Bi-Monthly Patron Double Feature Nominations - Aug. 2024
Added 2024-06-22 20:44:40 +0000 UTCI'm sure most of you know the drill at this point but one episode every other month around these parts is a special episode where you folks nominate and vote for that week's double feature! Democracy!
Your last vote was for BLUE VELVET (1986) + SERIAL MOM (1994) which we just dropped. The next episode you're voting on will be for one of our episodes in August!
This is our 22nd time doing this so I'm sure that most of you know the drill by now but in case you don't, once again:
1) Comment below with your double feature ideas/requests of pre-2000s genre films we haven't already covered (maybe include an argument for the pairing to convince others for part 2.)
2) Look at other people's double features below and hit the "like" button on it to upvote theirs if you think it's a good one.
This post will be up for about a week or so and after the results are in we will put the most upvoted double features into a poll for everyone to vote on more officially.
AND GO!
Comments
I'd love to hear the Sleazoids take on BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980) & GALAXY OF TERROR (1981) -- two exploitation follow-ons to Star Wars & Alien, respectively, both produced by Roger Corman, both starring oddly-cast TV 70s stars (Richard Thomas, Erin Moran) in lead roles, and both stacked with tons of great genre actors (John Saxon, Robert Englund, Sid Haig, Grace Zabriske, & many others). [Note some non-consensual alien on human woman grossness in GoT]
Nirvana Hotdog
2024-08-11 05:33:56 +0000 UTCSzyszka has me in a Burtish mood. How about White Lightning and Hooper?
Samuel McGuire
2024-06-27 22:29:12 +0000 UTCDas Boot (1981) and Come and See (1985): These are two bleak and almost hypnotic WW2 films from both sides of the conflict. A Nazi U-Boat crew on one side and Belarusian partisans on the other.
Elijah Crawford
2024-06-23 16:43:41 +0000 UTCBlown Away (1994) and The Devils Own (1997). My favorite comfort era of film is ‘90s Boston crime movies set during (and loosely about) The Troubles. The Devils Own is a somber exploration of that world whereas Blown Away features *The Best* cocaine-era Tommy Lee Jones performance outside of natural born killers. He’s literally a looney tunes villain.
The Out
2024-06-23 03:47:58 +0000 UTCQ: The Winged Serpent and Society Just a couple of fun movies
Ben DeIulis
2024-06-23 02:25:34 +0000 UTCEarth Girls are Easy (1988) and Species (1995): Two movies about aliens coming to earth for the express purpose of getting some strange.
Steve T
2024-06-23 01:16:46 +0000 UTCSpirited Away (2001) and Pan's Labyrinth (2006): Fantasy escapism from childhood trauma. While they're after 2000, they are both all time great filmmakers that deserve to be covered.
Jealous Cactus
2024-06-23 00:56:46 +0000 UTCRIP Donald Sutherland. KELLY'S HEROES and M*A*S*H - two 1970 war films that lean into comedy and feature Donald Sutherland.
Brian Blake
2024-06-23 00:46:47 +0000 UTCSNEAKERS (1992) + HACKERS (1995). Early internet heist movies. Two groups of freaks taking down larger conspiracies at the dawn of the information age.
Simon Ostick
2024-06-22 23:27:00 +0000 UTCI was actually thinking those two would make a great double feature.
Daniel O'Connell
2024-06-22 23:16:22 +0000 UTCAlternatively, do a double Treat Williams feature with the workmanlike dtv fun of The Substitute 2
Andrew Gaines
2024-06-22 22:41:27 +0000 UTCTank Girl (1995) + Six String Samurai (1998) Punk rock wasteland!
Noah Vasseur
2024-06-22 22:40:58 +0000 UTCDeep Rising (1998) plus, depending on how you want to compare and contrast things, two very differently received Stephen Sommers follow-ups, The Mummy (1999) or Van Helsing (2004). Deep Rising has one of the best casts in a genre flick of that era, one of the late, great, Treat Williams' best performances, and fantastic pacing. Would love to hear your take on it.
Andrew Gaines
2024-06-22 22:27:56 +0000 UTCOh wow. I need this episode to finally happen.
Jacob McLaughlin
2024-06-22 22:27:45 +0000 UTCAlso a good choice!
Jacob McLaughlin
2024-06-22 22:26:26 +0000 UTCI would also throw Orca in that ring
Andrew Gaines
2024-06-22 22:21:24 +0000 UTCSTRAW DOGS (1971) and DELIVERANCE (1972). City dwellers fighting for their lives during conflict with rural people with a theme of violence as a rite of manhood..
Ed Browne
2024-06-22 21:56:09 +0000 UTC“Midnight Cowboy” (1969, John Schlesinger) + “The French Connection” (1971, William Friedkin). Two gritty, down-and-dirty NYC classics that won Best Picture in their respective years - it’s hard to believe there was a time when films such as these were considered worthy of Hollywood’s most prestigious prize.
Ben Badger
2024-06-22 21:47:15 +0000 UTCSo movies you haven’t covered. That’s a challenge! How about Vampyr from 1932 Carl Dreyer and the original Dracula with Bela from 1932 (Todd Browning). Obviously the subject matter and year create a nexus but the differences in direction and style make a cool contrast
Catherine Woods
2024-06-22 21:44:33 +0000 UTCI guess the double feature rationale would be European anti-Catholic exploitation thrillers.
Roman
2024-06-22 21:26:49 +0000 UTCDon't Torture a Duckling (1972; dir. Lucio Fulci) and The Name of Rose (1986; dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud). I think I heard the former mentioned before on the show, but I would love to hear you guys discuss these two in a double feature! These are two very surreal crime thrillers that each harshly criticize the Catholic church. Both involve murderous and sadistic portrayals of clergy but also prominently criticize the political and social connections and rules of the church. As a recovering Catholic myself, these both stood out to me as really personal in their portrayals of Catholicism and the fear it exerts to maintain social control; also, both films are just really nasty thrillers full of Catholic iconography and experimental editing. Both seem to also reflect the close connections between the Catholic church and fascist European leaders during World War II, especially Franco and Mussolini. The latter is set in a medieval monastery, but feels incredibly of its time; it even has Ron Perlman memorably eating a rat. Anyway, thanks so much for the great show. I always look forward to listening to you guys!
Roman
2024-06-22 21:24:38 +0000 UTCFascination (1979) & Lips of Blood (1975). A double feature of Jean Rollin’s sensual, dreamy and ethereal vampire movies.
Jeff Coutts
2024-06-22 21:21:42 +0000 UTCThe Rainmaker (1997) and The Gingerbread Man (1998) - 2 New Hollywood gods, Coppola and Altman, tackle John Grisham Southern legal thrillers and imprint their signatures on the genre.
Brian Blake
2024-06-22 21:17:49 +0000 UTCThe Birds (1963) & Jaws (1975). Nature vs man.
Ross McWilliams
2024-06-22 21:13:24 +0000 UTCHidden Agenda (1990) + Resurrection Man (1998) Ken Loach and Marc Evans each capture the paranoia, violence and horror of Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
John
2024-06-22 21:09:49 +0000 UTCEATING RAOUL (1982) + THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER (1989): food-related crime films with cannibalism as a footnote
Jackson Littlewood
2024-06-22 21:03:09 +0000 UTCMcCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) & Jeremiah Johnson (1972). Snow westerns baby 🤙
James D. Froio
2024-06-22 21:01:24 +0000 UTCHana-bi and Raging Bull Two directors examining personal near-death experiences through their subjects self-destruction. Also just two phenomenal movies!!!
Cameron Watson
2024-06-22 21:00:50 +0000 UTCThe Trip (1967) and Head (1968) - Two groovy, psychedelic B-movies written by Jack Nicholson! Roger Corman's LSD drama The Trip and Bob Rafelson's surreal music industry satire starring The Monkees, Head
Cory N.
2024-06-22 20:57:33 +0000 UTCSpeed (1994) + Turbulence (1997) - two films about out of control transportation with eccentric villains and heroic women who take charge in the time of need. Speed is also celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and Turbulence is getting a long overdue bluray release.
Matthew Wood
2024-06-22 20:55:40 +0000 UTCTHE BELIEVERS (1987) + SE7EN (1995) An investigation into a series of urban religious killings that hits too close to home. And Se7en.
Mad Michael
2024-06-22 20:55:31 +0000 UTCThe Tin Star (1957) and Devil's Doorway (1950)- Two black and white Anthony Mann westerns that use the frontier to comment on 50s America's attitudes about race, particularly miscegenation. Both also got great physical releases recently!
DartSpieg
2024-06-22 20:53:25 +0000 UTCThem! (1954) and Tremors (1990) giant creepy crawlie critters terrorizing the desert
Knuckle Scraper
2024-06-22 20:51:09 +0000 UTCANTHROPOPHAGUS and ABSURD - a pair from Joe D'Amato that features George Eastman as a mutated homunculous just absolutely fucking up everyone he comes in contact with.
Steven Carlson
2024-06-22 20:51:01 +0000 UTCPlus there's a new Alien movie in August
Cade Yeager
2024-06-22 20:49:37 +0000 UTCMy Lucky Stars (1985) and Millionaire’s Express (1986). A couple Sammo Hung helmed kung-fu movies that are more about the gags in between the opening and closing action set pieces.
Grant Klevgaard
2024-06-22 20:49:24 +0000 UTCMeet The Feebles (1989) + American Pop (1981) - two sleazy pervert 80s musicals by genre auteurs Peter Jackson and Ralph Bakshi
James Francis
2024-06-22 20:48:58 +0000 UTCTremors and Alligator: Two of the best Jawsploitation movies!
Jacob McLaughlin
2024-06-22 20:47:28 +0000 UTCJaws (1975) and Alien (1979). Episode 10 of Sleazoids covered The Terminator and Robocop. We would never get an episode like that in 2024 because it would be over five hours long... well who said we didn't want a five hour episode? It's Jaws and JAW$ IN SPACE!
Cade Yeager
2024-06-22 20:47:24 +0000 UTCBarry Lyndon (1975) + The Duellists (1977) - Two films about guys attempting to navigate codes of honour, status and masculinity set against the backdrop of the Age of Enlightenment, both containing some of the greatest duels put to screen.
Harrison Rees
2024-06-22 20:47:21 +0000 UTC
