Join us on a journey into the perplexing world of disappearances, where individuals vanish without a trace, leaving behind a void filled with questions and speculation.
Two old friends cracking wise and talking thoughtfully about favorite flicks as if from their cozy seats at the back of a beloved theater. Pass the popcorn! Current Season: Apocalypse Then! Looking back at dystopian cinema from the ridiculous to the sublime - just as it was looking forward to...now?
Two old friends cracking wise and talking thoughtfully about favorite flicks as if from their cozy seats at the back of a beloved theater. Pass the popcorn! Current Season: Apocalypse Then! Looking back at dystopian cinema from the ridiculous to the sublime - just as it was looking forward to...now?
On Episode 9 of the Blood Drive, we pack into a blacked out van and head out west to look at the vampire western Near Dark from 1987. We compare and contrast to The Lost Boys, discuss Kathryn Bigelow's interesting body of work, and marvel at all of the excellent actors in this movie. Anne Rice minus the aristocracy? Who did Jesse Hooker and his pack vote for? Where does this movie fall in the canon of 1980s vampire cinema? What do you think of Near Dark?…
The Blood Drive is on the Pacific Coast Highway to Santa Cru - err, Santa "Carla" - to visit with The Lost Boys from 1987! Ab and Al, two very Gen X kids, think it's the perfect summer movie, and Gen Z ambassador provides some sharp, smart analysis. Topcs discussed include: What's the real romance here? Are Reagan era values upheld? Who dressed Corey Haim in this film? What would the Lost Boys look like in 2025? Is the soundtrack actually good, or is it only a mood? Listeners, we want your input!…
The Blood Drive zooms along to the 1980s, as Ab and Al talk about the notorious 1983 vampire fever dream The Hunger! This episode, as SNL's Stefon might say, has it all: Goths. Goth rock stars. Goth clubs. Medical labs that look like goth clubs. Bisexuals. Fluttering curtains. Doves. Icy French legends. Rapidly aging glam rock legends. Ankhs. Rabid monkeys. Vengeful zombies. Missing neighborhood kids. Gratuitous Willem Dafoe. Ab and Al remember when they saw Peter Murphy perform, but forget the name of an NYC avenue, and they try to figure out the why's and hows of how the vampiress Miriam Blaylock is undone (spoiler: they're still not sure). Al is absolutely terrified of Miriam. What lurks inside the mind of writer Whitley Strieber? What do you think? Let us know!…
If you want Frank Langella's body, and ya think he's sexy, then this is the episode for you! The Blood Drive takes a turn up the English coastline to visit John Badham's Dracula from 1979. Is this a peak disco era movie? Is it horror, romance, or both? Is it good and bad? Is John Badham the Quentin Tarantino of hands? Come hear what we think, and then share what you think!…
On the fifth episode of Blood Drive, Ab and Al leap forward in time to 2024 to capitalize on Nosfer-mania! We discuss Nosferatu (2024), directed by Robert Eggers and starring Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, and Bill Skarsgard. To the disappointment of Mr. Absynthe, a fight does not ensue, but we do discuss Victorian psychology, and the hypersexualized, occult significance of Ellen Hutter as played by Depp.…
In the fourth episode of our Blood Drive, Ab and Al take a look at 1979's Nosferatu by the legendary Werner Herzog. We talk the real life horrors of Klaus Kinski and animal cruelty, our love for the cinematography of this movie, Isabelle Adjani's complex portrayal of Lucy, and what the hell the ending was supposed to mean! And we tease our next episode, where we may need to agree to disagree about Nosferatu 2024!…
The Blood Drive rides on with our 3rd episode discussing 1970's The Vampire Lovers. Join us as we discuss this infamous adaptation of J. Sheridan LeFanu's classic vampire novella, Carmilla.
Diiiig the music, kids! In Episode 2 of our Season 2, Blood Drive, we discuss Hammer Films' Dracula A.D 1972. Hear us talk about how we first got turned on to Hammer Films! the What Ifs of this movie! A history of Hammer Horror! Our love of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing! Shocking hippies that could've been glam rock kids! That one friend in the friend group that brings everyone down!Though many don't like this movie, we love it's campy warm cheese and we hope you do too.…
Welcome to Blood Drive! This is Season 2 of Back Row at Bank Street. Just in time for Halloween season and beyond, Ab and Al will be looking at some great vampire movies. First up is the classic 1936 Universal Monsters sequel, Dracula's Daughter! Our discussion includes The Hayes Code, the history of Universal Studios horror, LGBTQ representation, and much, much more!…
Back Row at Bank street ends its Apocalypse Then! series with the 2006 doc- err, apocalyptic comedy film, Idiocracy. We discuss why this film has and has not aged well, and why it might actually be the way we go out in North America. Stay tuned for Blood Drive!
It's our penultimmate episode of Apocalypse Then! And ChillerPop and Absynthe bring you the 2006 graphic novel adaptation V For Vendetta! Hear us go off on the "war on terror", trumpism, the pandemic, fascism and more! Does this movie make you want to stand up to evil authoritarians? What banned books and music would YOU keep in your secret lair? Let us know!…
Apocalypse Then! continues as we take a look at the 1998 neo-noir science fiction movie, Dark City ! Directed by Alex Proyas, and starring Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien and Ian Richardson. Like Blade Runner before it, this movie asks "what does it mean to be human?" and we're pretty sure it might have something to do with test tube paint mixtures by a very Renfield-esque Kiefer Sutherland. We also talk about noir cinema, pre-millenium tension, and why our alien nosferatu overlords are all dudes. Let us know what you think!…
On this fifth episode of Apocalypse Then! two former 80s teens talk about an apocalyptic movie featuring two 80s teens. We dig into Thom Eberhardt's camp classic Night of the Comet. See: proto-gamer girls! Sparse, talkative and fast zombies! Highly incompetent government conspirators! The magnificent menace of Mary Woronov! Quincy...Kraftwerks? And Ab reveals precisely how one might preserve their big hair after the world ends.…
On the fourth episode of Apocalypse Then! Ab and Al discuss Denis Villeneuve's 2017 film Blade Runner 2049, a sequel to the storied cult classic Blade Runner from 1982. We discuss what it means to be human (of course), an AI's AI, when San Francisco imitated art, the return of Harrison Ford and Sean Young to this universe, and we deem Blade Runner 2049 an artistic success!…
Grab the popcorn and join us at the end of the world as we fight weird Luddites with Charlton Heston and Rosalind Cash! We discuss 8 tracks, cults, the Heston of it all, and the eerily prescient pandemic and reproductive rights issues this movie brings up.
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