THE DANMAN CAN

I'm very proud to present this  Movie Matters Fangsgiving  episode , which I co-hosted. Details of the episode and the download link are below, and please follow  Movie Matters   on  Facebook  and  iTunes ! It’s that special time of the year once again as the Movie Matters Podcast rises from the coffin for its seventh annual Halloween special. Lee Howard , Michael Mackenzie and guest host Daniel Sardella (of the  Focus on Film  podcast) cast their critical eyes over three fang-tastic vampire films: Roman Polanski ’s 1967 horror-comedy  THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS  (a.k.a.  DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES ), Kathryn Bigelow ’s haunting 1987 vampire-western  NEAR DARK , and Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi ’s funnybone-tingling 2014 mockumentary  WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS . Three spooktacular horror DVDs and BDs are also up for grabs. Listen to the end for details of how to enter the competition! The...

For fans of  SERPICO , DIRTY HARRY ,  THE FRENCH CONNECTION , THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE  and  DIE HARD .

Focus On Film   Episode 46  is up! Download the MP3  HERE Dan flies solo because YOLO! In this episode: January 2017  Criterion Collection   Titles Announcement Best & Worst Of The Month  – AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981), INCENDIES (2010), THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981), A CAT IN THE BRAIN (1990) Criterion Most Wanted "Focus On Film Theme"  & commercial music:  Daniel Sardella

Night Of The Creeps  (1986) truly has it all—aliens, killer slugs, zombies, axe murder, shotguns, a flame thrower, hot babes, dorks, frat boys, Tom Atkins, awesome one liners, '80s fashion, a B&W '50s intro, male leads that aren't afraid to show their feelings for each other, a dorky male lead who gets the hot sorority girl, a handicapped best friend, a stereotypical Asian man, a token black police officer, characters named after horror/sci-fi directors (Romero, Carpenter Hooper, Cameron, Cronenberg, Landis, Raimi, Miner), sweet makeup from Berger and Kurtzman, killer practical f/x and gore, more than one classic theatrical poster, Dick Miller, Tom Atkins...

"You gotta be fucking kidding..." "I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is." " There's nothing more I can do, just wait... This is R.J. MacReady, helicopter pilot, US outpost # 31 ." "I  mean  it." "I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!"  "Yeah, fuck you too!"

She ate knives for breakfast... Gaping neck wounds are  such  a bummer. Come on, stop - that tickles! Better make sure that thing's loaded, Bob. OK, flashlight - check. Curious George - check. Pink plastic pistol - check. That monster in the basement is toast!