151 episodes
Movie Oubliette Dan and Conrad
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4.9 • 38 Ratings
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Intrepid film fans Conrad and Dan review obscure and forgotten horror, sci-fi and fantasy movies to decide whether they should be set free or thrown back into the oubliette to be forgotten forever!
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The Happiness of the Katakuris (with Marta Djordjevic)
Marta Djordjevic – aka Marta McFly of McFly's Movie House podcast – joins Conrad and Dan for the delirious 2002 Japanese musical comedy horror The Happiness of the Katakuris directed by none other than prolific iconoclast Takashi Miike, who lensed 6 films in that year alone! In this case, Miike remakes Kim Jee-woon's disturbing black comedy The Quiet Family (1998) – about a family attempting to cover up a series of unfortunate deaths in their new guest house – as a genre-defying musical with karaoke and claymation sequences. The film eludes any kind of explanation, but is it any good?
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Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
We're hopping on a motorcycle with a built-in 8-track player and getting zapped back the wild west for this Patreon's choice episode! Timerider (1982) stars Fred Ward as the lovable if slightly clueless motorcross racer, Lyle Swann, who finds himself transported back in time to 1877, where he falls in love with the fearless Claire (Belinda Bauer) and attracts the unwanted attention of ruthless bandit Reese (Peter Coyote). Directed by Harry and the Hendersons helmer William Dear, and co-written and produced with Michael Nesmith of The Monkees (who also provides a rocking 80s score), it's a notable precursor to a much more successful time travel adventure comedy that would emerge just 3 years later – and is alarmingly similar to one of its sequels! But, does it deserve greater recognition or should it be lost to the mists of time? Find out!
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The Shadow (with Oliver Harper)
Retrospective reviewer extraordinaire, documentary filmmaker and action movie editor Oliver Harper joins us to probe the dark recesses of The Shadow (1994) – Russell Mulcahy's would-be summer blockbuster superhero adventure starring Alec Baldwin, Penelope Ann Miller, Jone Lone, Peter Boyle, Tim Curry and Ian McKellan (pre-Sir!). It has an action packed soundtrack from Jerry Goldsmith, a hero with mind control abilities locked in mortal combat with the last descendent of Genghis Khan, and a Taylor Dayne end title power ballad. What more could you want?! Well, moviegoers in 1994 who were hooked on Speed wanted a lot more, and stayed away in droves. But were they wrong? Who knows? The Shadow knows!
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The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
We're delving into Disney's Dark Period in the late 70s/early 80s in this childhood nostalgia episode on none other than the cult curiosity The Watcher in the Woods. Directed by John "Legend of Hell House" Hough and featuring Bette Davis in scowling hag mode, this tale of an American family experiencing spooky goings on in an Olde English house is surprisingly effective and perfect gateway horror for 80s kids. But it was also a troubled production, featuring on-set battles, a dramatic rethink after its premiere and reshoots to 'fix' the ending, as the House of Mouse struggled to come to terms with making PG-rated material. Does the end result stand the test of time for Conrad and does it work for newcomers like Dan? Find out!
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The Abominable Snowman (with Serge Bodnarchuk)
Writer/director and cryptid enthusiast Serge Bodnarchuk of Cold Crash Pictures joins us for a expedition into previous unexplored territory for Movie Oubliette: 1950s Hammer Horror! But The Abominable Snowman (1957) isn't a gothic horror or even a monster movie. It's an atmospheric thriller starring Peter Cushing as a sweetheart botanist with a thing for yetis who foolishly joins a brash American expedition into the Himalayas to find the eponymous beast, despite the protests of his wife and sage warnings from the local Lama. Sort of The Blair Witch Project meets The Thing with a dash of Wolfen? But, crucially, does this largely forgotten gem from the famous studio deserve to be carried back to civilisation? Or should it be used as monster bait with an unloaded gun? Find out!
Follow Serge's Youtube channel Cold Crash Pictures for excellent film essays – including one on cryptids!
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Dune (1984)
The spice must flow! And we have a feeling all kinds of spices were flowing during the making of Dune (1984), David Lynch's first faltering steps into the Hollywood mainstream. An ambitious attempt to realise Frank Herbert's seminal science fiction novel as a baroque, epic, intelligent, space opera, blockbuster yielded some indelible images – Sting naked except for a winged codpiece springs to mind – and flounders in the uncanny valley between a true Lynchian vision of a world some 8000 years in the future and a cleansed, PG-rated family film for the cinemagoing masses. The result is fascinating and curious – not least for having a jaw-dropping cast – but, crucially, does it deserve to leave the oubliette on its 40th anniversary? Or should it be left as a footnote in the great director's career, its memory erased in favour of Denis Villeneuve's box office smash hit remakes? Find out!
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Customer Reviews
Simply the Best
I love this podcast so so much. Dan and Conrad are funny, insightful, and so intelligent. Their hard work and passion is evident in every single episode. From writing their own jingles for every episode, to watching different cuts of each film, to researching directorial intent, each episode is packed with all of their love. And I am here for it. Beyond all this, they are so kind and respectful to their fans and patrons. Movie Oubliette has created an amazing community of fans, geeks, and cinephiles, that I am so grateful to be a part of. I have loved going through their back catalogue of episodes. Thank you so much.
This podcast is a rare find indeed.
There are many podcasts revisiting film history in any number of genres. They are generally produced by people with a passion for their work, are always interesting, and often enjoyable. Movie Oubliette is in my humble opinion, the best of them. Focused on horror/fantasy & sci fi, Conrad and Dan have created ~130 hours of finished, solid work in a little over 4 years. It is difficult to imagine how many more hours are spent in production. They have worked hard both pre and post pandemic and the product is both tight and entertaining. This podcast is a rare find indeed. Thanks for the catchy interludes, the sound FX, the laughter, the guests, but above all, the interesting discussion. Hats off to a job well done.
A nostalgic great time
I found Conrad and Dan through Dremaland podcast crossover. Their movie reviews are fun and quirky. A very nostalgic great time with the movies I grew up with and still watch. The production is very professional, and it feels like they are talking directly to me. Wish we all lived closer so we could have a drink and cigar and discuss movies in person! This is the next best thing to being there! A+ 2 enthusiastic thumbs up! Keep up the good work guys!!
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