Wild, Wild Podcast
Join Adrian Smith and Rod Barnett as they explore a wide range of Italian genres, one filone at a time.
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- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 81
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Zorro in the Court of England ( Franco Montemurro, 1969)
They seek him there, they seek him there, they seek the mysterious masked hero everywhere - but they will never find him thanks to his cunning use of a luxurious moustache!
We've reached the final …
00:59:48 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
Zenabel (Ruggero Deodato, 1969)
Wild, Wild Podcast have jumped forwards in time from the safe, family-friendly adventures of the early 1960s to the hedonistic, anything goes year of 1969 to meet Zenabel, sometimes known as "The Nak…
01:24:35 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Zorro and the Three Musketeers (Luigi Capuano, 1963)
What is Zorro doing in Spain, thousands of miles away from home? Why are they called the Three Musketeers when there's actually four of them? Why does the King of Spain sound like he was voiced by Pa…
01:11:58 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
The Invincible Masked Rider (L'invincibile cavaliere mascherato, Umberto Lenzi, 1963)
Who is that mysterious masked hero? Sarge? No. Rosemary, the telephone operator? No. Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? Could be! Then again, it could also be Robin Hood, so don't be too sure.
Join u…
01:19:45 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
The Women of Devil's Island (Le prigioniere dell'isola del diavolo, Domenico Paolella, 1962)
It's adventure on land and on sea as we chart a course to Devil's Island! It's the time of the French Revolution and tempers are running high, quite literally, as we visit those poor female prisoners…
01:10:59 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
The Executioner of Venice ( Il boia di Venezia, Luigi Capuano, 1963)
Grab your carnival mask, strap on your rapier and jump into a passing gondola, so that you can travel with us through 17th century Venezia, where evil schemes are afoot, pious nuns need rescuing from…
01:09:53 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (Il colpo segreto di d'Artagnan, Siro Marcellini, 1962)
Wild, Wild Podcast is back from the commentary track-induced wilderness to talk about another fine film in our Rapiers and Ruffles season. This time we're in France as we go on a non-canonical advent…
01:09:31 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Bonus Episode: An Interview with Thorsten Benzel of Creepy Images
In this special episode Adrian talks with publisher and writer Thorsten Benzel about his magazine Creepy Images and his new books Giallo Movie Posters, as volume 2 has just been published. They also …
00:37:34 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Tiger of the Seven Seas (La tigre dei sette mari, Luigi Capuano, 1962)
Has the man you love ever killed your father and stolen your pirate ship? Have you ever seduced a Spanish governor to gain access to his private dungeons? Have you ever dug for buried treasure whilst…
01:00:42 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Terror of the Red Mask (Il terrore della maschera rossa, Luigi Capuano, 1960)
Attack some monks, steal their habits and then sneak into the castle of Duke Astolfo with Rod and Adrian as they try to free the people, find out the identity of the Red Mask, and get their pet monke…
00:59:01 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
The Black Duke (Pino Mercanti, 1963)
Who is the Black Duke? Who is the Red Carnation? Who is actually the hero of this film? These are just some of the questions that may or may not get answered in this new episode, where your two intre…
01:08:48 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
The Sexual Revolution (La rivoluzione sessuale, Riccardo Ghione, 1968)
Join Rod and Adrian in the Orgone Accumulator as they travel back in time to the 1960s for a Sexual Revolution, thanks to Willhelm Reich and a little-known screenwriter called Dario Argento.
This is…
01:06:57 |
Tue 10 Dec 2024
Acid Delirium of the Senses (Giuseppe Scotese, 1968)
Grab your copy of From Russia With Love and suck those LSD-infused corners with us as we trip out in New York City with Beatniks, Bohemians and off-Broadway performers. Just watch out for those Mafio…
01:00:47 |
Tue 19 Nov 2024
LSD - Flesh of the Devil (LSD - Inferno per pochi dollari, Massimo Mida, 1967)
Turn on, tune in and drop out with Rod and Adrian as they enter the wild wild world of 1960s psychedelics. In this episode they take a trip with secret super-agent Rex Miller as he infiltrates the ev…
01:19:06 |
Tue 05 Nov 2024
Ranking the Fumetti - plus 2 bonus films!
Wild, Wild Podcast has made it to the end of the season, but which films were favourites, and which were bottom of the pile? Find out in this final episode of 2024's deep dive into the Fumetti-inspir…
00:59:01 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Isabella, Duchess of the Devils (Bruno Corbucci, 1969)
"En garde!" In this episode we jump back in time to seventeenth century France, where dastardly deeds are afoot and the Duchess Isabella is forced to take revenge against the evil Baron Von Nutter fo…
01:15:05 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Satanik (Piero Vivarelli, 1968)
Skin trouble? Grey hair getting you down? Walking with a stoop? Why not take a drug that has not safely been tested on people yet, will probably make you violent, but will definitely make you young a…
01:08:50 |
Mon 09 Sep 2024
Bonus Episode: Interview with comic writer Steven Ross
In this bonus episode Adrian chats with comic writer Steven Ross, who was responsible for encouraging Luigi Cozzi to write a new story in the Starcrash universe, The Midas Star (which we reviewed in …
01:14:11 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Mister X (Avenger X, Piero Vivarelli, 1967)
Bored of winning the golf championships all the time? Is life with your beautiful fiancé just not quite giving you the thrills you need? In that case, why not put on a black mask, stick a big X on yo…
00:57:25 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968)
Dashing home after having stolen a country's entire gold reserve and blown up its tax offices, Rod and Adrian grab their microphones to talk about one of the greatest films to be covered on Wild, Wil…
01:25:28 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
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