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Hoser Horror: Interview with Jesse D'Angelo
This time on Hoser Horror, Dan is hosting without Carlo because he had a chance to sit down with Jesse D’Angelo, step-son of writer-director John Fasano and son of screenwriter/author Cindy Cirile (who wrote Rapid Fire and Black Roses as well as produced Fasono’s The Jitters.)
Hoser Horror: Humongous & Cross Country feat. Shea Mossefin
Carlo and Dan taking another look into the filmography of Paul Lynch as they watch his island-set slasher Humongous and the cross-country sleaze-o-rama... Cross Country.
Hoser Horror: Radioactive Rabids
This time on Hoser Horror Dan and Carlo talk about Revenge of the Radioactive Reporter and Rabid!
The 2020 Back Rowsie Awards: The Best Movies of the Decade
Join Dan, Carlo, Jenna and Veronica as they hold their annual Back Rowsie awards, this time for the best films of the decade. From Best Picture to Best Movie I Thought Sucked But Later Realized Was Phenomenal, don’t miss out on the fun and excitement.
Back Row's Third Year in Movie Reviews, Podcasts & Lists
We’re three years old today! Check out the most popular articles from our third year on this mortal coil–including I Watched It So You Don’t Have To, Hoser Horror, I Watched It So You Don’t Have To, Hoser Horror, and I Watched It So You Don’t Have To and Hoser Horror.
Hoser Horror: The Clown Murders & The Clown at Midnight
Carlo & Dan both watched The Clown at Midnight and The Clown Murders and it was no laughing matter!
Ep# 37 - The Late Jerry Lewis: Cracking Up & The Nutty Professor Cartoon
Guest Ben Nash joins Jenna to discuss two later Jerry Lewis offerings. One of the overlooked genius type, aka Cracking Up, and one of the don’t-even-look vomit type, aka The Nutty Professor II: Facing the Fear.
Ep# 36 - Hoser Horror: Phone Murder by Death Ship (with Paul Corupe)
Guest Paul Corupe joins Dan & Carlo to discuss two notable tax shelter era horror movies featuring inanimate objects as murderers: Murder by Phone and Death Ship.
Ep# 35 - Hoser Horror: Christmas Spectacular (Curtains & Ghostkeeper)
On this festive Hoser Horror episode of Notes from the Back Row, Carlo and Dan zip up their snowpants and lace their boots in order to discuss Ghostkeeper and Curtains.
Ep #34 - Post-Anime Club: Juzo Itami & Nobuko Miyamoto
Carlo & Jenna once again indulge in a big ol’ bowl of classic Japanese cinema with this in-depth look at the life and career of director Juzo Itami, along with his collaborator and wife Nobuko Miyamoto. Mmmmm, umami!
Ep #33 - Hoser Horror: Mind Meltin' Rip-Offs (Cathy's Curse & Things)
Carlo and Dan take a mind-melting turn down the back-alley of Canadian pseudo-rip-offs Cathy’s Curse and Things!
Ep #32 - Hoser Horror: The Origin of Canuxploitation with Paul Corupe
Paul Corupe joins Dan & Carlo to discuss how he became interested in Canadian cult movies and what exactly led him to create his website Canuxploitation back in the late-nineties.
Ep #31 - An Interview with Anja Murmann on Unintended
Veronica interviews filmmaker Anja Murmann on her upcoming film Unintended–about a woman who has repressed a memory of murder for so long that it begins to drive her insane.
Ep #30 - Hoser Horror: Deranged & The Uncanny
Jenna joins Dan and Carlo on Hoser Horror to discuss two Canadian horror movies from the 1970s: Deranged (1974) and The Uncanny (1977).
Ep #29 - Hoser Horror: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
On the latest Hoser Horror episode of Notes from the Back Row, Dan and Carlo dive into the seminal kid-horror series Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Ep #28 - Hoser Horror: Two Good Doggos (The Gate & Watchers)
This episode of Notes from the Back Row’s Hoser Horror finds Dan and Carlo watching Watchers and The Gate with two very good boys: Furface and Angus!
Ep #27 - Hoser Horror: Jon Mikl Thor's Nightmares
This time on another Hoser Horror episode of Notes from the Back Row, Carlo and Dan watch a double-feature of Canadian horror films featuring the one, the only: Jon Mikl Thor.
Ep#26 - Raisin' Hell with Burton, Harris, O'Toole, and Reed in the #MeToo Era
Jenna and Veronica discuss Robert Sellers' book Hellraisers–a biography about Peter O'Toole, Richard Harris, Richard Burton and Oliver Reed–and how the legacies of these four legendary drunks fit in with our modern societal standards.
Ep#25 - Hoser Horror: A Fruet Duet (Spasms & Blue Monkey)
In the latest Hoser Horror, it’s a duet of movies by William Fruet: the snake/telepathy thriller of Spasms (1983), and the sci-fi throwback with a modern twist that is Blue Monkey (1987).
Ep#23 - Hoser Horror: My Bloody Valentine & Visiting Hours
Carlo, Dan and guest Adam Eisentrout discuss My Bloody Valentine (1981), and Visiting Hours (1982) and their place in the pantheon of blood-soaked Canadian stab-’em-ups.