We're back for more! On this episode, Re-Gor and Patsy the Angry Nerd discuss the Venom Mob film, “House of Traps” from 1982. Then we discuss a spaghetti western released in the US in 1971 as “A Fistful of Dynamite,” then re-released in 1972 as “Duck, You Sucker!” Check out the movie ads from both films on the website, as well as some screenshots from “Ode.” Enjoy! Patsy the Angry Nerd can be found at: throwdownthursdaypodcast.com Facebook groups: Throwdown Thursday and Loudest Sports Show Youtube: Throwdown Thursday Podcast His book, "How Much Do You Tip an Exorcist", can be found at: https ..read more

We're back for more! Today we've got an awesome couple of films for you! There's the non-Shaw Brothers film, Ninja in the Deadly Trap (1981), starring 3 of the Venoms Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Lu Feng, which was also directed and choreographed by Kwok. Then we discuss the classic and much beloved Spaghetti Western, The Companeros (1970) starring Franco Nero, Thomas Milian, and Jack Palance! Enjoy! Patsy the Angry Nerd can be found at: throwdownthursdaypodcast.com Facebook groups: Throwdown Thursday and Loudest Sports Show Youtube: Throwdown Thursday Podcast His book, "How Much Do You Tip ..read more

Finally! The long awaited episode 20 of The East Meets the West has arrived!! Patsy the Angry Nerd and Re-Gor are joined by podcaster extraordinaire, Rod Barnett!! The films we discuss today are: Five Fingers of Death aka King Boxer from 1972 starring Hong Kong Kung-Fu legend Lo Lieh, and Long Days of Vengeance from 1967 starring the inimitable Giuliano Gemma! Don't forget to check out the newspaper ads for Five Fingers of Death on the web page! Rod Barnett can be found at: http://pitofrod.blogspot.com Patsy the Angry Nerd & Ashes can be found at throwdownthursdaypodcast.com Facebook group ..read more

We're back after a bit of a hiatus! On today's show, Re-Gor and Patsy discuss the Shaw Brothers film Sword Stained with Royal Blood from 1981 and the spaghetti western The Mercenary from 1968. In Sword Stained with Royal Blood havoc breaks out when a warrior on the run uncovers a sword, training manual, treasure map and a secret message on the body of a deceased master. The Mercenary concerns Sergei Kowalski (Franco Nero), a mercenary only out for himself and a few dollars, who joins up with a Mexican peasant-turned-revolutionary, Paco Roman (Tony Musante) -- when the price is right. No longer ..read more

After an unplanned hiatus, we're back with more Shaw Brothers and Spaghetti Western goodness!!! On this episode, Patsy the Angry Nerd and I discuss the films 10 Tigers of Kwangtung from 1980, and The 5-Man Army from 1969. In 10 Tigers, the Venoms are back in a complicated story that moves between past and present and details the origins of the Chinese legend of the 10 Tigers from Kwangtung! Great cinematography and fighting as always, and we had a hilarious time dissecting this film! In the 5-Man Army, Peter Graves stars as a man who puts a team together for an almost impossible mission of rob ..read more

We're back!! Sorry for the delay! Patsy and I discuss Legend of the Fox from 1980 and The Big Gundown from 1966. In Legend of the Fox, Chin Siu Ho plays a young man who believes himself to be an orphan. Until one rainy night when he and three different men find themselves taking shelter from the storm in the same place. The Big Gundown stars Lee Van Cleef as unofficial lawman John Corbett who is tasked with hunting down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl. Who needs an entire posse when you've got Lee Van Cleef?? Two highly entertaining films th ..read more

Patsy and I return to our regular format as we delve back into the Venom films and a Bud Spencer film! First up is The Rebel Intruders from 1980. Three refugees become sworn brothers during a war. One (Kuo Chui/Philip Kwok) works in a whore house, one (Chiang Sheng) in a gambling house, and the other (Lo Mang) in a martial arts school. They become embroiled in the war and are betrayed by one's mentor. And in Today We Kil, Tomorrow We Die! (1968) Brett Halsey stars as a Django lookalike who goes on the warpath to avenge the death of his wife. Bud Spencer teams up with him, this time without Ter ..read more

Last episode was part 2 of our Primer on Shaw Brothers films and Spaghetti Westerns. Today, we break our usual form again as we will NOT be discussing a Venom film from Shaws or a Terence Hill related Spaghetti Western. This episode, we've got a very special guest returning to the show, podcaster extraordinaire, Derek M Koch! Derek, Patsy and I discuss two wonderful films: just in time for Halloween we present the Shaw Brothers/Hammer Films team-up, Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) and the Spaghetti Western, Requiem for a Grino (1968). You're in for a great treat! Derek can be found at ..read more

Welcome to the latest episode of the now Award Winning Show, The East Meets the West! We won Best Long Form Show at the Amalga-Mania Awards!! On the second part of our Primer, an effort to bring new listeners up to speed on what the show is about as well as recap things for existing listeners along with new information, Patsy, John Grace, Sevenhooks and I continue our discussion. Here we discuss Spaghetti Westerns as a genre as our guests bring some new information and facts to the table that we haven't discussed before! And we revisit Django and Stranger and the Gunfighter, as Patsy had not s ..read more

This episode is not going to be our usual one in which we take a deep dive first into a Shaw Brothers film, then a Spaghetti Western movie. This episode is a primer intended for new listeners, as well as helping current listeners bone up on their Shaw and Spaghetti movies, or even to maybe clarify things that weren't clear before. Patsy and I are joined by two experts on both Shaw and Spaghetti: John Grace from Midnight Movie Cowboys and a man known only as Sevenhooks! We discuss actors, directors, and writers that we've only talked about on the show so far, but there will be some mention of o ..read more