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The Insurrection, Tax Shelter Terrors and The Wretched

Last night's broadcast on the mighty Radio NL 610 AM Kamloops went off without a hitch. We're sure you caught it, but just in case, we proudly present the podcast version for your ear holes. No interviews this week, but we do have more reviews than you can shake a stick at. Like at least three. Maybe four? We'll go with four, just to be safe. Our feature reviews are the controversial Rene Perez action movie The Insurrection and the documentary Tax Shelter Terrors. The Insurrection struggled to find a distributor due to its anti-woke, anti-SJW conspiracy theories. Tax Shelter Terrors tackles the heyday of Canadian horror movies that followed the government's tax-shelter program. How do these flicks rate? Are they worth your time? Stick with us! And stay tuned, as Shawn has seen Netflix's Space Force starring Steve Carell. Is it a funny riff on work a la The Office? And Jason took in the only movie making the rounds at the North American box office -- The Wret...

The Wretched seeks Tax Shelter Terrors for The Insurrection

No interviews on deck when From The Basement takes to the mighty Radio NL 610 AM airwaves tonight. How do you follow up a chat with someone like Bruce McDonald? You don't. But Jason and Shawn do have several reviews on deck, and you'll hear them all starting at 6:05 in the P.M.! For starters, The Basement Boys tackle the controversial new action movie from Basement guest Rene Perez. The Insurrection takes an anti-woke/anti-SJW stance on Liberal media, and has ticked off pretty much everyone, forcing Rene to distribute the movie himself. What do Jason and Shawn think? Is The Insurrection worth the hate? Stick with us! And stick around, as The Dynamic Due tackle the Canadian documentary Tax Shelter Terrors, which spotlights the Canadian film industry's horror-movie heydays of the 70s and 80s. This is more Jason's thing than Shawn's, so we'll see how that goes. Plus, Jason has seen the only movie making the drive-in rounds in North America. It's calle...

Review: Tax Shelter Terrors

You might not know it, but many classic 70s and 80s horror films are Canadian made. And made because of the Canadian Government's tax incentive program that ran from 1975 to 1982. Which ones, you ask? Try Shivers, Black Christmas, Terror Train, My Bloody Valentine, Prom Night, Visiting Hours, Scanners... the list goes on and on. All classic films from my youth. Created and co-directed by Deke Richards, Tax Shelter Terrors explores the history of the tax-shelter program and the films it spawned, interviewing many genre veterans. My Bloody Valentine director George Mihalka? You bet! Plus the likes of Dyanne Thorne, Gregory Dunning, Pierre David and even Maniac director William Lustig. As with any doc of this type, your enjoyment of it hinges on whether or not this is your pint of ale. Shawn tried, but made it about nine minutes. I dug it and enjoyed the full watch. Why? Because I'm as passionate about how movies are made as I am about watching them. Richards and company...

Canadian horror doc to hit Sitges Film Festival

Believe it or not, Basementites, us igloo-dwelling, syrup-sucking iceholes have a long and proud history of making horror films. Really good horror films. Horror films like Black Christmas, Scanners, My Bloody Valentine and The Changeling. My buddy and Billy Trigger co-star Deke Richards co-directed a nifty sounding documentary called Tax Shelter Terrors, which explores how Canada's tax-shelter system gave birth to a whole genre-film industry here in the True North Strong and Free between 1974 and 1982.