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Podcast #222: Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) & Metalhead Documentaries

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Welcome to Episode #222 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of documentaries about metalheads, starting with the anthropological Judas Priest fan doc Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986).

00:00 Welcome
02:45 Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
06:00 Baby Cat (2023)
11:41 Hearts of Darkness – A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
17:22 Tokyo Pop (1988)

21:40 Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)
31:22 Kittie – Spit in Your Eye (2002)
43:47 The Decline of Western Civilization Pt II – The Metal Years (1987)
1:06:34 Last Days Here (2011)
1:18:35 March of the Gods – Botswana Metalheads (2014)

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Lagniappe Podcast: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the sapphic wuxia action fantasy The Dragon Chronicles: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994), as suggested by ascalaphid’s Letterboxd list Wuxia Wizard Wars.

00:00 Wuxia Wizard Wars

03:14 Last Things (2024)
08:35 I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
16:55 Civil War (2024)
22:30 Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
25:38 MaXXXine (2024)
32:30 Kingsman – The Secret Service (2014)
37:15 Psycho (1960)
45:28 The Front Room (2024)
51:43 Cure (1997)
57:00 Fresh Kill (1994)
1:03:18 The Substance (2024)

1:07:22 The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994)

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Podcast #221: Notes on a Scandal (2006) & Poison Pens

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Welcome to Episode #221 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon & Britnee discuss a grab bag of movies about neurotic British biddies who work out their obsessions with younger woman through the written word, starting with the 2006 melodrama Notes on a Scandal.

00:00 GoFundMe for Britnee’s breast cancer recovery
03:53 GoFundMe for Nash the Slash documentary

07:55 Notes on a Scandal (2006)
29:30 Swimming Pool (2003)
47:57 Wicked Little Letters (2024)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Lake Michigan Monster (2018)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the aquatic slapstick creature feature Lake Michigan Monster (2018), from the creative team behind Hundreds of Beavers (2024).

00:00 The Swampflix Top 100

09:16 Metropolis (2001)
13:56 Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
18:30 The Store (1983)
24:37 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
29:18 The Deliverance (2024)
33:15 Strange Darling (2024)
40:10 Alien Romulus (2024)
47:48 Last Things (2024)
51:24 Frogman (2024)

55:27 Lake Michigan Monster (2018)

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Podcast #220: A Hole in the Head (1998) & Hunting for Hedonia (2019)

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Welcome to Episode #220 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon is joined by Nail Club‘s Sara Nicole Storm to discuss the 1998 self-trepanation documentary A Hole in the Head and the 2019 deep brain stimulation documentary Hunting for Hedonia.

00:00 Nail Club
08:18 A Hole in the Head (1998)
32:47 Hunting for Hedonia (2019)

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Podcast #219: Phase IV (1974) & Creepy Crawlies

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Welcome to Episode #219 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of horror movies about bugs & slugs, starting with Saul Bass’s psychedelic killer-ants freakout Phase IV (1974).

00:00 Welcome

01:29 When the Wind Blows (1986)
07:09 Set It Off (1996)
13:16 True Crime (1995)
16:17 Television
20:50 Blonde Ambition (1981)

27:47 Bugs
36:19 Phase IV (1974)
52:34 Slugs (1988)
1:09:00 The Nest (1988)
1:15:28 Mimic (1997)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Eyes Without a Face (1960)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Georges Franju’s surgical horror classic Eyes Without a Face (1960).

00:00 Welcome

03:50 Abigail (2024)
13:00 Twisters (2024)
22:04 Happy Together (1997)
26:01 The Swimmer (1968)
29:27 The Red Shoes (1948)
36:35 She is Conann (2024)
43:34 Kim’s Video (2024)
53:08 Wicked Little Letters (2024)
57:07 Kneecap (2024)

1:00:11 Eyes Without a Face (1960)

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Podcast #218: Nightcap (2000) & Chabrol x Huppert

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Welcome to Episode #218 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss the longtime creative partnership between French New Wave director Claude Chabrol and powerhouse actress Isabelle Huppert, starting with their chocolate-flavored psychological thriller Nightcap (2000).

00:00 Welcome

02:45 Trap (2024)
08:05 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
14:44 Three Amigos (1986)
20:51 La Piscine (1969)

26:58 Nightcap (2000)
48:42 Story of Women (1988)
1:01:34 La Cérémonie (1995)
1:13:41 The Swindle (1997)

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Podcast #217: Monkey Man (2024) & New Releases

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Welcome to Episode #217 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2024, starting with Dev Patel’s caste-system fight club revenger Monkey Man.

00:00 The best of 2024 (so far)

02:52 MaXXXine (2024)
05:03 Pretty Poison (1968)
07:29 Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
11:03 The Coffee Table (2024)
15:57 Kill (2024)
17:33 Deewaar (1975)

21:40 Monkey Man (2024)
38:17 Problemista (2024)
51:03 Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024)
1:08:06 Aishiteru! (Safe Word, 2024)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Starship Troopers (1997)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Paul Verhoeven’s satirical adaptation of the Robert A. Heinlein sci-fi military novel Starship Troopers.

00:00 Welcome

06:15 Contact (1997)
13:15 Monkey Man (2024)
19:48 Detective Pikachu (2019)
30:19 Last Stop in Yuma County (2024)
33:27 Kinds of Kindness (2024)
48:30 Queer Futures (2023–2024)
55:54 Santo vs The Martian Invasion (1967)
1:02:23 The Movie Orgy (1968)

1:12:08 Starship Troopers (1997)

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