Episodes 91
Avg. Duration 1h 9m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (16)
Since Apr 2021
Latest Episode May 2026

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Join Adrian Smith and Rod Barnett as they explore a wide range of Italian genres, one filone at a time. Follow us here: https://linktr.ee/wild_wild_podcast A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk

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S11E6 Django Strikes Again (Django 2 - Il grande ritorno, Nello Rossati, 1987)

May 22, 2026 1h 20m

We always knew he would be back, and this time he is - back! Yes, he may have had his hands brutally mangled twenty years ago, but after a long convalescence, some quality time with the woman he…

S11E5 Specters (Spettri, Marcello Avallone, 1987)

May 05, 2026 1h 29m

Archaeology is a dangerous business, as we discover the hard way in this latest episode where we are taken deep into the catacombs underneath Rome. Donald Pleasence's Professor Lasky leads a…

S11E4 Warrior Queen (Chuck Vincent, 1987)

Apr 19, 2026 1h 5m

Slave auctions, lavish orgies and gladiatorial combat at the dinner table; no, it's not the Tory Party Conference, it's American adult film director Chuck Vincent's straight-to-video Pompeii-set…

S11E3 Cobra Mission (Fabrizio De Angelis, 1986)

Mar 28, 2026 1h 29m

We've all been bored at a family wedding before, but it's unlikely that we've decided to leave early and head off to Vietnam to rescue some guys who got left behind, with nothing but some misplaced…

S11E2 Phenomena (Dario Argento, 1984)

Feb 27, 2026 1h 20m

An ill wind is blowing in the Swiss Alps, and it's going to take the combined might of a psychic teenager, a Scotsman in a wheelchair and a chimpanzee called Inga to do something about it - if they…

S11E1 Pumaman (Alberto De Martino, 1980)

Feb 11, 2026 1h 26m

When the gods delivered a golden mask to the Aztec people on a mountain plateau thousands of years ago, little did they know that one day a man in black leather would steal it, and it would be up to…

S10E3 StageFright (Michele Soavi, 1987)

Jan 07, 2026 1h 17m

In this final episode of our Women in Italian Cinema mini-season, we focus on the unsung hero of Filmirage, Donatella Donati. She worked for many years with Joe D'Amato as a producer, production…

S10E2 The Year of the Cannibals (I cannibali, Liliana Cavani, 1969)

Nov 18, 2025 1h 19m

In a dystopian Milan, a failed revolution has left the Fascists in charge and the streets littered with dead rebels. Antigone (Britt Ekland) seems to be the only sane person left, determined to defy…

S10E1 Rita the Mosquito (Lina Wertmüller, 1966)

Oct 25, 2025 1h 19m

Italian star Rita Pavone is a mischevious schoolgirl with a confusing crush on her sleepy music teacher, who is living a double-life as a singer in a beat band. Can she stop pranking him long enough…

S9E12 Bonus Episode: Ranking the Rapiers and the Ruffles

Sep 16, 2025 31m

Join Rod and Adrian as they agonise over how to rank the films from the Rapiers and Ruffles season. Will they agree, or will there be rapiers at dawn? If you have been watching along throughout the…

S9E11 Zorro in the Court of England ( Franco Montemurro, 1969)

Sep 04, 2025 59m

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…

S9E10 Zenabel (Ruggero Deodato, 1969)

Aug 20, 2025 1h 24m

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…

Zorro and the Three Musketeers (Luigi Capuano, 1963)

Jul 14, 2025 1h 11m

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…

S9E8 The Invincible Masked Rider (L'invincibile cavaliere mascherato, Umberto Lenzi, 1963)

Jun 23, 2025 1h 19m

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 us…

S9E6 The Women of Devil's Island (Le prigioniere dell'isola del diavolo, Domenico Paolella, 1962)

Jun 05, 2025 1h 10m

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…

S9E7 The Executioner of Venice ( Il boia di Venezia, Luigi Capuano, 1963)

Jun 05, 2025 1h 9m

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…

S9E5 The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (Il colpo segreto di d'Artagnan, Siro Marcellini, 1962)

Apr 24, 2025 1h 9m

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…

S9E4 Bonus Episode: An Interview with Thorsten Benzel of Creepy Images

Apr 24, 2025 37m

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…

S9E3 Tiger of the Seven Seas (La tigre dei sette mari, Luigi Capuano, 1962)

Feb 20, 2025 1h

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…

S9E2 Terror of the Red Mask (Il terrore della maschera rossa, Luigi Capuano, 1960)

Feb 05, 2025 59m

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…

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