56:04 – Just how did Satan become the big bad of seventies horror films? A seasonal look at Satanic cinema, taking in some forgotten devilish gems and a couple of randomly selected diabolical trailers, including:
A Little Less Time For Satan ¦ Forgotten Film: God Told Me To (1976) ¦ Random Movie Trailer: The Devil’s Plaything (1973) ¦ Forgotten Film: The Legacy (1978) ¦ Random Movie Trailer: Beast of the Yellow Night (1971) ¦ Forgotten Film: Beyond the Door (1974)
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Oct 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
40:22 – Highlighting the unheralded victims of the UK’s current fuel shortages, Doc Sleaze also muses on recent adventures in pop culture past, boredom-inducing villainy, Sam Pekinpah’s last stand and How the West Was Rewritten, including:
Won’t Somebody Think of the Arsonists? ¦ ‘Fire’ by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Excerpt ¦ Down Under with the Kids ¦ ‘Baywatch’ title theme ¦ Back on the Beach ¦ ‘Baywatch’ Series 7 Episode 12 Excerpt ¦ Western Revisionism ¦ ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) Trailer ¦ The Tedium of the Recurring Villain ¦ ‘The Osterman Weekend’ (1983 ) Trailer ¦ Forgotten Film: The Osterman Weekend
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Sep 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
46:18: It’s the ‘Silly Season’ when Britain’s press is traditionally full of tales of UFOs, Nazis and Nessie, so we take a look at the rise and fall of the ‘Season of Silliness’ before taking in various oddments of pop culture, ranging from more bat-shit crazy Japanese video strangeness, Nazi zombies, gardening serial killers and more. Includes:
Rise and Fall of the Silly Season ¦ Polk County Pot Plane (1977) Trailer ¦ Pot Planes, Car Chases and Regional Cinema ¦ Star Virgin (1988) Theme Song ¦ Forgotten Film: Star Virgin (1988) ¦ Absurd (1981) Trailer ¦ The Ideal Exploitation Family ¦ Hatchet (2007) Trailer ¦ Hacked Off ¦ Zombie Lake (1981) Trailer ¦ Guaranteed No Nazi Zombies?
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Aug 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
1:10:38 – Back in the world of sexploitation, we explore the intimate relationships between sex, violence and horror, via the medium of seventies erotic action movies, German smut and eighties and nineties action heroines, going on a brief detour through Japanese pop culture past before exploring the genius of Jess Franco. Includes:
Blood and Smut (Part 1) ¦ The Schoolgirl Report 2 (1971) Excerpt from English dub ¦ Blood and Smut (Part 2) ¦ Angel of Destruction (1994) trailer ¦ Forgotten Film: Savage Streets (1984) ¦ Savage Streets (1984) trailer ¦ Sailor Suited Schoolgirl Crime Fighters ¦ Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974) opening and closing credits (in Japanese) ¦ Forgotten Film: Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974) ¦ The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1972) excerpt ¦ The Genius of Jess Franco
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Jul 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
1:00:59 – Just why do we watch bad movies? What are bad movies? From amateur mobile phone shot slashers, through priapic sea monsters to gigantic rubber snakes, we explore the various varieties of cinematic badness on offer, including:
Moto Psycho and Amateur Schlock ¦ Moto Psycho Trailer (2012) ¦ Cult of the Bad Movie ¦ Drive In Massacre Trailer (1976) ¦ Drive Ins of Death ¦ The Lucifer Complex (1979) TV Trailer ¦ Forgotten Film – The Lucifer Complex (1979) ¦ Random Movie Trailer – Blood Tide (1982) ¦ Forgotten Film – Thunder of Gigantic Serpent (1988)
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Jun 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
27:30 – Another rag bag of pop culture off cuts, ranging from the nihilistic allure and restorative qualities of Norwegian Black Metal to a distressing episode of ‘ChiPs’, taking in classic UK TV commercials and Greek diabolism along the way. Includes:
Black Metal Blues ¦ Commercial Breakdown – Hong Kong Harry (includes two entries from ‘Leeds Liquid Gold’ eighties campaign featuring George Cole) ¦ Seeing is not Believing ¦ Capricorn One (1978) Trailer ¦ Distressing Episode ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Land of the Minotaur’ (1976)
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released May 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
52:18 – It’s crime time! A look at crime, criminals and cops, from Scotland Yard to the 87th Precinct, encompassing a tale of true crime, Britain’s favourite TV cop, killer kids and police corruption and incompetence. Includes:
Edgar Lustgarten introduces the ‘The Drayton Case’ (Scotland Yard (1953) ¦ I Met a Murderer ¦ Some introductory words from PC George Dixon featuring Jack Warner (Dixon of Dock Green 1973) ¦ Britain’s Favourite Copper? ¦ The Strange Affair (1968) Excerpt ¦ Forgotten Film – The Strange Affair (1968) ¦ Fuzz (1972) Trailer ¦ Forgotten Film – Fuzz (1972) ¦ The Children (1980) Trailer ¦ Killer Kids on Film ¦ Bloody Birthday (1981) Trailer ¦ Dixon of Dock Green wraps up the episode
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Apr 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
33:04 – A look at toys past, as Doc Sleaze ponders on all those seventies toys he never had (and some he did have), before moving onto the subject of ‘big boys’ toys’ with a look at whether blow up sex dolls can ever be effective movie monsters, before concluding with a look at the secret Nazi sub-texts of Dr Seuss. Includes:
ATV Colour Ident ¦ Toying With the Past ¦ UK TV Toy and Games Ads October 1981 ¦ Big, Big Train ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘Spasmo’ (1974) ¦ ‘How Sanitary are Rented Sex Dolls?’ CBC Report 13 Jan 20 (via YouTube) ¦ Sex Dolls of Death ¦ ‘Sex Doll Central’ Rachael McCoy Reports for Inspiring Sexuality TV 30 Nov 18 (via YouTube) ¦ The Cat in the Coal Scuttle Helmet?
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Mar 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
36:40 – After being MIA since the New Year, Doc Sleaze is back, looking at the cultural significance of washing machines, declaring war on Amazon Prime, the role of library music in schlock movie making and much more in this edition, which includes:
Empire or Bust ¦ Washing Machine Sounds ¦ Fate as a Washing Machine ¦ The Washing Machine (1993) Trailer ¦ The Washing Machine in Pop Culture ¦ The Mangler (1995) Trailer ¦ Prime Rant ¦ Battle of the Amazons (1973) Trailer ¦ Prime Idiocy ¦ Beyond Atlantis (1974) Trailer ¦ Knowing the Score ¦ ITN News at Ten Theme (‘The Awakening’ by Johnny Pearce)
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Feb 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
11:07 – We finally reach the end of our festive journey and celebrate the end of Christmas by going back to the beginning and looking at a Mexican Santa Claus movie. Plus, Doc Sleaze’s musings on Twelfth Night. Includes:
Random Movie Trailer – Santa Claus (1960) ¦ Christmas Bells ¦ Twelfth Night ¦ Christmas Bells
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Jan 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
