TotalCultZone Presents

This week I'm joined by Philip Bedwell (he's never been in neighbours or Home and away) to talk about a few things, First his new role in BFI short Choke hold, then about fun fake fighting in films, Depressing realities of the real life fight world and eventually we stumble into Russell Crowe's new MMA movie Beast. It gets real spoilery real fast, so turn off when the trailer kicks in if you really don't want to know what happens... although to be honest, the trailer shows you most of what happens. Directed by Tyler Atkins (Bosch, Rockit), Beast stars Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind), Daniel MacPherson (Foundation, Land of Bad) & Luke Hemsworth (The Witcher, WestWorld). Other stars of the film include Bren Foster, George Burgess, Mojean Aria, Kelly Gale, Amy Shark and Saphira Moran. The film was co-written by David Frigerio (Land of Bad) & Russell Crowe, marking Crowe's second writing credit, following Poker Face in 2022.Beast follows ex-con Patton James (Daniel MacPherson), who abandoned his mixed martial arts dream to support his wife, Luciana (Kelly Gale), and daughter. When Patton’s brother Malon suffers a serious injury in a fi ght to make good on his debts, Patton has to risk everything to get back in the ring to avenge him. But to reclaim his old glory and succeed in the ONE Championship, Patton must regain the trust of his ace trainer (Russell Crowe) and keep his own family together.LINKS!Philip Bedwell instagramPhilipbedwell.comTotalCultZone.com for all my stuffFKinghello@Gmail.com - To Direct message without that social media guffMusicTatami: Midnight DriveMusic from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-drive License code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO

TotalCult DocFest rumbles on with all the power of a ballast laden shopping trolly down a steep hill, as Joe downs his third bottle of Goop and we talk about the 2008 documentary "Carts of Darkness" and, discuss what constitutes a sport.Watch the film here Carts of Darkness full featureMurry Siple's Walletmoth studiosLINKS!Joe ThingsTotalCultZone.com for all my stuffFKinghello@Gmail.com - To Direct message without that social media guffBuy me a fancy coffeePatty RonMusicTatami: Midnight DriveMusic from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-driveLicense code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO

Nona and me once again review a movie where the poster features an open mouthed lady... it's a trend it seems, as is opening the film with "based on a true story" which we go into why that's not actually as smart as film makers think it is, especially when dealing with cults. Yeah! a cult film in the Total Cult Zone, one with a dead dog that's not a dead dog, an evil witch and some of the poorest decisions ever made by characters in a film.The Australian-produced supernatural horror, directed by Daniel J. Phillips (Awoken), comes to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. The film stars Elizabeth Cullen (Evil Dead Wrath), John Kim (The Little Things), Mia Challis (Clickbait) and Terence Crawford (The Babadook).After suffering terrifying blackouts, a young woman returns to the religious compound where she was raised. As she unravels the dark secrets of her past, an ancient ritual unleashes the vengeful spirit of a cursed witch.NonaGoff for Nona stuffTotalCultZone.com for the Total Cult ZineFKinghello@Gmail.com - To Direct message without that social media guffPatty Ron Buy me a coffee get access to the super secret Total Cult Club, includes uncut episodes and occasional bonus pods with catsMusic;Tatami: Midnight DriveMusic from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-driveLicense code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO

Welcome to TotalCult DocFest 2026, I've had a lot of documentaries in my inbox of late, so many I figure I hold a mini series of them on the show. What better way to start off DocFest than a doc about a fest. Big thank you to Subjective for sending it over, check them out at www.subjectivemovies.comWhen a group of independent filmmakers attend ScorpiusFest, a small film festival in Park City, Utah held the same week as Sundance, they discover a chaotic one-man operation held in a conference room with no projector. After meeting the festival's founder, Steffon Olsen, they return the following year with cameras to document and help run the event.LINKS!Joe ThingsTotalCultZone.com for all my stuffFKinghello@Gmail.com - To Direct message without that social media guffBuy me a fancy coffeePatty RonMusicTatami: Midnight DriveMusic from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-driveLicense code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO

Nona is made speechless for the first time, but is it due to the film or just the Werewolf dildo monster tickling a pickle? either way, this is an odd film that neither of us were expecting to have this reaction to.Touch Me is psychosexual horror-comedy written and directed by Addison Heimann.Two best friends become addicted to the heroin-like touch of an alien narcissist who is trying to take over the world.The film stars Olivia Taylor Dudley (She Dies Tomorrow, The Magicians), Lou Taylor Pucci (Daredevil: Born Again, American Horror Story) and Jordan Gavaris (Wish You Were Here, Hacks).Touch Me was produced by John Humber (Hypochondriac, Moon Manor) and David Lawson Jr. (Something In The Dirt, Things Will Be Different).The world premiere took place at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and Abertoir Horror Festival hosted the UK premiere in November. It has also played at numerous genre festivals around the world – including SXSW, Night Visions, Fantasia, Sitges, Melbourne and Soho Horror Festival.Touch Me will be available on Digital and Blu-ray from Monday May 4NonaGoff for Nona stuffTotalCultZone.com for the Total Cult ZineFKinghello@Gmail.com - To Direct message without that social media guffPatty Ron Buy me a coffee get access to the super secret Total Cult Club, includes uncut episodes and occasional bonus pods with catsMusic;Tatami: Midnight DriveMusic from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-driveLicense code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO

Smelling like Monster Energy, spite, rage and a couple of old shelves. Nona and ThatFkingGuy (that is who I am) scratch and sniff our way through the the sights, sounds and smells of Dead LoverFollowing its World Premiere at Sundance, the film played at SXSW, Night Visions, TIFF, Edinburgh International Film Festival and Soho Horror Festival.Dead Lover is a deliciously dark horror-comedy, for fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Death Becomes Her and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.The film centers around a smelly gravedigger who craves love and, after she’s found it, refuses to let it go – even in death.Directed and co-written by Grace Glowicki, the film stars Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Leah Doz and Lowen Morrow, each playing multiple parts.A lonely gravedigger, who stinks of corpses, finally meets her dream man – but their romance is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, the gravedigger goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap scientific experiments, resulting in grave consequences and unlikely love.Dead Lover launches in select UK & Irish screens from Friday, March 20To find your nearest cinema, click here: https://linktr.ee/DeadLoverUKIAll screenings will be presented in Stink-O-Vision (scratch ‘n sniff cards).NonaGoff for Nona stuffTotalCultZone.com for the Total Cult ZineFKinghello@Gmail.com - To Direct message without that social media guffPatty Ron Buy me a coffee get access to the super secret Total Cult Club, includes uncut episodes and occasional bonus pods with catsMusic;Tatami: Midnight DriveMusic from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-driveLicense code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO

Join ThatFKingGuy and Captain J Spaulding as they talk about a "Movie" that's a cross between, "The Thing" and "The Descent"... at least that's what we think was typed into ChatGPT to create this.IT'S AN OUTRAGE!!!!Bone Keeper is directed and written by Howard J. Ford (DarkGame, Escape) and stars Sarah Alexandra Marks (Escape, Punch, Bogieville), Louis James (Help, Manor Of Darkness), Tiffany Hannam-Daniels (River Of Blood), as well as British acting royalty John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Raiders of the Lost Ark).A cosmic fireball crashes into remote woodland, awakening a terrifying creature hidden in the depths. 1976: James Wheeler enters a cave determined to uncover the truth – and is never seen again. All that’s found is a single frame of Super 8 film, capturing the silhouette of a horrifying creature. Now Wheeler’s granddaughter, along with five explorers, set out to investigate the legend of the ‘Bone Keeper’. But deep in the caves, they realise they are being hunted, and the line between hunter and prey blurs. Will they uncover the truth and escape the creature – or become the next missing souls?Bone Keeper celebrated its World Premiere at FrightFest Glasgow and will be available on Digital Download from 6th April  LINKS!CptSpaulding on Bluesky, follow to see him get a stew onTotalCultZone.com for all my stuffFKinghello@Gmail.com - To Direct message without that social media guffMusicTatami: Midnight DriveMusic from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-drive License code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO

This week Nona and myself head out on a text based adventure to the land of ObexSet in 1987 and shot in monochrome, OBEX is a surreal lo-fi fantasy adventure with a cautionary tale about living life through a screen. The world premiere took place at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival where IndieWire called it “Eraserhead meets The Legend of Zelda.”Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy disappears, the line between reality and gaming blurs, and Conor must enter the world of OBEX to save her.OBEX is a fantasy-adventure feature from the creative-mind of Albert Birney; writer and director of Strawberry Mansion (2021). Co-written by Pete Ohs (Erupcja), it stars Birney alongside Callie Hernandez (Jethica) and Frank Mosley (Rent Free).The score was recorded by Josh Dibb, founding member of experimental rock band Animal Collective.NonaGoff for Nona stuffTotalCultZone.com for the Total Cult ZineFKinghello@Gmail.com - To Direct message without that social media guffPatty Ron Buy me a coffee get access to the super secret Total Cult Club, includes uncut episodes and occasional bonus pods with catsMusic;Tatami: Midnight DriveMusic from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-driveLicense code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO

Last time Mark(100 things we learned from film) was on, we talked about Thatcher, this time it's amazingly someone even worse than Thatcher. In fact, we're having a hard time trying to figure out who could be worse than this guyBased on the award-winning, bestselling book ‘At the Wolf’s Table’ by Rosella Postorino, The Tasters reconstructs the true story of the women coerced into being food tasters for Adolf Hitler towards the end of World War II.In 2012, at the age of 95, a woman named Margot Wölk revealed that she had been one of the young German women forced to taste Hitler's meals at his hiding spot known as the 'Wolf's Lair'. Until then, no one had ever known about the existence of the food tasters and Margot Wölk was the only one among them to survive the end of the war. Her story inspired Rosella Postorino to write At the Wolf’s Table, which in turn inspired the script for The Tasters.Directed by Silvio Soldini (Days and Clouds, Two Lives), The Tasters stars Elisa Schlott (Our Miracle Years, The Empress), Max Riemelt (Sense8, Two To One, Berlin Syndrome) and Alma Hasun (The Glory of Life, Corsage).LINKS AND STUFFMark and his 100 thingsTotalCultZone.com for the Total Cult ZineFKinghello@Gmail.com - To Direct message without that social media guffBuy me a coffee get access to the super secret Total Cult Club, includes uncut episodes and occasional bonus pods with catsMusic;Tatami: Midnight DriveMusic from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-driveLicense code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO