Show Notes
This month on The Thriller Cabinet, film critic Johnny Restall celebrates the 75th anniversary of one of the finest noirs of them all: Abraham Polonsky's subversive and scathing FORCE OF EVIL, starring John Garfield, Thomas Gomez and Beatrice Pearson. Expect corruption, politics and tragedy as he explores the film's fiercely moving excoriation of success, integrity, brotherly love and the capitalist dream...
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Join host Johnny Restall and horror writer Andrew Lyall as they pass each other the runes and invoke Jacques Tourneur's classic NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957), starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, and Niall MacGinnis. How does it compare to 'Casting the Runes,' the M.R. James short story the film is based on? Should we see the demon onscreen or not? Are the filmmakers' claims to have consulted a 'real-life witch' believable? Listen and find out all this and more! If you'd like to find more of Andreww's work, you can find him on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@GrumpyAndrewsHorrorHouse
Join host Johnny Restall and writer/critic Mario Dhingsa as they venture into the water to celebrate 50 years of Steven Spielberg's classic JAWS (1975). Expect treacherous mayors, salty seadogs, and lots of stealthy shark attacks as we analyse the story, style, and legacy of arguably the first true Summer Blockbuster. If you'd like to follow Mario on social media, you can find him here: https://x.com/MarioDhingsa
Join host Johnny Restall and writer and critic Gem Seddon as they explore the terrors of Rob Reiner's masterful 1990 MISERY, starring Kathy Bates and James Caan, adapted from Stephen King's 1987 novel. How faithful is it to the book? Who owns a creative work - the author or the fans? And has anyone ever won an OSCAR by chopping people's feet off? Find out by listening! If you'd like to follow Gem Seddon, you can find her on BlueSky @gemseddon.bsky.social, and you can find her Highway To Horror website here: https://highwaytohorror.com/
Join host Johnny Restall and film critic and podcaster Tim Coleman as they examine Michael Mann's MANHUNTER (1986) starring William Petersen, Tom Noonan and Brian Cox. How does the film compare to the later, more famous adaptations of Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lector novels? How does it fit in with the rest of Mann's filmography? And just who is really hunting who...? If you'd like to find more of Tim's work, you can follow him on Bluesky at @fatscoleman.bsky.social or by searching 'The Top 100' podcast wherever you're listening to this from!