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Scream Scene Podcast

Scream Scene Podcast

Join our deadicated hosts Sarah and Ben as they review horror movies in chronological order and rank them from best to worst. Updated every other Wednesday. Theme music Now I Know by Jared C. Balogh

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00:56:44

Episode 220 - A Meow Not A Roar

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2021/09/16

AIP and Anglo-Amalgamated films were confronted with Hammer Films' success. Their response was CAT GIRL (1957)! From director Alfred Shaughnessy and writer Lou Rusoff, this old fashioned CAT PEOPLE remake stars Barbara Shelley as the titular cat. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 20:23; Discussion 31:36; Ranking 48:45

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01:11:41

Episode 219 - Conceptual Not Visceral

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2021/09/09

Val Guest and Nigel Kneale return with THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (1957)! Starring Peter Cushing and Forrest Tucker, will this Yeti movie make slogging through all the previous Yeti movies worth it? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 27:34; Discussion 39:07; Ranking 1:03:14

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00:44:59

Episode 218 - Ah Heck

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2021/09/02

FROM HELL IT CAME (1957, Milner) to terrorize a Polynesian island and the American doctors living there! But, are we sure they don't deserve it? Your deadicated hosts suffer through this B horror that stars Tod Andrews, Tina Carver, Linda Watkins, John McNamara, Gregg Palmer and many, many others, and features a creature from Paul Blaisdell. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 12:26; Discussion 22:07; Ranking 38:20

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02:01:29

Horror Adjacent 03 - A Character Comedy

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2021/08/29

On this month's horror adjacent episode, your deadicated hosts take on Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)! What makes this spoof work? Does it age well? How do we deal with its... sexual politics? All this and more in August's bonus episode! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 1:11:49; Discussion 1:24:21

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01:05:06

Episode 217 - Bye Felicia

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2021/08/25

She's baaaaaack -- from the dead! This 1957 b-movie BACK FROM THE DEAD is directed by Charles Warren and stars Peggie Castle, Marsha Hunt, Arthur Franz and Don Haggerty. What will your hosts think of this female-led horror? Does it deserve to remain in obscurity? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 19:45; Discussion 43:24; Ranking 57:38

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01:10:56

Episode 216 - You Cannot Kill Me In A Way That Matters

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2021/08/18

They dared enter the Cave of Death only to encounter... THE UNKNOWN TERROR (1957)! From director Charles Warren comes this less-than-stellar B-picture from a writer who has... spore taste. You might even say this film has... questionable morels. The film features John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul Richards and May Wynn as they face off against Mush-Men! (I hear they're not... fun guys to be around) Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 17:30; Discussion 41:02; Ranking 58:03

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01:05:25

Episode 215 - Just Trying His Best

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2021/08/12

Screenwriter and producer Jack Pollexfen gives horror another go with DAUGHTER OF DR JEKYLL (1957)! Tapping director Edgar G Ulmer will go a long way to making your movie look good... but is it enough? The film stars Gloria Talbott, John Agar and Arthur Shields. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 22:24; Discussion 35:22; Ranking 53:43

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00:09:46

Episode 193A - Blow Us Away, Blaisdell

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2021/08/06

We received an appeal of THE SHE-CREATURE (1956, Cahn), currently ranked at #101. Upon our review, we started to question... just why was it so dang high on the list? See the full list of films ranked, visit screamscenepodcast.tumblr.com

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00:53:49

Episode 214 - All Cliché, No Substance

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2021/08/05

"What year is it?" your deadicated hosts ask as we watch John Carradine play a mad doctor experimenting with glands. It's THE UNEARTHLY (1957) from director Boris Petroff! Tor Johnson and Allison Hayes return, but not for much impact unfortunately. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 15:51; Discussion 27:14; Ranking 44:34

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02:31:26

Horror Adjacent 02 - Bisexual Paradise

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2021/07/31

It's bonus episode time! This time, we review the horror-adjacent film THE MUMMY (Sommers, 1999)! How did we get from Boris Karloff to Arnold Vosloo? From horror to pulp adventure? Take a listen and enjoy the Fun Facts(TM) scattered throughout the episode! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 1:20:09; Discussion 1:31:23

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01:21:28

Episode 213 - The Rise of the Teenager

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2021/07/29

Before SCREAM, before TEEN WOLF, and even before LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, we get I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF (1957) from director Gene Fowler Jr and starring Michael Landon! It's the first horror featuring teens and marketed for teens, and it certainly won't be the last! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 38:31; Discussion 48:24; Ranking 1:12:06

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01:06:39

Episode 212 - More Than the Sum of its Parts

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2021/07/22

Science vampires?! Oh my! Your deadicated hosts sit down with THE VAMPIRE (1957) from director Paul Landres, featuring *checks notes* a score by STAR TREK composer Gerald Fried?! Starring John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey and Dabbs Greer with a script by Pat Fielder. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 13:53; Discussion 29:46; Ranking 58:01

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01:06:10

Episode 211 - Billionaires Gonna Billionaire

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2021/07/15

From the ashes of the Rank Organization rises producer Guido Coen and THE MAN WITHOUT A BODY (1957) from director W. Lee Wilder! Starring Robert Hutton, George Coulouris, Julia Arnall and Nadja Regin, this low-budget B movie certainly is... an experience you won't see coming! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 16:50; Discussion 35:19; Ranking 1:01:27

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01:30:45

Episode 210 - Quatermass vs Hedorah

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2021/07/08

Quatermass faces against the smog monster in QUATERMASS 2 (1957, Guest)! How does this British "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" compare to the previous Quatermass film from 1955? Will Nigel Kneale get his way in recharacterizing the American iteration of his character? Will they blow up the asteroid in time to save Earth?? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 34:55; Discussion 50:18; Ranking 1:10:44

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02:06:53

Episode 209 - It's All Your Fault Paul

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2021/07/01

Hammer Film strikes gold with THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957, Fisher), starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court and Robert Urquhart! We discuss the difficulties of adapting a public domain novel due to Universal's litigious nature, and how the studio reignites the Gothic horror genre. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 56:32; Discussion 1:25:42; Ranking 1:56:22

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01:33:22

Horror Adjacent 01 - Playing with Universal's Toys

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2021/06/26

Our first bonus episode on horror adjacent films features the classic ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, from 1948! The final appearance of the classic Universal iterations of Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Wolf Man! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 1:02:37; Discussion 1:16:32

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01:24:06

Episode 208 - The Path of Least Resistance

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2021/06/23

What happens when you cross Frankenstein with Alraune? You get SHE DEVIL (1957) from director Kurt Neumann, starring Mari Blanchard, Jack Kelly and Albert Dekker, and adapted from Stanley Weinbaum's 1935 story "The Adaptive Ultimate." Your hosts discuss the ways the film fails, how its "problematic," and the cultural tropes it uses without questioning them. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 30:16; Discussion 37:57; Ranking 1:16:24

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01:23:07

Episode 207 - More Than Homage

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2021/06/17

Your deadicated hosts travel to Italy for our first Italian horror film! It's I VAMPIRI (1957), directed by Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava, and starring Gianna Maria Canale, Dario Michaelis and Carlo D'Angelo. Along with our usual background of the film, we dive into Italian history and the political & cultural context in which I VAMPIRI was released. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 32:10; Discussion 54:29; Ranking 1:13:00

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00:59:52

Episode 206 - The Drawer of Stock Characters

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2021/06/09

Marla English and Tom Conway star in this old-fashioned stock plot movie, VOODOO WOMAN (1957) from director Edward L Cahn! When voodoo and western (mad) science mix, the only result is a creature design from Paul Blaisdell. Plus, a special announcement from your deadicated hosts! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 11:47; Discussion 35:12; Ranking 50:38

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01:13:02

Episode 205 - A Whimsical Morality Play

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2021/06/03

Is it Roger Corman's best film? Or, is it his worst? His film THE UNDEAD (1957) comes out of post-production hell starring Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val Dufour, Mel Welles and Billy Barty! When a woman is sent back through time via hypnosis, her psychiatrist must follow her to right the temporal hiccups she sets in motion. (Sort of). Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 18:14; Discussion 36:49; Ranking 1:02:13

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