Saucer Cinema

This week fellow UFO lifer and musician Chris Corry of Vintage UFOs joins me to talk about the 1992 television miniseries Intruders, based on the book of the same name by Budd Hopkins.

We discuss how Intruders influenced subsequent portrayals of alien abductions, cast a hypothetical Netflix-era remake, look into the alleged properties of alien implants, and more! 

This week I open the pod bay doors for writer and filmmaker Mark Slutsky to discuss Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. We talk about the film’s enduring influence, the surprising role played by food and eating in it, humanoid versus non-humanoid aliens, and more! 

 

This week I am joined by Bitter Karella to discuss the 1970 documentary film adaptation of Erich Von Daniken’s best-selling ancient astronauts tome Chariots of the Gods?

We unpack the dubious legacy of the book and film, ponder the status of fast food mascots as celestial beings, tease the romantic and sexual exploits of space gods, and explore Karella’s visit to Erich Von Daniken’s ancient aliens theme park in Switzerland. This episode is a trip…in more ways than one!

On this week’s mothership-sized episode Jen Albright of the podcast Have You Seen This? beams aboard to talk about the 1976 documentary Overlords of the UFO.

We explore the film’s charming 70s crackpot aesthetics, Jen’s own real life encounter with the UFO crowd, Uri Gellar, psychic dolphins, internet culture, cosmic ray-induced idiocy, the secret origin of Minions, and other tangents. Most importantly we delve into the life of the documentary’s producer and host/narrator, W. Gordon Allen, who proves to be a rather colorful and fascinating figure.

Our movie this week is the 1995 made-for-television film Visitors of the Night, directed by Jorge Montesi and starring Markie Post and Candace Cameron. Joining me to discuss this shockingly-not-a-Lifetime-movie offering is the ever-delightful Mandee from the podcasts Fake Movies and Colorado Creeps.

Welcome to Saucer Cinema, the podcast about UFOs, aliens, and otherworldly phenomena in film, tv, and other media. 

For this inaugural episode I am joined by Erik Thybony of the podcast Illogical Contraption: Nights After Dark to discuss the 1989 film adaptation of Whitley Strieber’s alien abduction classic, Communion, directed by Philippe Mora and starring Christopher Walken.

We go into the allegedly true story behind the book and movie, speculate about the interior design tastes of extraterrestrials, and marvel at Christopher Walken’s performance which, like Strieber’s alien visitors, has to be seen to be believed.

Enjoy!