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Horror Business
Hosted by Justin Lore · EN
Horror Business is an ongoing conversation about Horror Films. Lifelong horror fans Justin Lore and Liam O’Donnell gather monthly to discuss and dissect horror films in a sophisticated yet accessible manner. Academic yet easily digestible. High art washed down with a healthy dose of camp. Pinkies in the air whilst sipping our root beer. You get the picture. On Horror Business Justin and Liam will watch a double feature and go in depth about the films, and each show they will invite you, the listener, to be a part of the conversation.
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Episode 167: Friday the 13th IV and Friday the 13th VI
2w ago01:09:16Tap to summarizeGreetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1984’s Friday The 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter and 1986’s Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam discusses listening to the Dungeon Crawler Carl series of novels, and be we briefly talk about our favorite audiobooks that add something to the source material. We talk about the film Touch Me, and Liam talks about listening to The Stand on audiobook. Justin talks about the films The Whistle and Bodycam. We talk at length about the film Undertone. Up first is Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter. We open by talking about the appeal of Jason Vorhees as being based on the fear of the other in that until the sixth movie he is essentially a mentally challenged hermit living in the woods. We touch upon the upcoming series. Justin talk abouts the checkered history of Paramount’s support of the franchise in that they were “becoming embarrassed” with their association with the series and intended to kill off Jason and have this be the end of the series but the financial response of the films inspired them to continue churning out sequels, and Justin ascertains that these movies are the epitome of the worst part of capitalism. We talk about the various problems with the horror community in general and toxic fandom as a whole. Justin talks about how not minding the first three F13 movies he doesn’t really find the character of Jason Vorhees compelling at all. Justin talks about what he likes about the film: the filmmaker decided to make a child the protagonist in a film that was very clearly not at all made for kids, and not just a protagonist but a smart protagonist. Liam talks about his experience with these films in that part six was the first of the series he saw and how he weirdly misremembers them, including a moment in which a character is murdered in an over the top almost silly manner (the infamous “he’s killing me!” scene) as well as the many, many extended chase scenes, and how the mystique of the character is ruined by shots of him running, and Justin adds that either a brisk walk or straight up just showing up is the only acceptable way slasher villains should move. We talk about Tommy Jarvis’ method of fucking with Jason, and how it’s at least innovative for a horror movie. Up next is Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. We start by talking about how this is the first film where Jason is overtly supernatural, and that Tommy did actually kill him but now he’s resurrected and actually undead. Justin talks about how it’s weirdly believable that Tommy would need to see the body before believing Jason was actually dead. He also talks about how unlike part 4 he finds this scene entirely irredeemable. <img data-recalc...
Transcribe →HORROR BUSINESS Episode 164: BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY’S TOMB & DAWN OF THE MUMMY
Mar 1701:09:17Tap to summarizeGreetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys, as we’re talking about 1971’s Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb and 1981’s Dawn Of The Mummy. First off, thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about watching the film The Last Sacrifice on Shudder, and Liam and Justin talk about Night Patrol. Liam talks about starting the series of books The Locked Tomb, and Justin talks about seeing the films We Bury The Dead and Primate. Up first is Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb. We talk about how it has a disappointingly low number of mummies, how it’s a woefully forgettable film and how it’s very boring for a film of that era. Justin talks about how the film seems to drop several hints at things to come later but never gives any payoff. We discuss the phenomenon of fetishization of the Middle East and the othering of Egyptian culture, and how for a period Egypt was, to Britain, the ultimate “other.” Up next is Dawn Of The Mummy. We open by talking about how the movie feels very Italian despite being an American production, and how the movie feels like a zombie movie with mummies instead of zombies. We discuss how the film is a perfect encapsulation of how imperialism and colonialism desecrate and trivialize ancient Egyptian culture. Liam talks about how despite the film starting out slow, it becomes a full-blown massacre involving dozens of mummies. We make it a point to describe the film as “fun” instead of “actually good” and talk about how the film has lots of “requisite ’80s checked boxes.” As always, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared somethi...
Transcribe →HORROR BUSINESS Episode 163: Best Of 2025
Jan 2901:27:20Tap to summarizeGreetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. On this episode we’ll be discussing our top ten favorite horror films of 2025!!! First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about the anime series Lord Of Mysteries and the manga series The Summer Hikaru Died, and Justin talks about his new years resolution to finally read Stephen King’s Dark Tower saga. Liam’s Top Ten Of 2025 10. Found Footage: The Patterson Project 9. Frankenstein 8. The Shrouds 7. The Surrender 6. The Ugly Stepsister 5. 28 Years Later 4. It Ends 3. Weapons 2. Die My Love <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-30014" src="https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/diemylove.webp?resize=405%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" width="405" height="600" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/diemylove.webp?resize=405%2C600&ssl=1 405w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/diemylove.webp?resize=202%2C300&ssl=1 202w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/diemylove.webp?resize=370%2C548&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/diemylove.webp?w=600&a...
Transcribe →HORROR BUSINESS Episode 162: FROM THE OLD EARTH and BORN OF FIRE
Dec 1001:06:48Tap to summarizeGreetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys, as we’re talking about 1981’s From The Old Earth and 1987’s Born Of Fire. First off, thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about seeing the remastered version of Re-Animator, Lord Of Illusions, Black Eyed Susan, and House of Dynamite. Justin talks about some of the films he saw for Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Screamfest, as well as the films Alma and the Wolf, Somnium, The Astronaut, and Traumatika, and the HBO series Welcome To Derry. Up first is From The Old Earth. Justin talks about how this feels very much like the archetypical folk horror film. We talk about the history of the attempts to keep the Welsh language alive. We briefly talk about the history of Wales and how British colonialism had long attempted to crush the Welsh culture. Justin talks about the role of the Welsh in Lovecraftian fiction, particularly Colin Wilson’s short story, “The Return Of The Lloigor.” We discuss how despite taking place in Wales, the film still has a very British feel to it. The fact that only women can see the villain (a shadowy god) is touched upon and how that plays into the misogynistic views of post-WWII UK. Liam talks about the relative lack of gore and blood, and how despite not being out-and-out frightening, it still has a good amount of creepiness. Justin talks about how the film accomplishes what a folk horror film sets out to do, which is presenting a sense of time and portraying the modern world as a thin veneer resting upon the horrors of the primordial past. Justin also talks about the theme of feminine fertility being the enemy of some of these deities. We talk some more about the basic tenets of folk horror. Up next is Born Of Fire. We give a summary of the film. We talk about how the film, despite being directed by a Pakistani person, presents some rather problematic views of Turkey, in that Turkey is presented as a place inhabited by actual cave dwellers. Liam talks about the film’s British sensibility of being simultaneously uptight and horny, and its utter lack of subtlety. We talk about the film’s themes of decadence and temptation, as well as hints of a Charlie Daniels-esque master flautist vs. the devil. We talk about the history of “trickster” beings in Europe, tying back to a Muslim influence and the Muslim concept of the djinn. As always, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donat...
Transcribe →EPISODE 161: CREATURE & WITHIN THE ROCK
Oct 901:11:43Tap to summarizeGreetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1985’s Creature and 1996’s Within The Rock. First off, thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about reading the comic Houses Of The Unholy, the book Cuckoo and the FX series Alien: Earth, as well as the film The Long Walk. Justin talks about attending the Mahoning Drive In’s annual David Lynch Weekend and seeing Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Mulholland Drive, as well as the films Bring Her Back, The Luckiest Man In America, She Loved Blossoms More, and Good Boy. Up first is Creature. We talk about director William Malone’s filmography, particularly The House On Haunted Hill. We talk about how even though it’s not a very good movie it’s still a fun movie. We discuss how Malone fails to hide the shoddiness of the creature FX because he keeps it too much in the dark. We talk about how the film attempts to use elements from Planet Of The Vampires to hide the elements from Alien that don’t work. Klaus Kinski’s insane performance is touched upon. The unnecessary sex scenes are discussed, but we point out that as bad as the movie is and how unfocused it is, it’s never a boring film. Up next is Within The Rock. We talk about director Gary Tuncliffe’s involvement in the Hellraiser franchise as well as the strange overlap this film has with the Terminator franchise due to it being produced by Robert Patrick and character actor Dale Dye’s insane filmography outside of this movie. Liam talks about the few things he likes about the movie, including the creature design which came off more as kaiju-y than anything else. We discuss the clunky narrative structure of the film and how it feels the need to repeatedly remind us of the creatures origin in awkward ways. We talk about the films lack of tension despite it taking place on a rock that’s hurtling towards earth. The films inability to measure up to Alien’s ability to get us invested in all the characters and instead presenting us with boring unrelatable characters is discussed. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!
Transcribe →HORROR BUSINESS Episode 160: GANJA & HESS and VAMP
Sep 201:13:23Tap to summarizeGreetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1973’s Ganja & Hess and 1986’s Vamp. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. We talk about the films Weapons, Together, and Who Can Kill A Child?, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Up first is Ganja & Hess. Justin talks about how this is his first time viewing the movie, and how it goes against a lot of horror tropes and stereotypes and defies the norms of “blaxploitation.” We talk about Bill Gunn’s emphasis both on traditional Christian imagery and African spirituality as well as the themes of addiction present in the film. The concept of romance being found in a cursed relationship is discussed, in that it’s a film in the tradition of “is love more important that XYZ?” Bill Gunn’s interpretation of “the black experience” through the film is discussed, as is how that element of the film may have hampered Its commercial success. The element of traditional folk horror of something that was once lost is returning to corrupt is touched up. The career of writer/director Bill Gunn is discussed, as is Spike Lee’s maligned remake of the film. Up next is Vamp. Justin talks about his celebrity crush on Grace Jones and how this movie messed with his head by turning her into a horrifying monster. We talk about how unfortunately she is largely the only good thing in this film, and how it almost makes no sense that she’s in it because she’s only in it for a very short period of time and yet is treated as the main creature. <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-29395" src="https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/vamp2.jpeg?resize=1063%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" width="1063" height="600" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/vamp2.jpeg?resize=1063%2C600&ssl=1 1063w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/vamp2.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/vamp2.jpeg?resize=768%2C433&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepun...
Transcribe →HORROR BUSINESS Episode 159: HORROR EXPRESS and LAND OF THE MINOTAUR
Jul 701:24:26Tap to summarizeGreetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1972’s Horror Express and 1976’s Land Of The Minotaur. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. We talk about the films 28 Years Later, Predator: Killer Of Killers, Found Footage: The Making Of The Patterson Project, and K-Pop Demon Hunters, as well as the manga Blood On The Tracks. Up first is Horror Express. Liam gives a brief history of his viewing of the film and how the film had Hammer Film vibes, and how the film has a distinctly different vibe from the classic monster movies of the 1950s in that it’s a bit “meaner” and strangely sophisticated for a film from the time. We talk about how it feels like everyone in the film is genuinely in danger and how the film is classic Lee and Cushing, as well as the elements of ‘60s spy movies that show up throughout the film. Justin talks about how the film could have simply rested on the laurels of the plotline of having Christopher Lee smuggle a frozen creature onto a train that thaws out but instead veers off into a weird cosmic horror direction, as well as the film bearing a strong resemblance to The Thing From Another World. The shoddy visual FX of the film and how they become uncanny in their shoddiness is discussed. The film tiptoeing into Lovecraftian territory is touched upon. Up next is Land Of The Minotaur. We talk at length about the films lazy and seemingly confused messaging on religion and how it’s a bit of a letdown that it relies upon well-worn Judeo-Christian themes when it comes to good and evil. Liam talks about the extremely bad ADR and Donald Pleasance’s less than stellar performance. We talk about the icons of Christianity in horror film and its implications of the objective reality of Christianity and how that makes for a weak conflict since God cannot be defeated in the logic of Christianity. <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-28643" src="https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/landoftheminotaur3.jpeg?resize=1067%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" width="1067" height="600" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/landoftheminotaur3.jpeg?resize=1067%2C600&ssl=1 1067w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/landoftheminotaur3.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/landoftheminotaur3.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/landoftheminotaur3.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/landoftheminotaur3.jpeg?resize=370%2C208&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/landoftheminotaur3.jpeg?resize=1170%2C658&ssl=1 1170w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/landoftheminotaur3.jpeg?resize=760%2C428&ssl=1 760w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/landoftheminotaur3.jpeg?w=1920&ssl=1 19...
Transcribe →HORROR BUSINESS Episode 158: THE WAILING & EXHUMA
Jun 16Tap to summarizeGreetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 2016’s The Wailing and 2025’s Exhuma. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. We talk about the films Sinners, Clown In A Cornfield, and Heart Eyes, as well as the television series The Last Of Us and the novel The Devils by Joe Abercrombie. Up first is The Wailing. We start by talking about actor Jun Kunimura’s extensive filmography. We talk about our initial experience with the film, with Liam talking about how much he enjoyed it the second time around. Justin talks about the convoluted but not messy nature of the plot, and how the concept of a character whose presence incites violence in those surrounding him. We spend a goodish amount of time discussing the history of Japanese imperialism and how that has essentially scarred the collective psyche of Korea, and how the result Korean prejudice towards the Japanese is, if nothing else, understandable. We talk about how the Japanese character in the film feels almost like a red herring set up but ultimately is far worse than what we’re led to believe. We brief talk about the original ending of the film and how that affects the rest of the movie and why the director may have chosen to change it. Up next is Exhuma. Justin talks about how the film draws upon religious ecstasy and the nature of ritual for a source of horror. We discuss how the film could’ve simply been about a geomancer dealing with a restless vengeful ghost but instead chooses to, just as The Wailing did, fold Korean history into the mix by once again using Japanese atrocities a source of horror. <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-28447" src="https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/exhuma2.jpeg?resize=900%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" width="900" heigh...
Transcribe →HORROR BUSINESS Episode 157: THE WOLFEN and LATE PHASES
Apr 21, 202501:17:16Tap to summarizeGreetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1981’s The Wolfen and 2014’s Late Phases. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk about what we’ve been doing involving horror recently. Liam’s manga/anime obsession rolls on with Kaiju Number Eight, as well as reading Stephen King’s The Long Walk and Margaret Killjoy’s The Sapling Cage, the films Mickey 17 and The Shrouds, and Justin talks about the quiet existential horror of the Apple series Severance. Up first is The Wolfen. We give a summary of the film and talk about some of the tropier elements of the film involving Native Americans. Justin talks about one of his rules of werewolf films (the werewolf design being the keystone of the entire film) and how the film got around this by just having larger than usual wolves as the werewolves. We talk about how the film and novel take a slightly different path than the traditional werewolf movie by having it just be super intelligent wolf-like creatures that live secretly amongst people and hunt them. We touch upon the film’s inclusion of environmentalist themes and how it strangely fits in with the source novel’s author Whitley Strieber and his history of environmental advocacy. We talk about the film’s use of the late ‘70s Bronx being utterly destroyed by urban blight and how it lends a very dreamy feel to the film in a sinister way. Justin brings up the unsettling clash of “savage beast in modernity” during the climax where the wolves show up in the top floor of an office building. Up next is Late Phases. Justin talks about his first viewing of the movie and loving but not being as nuts about it on rewatch. We talk about how the film has enough weight in its initial plot without the added kind of human gravitas that Ethan Embry’s (who rules) character brings. <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-28169" src="https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/latephases1.webp?resize=1065%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" width="1065" height="600" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/latephases1.webp?resize=1065%2C600&ssl=1 1065w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/latephases1.webp?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/cinepunx.com/wp-content/...
Transcribe →HORROR BUSINESS Episode 156: THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN and THE VINEYARD
Mar 13, 202500:51:34Tap to summarizeGreetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1977’s The Incredible Melting Man and 1989’s The Vineyard. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about seeing Oz Perkins’ The Monkey and reading the horror/sci-fi manga Dandadan, and Justin talks about attending a screening of Mulholland Drive. Up first is The Incredible Melting Man. Justin talks about being familiar with the film’s poster before actually seeing it, and Liam talks about how a few years back he was somewhat ostracized for not liking this movie at a past Exhumed Film’s Horrorthon, and discuss how boring the film is despite the hype. We talk about how the film has somewhat unexpectedly dark tones to it, one of them being the concept the objectification of the working class by the government. Liam brings up some of the film’s quirkier elements such as the strange fashion choices, and we talk about the odd casting choice of director Jonathan Demme. Justin talks about how it felt that the very beginning and very end of the film are the best parts and stand out in stark contrast to the rest of the film. We discuss the lack of tension in the film despite having a clear menacing presence, as well as the film still attempt to have a sense of drama to it. Up next is The Vineyard. We give a summary of the film, and how it is objectively a poorly made film. We talk about actor James Hong’s career, and how his performance is the only compelling one in the film. We discuss how the film is bad but it’s not boring, and how the film throws a lot at the wall. We talk how about it’s a rare American film of the time that doesn’t contain a hint of Christianity brushing up against it. We discuss how the film feels like something that would be on Cinemax at one in the morning in the early ‘80s. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @<a href="https://twitte...
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