The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

842. Harry and the Hendersons (1987) — Torture Cinema #158

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https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-842-harryandthe-hendersons/SandF_842_HarryandtheHendersons.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSFur-matronics, foot games, and big foot burial practices, oh my! Shaun Duke and Julia Rios join forces to talk about 1987’s Harry and the Hendersons! Together, they discuss the film’s ridiculous plot, the fine use of animatronics and physical comedy, production oddities, the 80s, and more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

841. Sophie Burnham (a.k.a. The Materfamilias) — Sargassa

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https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-841-sophie-burnham/SandF_841_SophieBurnham.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSImperial histories, class resistance, and alternative Romes, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer are joined by novelist Sophie Burnham for an interview about Sargassa, the second book in the Ex Romana trilogy! Together, they discuss Burnham’s approach to alternate history and worldbuilding, the role of internal resistance in oppressive systems, the challenges of writing a series, and more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Cover of Star Trek: Lost to Eternity, by Greg Cox, featuring profiles of Kirk, Spock, and Saavik, with the Enterprise, against a green and blue starfield.
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Book Review – STAR TREK: LOST TO ETERNITY by Greg Cox

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Set in three separate time periods, the recent Star Trek (Original Series) novel Lost to Eternity features three separate story lines that reveal connection and converge as the novel progresses. Writing one single story line can be challenging enough, let alone three, particularly under limitations that a franchise series novel could involve. Star Trek novel readers will likely recognize the name Greg Cox and appreciate that he might be able to succeed at making such a novel engaging. And he certainly does.

Website image for FrightFest 2025, London, UK, featuring a green monster menacing an Odeon theatre.
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Movie Reviews: Five from FrightFest 2025 London, UK

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We had the opportunity to screen five of the films featured in the annual FrightFest this past summer in London. Promoting “the Dark Heart of Cinema,” FearFest 2025 included close to 100 features (both new films and recent restorations) and short film showcases across five days.  Though it was not one of the ones we had a chance to view, I was excited to see that their programming included the new 4K restoration of Harry Kümel’s Malpertuis (The Legend of Doom House) based on the classic “Belgian-weird” novel of Jean Ray. A definitive translation of that novel is available from Wakefield Press and the film adaptation is available on physical media from Radiance or as a Digital Cinema Package for screenings from an AGFA library scan.

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