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BBandBC Podcast EP73 – Night of the Cobra Woman EP73 is here and Mike and Iris talk about the Roger Corman produced film Night of the Cobra Woman (1972). During this episode we can’t help but wonder why Filipino men are so horny and why snake venom looks a lot like sperm. We also go over Facebook feedback and play a couple of listener voicemails. So tune in, listen, and enjoy the show!
Night of the Cobra Woman (12:36) Category: Body Counts Badass: None (both Mike and Iris) Boob Count: 4 pair Body Count: 5 Iris’s Rating: D Mike’s Rating: C- Recommend: No (both Mike and Iris)
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Contact The Show: The BBandBC Facebook Fan Page (please like) The BBandBC Facebook Group (please join) Mike on Twitter (please follow) Iris on Twitter (please follow) Show Email Show Voicemail (702) 751-7469
Coming Up Next Week: In EP74, Mike and Iris will be tackling the Craig R. Baxley directed film Stone Cold (1991) staring the amazing Brian Bosworth. We’ll touch down on Mullets, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe and why the film got lost in the sea of early 90’s action films.
Show Notes: Night of the Cobra Woman (IMDB) : The Projection Booth : Creature Feature Podcast
BBandBC Podcast EP52 – The Big Doll House In EP52 of the Badasses, Boobs and Body Counts Podcast, your hosts Mike and Iris discuss Jack Hill’s exploitation women in prison film, The Big Doll House (1971). Your two hosts also put up with a number of aggravating Skype disconnects while trying to get through Pam Grier’s “real” first film. Luckily, Mike manages to splice it all together making for a decent episode considering the technical difficulties. We hope you enjoy!
The Big Doll House (12:32) Category: Boobs Badass: None (Mike) Alcott (Iris) Boob Count: 13 pair Body Count: 21 Iris’s Rating: C+ Mike’s Rating: C+ Recommend: Yes (both Mike and Iris)
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Coming up in EP53 In EP53, your two show hosts Mike and Iris will be looking at Ruggero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust (1980). This one’s infamous for a number of different reasons and Iris and I will talk about those during the show. And oh, Iris has never seen this one before so it should be a fantastic discussion.
Show Notes: The Big Doll House (IMDB) : Cinema Beef Podcast : The Movie-Fan Attic
BBandBC Podcast EP50 – Attack of the Gorilla Beast In EP50 of the Badasses, Boobs and Body Counts Podcast, your hosts Mike and Iris discuss The Beast That Killed Women (1965) and Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957). The Beast That Killed Women has the highest boob count to date on any episode we’ve released and Attack of the Crab Monsters is so bad it’s good. We also read feedback from the Facebook question of the week and play a message from a longtime friend of the show. We hope you enjoy the show!
The Beast That Killed Women (11:58) Category: Boobs Badass: None (both Mike and Iris) Boob Count: 79 pair Body Count: 2 Iris’s Rating: C- Mike’s Rating: D+ Recommend: Yes (both Mike and Iris)
Attack of the Crab Monsters (52:08) Category: Everything Else Badass: None (both Mike and Iris) Boob Count: 0 pair Body Count: 9 Iris’s Rating: B+ Mike’s Rating: C+ Recommend: Yes (both Mike and Iris)
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Coming up in EP51 In EP51, your two show hosts Mike and Iris will be taking on another double feature in that of Alfred Sole’s Tanya’s Island (1980) and Gil Bettman’s Never Too Young to Die (1986). Both these rarely seen films feature the lovely D.D. Winters, aka Vanity ( The Last Dragon , Action Jackson and Deadly Illusion ) and in the case of the latter film, a very young John Stamos and Gene Simmons in drag.
Show Notes: The Beast That Killed Women (IMDB) : Attack of the Crab Monsters (IMDB) : Daily Grindhouse : The Movie-Fan Attic
EP35 – Humanoids From the Deep In EP35 of the Badasses, Boobs and Body Counts Podcast, your host Mike is joined by guest host Kevin Bachelder of the Tuning In To Sci-Fi TV and Saturday B-Movie Reel Podcasts. Mike and Kevin tackle the Roger Corman produced Humanoids From the Deep (1980) and have deep discussions on half human, half fish mutants who rape unwilling female victims. OK, well, maybe the discussions aren’t that deep. But they are discussions.
Humanoids From the Deep (7:28) Category: Body Counts Badass: The kid who threw the fiery spear (Mike) Carol (Kevin) Boob Count: 5 pair Body Count: 15 Rape Count: 3 IMDB Rating: 5.5 Kevin’s Rating: 7.0 Mike’s Rating: 6.5 Recommend: Yes (both Mike and Kevin)
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Coming up in EP36 In EP36, your host Mike will be joined by guest Paul “Doc” Crowson of the Dr. Action and the Kick Ass Kid Commentaries show. The Doc and Mike are going to be discussing some Burt Reynolds in the early 80’s action flick, Sharky’s Machine. So pull up your mustache and stay awhile as this is sure to be an action packed episode!
Show Notes: Humanoids From the Deep (IMDB) : Tuning In To Sci-Fi TV : Saturday B-Movie Reel : Beverly Gray : Beverly in Movieland Facebook Page
Podcast Promo’s: The Projection Booth
The Plot: The Arena begins nice and peaceful by showing us what appears to be a wedding ceremony of sorts. There’s a small crowd of men, women and children in the woods peacefully going about their business. Minutes later, the ceremony is broken up by soldiers on horseback killing all but the women. Elsewhere, we see a dance ceremony of the same nature where the women are dancing with men in what appears to be a tribal ceremony. And again, soldiers on horseback rush in killing all but the women.
Once the women are rounded up, they’re taken to the small Roman town of Brundisium. It’s here that the women are sold as slaves to a man called Timarchus (Daniele Vargas). Timarchus force the women to strip in order to clean them up. Once cleaned and dressed, the women are offered to the gladiators who fight in the arena. The women also serve as slaves to the men of Brundisium.
During one evening while preparing a dinner feast, both Bodicia (Margaret Markov) and Mamawi (Pam Grier) start a fight among the other slave girls. It’s during this fight that Timarchus gets the idea of putting women into the arena as female gladiators, fighting to their deaths. Both Bodicia and Mamawi realize the only way to their freedom is to agree to the idea as Timarchus has promised freedom to the winner of the fights.
The Takeaway: Those of you who have seen The Arena and also Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000) starring Russell Crowe, will know that The Arena is similar to that of Scott’s bigger budget epic. The idea of rounding-up men, and in the case of The Arena , women, isn’t new as The Arena did it years earlier. The idea is however nearly identical in every way, shape and form to that of Gladiator . That being said, and knowing that Roger Corman played executive producer to this low budget adventure film, The Arena turns out to be an above average sword and sandal film.
From a filmmaking standpoint, direction, cinematography, editing and story are on the same scale as other Corman productions before it. As the story goes, there are corrupt Roman politicians, gay flamboyant characters, rough and gritty gladiators and topping this all off are the lovely lady gladiators whom are often naked throughout the film. Truth be told, I only own this film because of the beautiful Pam Grier and the fact that she gets completely naked more than once. Yes, I’m a pervert! However, the film is a very fun watch despite my perviness and I rather enjoyed seeing the women rise up to fight for their freedom.
Film Facts: The Arena was directed by Steve Carver, written by John and Joyce Corrington, edited by Piera Bruni and shot by Joe D’Amato. The film was distributed by New World Pictures and was released in January of 1974. Joe D’Amato went on to much success in the film industry as both a cinematographer and director. He directed films such as Emanuelle in America (1977), Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977), Beyond the Darkness (1980) Antropophagus (1980) and many, many others. Some good, some not so good.
The real star of The Arena is non other than Pam Grier. Grier’s career has spanned 40 years now and she’s certainly become an iconic figure in film, starring in roles as early 1970 when she appeared in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970). She would become famous for her roles in the ‘women in prison’ films such as The Big Doll House (1971) Women in Cages (1971) and The Big Bird Cage (1972). She would also appear in many blaxploitation films in the 70’s such as Black Mama, White Mama (1973), Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974) to name just a few. She has become the single most recognized female for 70’s exploitation and blaxploitation films.
Thoughts In My Head: – “that’s a nice piece, save it for the market” LOL – I’ll take one of each color please (women that is) – Ah, that’s it, bathe those filthy dirty women – These gals clean up nicely – There’s always a flamboyant gay character in these gladiator films – The Roman’s are fucking animals – These women sway way to easy, now they want to have sex with their captors – Cat fight, meow… – I foresee women in the arena ring very soon – Most of these ladies can’t even lift a sword – Pam Grier’s boobs are simply marvelous – “you drunken slut” OUCH – One of Pam Grier’s boobs is bigger than the other. Luckily, one of my hands is bigger than the other – Kill this fat fuck Roman already – Why would anyone willingly walk into the arena, however, getting thrown in is altogether different – HAHA, and there goes the flamer into the pit – FREEDOM!
Favorite Badass or Badass Moment: Pam Grier as Mamawi Favorite Boobs or Boobs in a Scene: Umm, hello, anytime Mamawi is naked or topless! Favorite Death Scene: No real favorite in this one
Boob Count: 9 pair Body Count: 36
IMDB Rating: 5.5 / 10 My Rating: 6.5 / 10
Final Thoughts: There are plenty of deaths and boobs to be seen in The Arena . But the real attraction is simply Pam Grier. Her badassery and beauty make this film well worth a watch and then some. I can’t recommend it enough and rest assured, I feel a “Pam Grier” BBandBC Podcast episode coming in the near future.
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