About this episode

CatBusRuss and guest Gregory Carl discuss the films 'Deathstalker' and 'The Sadness', exploring their contrasting styles of horror and violence.

CatBusRuss 's friend, coworker, and Patreon backer Tim Bates brought up watching " The Dungeonmaster " from 1984 and how wild that film was. The immediate reaction from the " I Dig Crazy Flicks with CatBusRuss 's" host was to comeback the next day with a potentially crazier flick to discuss. This was the push to get him to watch the remake/reimagining of " Deathstalker " that is currently on Shudder, the streaming service that past guest Gregory Carl turned to for films to bring up on the podcast. Russ is getting ready for a social networking excursion to Indiana Comic Convention 2026 , so it brought back memories of when he hosted his fourth " Ninety For Chill: The Panel " with Gregory Carl as his guest. The two now have a shaky relationship, perhaps from their first IRL meeting, so if it is not going to find solid ground, it is probably best to release the last episode they recorded before the "I Dig Crazy Flicks" era of this podcast. This was another feature from Shudder, the ultra-violent, viral-outbreak horror film from Taiwan " The Sadness ". This #RewindWednesday runs the gamut of what can be done with…

People in this episode

Host: CatBusRuss

Guest: Gregory Carl

Topics covered

• film reviews
• horror films
• ultra-violence
• remakes
• campy cinema

Keywords

• Deathstalker
• The Sadness
• horror
• film review
• Shudder
• Gregory Carl
• ultra-violence
• remake

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shudder

Books & works: Deathstalker, The Sadness, The Dungeonmaster

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