Episode 144: SUMMER OF SHARKS AND FRIENDS #7 - Orca

Episode 144 of The HD Movie Podcast is here! It's Hayley Alice Roberts. It's Darren Gaskell. It's movies of any year, any genre and any quality.

Summer Of Sharks And Friends continues and this week your hosts are having a whale of a time (sorry about that non-joke) with ORCA! Richard Harris plays a fisherman out to make some cash by capturing the titular beast and makes a catastrophic mistake, triggering a tale of revenge from the deep.

Hayley and Darren talk about the surprisingly serious approach the film takes, as well as its noteworthy score by Ennio Morricone. There's also discussion of the critical drubbing the film was given on its release, a look at when PG may not be PG, the slightly odd use of a Charlotte Rampling voiceover and a look at whether or not this really is Death Wish with Charles Bronson being played by the whale.

Our very own Morricone is Mitch Bain, who also writes and performs the tunes you hear on the podcast including the terrific Summer Of Sharks theme. You can find him on Instagram if you look for "evertheoptimitch".

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Hayley: @HayleyARoberts on X, hayleyaliceroberts on Instagram

Darren: @darren_gaskell on X, darren_gaskell on Instagram

How was Charlotte Rampling's character not bloody freezing?