Bedrock Podcast

We talk about Re-Animator, a 1985 film directed by Stuart Gordon, starring Jeffery Combs, about a medical student with an unrivaled need to re-animate dead tissue. 

We talk about the 1989 movie Puppet Master. 

We talk about how elements of Chor Yuen's Death Duel influenced our upcoming wuxia RPG Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades. We talk about Destiny Paths, rebelling against the orthodox and how all of our characters are like coins with two sides.  Podcast these song "Righteous Blood" composed and performed  by Pipa-Playing Witch. 

We talk about The Lair of the White Worm, a 1988 film about an ancient Roman snake cult unearthed in Derbyshire England. It is directed by Ken Russell, and stars Hugh Grant, Peter Capaldi and Amanda Donohoe.  Music by Psychedelic Reptile Johann Sebastian Bach. 

We talk about Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). We apologize for the sound quality after the forty minute mark (something caused tremendous echo, which we attempted to fix but the solution, which was imperfect, affected the volume consistency). 

We discuss the original Halloween. 

We discuss the Vincent Price classic: House on Haunted Hill. 

We talk about the film Finger of Doom and bringing horror elements into a wuxia campaign.  Music provided by Pipa Playing Witch. 

We talk about Poltergeist. 

We talk about the original Night of the Living Dead.  Music provided by Venusian Ghoul Johann Sebastian Bach.

We discuss Joe Dante's The Howling. 

We talk about 2 Champions of Shaolin, a 1980 venom mob film directed by Chang Cheh. It is no-BS, Kung Fu goodness for old school fans.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

We talk about the campy, fun and tragic: Bride of Frankenstein.  Music provided by Disco-Zombie Bach. 

We talk about the 1980s classic: Fright Night. Directed by Tom Holland, starring Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse, William Ragsdale and Chris Sarandon. It is a fun but still scary, horror movie that revels in campy vampire lore at a time when movies about 'demented madmen in ski-masks, hacking up young virgins' were all the rage. But has it stood the test of time. We revisit Fright Night to find out.    Music provided by Zombie Johann Sebastian Bach.

We talk about the well-respected venom mob film, The Kid with the Golden Arm. Released in 1979 and directed by Chang Cheh it stars Lo Meng, Philip Kwok, Helen Poon, Lu Feng, Sun Chien, and many other astounding talents. It is about an escort company tasked by the government with transporting a shipment of gold to victims of famine. They must face traps and ambushes from the cunning Chi Sha gang along the way, as well as content with their own internal turmoil. A simple plot with some fun twists, and a ton of great fight scenes, this movie has something for both wuxia fans and kung fu fanatics. We talk about how it influenced one of the adventures we provide in Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades.  The song "Righteous Blood" was provided by Pipa-Playing Witch. 

We talk about terrible album covers. 

We talk about the movie Videodrome. 

We talk about The Four, a 2012 film directed by Gordan Chan.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

We talk about the classic David Cronenberg film, Scanners (1981)

We talk about the film American Psycho (2000).