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Horror Filmmaking & Sleep Paralysis

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Earl Leave a comment

This week, Kalen Artinian returns to the show in time for our Halloween-themed episodes! Earl and Shawn talk to him about some of his favourite horror films, directing his short films, and everyone’s take on classic and modern horror. They also dig into their sleep paralysis stories and Kalen’s theoretical AKOP Spooky Night movie choices. And along the way, we compare movie boxsets, Wes Craven month at TIFF, and the magic of practical effects.

Guest:
Kalen Artinian (@kalenartinian) – Film director (Hellvetica, Ruby’s Secret)

What we’ve been checking out:
Kalen: Toronto After Dark Festival, The Guest
Shawn: Family Guy/Simpsons crossover episode
Earl: The Thing, Doctor Who

Audio notes: (1hr. 20min. runtime)
0:00:00 – Intro
0:02:50 – Kalen’s AKOP Spooky Night movies choices, did Shawn succeed?, Italian horror, and Wes Craven
0:13:10 – Voodoo and sleep paralysis, watching classic horror in theatres, and Kubrick exhibition
0:29:20 – Directing shorts, Hellvetica, practical effects, Ruby’s Secret, and future projects
0:45:30 – Interesting avenues in horror, primal fears, subgenres, and Eli Roth
0:56:10 – Old vs. new horror, Evil Dead, slasher franchises, rape-revenge trope, and boxsets
1:09:45 – What’s everyone checking out, and things that creep in the night

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Spooky AKOP Night

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Earl Leave a comment

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“Three horror movies, one scared Earl Aspiras: Welcome to AKOP Spooky Nights!”

Let me tell you a tale, a tale about a man named Earl Aspiras who told a another man, Shawn Lotte, he was scared of horror movies. He was so scared, in fact, he hasn’t seen very many purely out sheer fear. Shawn proposed to him an idea, an idea that would change his life forever: AKOP Spooky Nights.

We present to you a new frontier in All Kinds of Philler: Presented to Earl are three different horror movies, each one representing a different aspect of the genre. Then we sit him down and watch him cry. Not really, but we do discuss each film in depth with returning guest Patrick Barfoot and delve into a genre that Earl is not proficient in.

Get ready for some great in depth analysis of three horror films sure to set the mood for Halloween – that may haunt Earl for the rest of his life.

*SPOILER WARNING: We spoil the hell out of these movies and as much as they are older horror movies we have to ask: If you haven’t seen either Hellraiser, The Thing (1982) or Child’s Play then have some fun this Halloween, watch these movies, and then come back and listen to the show.

Let it begin…the show now!

Audio notes: (1hr. 25min. runtime)
0:00:00 – Cold open, LEGO Batman, explaining Spooky AKOP Night, and October plans
0:04:50 – Movie #1: Hellraiser, special effects & set design, Clive Barker, and the Ashley Laurence fan club
0:27:10 – Movie #2: The Thing (1982), different kinds of horror, practical effects, and nihilism
0:50:35 – Movie #3: Child’s Play, precocious kids, tapping into primal fears, and supernatural horror
1:17:00 – Final thoughts, first AKOP night review, and classic/modern horror

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Friday the 13th: New Blood, & New Co-Host

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Earl Leave a comment

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Lot of changes are happening to the podcast, most importantly being Shawn Lotte becoming a co-host! We talk about what he’s bringing to the table, his In Defense Of videos, our scrapped podcast concepts, and video games. We also stumble into Persona talk, movies that are too long, and try to figure out how to sign off our episodes from here on out. This could be the worst-slash-best thing that could happen.

Supplementary notes:
IN DEFENSE OF: Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood
Demon – Webcomic by Jason Shiga

Audio notes: (1hr. 6min. runtime)
00:10 – Introducing Shawn and his credentials, and Joe Pesci
07:55 – In Defense Of, Friday the 13th Part 7: New Blood, and The Crush
21:00 – Mashups, celebrity voice acting, and fighting games
27:35 – Persona, Persona 4, and the Persona 3 ending
37:10 – Shooters, buying/reselling games, movies that are too long, and credits
47:05 – Bringing people to the theatre, toilet talk, and what’s next for the podcast
55:00 – What we’re checking out, and making an official “sign-off”

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Star Wars, Canon, Remakes, & Retcons

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Earl Leave a comment

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This week, Shawn Lotte and Spencer Sterritt return to tackle the recent news on the Star Wars Expanded Universe being non-canon and discuss continuity, remakes, and retcons! We also delve into Star Trek’s reboot films, the Evil Dead, X-Men, Shadow of the Colossus, and Better Call Saul. And somehow, they establish Mortal Kombat as the benchmark of storytelling.

Guests:
Shawn Lotte – “And then I move on”
Spencer Sterritt – Editor-in-chief for We Eat Films

Supplementary notes:
Shadow of the Colossus: Connections to Ico
Dark Souls II Lore and Speculation
Zelda Timeline

Audio notes: (1hr. 1min. runtime)
01:35 – Star Wars, the Expanded Universe, and defining what is canon
08:35 – Star Trek, time travel, Enterprise, and returning to Star Wars
13:50 – Superman, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Predator, Living Dead, and Evil Dead series
28:00 – X-Men, shoehorning all the films, Sentinels, and Wolverine
34:10 – Mortal Kombat, branching storylines, Bioshock series, and canonizing Bioshock 2
46:30 – Shadow of the Colossus & Ico, Dark Souls series, and sorting out Legend of Zelda
54:40 – Remaking films to shows: Bates Motel, Hannibal, Fargo, From Dusk til Dawn, and Better Call Saul

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