Caliber 9 From Outer Space

Episode 145: L'Amour Braque + La Cérémonie

The fabulous Samm Deighan is back with us this week to delve into a couple of great, underseen French films - and also to tell us all about her new book on the work of th

Episode 144: That Obscure Object of Desire + Happy Birthday To Me

It's high culture vs low culture this week! Rob St Mary drops in to discuss the great Surrealist Luis Bunuel's final film, That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) before des

Episode 143: The Birds + Death Laid An Egg

Birds. Eggs. An unusual basis for a horror-thriller, but it can be done. Marek Turner joins us to discuss a double feature of avian dread starting with what is arguably g

Episode 142: Humanoids from the Deep + Killer Fish

The sea was angry that day, my friends. And... a little bit rapey... Nothing beats aquatic horror - we love movies where nasties from the depths spend 80-90 minutes wre

Episode 141: Ronin + French Connection II

As devoted fans of Hollywood genre and crime cinema of the 60's and 70's, we have a high appreciation for the copious output of director John Frankenheimer. Our resident

Episode 140: Jason X + Freddy vs Jason

What do you do when your horror franchise is running out of ideas? Well, you could send your horror villain into space. Or you could team him up with another famous horro

Episode 139: Rabid Dogs + Like Rabid Dogs

Actual rabid dogs would be much better behaved than these people. Sammy from the Gentlemen's Guide to Midnite Cinema comes over to our place with a sleazy movie under eac

Episode 138: Sunshine + The Quiet Earth

It's the end of the world as we know it and we feel... well, you can't complain, can you?Author and publisher AM Belsey joins us today to discuss a couple of films about

Episode 137: Unloved Bond: On Her Majesty's Secret Service + Octopussy

We said James Bond would return... and he did! We continue our series checking out the lesser loved entries from the 007 franchise. This week, it's time to discuss George

Episode 136: Tenebrae + Tentacles

Two very different genre exercises today: one an essential masterpiece of its idiom, the other a true exploitation cash-in of a much more polished and successful film. Ri

Episode 135: Vice Squad + The Wind

Wings Hauser brings out the lunatic in us, so this week we have a suitably chaotic episode to cover a Wings double feature where the sleaze and violence are dialled right

Episode 134: Pit Stop + Spider Baby

Sakana drops in this week to discuss a couple of early films directed by American exploitation legend, Jack Hill. First up: Pit Stop (1969), a film marketed as a demoliti

Episode 133: Night Train Murders + Terror Express

Why do we love movies set on trains so much? Is it morally OK to love sleazy exploitation films? Both of these essential philosophical conundrums come together in a clash

Episode 132: Effects + I Drink Your Blood

This week, we're all about seminal indie horror movies - that grindhouse crackle and pop - ah, there's nothing like it. Justin Kerswell is in the house to check out a cou

Episode 131: Tron + Avalon

When Mr Tech is in town, it's time to dust off some computer game adaptations. Unfortunately, we are fast running out of game adaptations that we're all collectively will

Episode 130: My Mom's a Werewolf + Howling II... Your Sister is a Werewolf

Nothing compares to the horror of a lycanthropic female family member. The 80's knew that and so do this week's guests, Ted Bennett and Heather Drain, who are both back t

Episode 129: Stagecoach + The Italian Connection

It's a high speed episode this week, whether that's horses and stagecoaches sprinting across Apache territory or Fiats and vans driving dangerously around the narrow stre

Episode 128: Horror Express + Night Train to Terror

Trains of DOOM! Horror artist extraordinaire, Graham Humphreys, is in the house to talk about a couple of railbound cult horror classics. First up: Eugenio Martin's class

Episode 127: Across 110th Street + Gambling City

Violence and dread on the mean streets of New York and Milan. Mike White stops by to discuss a hard-boiled double feature from two very different crime cinema traditions.

Episode 126: Bonnie and Clyde + Blonde Death

Stories about lovers on the run have been captivating audiences since the classic years of Hollywood - although it feels like a long time since we've seen many notable ex