The Brass Unicorn: Recent Episodes
The Brass Unicorn
Mario, Tom and Simon lovingly discuss the absurd and worrying world of exploitation cinema and much more
Like Kane in Kung Fu we wade through the deluge of the 10 backlogged films that we watched since last time, joined by our faithful companion Jake, we verbally tackle this behemoth with rampant hubris.
Ruggero Deodato strikes again with 'Dial Help' his calls-to-the-wall romcom (the 'com' stands for complete nonsense) and our friendly neighbourhood Schwarzenegger camel punches his way through Crom's Country in the classic fantasy romp 'Conan the Barbarian'.
This is part two of our mega recap. We explore the depths of Nicholas Cage's bag of tricks in 'Vampire's Kiss'. Nicholas Cage, ho! We also discuss it up some (films of course).
This our recap of the films we watched over christmas. We talk about films like Multiplicity, Single Santa Seeking Mrs. Clause, Queen of Outer Space and more.
Merry Exploitationmas! This edition we shatter the brass format by not watching a film and instead replacing it with a game or two. We also dust off our Bowie for a brief chat in the attic. So strap on your blood red santa suit and ghostly white beard to deliver our rambling tones to your expectant ears in space blazing stereo!
We embark once again on our parallel quests to complete both the Steven Seagal and Apes boxsets. Keep a keen eye on any simian brother that crosses your path as 'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes' taught us: an intelligent ape can telepathically embue its fellow kind with the motivation to commit minor misdemeanours which in turn lead to the inevitable ape revolution.
Simon's off in some country somewhere so this week it's just Mario and Tom. However in true exploitation fashion we have cobbled together a robot-clone Simon in the form of a terrible sound board. So join us on a journey to tropical lands with Lucio Fulci's 'Zombie Flesh Eaters' and 'Mountain of the Cannibal God'.
Special guests Hannah and Jake join us for our 'Don't F**k With Nature' contemporary exploitation double bill where we watched Sharktopus followed by Birdemic and learned that if we quit playing cowboy with nature and were more like astronauts looking after spaceship earth we could stop SARS.
Lucio Fulci's 'City of the Living Dead' is the main film of the week. Beyond that we recap our Halloween party and the rare instance of leaving the house on a week night to see Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard.
Music 'If You Shot the Head You Kill the Ghoul' by Jeffrey Lewis 'The Wolfman' by Round Robin
- DISCLAIMER: we do not own any of the music or film clips played in this podcast -
We scrutinise Shatner's allegedly flawless theory of the creation of civilisation and we ask that all important question, 'if you were in Deliverance would you bury or squeal?'
Hold on to your eyeball as we take you through our pick of horror soundtracks, the shambling slice of giallo sleaze that is 'Eyeball' and a rambling selection of corn rigs and barley rigs. Bring your shotguns, watch out for zombies and you might just make it to the end of the world itself. (disclaimer: we do not own the any of the soundtracks played in this podcast)
We have a round up of a podnob (hobnob) fuelled triple bill in which we cavorted into the jungle gyms of 'Escape from the Planet of the Apes', 'Nico: Above the Law' and 'Commando'.
What lies beneath the planet of the apes I hear you ask? Well, it turns out there's more than just faceless, telepathic, bomb lovers. We discuss films like 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes', 'Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS' and more exploitation gems.