Episode 355: Kitty Kitty Fang Fang: The Ghost and The Darkness (1996)

About this episode

The episode discusses the 1996 film The Ghost and The Darkness, exploring its themes and production.

Welcome back to pppppppuuuuuurrrrrrgatory!!!!! The boys are back and with a theme month that's....very different, may be the weirdest month on the pod, we are talkin about lions...that we are calling Kitty Kitty Fang Fang!!! We start off the month with a banger, an underrated classic from 1996 The Ghost and The Darkness directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by William Goldman and based off of real events and a book by John Henry Patterson titled The Maneaters of Tsavo. The film stars Val Kilmer, John Cani, Tom Wilkinson, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie, Henry Cele, Om Puri, Emily Mortimer, Michael Douglas, Kurt Eglehof, Satchu Annamalai, Teddy Reedy, Raheem Kahn, Glen Gabela, Richard Nwaamba and so many more!!! Thanks for checkin us out!!! If you'd like to find our past and more recent episodes go to Podbean.com and you can find us where most other podcasts are found!!! Intro music "Shell" by Dystopian Dark Techno/ Hypnotic Industrial Bass https://youtu.be/HXtRUwOAsys?si=gD2Cfuu7xWKRX_lY Cat, lion & puma sounds added in by Jeremy Intro & Outro score peices from The Ghost and The Darkness soundtrack score by Jerry Goldsmith 1. Mahina's Death…

People in this episode

Host: Pop Culture Podcast

Topics covered

• film review
• 1996 movies
• true events
• lions
• underrated classics
• horror
• thriller

Keywords

• The Ghost and The Darkness
• 1996 film
• lions
• Stephen Hopkins
• William Goldman
• movie review
• horror film
• true story
• underrated classic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dystopian Dark Techno, Jerry Goldsmith

Books & works: The Ghost and The Darkness

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