It’s time for an out-of-this-world one-off as Role Credits tackles singer-songwriter and comedian Julie Brown and her cult comedy classic Earth Girls Are Easy! It’s a tale that unites the Sex Pistols, Doctor Demento, surf rock, the B-52s, and some of the finest comedy actors of the era! What do Blood & Guts and Stomp Out Loud have in common? Not much, but enough to both get talked about in this episode! It’s time for a movie that feels exactly like a Janet Evanovich book, and we mean that with all the love in our hearts.
Suggested discussion topics: the prevalence of Sanka in the 80s, the versatility of aliens as a monster, our dearly-departed siskel-ebert.org and how fansites are doing the archival work others are too scared to do, the return of Vestron Video as a boutique physical media label, Icelandic singer Silvia Night, Geena Davis as a Darkstalkers character, Teddy’s massive collection of novelty phones, and the destruction of a Commodore Amiga.
Intro & Outro Music – “Wardrobe MalfunKtion” produced by Danya Vodovoz – https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/wardrobe-malfunktion – Royalty-Free Music
Our Stephen King Adaptations arc concludes! We discuss the new Halloween classic IT (retroactively titled IT CHAPTER ONE), our experience with its release and the book, the tortured development behind it, Pennywise as a starfish, turtles, the symbolism behind the upside-down triangle, and if Richie could have won EVO. We also mention El Fuerte and discuss Kroger tortilla chips, and we announce our next big arc!
Intro & Outro Music – “Wardrobe MalfunKtion” produced by Danya Vodovoz – https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/wardrobe-malfunktion – Royalty-Free Music
Three masters of horror – Stephen King, Tobe Hooper, and Robert Englund – team up to give you the most convoluted movie about a killer washing machine you’ll ever see! We do a deep dive into the history of the movie and Stephen King’s reputation in the 90s, and then things go crazy. We try and fail to decipher the nonsensical plot, talk about our history with the direct-to-video sequel The Mangler 2, perform several impressions of early-00s internet viral sensations thanks to his uncanny vocal resemblance to this film’s protagonist, and introduce the hottest new quiz show of the summer: “Stephen King or Choujin Sentai Jetman?”! This episode is Mangle-tastic!
Intro & Outro Music – “Wardrobe MalfunKtion” produced by Danya Vodovoz – https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/wardrobe-malfunktion – Royalty-Free Music.
We dive feet-first into Rob Reiner’s OTHER Stephen King adaptation! A brilliant performance by Kathy Bates solidifies this as a horror classic. What does it have to say about religious fervor, fandom, art, and main character syndrome? A lot! We also discuss the origins of Castle Rock Entertainment, make more Seinfeld references, and pick apart modern fan culture. There’s a surprising connection between this movie and the first ever WrestleMania! Try to guess what it is!
Intro & Outro Music – “Wardrobe MalfunKtion” produced by Danya Vodovoz – https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/wardrobe-malfunktion – Royalty-Free Music.
To continue their dive in Stephen King Adaptations, Erin and Mandy discuss the 80s classic, a coming-of-age film with a stacked cast! We cover the history of this movie, the surprising names that saved its bacon, the thirty-year-rule when it comes to studio heads and what projects get greenlit, and how Stephen King felt about the film. We also talk the nostalgia of youth, the history of At The Movies with Siskel & Ebert, our love of Kiefer Sutherland, the kinds of conversations kids have with each other and always will, how our local brewery is connected with this movie, Goku vs. Mighty Mouse, and what media canonically exists in the Pokemon universe.
Intro & Outro Music – “Wardrobe MalfunKtion” produced by Danya Vodovoz – https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/wardrobe-malfunktion – Royalty-Free Music.
Erin & Mandy talk about their favorite first-time watches of 2024, covering all kinds of movies from all kinds of years. We also highlight a few unique films that stuck with us, and get passionate about how people misinterpret Inside Llewyn Davis. Movies covered include Mars Express, The Man Who Stole The Sun, Death Machine, Detention (2011), Computer Chess, Hells, The Iron Claw, Tombstone, Inland Empire, Paris is Burning, Fight Club, The Elephant Man, Inside Llewyn Davis, Kamikaze Girls, Chungking Express, Godzilla, Monkey Man, The Fall, Do The Right Thing, & I Saw The TV Glow.
Intro & Outro Music – “Wardrobe MalfunKtion” produced by Danya Vodovoz – https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/wardrobe-malfunktion – Royalty-Free Music.
In this episode: Yandere Car Yaoi! That’s right, masters of horror Carpenter and King teamed up to make a movie featuring enough triangulation to make Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick herself blush. You bet we talk about it, as well as how King-mania swept the nation. How many poor cars were killed to make this movie? We shudder to think, but boy did those crashes look cool. Plus, this movie has some surprising fans, and that includes us! For a movie Carpenter admits he did for the money, it turned out all right. If you want to hear us talk queer theory, radicalization, and 50s rock, we have you covered!
Intro & Outro Music – “Wardrobe MalfunKtion” produced by Danya Vodovoz – https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/wardrobe-malfunktion – Royalty-Free Music.
NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, some lines in the latter half of this recording are truncated. We did our best to edit around what we could but be warned.
It’s time for a new Role Credits arc! In this, we tackle 1976’s Carrie, starring the excellent Sissy Spacek! The first Stephen King novel, the first Stephen King adaptation, a layered story of painful bullying and explosive revenge that became one of the best movies of the 1970s. We discuss what lead to the creation of the novel and the movie, what this movie may have codified when it comes to making “A Stephen King Adaptation”, we give it the coveted Platinum Award for Excellence in Physical Releases, and then we dive into the tragedy of Carrie White! I hope you like to hear about Carrie’s autism, a breakdown of religious symbolism, and what five horror characters we’d turn into a superhero team!
Intro & Outro Music – “Wardrobe MalfunKtion” produced by Danya Vodovoz – https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/wardrobe-malfunktion – Royalty-Free Music.
In this episode: connections! Our grand finale gives you Joel Schumacher’s wonky little thriller starring Jim Carrey and his love of numerology, and we also take the time to wax poetic on Joel’s life and the impact he and his movies left on us and those he worked with. We also discuss the Agatha All Along logo, Ned The Dead, what makes a good thriller and how twists don’t exist in a vacuum, and how physical media collectors have it good when it comes to Joel. Warning: We do discuss major spoilers for the film (starting at 1:35:27 and ending at 1:49:46)!
Intro & Outro Music – “Wardrobe MalfunKtion” produced by Danya Vodovoz – https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/wardrobe-malfunktion – Royalty-Free Music
Role Credits is back with Joel Schumacher’s lavish adaptation of the legendary musical! It’s the movie Erin has seen most times in theaters! We cover musical differences, the scenes Joel took from the book, the movie’s smash success in Japan (including potentially never-before-revealed-in-the-Anglosphere details about the Japanese 4K UHD physical release), and the Joel-isms that make this movie his own. Do you like romance novels, grand statues, and sweeping Parisian vistas? If so, take a journey here, inside our minds.
Intro & Outro Music – “Wardrobe MalfunKtion” produced by Danya Vodovoz – https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/wardrobe-malfunktion – Royalty-Free Music