Property Cowherd: 3 with Udo Kier

     This week we bring May to a close with a celebration of the most character of actors- Udo Kier! Two from his early days in 70s European art films and one of more recent vintage as a face among genre enthusiasts. 

     When Count Dracula, last of his line and quickly declining in health, must leave his ancestral home looking for a virgin bride for a quick sip to regain his lost strength. He travels to pre-Fascist Italy and becomes involved with the di Fiore family, impoverished landowners looking to improve their station. The only person standing in his way is estate handyman Mario, Marxist revolutionary and communal di Fiore lover. Will anyone have Blood for Dracula or will Mario sleep his way to the top of the social ladder first?
     A young photographer is taken by her lover, Renee, to a training facility for women getting deeper into the sadomasochistic lifestyle. Soon she is traded up to her lover's older step brother and sent for more training. The she's used to get her former lover a new woman by seducing her for him... and everyone is very detached and disaffected by all of it. Based on the notorious novel of the same name but jettisoning the lead's perspective to fully embrace the objectification inherent in the work- The Story of O.
     Everyone's best known little wooden boy has been fully human for a couple of years now and finds his life with old Geppetto fairly dull. Just when the old puppet maker has a bout of exhaustion, Madam Flambeau's travelling sideshow and miracle elixir sales rolls into town with a shocking number of people connected to our hero's previous adventure. Desperate to cure his father so he will have less work to do, our real live boy makes a stupid decision and signs away his life to the side show... unfortunately, the wrong person becomes a living puppet this time. However will he escape the witch's grasp? The New Adventures of Pinocchio.
     All that and Kevin shudders in delight, Tyler visits a happy place, and Dave is lost under the sea. Join us, won't you?
   Episode 310: Property Cowherd- 3 with Udo Kier

Diagnosis: Samurai Night Fever

     This week two films about Chinese-Americans and cross cultural experiences. 

     Billi maintains a close relationship with her Nai Nai (paternal grandmother), despite there being half a planet between them. When Nai Nai is diagnosed with late stage terminal lung cancer, which the rest of their family have decided to keep secret from Nai Nai. The whole family gathers under false pretenses to have The Farewell.

     Jo and Steve are purchasing their taxi medallion. Their friend, Chan, volunteers to be the transactional go-between. Unfortunately, Chan has disappeared, along with the money. The two men begin a search for their friend in San Francisco's Chinatown population. Wayne Wang's second feature and part of the US National Film Registry, Chan is Missing.

    Join us, won't you?
  Episode 309- Diagnosis: Samurai Night Fever

SCALES

     This week two movies with couples that really want to kiss but never do. 

     Mia is almost 16 and has just moved to a new town. Before long she befriends Gianna, head of a more rebellious clique, and tries to fit in. Unfortunately, she is about to undergo some changes which are a far cry from normal adolescence. The first feature by Lisa Brühlmann, Blue My Mind.
     An evil spirit takes a late night stroll and music teacher Eric Longfellow rises from his grave. Eric wastes no time in opening a new music school and starting a killing spree, where he squeezes the life force from others to extend his day pass from hell. Unfortunately, his neighbor Gerry Kinder spends an inordinate amount of time thinking about him. Soon the two men will be on a collision course to a final showdown. Don Dohler takes a break from visiting aliens to try his hand at a new kind of horror, Fiend. 
     All that and Dave watches a prison riot, Tyler pokes a bellringing Frenchman with a stick, and Kevin likes to watch. Join us, won't you?
    Episode 308- SCALES

Cosmic Anthropoid

     This week two strangers in strange lands and the rednecks that oppose them.

     When new infrared images reveal an uncharted island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Petrox Oil sends an expedition to take samples for drilling. Along the way they pick up a stowaway paleontologist and an adrift ingenue. If they don't find oil, they will have found a forty foot tall primate named Kong by the indigenous population. The first remake of the RKO monster horror classic, King Kong.
     When an alien lifeform lands in Harleyville, Maryland it probably doesn't expect to run afoul of local jerk Joe. Soon Joe is leading a group of his drinking buddies through the woods intent on capturing the visiting green man. Don Dohler's third alien in the woods of Maryland film, Galaxy Invader.
     All that and Dave gets a kung-fu grip, Tyler sells out to the Mouse, Craig naps without his lucky undies, and Kevin watches all from his own pocket of subspace. Join us, won't you??

   Episode 307- Cosmic Anthropoid