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Caliber 9 From Outer Space

Cult movie fanatics Rob Spencer and Joe Odber dive deep into a double feature every episode, discussing the wonderful world of cult, psychotronic and exploitation cinema along with the films themselves. Play along, watch the films at home and join us for a full post mortem into whatever madness we have just witnessed on screen. Want to get in touch? You can reach us on caliber9fromouterspace@gmail.com

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02:33:50

Episode 82: City Hunter + Stone Cold

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/07/18

It's business up front and party at the back this week - as long as the business up front is Silly-Beggars and the party involves hogs, testosterone and a psychotic Lance Henrickson making alarming threats. We're joined this week by film-maker Ted Bennett (Reel Terror) to conduct a frequently irreverent discussion on bizarre Jackie Chan vehicle City Hunter (1993), directed by Wong Jing, followed by explosive two-wheeler vehicle Stone Cold (1991), directed by Craig R. Baxley.These films are

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02:17:42

Episode 81: Patrick + Patrick Still Lives

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/07/11

Justin Kerswell from The Hysteria Lives and The Hysteria Continues pops in to discuss Patrick (1978), directed by Richard Franklin, followed by its notorious and wholly unexpected Italian rip-off, Patrick Still Lives (1980), directed by Mario Landi. Toxic masculinity, screaming cat-fights, Holly Hockeysticks cheer in the face of psychic assault and full body impalement: these movies have similar titles but they're worlds apart. In fact we're still not sure what world Patrick Still Lives is

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02:04:49

Episode 80: A Chinese Ghost Story + Kadaicha

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/07/04

What the bloody hell is going on?!?! Curses flying thick and fast all over the place. Adam drops by to talk A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), directed by Tony Ching, and Kadaicha (1988), directed by James Bogle. Dark magic and people getting engulfed by giant tongues (or is that just the biggest eel I've ever seen in my life?) Also, Tom Cruise's messiah complex, Sonny Chiba's cowboy yakuza, Australia's difficult racial history and gratuitous Neighbours references. It's an eclectic mix!No Spoiler

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02:15:11

Episode 79: Suspiria + Thunderbirds Are GO

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/06/27

We love a mismatched double feature, and this is a doozy. Charlie Adlard is back to discuss a couple of films that couldn't be more different. We reflect on Dario Argento's masterpiece of phantasmagoric horror, Suspiria (1977), followed by Gerry Anderson's own childlike dream of mecha joy: Thunderbirds Are GO (1966), directed by David Lane.One thing these films have in common? Plot is entirely secondary in importance, and as such, we don't bother calling out a Spoiler Territory section for

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02:20:51

Episode 78: Street Fighter + Mortal Kombat

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/06/20

Computer game adaptations: perhaps the least respected form of film-making around. And let's face it, the ratio of good films to bad films is pretty darn low. This week, we team up with the guys from the Grandad and Mr Tech gaming podcast to have a close look at two much maligned entries in this subgenre: Street Fighter (1994), directed by Steven E. de Souza, and Mortal Kombat (1995), directed by Paul W.S Anderson. Tune in, sit back, and FINISH IT!!!Let's just say, plot is somewhat secondary

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01:49:56

Episode 77: Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects + Mafia Junction

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/06/13

Just which cop is the biggest bastard? Lieutenant Crow or Inspector Cliff? Bryce joins us to discuss a couple of tales of cops gone off the rails. First up: Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989), directed by J. Lee Thompson, and Mafia Junction a.k.a. Super Bitch (1973), directed by Massimo Dallamano.We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects by skipping ahead

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02:21:54

Episode 76: Pontypool + Things

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/06/06

This week, we are trapped inside and beset by unnameable horrors in a dark corner of the Great White North. Sammy from the Gentlemen's Guide to Midnite Cinema pops in to discuss Pontypool (2008), directed by Bruce McDonald, followed by the notorious SOV act of lunacy, Things (1989), directed (if that's what you can call it?) by Andrew Jordan. As well as pondering the profound cultural influence of language as a thing in and of itself, we also tackle some other philosophical questions such as:

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02:22:43

Episode 75: The Iguana With the Tongue of Fire +...

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/05/30

It's another director spotlight this week, as Al stops by to discuss a couple of Riccardo Freda joints. Freda was a diverse journeyman of the Italian film industry who produced most of his output before the heyday of Italsploitation, but his late career tilts at giallo and horror were... unusual, to put it mildly. We dive deep into his Dublin-set giallo, The Iguana With the Tongue of Fire (1971), and his bizarre hippiesploitation / gothic horror / Satanic gore fest, Tragic Ceremony (1972). We

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02:20:43

Episode 74: The Great Waldo Pepper + Slap Shot

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/05/23

This week we are talking about one of the great directors of the New Hollywood era, George Roy Hill. Sakana joins us once again to celebrate the work of this master storyteller: we will check out his divisive box office failure, The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), and his raucous, subversive sports comedy Slap Shot (1977). Death defying air stunts, stunted pretty boys, and ultraviolence on the ice rink - there's a lot to chew on here.We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both

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02:08:34

Episode 73: The Battle of Algiers + Battle of the...

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/05/16

War is hell. Vive le revolution! Conflict is on the menu this week as Nick Langdon drops by to discuss The Battle of Algiers (1966), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, and Battle of the Commandos (1969), directed by Umberto Lenzi. A legendary treatise on how to both wage a guerilla resistance and combat one, plus an object lesson in how NOT to conduct a commando mission - even if you are Jack Palance with a shonky Scottish accent!The Battle of Algiers has an unusual narrative structure which is

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01:51:38

Episode 72: 10 to Midnight + Rome, Armed to the Teeth

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/05/09

It's a week for tough cops who chafe under the soft libertarian justice system of modern democracy, dammit! And no cop is tougher than Maurizio Merli. Unless it's Charles Bronson, obviously. Bryce swings by to shoot the breeze and a whole heap of scumbag criminals, as we discuss 10 to Midnight (1983), directed by J. Lee Thompson, followed by Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976), directed by Umberto Lenzi.We don't think you can really spoil Rome, Armed to the Teeth, which only has a passing

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01:12:16

Pouring One Out for Gene and Wings: Uncommon Valor

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/05/05

We are very late to the wake, but better late than never. Earlier this year, in close succession, we lost a couple of legends of film: Gene Hackman and Wings Hauser. In this bonus episode, Rob and Joe talk about the contrasting careers of these two great talents: one of them widely celebrated, the other probably underappreciated. Then we have a close look at the only film collaboration between them: Ted Kotcheff's Uncommon Valor (1983), which starred Hackman and was written and produced by

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02:22:33

Episode 71: Raw Deal + Raw Deal

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/05/02

I dunno, man - I think this mutually-agreed arrangement is a little undercooked. Mike White drops by again to discuss Raw Deal (1948), directed by Anthony Mann, and then, you guessed it, Raw Deal (1986), directed by John Irvin. Listen as we gasp in wonder at Mann's sumptuous shadowy cinematography and Arnie's enormous pectorals. What do these films have in common other than their names? Probably not a lot, but we sure have a lot of fun discussing them.It's not really possible to spoil Raw

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01:57:58

Episode 70: Ginger Snaps + The Strange Case of Dr...

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/04/25

The horror genre exists to probe our latent fears, and the so-called "Duality of Man" has been a huge theme across so much film and literature. This week, writer and video artist Graham Williamson joins us to discuss a couple of interesting meditations on transformation and duality: Ginger Snaps (2000) directed by John Fawcett and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981), directed by Walerian Borowczyk. Forget Duality of Man: what about the Duality of Woman? Or the Duality of Man

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02:12:04

Episode 69: Steel and Lace + American Cyborg: Steel...

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/04/18

Forget the threat of AI to our livelihoods... what about the murderous CYBORGS that countless B-movies have taught us are coming to get us any moment now?! This week, Al (the person, not the AI) joins us to check out Steel and Lace (1991), directed by Ernest D. Farino, and American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1994), directed by Boaz Davidson.We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Steel

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01:46:53

Episode 68: Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You! + Magic...

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/04/11

Half ape. Half reptile. Half we don't know what. Dr Ethan Lyon is not a horror from the murkey deeps but he is a huge fan of the films of Matt Farley and the folks from Motern Media, and he joins us this week to discuss two microbudget gems: Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You! (2012) and Magic Spot (2022), both directed by Charles Roxburgh. We don't think we spoil either of these films in the dissussion, so there's no Spoiler Territory section this week. If you're in the UK, join us at Dr E's

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01:10:36

Bonus Episode: Winchester '73

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/04/07

By gar, it's a good old fashioned Letterboxd Collab! Dr Ethan Lyon and Sakana join forces to help us deliver a little shot of bonus episode classic western joy, as we share our thoughts on Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 (1950). Jimmy Stewart in dark and vengeful mode, Shelley Winters as comely young blonde, Stephen McNally being dastardly, Dan Duryea sliming up the screen (bless his cotton socks) and Rock Hudson as a politically incorrect Indian Chief. All saddled up and ridden like the clappers

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00:57:36

Pouring One Out for Val: Spartan

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/04/07

This one hurt. This week we lost one of Hollywood's great mercurial talents, Val Kilmer. In this bonus episode, Rob and Joe talk about the man, the enigma, sometimes the spanner in the works that was Val Kilmer. Then they deep dive into one of his lesser celebrated later films, David Mamet's Spartan (2004).We do have a Spoiler Territory section for Spartan, so you can skip ahead to the 55:10 mark to avoid spoilers if you haven't seen the film. RIP Val. Want to get in touch? You can reach us

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02:13:44

Episode 67: Charley Varrick + Hudson Hawk

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/04/04

We're still fixated on HEISTS, people!!! Nick Langdon pops in to discuss Charley Varrick (1973), directed by Don Siegel, and then Hudson Hawk (1991), directed by Michael Lehmann. Walter Matthau gets dark and grisly under Siegel's immaculate directorial hand (even if he didn't get the movie at all, apparently) and Joel Silver lets Bruce Willis' ego off the leash completely (with the result that very few people got the movie at all). Underappreciated gems or not? You be the judge! And then see if

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01:56:09

Episode 66: Rififi + The Cat O' Nine Tails

Caliber 9 From Outer Space ·

2025/03/28

Marek Turner stops by to tell tales of Gigi the Loser, as we pair another classic Italian giallo with one of the great classics of film noir. We check out Rififi (1955), directed by Jules Dassin, and The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971), directed by Dario Argento. We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Rififi by skipping ahead to the 1:01:24 mark, and for The Cat O' Nine Tails by skipping

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