Ep583: Accademia Giallo: If It Slashes Like a Duck...
Today, The Kicking the Seat Podcast takes an uncomfortably big bite out of The Big Apple with an “Accademia Giallo” lesson on The New York Ripper! Lucio Fulci’s grimy and gory 1982 thriller stars Jack Hedley as a beleaguered cop on the trail of a vicious serial killer who attacks beautiful young women—while quacking like a cartoon duck.
Ian really struggled with this one. Fortunately, his oh-so-patient and insightful professors, Aaron Christensen of Horror 101 with Dr. A.C. and Bryan Martinez of the Film Deviant Podcast, talked him through a film that walks the razor’s edge of truly disturbing exploitation and relentless satire of the genre’s most distasteful aspects.
The guys talk about why The New York Ripper is so different from Fulci’s previous movies;* how it simultaneously repels viewers and awakens the voyeur in all of them; and which scene might qualify to join the “Giallo Bingo” card!
Also, Ian talks about his latest deep dive on The Spoiler Room podcast, and invites listeners to watch the episode on the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel!
Episode 583 is more than it’s quacked up to be!
*It’s so different, in fact, that Ian completely forgot that he’d seen several of Fulci’s other movies!—AND that he’d interviewed Fulci’s long-time composer Fabio Frizzi on Episode 153!
Show Guide:
Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14
Intro: 0:14 - 3:20
The New York Ripper Trailer: 3:20 - 5:49
The New York Ripper Discussion: 5:49 1:02:18
Outro Music: 1:02:18 - 1:02:33
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