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098 – Willow

Warwick Davis in Willow

Bitter Karella joins Jen and Tim to discuss that movie you really liked as a kid and then revisited as an adult and realized it wasn’t that good. That’s right, it’s Willow, from 1988! George Lucas perhaps wisely handed off directing duties to Ron Howard, but results are still mixed at best.

Speaking of Ron Howard, Jen and Tim depart significantly on his legacy as a director. We briefly discussed his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard in our Antichrist episode.

Tim alluded to the very fine podcast 372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back. If you’d like to hear their take on the Shadow Moon series, start here!

For another fantasy misfire, try our episode on Krull!

091 – Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Key art for Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)

Jen and Tim welcome back Bitter Karella so she can carve up Joss Whedon like the turkey he is and also to discuss an affectionate satire of the slasher genre.

Offensive Films by Mikita Brottman

Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

For more Karella, listen to our episode about a truly wretched Dan Aykroyd comedy, Loose Cannons!

084 – Vile Pervert: The Sequel and Guilty

Jen and show MVP Bitter Karella dissect some disgusting works by a disgusting person, Jonathan King. That’s right, he won’t go the fuck away! Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!

Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!

If you can stomach it, here are our earlier episodes about Jonathan King’s revolting outsider works: we looked at the original Vile Pervert in episode 009, and the unasked-for sequel in episode 38!

078 – The Doomsday Machine

You know how sometimes a movie just sucks and is lazy and stupid and sexist? That’s The Doomsday Machine, all right! Bitter Karella joins us to discuss!

Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!

You can watch The Doomsday Machine in its entirety on YouTube, but why would you? Try the very funny Cinematic Titanic version instead!

This is actually the second movie starring Bobby Van (a favorite actor of Jen’s) we’ve covered on the show. The first was lumbering musical Lost Horizon—listen to our episode about it here.

038 – Vile Pervert Redux

Jonathan King poses with Margaret Thatcher, date unknown
Two bad people

Bitter Karella returns to vituperate Jonathan King’s unasked-for sequel to Vile Pervert: The Truth Awakens!

Listen to our discussion of the original Vile Pervert: The Musical here.

He’d probably tell you that they were bought and paid for, but we still recommend looking at victim statements from Jonathan King’s 2001 trial. We will also remind you that he served four years of a seven-year sentence for sexually abusing teenage boys. He continues to bitch about how unfairly he was treated to this day (we did yet another episode on him in 2020, because he keeps making videos).

031 – Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

Jen welcomes Bitter Karella to discuss a traumatic event from his childhood: Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure! In other words, an ill-fated animated feature directed by Richard Williams.

The Animator’s Survival Kit website is a fine tribute to Williams, an undisputed master of the animation. This guide for the aspiring animator is possibly his greatest legacy.

Here’s the screencap Jen mentions in the episode. Make of it what you will.

Babette the Doll from Raggedy Ann and Andy

For more of Karella, listen to our Nothing But Trouble episode!