Show Notes
This house is not a home, but all our friends are here. For the first in our Haunted House Duology for the 2026 Halloween season, The Syndicate is joined by the artist formerly known as Spicy Goldman to discuss a mad and mysterious transitioner distributed by "The Professionals" and directed by a red Corvette driving Edward D. Wood Jr.
If you've never heard of The Only House in Town, there's probably a reason. If you have heard of The Only House in Town, you may be wondering what there is to say about this seemingly unfinished bump 'n grinder with about 2% plot and 98% softcore orgy. Well, we hope you'd know by now that there is something to say about even the most ineptly made, bottom-of-the-barrel sexploiter (except maybe those Cosmos Films). Now, we're not saying that The Only House in Town is one of those, well, maybe Casey is, but nevertheless, we were excited to bring Shawn "Spicy" Langrick back on the show to let him do what he does best: educate.
Shawn provided a commentary for the 2024 release of House that appeared on Severin's 3-disc "Hard Wood" set, in which he and Greg Dziawer dropped a research bombshell about the location of the titular house. And it all came down to a window. In between the recording of that commentary and the street date of that set, Shawn kept digging, and found even more information about the production of the film and some of the key players in it. We were happy to provide an outlet for that information, and of course, to get the chance to talk about some of our favorite girls: Lynn Harris, Jane Tsentas, Neola Graef and Uschi Digard.
Oh, and the guys are alright too. In fact, Shawn has some interesting background into a couple of them. Let's just say, maybe unsurprisingly for this Hollywood, CA film, The Church of Scientology is involved. Join us for House Part 1, it may not be the spookiest choice of film, but the sound quality sure is frightening.
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