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Matinee Heroes

Matinee Heroes is a podcast dedicated to exploring hero cinema - from adventurers, heroes, and superheroes; from Jedi to buddy cops; from the Wild West, to the distant past, to futures both hopeful and dystopian, from ancient lands to the deepest reaches of outer space. In a time when we need heroes more than ever, Alan and Craig will try to understand just what makes our cinematic heroes tick, and how we can use that heroism in our everyday life.
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Now displaying: October, 2023
Oct 28, 2023

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON

David Kessler and Jack Goodman arrive in Northern England for a walking tour. One night, a beast attacks them, killing Jack. Three weeks later David awakens to a new nightmare: Jack, who was killed, returns to warn David that a werewolf was their assailant - and that David has become the last of their werewolves!

Craig, Alan and guest Rob Saucedo talk graphic novels, peanut butter powers, Where Wolf and the movie “An American Werewolf in London” On this week’s matinee Villains!!

Show Notes

  • 1:20

    Craig and Alan talk with guest Rob Saucedo about his new graphic novel "Where Wolf" available in bookstores everywhere!

  • 10:34

    Craig, Alan and Rob discuss "An American Werewolf in London"

  • 39:29

    Recasting

  • 54:14 

    Double Feature

  • 58:05

    Final Thoughts

  • 1:04:52

    A preview of next week's episode "The Ghost and the Darkness"

Next week we talk about animals that want to eat us when we revisit "The Ghost and the Darkness"

Oct 21, 2023

BLOW OUT

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terri stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead -- a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

Craig, Alan and guest Brendan Agnew discuss dour endings, sleazy Travolta, Brendan’s new podcast Make Me Watch It and the movie “Blow Out” on this week’s Matinee Villains!

Show Notes

  • 1:20

    Craig and Alan talk with guest Brendan Agnew about his new podcast with another Brendan called Make Me Watch It!

  • 10:34

    Craig, Alan and Brendan discuss "Good Will Hunting"

  • 39:29

    Recasting

  • 54:14 

    Double Feature

  • 58:05

    Final Thoughts

  • 1:04:52

    A preview of next week's episode "An American Werewolf in London"

Next week we wrap up another villainous month with guest Robert Saucedo and "An American Werewolf in London"

Oct 14, 2023

CREEPSHOW

Two horror masters - writer Stephen King and director George A. Romero - conjure up five shocking yarns, each a virtuoso exercise in the ghouls-and-gags style of classic '50s horror comics. A murdered man emerges from the grave. A meteor's ooze makes everything ... grow. A professor selects his wife as a snack. A scheming husband plants two lovers up to their necks in terror. While A malevolent millionaire with an insect phobia becomes the prey of a cockroach army.

Craig and Alan talk villains of 2023, anthologies, multiple recasts and the movie “Creepshow” on this week’s Matinee Villains!

Show Notes

  • 1:29

    Craig and Alan talk about some of the villains of 2023 movies.

  • 8:54

    Craig and Alan discuss "Creepshow"

  • 48:24 

    Double Feature

  • 52:28

    Final Thoughts

  • 55:25

    A preview of next week's episode "Blow Out"

Next week we see an all time villain actor John Lithgow in one of his first villainous performances in "Blow Out"

Oct 7, 2023

SINISTER

Craig and Alan discuss horror with gore, the movie "Black Phone" and Alan's unashamed conflict of interest concerning the movie "Sinister" on this week's Matinee Villains!''

Next week, our first anthology movie in 350 episodes with "Creepshow"

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