1951 Down Place

It’s the end of the first quarter of 2018 and the Down Placers are feeling a little peckish. To slake their hunger, they decided to take in the 1970 classic “Taste the Blood of Dracula” (dir Peter Sasdy). Did the guys like the meal or did they send it back? Listen to find out! Download […]

No one would blame you if you thought this podcast and these podcasters somehow got . . . um . . . lost on a lost continent, but the truth is much more mundane. You’ll hear about that, and the film The Lost Continent (dir. Michael Carreras, Leslie Norman), in this episode. It’s the triumphant […]

Scott Morris is a podcast legend*. He’s been podcasting for over nine years at Disney, Indiana. He was a regular contributor to Derek’s previous podcasting venture. He’s contributed to numerous podcasts over the years. And from 2011 to 2016, he was one of the co-producers of 1951 Down Place, where he, Derek, and Casey Criswell […]

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The Down Placers may have suffered a minor reboot of their own as they tackle Hammer’s attempt at rebooting their Frankenstein franchise in 1970’s The Horror of Frankenstein (dir. Jimmy Sangster). Does this new take on the material live up to the Cushing-dripping goodness of the previous films? Listen . . . and find out! […]

Half woman, half snake and all Hammer on this month’s 1951 Down Place! Casey, Derek and Scott take a look at 1966’s The Reptile staring Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett, and directed by John Gilling. Will the Down Placers be charmed by the this film or will they be full of venom after watching. […]

Terence Fisher was a busy man for Hammer in the 1960s. A total of ten Hammer films were released bearing the name Terence Fisher, and one of those movies was The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll. Casey, Derek, and Scott take a crack at looking at both sides of this film while keeping their repressed […]

We’re not sure, but either Casey Criswell (Bloody Good Horror), Derek M. Koch (Monster Kid Radio), or Scott Morris (Disney, Indiana) slipped their foot off the break pedal of the Delorean and they’ve found themselves in the midst of Prehistoric Women. Hammer’s 1967 Prehistoric Women to be exact – staring Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay and […]

Let’s see we have a peck on the cheek, an Eskimo kiss, butterfly kisses, a Spider-Man upside-down kiss and Hammer’s 1963 Kiss of the Vampire. This time around Casey Criswell (Bloody Good Horror), Derek M. Koch (Monster Kid Radio), and Scott Morris (Disney, Indiana) pucker up with Clifford Evans, Edward de Souza, Noel Willman and […]