Return to Oz

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Return to Oz

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75 minutes

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Jan 22, 2019

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Dan and Conrad Return... to Oz! Disney's belated and berated sequel to the beloved musical classic bombed in 1985, but does it deserve a re-evaluation?

Released:

Jan 22, 2019

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Titles in the series (100)

Conrad and Dan review forgotten fantastical films

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The Haunting (with Sarah Daly): Sarah Daly of Hex Studios joins Conrad and Dan as they venture into Hill House to experience The Haunting, which celebrates its 55th anniversary today! by Movie Oubliette
64 min listen
The Stuff: Conrad and Dan find The Stuff (1985) oozing out of the oubliette. Will they get addicted to Larry Cohen's evil dessert, which threatens to enslave America? Or is enough really enough? by Movie Oubliette
75 min listen
Saturn 3: Conrad plucks Saturn 3 out of the oubliette and Dan has to contend with Harvey Keitel with his voice dubbed, Farrah Fawcett turning on a homicidal robot and Kirk Douglas getting into naked fist fights. Neither of them notice they've picked a film wit... by Movie Oubliette
73 min listen
Return to Oz: Dan and Conrad Return... to Oz! Disney's belated and berated sequel to the beloved musical classic bombed in 1985, but does it deserve a re-evaluation? by Movie Oubliette
75 min listen
New Year's Ask Me Anything Special: Happy New Year! In this special end-of-year episode, we take a look back over our first year of podcasting and answer all of your #AskMeAnything questions. Have a great 2019, everyone! by Movie Oubliette
60 min listen
Amityville II: The Possession: Conrad fights his way through a swarm of flies to pluck the second Amityville movie out of the oubliette, unwittingly exposing Dan to a tale of possession, pulsating arm bulges and inexplicable incest. Should Damiano Damiani's 1982 sequel be exorcise... by Movie Oubliette
74 min listen
Demons: Dan unleashes a horde of Demons from the oubliette, exposing Conrad to Lamberto Bava's 1985 action horrorfest Dèmoni for the first time. There's hysterical wall patting, seat removing and punks driving around Berlin listening to Go West. There has to... by Movie Oubliette
70 min listen
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (with Matt Conley): Now that Episode IX is out of the way, you probably think you've seen all of the Star Wars movies. Think again! Matt Conley, Community Director at hitRECord, takes us on a journey to a galaxy far, far away to experience an Ewok spin-off TV movie from... by Movie Oubliette
70 min listen
Willow: In their first childhood nostalgia special, Conrad and Dan take a look at Willow – a 1988 fantasy adventure directed by Ron 'Solo' Howard. It has everything: robotic baby stand-ins, the first ever CGI morphing effect and Val Kilmer. Is it a classic d... by Movie Oubliette
82 min listen
Space Station 76 (with Manu Intiraymi): Star Trek: Voyager's Manu Intiraymi joins us for our Christmas special to discuss Space Station 76, a retro-70s sci-fi comedy drama starring Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson in which a meteor strike threatens to break up the most awkward office Christmas... by Movie Oubliette
70 min listen
The Dead Zone (with Jonathan King): Jonathan King, director of Black Sheep (see episode 11), joins us to explore The Dead Zone (1983) – a Stephen King adaptation directed by David Cronenberg that's often treated as a footnote in both of the horror maestros' careers. Christopher Walken ... by Movie Oubliette
66 min listen
Melancholia (with Catherine Mary Stewart): Catherine Mary Stewart brings Melancholia to the Oublietteers... that is, the Lars von Trier apocalyptic sci-fi drama, not a case of the blues. The gang have more fun talking about depression and the end of the world than one might reasonably expect,... by Movie Oubliette
61 min listen
Razorback: Dan lets Razorback out of the oubliette so that Conrad can experience the fine Australian tradition of being hunted by a maneating pig the size of a Rhino. Should Russell Mulcahy's 1984 revenge-of-nature shocker be released into the wild? Wakey, wake... by Movie Oubliette
73 min listen
Society: Conrad introduces Dan to Society, and it's quite the coming out party. Our antipodean adventurer has to contend with 1989 hairstyles, tea with a splash of urine, and yuppies taking the concept of mergers to a whole new level. Blanchard! Will our hero... by Movie Oubliette
74 min listen
Shutter (with Anthony Derington): Something Ghoulish's Anthony Derington takes us on a tour of our first ever non-English-language horror film: the original version of Shutter (2004) from Thailand! In it, a young couple is terrorised by the spectre of a creepy girl in white with wet ... by Movie Oubliette
70 min listen
The Fury (with Jacob Gentry): Writer/director Jacob Gentry introduces Conrad and Dan to Brian De Palma's The Fury (1978) and tries to convince them that the world needs to see 61-year-old Kirk Douglas's shirtless parkour and Amy Irving exploding people with her mind. Will he win ... by Movie Oubliette
67 min listen
The Faculty: Conrad and Dan go back to 90s high-school in this listener's choice episode, revisiting Robert Rodriguez's alien invasion thriller The Faculty (1998). It has an eclectic cast, including Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Salma Hayek, Usher and Jon Stewart, ... by Movie Oubliette
70 min listen
Pandorum: Conrad and Dan awake from hypersleep to discover they're stuck in a noughties sci-fi flick with Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster. Should 'Pandorum' be released to colonise a virgin planet, or thrown into the cargo hold to be devoured by pale humanoid cann... by Movie Oubliette
68 min listen
House (with Simon Barber): Sodajerker host Simon Barber takes us on a tour of his favourite House (1986), but it turns out it has a bad case of haunting, alternate dimensions in all the closets and cabinets, and Norm from Cheers lives next door. Norm! Is Steve Miner's first di... by Movie Oubliette
70 min listen
Halloween H20: Happy Halloween! We celebrate the season and our 13th episode by revisiting Halloween H20. Does Jamie Lee Curtis's (first) final battle with Michael Myers stand the test of time, or did it deserve to be retconned? by Movie Oubliette
72 min listen
The City of Lost Children (with Lotta Losten): Actor and producer Lotta Losten (Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation and Shazam!) takes us on a tour of The City of Lost Children (1995), the unique science fantasy film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, which celebrates its 25th anniversary ... by Movie Oubliette
68 min listen
Cemetery Man (with David Bruckner): Conrad and Dan are joined by director David Bruckner (The Ritual), who resurrects Cemetery Man: a surreal horror comedy gothic romantic fantasy from 1993 starring Rupert Everett. Should it be released from the graveyard? by Movie Oubliette
79 min listen
Screamers: Conrad and Dan try not to get deja-vu as they watch a rag-tag bunch of futuristic soldiers on an alien planet battling bio-mechanical monsters, discovering a pre-pubescent kid clutching a toy is the only survivor, and getting to the escape ship only ... by Movie Oubliette
71 min listen
Phantasm: Conrad and Dan venture into Don Coscarelli's dream-like Phantasm (1979) and find themselves dodging flying balls and homicidal jawas in the Tall Man's mausoleum. Is it genre-bending genius or a shaggy gopher-on-heat story? by Movie Oubliette
72 min listen
Howard the Duck: Conrad and Dan discover the first ever Marvel movie in the oubliette, and cannot believe their eyes as the screen is filled with naked feathered breasts, would-be rapists, a sex sauna and Lea Thompson seducing a wildfowl. Yes, it's Howard the Duck (1... by Movie Oubliette
69 min listen
Krull (with Serge Bodnarchuk): Serge Bodnarchuk of Cold Crash Pictures joins us on an adventure to the world of Krull (1983) – a unique blend of swashbuckling fantasy and laser blasting science fiction starring Ken Marshall and Lysette Anthony as star-crossed lovers whose wedding ... by Movie Oubliette
69 min listen
Black Sheep: Dan takes Conrad on a visit to his home country, but the duo is surrounded by flesh-eating bundles of wool! Will they let the Kiwi horror comedy Black Sheep (2006) back into the fold? by Movie Oubliette
75 min listen
Black Christmas (with Kelli Maroney): Kelli Maroney, star of Chopping Mall and Night of the Comet, joins us for a festive retrospective review of the first horror movie she saw in a theater: Black Christmas! The original 1974 slasher thriller has everything you want in seasonal cinema: s... by Movie Oubliette
63 min listen
Capricorn One (with Serge Bodnarchuk): Conrad and Dan are joined by Serge Bodnarchuk (writer/director from Cold Crash Pictures) and discover that their maiden voyage to Mars aboard Capricorn One is all a lie! Should they give this 1978 sci-fi conspiracy thriller clearance to launch? by Movie Oubliette
76 min listen
Ladyhawke: Dan and Conrad venture into 80s fantasy Ladyhawke to discover a medieval Ferris Bueller monologuing to God, Rutger Hauer brooding on a dressage horse and Michelle Pfeiffer morphing into a bird of prey. Will they break the curse? by Movie Oubliette
70 min listen

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