Season 2: Episode 25 - 2 FOR ONE: Homicidal (1962) / Dressed to Kill (1980)

Homicidal (1962) 

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William Castle’s now infamous take off of Psycho is now a modern B classic.  Released with a ‘fright break’ where audience, if too scared, could leave and get their money back.  If an audience did want their money back, they would have to sit in a special section called ‘Coward Corner’ and sit there as the audience left before their money was refunded.

 

The film would break box office records and placed on the top ten films of 1962.  The films shock ending surpassed Psycho’s for some critics but the audiences ate it up.  The film starred Jean Arliss (Joan Marshall), Patricia Breslin and Glenn Corbett.   A matter of interest is Jean Arliss whose real name is Joan Marshall would be cast in the pilot of The Munsters as Phoebe Munster but the part would be cast when it was picked up with Yvonne DeCarlo playing the same character but now as Lily Munsters.

Our special guest host Will Millar has written about William Castle.  If you would like more information, you can find them on his blog which are the following links:

Part 1. 

http://inadventofthezombieholocaust.blogspot.com/2012/06/william-castle-part-one.html

 

Part 2.

http://inadventofthezombieholocaust.blogspot.com/2012/07/like-lot-of-people-i-believe-that-kid.html

 

Dressed to Kill (1980)

 

Brian DePalma’s ode to Psycho in his 1980’s classic Dressed to Kill would set a new bar in shock with an already tried formula.  The 80’s audience were not ready for this film when it hit cinemas but it would go on to be a modern horror classic.

 

Released initially with an X rating then trimmed to get a hard R rating, Dressed to Kill would be released as a erotic mystery thriller.   The film stars Nancy Allen, Michael Kain, Angie Dickinson, Keith Gordon and Dennis Franz.  Music score by Pino Donaggio and written and directed by Brian DePalma.

 

We are joined by Matthew Brockmeyer author of Kind Nepenthe, winner of the Maxie award 2018 and Will Millar, author of Infernal Machines and Children of Judas series.  Make sure you check out their work on Amazon which both authors are receiving fantastic reviews and you do not want to miss a single release from these two incredible authors.

 

Opening Credits (.20); Introduction (4.26); Forming the Plot (9.17); Prologue (16.35); Commercial Break (17.07); Film Trailer (17.39); Page to Page (20.03); Outlining the Script (54.57); Commercial Break (58.11); Film Trailer (58.42); In Sequence (1:00.51); Lights, Camera, Action (1:12.56); Epilogue (1:51.01); End Credits (1:59.42); Closing Theme (2:02)

 

Opening Credits – Dressed to Kill (Pulsion) – composed by Pino Donnagio from the album Nicholas Winding Refn Presents: The Wicked Die Young

 

Closing Credits – Dressed to Kill – by Cher from the album Closer Than Truth.

 

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