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Welcome to Kicking the Seat!

Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).

The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar NoéRachel BrosnahanAmy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.

Ep1027: Accademia Giallo: THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS (1972)

Ep1027: Accademia Giallo: THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS (1972)

It's back-to-school time, and Accademia Giallo is getting back to basics with a bona fide, bloody giallo, starring the incomparable Edwige Fenech and George Hilton!

Giuliano Gestaldi's 1972 thriller, The Case of the Bloody Iris, centers on a beautiful model who recently escaped a sex cult--only to be pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment!

Join us as we return to the J&B-soaked* world of flesh, fear, and freakishness! We'll also take your questions, comments, and SuperChats live!

The Case of the Bloody Iris recently debuted on 4K, courtesy of Celluloid Dreams! Order your copy today, and get an exclusive slipcover and a set of free reproduction lobby cards!

*Turns out there's no J&B in this movie (but it's still a giallo, as we discuss in the show)!

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Show Links

  • Watch the Case of the Bloody Iris trailer.

  • Support all of our terrifying teachers' axe-tracurricular activities!

  • Catch up with classic episodes of his Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers podcast!

  • Continue your education with our "Accademia Giallo" Playlist!

  • And if by chance you missed it, catch up with Ian and Bryan's interview with giallo legend Sergio Martino, whom they interviewed earlier this year (his film, The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, also stars Fenech and Hilton)!

Ep1028: ALIEN: ROMULUS (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep1028: ALIEN: ROMULUS (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep1026: ROCKY V (Theatrical and Workprint) and ROCKY BALBOA Director's Cut - Movie Reviews

Ep1026: ROCKY V (Theatrical and Workprint) and ROCKY BALBOA Director's Cut - Movie Reviews