Hello and welcome to REEL OBSCURE!This week I'm taking a look at John Carpenter's The Fog (to give it its full title), a ghastly ghost story featuring a horrific history that comes back to haunt the residents of a small coastal town. This classic tale of undead vengeance and haunting visuals is sure to give even the most ardent of horror fans the chills. Find out why as I take a deep dive down to the depths, where the dead await...You can learn more about REEL OBSCURE by visiting reelobscurepod.com. You can also find REEL OBSCURE on BlueSky using the handle @reelobscurepod.'Fur Manfred und Sigi'' and ''The Monster Dub'' were created using Udio.

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This week's movie features a tale of rogue science, bone-sucking monsters and Peter Cushing having a whale of a time.

1966's ''Island of Terror'' is something of a rarity, being only one of six or seven - STOP IT - movies from Planet Film Productions. But it's a surprisingly fun science horror movie with some great gory effects, fantastic performances and a wonderfully eerie alien atmosphere.

I also must apologize for my voice breaking in a few points during this recording. To avoid missing episode drops over the Holidays I had to record multiple tracks back-to-back and that, along with a cold, left my voice quite raw by the end. Hopefully it won't spoil your enjoyment too much!

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Hello and welcome to REEL OBSCURE!In a semi-festive episode, I take a look at BLOOD TRACKS, a Swedish slasher/survival horror movie set in the snowy mountains, where a glam rock band decide to shoot ONE SCENE for their latest music video - a decision they soon come to regret.

With drunken Swedes, lingerie-clad dancers braving the elements, unexplained mutants and a terrible title song, BLOOD TRACKS is the pinnacle (ha!) of good-bad movies.

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In this week's episode I take a look at Don Coscarelli's cult classic horror, Phantasm, a movie that features some of the most iconic images of the 70s, including Angus Scrimm's The Tall Man and the silver Spheres. A nightmarish horror that combines gore, scares and surrealism, Phantasm has an interesting genesis, which I take a look at along with, as ever, the usual cast and crew profiles and thematic discussions.As ever, you can learn more about REEL OBSCURE by visiting https://www.reelobscurepod.com

Firstly, apologies for some of the sound issues with this episode. I think I ended-up being cursed by this movie, as the entire recording self-imploded and vanished as I was attempting to fix the minor sound problems and due to illness and the Holidays I wouldn't have had time to re-record the whole thing in time for this week's release. So sorry about that...Anyway, this week we're taking a look at EQUINOX, a movie featuring demonic possession, stop-motion monsters and legendary author Fritz Leiber!As ever, if you enjoy this episode then please LIKE, SHARE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE (and don't forget to TURN NOTIFICATIONS ON!)You can also learn more about REEL OBSCURE by visiting our website at https://www.reelobscurepod.com.

Just a quick update to apologize for last week's missing episode and to discuss the future of REEL OBSCURE.

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This week we take a look at 1978's The Grapes of Death, directed by Jean Rollin, a man whose name I mispronounce in about 6 different ways in this episode. Eschewing Rollin's usual vampire eroticism and surrealist storytelling, Les Raisins de la Mort (to give it its French title) is a grounded - but very visceral - ecological tale of madness, mutation and murder.You can learn more about REEL OBSCURE by visiting https://www.reelobscurepod.com

Hello and welcome to REEL OBSCURE!This week we're taking a break from slashers and phantoms to delve deep into the realms of a long-forgotten fantasy adventure from the master of stop-frame animation, Ray Harryhausen, in the final entry in his Sinbad trilogy, SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER.As ever, you can learn more about REEL OBSCURE at reelobscurepod.com