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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

tv & film

All Episodes

01:05:58

Episode 184 - There Is No Logic Anymore

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2020/12/31

So you find yourself locked in a shelter with 6 strangers after a nuclear war, fending off starvation and mutants alike? Consider this movie a how-to guide! It's DAY THE WORLD ENDED (1955) directed by Roger Corman with Richard Denning, Lori Nelson and Paul Birch! A precursor to the likes of THE LAST MAN ON EARTH and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, will your deadicated hosts survive to the end? Listen and find out! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 19:21; Discussion 37:08; Ranking 1:00:38

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01:45:05

Episode 183 - Sex and Violence and Parents

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2020/12/24

The experimental and surreal DEMENTIA (1955, Parker) aka DAUGHTER OF HORROR confounds and delights your deadicated hosts! The strange offspring of film noir and German expressionism stars Adrienne Barrett and Bruno Ve Sota with music by George Antheil. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 33:43; Discussion 50:49; Ranking 1:28:14

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01:24:00

Episode 182 - Unconstrained by Politeness

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2020/12/17

Hammer Film Productions begins their journey into horror with THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT (1955)! From director Val Guest, this sci-fi horror flick makes a splash on British and American silver screens. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 37:53; Discussion 54:43; Ranking 1:14:01

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01:15:09

Episode 181 - Love Saves The Day

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2020/12/10

Roger Corman returns with THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955, Kramarsky et al), starring Paul Birch, Lorna Thayer, Dona Cole and featuring the first collaboration between monster creator Paul Blaisdell and producer Roger Corman. Isolation, paranoia and killer birds threaten a local family, with love being the only way out of the surrealist horror the characters find themselves in. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 19:43; Discussion 35:28; Ranking 1:00:56

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01:06:17

Episode 170B - Get What You Pay For

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2020/12/03

We go back in time, briefly, to introduce esteemed B-movie producer Roger Corman to the Scream Scene universe with MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR (1954, Ordung). See the humble beginnings where Corman first steps into showbiz, as well as discussion about why he made it while Ed Wood did not. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 24:50; Discussion 34:56; Ranking 53:09

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01:48:12

Episode 180 - Ambiguities to Resolve

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2020/11/26

From Ishirō Honda comes JÛ JIN YUKI OTOKO (1955), his followup to GOJIRA featuring Akira Takarada, Akemi Negishi and Sanshirō Sagara! Sealed away by Toho due to protests by the Buraku Liberation League, will this film hold up to its reputation? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 50:07; Discussion 1:08:28; Ranking 1:34:42

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02:20:16

Episode 179 - A Southern Gothic Fable

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2020/11/19

Back from vacation, we sit down to watch THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955), the first and only film directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish and Billy Chapin. With stylish stark lighting and intense tone setting, your deadicated hosts discuss horror for children and religion in this southern Gothic fable! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 1:11:45; Discussion 1:32:33; Ranking 2:07:23

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01:20:58

Episode 178 - Male Domesticity

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2020/11/05

From Universal Pictures, it's CULT OF THE COBRA (1955, Lyon) slithering its way into your homes... and your hearts?! Starring Faith Domergue, Marshall Thompson, and Richard Long, the film questions if the real horror are the snakes, or post-war guilt! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 21:01; Discussion 47:04; Ranking 1:13:19

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01:19:11

Episode 177 - This is What Peak Performance Looks Like

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2020/10/29

The last 3D movie from "the golden age of 3D," it's REVENGE OF THE CREATURE (1955) from director Jack Arnold! Revenge is a dish best served like a cold fish as Gill-Man rampages across MarineLand! Starring John Agar, Lori Nelson and John Bromfield. Plus, the appearance of teens and the first acting job of... CLINT EASTWOOD?? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 27:30; Discussion 44:34; Ranking 1:13:49

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01:27:37

Episode 176 - Britishisms

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2020/10/21

Submitted for your approval are THREE CASES OF MURDER (1955, Toye, Eady, More O'Ferrall, Welles), an anthology film from Britain featuring Alan Badel and Orson Welles. Some segments are better than others, but all are restrained in that British sort of way... are they thrilling enough to be horror? Context setting 00:00; First segment synopsis 32:04 and discussion 37:45; Second segment synopsis 45:33 and discussion 52:08; Third segment synopsis 1:03:13 and discussion 1:07:42; Ranking 1:14:47

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01:06:56

Episode 175 - It's Not Good, It's Wood

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2020/10/15

The screen's master of the WEIRD in his newest and most daring SHOCKER! Bela Lugosi stars in BRIDE OF THE MONSTER (1955) from Ed Wood! The film also stars Tony McCoy, Tor Johnson and Loretta King. Plus, hear your deadicated hosts talk about GLEN OR GLENDA and the pathos of Bela Lugosi! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 30:38; Discussion 46:40; Ranking 58:28

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00:15:20

Episode 106A - An Ape-peal

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2020/10/10

Your deadicated hosts received an appeal of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN (1943, Dmytryk), currently ranked at #62. To see the full list of films ranked, visit screamscenepodcast.tumblr.com

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01:29:21

Episode 174 - La Poule ou l'Oeuf

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2020/10/08

What came first, horror or thriller? Is something horror from what it inspires? Did the chicken or the egg come first? Your deadicated hosts ask the real, hard, philosophical questions as they watch LES DIABOLIQUES (1955, Clouzot) starring Véra Clouzot and Simone Signoret. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 39:08; Discussion 51:38; Ranking 1:09:41

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01:03:33

Episode 161B - Sexy Spider Babes

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2020/10/01

We enter the mysterious mind of Herbert Tevos for MESA OF LOST WOMEN (1953), directed by Tevos and Ron Ormond! There's a giant spider (gross) and sexy spider babes (better). Just what does this strange movie have in store for your hosts?? Starring Jackie Coogan, Robert Knapp, Harmon Stevens, Tandra Quinn, and featuring the voice of Lyle Talbot. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 23:54; Discussion 45:10; Ranking 56:34

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01:23:28

Episode 158B - Be Careful What You Wish For

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2020/09/24

We go back in time to Finland for the earliest example of folk horror: 1952's VALKOINEN PEURA from director Erik Blomberg! The film, The White Reindeer in English, is a special fairytale featuring a vampiric were-reindeer witch inspired by Sami myth. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 29:01; Discussion 48:19; Ranking 1:11:16

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01:14:25

Episode 173 - A Whole Lot of Bumble

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2020/09/16

Out of the Himalayas comes THE SNOW CREATURE (1954) from director W. Lee Wilder! A B movie made by the off-brand director of the Wilder family, this horror film about a patchy Yeti is something that you may not want to experience yourself... Starring Paul Langton, William Phipps and Teru Shimada. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 30:51; Discussion 42:32; Ranking 1:04:57

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02:37:56

Episode 172 - A Beefy Boy

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2020/09/10

Your deadicated hosts travel to 1950s Japan to cover GOJIRA (1954) from director Ishiro Honda! Plus, a brief history of post-war Japan, the atomic bomb, and the origins of the daikaiju genre. A brief context-setting of Japan 00:00; Film background 18:45; Synopsis 1:33:02; Discussion 1:46:27; Ranking 2:28:22

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00:47:12

Episode 171 - Wait... What?

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2020/08/27

From Chano Urueta comes the 1954 Mexican horror LA BRUJA starring Lilia del Valle, Ramón Gay, and Julio Villarreal! A mad scientist, a witch, a secret Night Court... what could go wrong? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 7:25; Discussion 31:39; Ranking 42:52

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00:59:31

Episode 170 - That's Not Magic, That's Murder

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2020/08/20

From director John Brahm comes (right at you) THE MAD MAGICIAN (1954) starring Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, and Eva Gabor! This 3D picture from Columbia Pictures excites and thrills, but is its horror just an illusion? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 15:25; Discussion 38:03; Ranking 49:49

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01:15:06

Episode 169 - A Rollercoaster of a Remake

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2020/08/13

Coming right at you! It's PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE (1954) from director Roy Del Ruth! This remake of 1932's MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE / adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's detective story still has some surprises in store... Starring Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina, and Steve Forrest, the film also has cameos from Merv Griffin, Charles Gemora, and The Flying Zacchinis! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 27:56; Discussion 53:12; Ranking 1:08:54

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