Best Chris Iannacone Podcasts (2025)

1
Ep. 149: Firecracker featuring Chris Iannacone 1:27:48

8d ago1:27:48

1:27:48

We close out #JuneBOOM with 1981's FIRECRACKER, advertised by New World to be "the first erotic martial arts thriller." How true is this statement? And is the film erotic enough in the way that middle aged folks would like? We examine with the help of Get Me Another Podcast co-host Chris Iannacone, who also watched New World's TNT JACKSON, a movie …

1
Bonus Episode: Interview with Jeff Schechtman (PIRANHA, PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING, BODY ROCK) 1:06:19

2d ago1:06:19

1:06:19

Producer and former New World Pictures Senior Vice President of Production Jeff Schechtman joins us to talk about his career at New World, starting with 1978's PIRANHA and into the post-Roger Corman era where he also producer 1984's BODY ROCK! From starting out as an Assistant to the Producers on projects like TRUCK TURNER, BLACK BELT JONES, and EN…

1
Jaws Ep. 01 - Jaws / Tintorera 2:15:00

3d ago2:15:00

2:15:00

Hello and bonjour to you fair podcast listeners! it’s time to grab a Narragansett Beer and climb into your anti-shark cage as we explore the films that followed in Jaws’s considerable wake. This week we kick things off with Steven Spielberg’s classic that started it all: JAWS (1975) starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw. Written …

1
Corman Graduates: Jack Hill Part 3 with Elijah Drenner 1:33:09

15d ago1:33:09

1:33:09

In our continuing series on exploitation filmmaker Jack Hill, director Elijah Drenner (THAT GUY DICK MILLER, AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE) joins us to discuss Jack's women-in-prison films he made for Roger Corman's New World Pictures: THE BIG DOLL HOUSE and THE BIG BIRD CAGE. With 20 years of experience making featurettes and extras for Blu-rays and DVDs (i…

1
Ep.148: Stand Alone featuring Ryan Verrill 1:31:13

21d ago1:31:13

1:31:13

We're kicking off #JuneBOOM with a cap gun as we bravely tackle 1985’s STAND ALONE, a movie that dares to ask: what if DEATH WISH had a smaller budget, barely any action, and Charles Durning hanging around a diner for 90 minutes? STAND ALONE stars Charles Durning as Louis Thibadeau (a name you will hear repeated too many times in this film) as a fo…

1
Don't Get Me Another... Gymkata 1:26:10

24d ago1:26:10

1:26:10

Yakmalaaaa! Join us for GYMKATA (1985), a martial arts movie about a gymnast who plays a deadly game to secure a “Star Wars” earth station for the U.S.A. It stars Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas, and is directed by Robert Clouse (Enter the Dragon) from a screenplay by Charles Robert Carner (Blind Fury).By Chris Iannacone, Rob LaMorgese, and Justin Beahm

1
Bonus Episode: Interview with Editor Daniel Gross (UNDER THE BOARDWALK, THE ANNIHILATORS) 1:13:13

29d ago1:13:13

1:13:13

One of the biggest inflection points for New World Pictures was when Roger Corman bought a former lumberyard and turned it into a studio to shoot BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, which jumpstarted many careers from James Cameron to this week's guest, editor Daniel Gross! Daniel may have started with New World on BATTLE, but he went on to work on New World …

1
Audio Commentary: The Death of the Incredible Hulk 1:34:38

1M ago1:34:38

1:34:38

We close out Marc’s Miserable Marvelous May 3: Très Misérables with an audio commentary that lets us revisit 1990's THE DEATH OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK, the third and final of the INCREDIBLE HULK TV movies produced by New World. Directed by and starring Bill Bixby, we once again see David Banner attempting to rid himself of the Hulk monster within him…

1
Corman Graduates: Jack Hill Part 2 with Elle Schneider 1:33:25

1M ago1:33:25

1:33:25

For our second episode in the "Corman Graduates: Jack Hill" series, we talk with director, writer and cinematography, Elle Schneider (THE FOOD THAT BUILT AMERICA, PLEDGE NIGHT: AN INTERVIEW WITH ROGER CORMAN, BLISS BLUE, THAT GUY DICK MILLER), about Jack Hill's MONDO KEYHOLE and PIT STOP. In addition to being friends with Dick Miller and interviewi…

1
Fatal Attraction Ep. 09 - Fear / Swimfan 2:12:04

2M ago2:12:04

2:12:04

Put down the peace pipe and make a video run with us to the teenage end of the Fatal Attraction series as we discuss: FEAR (1996) starring Reese Witherspoon as a teen girl who rebels against her family by dating the baddest of boys, played by Mark Wahlberg. SWIMFAN (2002) starring Jesse Bradford as the guy who gets mixed up with Erika Christensen’s…

1
Ep. 147: Spider-Man: The Venom Saga 1:02:35

2M ago1:02:35

1:02:35

We continue Marc’s Miserable Marvelous May 3: Très Misérables with your friendly, neighborhood wall crawler himself, Spider-Man, in SPIDER-MAN: THE VENOM SAGA! Culled from episodes of the Spider-Man Animated series from the 1990s made by Marvel, which was, at the time, owned by New World! But how will they squeeze the whole story of Spider-Man find…

1
Fatal Attraction Ep. 08 - The Good Son (with Jen Howell of Every Rom Com) 1:30:56

2M ago1:30:56

1:30:56

Jen Howell of the Every Rom Com podcast joins to help us answer the quesion: What if the dangerous stranger who is going to wreck your life…is a kid? Go grab Mr. Highway and strap in for THE GOOD SON (1993) starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood, written by Ian McEwan and directed by Joseph Ruben. https://www.everyromcom.com/ https://www.instagra…

1
Ep. 146: The Incredible Hulk Returns featuring Peter Fluet 1:39:29

2M ago1:39:29

1:39:29

Our annual tradition of talking Marvel movies and properties created by New World while it owned Marvel returns and two thirds of us are happy about it. We start Marc's Miserable Marvelous May 3: Tres Miserable with THE INCREDIBLE HULK RETURNS which brought back Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno for what would be a trilogy of TV movies, most of which wou…

1
Fatal Attraction Ep. 07 - The Temp / Disclosure 2:04:43

2M ago2:04:43

2:04:43

We’re under a strict “return to office” mandate as we look at two films where the danger is in the workplace: THE TEMP (1993) starring Timothy Hutton and Lara Flynn Boyle trying to make that cheddar in the world of cookies, and DISCLOSURE (1994) where Michael Douglas and Demi Moore deal with Malaysian supply chain issues.…

1
Bonus Episode: Interview with writer/actor George "Beau" Bishop (TEEN VAMP) 46:43

2M ago46:43

46:43

As we close out #VAMPril 2: Double Suck, we have a special interview with a movie that truly delighted us during the first VAMPril, and that's 1989's TEEN VAMP. Released on VHS by New World Video, this curio stars Beau Bishop as Murphy Gilcrease, a nerdy teen in the 1950s who becomes a vampire, which may sound a bit like TEEN WOLF, but don't worry,…

1
Fatal Attraction Ep. 06 - Poison Ivy / The Crush 1:55:26

2M ago1:55:26

1:55:26

Things get a little sleazy this week as we take a look at two movies where the dangerous stranger... is a teenage girl. First, we’ll explore 1992’s POISON IVY starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert and Tom Skerritt. Then we’ll follow that up with THE CRUSH (1993) featuring Alicia Silverstone and Cary Elwes.…

1
Ep. 145: Beverly Hills Vamp featuring Tommy Bechtold 1:26:45

2M ago1:26:45

1:26:45

#VAMPril 2: Double Suck continues as we explore the dark and mysterious graveyard of vampire films produced by New World Pictures. This week, we are joined by the always hilarious Tommy Bechtold as we discuss 1989's BEVERLY HILLS VAMP starring Eddie Deezen (WAR GAMES), Britt Ekland (MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN) and Tim Conway Jr. (KFI, AM 640). Imagine…

1
Fatal Attraction Ep. 05 - Single White Female (with Erin Dawn of the Manic Movie Monday Podcast) 1:51:40

2M ago1:51:40

1:51:40

Erin Dawn of the Manic Movie Monday Podcast joins us to explore one of the most memorable erotic thrillers of the ‘90s: SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (1992) starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Along the way we discuss New York architecture, lost ‘90s cable TV series and Kenny Loggins. https://rss.com/podcasts/manicmoviemonday/ https://www.instag…

1
Corman Graduates: Jack Hill Part 1 with Calum Waddell 1:19:21

3M ago1:19:21

1:19:21

We're unveiling a new series on the podcast: Corman Graduates, where we chronologically discuss the filmography of a director who went through "the Roger Corman school of filmmaking" and we're starting with Jack Hill, director of films like TEH BIG DOLL HOUSE and COFFY. Joining us for this first episode is writer, film historian, and filmmaker Calu…

1
Fatal Attraction Ep. 04 - Sleeping with the Enemy / The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 2:13:48

3M ago2:13:48

2:13:48

This week we explore two movies where danger comes not from a stranger, but someone much closer to home. First, Julia Roberts must escape the “Husband from Hell” in SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (1991). Then we encounter the “Nanny from Hell” in Curtis Hanson’s THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (1992) starring Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, Matt McCo…

1
Ep. 144: Nick Knight featuring Dirk Marshall 1:30:34

3M ago1:30:34

1:30:34

It's that time again: VAMPril! Specifically VAMPril 2: Double Suck! Once again we return to the world of bloodsuckers for another month! And there's no better way to start than with NICK KNIGHT, a movie-length TV pilot starring Australian rock star Rick Springfield! And joining us is returning guest Dirk Marshall from the VH US podcast (https://www…

1
Fatal Attraction Ep. 03 - Pacific Heights / Unlawful Entry 1:51:39

3M ago1:51:39

1:51:39

When dangerous strangers wreak havoc on yuppie couples — the police protect the stranger! How’s a yuppie supposed to guard their investment in decorative glass blocks? This week's episode has the answers as we watch: PACIFIC HEIGHTS (1990) starring Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, and Michael Keaton as the con man who’s one step ahead. UNLAWFUL EN…

1
5th Annual Roger Corman Birthday Celebration 57:48

3M ago57:48

57:48

For the fifth year in a row, the New World Pictures Podcast celebrates the work of director/producer Roger Corman by watching his past work and sharing what we loved and what we hated. As you might recall from our first Roger Corman Birthday Celebration, we all planned to watch the same movie but one of us (Marc) didn't read the email and watched a…

1
Fatal Attraction Ep. 02 - Bad Influence / Consenting Adults 1:42:57

3M ago1:42:57

1:42:57

This week we have a pair of thrillers about guys who meet a “New Friend from Hell” and pay the consequences. Explore the dark side with BAD INFLUENCE (1990) from writer David Koepp and director Curtis Hanson, starring James Spader and Rob Lowe. Then it’s time to get way to close to the creepy new neighbors in CONSENTING ADULTS (1992) starring Kevin…

1
Bonus Episode: Interview with Editor Barbara Pokras (SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS, FADE TO BLACK) 1:06:44

3M ago1:06:44

1:06:44

We close out #PrisonMarch 2: Second Offense with an interview with someone who there at New World from the very beginning: editor Barbara Pokras! After graduating from USC (where she went to school with Dan O'Bannon with whom she would work on RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD), Barbara found her way to Roger Corman's newly-formed New World Pictures, where…

1
Fatal Attraction Ep. 01 - Fatal Attraction / Presumed Innocent 2:14:37

3M ago2:14:37

2:14:37

We’ve flirted with you, gone out to dinner, and talked movies. But now, this podcast demands you face the consequences because it’s time to dive into the wave of “dangerous stranger” psychological thrillers launched by Adrian Lyne’s FATAL ATTRACTION (1987) starring very naughty boy Michael Douglas and the unignorable Glenn Close. We then examine th…

1
Ep. 143: The Big Bird Cage featuring Ali Davis 1:46:00

4M ago1:46:00

1:46:00

Listen up, #PrisonMarch is back this week for more of Prison MarcH 2: Second Offense! This week's women-in-prison movie released by New World Pictures is 1972's THE BIG BIRD CAGE written and directed by Jack Hill and starring NWPP favorites Pam Grier, Sid Haig, and Vic Diaz. Returning again for the fifth time to dish out her thoughts on this flick …

1
Ep. 142: The Big Bust-Out featuring Chris Iannacone 1:39:58

4M ago1:39:58

1:39:58

That's right, #PrisonMarch is back for Prison Marc H 2: Second Offense! Once more, we plumb the depths of the women-in-prison movies released by New World Pictures, this time with an Italian knock-off created after New World's THE BIG DOLL HOUSE became a huge success! Yes, plenty of studios were making knock-offs by 1973, but only Roger Corman woul…

1
Bonus Episode: Interview with Editor Alan Toomayan (EATING RAOUL, LUST IN THE DUST) 1:17:57

4M ago1:17:57

1:17:57

Everyone has a different path at New World Pictures, but Alan Toomayan may have had one of the strangest! From driving RVs on movie sets to working as a Production Assistant on New World's GRAND THEFT AUTO and driving Ron Howard around to moving into the editing room for SATURDAY THE 14TH and working with producer Julie Corman, Alan has done it all…

1
Ep. 141: The Tin Drum 1:08:56

4M ago1:08:56

1:08:56

We close #FFFebruary (Foreign Film February) with an Academy Award winner! Director Volker Schlöndorff's 1979 adaptation of THE TIN DRUM! Based on the book of the same name by Günter Grass, the film shows the rise of authoritarianism in Europe prior to World War II through the life of self growth stunting, drum banging and screaming Oskar (David Be…

1
Bonus Episode: Malcolm X 1:39:19

4M ago1:39:19

1:39:19

This week we look at Spike Lee’s biographical epic masterpiece MALCOLM X (1992) starring Denzel Washington in a film that attracted controversy, much like the man whose life story it told.By Chris Iannacone, Rob LaMorgese, and Justin Beahm

1
Ep. 140: The Harder They Come 1:09:06

4M ago1:09:06

1:09:06

Do you know how much reggae is played in San Diego? Marc and Ryan do, and Erica sort of does, which makes the NWPP the perfect podcast to discuss Jamaica's first film, 1972's THE HARDER THEY COME, as we continue #FFFebruary (Foreign Film February)! A foreign film where the only language used is English? You bet! But, if you think you won't need sub…

1
Ep. 139: The Story of Adele H 59:46

5M ago59:46

59:46

Welcome to Foreign film February! This month we will explore some of the foreign films of New World Pictures! FFF, as it's affectionately known, starts off with A LOT of heart (maybe even a little too much heart) with the tragic STORY OF ADELE H directed by Francois Truffaut. Set in 1863 - oh la la mon ami a period piece - we follow a young woman (…

1
Bonus Episode: Interview with Editor/Director James Melkonian (THE JERKY BOYS, NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER, EAT AND RUN) 1:30:28

5M ago1:30:28

1:30:28

It's time for another New World interview, this time with editor/director James Melkonian, who started as an intern at New World Pictures before climbing the ladder all the way to VP of Post-Production! James spent five years at New World, toiling away on a wide range of projects - GODZILLA 1985 (Ep. 108), THE PUNISHER (Ep. 121), REFORM SCHOOL GIRL…

1
Bonus Episode: Do the Right Thing 1:51:13

5M ago1:51:13

1:51:13

We discuss Spike Lee’s breathrough feature film DO THE RIGHT THING (1989) which centers on race relations on a neighborhood block in Brooklyn.By Chris Iannacone, Rob LaMorgese, and Justin Beahm

1
Ep. 138: God Told Me To 1:20:56

5M ago1:20:56

1:20:56

We wrap up #FANuary - where listeners chose what we watched across all our social media accounts - with Larry Cohen's 1976 classic GOD TOLD ME TO! Independently financed then released by new world Pictures, Cohen's strange odyssey of a New York police detective whose investigation yields way more than he ever bargained for is truly a genius piece o…

1
Ep. 137: Tax Attack 87 53:15

5M ago53:15

53:15

Welcome to #FANuary, where we talk about the movies you, the listener, asked us to discuss. Our first entry in #FANuary is 1987's TAX ATTACK 87, a Learning Corporation of America production staring comedian Robert Klein (SNL). Learning Corporation of America was owned by New World Pictures and focused on educational videos like In the FOR SAFETY'S …

1
3rd Annual Worldies and Our Running Top/Bottom 5 2024 Edition 1:21:57

6M ago1:21:57

1:21:57

It's that time again, the most wonderful time of the year: award season! And no award show is more prestigious than the Worldies, the only show that covers all the movies we covered last year! It's a celebration! And joining us to hand out these very real and important awards are a few of our former guests and NWPPVIPs like We invited former guests…

1
Bonus Episode: The Northman 1:41:40

6M ago1:41:40

1:41:40

Grab a cup of psychoactive mead and settle in for a Conan the Barbarian Bonus Episode as we look at Robert Eggers’ historical epic, THE NORTHMAN (2022), starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, and Anya Taylor-Joy. Eggers co-wrote the film with Sjón.By Chris Iannacone, Rob LaMorgese, and Justin Beahm

1
Nearly New World: Chopping Mall 1:05:16

6M ago1:05:16

1:05:16

We are wrapping up the merry month of #DIEcember II: Slay Bells Ring with a well-known cult classic: 1986's CHOPPING MALL aka KILLBOTS. This Nearly New World film was written and directed by Jim Wynorski in his first film for Roger and Julie Corman following working at New World in the publicity department. Join us as we fangirl on malls, robots, a…

1
Bonus Episode: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (with Adam Mallinger) 1:24:06

7M ago1:24:06

1:24:06

Adam Mallinger (Writer: SUPERMAN & LOIS, MICHAEL F-ING BAY) joins us for a special Friday the 13th Bonus episode looking at slasher film deconstructor/reconstructor BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON (2006) starring Nathan Baesal & Angela Goethals, directed by Scott Glosserman, who also co-wrote with David J. Stieve. Adam Mallinger Bluesky …

1
Ep. 136: The Initiation 1:12:20

7M ago1:12:20

1:12:20

We continue #DIEcember 2: Slay Bells Ring with another obscure slasher, 1984's THE INITIATION. This one is filled with family secrets, sharp hand rakes, and hot - temperature hot - sex. It's a movie about the power of dreams or at least the power of attraction that comes from participating in a sleep study. It's about a mother's sacrifice, and how,…

1
Ep. 135: Mountaintop Motel Massacre featuring Ryan Verrill 1:18:17

7M ago1:18:17

1:18:17

We kick off #DIEcember 2: Slay Bells Ring with everyone's character rich slasher, 1983's MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE. Or, if you'd prefer, MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL. Or, as we would call it, "MOTEL MASSACRE NOT ON A MOUNTAIN". Staring Bill Thurman (THE LAST PICTURE SHOW), Anna Chappell (THE MAN IN THE MOON), and Major Brock, a guy who was working as a bagga…

1
Ep. 134: Queenie 1:20:56

7M ago1:20:56

1:20:56

We end #NOvember, where we watch movies with originally said "no" to, with QUENNIE, a 1987 TV Miniseries made by New World Television and, later, released by New World Video. An adaptation of a novel by Michael Korda which told the story of his real-life aunt, the actress Merle Oberon. Now, Korda's aunt may be real, but the story is, well, let's ju…

1
Bonus Episode: Interview with Writer/Director John Penney (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III, THE KINDRED) 1:11:56

8M ago1:11:56

1:11:56

John Penney returns to the podcast! Following our TORMENT reunion episode alongside his cohorts Earl Ghaffari (WAYNE'S WORLD) and Scott Alexander (ED WOOD), John is back to discuss his time working as an assistant editor for New World movies BODY ROCK, GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN, and THE STUFF (as well as RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) before writing …

1
Friday the 13th Ep. 10 - Student Bodies / Unmasked Part 25 1:57:01

8M ago1:57:01

1:57:01

We bid a fond farewell to the Friday slasher trend with two parody films: STUDENT BODIES (1981) are stalked by The Breather in a rare early cycle spoof, then Jackson gets a touch of the melancholy in UNMASKED PART 25 (1988).By Chris Iannacone & Rob LaMorgese

1
Friday the 13th Ep. 09 - Berserker / Twisted Nightmare 1:38:25

8M ago1:38:25

1:38:25

What’s a filmmaker to do if they need to make an 80s slasher film but the trend is getting long in the tooth? Add some inappropriate folklore! A group of campers is stalked by a Viking berserker in the appropriately titled, BERSERKER (1987). And then a group of young people are mysteriously invited to their old summer camp built on land cursed by a…

1
Ep. 133: Eat and Run 59:19

8M ago59:19

59:19

It's #NOvember, where we talk about all the movies we previously said "no" to, and we're kickstarting it with 1986's EAT AND RUN, written by the father/son team of Stand and Christopher Hart and directed by Christopher. it stars Ron Silver as a Detective on the trail of an alien who is eating Italian people in New York City! The poster proclaims it…

1
Audio Commentary: Adventures in Babysitting with screenwriter David Simkins 1:37:56

8M ago1:37:56

1:37:56

We were shocked to discover that 1987's Adventures in Babysitting doesn't have a DVD or Blu Ray audio commentary. After interviewing screenwriter David Simkins in 2022, we asked if he would be willing to record an audio commentary for Adventures in Babysitting and to our delight he agreed. David shares funny and insightful behind-the-scenes stories…

1
Friday the 13th Ep. 08 - Body Count / Edge of the Axe 1:57:16

8M ago1:57:16

1:57:16

It’s time for a European vacation with two films from across the pond that put their unique spin on the American slasher movie trend: BODY COUNT (1986) from famed Italian director Ruggero Deodato and Spanish slasher EDGE OF THE AXE (1988) directed by José Ramón Larraz.By Chris Iannacone & Rob LaMorgese

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Chris Iannacone Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Quick Reference Guide