Bonus Episode: Interview with Editor/Director R.J. Kizer (HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN, BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, UP FROM THE DEPTHS)

The New World Pictures Podcast

If HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN didn't start #SciFiJuly with enough of a bang, here's an epic interview with the film's co-director and editor, R.J. Kizer, who got his start editing for Roger Corman and New World Pictures with 1979's UP FROM THE DEPTHS (which we covered earlier this year) and went on to work on BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, SPACE RAIDERS, GALAXY OF TERROR, and so much more! We discuss the difficulties of these productions, including how Corman's vacation put pressure on the delivery time of UP FROM THE DEPTHS and how much PIRANHA was an influence, how BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS is a RASHOMON event, and how our Nearly New World selection of METEOR influenced the creation of HAMBONE AND HILLIE!
Plus, we will talk about ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, which utilized Corman's special effects crew from the Lumberyard, GALAXY EXPRESS 999, ANDROID, Kizer's still-active career as an audio editor for X-MEN movies and many, many others, and, of course, HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN, including Daniel Stern's audition for the Roddy Piper role, working with co-director Donald G. Jackson, the locations, and much more!