Cinefantastique Online

A casual, free-ranging conversation, following the regular podcast, exploring items of interest in the realm of horror, fantasy, and science fiction cinema. Now on hiatus, the Post-Mortem has been incoporated into Cinefantastique’s Round Table Pocast.

In the break following the recording of the spotlight episode on THE RITE and before beginning last week’s round table episode, Dan shared his encounter with a curious audience member with Steve and Larry. Here’s his tale of danger, intrigue, and proper auditorium etiquette.

Gabby, stunned at the life-like might of a rotoscoped hand in the Fleischer Bros.' GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Having roundly belittled the recent, Jack Black-infused version of GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons turn their sights to other, earlier versions of the fantasy classic. Of a slate that includes an animated version from the Fleischers, [...]

The Nightmare Lives: An indelible image from YOGI BEAR.
So, in the place of a CINEFANTASTIQUE PODCAST in which we discuss our top ten lists for 2010, we give you a CINEFANTASTIQUE POST-MORTEM in which we discuss doing a show in which we discuss our top ten lists for 2010. Who knew a little thing like [...]

Having survived the rocky shoals of THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons decide to kick it freestyle (as the kids all say — the kids do all say that, don’t they?) in a wide-ranging, nay, recklessly random episode of THE CINEFANTASTIQUE POST-MORTEM PODCAST. Covered [...]

Having delved into the fairy tale world of Walt Disney Pictures’ TANGLED early this week, the CFQ Podcast crew returns with a post-mortem detailing the two other genre films now in theatres: BLACK SWAN and THE WARRIORS WAY. One is about ballet; the other is a martial arts Western. The former is Darren Aronofsky’s study [...]

Having taken the world’s most depressing world tour in HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 1, the Cinefantastique Podcast crew – along with guest Andrea Lipinski of The Chronic Rift – set their sights on numerous other subjects during the Post-Mortem, including writer-director Kaneto Shindo’s black-and-white classic KURONEKO (1968), currently receiving art house playdates [...]

In this week’s CFQ Post-Mortem Podcast, Dan Persons and Steve Biodrowski bid farewell to producer Dino DeLaurentiis, who died on November 10 at the age of 91. DeLaurentiis was a frequent contributor to the cinefantastique genres, producing numerous horror, fantasy, and science fiction films: DANGER: DIABOLIK (1968), KING KONG (1976), CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982), DUNE [...]

After debating whether three animated films in one year is more than enough from DreamWorks Animation, the Cinefantastique podcast crew of Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski attack MONSTERS, the low-budget science fiction film getting a platform theatrical release to boost its VOD. Also on the menu: listener reaction to the on-going “LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT vs I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE” debate.

Having exorcised the demonic apparitions of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 in this week’s Cinefantastique Podcast, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowsk turn their attention to the world-shattering debate over whether the original version of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978) is more technically competent than Wes Craven’s original version of THE LAST HOUSE ON THE [...]

One of cinema's most beautiful conceptions of the afterlife: WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
Having laid Clint Eastwood’s HEREAFTER to rest in this week’s Cinefantastique Podcast, John W. Morehead, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski return in the CFQ Post-Mortem, resurrecting the great afterlife movies of the past: WHAT DREAMS MAY COME, A MATTER OF LIFE AND [...]

In the mood for some unrated horror of the revenge variety? Then listen in to this week’s CFQ Post-Mortem Podcast as Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski mull the pros and cons of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, the remake of the notorious exploitation shocker. Also on the table for discussion: listener mail on [...]

Having tapped the vein of LET ME IN during this week’s main episode of Cinefantastique Podcast, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski take a cleaver to HATCHET II during the CFQ Post-Mortem Podcast. How does writer-director Adam Green’s sequel stack up to his 2006 sleeper? Is it a cut above or a notch below? [...]

Having examined the subtle science fiction of NEVER LET ME GO, Dan Persons and Lawrence French turn their attention to the family-oriented fantasy of LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOL, a computer-animated film directed by Zack Snyder. Can the man behind the stylized violence of 300 and WATCHMEN – not to mention 2004’s [...]