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Wake Up Heavy

Wake Up Heavy is a podcast about my memories of strange horror movies from the 1970s and 1980s. I"m Mark Begley, your host. Please check out my other show Cambridge & Wishon.

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24:56

WUH: Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/05/26

"It must have been the magpies."Peter Strickland's Berberian Sound Studio is an eerie love letter to Italian horror films like SUSPIRIA (see previous entry) and psychological thrillers like The Tenant. Toby Jones plays Gilderoy, a sound mixer who travels to Italy to work on "The Equestrian Vortex," a graphically violent movie involving witches at a horse-riding school. Nearly everyone at the recording studio is dismissive of, or openly rude to him. This, along with the violent nature of the film and

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64:51

S2E2. Magic is everywhere: Suspiria (1977)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/05/24

Like many people my age, Dario Argento's Suspiria was my introduction to Italian horror films. The imagery was phantasmagoric, the music was bombastic, and the violence was horrific. Unlike anything I'd seen before, SUSPIRIA opened up a whole new world of horror cinema, though one that was ultimately elusive and frustrating.Ronald Dzerigian is back to join me in discussing this seminal film--arguably Argento's best--the other entries in the Three Mothers trilogy, and the 2018 remake by Luca

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54:49

WUH: Ronald Dzerigian on The Howling (1981)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/05/21

WUH's first Special Guest is a fellow I've known for 25 years, give or take, and is the "movie buddy" I've referred to in a number of episodes. In this episode we talk about one of his Recollections of Horror: Joe Dante's 1981 self-referential werewolf flick The Howling. The Howling is not a movie I watched a lot back in the Eighties but have grown to appreciate much more of late. Listen as we compare and contrast our first viewings of the film and kvetch like two old-timers about modern CGI. We try

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36:07

WUH: More Modern Horror

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/05/10

It's been awhile... Since I did a listy-list episode that is. So here ya go, more modern horror flicks I like which proves I'm not just a nostalgia baby stuck in horror's heyday. Heck, right now might just be horror's heyday so jump on the bandwagon and check out these frightening films! What's on the list, you so impertinently ask? Listen to the dang episode says me. And then listen to this one too: https://soundcloud.com/wakeupheavy/minisode-2-favorite-modern-horrorThanks to Kim and Ket for

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32:46

WDIRT V3E1: Eyes of Fire (1983)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/04/28

Here's another instance of my stupidity: I saw the very intriguing video box image for Eyes of Fire probably 50 million times back in my teens and never took a chance on renting it. Dumb, Mark, just plain dumb! This is one fascinating oddity that has never really gotten its chance to shine. The film didn't get very positive reviews when it came out, died at the box office, and wasn't given a VHS release until 1987. At that point it gained a cult following, but once again got buried in obscurity. If

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30:09

WUH: Lemora vs. Valerie

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/04/20

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1974), directed by Richard Blackburn and starring Cheryl Smith and Leslie Gilb.Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970), directed by Jaromil Jires and starring Jaroslava Schallerová.Quite by happenstance I watched both of these films recently and was struck by their similarities. Two young girls, Lila Lee in the American South and Valerie in Czechoslovakia, are each experiencing the perilous journey into womanhood. Both are pursued by lecherous clergyman,

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50:10

WUH: Barton Fink & After Hours

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/04/17

Back when I first tried my hand at a Patreon subscription the goal was to offer "exclusive content." It lasted for four episodes. Then I closed the account (which I eventually brought back in a different form). Here are the first two of those episodes.--Barton Fink (1991)Wherein I talk about MY favorite Coen Bros. movie in a roundabout way. More stream-of-conscious musing than film talk, this episode is heavy on recollections. Get it!?--After Hours (1985)Got Scorsese on the brain after the Taxi

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59:59

WUH: Images & Psychotronic

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/04/16

Back when I first tried my hand at a Patreon subscription the goal was to offer "exclusive content." It lasted for four episodes. Then I closed the account (which I eventually brought back in a different form). Here are the first two of those episodes.--Images (1972)This was a new discovery for me last year, and I immediately fell in love with it. Robert Altman's entry into the "hysterical woman" sub-genre stars Susannah York as Cathryn who is haunted by a dead ex-lover and her own

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77:26

S2E1. I'm God's lonely man: Taxi Driver (1976)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/03/31

Almost three months after the end of Season One Wake Up Heavy is back with our Season Two opener on Martin Scorsese's gritty-seventies-existential-nihilistic masterpiece Taxi Driver. WUH welcomes back Mike White from The Projection Booth podcast for another stimulating discussion. http://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/Powerful in its cinematic style and controversial in its depiction of violence, Paul Schrader's script and Scorsese's frenetic direction imbue the film with a mounting tension that

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27:08

WUH: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/03/27

What's in the cellar, Rynn? Where is your father? What does Frank Hallett want? What's the big deal about those jelly jars? Have a listen and get answers to (some of) these questions!Another quick episode to lead into the season two premiere on Taxi Driver, TLGWLDTL was one of five movies starring Jodie Foster that was made or released in 1976. I caught this one on TV as a young'n and it struck a chord and stuck with me for years. Martin Sheen's never been creepier and Foster once again plays a

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25:39

WDIRT V2E3: The Gate (1987)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/03/27

Why didn't I rent this? Apparently I'm a dingus. "It's The Evil Dead for kids!"--Mark Begley. 'Nuff said.

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18:23

WUH: Handgun (1984)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/03/17

Taking a break from horror to talk about this little movie from 1984 that I'd never heard of until a few months ago. I wanted to discuss this film as a lead-up to the season two premiere on Taxi Driver since both feature protagonists that seek vengeance to regain power under wholly different circumstances.Karen Young plays Kathleen Sullivan, a teacher from Boston working at a high school in Texas. She meets Larry, a charming lawyer, man's-man, and gun nut, who aggressively pursues her affections

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26:04

WUH: The Reflecting Skin (1990)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/03/11

Philip Ridley's "prairie gothic" The Reflecting Skin was released in 1990 to much acclaim and derision, and then quietly disappeared. Young Seth Dove traverses the nightmare of childhood among the wheat fields of 1950s Idaho, mostly left to his own devices by his chronically sad father and hysterical mother. He and his friends terrorize a widow they are convinced is a vampire, run afoul of delinquents that cruise the dirt roads in a big black Cadillac, and discover the wonders and horrors of the

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34:01

WDIRT V2E2: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/03/04

After a stay in a mental institution, Jessica, along with her husband and their friend, moves from Manhattan to Connecticut in hopes that her fragile mental state will improve. They encounter a mysterious stranger squatting in their new home, strange, hostile men covered in bandages, and a mute girl, all of whom may be the victims of a century old vampire. Will Jessica escape alive and with her sanity in tact? p.s. There's outtakes at the end of this one! :P

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24:21

WIHM: The devil made me do it

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/02/24

Women in Horror Month 2019 concludes at WUH with an episode on Jocelin Donahue and Alex Essoe and their starring roles in two of my favorite modern horror movies: The House of the Devil (2009) and Starry Eyes (2014).

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23:07

WIHM: Mia Farrow

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/02/17

Mia Farrow, though not necessarily labeled a genre actress, has been in some of my favorite horror films. In Episode Three of the #WomenInHorrorMonth series I discuss four (well five) of Ms. Farrow's horror films: Rosemary's Baby (1968), Secret Ceremony (1968), See No Evil (1971), The Haunting of Julia (1977), and (ever so briefly) The Omen (2006). Please check out The Projection Booth's episode on The Haunting of Julia.

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23:35

WIHM: The Invitation (2015)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/02/11

The second episode of the Women in Horror Month special series is on Karyn Kusama's tense horror/thriller The Invitation. This movie triggers my social anxieties, contains my favorite horror sub-genre, and has a killer cast.

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19:16

WIHM: The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/02/04

The first episode of the Women in Horror Month special series is The Slumber Party Massacre. Written by Rita Mae Brown as a parody of the slasher genre but filmed straight by Amy Holden Jones, what emerged was a slightly off-kilter horror flick that might just make you question what it is you like about these films.[EPISODE CORRECTION: Brinke Stevens was in TSPM not Michelle Bauer.]

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17:13

WIHM: Preview

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/02/01

It's Women in Horror Month and I wanted to do my part to promote films directed by women and centered around women. This is the preview episode, and my plan is to put out a short episode every week in February, with the goal of compiling them all at the end.

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18:43

WDIRT V2E1: Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/01/22

This slightly sleazy, giallo-esque proto-slasher gained notoriety for starring Little Brooke Shields. But it was the anti-Catholic sentiment and shocking violence that got it condemned. Director Alfred Sole borrows from Hitchcock, throws in some Don't Look Now and tops it all off with a creepy masked killer. Enjoy![EPISODE CORRECTION: Jason Patric and Joshua John Miller are half-brothers, not step-brothers.]

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