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Two middle-aged cinephiles discuss one film a week.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 96 minutes
- Episodes
- 203
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
#143 Maniac Cop (1988)
William Lustig's 1988 cartoonish killer cop slasher, MANIAC COP, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Larry Cohen's screenplay, Bruce Campbell & Tom Atkins, the film's lack of identity, …
#142 The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Amy Holden Jones' 1982 sleazy slumber slasher, THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the film's feminist activism beginnings, whether the comedy is intentional…
#141 The Prowler (1981)
Joseph Zito's 1981 maniacal mean streak slasher, THE PROWLER, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the ghost town quality, Tom Savini's self-proclaimed "best work", the impressive recrea…
#140 The Burning (1981)
Tony Maylam's 1981 summer camp slasher, THE BURNING, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss if this movie ripped off Friday the 13th, the oversaturated "Slasher" boom, the film debuts of J…
#139 Risky Business (1983)
Paul Brickman's 1983 capitalist coming-of-age sleek sex comedy, RISKY BUSINESS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Tangerine Dream's musical score elevating the film, Tom Cruise setting t…
#138 First Blood (1982)
#137 Just One Of The Guys (1985)
Lisa Gottlieb's 1985 gender-bender sex comedy, JUST ONE OF THE GUYS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Joyce Hyser's career & believability as a high school boy, the pivotal nudity in th…
#136 Next of Kin (1989)
#135 The Lickerish Quartet (1970)
Radley Metzger's 1970 surreal sex fantasy, THE LICKERISH QUARTET, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Metzger's origins in The Golden Age of Porn, the Lynchian style storytelling, the epic…
#134 Straw Dogs (1971)
Sam Peckinpah's 1971 lust-fueled siege thriller, STRAW DOGS, is our feature presentation this week! We talk the infamous scene at the heart of the film, Peckinpah's troubles with women & other shortc…
BONUS #133 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
#132 Joysticks (1983)
Greydon Clark's 1983 video arcade sex comedy, JOYSTICKS, is our feature presentation this week! We talk Midway game company's involvement in the film, the birth of the "80s Nerd Stereotype", characte…
BONUS #131 The Bikeriders (2024)
#130 Piranha (1978)
#129 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
#128 Conan the Barbarian (1982)
#127 Zapped! (1982)
#126 The Warriors (1979)
#125 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
