Legacy of Brutality: Recent Episodes
Dead and Lovely
A history of horror cinema podcast hosted by Hollywood Steve Spratling, one half of the best horror movie podcast in all the known multiverse Dead and Lovely.
Live episode recorded at the recent Jack of All Grave x Hellrankers event! We open with some classic JoAGery as Mark talk prohibition-era mobster hits and then we all rank the Jaws movies. It's an absolute treat!
Hollywood Steve and your pal anna go to space with Green Lantern. We tangle with a big fart cloud and some space cops. No evil shall escape our sight!
Movie discussion begins at 00:19:29
Hollywood Steve and your pal Anna make friends with Imaginary. We snuggle with Chauncey, talk about influences, and encourage people to lighten up. Don't touch my stuff EV-ER!
Movie discussion begins at 00:25:17
Hollywood Steve and your pal Anna tangle with Cats (2019). We have problems with the casting, usage of CGI, and the general concept of people playing kitty cats. Cats are not dogs!
Movie discussion begins at 00:13:31
On a very special Wednesday-edition of Trash Tuesday, Hollywood Steve and your pal anna review I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer. We talk teleporting zombies, an undead fisherman getting a cell phone plan, and the most summer of all locations: an off-season ski resort!
Movie discussion begins at 00:22:31
Hollywood Steve and your pal Anna went to the Wild Wild West. We talk giant spiders, steam punks, and end-credits raps. Wicki-wicki-wild!
Movie discussion begins at 00:18:56
Hollywood Steve and your pal Anna review I Know Who Killed Me. SPOILER: We end up defending this film like we have a financial stake in it. Watch it!
Movie discussion begins at 15:41
Hollywood Steve and your pal Anna kick off the first ever Trash Tuesday with Ghost Shark. We determine if Ghost Shark is Trash like garbage (but not the band Garbage) or Trash like Trash from Return of the Living Dead who is awesome! That's right! It's not confusing at all!
Movie discussion begins at 22:23
Hollywood Steve and your pal Anna are ranking the Hellraiser franchise. We've seen all the sights and we think some are way better than others. We experience both pleasure and pain, wonder how a dog opened the box, and revel in the grime of this film series. Enjoy it!
Hollywood Steve and Anna Martin dive into the influential career of actor and makeup artist, Lon Chaney. Join us to hear about the life and legacy of the Man of A Thousand Faces.
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Hollywood Steve and Anna Martin present a short history of horror gimmicks in American professional wrestling. We're focusing on the period from 1982 when Kevin Sullivan began his Prince of Darkness persona and ending in 2000 by which time horror gimmicks were firmly cemented in professional wrestling. Even if you aren't a pro wrestling fan, give the episode a chance!
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Hollywood Steve and Anna Martin lay out a history of Halloween episodes and specials. We discuss Sweetest Day, the rise of treats over tricks, and the marketability of Halloween. Throughout we look at various shows such as The Honeymooners, Beverly Hillbillies, Addams Family, and Bewitched, ending on the first nationally televised Halloween special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
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Hollywood Steve and Anna Martin examine the history and context of John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy (The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness). We discuss Carpenter's inspirations in childhood fear, Reagan era politics, and the AIDS crisis. We also break down common thematic elements running through the trilogy.
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Hollywood Steve is back! And he's joined by new cohost Anna Martin! New format, same idea. We're still talking horror history, only now we'll be more thematically-focused in our presentation. New episode on John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy drops Friday.
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This first season of Legacy of Brutality will serve as a brief introductory history of horror films. In this episode, we talk about the Hays Code, the rise of B-horror-movies, and Val Lewton, Head of Horror at RKO.
Next week, we’ll discuss a tradition of female horror antagonists through the 40s and 50s, the decline of the production code, creature features, and more!
Check out my other podcast Dead and Lovely for weekly reviews of horror movies from me and my cohost intergalactic rock star Ben Eller! The very same Ben Eller who made the music for this podcast! And check us out on Twitter and Instagram @deadlovelypod or on our Facebook group facebook.com/deadandlovely. You can also help us continue to provide you with more and more content by heading over to patreon.com/deadandlovely and become a Patron.
This first season of Legacy of Brutality will serve as a brief introductory history of horror films. In this episode, we talk about the early days of Hollywood, the Universal Monsters, and the first Golden Age of Horror.
Next week, we’ll talk about the Hays Code and its effect on horror, the rise of B-movies, and Val Lewton along with so much more.
Check out my other podcast Dead and Lovely for weekly reviews of horror movies from me and my cohost intergalactic rock star Ben Eller! The very same Ben Eller who made the music for this podcast! And check us out on Twitter and Instagram @deadlovelypod or on our Facebook group facebook.com/deadandlovely. You can also help us continue to provide you with more and more content by heading over to patreon.com/deadandlovely and become a Patron.
This first season of Legacy of Brutality will serve as a brief introductory history of horror films. In this first episode, we trace the development of the horror film from Georges Méliès and trick films to German expressionist films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu.
Next week, we’ll talk about the rise of Hollywood horror films and the switch from movies to talkies. We’ll get into Lon Chaney, the Universal horror films, and so much more.
Check out my other podcast Dead and Lovely for weekly reviews of horror movies from me and my cohost intergalactic rock star Ben Eller! The very same Ben Eller who made the music for this podcast! And check us out on Twitter and Instagram @deadlovelypod or on our Facebook group facebook.com/deadandlovely. You can also help us continue to provide you with more and more content by heading over to patreon.com/deadandlovely and become a Patron.