[10] Prince of Darkness: Stabbed With a Bicycle

Cover Art Thumbnail“Prince of Darkness” isn’t the first movie you think of when someone says “John Carpenter”, but Eran and Jesse pay it a visit and see how a filmmaker’s ingenuity can make a bad film, in some ways, pretty great.

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[8] Wizards: Two Days From Elf Retirement

Cover Art ThumbnailRecorded on Dec 26, Eran and Jesse discuss how experts smuggle booze onto a plane, then get into Ralph Bakshi’s 1977 epic “Wizards”; its strange appeal, major shortcomings, and its odd production serendipity with Star Wars.

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[7] [Special] Cabin Boy: The Whole Point of Pastry

Cover Art ThumbnailA special April 1 mini-episode. Eran and Jesse struggle to grasp Cabin Boy, the unexpectedly dark 1994 comedy from Chris Elliott…?

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[6] This is England: Crumpet Months or Whatever They Call Them

Cover Art ThumbnailA superb but sobering film, “This Is England” draws Eran and Jesse into a conversation about themes of adolescence, identity, fatherhood, and Stephen Graham’s astounding performance as a skinhead in 1983 Britain.

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[5] Drive: Shots Of That Guy Not Reacting To Things

Cover Art ThumbnailEran and Jesse chat about 2011’s “Drive” – touching on how it treats violence, the occasionally terrible music, and the enigmatic Driver character – to try to see what worked and what didn’t.

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[4] Nightbreed: She Did See Past the Mullet Though

Cover Art ThumbnailEran wants to revisit Clive Barker’s 1990 followup to “Hellraiser”, the larger-budget studio disaster “Nightbreed”. We talk about what went wrong, and why an ambitious failure is often more interesting to watch than a conventional success.

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[3] The Cabin in the Woods: This Majestic, You Know, Merman

Cover Art ThumbnailCabin in the Woods manages to stay surprising, even after putting the big twist in the first scene. Jesse and Eran talk about this, Joss Whedon’s setups and payoffs, and what’s different about modern horror movies.

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[2] Robocop 2: Suck My Dick I’m Robocop

Cover Art ThumbnailJesse and Eran take a look at Robocop 2: how it compares to its predecessor, to other Frank Miller scripts, and to “Showgirls”. We scratch off some lottery tickets to see if we can fund the show.

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[1] Prometheus: And That’s How Babies Are Made

Cover Art ThumbnailIn our first-ever episode, Jesse and Jon discuss xenomorph taxonomy, sloppy writing, and whether Prometheus should be held to the same standards as better movies are. Also, what Prometheus and Ninja Turtles have in common.

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