Cinema Shock

Mar 14 2025 159 ep. 110 mins 314

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The stories behind your favorite cult & genre films, and the people who make them.

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THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (1981) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

Mar 14 2025 113 mins

"There'll be mystery and catastrophe!But it's all in fun, you paid the money - wait and see!Hey! A movie! Starring everybody! And me!" After the success of THE MUPPET MOVIE, Jim Henson had hoped to get funding for a fantasy film that had become a sort of dream project of his. But that film — which would not feature the beloved and recognizable Muppets — would be a sizeable risk

THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

Feb 28 2025 121 mins

“Life's like a movie. Write your own ending. Keep believing. Keep pretending.” With The Muppet Show, Jim Henson had reached the goal that he’d set for himself many years before: He’d managed to get his beloved Muppets their own weekly television series. Not only that, but it was an enormous success, quickly becoming one of the most watched television shows in the entire wor

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE SHOCK WITH ME | Free Preview of CinemaShock+

Feb 24 2025 67 mins

Happy TWIN PEAKS Day everyone! To celebrate the day that FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper first entered the town of Twin Peaks, we wanted to offer our listeners a Free Preview of the first members-only episode of our Twin Peaks watch-along podcast FIRE SHOCK WITH ME! We did a deep dive into the creation of the TWIN PEAKS pilot episode as part of our series David Lynch: Absurd Encount

How They Made THE MUPPET SHOW | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

Feb 14 2025 127 mins

By the mid-1970s, Jim Henson and the Muppets were as big as they'd ever been. They'd helped turn Sesame Street into a household name and continued to be a hot commodity on the variety show circuit. But Jim had yet to do the one thing he'd been trying to accomplish since the early 1960s: Create a prime time television show starring the Muppets, and one that wasn't solely aimed at a

From the Arthouse to SESAME STREET | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

Jan 31 2025 139 mins

“As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.” Despite spending years fighting against the notion that puppets were nothing more than “children’s entertainment,” Jim Henson found his greatest success thus far working on a television show aimed at toddlers: the groundbreaking educati

The Birth of The Muppets | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

Jan 17 2025 118 mins

It’s time to start a brand new series here on Cinema Shock! For the next few weeks, we’ll be telling the story of Jim Henson. To truly tell the story of Henson’s life and career, we have to go all the way back to the beginning: In this inaugural episode, we’ll explore Jim’s early years, through the creation of his first TV show, SAM & FRIENDS (where Kermit the Frog ma

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999)

Jan 03 2025 142 mins

"I'm afraid to close my eyes, I'm afraid to open them." 1999 was a landmark year for film, and several films released that year have had a lasting impact, greatly influencing everything that followed. And with the possible exception of THE MATRIX, few films have had changed their respective genres as much as THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Created by a handful of film students for practic

THE BOONDOCK SAINTS (1999)

Dec 13 2024 127 mins

"We're sorta like 7-Eleven. We're not always doing business, but we're always open." For Gary’s pick for a movie from 1999, he went with an infamous film that’s thre true definition of a “cult film.” When THE BOONDOCK SAINTS was (barely) released in theaters, it had practically no impact at all, but months later, when the movie hit home video, it became a bonafide word-of-m

THE IRON GIANT (1999)

Nov 29 2024 121 mins

We’ve decided to wrap up 2024 with a look at a few films that are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. 1999 has become known as one of the best movie years of all time. While we’ve already touched on some of the biggest films of that year (THE MATRIX, FIGHT CLUB), there are a handful of films from that year that may not fit into one of our long form series, and we want

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) | Cinema Shock Roulette

Nov 15 2024 116 mins

"I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time." For the latest radomly chosen Cinema Shock Roulette entry, the wheels of fate have taken us to Sweden, where we’ll explore the story behind Tomas Alfredson’s LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. Based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN was almost instantly recognized as a modern day horror classic when it was release