Ep. 49: Crimes of Passion (1984)
We start off 2022 with a bang! Several bangs! And a question: is CRIMES OF PASSION “fun?”
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Ep. 48: Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
In this episode, we talk about a holiday classic. While this movie doesn’t have anything to do with the holidays, it explores all the traditions of the holidays. Traditions like getting wasted on carnival moonshine and going to a strip club complete with marionettes and, of course, letting your 1-year-old child wander the land on…
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Ep. 47: Cannonball!
We discuss 1976’s Cannonball! and ask all the important questions, such as: how tight were those pants?
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Ep. 46: Rock ‘n’ Roll High School – featuring Phillip Mottaz
1, 2, 3, 4! We invited author and Ramones of the Day co-host Phillip Mottaz to join us to discuss 1979’s ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL! We dive deep into this New World classic, and take you behind the scenes for the New World scripting process, the Ramones of it all, and you’ll finally learn…
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Ep. 45: Flowers in the Attic – featuring Jessica Young
Jessica Young from The Rants and Raves Podcast joins us to discuss 1987’s Flowers in the Attic, written and directed by Jeffrey Bloom, and adapted from the V.C. Andrews’ novel of the same title. None of us were prepared for the many life lessons the film would teach us. For instance, did you know that…
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Ep. 44: Hellraiser – featuring Justin Grams
We invited our first guest, Justin Grams, to celebrate our TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY by talking about HELLRAISER. A lot has been said about this movie but that didn’t stop us from saying a whole lot more. For example, is Frank hot or not? How hard is it to open the box? Was blood the only…
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Ep. 43: Ghost Town
To start off the spooky season, we bring you 1988’s GHOST TOWN! Directed by Richard McCarthy (well, Richard Governor as far as the DGA is concerned), this film stars Catherine Hickland as a woman who abandons her wedding and is kidnapped by old-timey ghosts and Franc Luz as a semi-law-abiding deputy who tries to save…
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Ep. 42: Slugs
This episode asks an important question: “are high-waisted undies still a thing?” We also talk about SLUGS, the 1988 horror film from director Juan Piquer Simón, based on the novel by Shaun Hutson, that sees the town of Ashton tormented by irradiated slugs out to kill! Well, eat, but it’s essentially the same thing! But…
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Ep. 41: Fantastic Planet
Imagine a world where alien creatures own humans like pets and everyone speaks French. Also, nothing else in this world makes any sense. There are sex orgies. Alien food comes in the form of floating air pockets. Meditation takes the form of an acid trip. Aliens use vacuum cleaners and bowling balls as military equipment. …
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Ep. 40: Making Contact
In this episode, we discuss 1985’s Making Contact aka Joey, from director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) which follows a little boy who makes friends with an alien. No, sorry, a doll. A ventriloquist’s doll. Because his house is haunted. No, sorry, that’s the house nearby, which is owned by the Bates family. Okay, the film…
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