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The Cinemania Society Podcast

The Cinemania Society, LLC

Herein are chronicled the judgements of this not-so-secret society as its members scrutinize, criticize, analyze, brutalize, and otherwise vamp on the weirdest films in cinema history.

tv & film film reviews

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11:17

Profiles in Cinemania: Matt Berry

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2025/10/01

We profile one of this generation's more notable purveyors of CINEMANIA: Matt Berry, known best for his performance as Steven Toast in "Toast of London," or as Laszlo Cravensworth in the television adaptation of "What We Do in the Shadows."LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody and/or satire and should not be construed as making actual statements or allegations of fact. Written by Ethan Ireland, Andrea Palladino, and Andy Slack Performed by Andy Slack and Ethan Ireland Caricature Illustrations

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8:53

Profiles in Cinemania: Robert Redford - In Memoriam

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2025/09/17

The Cinemania Society celebrates the life of Robert Redford, everyone's favorite silver screen big brother. Rest in Peace, Robert.

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10:04

Profiles in Cinemania: Stuart Gordon

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2025/08/06

Cinquisitor Ethan presents a Profile in Cinemania on Chicago's own Stuart Gordon, transgressive counterculture theater director and all-time best-ever H.P. Lovecraft filmmaker. Listen and celebrate the life of a man who did things with more heart than just about anyone else in showbiz, and therefore created films that are all dire sources of CINEMANIA.Special thanks to Lee Percy and Liesel Hanson for the generous contributions to the research on this profile. This is a work of parody / satire and

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32:56

Conclave 18b: Dreams in the Witch Mall ("From Beyond"...

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2025/07/16

Cinquisitor Ethan starts to show some decline in mental health as he leads the Society through their examination of Stuart Gordon & Brian Yuzna's quintessential flesh-fest from 1986, "From Beyond," an '80s horror adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's story of the same name.Written by Ethan Ireland and Andy Slack Sound design & editing by Ethan Ireland Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio Incidental music and sound courtesy of White Bat Audio Art & graphic design by Andy Slack Comics The

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05:47

TCS Rewind: Profiles in Cinemania - Jeffrey Combs

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2025/06/25

In preparation for Conclave 18 (which is an absolute *banger,* the Society is re-running Verifier Andy's Profile in Cinemania celebrating Jeffrey Combs. See if you can guess what Combs-driven feature is going to feature in our next Conclave!Written and produced by Andy Slack Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio Incidental music and sound effects courtesy of Epidemic Sound Caricature art by Andy Slack Comics LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody only and should not be construed as making

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13:12

Profiles in Cinemania: Mary Wolstonecraft Shelley

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2025/06/04

Profligator Daniel presents this epic-length Profile in Cinemania on the mother of science-fiction, Mary Wolstonecraft Shelley. Mary Shelley is best known for her novel "Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus," as well as her feminism and her relationships with Regency-era English poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Ordinarily a PIC on an author would not be our bailiwick, but her best-known novel has been adapted for the screen numerous times and will doubtless be adapted numerous

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07:39

Profiles in Cinemania: Bridget Fonda

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2025/05/21

Professor Andrea presents a Profile in Cinemania on a scion of one of Hollywood's most illustrious acting dynasties, Bridget Fonda.Written and performed by Andrea Palladino & Daniel Scribner Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio Tracks used: "Laguna" and "Lost Cassette" Caricature art by Andy Slack Comics LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody and should not be construed as making statements or allegations of fact.

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15:40

Season 3 Prelude: A Reckoning

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2025/04/23

In this prelude to Season 3, the Cinemania High Council faces an unexpected reckoning...Written by Daniel Scribner Production & Sound Design by Andy Slack Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio Sound FX and incidental music courtesy of Epidemic Sound

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02:03:12

TCS Rewind: Conclave #8 - The Compleat "Wizards"

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2025/03/26

This is the last of our S1 re-runs, which means we're getting toward the end of our S2-S3 hiatus folks. Just in case you didn't already know, we're re-running all the S1 Conclaves during our hiatus because a few uncouth podcast aggregators refuse to make our back episodes available. In this, the final episode of Season 1, Cinquisitor Ethan holds a Conclave examining Ralph Bakshi's 1977 ALLEGEDLY drug-fueled and definitely-not-for-kids feature-length cartoon epic of fairies versus neo-Nazis,

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01:46:14

TCS Rewind: Conclave #7 Omnibus - The Compleat "The...

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/03/19

Hi! It's Atus. Hi Atus! Get it? Yeah, okay. Dad joke over. You probably know the drill by now, but just in case you don't we're re-running all the S1 Conclaves during our S2-S3 hiatus because CERTAIN podcast aggregators won't make our back episodes available. In this one, Auntie Hope joins us in earnest and forces us all to scrutinize Ridley Scott's brother Tony's directorial debut, the lesbian vampire movie from 1984 "The Hunger." Get out the popcorn, folks. It's going to be a live one. Er, that

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01:37:02

TCS Rewind: Conclave #6 Omnibus - The Compleat "Time...

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2025/03/12

Hiatus continues. Not for much longer, though. Just long enough to catch people up on our old material so they can understand the full flower of the story we're trying to tell since Big Streaming wanted to deny you all.Here's Conclave #6, featuring Professor Andrea taking us on a journey through time and space as we explore her favorite fantasy film, 1981's "Time Bandits" -- otherwise known as "the film that made Terry Gilliam and almost broke George Harrison." Music by Karl Casey at White Bat

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01:25:34

TCS Rewind: Conclave #5 Omnibus - The Compleat "In...

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2025/03/05

Guess what? Chicken butt! ...and our hiatus continues. We're re-running the complete set of Conclaves from Season 1, since SOMEONE at Spotify and other podcast aggregators decided to un-list our first season.Here's Conclave #5, wherein Daniel Scribner takes us on a journey through John Carpenter's tribute to both Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft, 1994's "In the Mouth of Madness." Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio

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01:40:35

TCS Rewind: Conclave #1 Omnibus - The Compleat Naked...

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/02/05

It has been brought to our attention that our *entire* Season 1 run of episodes doesn't appear on a lot of different podcast aggregators. Well! We're going to fix that! Since we're on hiatus after Season 2 (Season 3 is coming, folks, don't worry!), let's get everyone caught up on Season 1, shall we?Here, for your listenting pleasure, is the Compleat Naked Lunch. Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio

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08:07

Profiles in Cinemania: David Lynch - In Memoriam

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2025/01/22

Verifier Andy presents a profile on the recently-deceased David Lynch, Hollywood's Avatar of Ambiguity, Master of the Mysterious Metaphor, and Señor of Sinister Symbolism. Farewell David, we hardly knew ye -- which is exactly the way you wanted it. Written & performed by Andy Slack Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio Incidental Music & Sound Effects courtesy of Epidemic Sound Caricature art by andyslackcomics.com

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01:15:35

Lens Friends: Season 2 (part 1)

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/01/08

The members of The Cinemania Society step out of character to do a wrap up of Season 2, where they talk about the how the podcast has evolved over Season 2 (which was released over 2 full years!), how they've evolved & improved, which movies and episodes from the past season were their favorites, and give the listeners a few teasers about Season 3...Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio Incidental music and sound effects courtesy of Epidemic Sound

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02:10:00

Conclave 16 Omnibus: The Compleat Six String Samurai

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/01/01

This episode compiles all of our episodes comprising Conclave 16, our final Conclave of Season 2, wherein we analyze Lance Mungia's 1998 post-a'rockalypse move "Six String Samurai." Sound design by Ethan Ireland Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio Incidental music courtesy of Epidemic Sound

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06:22

A Cinemania Field Report Holiday Special: Anna and...

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/12/25

Just in time for Christmukkah, we bring you our 2024 Holiday Special! Scrutinizer Zacharia helps us ring in our own pending apocalypse with a Cinemania Field Report on the exceedingly British Christmas / Zombie Apocalpyse mash-up feature from 2017, "Anna and the Apocalypse." And remember! Ask not for whom the Christmas Bell tolls. It tolls for we...Written by Zacharia Berks and Andy Slack Performed by Zacharia Berks Directed by Daniel Scribner Mixing and Sound Design by Ethan Ireland Music by

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22:44

Cinemania Field Report: 1979

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/12/11

Given that two of our recent field reports have remarked upon films from a particular year, Auntie Hope decided to take an extended dive into the year 1979 to present a Cinemania Field Report on what turned out to be a landmark year for CINEMANIA. This is a work of parody / satire and should not be construed as a statement of fact. Written by Ethan Ireland, Andy Slack, and Hope Bravo; and performed by Hope Bravo Music by Meteor at meteormusic.bandcamp.com Tracks used: The Spell, Saints and

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11:52

Cinemania Field Report: The Black Hole

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2024/11/27

Verifier Andy, Master Illuminator, presents a Cinemania Field Report examining Disney's 1979 foray into live-action sci-fi horror, "The Black Hole," and his own experience suffering a case of creeping CINEMANIA from (of all sources) a book about this film.Written and performed by Andy Slack Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of satire / parody and statements made herein should not be construed as making allegations or statements of fact. Cassette tape stock

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15:41

Cinemania Field Report: Lucio Fulci's Zombie

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/11/13

Cinquisitor Ethan submits a field report about the 1979 film Lucio Fulci's "Zombie," a/k/a "Zombi 2," a/k/a "Zombie Flesh Eaters." This knock-off-slash-sort-of-sequel to George A. Romero's 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead," isn't widely known, yet it's highly influential and features some grave sources of CINEMANIA.Listen at your own risk. Written and performed by Ethan Ireland Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio. Tracks featured: "The Wraith," "Dark Thriller Theme," "Dark Thriller Loop 1," "From

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