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Ghostwatch 30th Anniversary with Director Lesley Manning | Cereal At Midnight Podcast

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Ghostwatch terrified and confounded the public when it was released in 1992. Now on the occasion of the film's 30th anniversary, Cereal At Midnight sits down with director Lesley Manning to discuss the legacy and influence of Ghostwatch ! LesleyManning.com Order the 30th Anniversary Blu-ray here: https://amzn.to/3FA1H2i CerealAtMidnight.com Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Intro Music: Juanitos - Octopussy - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Juanitos/Exotica/juanitos_-_01_-_octopussy/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/ Interview Music: Crowander - Whisky  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/crowander/from-the-garage-funkrock/whisky/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Outro Music: Break Surf - Muzaproduction https://pixabay.com/...

A Kind of Magic: #4: Highlander the Series - "The Gathering"

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1992's Highlander: The Series  came along at just the right time. After Highlander 2 , the franchise (which was only two movies) was in the toilet and even the most passionate fans complained that the sequel had ruined something that was once fresh and cool. Along comes the TV show, which offers what is essentially a soft reboot. The syndicated series ignores the second movie altogether, instead choosing to go back to the things that made the FIRST movie feel so special, albeit with a few tweaks. Gone is any reference to another planet or any hint at alien technology. Gone is the futuristic slant and the high-concept premise. Instead, we return to the time of "The Gathering" when only a few immortals remain and must battle until to the death. The premise is its mantra: in the end, there can be only one. The series plays things close to "real;" the only fantastical elements within the series are the Quickenings that occur when an immortal is slain and a sort of...