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We love Hellboy. But sometimes the things you love can make the pain worse. Listen in as we dissect one of the biggest superhero bombs in recent memory.

A lo-fi horror classic or a slog through mediocrity? Let's talk about Skinamarink!

It's perhaps the most dunked-on film in a dunked-on genre. Is there any further joy to be mined from the foamy core of The Core? Let's find out!

It's time to talk about some movies that aren't failures--they're good! Like, unabashedly good!

In which we run down some of our favorite TV shows of 2022. Listen in, won't you?

A visually sumptuous exploration of a serial killer's mind from a visionary director who doesn't get enough recognition? Yes, please. And J-Lo is in it?

Gather round for an internet-friendly ranked list of the 8 excellent episodes of Papa Del Toro's incredible new Netflix show.

That guy? Nope, not Sauron. He's just a regular dude. Nothing to see here.

"We have such sights to show you." Sort of.

"One Show to Rule them All, and in the Darkness, Bore Them."

What if vampire hunters were just, like, regular folk? Folk who need money for braces and private school payments? What if they were Jamie Foxx? What if they were Snoop Dogg? Why am I asking so many questions? Because after watching this movie, you'll have more questions than answers. Listen in to find out which ones!…

In a "we're REAL horror fans" move, this week we discuss 2014's Last Shift--an indie bottle movie set in a real, honest-to-goodness abandoned police station. Cults, hazmat suits, and daddy issues abound, but does it work? Listen in and find out!

Is it called "The Gray Man" because it was designed to be this dull and lifeless? Or is some spy stuff or something? Listen in as we try to figure it out!

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...you might be forced to watch a bad movie about wishes or something. Just sayin'.

Oh no! We've been grudged!

We're back, after ONE of us took a lovely vacation through the wonders of the natural world. We're catching up on what we've watched and enjoyed the first half of the year, so join us as we move through our watchlists by streaming service!

Nic Cage is great. Mandy is great. Listen and find out why!

It's the most recent release from one of Hollywood's most prolific and inscrutable directors. A Twilight Zone episode masquerading as a feature film, is Old still worth your time? Listen in and find out!

The moon is...falling? Oh, Roland Emmerich.

Listen in this week as we discuss an overlooked low-budget horror film from Andre Ovredal. Autopsy! Mystery! Emile Hirsch!

On the cusp of the onrushing Raimi-volution, the launch of the Marvel Cinematic Raimi-verse, we thought it might be a good idea to look back at one of iconic director Sam Raimi's strangest projects-the James Franco-fied Oz the Great and Powerful. Join us as we try to figure out if Sam Raimi has ever, actually, made a bad movie.…

Did you know Vin Diesel makes movies other than the Fast and Furious kind? It's true! Listen in to see if One of the D's in D&D stands for Diesel, and most importantly, if The Last Witch Hunter is all about family.

Live action anime remakes are typically...uh...not good. Does Ghost in the Shell featuring ScarJo and friends buck the trend? Listen in and find out!

It's one of the worst examples of studio interference and mismanagement ever. It's the first studio film from one of Hollywood's most acclaimed directors. It's Alien 3, but is it a failurepiece? Listen in and find out!

Scott Bakula? Check. Genre hybrid combining magic, mystery, and demons? Check. One of the greatest unknown films of 90s horror cinema? Maybe. Listen in and find out!

In 1995, Tobe Hooper made a Stephen King adaptation called "The Mangler." This was widely regarded as a "bad move." But, what if it wasn't? Listen in and find out!

This week it's a bit of a catch up episode. The holidays afforded some binging of new media for us both, so we delve into a very long, mostly spoiler-free discussion of the divisive Matrix Resurrections, the surprising Free Guy, and the maddening Don't Look Up. Matrix Resu-reboot: 0:00 - 49:40Free Guy: 50:00 - 1:11:44Don't Look Up 1:11:45 - end…

It's time to discuss some overblown action a la Renny Harlin--the Geena Davis vehicle The Long Kiss Goodnight. It's a Shane Black back of the desk drawer special with all the excess one would expect in the Bruckheimer-fueled world of 90s Hollywood blockbusters. It's a wild ride full of spies, lies, and threats involving children(ies?). Join in as w…

Up for discussion this week is the sorta-cult classic 80's latchkey kid nightmare movie The Gate. It's got some serious horror chops and some killer special effects for a movie about a few kids fighting demons leaking out of a hole in the ground in suburban Canada. The movie also makes it clear that you should never let a demon pat you on the head,…

Go, go nostalgia rangers! Up on the block this week is the most recent attempt to grungily update those teenagers with attitude from Angel Grove. It's sort of okay, but don't worry...they will definitely try again. Listen in as we discuss hot teens, Rita Repulsa, and Krispy Kreme.

We are back this week with a horror movie you've never heard of, buried by the studio after years of production problems and clashes with the director. Summarily dropped into theaters mid-pandemic, The Empty Man is a cult classic in the making, so come along as we break down where this movie goes wrong, but also goes very, very right.…

It's the big 5-0 as we hold court for the mighty mister Flanagan once more--this time for his vastly overlooked Doctor Sleep. It's another King adaptation widely considered impossible, but he handles it with a deft hand and may have crafted a worthy, but wildly different, follow-up to a Kubrickian classic. Come find out if the world needs to wake u…

In the first episode of our rebranding to the Flanacast, a podcast devoted to all things Mike Flanagan, we discuss his recent Netflix release, Midnight Mass--a tour de force in his particular brand of quiet, unsettling horror. And no, we aren't rebranding, but let's say the discussion got pretty serious.…

Wanna see what happens when you give a horror fan/director a budget and seemingly no restrictions? Then dig into Malignant with us this week!

It's Suicide Squad (the old one). There's really nothing else to say, I guess?

We are back, and this week it's the delve into the final swan song of the Fear Street Trilogy-1666. It's not great, but maybe this is what we can expect from the next era of horror-so beholden to its predecessors that it struggles to do much new. But if it works, is that all bad?

It's another deep dive into RL Stine's Fear Street-iverse--this time into the warm and totally safe Camp Nightwing circa 1978. I'm no Dean Martin, but it's beginning to look a lot like Friday the 13th up in here, and not the good ones. Let's dig deep and see just how we feel about the surprisingly okay middle chapter of the Fear Street trilogy.…

We are back with a run down of the first in a trilogy of RL Stine-inspired slasher flicks releasing over three weeks on our good pal Netflix's digital marquee. Come along with us as we discuss whether or not a thing "homage-ing" this hard can inspire the same kind of love as the original things it's homage-ing (uh, it can't).…

This week it's all about Guillermo as we tour the dilapidated mansion of Crimson Peak-a rare box office misfire from one of cinema's most passionate directors. Try not to get red mud on your feet, but the tour is definitely worth your time. Listen in, won't you?

...And we're back with another trip into Netflix country--this time to visit a friend who just can't stop looking out the window. It's another casualty of the Disney/Fox merger--a very well cast but incredibly dull Rear Window knock-off that can't decide if it wants to thrill or befuddle. Join us to find out why!…

This week we break into the super-secret, zombie-filled vault in Zack Snyder's heart--Army of the Dead. A surprisingly well-received action-horror flick picked up by Netflix after Warner Bros. dropped it like a blood-covered potato, it should rock our world, but...doesn't. Listen in to find out why!

This week it's a dip into Netflix's Things Heard and Seen, a quiet sorta "literary horror" exercise that has lots of good ideas, but maybe gets lost in the countryside trying to make them work. It's a fun discussion as we discuss Amanda Seyfried's wide-eyed gazes into various corners, mysterious sparkles that lead to treasure, and Ghoooooooooosts.…

It's time to get mysterious with one of the oddest oddball superhero films ever--Mystery Men. With a shockingly excellent cast and a zany take on average Joe superheroes, it might be just the thing you need in our MCU and DCEU saturated media landscape.

MORTAL KOMBAT! The franchise that should probably have died years ago heads to the silver screen again, but this time with more guts and gore than ever before, not to mention a surprisingly fatalistic cast. It's not great, but is it a failurepiece? Just maybe!

It's the film that fans of the books wish didn't exist--Nikolaj Arcel and Akiva Goldsman's 95-minute adaptation of a beloved 7 book series--The Dark Tower. It's not very good, but Idris Elba? Is that enough? Listen in as I mess up the order of the books!

This week we dip into the Netflix ocean for a recent release--J Blakeson's I Care a Lot. Buoyed by some very good performances and a slick premise, even when it wades into muddy thematic waters it asks some good questions and points out a situation in our society that doesn't get nearly enough attention. Listen in as we break it down, won't you?…

This week we examine how the mighty can fall into sin. That's right, it's the Bruce Willis "starring" vehicle Cosmic Sin--an attempt to bridge the Netflix content farm style of filmmaking with old school sci-fi action. Uh, it doesn't work. Listen along and find out why, won't you?

This week we head back to the heady heyday of New Line Cinema in the late 80s for the buddy cop/space invaders-inspired The Hidden. It's Kyle MacLachlan at his most succulent, so come along as we delve into this near-forgotten cult gem.

This week we take a break from cinema's failures and turn our attention to one of TV's biggest misses. An expensive, high-concept show produced by the Paranormal Activity creator and Steven Spielberg, The River was a mid-season replacement that only lasted 8 episodes. But, it might just be the found-footage gold mine you've been searching for. Come…

This week we spelunk the depths of the Paris catacombs with the Dowdle Brothers' As Above, So Below. We chat about our history with found footage flicks and whether or not this one ranks with some of the genre's best. Come along for the trip, won't you?