CELLULOID CEMETERY
Join your host, filmmaker Mark Bessenger (BITE MARKS, NINJA ZOMBIE), and his guests as they delve into the exploitative, overlooked and under-appreciated side of cinema! Each week, Mark picks a film his guests haven't seen, then they watch and discuss it! Will they like it, love it or hate it? Listen and find out!
Theme by Rossano Galante.
Artwork by JT Seaton.
WARNING: SPOILERS!
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Episodes
107 episodes
Episode 106: WICKED WICKED
Film gimmicks have been around since the introduction of the talkies, but today on Celluloid Cemetery, former film teacher Kent Pettit joins me to discuss the use of film gimmicks to draw in audiences and just how successful "Duo-Vision" was fo...
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Episode 106
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Episode 105: THE BLACK HOLE (1979)
Today, on Celluloid Cemetery, we gather together undeveloped characters, folksy robots, big-ass special effects, a villain with a beard set to impress and a trip where no man has gone before! Oops! Wrong franchise! Join former astronomics...
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Episode 105
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Episode 104: HIGH ANXIETY
Mel Brooks takes on Alfred Hitchcock in this spoof of his movies. A sanitarium, a new director, a fiendish scheme, multiple murders, a desperate woman, shady characters and fourth-wall-breaking jokes all add up to one thing...1977's HIGH ...
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Episode 104
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Episode 103: THE BEING
Things get gooey at Celluloid Cemetery as a nuclear storage facility creates a mess o' monsters that threaten a small town fighting against filth! Join writer and entertainment marketing director Patrick Falvey and me as we discuss the 19...
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Episode 103
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Episode 102: BLACULA
Move over, Alucard! Get lost, Count Yorga! Beat it, Karnstein! Make way for cinema's first black vampire, Dracula's soul brother...Blacula! Join film teacher Kent Pettit as we discuss horror blaxploitation, the Hues Corporation and can a ...
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Episode 102
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Episode 101: FREDDY VS. JASON
Clashes between horror movie monsters are a tried-and-true staple of the genre! Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, King Kong Vs. Godzilla and Billy the Kid Vs. Dracula are but a few entries! But in the early 2000s, modern horror took ...
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Episode 101
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Episode 100: CLOWNHOUSE
Celebrate Celluloid Cemetery's 100th episode as filmmaker Vito Trabucco joins me to talk about the infamous 1989 horror film, CLOWNHOUSE! Can you separate the art from the artist? WARNING: this episode deals with adult themes.Theme...
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Episode 100
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Episode 99: KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE
Here at Celluloid Cemetery, we love comedy! So actor/voice actor Aaron Veach returns to talk about watching the sketch comedy film KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE for the first time! I thought he'd like it, but being a Gemini, I never know what to e...
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Episode 99
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Episode 98: FLESH GORDON
Today, Celluloid Cemetery welcomes the return of the Party Boys Nic Arnzen, Vince Gatton and Kellum Lewis as we discuss Wangs, Porno and Flesh! Yes, it's the elevated used-to-be-porn comedy, the 1974 film, FLESH GORDON! Bring your power p...
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Episode 98
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Episode 97: FLASH GORDON (1980)
He'll save every one of us! Join actor-director-producer Nic Arnzen, actor-playwright Vince Gatton and actor-therapist Kellum Lewis as we get our Mings on to talk about the 1980 campfest, FLASH GORDON!Theme by Rossano Galante.<...
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Episode 97
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Episode 96: SASQUATCH: THE LEGEND OF BIGFOOT
Celluloid Cemetery packs our gear and mounts our horse as we head north into British Columbia hunting for the elusive Bigfoot. We just want to track it, tag it and release it...but if we feel threatened, we'll kill the mofo! Bigfoot enthu...
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Episode 96
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Episode 95: HELLO, DOLLY!
Everyone needs a little adventure, a little danger and a whole lot of singing and dancing in their lives, even here at Celluloid Cemetery! Join dancer Anthony Chacon and me as we talk about dancing techniques, behind the scenes animosities, dir...
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Episode 95
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Episode 94: HERCULES (1983)
He's stronger than a team of horses! Smarter than Einstein! Oilier than the inside of a Crisco bottle! Today on Celluloid Cemetery, actor/singer/dancer/wrestling fan Hunter Evans joins me to talk about the 1983 film, HERCULES, starring th...
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Episode 94
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Episode 93: KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE
Hurr-ray! Hurr-ray! Hurr-ray! Step right up to the deadliest show in town, where the popcorn and the cotton candy eat YOU! Join actress, producer and singer Emily Durchholz, actor Daniel Moser and me as we face our fear of clowns talking ...
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Episode 92: THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976)
Celluloid Cemetery travels back to 1946 to watch the true crime exploits of the Phantom Killer and the Texas lawmen who try to catch him! Texas native actor/director Benjamin Lutz joins me to discuss this atmospheric slasher film directed by Ch...
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Episode 92
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Episode 91: THE CANNONBALL RUN II
Rev your engines and shift those gears! Celluloid Cemetery spins its wheels and the race is on! Join me and filmmaker Vito Trabucco as we discuss the Hal Needham-helmed sequel, THE CANNONBALL RUN II. Listen in as we chat about Dom D...
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Episode 91
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Episode 90: PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC'S REVENGE
Attention, Shoppers! There's a blue light special on frozen yogurt, purple dresses and cobras! Celluloid Cemetery hits the mall with project marketing director, writer and actor Patrick Falvey as we chat about 80's horror movie tropes, bi...
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Episode 90
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Episode 89: DEATHMASTER
Count Yorga Meets Billy Jack is the best way to describe this movie! Join Bring Me the Axe podcaster David White as we watch a cinematic collision of Robert Quarry, vampires, hippies, bikers, surfers, cultists, caftans and wind chimes in DEATHM...
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Episode 89
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Episode 88: HELL NIGHT
Welcome to Garth Manor, where a family of five freaks were slaughtered one dark night. Now, four college pledges must spend the night in the deserted mansion on Hell Night, where the fraternity president has a bunch of pranks rigged up to...
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Episode 88
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Episode 87: HE KNOWS YOU'RE ALONE
Got wedding jitters? Prepare to have them multiplied by 10 in this little-known slasher film, HE KNOWS YOU'RE ALONE! Celluloid Cemetery officiates the ceremonies with Best Man, horror fan Rob Carl, and me as Ringbearer, as we chat a...
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Episode 87
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Episode 86: SQUIRM
I'll see you down by the fishin' hole...unless the worms get to you first! Join actor/fly fisherman Brian Sheppard and me as we explore what can go wrong when power lines go down in a rainstorm! We also talk about Tennessee Williams' accents, u...
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Episode 86
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Episode 85: SUPERGIRL (1984)
What do you get when you mix a flying superstrong girl, Brenda Vaccaro, a missing power source, black magic and Faye Dunaway? You get filmmakers Alan Rowe Kelly and Bart Mastronardi joining me on Celluloid Cemetery to talk about the 1984 action...
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Episode 85
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Episode 84: SNOWBEAST (1977)
Grab your skis and hit the slopes! Then grab a mug of hot cocoa and join Bigfoot enthusiast Rob Carl and me as Celluloid Cemetery heads for the Winter Carnival to talk about the 1977 TV-movie SNOWBEAST!Theme by Rossano Galante.Ar...
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Episode 84
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Episode 83: JUST BEFORE DAWN
What's a cozy camping trip into the woods without weird families, grumpy forest rangers, skinny-dipping in waterfalls, droopy underwear and vicious machete-wielding maniacs? Join director/cinematographer Bart Mastronardi and me on Celluloid Cem...
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Episode 83
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Episode 82: OLD DRACULA
Before LOVE AT FIRST BITE, before BLACULA, there was another racially-themed vampire comedy, OLD DRACULA! Filmmaker Vito Trabucco joins me to talk about David Niven in blackface, Theresa Graves in whiteface, British humor and can themes about r...
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Episode 82
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