Hit Factory
A podcast about the films of the 1990s, their politics, and how they inform today's film landscape. Exploring the output of a seemingly bottomless decade. America's first and only movie podcast.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 248
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
SCREAM feat. Lindsay Lee Wallace
What's your favorite scary movie? Culture writer Lindsay Lee Wallace joins us to revisit Wes Craven's slasher-reinvention "SCREAM" as it nears its 25th anniversary. We discuss the film's sensational …
BONUS: Movie Night Extravaganza - Blair Witch Factory
We recently joined our friends Forrest Miller and J. Andrew World on their livestream podcast Movie Night Extravaganza to revisit the 'The Blair Witch Project'.
In this audio of our livestream episod…
The Exorcist III feat. Bill Ryan *TEASER*
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For the month of October, we are donating all of our P…
Event Horizon feat. Mattie Lewis
Mattie Lewis is a St. Louis-based writer and co-host of The PodHand - a podcast delving into Kentaro Miura's Berserk, dark fantasy, horror and all things grimdark. She joins us to discuss a singular …
DOUBLE FEATURE: PEOPLE ARE STRANGE (The Addams Family & Addams Family Values) feat. Karlo Yeager Rodríguez *TEASER*
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SCOTTEMBER VOL. V - Crimson Tide feat. Zach Vasquez
SCOTTEMBER concludes with Tony's brilliant naval submarine action thriller 'Crimson Tide' featuring near-best performances from two titanic actors: Gene Hackman & Denzel Washington. Film writer Zach …
SCOTTEMBER VOL. IV - The Last Boy Scout feat. We Need to Talk About Kevin *TEASER*
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SCOTTEMBER VOL. III - Enemy of the State feat. Gus Lanzetta
Writer and podcaster Gus Lanzetta joins us to discuss Tony Scott's prophetic surveillance technothriller 'Enemy of the State', starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman. We talk the who's-who ensemble of …
SCOTTEMBER VOL. II - The Fan feat. Valerie Faye *TEASER*
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SCOTTEMBER VOL. I - Days of Thunder feat. Taylor Grimes
We kick off SCOTTEMBER with "the 'Chinatown' of racecar movies," and one of Tony's first films of the 1990s, 'Days of Thunder'. Taylor Grimes returns for his hat trick as we talk about the persistent…
Stargate feat. Owen Morawitz
Culture writer Owen Morawitz joins us to discuss Roland Emmerich's galaxy-hopping 1994 sci-fi action blockbuster 'Stargate'. With the help of the well-studied Owen, we unpack the film's open-ended (…
UNLOCKED: Reality Bites feat. Sarah Jaffe
Sarah Jaffe is a reporting fellow at Type Media Center and the author of 'Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone'. She joins us in our den-of-slac…
Heavenly Creatures feat. Kyle Turner
Film writer Kyle Turner joins us to discuss Peter Jackson's horror-fantasy thriller 'Heavenly Creatures', the movie that introduced the world to Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey. We discuss the film'…
RocketMan *TEASER*
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Slacker feat. Robert Raymond
"Who's ever written the great work about the immense effort required not to create?"
Robert Raymond of Upstream Podcast joins us to discuss Richard Linklater's breakout indie hit 'Slacker'. We go long…
The Last Seduction *TEASER*
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UNLOCKED: The Edge feat. Zach Vasquez
Film writer Zach Vasquez joins Hit Factory to discuss the David Mamet-penned wilderness survival thriller 'The Edge' starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin. Topics include the film's relationship …
L.A. Confidential feat. Jesse Hawken
Toronto-based writer, filmmaker, and host of Junk Filter podcast Jesse Hawken joins us to discuss Curtis Hanson's thrilling 1997 crime epic "L.A. Confidential". We go long on the near-flawless narrat…
Sandlerverse Vol. 1: The Wedding Singer & The Waterboy *TEASER*
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