Bedrock Podcast

I do a late night review of the 1988 film: Alien Nation

We discuss one of the more interesting horror movies from our youth: Jacob's Ladder 

We discuss the 1954 monster movie classic: Creature from the Black Lagoon. 

We discuss F.W. Murnau's classic silent horror film Nosferatu. 

We discuss the horror anthology Black Sabbath, directed by Mario Bava. This classic movie tells three creepy tales and is a perfect viewing for Halloween. It also inspired the band Black Sabbath to change their name and their musical direction. 

Just posting this bit of music I wrote, probably about a year or so ago. One of the last pieces of music I wrote. The performance isn't so great (there are some awkward pauses here and there because my hands are not that great anymore) but I wanted to get the song down. It is very short, but I think one of the better things I've done musically. 

We talk about the movie The Departed. 

I talk about Vengeful Beauty, a 1978 Ho Meng-Hua film, starring Chen Ping. It is a flying guillotine film about a woman trying to avenge her husband while protecting her unborn child. 

I talk about William Butler, the other half of Bedrock Games, who passed away on September 3, 2014. 

We talk about the 2015 film Black Mass, a movie about how Whitey Bulger's rise in Boston was enabled by an alliance with former FBI agent John Connolly. 

We talk about the Boston crime film "The Friends of Eddie Coyle". 

We talk about the classic horror anthology film Creepshow. 

I am just doing a series where I try to explain the concepts and ideas that inform the RPGs and adventures I make. 

I talk about the kung fu revenge flick, White Butterfly Killer (1973) starring Hsu Feng. 

We talk about A Chinese Ghost Story and about bringing supernatural elements into Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades.   

Adam and I discuss the Pu Songling stories Theft of a Peach and Planting Pears. 

Struck by lightning and risen from the grave, Blood Sport Commando is back with a vengeance to review and discuss the Chuck Norris action flick A Force of One. Released in 1979, A Force of One is directed by Paul Aaron and co-stars Bill "Superfoot" Wallace as the drug infused antagonist. In this movie Chuck plays a karate instructor and full contact karate champion hired by local law enforcement to help contend with cop killing kingpins who use spinning hook kicks instead of guns to grow their drug empire. It all builds up to a fabulous showdown between Chuck and Bill. 

I quickly talk about some ideas I have for handling levels and other mechanics for the afterlife. 

I read Mural and discuss my afterlife campaign setting for Strange Tales of Songling.  *The music introduction was Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, transcribed for violin and piano by M. Press; Source: The Al Goldstein collection in the Pandora Music repository at ibiblio.org in the Goldstein string duo directory.; Creator: Roxana Pavel Goldstein (violin) and Monica Goldstein (piano);License: The license information states that this file is "available for free download subject to the EFF OAL" (Open Audio License), which in turn is interchangeable with the CC-BY-SA-2.0.

Joel and I debate whether Sleepwalkers, the 1992 horror film written by Stephen King, is a good movie or a bad movie. This also ushers in a month of Stephen King movie discussion.