They Must Be Destroyed On Sight!

Lee is back with the second part of his look at the soundtracks and scores of the sex comedy genre, focusing on the more lurid side of things. This time everything has gotten far bigger and far hornier as he moves into the 1980s. Much like with slasher films, and other assorted cinematic junk food, the sex comedy genre exploded in North America during this decade, getting far raunchier and problematic that it had previously been. Because of the exponentially larger amount of music to put on the playlist, Lee put out a poll to the listeners asking them if they wanted this split into two parts or if they wanted a super-sized summer blow-out. Apparently the listeners are all size queens, so enjoy this 3hr episode! --Pinball Summer & Voyeur's Motel from "Pinball Summer" (1980) --Jay Boivin & Germain Gauthier --I Don't Need To Love You & Try Not To Break My Heart from "The Beach Girls" (1982) --Linda Stevens-Foote --Better Luck Next Time from "The Last American Virgin" (1982) --Oingo Boingo --Shake it

Lee, Leah, and their friend and fellow podcaster Gary Hill travel through the cosmos this episode as they check out Luigi Cozzi's "Starcrash" (1978), a fun Italian "Star Wars" rip-off starring Caroline Munro, Marjoe Gortner, Joe Spinell, David Hasselhoff, and Christopher Plummer (!). Sexy costumes, big hair, clunky stop-motion, the lava lamp of death, a hillbilly robot cop, and handy magical powers out of nowhere are just some of things touched upon, as well as listener comments, and what the hosts have watched as of late. "Starcrash" IMDB Check out Gary's other podcasts here.  Check out and support Leah's dad, Bob Hardy, The Walker Runner: https://www.facebook.com/bobhardythewalkerrunner https://www.bobhardythewalkerrunner.com/ Featured Music: "Launch Adrift" and "STARCHASH Main Title" by John Barry.

Lee and Leah get sexually primitive this time out when they check out the rather obscure Bruno Corbucci-directed, and caveman-themed sex comedy, "When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong" (1971). This comedic take on Aristophanes' Greek play "Lysistrata" features a lot of beautiful bare female flesh, and a lot of bumbling slapstick from the male cast, but does it feature much else? Grab your clubs, drink your own pee, and come play ding dong with us to find out! Lee's Letterboxd  Leah's Letterboxd  "When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong" IMDB  Featured Music: "Primitive" by The Groupies; excerpt from the score by Giancarlo Chiaramello; and "Troglomen" by Alluminogeni.

Lee & Leah are joined by previous guest host Robby Roberson to cover Steven Soderbergh's oddball crime drama from 1999, "The Limey", starring Terence Stamp. Does the unusual narrative device used here work? Does one of us really not like Peter Fonda as an actor? All of this and more, including what the hosts have watched as of late. So try your best Brit gangster slang and come listen. Check out Robby's recent appearance on The Moustachioed Podcastio.  Check out Lee's recent appearance on Movie Melt.  Check out Lee on the latest Last Call at Torchy's.  "The Limey" IMDB  Featured Music: "What He Gonna Say" by Cliff Martinez & "King Midas in Reverse" by The Hollies.

Lee is back with part one of a two-part look at the soundtracks and scores of sex comedies, specifically those of the 1970s and 1980s, the raunchier the better! There was so much material to go through that he had to split each decade into its own super-sized episode of BotT, and even then he's barely scraping the surface. In part one we start off in the decade where the sex comedy really started to take off overseas at first: the 1970s! This was especially obvious in places like Great Britain and Italy, and this trend would seemingly influence North American sex comedies to push the envelope even further later in the decade, before they totally came to dominate in the 1980s. --Up Pompeii from "Up Pompeii" (1970) --Frankie Howerd --God's Children & Lola from "Percy" (1971) --The Kinks --Au Pair Girls 2 from "Au Pair Girls" (1972) --Roger Webb --Sessomatto from "How Funny Can Sex Be" (1973) --Armando Trovajoli --Alvin Purple from "Alvin Purple" (1973) --Brian Cadd --Lovin' Is from "Alice Goodbody" (1974)

Lee and Leah let Satan penetrate them this week with 1974's "Enter the Devil", directed by Mario Gariazzo. Also known as "The Eerie Midnight Horror Show" and "The Sexorcist", as well as seveal other titles, is this cheap Italian rip-off of "The Exorcist" any good? Is it perhaps better? The hosts talk kinky sex and kink-shaming; stigmata; the horrible treatment of people in "real life" exorcisms; religious authority abusing its power; and the conflicting messages in a film that seems to be trying to be more than just sexy shlock. The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. We might not be the devil, but can we tempt you to listen? "Enter the Devil" IMDB  Featured Music: "Tema Agitato" & "Tema Mistico (Finale)" by Marcello Giombini.

Lee and Leah check out an Italian-French artsy post-apocalyptic co-production, directed by Marco Ferreri, "The Seed of Man" (1969). The End of the world; nipple fetishes; stock footage; dead whales on the beach; and spontaneous explosions (?). All this and more in this episode; so come be aloof about the end of the world with us on the beach. "The Seed of Man" IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064959/reference Featured Music: Death Horizon by The Pixies; "Our Love Will Still Be There" by The Troggs; and "On the Beach" by Neil Young.

Yes indeed, Lee is swamped with work and other things, so it's time to give him a break and let him do another easy TMBDOS! Grab Bag episode. This is where he makes up a playlist based on selections from the scores and soundtracks from the films covered on previous episodes of the They Must Be Destroyed On Sight! podcast. Enjoy! --La Ragazza Con La Pistola, In Due & Shake Balera from "The Girl with the Pistol" (1968) --Peppino De Luca (Episode 236) --The Name's Bond... James Bond from "No Time to Die" (2021) --Nicholas Dodd (Episode 243) --Mask: Movement 3 from "Vampire in Venice" (1988) --Vangelis (Episode 244) --Temple of The Golden Pavilion from "Mishima" (1985) --Phillip Glass (Episode 246) --Main Title from "Sneakers" (1992) --James Horner (Episode 247) --Main Theme from "Death Screams" (1982) --Dee Barton (Intermission #38) --Keoma (Instrumental) from "Keoma" (1976) --Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (Episode 252) --Ain't that a Kick in the Head from "Goodfellas" (1990) --Dean Martin (Episode 257) --I

Lee and Leah are back on the Mario Bava, as they check out his 1972 return to gothic horror with "Baron Blood". Does this attempt to bring the traditional gothic horror into the modern day with gialli elements work, or was Bava barking up the wrong tree here? Were Elke Sommer's vocal cords the same after this one? How did this film help inspire a popular urban legend/internet hoax? Step into our audio torture dungeon and find out. "Baron Blood" IMDB  Featured Music: "Inseguita" & "Gli Orrori Del Castello Di Norimberga (Titoli)" by Stelvio Cipriani.

Lee, Leah, and their friends and fellow podcasters Cameron Scott & Gary Hill try their best to escape Bartertown this episode as they cover the third film in the Mel Gibson-starring Mad Max series, "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" (1985), directed by George Miller & George Ogilvie. Why do the third film in the series before the first two? Simple: to celebrate the recently departed co-star of this film, the beautiful and talented Tina Turner! There's a lot fun side tangents in this one, so check it out before Dying Time gets here! "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" IMDB  Find Lee, Gary and Cameron's Last Call at Torchy's podcast here.  Find Cameron's Cinema Degeneration podcast here.  Lee's guest shot on Motion Picture Massacre's Seijun Suzuki Centennial episode, covering "Youth of the Beast".  Lee's guest shot on the "Deadly Lessons" episode of Movie Melt (requires signing up for their Patreon, but it's a podcast worth the $2!).  Featured Music: "The Children" by Maurice Jarre & "We Don't Need Another He

Lee is back with his second part of his look at his favourite selections from the soundtracks and scores for the filmography of Quentin Tarantino, this time covering "Death Proof" to "Once Upon a Time in America". As Tarantino went forward his soundtracks got larger and larger, so this ended up being an even bigger episode than part one, even with Lee trying his best to restrain himself with his picks. "Death Proof" (2007) --Violenza Inattesa --Ennio Morricone --The Last Race --Jack Nitzsche --Jeepster --T. Rex --Riot in Thunder Alley --Eddie Beram --Italia a Mano Armata --Franco Micalizzi --Hold Tight --Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich --Baby, It's You --Smith --Chick Habit --April March "Inglourious Basterds" (2009) --Main title from White Lightning --Charles Bernstein --Main title from Slaughter --Billy Preston --Ich Wollt Ich Wär Ein Huhn --Lillian Harvey & Willy Fritsch --Main Theme from Dark of the Sun --Jacques Loussier --Tiger Tank --Lalo Schifrin --Rabbia e Tarantella --Ennio Morricone --U

Lee and Leah check out Mario Bava's kinky gothic horror/murder mystery "The Whip and the Body" (1963). The hosts have fun this week talking about Daliah Lavi and Christopher Lee getting busy with leather whips and very few words. Some of the topics brought up include: how hard into S&M the film really goes; could the film have gone harder?; the murder mystery plot; is there actually anything supernatural going on?; and they fawn over Bava's beautiful direction, and the skilled craftmanship behind the film in general. The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. "The Whip and the Body" IMDB  Featured Music: "Un Ospite Sgradito" & "Windsor Concerto (Sulla Spiaggia)" by Carlo Rustichelli.

Lee & Leah are joined this week by friends and fellow podcasters Vaughn Kuhlmeier & Daniel Segura to check out Ralph Thomas' "Some Girls Do" (1969), the sequel to his previous film that adapted popular pulp character Bulldog Drummond, "Deadlier then Male". Things brought up in the conversation: a bit of background on Bulldog Drummond as a character; how this films stacks up to other spy spoofs of the era; how it's okay for racists dogs to die; "jerky titties"; is this the origin of fem-bots?; being too sexist to allow a woman tow your broken down car; exposing your ball sack to football players; and the first Roomba, and why you shouldn't try and fuck it. The hosts also talk about what they've watched of late. Check out Daniel's Podcast here.  Check out Vaughn's Podcast here.  "Some Girls Do" IMDB  Featured Music: "She" by The Misfits & "Some Girls Do" by Lee Vanderbilt.

Lee and Leah are back and they are in court! Stuffy, drab, VERY British court. This time out they are looking at the little-known British courtroom drama "The Blind Goddess" (1948), directed by Harold French. As it turns out they had far more to say about it than they thought they would. Before that they have an extended talk about what they've watched as of late. Get a good lawyer and tune-in, won't you? "The Blind Goddess" IMDB  Featured Music: "Here Comes the Judge" by Shorty Long & "Here Come the Judge" by The Magistrates.

Regardless of if you like the work of Quentin Tarantino or not, it can not be denied that he curates killer soundtracks for his films. Much like how he borrows visually and thematically from the films of the past to create his own unique film architecture, he often layers in music from other films in other to do much the same. Sometimes the music is there just to accent a scene and make it cooler, sometimes it's a deeper meta reference. Sometimes it just doesn't work at all, but nobody always hits the target all the time. With the announcement that Tarantino is working on his (according to him) tenth and final film, "The Movie Critic", Lee decided it was time to look back at his body of work as it stands right now, and choose the tracks from his filmography that he loves best. Because there's so much to dig into, this will be part one of a two part series of super-sized episodes. "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) --Little Green Bag --The George Baker Selection --Stuck in the Middle With You --Steelers Wheel --Coconut

Lee and Leah are joined this episode by guest host Robby Roberson to talk about one of the iconic 1970s car chase films, "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" (1974), directed by John Hough. How do the leads Peter Fonda, Susan George, and Adam Roarke stack up to the amazing stunt work in the film? Is the antagonist, Vic Morrow, more sympathetic, even though he's a cop? Aside from the fun conversation, Robbie gets to play the Movie God Game, and all the hosts talk about what they've been watching as of late. Buckle up, this one is a ride! "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" IMDB  Featured Music: "Driving Song" by Jethro Tull & "Road Runner" by Bo Diddley.

In honour of the recently deceased Raquel Welch, Lee and Daniel cover two of her westerns she did at the height of her fame. First up is an American take on the Zapata Western, where Welch co-stars with Jim Brown and Burt Reynolds in the Tom Gries-directed "100 Rifles" (1969), and then it's alongside Robert Culp in the british rape-revenge Western "Hannie Caulder" (1971), directed by Burt Kennedy. The host also talk about what they've watched recently. Put on something tight, sexy and wet, won't you, and come listen. "100 Rifles" IMDB  "Hannie Caulder" IMDB  Featured Music: "Ready for Ambush" & "Lyedecker and Sarita" by Jerry Goldsmith, and "Life is Never Easy" by Bobby Hanna.

Sometimes the cinematic vanity project (a film that is usually some combo of a single person writing, directing, producing and acting in a film) can be an artistic vision that's a masterpiece that stands the test of time. A good example would be Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane". Most times, however, vanity projects are created by total outsiders who have the money but no talent, but their drive and their delusions push the project through, for better or for worse. This time out Lee has put together a playlist covering some notable, and in some cases just unknown, vanity projects. This will no doubt be a thread picked up in future episodes, as there's a ton of these to cover. --World's Greatest Sinner from "The World's Greatest Sinner" (1962) --Frank Zappa --Come on Feet from "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" (1971) --Melvin Van Peebles --Schlock Boogie from "Schlock" (1973) -- Ian Kranitz & Albin Konopka --Rage from "Stone" (1974) --Billy Green --I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time & Open Your Heart

Lee is joined by friends and fellow podcasters Vaughn Kuhlmeier & Mike Wood to talk about an odd-ball 1967 Spaghetti Western/Musicarello film, Directed by Ferdinando Baldi, "Little Rita of the West", or as it's also known as: "Crazy Westerners", starring tiny Italian pop sensation Rita Pavone, and a then mostly unknown (but soon to be quite well-known) Terrence Hill. Much of the conversation revolves around Pavone's career and performance in this film, and how well a musical is actually pulled off in the trappings of the Spaghetti Western. Other things talked about include: free boxes of chicken; frozen pizzas; energy drinks; Vaughn's Tubi ritual; and an Italian rating system for films using the size of the Pope's boner. All that and what the hosts have watched recently is also covered. So why not sing along with us as we try and destroy all the world's gold for Gordon Mitchell in red face? Check out Vaughn's podcasts, Motion Picture Massacre, and Wanted: Alive or Preferably Dead. Check out Mike's podcas

Lee has finally dipped back into the world of rejected film scores. Due to popular demand, he's also included short snippets of the scores that were actually used in the finished film before each selection. Sit back and listen to what could have been, and maybe learn a little bit about why things didn't quite pan out the way they could have. --Suite from "Night and the City" (1950) --Benjamin Frankel --Suite from "Night and the City" (1950) --Franz Waxman --Main Title from "Forbidden Planet" (1956) --David Rose --The Mountain from "The Bible" (1966) --Ennio Morricone --Main Title from "Frenzy" (1972) --Henry Mancini --Alien Landing, Out Back & The Vial from "Alien Nation" (1988) --Jerry Goldsmith Opening and closing music: Summertime Killer from "Summertime Killer" by Luis Bacalov, and Santa Maria from "Raiders of Atlantis" by Oliver Onions.