# Donald Pleasance
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Ancient Geeks episode 76: George Lucas' THX-1138
We begin a series of episodes about the first movies from directors who later made the classics of geek cinema. In this first episode, we take a look at George Lucas' first feature film, THX-1138. A dystopian drama starring Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasance, this movie was based on Lucas' student…
THX-1138
This week, Ian, Martyn & Joe metaphorically shave their heads in an attempt to “Be Happy” while they talk about George Lucas’ debut feature film, THX-1138. THX-1138 is set in a society where sex is illegal, mind altering medications are mandatory to ensure their ability to perform dangerous tasks, …
Horrors of the Battersea Funfair
London United Kingdom In the 1950s Battersea Park opened it's own Funfair, and once it did the horror filmmakers came running. Horror films - including "The Mutations" starring Donald Pleasance and "Gorgo" London's 1969 answer to Godzilla - used the bright lights of the funfair to contrast with da…
114: Fatal Frames
This week we reach the terminal point for giallo in Italy. This is it, the bottom of the barrel, the definitive end, a bloated vanity project by director Al Festa to showcase his wife, Stefania Stella who ostensibly plays herself in this murder mystery in the style of old gialli.
In Fatal Frames w…
Escape from the Prison Planet: John Carpenter's NYC and LA Films Part I w/ J.G. Michael, Heart Attack Gun & Recluse
John Carpenter, Escape from New York, Escape from LA, Debra Hill and her overlooked legacy, Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi, New York City and its circumstances when Escape was being conceived, 1977 NYC blackouts, Watergate and its influence on Escape, the 1970s burnout the Left felt, Escape as close…
Wake In Fright (1971): The Australian Odyssey with Sweat, Beer & Kangaroos!
Let's jump on the train and head to Bundanyabba... or 'The Yabba' if you're a local with a penchant for aggressive hospitality mixed with toxic masculinity.
In this equal parts sweat and beer-soaked reimagining of Homer's The Odyssey and Dante's Inferno, we follow John Grant (Gary Bond) as he spir…
Now Available to Stream for free: The Beachcomber (1954) – NOW STREAMING
Now Streaming: The Beachcomber (1954)
Originally broadcast on September 24, 2026
No way to sugar coat this one…not a lot of love for The Beachcomber (1954) on this week’s show. This mid-century adventure comedy is probably best known today for the first credited screen appearance of…
The Great Escape
This week we are reviewing The Great Escape, the 1963 epic war classic adventure directed by John Sturges and starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance and James Coburn.
Allied prisoners of war held in a supposedly escape-proof German camp plot a…
Episode 25: Halloween (1978) aka Trenchcoat Loomis
The blackest eyes.. The devils eyes..
Join us this Spooky Szn as Michael Myers makes his Debut in Halloween 1978! Where it all began!
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance
Directed by John Carpenter!
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