The Swampflix Podcast

James and Brandon discuss cinematic representations of Elvis Presley, from his youth-culture acting chops in 1958's New Orleans noir King Creole to his recent post-mortem biopic depictions in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (2022) & Sofia Coppola's Priscilla (2023). https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:40 Master Gardener (2023) 07:00 The Taste of Things (2024) 13:05 King Creole (1958) 27:30 Elvis (2022) vs. Priscilla (2023)

Brandon is joined by Moviegoing with Bill's Bill Arceneaux to review the films they caught at the 34th annual New Orleans Film Festival, culminating with the gross-out Juggalo road trip comedy Off Ramp (winner of the Audience Award for Best Louisiana Narrative Feature). https://swampflix.com/ https://www.moviegoing.rocks/ 00:00 Welcome 04:22 Burnt Roux 06:45 Fck'n Nuts 13:19 Chokehole: Drag Wrestlers Do Deutschland 29:46 The Disappearance of Shere Hite 39:53 Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 44:45 Off Ramp

To celebrate a podcast milestone, Britnee, James, and Brandon break their own rules by revisiting films previously discussed on the show, starting with the Rudy Ray Moore biopic Dolemite is My Name (2019) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 05:40 Priscilla (2023) 08:47 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 11:50 Sea of Love (1989) 17:11 Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) 23:46 Dolemite is My Name (2019) 40:36 Tampopo (1985) 58:16 Cat People (1982)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Next Gen Star Trek time travel episode First Contact (1996) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 06:54 Anatomy of a Fall (2023) 16:46 L’immensità (2023) 19:17 Priscilla (2023) 23:11 Star Trek - First Contact (1996)

Brandon and Britnee discuss all things Sex and the City, from the groundbreaking television show to its bloated movie sequels and its streaming era follow-up And Just Like That. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 05:40 Demons (1985) 10:35 Totally Killer (2023) 13:20 Bell, Book and Candle (1958) 17:40 The show 54:30 The movies

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the lesbian period drama Desert Hearts (1985), set in the ranches & casinos of 1950s Reno. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:02 Ghostwatch (1992) 08:24 Addams Family Values (1993) 09:38 A Thief in the Night (1972) 13:23 Cobweb (2023) 23:24 Dismember the Alamo 2023 31:45 Desert Hearts (1985)

Brandon is joined by Aaron Armstrong of the We Love to Watch podcast to discuss the eight classic Universal horrors that feature Frankenstein's monster https://www.wltwpodcast.com/ https://swampflix.com/2023/09/28/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2023/ 00:00 Welcome 08:00 Spooktober on the We Love to Watch podcast 12:12 Ghostwatch (1992) 14:16 Invaders from Mars (1953) 17:23 Beyond Dream's Door (1989) 21:07 James Whale's Frankenstein movies 58:42 Universal's other Frankenstein movies

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss two literary horror adaptations produced by American Zoetrope in the 1990s: Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) https://swampflix.com/2023/09/28/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2023/ 00:00 Welcome 01:35 Eyes Without a Face (1960) 04:30 Prom Night (1980) 07:45 Multiple Maniacs (1970) 09:55 Exorcist III (1990) 11:55 The Infernal Cauldron (1903) 13:53 Sorry, Charlie (2023) 15:40 Mission: Impossible, Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2023) 25:40 Lake Mungo (2008) 28:00 Life After Beth (2014) 33:20 The Brood (1979) 40:40 Dracula's Daughter (1936) 45:22 Opera (1987) 50:11 The Creeping Flesh (1973) 55:02 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) 59:48 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) 1:04:28 Dicks: The Musical (2023) 1:07:48 The Cassandra Cat (1963) 1:13:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) vs. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four horror movies about werewolves, starting with Universal's genre-defining classic The Wolf Man (1941) https://swampflix.com/2023/09/28/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2023/ 00:00 Welcome 04:29 Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) 09:50 Saw X (2023) 11:52 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) 18:02 The Royal Hotel (2023) 20:07 Hotel Coolgardie (2016) 22:06 The Wolf Man (1941) 40:05 An American Werewolf in London (1981) 56:03 Dog Soldiers (2002) 1:10:06 Wolf Guy: Enraged Lycanthrope (1975)

Boomer and Brandon discuss the supernatural horror sequel The Exorcist III (1990), written & directed by the author of the original Exorcist's source novel https://swampflix.com/2023/09/28/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2023/ 00:00 Welcome 04:22 House on Haunted Hill (1999) 12:22 Jacob's Ladder (1990) 14:47 Talk to Me (2023) 26:12 Aporia (2023) 27:59 Freejack (1992) 30:12 Buzzcut (2022) 31:56 Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) 34:02 No One Will Save You (2023) 39:36 Fire in the Sky (1993) 48:52 Cult of Chucky (2017) 56:50 The Craft (1996) 1:03:53 The Craft: Legacy (2020) 1:07:35 The Exorcist III (1990)

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four horror films directed by auteurs who only dabbled in the genre once, starting with Ingmar Bergman's Hour of the Wolf (1968) https://swampflix.com/2023/09/28/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2023/ 00:00 Welcome 03:07 The Beast (1975) 08:31 No One Will Save You (2023) 10:22 Death of a Cheerleader (2019) 12:18 Night Tide (1961) 16:12 Anchorman (2004) 22:08 Good Boy (2023) 24:19 The Severing (2023) 28:47 Hour of the Wolf (1968) 50:54 Peeping Tom (1960) 1:10:25 Near Dark (1987) 1:27:22 Willow Creek (2013)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the roughly prototypical high school slasher Massacre at Central High (1976) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:23 Hot Shots! (1991) 11:22 A Haunting in Venice (2023) 19:11 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) 26:55 They Cloned Tyrone (2023) 32:55 Curse of Chucky (2013) 38:55 Massacre at Central High (1976)

Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss the rudimentary CG realms of director Brett Leonard, starting with his supernatural serial killer thriller Hideaway (1995). https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:58 Fools Rush In (1997) 05:55 Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) 13:28 Rebecca (1940) 16:13 Amateur (1994) 20:40 Petals on the Wind (2014) 25:33 We Were the Mulvaneys (2002) 30:15 Jawan (2023) 35:35 Cyberstalker (1995) 39:16 Hideaway (1995) 1:00:24 The Lawnmower Man (1992) 1:23:11 Virtuosity (1995) 1:41:50 Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box (1999)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Mark Jenkin's psychedelic, seaside folk horror Enys Men (2023) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:36 GalaxyCon Austin 2023 09:38 Missions: Impossible 1 - 4 (2000 - 2011) 17:15 Barbie (2023) 21:53 Triangle of Sadness (2022) 30:23 Turtles Forever (2009) 35:35 Oldboy (2003) 46:35 Enys Men (2023)

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four made-for-TV biopics about tabloid-magnet celebrities, starting with 1990's messy real estate drama Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:00 Desperate Living (1977) 10:00 Where is the Friend's House? (1987) 13:55 Beau is Afraid (2023) 17:55 Summer Heat (1987) 19:45 Fallen Angel (1981) 22:45 Passages (2023) 24:54 Bottoms (2023) 27:45 Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean (1990) 48:22 The Late Shift (1996) 1:05:10 Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014) 1:18:05 Wendy Williams: The Movie (2021)

For this lagniappe episode, Boomer and Alli discuss the first two seasons of the Star Trek prequel series Strange New Worlds https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:09 Overview 16:36 Episodes

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four comedies about shameless opportunists who are living a lie, starting with the Scandinavian art world satire Sick of Myself (2023) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:33 Cuddly Toys (2023) 11:11 Touki Bouki (1973) 16:20 Blonde Venus (1932) 18:16 Shotgun Wedding (2022) 22:57 Paid in Full (2002) 29:56 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) 35:14 Sick of Myself (2023) 49:50 Not Okay (2022) 1:12:05 World's Greatest Dad (2009) 1:33:01 Never Been Kissed (1999)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the psychedelic daylight horror Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971), a New England ghost story https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:14 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) 08:50 Dr. Strangelove (1964) 15:45 The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future (2023) 25:30 Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019) 35:55 Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3 (2023) 44:50 Invincible (2001) 51:20 Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss Jackie Chan's early career as a Hong Kong action star, starting with Drunken Master (1978) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:06 San Soleil (1983) 06:15 Talk to Me (2023) 09:53 The Outlaws (2023) 12:49 Grizzly II: Revenge (2020) 16:09 Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me (2023) 20:52 Sink or Swim (1990) 27:27 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) 33:20 Drunken Master (1978) 54:15 Police Story (1985) 1:15:45 Police Story 3: Supercop (1993) 1:25:15 Rumble in the Bronx (1995)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Wong Kar-wai’s indirect, sci-fi tinged sequel to In the Mood for Love, 2046 (2004) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 06:06 The Hairy Bird (1998) 08:22 Leonor Will Never Die (2023) 13:00 Smoking Causes Coughing (2023) 17:50 The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005 - 2012) 26:56 Nimona (2023) 31:36 The First Wives Club (1996) 38:48 Oppenheimer (2023) 47:00 Touch of Evil (1958) 53:10 Talk to Me (2023) 57:27 2046 (2004)