This week’s film is the unofficial sequel to last time’s movie, RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE (1943). After some not-entirely favourable reviews, we talk about the creation of a cinematic trope or stereotype, developments in film technology, and the idea of vampirism as infection — or lycanthropy as mental illness.
S2E47 – In The Sitting Down Part of Having a Rest
The heat has made us really sleepy, resulting in a more-chaotic-than-usual episode this week.
27 – Clone Beer
If you want a surefire way of brewing a delicious beer that you’ll love to drink, why not start with a clone beer? Taking a tried and tested beer from another brewery and trying to recreate it as authentically as possible (or brewing a “clone” of it) can help any brewer hone their skill whilst […]
4.12 – DRACULA (1931) and Abstraction
The next film in our vampire sub-season is the first talkie: 1931’s DRACULA. We do some reviewing, some not-always-favourable comparison with NOSFERATU, and then talk about late-Victorian culture, temporal distance, and the fact that there are two very different sorts of vampire film.
S2E45 – Half Man, Half Rooster
Bugs has a second run in with Gossamer, Sylvester is cemented as a terrible legend in mouse folklore, and we ask some difficult questions about Foghorn Leghorn.
26 – Spruce Beer with Wild Weather Ales
Cal and Mike go to visit their friends and local brewery Wild Weather Ales. In the episode we learn about the brewery itself, and their experience brewing with the fantastic extra ingredient of Spruce Tips!
S2E44 – Help Us Help LeBron
Bugs and Yosemite Sam go head to head in the California Gold Rush, Pepé joins the foreign legion, and we meet a couple of fun new cats.
4.11 – NOSFERATU and Longing
In our first film in a new ‘sub-season’, we tackle the 1922 classic that kick-started the vampire film genre (no, it wasn’t absolutely the first, but it was the first ‘mainstream’ vampire movie, and has inspired so many others). We have a special guest this week, who talks to us about German Expressionism, how this […]
