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The Walter Paisley Movie House celebrates cult movies and the people who make them. Featuring interviews with the famous and obscure directors, writers, actors, and anyone else who helped to bring the world movies that are so unique that we they live on in the basement screening rooms of those who love them.
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Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Today, special F/X guru, Joe Castro drops into the Movie House to talk bloodying up legends of the industry. We talk about his youth in San Antonio, TX, the importance of having a good mentor, and the life-changing properties of Godzill vs. The Smog Monster. We completely geek out over Yor: The Hunter From the Future, and Herschell Gordon Lewis. Joe also tells me about the support he got from his father, and about 12 year old Joe making a cold call to Tom Savini.
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Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
In this episode, we pick up where we left off with Jack. We talk a little about Nightmare 2, and the intimidation of not only taking on a sequel to a blockbuster, but doing so on a very tight deadline. Jack reminds us of the importance of who the camera is on, and why watching someone react is better than watching someone talk. He also tells us about the mentorship of Martin Landau, trying to direct Jack Palance, and the brilliance of Erland van Lidth.
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Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Jack Sholder edited and directed some of the most revered and influential cult movies of the 80s and 90s. He joins me to talk about the perfect cheese steak, musicianship, his year abroad in Edinburgh, discovering film, the art of cutting a trailer, and the trick to building suspense. We also discuss his many influences and the importance of allowing the audience to interpret the scene, and we geek out a little about old movies.
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Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Chris and I continue our conversation about life in early 90's NYC. He talks about his time hanging with the Manhattan weirdo elite, working with Tatum O'Neil, and the importance of music. Plus, life in the brig, why craft services matter, and why you can't wade through a marsh along the New Jersey Transit Line with a camera anymore.
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Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Josh Arnold grew up in St. Louis, and was introduced to horror movies the way most of us were, TV. We talk about our favorite horror movies, the moments that traumatized us when we were kids, and the nauseating appeal of The Human Centipede. We also talk Tobe Hooper, William Castle, the ups and downs of fan conventions, and why it's tough to see Gregory Peck lose.
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Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Through the late 80s-early 90s, Chris Frieri made micro-budget movies using his friends and local bands to star. Two of them, The Orbitrons and I Was a Teenage Mummy, made the rounds in the world of bootlegs, eventually earning mentions in the cult movie bible, Psychotronic Magazine. He's now working on restoring the films, as well as others he's made, and making them available digitally. We talk about his early influences, late night horror movies on TV, and the process of learning to make movies by just making them. We also talk about the importance of "throwing your life away on something."
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Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Frank is back for part 2! We talk about the first time he met Gilbert Gottfried, and about how Gilbert met Frank for the first time, every time. Frank talks about how their podcast came to be and why, and why he was such a research hound for each guest. He tells me about some of his favorite moments from the show, a few of his favorite guests, the surreal moment that is noshing in Barbara Feldon's apartment, and why he and Gilbert's dynamic worked so well. We also get into some of our favorite celebrity rumors, and I defend Skidoo.
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Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Today, we move slightly away from our usual conversation with a cult movie superstar to talk to a cult movie semi-star, comedy writer, podcaster, and all around encyclopedia of character actors and obscure Hollywood trivia, Frank Santopadre. In part one, we talk about growing up in Queens, the joys of digging through comic book bins, Ralph Manza's recognizable mug, opening for Brother Theodore, and writing for Larry Bud Melman. We also talk about being a submissive wolfman, the cringe factor of looking back at early works, and the Zen riddle of which classic Hollywood comedian had the biggest porn collection.
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Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Beverly tells us more about the movies of Jack Hill, in part two of our interview, then we jump back to her earlier career. From Old Yeller to The Loretta Young Show, we talk about all of the people she has worked with, and when she started to realize how really significant many of them are. She tells us about her the many animal charities she supports, as well as what she's up to today.
Plus: Troy Donahue remembers her, Loretta Young gives sage advice, and Ted V. Mikels' mustache.
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And buy her memoir, Reel Tears: The Beverly Washburn Story, at a local book store. Support local. Don't have a local shop? Then use my favorite, Irvington Books and Vinyl. Elysia will take good care of you.
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Beverly Washburn started acting in 1950 at the age of 6, and has not slowed down since. In part one, we talk about her youth, the challenges of being a child actor, and getting her start with the help of fabled stuntman and actor, Jock Mahoney. She tells me about Superman and the Mole-Men, working with the likes of Cecille B. DeMille, George Stevens, and Frank Capra, and her long friendship with the great Jack Benny. And, of course, we talk about Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told, and about working with the legendary Lon Chaney, Jr.
Find out more about Beverly here:
And buy her memoir, Reel Tears: The Beverly Washburn Story, at a local book store. Support local. Don't have a local shop? Then use my favorite, Irvington Books and Vinyl. Elysia will take good care of you.