Have You Ever Seen

• Greatest Horror Movie Debuts Listicle

  As Canadians eat bird on Thanksgiving and Americans eat Italians on Columbus Day (correct?), Have You Ever Seen just goes all listicle on ya again. I've got a Top 20 countdown for you to, well, chew on. Here are the 5 greatest debuts by an actor in a horror movie and the 15 greatest directorial debuts in horror. Okay, it's lot more than just those 20. These things are fluid. In any event, this list is filled with outstanding scary movies, several of which are lesser-known cult films...and many of them deal in "what's real and what's not". So commit to this 690th episode the way these directors and actors committed to their often-bizarre stories that are filled with dread and fright. The e-mailbag will be opened towards the end of this podcast. To get YOUR question or comment on the air, you have to send one. Do that via email ([email protected]), Twi-X (@moviefiend51) or Bluesky (ryan-ellis). Subscribe to the podcast in your app. Spend a minute or two writing a review. Rate the show. Follow, share, the drill. Look up my reviews on Letterboxd (RyanHYES). I post snappy little wisenheimer type write-ups of films of all sorts, leaning towards recent releases.

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• The Fog

  Inclement weather is heading your way! We discover in this 689th edition of Have You Ever Seen that there are angry, dead mariners on a boat surrounded by fog...and they're out for revenge on the residents of a small coastal town 100 years later. Well-made though this film is, it's definitely lesser John Carpenter, coming out right in the middle of his brilliant Halloween/Escape/Thing run. His horror flick has its moments though and his cast is just fine, headlined by 3 Scream Queens: Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh and Adrienne Barbeau. So let's get the 10th Annual Scary Movie Month going with this sometimes tongue-in-cheek wagging of the tongue about The Fog. Subscribe to this podcast in your app. Write a review. Hit me with 5 stars and let other movie fans know about this show. If you want to contact me, try email. It's "[email protected]". The socials are @moviefiend51 on Twi-X and ryan-ellis on Bluesky. Also, if you're on Letterboxd, hunt me down. My handle is "RyanHYES". I do brief reviews with the aim of finding a fun angle on the story or the characters.

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• Jezebel

  In Jezebel, Bette Davis plays a sassy Southern belle who pushes prudish fiancé Henry Fonda away. And it’s all over a red dress. Jezebel is a movie about manners, propriety and stubbornness in the Antebellum South (courteous though they are, they DO have plenty of slaves) with the looming threat of Yellow Fever. William Wyler's romance in and around New Orleans isn't an all-time classic, but Bette and Fay Bainter both won Oscars for their good, if not quite fantastic work. So coyly pull the back of your extra-long dress up with a riding crop and then spend a year or two being a semi-villain before you make a hard about-face into the land of self-sacrifice. The 688th episode of Have You Ever Seen politely awaits. Before you engage in a stupid duel, make a point of subscribing. Rate and review the show in your app. Let others know about this podcast too. Contact options: email ([email protected]) and the socials: ryan-ellis on Bluesky and @moviefiend51 on Twi-X. Also, look for me on Letterboxd (RyanHYES). I just started posting reviews on September 28th, although don’t be fooled. I didn’t actually watch any of those movies on the 28th. My angle with Letterboxd write-ups is to try to come up with something out of left field to make you giggle or go “oh yeah, I never thought of that!”

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• The Untouchables

  Repeat after me and say it with the coolest lisp in cinema: here beginneth the 687th Have You Ever Seen podcast. The Untouchables is one Brian De Palma's most-successful films is also the first one of his to be discussed around here in 9 years...and, after Carrie, only the 2nd in total. And he was great at violent gangster flicks. It's still the days of Prohibition in America and Al Capone runs the underground liquor trade. Sean Connery won his only Oscar playing an "Irish" beat cop who has all the answers about how to take down the filthy rich mob boss, who's played by Robert De Niro. Connery, Kevin Costner, Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith are the title heroes, who dirty their hands more than they ever intended. So spend this first day of autumn hearing about booze, bribes and slo-mo shootouts in The Untouchables. It's probably the Chicago Way, but it's definitely the Toronto way to subscribe to this podcast...and to not take your baby carriage to a train station at midnight. Rate it in your app (***** perhaps?). Write a review. Follow, spread the word, do all that. Want to offer your own thoughts? Use Twi-X (@moviefiend51) or Bluesky (ryan-ellis) You can also just as easily type up an email ([email protected]).

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• The Elephant Man

  A new era begins in this 686th edition of Have You Ever Seen as Ryan talks about David Lynch's mainstream breakout after Eraserhead got him noticed by this film’s executive producer, Mel Brooks. The Elephant Man stars Oscar nominee John Hurt in the title role and Anthony Hopkins as his sympathetic doctor. Unusual for Lynch, his B&W biographical character piece doesn't have sex, gory violence or bad language. It's just a sensitive, affecting, sometimes sad tale about compassion, acceptance and goodness. And also John/Joseph Merrick's life-changing deformities. Hurt’s makeup really was incredible. So lay down for a nap, but make sure to put your earbuds in before you doze off as this show digs into The Terrible Elephant Man. Subscribe to Have You Ever Seen in your favourite podcast app. Give the show a 5-star rating, write a review, comment, follow, tell your movie-loving friends.  Feedback options: social media...ryan-ellis on Bluesky and @moviefiend51 on Twi-X. [email protected].

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