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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.

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

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

Ian Simmons

This month, "Beyond Hammerland" takes you into the woods with a review of The Blood on Satan’s Claw!

Piers Haggard's 1971 creepy-kids thriller centers on a 17th century English village, in which the unearthing of a monstrous skull unleashes an evil that infects the community's youth. Rituals abound and mayhem reigns supreme as the adults struggle to figure out what's turning their loved ones into lustful little murderers!

In this contentious episode, Ian and AC dig into the reasons why Satan’s Claw really worked for one of them--but did mostly nothing for the other.

Plus: Learn how you can support this year's Scare-a-Thon cause, the Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP)!

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Show Links

Ep939: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: WESTWORLD (1973)

Ep939: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: WESTWORLD (1973)
Ep937: Scare-a-Thon 2023: HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES - 20th Anniversary Review

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