Tonight, the boys are back in business in a big way. We have classics, to not so classics, on the syllabus tonight as the Professors of Provocation take to the microphones and stew and sing the praises of modern and not-so-modern horror cinema.
Police on the Scene with a Crime Prevention Lean Classic
Originally Released: 10/14/2012
Postal Scams with Brian Haraway, U.S. Post Office
We speak to Brian Haraway, U.S. Post Office tells us how the postal inspectors combat postal fraud…and you’re a big part! Get educated on what’s happening and don’t get taken advantage of.
Video taken September 2012 at WCPPA Conference in Appleton, WI
Alfred Hitchcock, arguably, created the slasher genre in the 60’s with his sublime film Psycho based on Robert Bloch’s shocking (for the time) book of the same name. You would need to be a psycho yourself to try to make a sequel 23 years later.
Well, Richard Franklin didn’t know any better. He made Psycho II anyway.
My OCD is acting up again.
Richard who? I had to look him up, too. His only other notable film, to my mind, was F/X 2, a criminally underseen action movie of the greatest action movie decade ever. You would have to have nothing to lose to try something like this.
This looks just like the one on the Universal backlot tour.
Now, it wasn’t like he did it alone. Somehow, he was able to entice Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles from the original cast to return. Great character actor Robert Loggia and ingénue Meg Tilly round out the cast. Armed with a script from Tom Holland, who has serious horror credits like Fright Night and Child’s Play to his credit, they were ready to take on the classic. (By the way, Robert Bloch’s novel Psycho II is nothing like the film and a little meta. I often think it was the blueprint to some of the 90’s slashers that followed Scream.)
Creepiest couple ever.
Except they weren’t. At least not completely. While Franklin mimics some of Hitchcock’s most flashy shots from the original, it feels like imitation…not homage. The Jerry Goldsmith score, while perfectly serviceable, can’t replace the rip-roaring theme by Bernard Herrmann. The project, though, is well produced and the script is solid in amping up Norman from a seemingly weak goof at the beginning of the flick to the deranged mad man we all know and love as the film progresses.
The thing in his hand, children, is a wired telephone.
So, the movie doesn’t quite stack up to what is considered one of the greatest directors of all time’s top five films…but what can??? They did a good job with this film and it is a fun little fear machine. Enjoy it for what it is and try not to compare it to the original so much that you lose this movie’s merits in the process.
All of the TKPN Podcast Network programming has moved over to Twitch. Twitch is a popular live streaming platform that has featured primarily gamer type of streams but has been branching out to an ever expanding audience of podcasting and talk programs.
We’ve decided to move over to Twitch because it is the one service out there that was developed specifically for live streaming. Their tools should simplify our overall workflow in getting content to our viewers and listeners.
TKPN Podcast Network
To participate in our live chatrooms, you will need a Twitch account. If you just wish to view the stream, you do not need an account. Our presence on YouTube, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Pandora, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Stitcher and other popular podcasting locations will not be altered as part of the transition.
Most exciting for us is the opportunity to develop a community where we can hold chat parties while watching programming, such as Amazon Prime films or re-broadcasting episodes of our programming. Or even watching live television events. Also with the easier tools, I will be able to bring on guest hosts if ever needed which is something I have been striving for sometime, particularly on the PageantCast.
All of the TKPN Podcast Network programming has moved over to Twitch. Twitch is a popular live streaming platform that has featured primarily gamer type of streams but has been branching out to an ever expanding audience of podcasting and talk programs.
We’ve decided to move over to Twitch because it is the one service out there that was developed specifically for live streaming. Their tools should simplify our overall workflow in getting content to our viewers and listeners.
TKPN Podcast Network
To participate in our live chatrooms, you will need a Twitch account. If you just wish to view the stream, you do not need an account. Our presence on YouTube, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Pandora, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Stitcher and other popular podcasting locations will not be altered as part of the transition. Most exciting for us is the opportunity to develop a community where we can hold chat parties while watching programming, such as Amazon Prime films or re-broadcasting episodes of our programming. Or even watching live television events. Also with the easier tools, I will be able to bring on guest hosts if ever needed which is something I have been striving for sometime, particularly on the PageantCast.
