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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 3d

#humpdayhorror
The very definition of a film creeping up on you, Soft & Quiet uses the single take conceit to slowly drag you into a world of rage and ugliness, where even the kindest soul can be coaxed into committing the most horrible acts.

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 3d

#NowWatching
It's Mr & Mrs Wayne's anniversary today, so we're off to the cinema to witness the story of an MMA legend and his tragic downfall.

Because, obviously, right?

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 11d

#trashploitationtuesday
Our friends Nick Millard & Priscilla Alden from Crazy Fat Ethel reunited in the late 80s for Death Nurse & Death Nurse 2. Despite not sharing the continuity of CFL, it uses some of the same locations, actors and even stock footage from it.

In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 13d

She was! Such an interesting figure of the counterculture of that era🍻

In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 16d

Anchor.fm/ifwtpod New ep!

Underground filmmaker CHARLES PINION is back on the show for our ongoing series into his shot on video works.

For this ep we dive into:

- The making of RED SPIRIT LAKE
- his time working at porno mag SCREW
- The Cinema of Transgression
And much more!

#horrorsky

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah, it just popped back into my head this week so I decided to post about it. It received a lot of attention and viewership at the time but that quickly dissipated, so its great to see that it still has it's fans.

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 17d

#humpdayhorror
One of the hidden gems of 2022, Fresh puts a twisted spin on the world of modern dating and our obsession with all things physical. Screenwriter Lauryn Kahn's intention was to make a horror film for people who were on the fence about the genre.

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 18d

#TrashploitationTuesday Don Juan, Or If Don Juan Were A Woman (1973)

Starring Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot(in her 2nd to last role). Bardot once again teams up with Roger Vadim who was interested in looking at the sexual liberation of the era thru the gaze of a woman.

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 22d

The Curse of Frankenstein from 1957 would mark the 1st time a Hammer Horror was shot in colour.

Dir. Terence Fisher & DP Jack Asher were so in thrall of the Eastman film stock, that they took to painting objects such as leaves and berries to take advantage of the vivid colours

#hammerhorror

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 24d

#HumpdayHorror The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Hammer pushes their 'bloodshed and bosoms' formula into overt erotica in this adaptation of Carmilla - a vampire novel released 25 years b4 Stoker's Dracula. The book would be used against censors who weren't happy with the lesbianism.

#horror

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 25d

#trashploitationtuesday
If 'fatsploitation' was a subgenre, Criminally Insane, a.k.a. Crazy Fat Ethel, would be it's poster child. Priscilla Alden reprised her title role in the 1987 sequel, which uses roughly 50% of the original's footage as flashback material.

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 27d

Anulka, co-star in Larraz's cult erotic horror Vampyres, appearing in the feature length film version of popular UK sitcom The Likely Lads, 1976.

#70s #British #cult

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 29d

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IFWT #37 - Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · 29d

This joke ad was published in the Backwoods Home magazine, inspiring a host of internet memes and even being featured on The Jay Leno Show. It also inspired the film Safety Not Guaranteed, which we covered almost 3 years ago. Check it out, it’s fun. Guaranteed.

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Sep 3

#humpdayhorror
A key film in the Australian New Wave movement, Long Weekend makes heavy use of folk horror elements, as well as the inherent dangers of the Australian wilderness, with an intangible villain which exacts a brutal revenge that is, undoubtedly, very well deserved.

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Sep 2

#trashploitationtuesday
With a visual quality that's been colloquially referred to as 'Shot On Shiteo', Black River Monster sees its lead Craig Martin pulling triple duty as hero Leroy, his cantankerous mother, and the eponymous creature.

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Aug 28

Marisa Mel and Stephen Boyd would meet on the set of Marta, a Spanish-Italian giallo film. 6 months later they'd develop an intense relationship whilst filming The Great Swindle, after which both would head off to a 'Gypsy camp' and get married in a blood ceremony.
#giallo

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Aug 27

#HumpdayHorror Fascination (1979)

Master of the cinema of fantastique, Jean Rollin, brings his surrealistic take to the vampiric genre. Ox blood drinking elites, aristocratic vampires and led by porno star Brigitte Lahaie, Fascination is a study of atmosphere and aesthetic.

#horrorsky

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Aug 20

#humpdayhorror
Featuring classic folk horror tropes (rural setting, isolated community, women the root cause of all evil), The Severed Sun was filmed in Cornwall, also the filming location of Mark Jenkin's own folk horror Enys Men, which we covered almost 2 years ago.

@deanpuckett.bsky.social

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Aug 17

Upon winning an Oscar, recipients traditionally thank the Academy, family, friends, colleagues, influences etc. When Lee Marvin won for his dual role in Cat Ballou, he opened by thanking Smokey, his faithful equine co-star.
#leemarvin #catballou #TIL

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Aug 14

Anchor.fm/ifwtpod NEW EP!

Wayne is on the lam from Interpol, so @flixology.bsky.social joins Liam in the hosting chair as he brings us Dario Argento's 1987 giallo OPERA to discuss.

Is it his last masterpiece? Did the Macbeth Curse hit production?

Click to hear what we think!

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Aug 13

#HumpdayHorror Repulsion (1965)

The first in Polanski's 'apartment trilogy' Repulsion - a story of a fractured mind in isolation, with a perfect performance from Deneuve - struggled to get financing, ended up with Compton Pictures, aa company known for financing soft porn.

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Aug 12

#trashploitationtuesday
Though it wasn’t banned in it’s home country until the sequel came along a few years later, Nekromantik’s transgressive nature attracted both praise and scorn. John Waters calls it ‘the first ever erotic film for necrophiliacs’

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Aug 7

Anchor.fm/ifwtpod NEW EP!

We're joined by Jed Maheu, leader of punk-metallers Zig Zags who's latest album is titled Deadbeat at Dawn.

And u guessed it! He's here to discuss Jim Van Bebber's grindhouse classic DEADBEAT AT DAWN (1988).

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In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.social · Aug 6

#humpdayhorror

Rather than simply recycling the 'Man vs Shark' premise we've seen a million times before, Dangerous Animals, Sean Byrne's first feature film in 10 years, is more like 'Man vs. Self' with a few sharks thrown in.

#dangerousanimals #shark

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