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Episode 088: John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness

Post author By Edward Havens
Post date October 21, 2022
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What's in the vessel?

On this episode, we look back at one of John Carpenter’s lesser appreciated works, which was released 35 years ago this week.

Tags Dennis Dun, Donald Pleasance, Jameson Parker, John Carpenter, Lisa Blount, Prince of Darkness, The 80s Movie Podcast, Victor Wong

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This Day in 80s Movie History: August 3rd, 1984

Post author By Edward Havens
Post date August 3, 2022
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C. Thomas Howell, Jamie Lee Curtis and Patrick Swayze in a publicity photo for Grandview U.S.A.

Dang, there were A LOT of movies about sex that all came out on August 3rd, 1984. Let’s take a look back…

Tags C. Thomas Howell, Christopher Reeve, First Name: Carmen, Grandview U.S.A., James Ivory, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jean-Luc Godard, John Carpenter, Le Petite Sirene, Martha Coolidge, Michael Pare, Nancy Allen, Patrick Swayze, Randall Kleiser, The 80s Movie Podcast, The Bostonians, The Joy of Sex, The Philadelphia Experiment, This Day in 80s Movies History

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Episode 080: The Assassination Game

Post author By Edward Havens
Post date June 19, 2022
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The key art for The Assassination Game, when it was briefly retitled Everybody Gets It In the End!

On this episode, your host, film historian Edward A. Havens III, delves deep into the 80s film vault to visit one of the movies from the 1980s he had known about for forty years but had never gotten around to seeing: Nick Castle’s 1982 directorial debut, The Assassination Game.

Tags Bruce Abbott, Everybody Gets It In the End!, Forest Whitaker, Fraizer Smith, John Carpenter, Kiss Me Kill Me, Kristine DeBell, Linda Hamilton, Michael Winslow, Nick Castle, Perry Lang, Robert Carradine, TAG, The 80s Movie Podcast, The Assassination Game

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Episode 004: My Favorite Year, 1982

Post author By Edward Havens
Post date September 9, 2019
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Mark Lin-Baker and Peter O'Toole in a scene from My Favorite Year.

This episode takes a look at the films that make an impact on a certain teenager during an important year of personal change.

Tags 48 Hours, Alan Bates, Alan J. Pakula, Alan Parker, Amanda Wyss, Amy Heckerling, Anthony Edwards, Barry Levinson, Ben Kingsley, Bill Forsyth, Bill Murray, Blade Runner, Blake Edwards, Bob Geldof, Bob Hoskins, Brian Dennehy, Brimstone and Treacle, Brittania Hospital, Carl Reiner, Christopher Reeve, Clare Grogan, Class of 1984, Costa-Gavras, Craig T. Nelson, Creepshow, Dabney Coleman, Daniel Stern, Das Boot, Dead Kennedys, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, Deathtrap, Denholm Elliott, Dennis Potter, Devo, Diane Lane, Diner, Diva, Dominique Pinon, Don Bluth, Dustin Hoffman, Dyan Cannon, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Eating Raoul, Echo and the Bunnymen, Ed Harris, Eddie Murphy, Ellen Barkin, Eric Stoltz, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, First Blood, Fitzcarraldo, Forrest Whitaker, Frances, Frederick Forrest, Gandhi, Gang of Four, Garry Marshall, Gary Numan, George A. Romero, George Harrison, George Miller, Glenn Close, Gregory’s Girl, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Hammett, Harrison Ford, Harry Dean Stanton, Hector Elizondo, Henry Winkler, Invisible Sex, Jack Lemmon, James Garner, James Russo, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeremy Irons, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jessica Lange, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Joan Plowright, JoBeth Williams, John Carpenter, John Gordon Sinclair, John Lithgow, Jools Holland, Joseph Bologna, Judge Reinhold, Julie Andrews, Jurgen Prochnow, Kelli Maroney, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Kline, Klaus Nomi, Kurt Russell, Ladies and Gentlemen, Larry Cohen, Laura Dern, Leonard Nimoy, Lindsey Anderson, Lou Adler, Maggie Smith, Malcolm McDowell, Mark Hamill, Mark Lin-Baker, Mary Woronov, Mel Gibson, Meryl Streep, Michael Caine, Michael J. Fox, Michael Keaton, Michael McKean, Michael Palin, Michael Richards, Mickey Rourke, Missing, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Moonlighting, My Favorite Year, Nic Cage, Nick Nolte, Night Shift, Oingo Boingo, OMD, Pamela Reed, Patrick Macnee, Paul Bartel, Paul Newman, Perry King, Peter O'Toole, Phoebe Cates, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Poltergeist, Q: The Winged Serpent, Quest for Fire, Richard Attenborough, Richard Benjamin, Richard Crenna, Richard Hell, Richard Loncraine, Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip, Rick Overton, Ridley Scott, Robbie Coltrane, Robin Williams, Roddy McDowell, Roger Waters, Ron Howard, Rutger Hauer, Saul Rubinek, Sean Penn, Sean Young, Shelley Long, Sidley Lumet, Sidney Lumet, Sissy Spacek, Smithereens, Sophie’s Choice, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Steel Pulse, Stephen King, Steve Guttenberg, Steve Martin< Rachel Ward, Steven Spielberg, Sting, Susan Seidelman, Sydney Pollack, Sylvester Stallone, Taylor Negron, Ted Danson, Teri Garr, The 80s Movie Podcast, The Cramps, The Fabulous Stains, The Go-Gos, The Long Good Friday, The Lost Boys, The Missionary, The Police, The Road Warrior, The Secret of NIMH, The Thing, The Verdict, The World According to Garp, Timothy Daly, Timothy Spall, Tobe Hooper, Tom Savini, Tootsie, Trevor Howard, Tron, UB40, Urgh: A Music War, Victor/Victoria, Wall of Voodoo, Walter Hill, Werner Herzog, William Shatner, Wim Wenders, Wolfgang Petersen, X, XTC, Young Doctors in Love

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