Kill It With Fire - Cult Movies and Cult-ure

Oct 16 2024 14 ep. 94 mins 171

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Kill It With Fire is a group of likeminded creative professionals and academics, who have come together to create a podcast focusing on cult movies and wider cult-ure from the last few decades of the Twentieth Century – from (sub)genres such as horror, neo-noir, sci-fi and the erotic thriller. The title of our podcast is a reference to the flammability of celluloid, the iconic ’cigarette burn’, and the transience of the cinematic image. The podcast aims to be both enlightening and entertaining.

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Episode 14. Pump Up the Volume (Allan Moyle, 1990)

Oct 16 2024 80 mins

Do your homework in the dark, and put spoons in your microwave! In this episode, Peter, Ants, and Paul talk about Allan Moyle’s cult 1990 film Pump up the Volume, which stars Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis. Topics discussed include late night shock jocks, revisiting old favourites later in adulthood, writer-director Allan Moyle’s career and the origins of the film in Moyl

Episode 13. Urban Ghost Story (Genevieve Jolliffe, 1998)

May 10 2024 92 mins

Coming to a basement near you! In this episode, Ady, Peter, and Paul discuss underseen Genevieve Jolliffe’s 1998 film Urban Ghost Story, starring Jason Connery, Heather Ann Foster, and Billy Boyd. Topics discussed include ghost stories with present-day settings (including Play for Today’s Vampires and Govan Ghost Story, and of course the BBC’s Ghostwatch), the differences bet

Episode 12. Dinner Rush (Bob Giraldi, 2000)

Nov 29 2023 55 mins

Bookmaker or bookkeeper? What's the difference? Fuggedaboudit! Nikki, Peter, and Paul take a look at Bob Giraldi's underseen 2000 film Dinner Rush, which stars Danny Aiello, Kirk Acevedo, Sandra Bernhard, Edoardo Ballerini, and John Corbett. In this episode, topics discussed include mob movies, director Bob Giraldi's career as a filmmaker-restaurateur, food in films (with a sidebar

Episode 11. The Principal (Christopher Cain, 1987)

Feb 21 2023 37 mins

It’s the principal, man Peter and Paul take a look at Christopher Cain’s 1987 movie The Principal, starring James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr, and Rae Dawn Chong. Topics discussed include the intersection of the American high school picture and the vigilante film, depictions of race and ethnicity in these films, the connection between this film and Damian Lee’s Abraxas: Guardia

Episode 10. Deadly Friend (Wes Craven, 1986)

Jan 26 2022 108 mins

Craven some robotic hijinx In this instalment of the Kill It With Fire – Cult Movies and Cult-ure podcast, Ady and Paul take a look at Wes Craven's oft-neglected 1986 film Deadly Friend. Topics discussed in this episode include: the origins of the film in Diana Henstell's novel, Friend; the positioning of the film in Craven's career; the film's blending of family-friendly hijinx

Episode 9. The Beast of War (Kevin Reynolds, 1988)

Jul 06 2021 74 mins

Tanks for listening In this instalment of the Kill It With Fire – Cult Movies and Cult-ure podcast, Ady, Peter and Paul discuss Kevin Reynold’s 1988 war film The Beast of War, aka The Beast, based on the play Nanawatai by William Mastrosimone Topics discussed in this episode include: the films of Kevin Reynolds; the work of playwright William Mastrosimone, and his research in w

Episode 8. Conan the Destroyer (Richard Fleischer, 1984)

Jun 17 2021 92 mins

Crom!... and Jelly-Baby Monsters This instalment of the Kill It With Fire – Cult Movies and Cult-ure podcast takes a look at Richard Fleischer’s 1984 sequel to Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer. Topics discussed in this episode include: 1980s sword and sorcery films; the film’s problematic production; the cuts made to the film; magic versus might; Lovecraftian infl

Episode 7. Primer (Shane Carruth, 2004)

May 18 2021 91 mins

A podcast so good that we went back in time to record it again… and again… and again! This instalment of the Kill It With Fire – Cult Movies and Cult-ure podcast focuses on Shane Carruth’s minimalist 2004 science-fiction film Primer. Topics discussed in this episode include: time travel in cinema; the use of language in the film; Carruth’s approach to narrative; ‘se

Episode 6. Flashback (Franco Amurri, 1990)

Mar 23 2021 100 mins

Subtitle: The 2020s will make the 2010s look like the 1990s… or something This instalment of the Kill It With Fire – Cult Movies and Cult-ure podcasts takes a look at Franco Amurri’s 1990s road movie/comedy Flashback, starring Dennis Hopper, Keifer Sutherland and Carol Kane. Topics discussed in this episode include: the road movie and mismatched ‘buddy’ film; 1980s/19

Episode 5. Delusion (Carl Colpaert, 1991)

Mar 05 2021 125 mins

Subtitle: These podcasts are made for talkin’ For this episode, we must offer our profuse thanks to Delusion’s director, Carl Colpaert; the film’s director of photography, Geza Sinkovics; and the film’s editor, Mark Allan Kaplan, for answering our questions about this motion picture. Topics discussed in this episode include: the work of the film’s personnel; the productio