Bob Fosse! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: DAMN SPOILERS! ©2023 Thrillsville Productions…
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Send us a text Rabies-infected meat pies and goblets of blood are the perfect snack! Join our guest actor Scott Sell on Celluloid Cemetery as we foam at the mouth discussing the Satanic silliness of I DRINK YOUR BLOOD! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: I DRINK YOUR SPOILERS! ©2023 Thrillsville Productions…
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Send us a text I'm gonna tell ya all a story about a Harper Valley widowed wife on this episode of Celluloid Cemetery! Join actor/director/producer and council member Nic Arnzen as we talk about that 1978 revenge comedy, HARPER VALLEY P.T.A., based on the famous song by Jeannie C. Riley! It really did, it happened just that way! Theme by Rossano Ga…
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Send us a text A cursed corn field, an abandoned house and forbidding scarecrows add up to a horrific good time for five young people and a wayward crow, as filmmaker Jakob Bilinski joins Celluloid Cemetery to discuss the hoedown horror that is HUSK (2011)! Theme by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: SHUCKS, WATCH OUT FOR SPOILERS! ©20…
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Send us a text Robert Louis Stevenson rolls over in his grave as the famous comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello meet his horrific creations! Join writer/comic book writer/producer Sam Park as we talk of mice and monsters in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE! Theme music by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: ABBOTT AND…
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Send us a text Travel with Celluloid Cemetery into the bowels of Ape City as voice actor Aaron Veach and I ride along with the gorilla army as they hunt for mutants and sweaty men in loincloths in the ruins of post-apocalyptic New York City! Theme music by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE SPOILERS! ©2023 Thr…
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Send us a text Wanna date? Wanna go out? You bet you do, as actor/playwright Vince Gatton gets his purple nipples on and joins Celluloid Cemetery to talk about that explosive prostitutic comedy spin on the Universal classic, FRANKENHOOKER! Theme music by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: FRANKEN-SPOILERS! ©2023 Thrillsville Production…
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Send us a text Slip on your snowshoes, grab your guitar and do your homework (eat a stick of butter) as we trudge out into the snowy wilderness of upstate New York to hunt for the elusive Yeti as actor David McMahon joins Celluloid Cemetery to discuss the tasty treats that lie within the twist-ending of SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED! Theme music by Rossa…
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Send us a text When an old silver mine is reopened, creatures find their way into forgotten tunnels that lead to a house's basement where they attack four sex-starved young people and a dog! Join actor/director Dudley Beene and me as we stake our claim to THE BOOGENS! Theme music by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: SPOILERS! ©2023 Th…
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Send us a text Dr. Jekyll drinks his famous potion and turns in his top hat and tails for petticoats and pumps as graphic poster designer Drusilla Abilene joins us to talk about the gender-switching Hammer horror film, DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE! Theme music by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: DR. JEKYLL AND SPOILERS! ©2023 Thrillsvi…
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Send us a text It's time to stop monkeyin' around as Celluloid Cemetery welcomes the return of marketing producer Patrick Falvey to chat about the first film in what launched four sequels, a TV series, a cartoon series, a reboot and three new movies (to date)! We're seeing no evil, hearing no evil and speaking no evil...just chatting about the 20th…
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Send us a text Celluloid Cinema goes back to film school as director, cinematographer and New York Film Academy teacher Bart Mastronardi returns to discuss the horror film URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT! And may the best film win! Theme music by Rossano Galante. Artwork by JT Seaton. WARNING: SPOILERS! ©2023 Thrillsville Productions…
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Send us a text Lock your doors, bolt your windows, throw another log on the fire and toss away your Sears Christmas catalog, because this year, Celluloid Cemetery is having a very scary Christmas! Join our very special guest star...Santa Claus, himself, as we discuss the bizarre killer toy movie, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 5: THE TOY MAKER! Special…
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Send us a text Grab your gas mask, your electric car and take your shrooms! Today, we watch the King of the Monsters, Godzilla, take on the monster of pollution, Hedorah, as Rob Carl joins us again to talk about that acid trip of a Japanese kaiju film, GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH...or, as it was known in the U.S., GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER! Theme musi…
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