Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed
It's not a podcast about bad movies. It's a podcast about movies that did badly. Join comedians Jon Drake (@drakegatsby) and Ian Dukes (@ianpauldukes) as they dig up the bombs that shook Hollywood. Every episode reviews a movie that lost money at the box office and tries to figure out what went wrong.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 158
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode 37 - The Cabin in the Woods
Enter the control room with us as we wrap up Blastober by breaking our own rules covering CABIN IN THE WOODS, a movie that didn’t quite bomb but also didn’t really make any money in theaters
CABIN IN…
Episode 36 - Event Horizon
We're going to hell and back talking up 1997's Haunted House in Space horror extravaganza EVENT HORIZON
EVENT HORIZON
- Release date: August 15, 1997
- Budget: $60M
- Box office: $42M
- Estimated loss…
Episode 35 - Jason X (w/ Nash Flynn)
We are joined by @itsnashflynn to talk about the movie where Jason finally (?) goes to space with JASON X
JASON X
- Release date: April 26, 2002
- Budget: $14M
- Box office: $17.1M
- Estimated loss:…
Episode 34 - The Thing
We’re kicking off Blastober with John Carpenter’s legendary sci-fi horror classic THE THING!
THE THING
- Release date: June 25, 1982
- Budget: $15M
- Box office: $19.6M
- Estimated loss: $7M
- Direc…
Episode 33 - The Happytime Murders
One of the most critically reviled films of 2018, THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS sure is... something. Let's get into it
THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS
- Release date: August 24, 2018
- Budget: $47M
- Box office: $27.5M
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Episode 32 - Clue
Who is the murderer? Why are they doing this? Who thought showing a different ending at different movie theaters was a good idea? We unravel these mysteries and more as we dive in to 1985’s CLUE
CLUE…
Episode 31 - The Chronicles of Riddick
This week, it's the sequel to PITCH BLACK that's BIGGER, MORE EXPENSIVE and... better? That's debatable but we get into it as we discuss 2004's CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
- Release dat…
Episode 30 - Addams Family Values (w/ Rosa Escandón)
Is this a rare case of a sequel that's better than the original? We're joined by the very funny Rosa Escandón (@humancomedian) to discuss 1993's ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
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Episode 29 - Ishtar
Is one of the most notorious bombs of all time as bad as we’ve been told? We break down the movie ISHTAR and also dive into some of the behind-the-scenes drama and intrigue that may have affected the…
Episode 28 - This Is Spinal Tap (w/ Angel Garcia)
We’re walking the fine line between clever and stupid as we are joined by the excellent Angel Garcia (@GuerrillaJokes) to talk 1984’s generation-defining mockumentary THIS IS SPINAL TAP
THIS IS SPINAL…
Episode 27 - The Nice Guys
One of our favorite movies we've covered so far, it's 2016's criminally underseen in theaters but immediate cult classic neo-noir comedy THE NICE GUYS
THE NICE GUYS
- Release date: May 20, 2016
- Budget…
Episode 26 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within w/ @JeffIsTallGuy
We’re going back to 2001 to visit the Uncanny Valley as we’re joined by @JeffIsTallGuy to talk about the tech demo pretending to be a movie called FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
FINAL FANTASY: THE …
Episode 25 - Lady in the Water
Forget about the beach that makes you old, this movie aged us exponentially. It’s M. Night Shyamalan’s first appearance in the Blast Zone, and we’re talking 2006’s LADY IN THE WATER
Lady In The Water
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Episode 24 - Walk Hard (w/ Andrew Nadeau)
The wrong film died (at the box office) This week we’re joined by Andrew Nadeau (Spitfire Comedy, Netflix Family, Here’s Where It Went Wrong) to talk 2007’s send-up of music biopics WALK HARD: THE DE…
Episode 23 - The Rundown
We’re revisiting the early days of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s movie stardom with 2003’s THE RUNDOWN
The Rundown
- Release date: September 26, 2003
- Budget: $85M
- Box office: $80.9M
- Estimated loss: $…
Episode 22 - The Meteor Man w/ Regular M1ke (@regularm1ke)
We’re going all the way back to 1993 with Regular Mike (@RegularM1ke) to talk about the star-studded, groundbreaking superhero cult classic THE METEOR MAN
THE METEOR MAN
- Release date: August 6, 1993…
Episode 21 - Treasure Planet
We’re going back to 2002 for the animated adventure romp TREASURE PLANET. Treasure Planet
- Release date: November 27, 2002
- Budget: $140M
- Box office: $109.6M
- Estimated loss: $60M
- Director: Ron Cle…
Episode 20 - That's My Boy w/ Hayley (@2Saddington)
What to say about this movie... It's definitely a movie and it definitely bombed. BUT we are joined by the amazing Hayley (@2Saddington) to talk about it and Adam Sandler as a whole
THAT'S MY BOY
- Rel…
Episode 19 - Battleship
People like playing Battleship right? But what they really love is the LORE behind the game. JK this movie is dumb.
BATTLESHIP
- Release date: May 18, 2012
- Budget: $250M
- Box office: $303M
- Estimate…
Episode 18 - Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (w/ Josh Flitter)
This week we are joined by special guest Josh Flitter (@FLITTER) to examiner the 2016 cult classic POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING so let’s see that Donkey Roll
POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING
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