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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 Noé, Rachel Brosnahan, Amy 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.

Ep937: Scare-a-Thon 2023: HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES - 20th Anniversary Review

Ep937: Scare-a-Thon 2023: HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES - 20th Anniversary Review

Ian Simmons

We're winding down spooky season with a live 20th anniversary review of Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses!

Ian and AC dig up the knotted roots of the Firefly family tree. Before Baby, Captain Spaulding, and Otis went on the lam in The Devil’s Rejects, they ran the titular roadside attraction of deadly mayhem. When a group of hapless thrill-seekers stops for the night, they discover that all the bones, blood, and bizarre creatures inside are far more than realistic special effects!

Join us for a look back at Zombie's directorial debut, which was wracked with interference, delays, and rickety release, which all but guaranteed its "cult" status! But what of the movie itself, which some have written off as a Texas Chain Saw Massacre clone? Does it hold up (if it ever worked to begin with), and how does it compare to Zombie's later filmmaking efforts?

We get into all of that and more!

And since this is a Scare-a-Thon show, we catch up with AC on his month-long movie-watching and talk about how you can help support the Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (the beneficiary of this year's fundraiser)!

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Show Links

Ep938: Beyond Hammerland: THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW (1971)

Ep938: Beyond Hammerland: THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW (1971)
Ep936: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023) - Round Table Review

Ep936: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023) - Round Table Review