Darkman (with Benjamin Blattberg)

About this episode

The episode discusses Sam Raimi's DARKMAN and its significance in the superhero genre, featuring a guest who explores the NES game adaptation.

Sam Raimi, the enfant terrible of the indie horror scene, made his major studio debut in 1990 with DARKMAN! An original superhero story not-so-loosely inspired by "The Shadow," DARKMAN provides an early lead role for Liam Neeson, and a sort of prototype for what would become the Raimi house style. But is this an excercise in style over substance or is there something substantial lurking in the dark? Our friend Benjamin Blattberg joins us to find out, and to try out the NES game adaptation from 1991! Hosted by Steve Guntli, Jennifer "JBan" Bannister, and Justin Wilhelm Logo by Douglas McCambridge Email: cinemarcadepodcast@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @cinemarcade_podcast YouTube: @CinemArcade Next week's episode: The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Guntli, Jennifer "JBan" Bannister, Justin Wilhelm

Guest: Benjamin Blattberg

Topics covered

• Sam Raimi
• superhero films
• indie horror
• Liam Neeson
• video game adaptations

Keywords

• DARKMAN
• Sam Raimi
• Liam Neeson
• indie horror
• video games
• superhero
• NES

Mentioned in this episode

Products: NES game adaptation

Books & works: DARKMAN, The Shadow, The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie

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