They Must Be Destroyed On Sight!

Facing several set-backs this year, he still couldn't be held down! Lee Van Teeth returns to take over TMBDOS! Radio and Blood on the Tracks once again for Halloween. This time out he presents his favourite musical selections from the long-running "Halloween" film franchise. What made the cut and what is best left forgotten on this larger than usual BotT episode? Tune in with the Wolf Man to find out! --Halloween Theme & Lights Out from "Halloween" (1978) --John Carpenter --Don't Fear the Reaper from "Halloween" (1978) --Blue Oyster Cult --Halloween II Theme & Laurie's Theme from "Halloween II" (1981) --John Carpenter --Mr. Sandman from "Halloween II" (1981) --The Chordettes --The Man Who Killed; A Pleasure Doing Business; I Really Love This; & Local Boy, No Way from "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" (1982) --John Carpenter & Alan Howarth --In the Shadows & Shape Attack from "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" (1988) -- Alan Howarth --The Shape Also Rises from "Halloween 5: Th

Lee and Leah have returned from a much-needed vacation and recount the horror-related stuff they watched, tried to watch, or just flat-out fell asleep through for the week or so they were away. Featured Music: "The Sultan and the Slave Girl" by Manfred Mann & "Aloha from Hell" by The Cramps.

Lee is back this episode giving you a playlist compiled from the soundtracks and scores for his favourite British crime films of the last 50 years. --It's Caper Time from "The Italian Job" (1969) --Quincy Jones --Dyed, Dead, and Read from "Performance" (1970) --Jack Nitzsche --The Hashishin from "Performance" (1970) --Ry Cooder --Excerpt from "Villain" (1971) --Jonathan Hodge --Getting Nowhere in a Hurry from "Get Carter" (1971) --Roy Budd --Main Theme from "Sitting Target" (1972) --Stanley Myers --No Respectable Gentleman/A Relentless Suitor from "The First Great Train Robbery" (1978) --Jerry Goldsmith --Main Title & The Scene is Set from "The Long Good Friday" (1980) --Francis Monkman --The Hit from "The Hit" (1984) --Roger Waters & Eric Clapton --Daddy Rollin' Stone from "Sexy Beast" (2000) --Derek Martin --Peaches from "Sexy Beast" (2000) --The Stranglers --Lujon from "Sexy Beast" (2000) --Henry Mancini --Golden Brown from "Snatch" (2000) --The Stranglers --Drugs Den from "Harry Brown" (2009) -

This week Lee and Leah have promised to live to see you die, and they will. Well, not really, but there's a lot of that sort of thing going on in Edward L. Cahn's radioactive monster thriller "Creature with the Atom Brain" (1955). The hosts discuss just how effective this low budget sci-fi horror film is. Do they get radiation right? Does it matter? Early squib work; shitty grenades; questionable Italian gangsters; huge lobotomy scars; and just who is Dick Cutting? All of this and more, as well as what the hosts have watched recently, and they read and respond to some recent YouTube comments. We may not look like Buchanan but we are him! "Creature with the Atom Brain" IMDB Featured Music: "Return of the Creature with the Atom Brain" by The Celibate Rifles & "Creature with the Atom Brain" by Roky Erickson.

Lee is joined this episode by his friend and fellow podcaster Vaughn Kuhlmeier to chat about an underseen Canadian exploitation film, "Siege" (1983), directed by Paul Donovan. Set in, and shot on location in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Lee's home province), some Canadian history surrounding the premise for the film, and some silly East Coast-isms are pointed out by Lee. Police brutality and corruption come up as they talk about the differences between American and Canadian police, and the obvious influences of John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13" on this film. Vaughn also covers what he's been watching recently. So sit back, fortify your home from Canadian fascists, crack open a bottle of smooth Hermit's wine, and listen-in. "Siege" IMDB  Check out Vaughn's excellent podcast Motion Picture Massacre, and follow Vaughn on Twitter. Featured Music: Opening and Closing Themes by Drew King & Peter Jermyn.

Lee and Leah get lost in the vast desert that is the seemingly endless conflict in Afghanistan, as they look at a film that was requested a while back by a listener. This week it's 1988's "The Beast of War", directed by Kevin Reynolds. This bleak and unexpectedly serious tale of a Russian tank on the run from Afghani rebels, during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, contains very little to be light-hearted about. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch it. The hosts also talk about what they've watched recently. "The Beast of War" IMDB  Featured Music: An excerpt from the score by Mark Isham & "Trolleybus" by Kino.

Lee and Leah return this episode with a trip back to the Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes series, taking a look at "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" (1942), directed by Roy William Neill, picked to be covered by special guest host on this episode, Matt Anderson. Much of the conversation revolves around the otherwise straight-forward plot and the changes made to Holmes after Universal picked up the series from Fox. Is 1940s spy-smasher Holmes a total betrayal to the source material, or is it a cool tweaking of the character? Is Bruce's Dr. Watson unfairly shat upon? Does the series do Dr. Moriarty justice as well? What's with the size of British pound notes? Also, Matt gets to play the Movie God Game, and the hosts all talk about what they've watched as of late in a slightly longer episode than usual. Check out Matt on twitter. "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" IMDB Featured Music: "Rule Britannia" by Thomas Augustine Arne & "Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)" by Juventino Rosas.

Lee, Kerry, Greg and Leah are finally back to talk more outer space super hero stuff with James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2" (2017). This lively and sometimes argumentative discussion gets into some of the deeper psychology of family dynamics, in what's otherwise a silly action film full of daffy jokes. "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2" IMDB  Featured Music: "Fox on the Run" by Sweet.

The Atomic age is upon Blood on the Tracks this month as all sorts of strange radiation-born monsters are invading the perfect utopia that was the 1950s *cough-cough*. Anyway, it was a great decade to be a sci-fi and horror fan, and it was a decade that produced a lot of great film scores. Lee curates a playlist that reflects some of the best examples of this fact, in his opinion. --Main Title from "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (1953) --David Buttolph --Main Title & Fury of Godzilla from "Godzilla" (1954) --Akira Ifukube --Blasted Arachnid from "Tarantula" (1955) --Henry Mancini & Herman Stein --Suite from "Beginning of the End" (1957) --Albert Glasser --Orchestral Suite 8 from "The Amazing Colossal Man" (1957) --Albert Glasser --Main Title from "Attack of the Crab Monsters" (1957) --Ronald Stein --Homura Club - Background Music #1 from "The H-Man" (1958) --Masaru Satoh --Main Titles & End Titles from "Fiend Without a Face" (1958) --Buxton Orr --Suite from "The Atomic Submarine" (1959) -- Ale

Lee, Leah and special guest Gary Hill join the mile high club this week as they talk about "Fly Me" (1973). This Roger Corman-produced off-shoot of his sexy nurses films features the directing talents of Cirio H. Santiago, Jonathan Demme, and Curtis Hanson; and along with a cast of often-naked beauties, it has bit parts by Dick Miller and Vic Diaz. How can it fail? Tune in to find out! Italian mothers; sex slavery; bad martial arts; bloody shoot-outs: this film has it all and more! The hosts also talk about what they've watched recently. So get your tickets and hop aboard TMBDOS! Airlines. "Fly Me" IMDB  Check out Gary's podcast here.  Featured Music: Excerpts from the score to "Fly Me" by Willie Arce & "Waitress in the Sky" by The Replacements.

Lee and Leah find themselves with the daunting task of talking about "Citizen Kane" (1941) -- the film that put Orson Welles on the map, and is often hailed as the greatest film of all time. But is it any good? Does it hold up? Is it a case of style over substance? Do the hosts have anything new to say about this film? Maybe not, but join in anyway to hear their opinions; Lee get in a fight with a moth live on the recording; and what the hosts have watched to as of late. "Citizen Kane" IMDB  Featured Music: "The Glass Ball" & "Prelude" by Bernard Herrmann.

Lee and Leah are joined on this episode by special guest Daniel Segura, of the excellent Moustachioed Podcastio to talk about a film that deals with bride kidnapping and honour killings - and it's a swinging 1960s comedy! On this episode they cover the Monica Vitti-starring film "The Girl with the Pistol" (1968). Also, as Daniel is a first-time guest, he gets to play The Movie God Game. Can Lee stump two people in a row? The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. So gather up your lira, get a passport and a gun, and come with us to England for some sweet, sweet revenge. "The Girl with the Pistol" IMDB  Check out The Moustachioed Podcastio on Instagram; Twitter and Podbean.   Check out the first episode of the Last Call at Torchy's Podcast.  Check out Leah's guest spot on Cinema Beef. Check out Leah's Instagram.  Featured Music: "La Ragazza Con La Pistola"; Shake Balera" & In Due" by Peppino De Luca.

Despite the subject matter, Lee & Leah try to keep in good spirits while having a pretty serious chat about a very different rape/revenge film, in Emerald Fennell's "Promising Young Woman" (2020). "Promising Young Woman" IMDB  Featured Music: "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You, Baby" by Donna Missal.

It's been a busy summer so far for Lee, so he's half-assing it a bit on this episode and presenting another TMBDOS! grab bag episode, featuring soundtrack and score selections found on more recent episodes of the They Must Be Destroyed On Sight! podcast. --Day of the Dead from "Day of the Dead" (1985) --John Harrison (Episode 200) --Theme from Southern Comfort from "Southern Comfort" (1981) --Ry Cooder (Episode 201) --Main Theme from "The Final Terror" (1983) --Susan Justin (Intermission 26) --The Hit from "Q & A" (1990) --Ruban Blades (Episode 205) --Hardly Wait from "Strange Days" (1995) --Juliette Lewis (Episode 206) --Samurai Theme from "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999) --The RZA (Episode 208) --Main Title from "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) --Franz Waxman (Episode 218) --Main Theme from "Blood Song" (1982) --Robert J. Walsh (Intermission 28) --End Credits from "Alligator" (1980) --Craig Hundley (Episode 222) --Faster Pussycat! from "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (1965) --The Bostweeds

Lee, Leah, and special guest Vaughn Kuhlmeier of the excellent podcast Motion Picture Massacre attempt to slay the dragon that is Terry Gilliam's Monty Python-adjacent film "Jabberwocky" (1977). Not loved at its time of release, is this still a critical failure, or has its politics and social messages aged much better over the years? Is it funny? What did they get away with while still rated PG? Why is Steven Spielberg a fucking hack? Also: the hosts talk about what they have watched recently, and Vaughn plays a harrowing round of the Movie God Game! So take up your lances and charge at the monster with us! "Jabberwocky" IMDB  Check out Vaughn's podcast here.  Featured Music: "The Bankquet Pt.3 (Brandle De Brourgogne)" by Spencer Nakin & "Les Damnes" by Pierre Arvay.

Lee, Leah, and the returning Daniel hang-out in the desert to get drunk and talk about giant ants, that are bent on spreading communism across the world. Or something. Yes, it's the Gordon Douglas-directed, 1954 atomic age monster movie classic "Them!". We talk about the thinly veiled themes in the film; the agency of female scientists in a 1950s sci-fi horror; educational films about ants; government, military, and local authorities actually working together like they should to solve issues; and way too much about formic acid. Leah and Daniel also talk about what they've watched as of late. "Them!" IMDB  Featured Music: "Main Title" & "Military Takes Over; Through The Tunnels" by Bronislau Kaper.

Lee and Leah are back this episode to talk about Guillermo del Toro's fantasy/horror/anti fascist film set in the post-Spanish Civil War era, "Pan's Labyrinth" (2006). Most of the talk revolves around what is or isn't real in the film and the central themes, as well as the amazing special effects and visuals. You might say the hosts really Faun over this one. Thank you, we're here all week. Try the veal. The hosts also cover what they've watched as of late. "Pan's Labyrinth" IMDB Featured Music: "Long, Long Time Ago" by Javier Navarrete; "Dance of the Satyrs" by Deamonia Nymphe; and "En los Jardines de Granada" by Rafael Medina.

Lee is back in a super-sized episode, finishing off his look at the prolific contributions to film music from the talented duo of Guido & Maurizio De Angelis, AKA: Oliver Onions. --Seq. 1 & Temi di Laura from "My Father's Wife" (1976) --Main Theme from "Cop in Blue Jeans" (1976) --Caccia All'uomo, Pt. 1 & Il Grande Racket, Pt. 1 from "The Big Racket" (1976) --Nata Leri from "Due sul Pianerottolo" (1976) -- Vocals by Rita Pavone --Main Theme from "Safari Express" (1976) --The Shadow of the Killer from "Death Rage" (1976) --Keoma (Harmonica) & Keoma from "Keoma" (1976) -- Vocals by Sybil & Guy --Hombres Del Mar; Arrembaggio; Yara & from The Black Corsair (1976) --Main Theme from "Mr. Robinson" (1976) --Notti Romane from "Messalina, Messalina!" (1977) --Wolf from "A Man Called Blade" (1977) -- Vocals by Cesare De Natale --Main Titles from "Goodbye & Amen" (1977) --Bulldozer from "Bulldozer" (1978) --Brotherly Love from "Odds and Evens" (1978) --Killer Fish (Instrumental) from "Kill

Lee, Leah, and returning special guest Gary Hill get their rain slickers and galoshes out to tackle "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), one of the best known and most well-loved of the big Hollywood musicals, featuring the talents of Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and a very young Debbie Reynolds. What Gary and Leah have watched as of late is also covered, and Lee reads an unusually long and informative YouTube comment. "Singin' in the Rain" IMDB  Check out Gary Hill at Cinema Beef Featured Music: "Fit as a Fiddle" (Ready for Love) by Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor & "Singin' in the Rain" by Gene Kelly.

Lee and Lady Leah have a conversation covering their thoughts on director Joshua Oppenheimer's 2012 documentary "The Act of Killing", which is about the surviving Indonesian death-squad leaders, who were responsible for the deaths of over one million people from 1964-65. A lot of it is just the shock and anger both hosts felt while watching the brazen boasting by these monsters, but they do get into Oppenheimer's unique and non-confrontational way he goes about opening these people up and showing what they truly are, with their own words and shallow justifications. It's not a fun film to talk about, but we think the discussion about it was quite good at least. Listener feedback and what Lady Leah has watched as of late are also covered. "The Act of Killing" IMDB  Featured Music: "Born Free" by John Barry and Don Black & "Bola" by Ona Sutra.