1951 Down Place

It’s the end of the first quarter of 2018 and the Down Placers are feeling a little peckish. To slake their hunger, they decided to take in the 1970 classic “Taste the Blood of Dracula” (dir Peter Sasdy). Did the guys like the meal or did they send it back? Listen to find out! Download […]

No one would blame you if you thought this podcast and these podcasters somehow got . . . um . . . lost on a lost continent, but the truth is much more mundane. You’ll hear about that, and the film The Lost Continent (dir. Michael Carreras, Leslie Norman), in this episode. It’s the triumphant […]

Scott Morris is a podcast legend*. He’s been podcasting for over nine years at Disney, Indiana. He was a regular contributor to Derek’s previous podcasting venture. He’s contributed to numerous podcasts over the years. And from 2011 to 2016, he was one of the co-producers of 1951 Down Place, where he, Derek, and Casey Criswell […]

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Derek wants to touch base with the listeners of 1951 Down Place . . . if they’re still listening! Download 1951 Down Place: A Quick Check-in here! Voicemail: 765-203-1951 Email: podcast@1951downplace.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/1951DownPlace Facebook Group: http://tinyurl.com/downplacegroup All original content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

The Down Placers may have suffered a minor reboot of their own as they tackle Hammer’s attempt at rebooting their Frankenstein franchise in 1970’s The Horror of Frankenstein (dir. Jimmy Sangster). Does this new take on the material live up to the Cushing-dripping goodness of the previous films? Listen . . . and find out! […]

Half woman, half snake and all Hammer on this month’s 1951 Down Place! Casey, Derek and Scott take a look at 1966’s The Reptile staring Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett, and directed by John Gilling. Will the Down Placers be charmed by the this film or will they be full of venom after watching. […]

Terence Fisher was a busy man for Hammer in the 1960s. A total of ten Hammer films were released bearing the name Terence Fisher, and one of those movies was The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll. Casey, Derek, and Scott take a crack at looking at both sides of this film while keeping their repressed […]

We’re not sure, but either Casey Criswell (Bloody Good Horror), Derek M. Koch (Monster Kid Radio), or Scott Morris (Disney, Indiana) slipped their foot off the break pedal of the Delorean and they’ve found themselves in the midst of Prehistoric Women. Hammer’s 1967 Prehistoric Women to be exact – staring Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay and […]

Let’s see we have a peck on the cheek, an Eskimo kiss, butterfly kisses, a Spider-Man upside-down kiss and Hammer’s 1963 Kiss of the Vampire. This time around Casey Criswell (Bloody Good Horror), Derek M. Koch (Monster Kid Radio), and Scott Morris (Disney, Indiana) pucker up with Clifford Evans, Edward de Souza, Noel Willman and […]

SPOILERS HO! This month, the Down Placers cruise into uncharted waters . . . sort of . . . in that it’s sort of water . . . nevermind. Casey Criswell (Bloody Good Horror), Derek M. Koch (Monster Kid Radio), and Scott Morris (Disney, Indiana) take a look at the 1962 film The Pirates of […]

42 Coleman Rd. Beautiful home with colorful history and good plumbing. Friendly neighborhood. Dining room ideal for birthday parties. Safe for pets. The British television station Channel 4 lists a moment from this television episode in their 100 Scariest Moments show (it came in at #50), and this month, we’ll see how the Down Placers […]

Just sit right back And you’ll hear a tale A tale of a famous trip, That started from a New York port, Aboard a sailing ship. The mate was a mighty creepy lad, The Skipper just was wed A small crew set sail that day, on a trip full of dread, a trip full of […]

Happy Halloween! This month, the Down Placers get down with Dracula as they take a look at 1968’s Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. Director Freddie Francis said he wanted this film to be “visually interesting and exciting as opposed to just expect the audience to go along and see the same old Dracula.” Did he […]

Derek, Casey and Scott Walkin’ through the forest Laughin’ back and forth At what the other’n has to say Reminiscin’ this ‘n’ that And havin’ such a good time Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally Golly, what a day! And what are the boys reminiscin’ about this time? It’s Hammer’s 1967 film A Challenge for Robin Hood staring Barrie […]

All this has happened before, and it will all happen again. But this time it happened in London. It happened on a quiet street named Down Place. That corner house over there is the home of the Podcast family. And Peter Clive chose this particular house because there were people here who were ugly to […]

It’s Listener Pick Month here at 1951 Down Place! The year, most of the listeners REALLY wanted us to discuss 1968’s The Vengeance of She (dir. Cliff Owen). Casey, Derek, and Scott do their best to stay out of the eternal flame while tackling this one. The gang previously discussed She in 2012 in Episode #10, […]

Torn from the pages of history – the truth about the man who turned men into killers and women into animals! Well, maybe not directly from the pages of history, but from Hammer comes 1966’s Rasputin: The Mad Monk starring Sir Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley and Richard Pasco. The film was directed by Don Sharp […]

Driven straight out of Bohemia and into this month’s episode of 1951 Down Place, it’s the one, the only Baron Frankenstein. This time for the 1969 Hammer classic, Frankenstein Must be Destroyed starring Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward and Thorley Walters. In the director’s chair we find Terence Fisher at the helm […]

Wipe the lipstick off your face and check out the latest episode of 1951 Down Place! This month, the Down Placers take a look at the 1965 film Die! Die! My Darling! (dir. Silvio Narizzano) all while hoping they can avoid Mrs. Trefoile. (And don’t call me “darling.”) Download 1951 Down Place: Episode #043 here! […]