Podcast #99, “Pop Scares”

cover - Waxwork-Re-AnimatorThree weeks, and here we are with another podcast. I think this might be the start of something good. Here’s to hoping, right?

Anyhow, a goodly amount of new / newly-acquired tunes, along with an interview from Kevin Dredge of New Orleans-based soundtrack reissue label, Waxwork Records. We talked with Dredge about the ins and outs of reissues, as well as the label’s upcoming releases. Their first release, a reissue of the Re-Animator soundtrack, is out tomorrow.

They also just announced last week that they’ll be reissuing the Krzysztof Komeda score for Rosemary’s Baby. You can find out the details on that (as well as order things) at the Waxwork Records website.

And if you’re really hyped on the Waxwork Day of the Dead reissue, they’re having a release for it in Hollywood, in late September. According to Dredge, “There will be a screening of the film, and George Romero and John Harrison will be there to do a Q&A after the film.” No date’s set, but keep your eyes peeled.

Podcast #99, “Pop Scares”
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Halloween horror marathon: Re-Animator

poster-re-animatorJeffrey Combs is so fucking good in this. From the cold opening where we see a man bleeding from the eyes in Zurich, he is 100% committed to the role of Herbert West. He brings a dignified air to the proceedings, even as he’s chasing the reanimated corpse of a cat with a croquet mallet.

Can a horror movie that features a decapitated corpse performing forcible oral sodomy on a restrained screaming coed ever be said to be joyful? Because, really, that’s what Combs brings to the role. And really, even Bruce Abbott — as Dan Cain — brings a certain joie de vivre to the whole affair in his response to West’s experiments.
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