The New World Pictures Podcast

We talk with Allan Holzman about writing, directing, and editing GRUNT! THE WRESTLING MOVIE. We also talk a bit about OUT OF CONTROL, FORBIDDEN WORLD, and Roger Corman almost getting into a fistfight.

Finally, a movie about brothers! Ryan attempts to get Marc to rally behind 1989's CURFEW, which follows brothers Ray and Bob Perkins on their quest for revenge on everyone that put them in jail (or anyone poorly constructing a fence), but to do so they'll have to defeat HALLOWEEN's Lindsey Wallace herself, Kyle Richards! Will Peter Brady (Christopher Knight) be any help? Which character is Megan? Does Ryan have facial age blindness? And does Erica remember the movie PIECES OF APRIL? This episode has answers to all those questions AND the most pressing issue of all: who cooked that giant meal, and who was it for? You'll have to listen to find out (BEWARE: SPOILERS)!

If this was an episode of Diff'rent Strokes or Family Ties, we'd call this "a very special episode". We talk with Tony Randel (HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2, TICKS, AMYTIVYLLE 1992) and Peter Atkins (HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2, HELLRAISER 3, WISHMASTER) about the origins of New World Pictures and the origins of the HELLRAISER franchise. This is the first of a two-part series. In this episode, we talk about the sci-fi era of New World Pictures, the transition from Roger Corman to the new regime, and the roster of films they produced in the 1980s. Best of all, our inner dork personalities managed to not vomit with nerves during the interview. That's a win.

In this episode, we talk about a holiday classic. While this movie doesn't have anything to do with the holidays, it explores all the traditions of the holidays. Traditions like getting wasted on carnival moonshine and going to a strip club complete with marionettes and, of course, letting your 1-year-old child wander the land on his own. But, most of all, this film dares to ask the most common of holiday questions, "what is freedom?"

How many times have you wondered, "why hasn't someone made a mocumentary about professional wrestling?" Wonder no more. Someone has.
That someone was New World Pictures or, more specifically, Allan Holzman. Grunt! The Wrestling Movie follows a documentary crew as they try to uncover what happened to "Mad Dog" Joe DeCurso after a horrible beheading of his opponent in the ring. Is Joe DeCurso alive? Will his headless challenger seek a rematch? Can Exotic Adrian Street rebuild after his studio was destroyed during a heated interview? And, where does Wally George fit into any of this?
This movie dares to show you the real underbelly of Professional Wrestling. It also has a lot of wrestling in it so if you're into watching wrestling, this is your jam.