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Whether it's a complicated layered confession from the man who introduced blockbuster filmmaking into the water supply, turning his fellow New Hollywood icons into endangered species or just the best monster movie of the 90s, Jurassic Park (1993) is a beloved institution that will never go away, that children around the world will never stop enjoying, that will never stop influencing the world of populist popcorn cinema.

So why does everyone seem to get it wrong? To dig into the minutae of what makes this highly sophisticated machine tick and also just reminisce about being kids in the 90's when this came out, Patrick Ripoll and Regina Linn hold onto their butts and ask the big questions like:

Is this movie actually a good demonstration of chaos theory? How does Alan Grant know how to do a Brachiosaurus call? And just how many fucked up space drugs was ET using? 

All that and more on the most recent episode of Tracks of the Damned!

TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - 5:40  -  Intro 5:41 - 2:15:13  -  Commentary 2:15:14 - 2:21:12  -  Outro

A special Halloween treat: a unique performance of the classic HP Lovecraft short story by Patrick Ripoll and Regina Linn.

The climax of the career of the greatest horror star of all time and also a miserable failure critically and commercially, The Devil Commands was the product of a hungry up and coming director, Edward Dmytryk, being paired with material best described as "Lovecraftian" decades before that word meant anything to anybody. In this episode of Tracks of the Damned, the horror film commentary track podcast, host Patrick Ripoll tackles the second horror boom of the 40s and asks the big questions like: is that matte painting haunted?

Time-Stamps: 0:00 - 0:37  -  Apology Concerning My Thoughtless Words 0:38 - 2:47  -  Intro 2:48 - 1:10:05  -  Commentary 1:10:06 - 1:53:58  - Ten Must-See Karloff Performances 1:53:59 - 1:57:54  -  Outro

In a world full of rip-off artists the key is how you rip something off. Sean S. Cunningham, the director of two separate Bad News Bears knockoffs, was not the first guy to go "Hey, this Halloween movie is real popular and seems cheap to make" but he was the guy who did it the exact right way at the exact right time to change the world of horror forever.

On the latest episode of Tracks of the Damned Patrick finally returns to the one that started it all (the uncut version!) and talks about why critics despised it, why it was so successful and just what kind of winding road one takes from pornography to deep sea sci-fi movies. 0:00 - 5:18 - Intro 5:19 - 1:41:55 - Commentary 1:41:56 - 1:44:25 - Outro 1:44:26 - 1:48:23 - ???

It's cold, meat is carved and you're thankful it exists. That's all the justification we need for a special Thanksgiving episode of Tracks of the Damned where Patrick & Jim sat down and did an impromptu, research-free commentary track for The Evil Dead. You may not get to be with your family this year but sit down next to the hearth (don't forget the screaming claymation Necronomicon) and warm your bones with us and Bruce Campbell. That ain't cranberry sauce! Ash gets the stuffing beaten out of him. And a third Thanksgiving joke.

0:00 - 2:43 - Intro 2:44 - 1:30:39 - Commentary 1:30:40 - 1:43:07 - Outro

We've cut off heads, double impaled lovers, went 3D, we ended things, we began them again, we went Frankenstein, we went Carrie, we went to Manhattan, we went to Hell, we went to Space we went Kaiju, what the hell is left to do?

Do it all again!

How do you remake a movie when the things the fans love about the series don't actually exist in that movie? By remaking the entire series. As ambitious as it is divisive, Friday the 13th (2009) may not be a great film but it is a great example of the problem solving inherent to writing a remake. It's got perfect reference placement, baby.

0:00 - 2:25 - Intro 2:26: - 1:46:30 - Commentary 1:46:31 - 1:49:33 - Outro

"Remember last year, when we were worried that Halloween in 2020 wouldn't feel like Halloween? 'We can't bob for apples, the season is ruined!' Well now some time has passed, it's October again and I haven't even seen an apple in 7 months." - Micah Bravo, host of Tracks of the Damned You think this year was a clusterfuck, you ain't see nothing yet. Live, from the radio station of the third most prestigious community college in the greater Baton Rouge area, DJ Micah Bravo (Regina Linn) surveys a decimated post-nuclear landscape and does what they do every Halloween: get high and party with another great mix of weird and wild spooky tunes. The pumpkins may have mutated a new skin that's impervious to knives but Halloween will never die! ACT ONE 1. What Lurks On Channel X? by Rob Zombie 2. Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor, FP 93: I. Andante by Francis Poulenc 3a. Troma Team Title Music 3b. Clip #1 of The Masque of the Red Death read by William S. Burroughs 3c. Silver Shamrock Jingle by John Carpenter & Alan Howarth 4a. Halloween by Betty Grable & David Wayne 4b. Slaughterhouse by Ganksta NIP 5a. Spookshow Trailer 5b. Experiment in Terror by Harry Mancini 6a. Dracula (1979) trailer 6b. Stage 4-3 Bram Stoker's Dracula for Genesis by Andy Brock 6c. Clips from Dracula (1979), Nosferatu (1979), Count Dracula (1970), Bram Stoker's Dracula, Count Dracula (1977), Spanish Dracula (1931) 7. Bela Lugosi by Severed Limb 8a. Dream Clinic scene from A Nightmare on Elm Street 8b. Bury a Friend by Billie Eilish 9a. Ghost in the Machine trailer 9b. Hex from The Andromeda Strain by Gil Mellé 10a. Carvel, Kooky Spooks Make-Up commercials 10b. The World Television Premier of John Carpenter's Halloween 10c. John Carpenter's Halloween by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 11a. To Raise The Dead by Vincent Price 11b. Zombie Jamboree by Harry Belaftone 12a. Living Dead Beats by Sek 12b. "Are they slow moving, chief?" from Night of the Living Dead 13. "I Love The Dead" by Alice Cooper ACT TWO 1. The Spook by Pete Drake 2. Theme From Cannibal Ferox by Roberto Donati and Fiamma Maglione 3. Clip #2 of The Masque of the Red Death read by William S. Burroughs 4a. "Whoa, psychedelic!" from Terrorvision 4b. Terrorvision Theme by The Fibonaccis 5. Night of the Vampire by The Moontrekkers 6a. Halloween Saftey (1985) clip 6b. Fall Children by AFI 7a. "All the different ways of dying. Violently?" clip from Return of the Living Dead 7b. Transylvanian Concubine by Rasputina 8. Dead & Buried Suite by Joe Renzetti 9. Now I'm Feeling Zombified by Alien Sex Fiend 10a. Sadismo trailer 10b. Shadowman by Link Wray 11a. 781 Redrum by Brotha Lynch Hung 11b. Pass The Shovel by Gravediggaz 12. Boo! from The Canterville Ghost by Gordon Getty ACT THREE 1. The Munge by Genki Genki Panic 2. Werewolf & Witchbreath by The Troll 3. Clip #3 of The Masque of the Red Death read by William S. Burroughs 4a. The Hills Have Eyes Opening Theme by Don Peake 4b. Sammy Terry Nightmare Theater opening 5. Dr. Holmes (He Stripped Their Bones) by Macabre 6a. Abby Trailer 6b. Day of Wrath Funk Breaks by The Rite of Exorcism 7a. Penn Jillette on Monstervision: Ed Wood defense 7b. Opening Theme to Ed Wood by Howard Shore 8a. Hot Rod Herman clip 8b. The Munsters theme by The Surf Dawgs 9a. Subway scene from Possession (1981) 9b. Demon Host by Timber Timbre 10a. Don't by Garden on a Trampoline 10b. New Jim Jones (live) by Dre Dog

It took 17 years, three god-awful sequels, 18 spec scripts and meetings with every person who ever worked in Hollywood but we got here, we have arrived, grab your shit from the overhead bin because the plane has landed, Freddy Vs. Jason is upon us.

A stupid idea inspired by only the most juvenile among the fanbases somehow, some way, turned out to be one of the best entries in either series, a well-crafted and energetic bit of party cinema, grab your gummi bears and throw them at the screen, shouting is enouraged! And in that spirit join Patrick as well as Genre Grinder's Gabe Powers for a rollicking good time commentary that dares to ask:

When did horror movie soundtracks become heavy metal mixtapes? Where did Kane Hodder go? And who the hell approved that original ending that caps off a decades-awaited monster mash with Freddy committing sexual assault?

All that PLUS we pitch our own Freddy Vs. Jason ideas on this latest episode of Tracks of the Damned! 0:00 - 5:12 - Intro 5:13 - 1:50:57 - Commentary 1:50:58 - 2:08:39 - Our Freddy Vs. Jason Pitches 2:08:40 - 2:13:40 - Outro