Morally Offensive
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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Part 2: Film? GOOD! Censorship? BAD!
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Part 2: Film? GOOD! Censorship? BAD!
About this podcast
Morally Offensive is a weekly film podcast about the movies the Catholic Church tried to warn you about. We revisit films labeled “condemned” by the Legion of Decency and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, unpacking the outrage, the censorship, and the cultural shifts behind them. Whether you grew up with Catholic guilt or just love controversial cinema, this is where dirty movies meet film history.
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- The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Part 2: Film? GOOD! Censorship? BAD! · 1 h 19 min · Episode 67In Part 2 of our two-part episode on Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Morally Offensive finally gets into the movie itself. Bill, Kevin, and Robert R. Kelly of the Record All…
- The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Part 1: The Legion of Decency vs. Boob Shots · 1 h 12 min · Episode 66In Part 1 of our two-part episode on Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Morally Offensive takes a look at the Catholic Legion of Decency’s censorship records (courtesy of the Academy…
- Basic Instinct (1992): Let's Get Basic and Instinctual | Part 2 (American Giallo) · 1 h 34 min · Episode 65Bill and Stephanie are joined once again by the winner of the Milwaukee Film Silent Auction, Bill’s Sister-In-Law, Shannon, for episode two on Basic Instinct (1992), as part of…
- Basic Instinct (1992): S--t OR Shinola? | Part 1 (American Giallo) · 1 h 17 min · Episode 63For the next installment in their American Giallo series, Bill and Jess are joined by Shannon, Bill’s sister-in-law and the winner of the Milwaukee Film Silent Auction prize to…
- RE-RELEASE: Ken Russell's The Devils (1971) w/Ken Melvoin-Berg · 2 h 30 min · Episode 64When we initially released this episode, in the early days of the podcast, Cisco had temporarily returned to the Movie Buffs podcast, and film curator and writer Stephanie Sack…
- The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978): Sleazy Sexploitation or An Examination of Conscience? | Part 2 (American Giallo) · 59 min · Episode 62In Part Two of our discussion of The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Bill and Kevin are joined by Ben Schneider from Reel Beans Podcast, and finally get into the movie itself. As part…
- The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978): Sex, "Twaddle", & One B.F. Dick | Part 1 (American Giallo) · 46 min · Episode 60Bill and Kevin are back with another installment in the American Giallo series, and this time we’re staring directly into The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) with Ben Schneider from…
- Re-release: The Exorcist (1973) - First Impressions of an Exorcist Virgin (Restored) · 1 h 33 min · Episode 61It shouldn’t be surprising that an episode about William Friedkin’s The Exorcist would be plagued with technical problems (if you believe in that kind of thing) but the episode…
- Body Double (1984): Relax, Don't Do It...When You Wanna Come | Part Two (American Giallo) · 1 h 10 min · Episode 59Bill and Jess continue their American Giallo series with Cisco Scartozzi for the second half of Brian De Palma’s Body Double (1984). Once again, Cisco is playing defense for De…
- Morally Offensive Podcast Trailer · 1 minDo you like dirty movies? Did you grow up Catholic? Did you not grow up Catholic, but dislike censorship? Are you passionate about the history of film? Do you enjoy discussing…
- Body Double (1984): Makes You Hot, Doesn't It? | Part One (American Giallo) · 1 h 41 min · Episode 57In this episode of Morally Offensive, Bill and Jess are joined by former co-host Cisco Scartozzi to take on Brian De Palma’s Body Double (1984), a voyeuristic erotic reimagining…
- Alice Sweet Alice (1976): When Rigid Catholic Devotion Becomes Psychosis | Part Two (American Giallo) · 57 min · Episode 56In Part 2 of Morally Offensive’s deep dive into Alice, Sweet Alice (1976), Bill and the gang look beyond the film’s Catholic imagery to examine director Alfred Sole’s career and…
- Alice Sweet Alice (1976): A Porno, An Excommunication, and a First Communion | Part One (American Giallo) · 1 h 18 min · Episode 55In Part One of their two-part deep dive into Alfred Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice (1976), Bill and Kevin are joined by Janecka Deer of Scream Queen Podcast to explore a now-classic…
- Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971): Sexploitation Meets Star Trek | (American Giallo) · 1 h 57 min · Episode 54This week on Morally Offensive, past guest Ophelia Crane returns for Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971), Roger Vadim’s deeply unpleasant high school sex comedy/murder mystery…
- Dressed to Kill (1980): A Bloody Mess, or Bloody Brilliant? | Part Two (American Giallo) · 1 h 22 min · Episode 53In Part 2 of Morally Offensive’s American Giallo deep dive into Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill (1980), Bill, Jess, and Ava Davis dig into the film’s cast, production, infamous…
- Dressed to Kill (1980): Catholics Condemning Sexism, Acting Sexist | Part 1 (American Giallo) · 1 h 32 min · Episode 52Bill and Jess are joined by filmmaker and actor Ava Davis to kick off their discussion of Brian De Palma’s highly controversial film Dressed to Kill (1980). Starring Michael…
- American Gigolo (1980): Paul Schrader's Naked Man in a Room | Part 2 (American Giallo) · 1 h 21 min · Episode 51Bill and Kevin are joined once again by Milwaukee journalist Michail Takach to conclude their discussion of American Gigolo (1980), the first film in the American Giallo series…
- American Gigolo (1980): The Film that Announced the 80s | Part 1 (American Giallo) · 1 h 42 min · Episode 50Bill and Kevin kick off a brand new season of Morally Offensive with American Giallo, a series exploring American thrillers from the 1970s through the 1990s that borrow the…
- Ms. 45 (1981): New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones (Part 2) · 43 min · Episode 49Bill and Stephanie are joined once again by author and screenwriter J. Patrick Hanley for part two of their discussion of Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45 (1981), the controversial cult…
- Ms. 45 (1981): The Patron Saint of Vengeance (Part 1) · 1 h 14 min · Episode 48Bill and Stephanie are joined by author and screenwriter Patrick Hanley to discuss Abel Ferrara’s cult classic Ms. 45 (1981), one of the most controversial, influential, and…
