They Must Be Destroyed On Sight!

It's the Christmas episode of TMBDOS! (which HAS NOT DIED!) where Lee and Lady Leah talk about a film they've been watching every December together for a few years now, "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (1992); of course adapting the famous Charles Dickens story, and directed by Brian Henson. Things brought up include the underlying sadness and darkness in this kids/family film; how good of an adaptation this is; the performance of Michael Caine as Scrooge; as well as the wonderful music and production design. The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late; and hey, we mention the fact that TMBDOS! is now ten years old! "The Muppet Christmas Carol" IMDB  Featured Music: "Overture" by Miles Goodman & Paul Williams; "Marley & Marley" & "Scrooge" by Paul Williams.

The year is almost done, and Lee has some early stocking-stuffers for your in the form of short reviews of recent watches, as well as an update on the state of the podcast. Featured Music: "Just Chili" by Dave and the One-Ways & "Neon Slime" by Wings Hauser.

Lee comes back this month with a collection of odds and ends for the playlist, reflective of what he's been watching the last two months. Mostly it's music from his 31 Days of Horror watching, but there's a few non-horror selections from November. --My Own Robot from "The Swamp of the Ravens" (1974) --Joaquín Torres --Origin/Man Torn Apart & Fight to the Death from "Wolf Guy" (1975) --Hiroshi Baba --Theme from "Stunt Squad" (1977) --Stelvio Cipriani --The Night the Screaming Stops from "Possession" (1981) --Andrzej Korzynski --Theme from "Exterminators of the year 3000" (1983) --Detto Mariano --Is it Really Love from "Codename: Vengeance" (1987) --Steven McClintock --St. Mark's Place Scurry & Toilet Murder from "Brain Damage" (1988) --Gus Russo --Stigmata Martyr from "Night of the Demons" (1988) --Bauhaus --Theme from Narrow Margin from "Narrow Margin" (1990) --Bruce Broughton --Make the Call from "Heist" (2001) --Théodore Shapiro --Ironclad from "The Score" (2001) --Howard Shore --Tiny Little Pieces

Lee and his friends Nick and Greg take on an epic task in this episode. They cover the film that propelled Arnold Schwarzenegger to superstardom, "Conan the Barbarian" (1982), directed by John Milius. Then they move on to talk about its sequel, "Conan the Destroyer" (1984), directed by Richard Fleischer. Finally they talk about the bastard red-headed step sister, also directed by Fleischer, "Red Sonja" (1985), starring Brigitte Nielsen. The guests also talk briefly about what they've watched recently. Don't you want to solve the riddle of steel? If you do not listen, THEN THE HELL WITH YOU! "Conan the Barbarian" IMDB  "Conan the Destroyer" IMDB  "Red Sonja" IMDB  Nick's Beer Review channel on YouTube.  Lee's latest guest spot on the Grindbin Podcast.  Featured Music: "Prologue/Anvil of Crom", "Theology/Civilization", "Approach To Shadizaar", "Main Titles/Riders of Taramis" by Basil Poledouris; "Sorcery" by Ennio Morricone; & "Battle of the Mounds" by Basil Poledouris.

After an early November break it's time for another Intermission episode. Lee briefly rambles about the highlights from his October 2024 31 Days of Horror list, as well as six movies he's watched recently. Lee's Letterboxd  Featured Music: "Blastfight (Seq 8)" by Fabio Frizzi & "Evening Star" by Tommie Babie.

The hairy stranger who is only a danger to your ear drums (but what sweet music he hurts you with!) Lee Van Teeth is back for the 2024 edition of his Halloween show, playing all the vampiric vibes and graveyard grooves you can handle, as well as Halloween commercials and horror film trailers. Let the last Wolfman of rock radio make your Halloween a rocking one! "Lee Van Teeth" -- Wolfbane Jane and the Wrongettes "Shock Treatment" -- The Invaders "Cat's Eyes" -- The Invaders "House on Haunted Hill" -- Kenny and the Fiends "Dry Bones Twist" -- The Drivers "The Birds" -- The Motivations "Psycho Serenade" -- Big Jay McNeely "The Gorp" -- The Pretenders "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" -- The Who "The Wicked Old Witch" -- The Cherry Slush "The Girl Who Faded Away" -- The Hangmen "The Shadow Knows" -- Forbidden Dimension "Midnight" -- Hank Levine & The Blazers "Zombie" -- The Big Guys "There's a Creature in the Surfer's Lagoon" -- The Deadly Ones "Ghost Party" -- The Black Albinos "Scare Me" -- Deadbolt "Billy's De

Lee and Paul finish up their bonus shows for October by covering the somewhat forgotten sci-fi horror, and semi-remake of Tod Browning's "Freaks", "The Freakmaker" (1974), directed by Jack Cardiff and starring Donald Pleasence and Tom Baker. Don't forget to water your plant people, kids! "The Freakmaker" IMDB  Paul's YouTube Beer Reviews  PA Outdoors Couple  Featured Music: "Beware of the Flowers" by John Otway & "Dandelion" by The Rolling Stones.

Lee is joined in this episode by guests Vaughn and Wick to cover two Euro-horror films. First off it's the stylish Giallo "Blood and Black Lace" (1964), directed by Mario Bava, and then they look at a mash-up of the old dark house film with the then emerging Euro trash horror boom, with Jean Brismée's "The Devil's Nightmare" (1971). The hosts also all talk about one thing they watched recently. Does Vaughn just hate movies? Tune in to find out! "Blood and Black Lace" IMDB  "The Devil's Nightmare" IMDB  Vaughn's Podcast.  Wick's Instagram featuring his art.  Featured Music: "Ghostbusters' by Edwige Fenech, "Atelier (Titoli)" by Carlo Rustichelli, "Deadly Beauty" & "Devil's Nightmare (Main titles)" by Alessandro Alessandroni.

Lee and Paul are far more sober this week as they bring some more October bonus content your way. This time out they have a short chat about an early Fred Olen Ray film, "The Alien Dead" (1980). "The Alien Dead" IMDB  Paul's YouTube Beer Reviews  PA Outdoors Couple  Featured Music: Excerpts from the score by Franklin Sledge and Chuck Summer.

Lee and guest host Wick check out Roy Ward Baker's "Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde" (1971), a Hammer production which marked the first gender-bending adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story. The conversation jumps around from the excellent lead performances of Ralph Bates and Martine Beswick to how the film weaves in the Jack the Ripper and Burke and Hare stories, as well as if it actually intended any progressive message with its gender-switching story, of if it was all just an excuse to see Beswick fondle herself in the mirror while naked (spoilers: it was!). The hosts also talk about what they've watched lately. "Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde" IMDB  Check out Wick's art here.  Featured Music: "Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde Main Theme" by David Whitaker & "Under My Thumb" by Tina Turner.

Lee and Paul have some more drunken bonus content this week as they cover the unofficial Italian sequel to "Patrick", "Patrick Still Lives" (1980), directed by Mario Landi. How sleazy can the makers of this film get with the material? How amazed and shocked can the hosts become when talking about the beautiful women in this cast and the horrible things that happen to them in the film? Listen if you dare. "Patrick Still Lives" IMDB  Paul's YouTube Beer Reviews  PA Outdoors Couple  Featured Music: Excerpts from the score for "Patrick Still Lives" by Berto Pisano.

Lee and Paul have a brief chat about Richard Franklin's "Patrick" (1978). It's a little drunken, it's a lot informal and unedited. Don't feel like you need to get out of your coma for it. Just spit at us a bit to let us know you care. "Patrick" IMDB  Paul's YouTube Beer Reviews.  PA Outdoors Couple.  Featured Music: "Patrick Pt. 3" by Goblin & "The Strobe" by Brian May.

This month, as we get closer to spooky season, Lee has crafted a quick and dirty playlist revolving around vampire films from the 1970s. Greats like Dracula, Yorga, Barlow, Blacula, and several other lesser known blood suckers are featured. Lee talks less than usual on this one, so you the listener gets to the music faster! The Wolfman Lee Van Teeth is taking over next month for his annual Halloween show, so catch you all again in November. --Attack in the Woods from "The Vampire Lovers" (1970) --Harry Robinson --Wings of Death from "Scars of Dracula" (1970) --James Bernard --Blue Doll Baroque & Blue Quadrant from "The Nude Vampire" (1970) --Yvon Gerault --Le Frisson Des Vampires & The Memory of Eternal Darkness from "The Shiver of of the Vampires" (1971) --Acanthus --Psycho Contract Nr.1 from "Vampyros Lesbos" (1971) --Vampire Sound Inc. --Amour Sur Les Rails & Les Lèvres Rouges from "Daughters of Darkness" (1971) --François de Roubaix --Yorga's Storm from "Count Yorga, Vampire" (1971) --Bill Ma

Lee is joined by his friends and previous guests Nick Lowe and Greg Bielawski to cover Steven Spielberg's big budget adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" (2005), starring Tom Cruise. They have a pretty good conversation about the film, its themes and imagery, and some of the various film and tv adaptations of the original story. Nick and Greg also talk about what they've watched as of late. "The War of the Worlds" IMDB  Nick's YouTube, where Lee and Greg can often be found reviewing beers with him live on Wednesday nights.  Featured Music: "Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll" by Billy Lee Riley & "It Came Out of the Sky" by CCR.

Lee and Leah are joined by their friend Gary Hill from The Butcher Shop family of podcasts to talk about a fun little take on the typical serial killer film, and a neat twist on the final girl trope, in Travis Stevens' "A Wounded Fawn" (2022). The hosts also chat about what they've watched as of late. "A Wounded Fawn" IMDB  Check out Gary's Fleas and Flicks Auction here, and bid on some great items.  Check out Leah's charity run here, and donate to a good cause.  Catch Lee's recent guest spot on The Grindbin Podcast here.  Featured Music: "His Actions Speak Louder Than Words" by the Tammys & "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby" by Cigarettes After Sex.

Another busy month equals another TMBDOS! Grab Bag episode of Blood on the Tracks! That's where Lee does the very lazy thing of building this episode's playlist from tracks found on official episodes of the They Must Be Destroyed On Site! podcast, and does very little talking about the music, if any at all. This playlist covers soundtrack and score selections found in various episodes between 265 and 314. Enjoy! --Self Destruction from "Predator" (1987) --Alan Silvestri (Episode 265) --Brainscan (Main Theme) from "Brainscan" (1994) --George S. Clinton (Intermission #42) --Music at the Mall from "Cyborg" (1989) --Kevin Bassinson (Episode 275) --Medusa from "Clash of the Titans" (1981) --Laurence Rosenthal (Episode 279) --Piruliruli from "Little Rita of the West" (1967) --Rita Pavone & Lucio Dalla (Episode 281) --The Children from "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" (1985) --Maurice Jarre (Episode 287) --Inseguita from "Baron Blood" (1972) --Stelvio Cipriani (Episode 288) --Troglomen from "When Men Carried Clubs

Lee gives a state of the podcast update, mentions other podcasts he's been on as of late, and then he goes over a few recent watches. Featured Music: "Bad Fog of Loneliness" by Neil Young & "Keep Moving On" by Bloodshot Bill.

This month Lee takes a look at music from films about possibly the world's most famous cryptid, the Sasquatch - or as it/they are better known in pop and general culture: Bigfoot. There are just so many films, especially in the last thirty years or so, that the list is focused on the real peak period of interest, the 1970s and 1980s. Even then this list threatened to be much larger than it ended up being, but a lot of the music was impossible to source. Still, Lee feels this list is large enough to pay proper tribute to that mythical(?) hairy giant in the woods. --Main Theme from "Bigfoot" (1970) --Richard Podolor --The Legend of Boggy Creek from "The Legend of Boggy Creek" (1972) --Chuck Bryant & Earl E. Smith --Popcorn from "Shriek of the Mutilated" (1974) --Hot Butter --Ballad of McCullough's Mountain from "Blood Beast of Monster Mountain" (1975) --Tim York --Exits and Truckstops from "Creature from Black Lake" (1976) --Jim McCullough Jr. --High in the Mountains & Bigfoot Theme from "Sasquatch" (1

Lee closes out TMBDOS!'s tribute to the late Roger Corman by checking out his look into the world of LSD, "The Trip" (1967), with the help of friends and fellow podcasters Mike Wood and Vaughn Kuhlmeier. Written by Jack Nicholson, and starring Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern & Dennis Hopper; does this snapshot of a very specific time and place in American culture still resonate today? Does it have anything deep to say or is it pure exploitation? Apart from the main film discussion there's a few wild asides, and the hosts also talk about what they've watched recently. Turn on, tune in, and drop out with us for an hour and a half. "The Trip" IMDB  Mike's podcast, The Grindbin.  Vaughn's Podcast, Motion Picture Massacre.  Featured Music: "A Little Head" & "Peter's Trip" by The Electric Flag.

This week Lee and Daniel are joined by friend and fellow podcaster Gary Hill to continue the Roger Corman tribute thread. This time they cover two very similar cheapies Corman and writer Charles B. Griffith came up with "A Bucket of Blood" (1959) & "The Little Shop of Horrors" (1960), which are two great examples of doing more with less. The economic film making of the Corman method; the greatness of Dick Miller, and many other things are touched upon. The host also talk about what they've watched as of late. Stay out of the beatnik coffee house and don't feed the plants until you've listened to this episode! "A Bucket of Blood" IMDB  "The Little Shop of Horrors" IMDB  Gary's Podcasts are here.  Gary's Charity Auction, Fleas and Flicks.  Daniel's Podcast, I Don't Speak German.  Join Daniel's Patreon for more podcasts.  Featured Music: "Beatnik" by The Champs; "Main Title from The Little Shop of Horrors" by Fred Katzman; & "Plants & Rags" by PJ Harvey.