{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/660d57ad9f822b00163ee511/695d691039d31c858847e4a6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"James and the Giant Peach (1996)","description":"<p>We're off on a fruity adventure with stop-motion animated insects in yet another dark delight discarded by Disney, an adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel helmed by Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas.</p><p><br></p><p>The Stinky Cheese Man, a very c***y spider, Tim Burton drama, suprisingly sobering themes, Revolting Recipes, the power of Pete Postlethwaite, a mechanical shark, Andy Partridge from XTC vs Randy Newman, a fabric rhino puppet in a tank, Joanna Lumley, the New York City set looking like a pop-up book, Microsoap and Callum's Miriam Margolyes story await.</p><p><br></p><p>We share our thoughts on the movie and its themes, some behind the scenes gossip, delve into the nightmarish moments and dream up some ridiculous merch.</p><p><br></p><p>If we were bugs, what kind of bugs would we be? Listen and find out!</p><p><br></p><p>Art by Ashleigh Jane Cosgrove. Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio.</p><p><br></p><p>https://linktr.ee/onceuponavhs</p><p><br></p><p>Join our Clamshell Club on Patreon to support the show and gain access to exclusive Once Upon A VHS bonus episodes updated monthly:</p><ul><li>Boxset - reviewing 80s and 90s fantasy TV (including Jim Henson's The Storyteller)</li><li>Rewind - looking back at fantasy films from before 1980 (including Star Wars)</li><li>Fast Forward - our thoughts on fantasy movies from 2000 onwards (including The Lord of the Rings)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>https://patreon.com/onceuponavhs</p>","author_name":"Once Upon A VHS"}