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THIS WEEK: Black Rain (1989), Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990) and Rising Sun (1993)

This week, we're revisiting the brief period of time in post-Cold War America when our great nation affixed its racis…

THIS WEEK: Assault on Devil's Island (1997), McCinsey's Island (1998) and The Ultimate Weapon (1998)

There's no Hulkamaniacs here! Yet here we are, combing through the Hulkster's brief run as a cable …

THIS WEEK: No Holds Barred (1989), Mr. Nanny (1993) and Thunder in Paradise (1993)

With the recent passing of Hulk Hogan, Steve and I felt duty bound as Real Americans to educate Jack on the phenomeno…

THIS WEEK: Baby Geniuses (1999) and Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)

Having given the Baby Assassins a deserved spotlight, it seemed only appropriate to discuss Baby Geniuses, the passion project o…

THIS WEEK: Baby Assassins (2021), Baby Assassins: 2 Babies (2023) and Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)

Jack already spends 10% of any given episode talking about Baby Assassins, so we thought we'd let…

THIS WEEK: Enthiran (2010) and 2.0 (2018)

Why settle for Hollywood when Kollywood exists? Join us this week as we're dazzled by Rajinikanth and baffled by 5G conspiracies.

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THIS WEEK: XX: Beautiful Weapon (1993), XX: Beautiful Target (1995) and XX: Beautiful Beast (1995)

Like the rest of the internet, we just couldn't get enough Japanese perversion. So this week we've op…

THIS WEEK: XX: Beautiful Hunter (1994), XX: Beautiful Prey (1996), and XX: Beautiful Killing Machine (1996)

Having already covered the adventures of Xander Cage and Ti West's misguided stab at franchi…

THIS WEEK: Jingle All the Way 2 (2014), Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016), and Eraser: Reborn (2022)

It was suggested that this episode was below even us, but once an idiotic idea has been introduced, you can…

THIS WEEK: Tales from the Crypt (1972), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995), Bordello of Blood (1996) and Ritual (2002)

We decided that Jack needed more Dennis Miller in his life, which naturall…

THIS WEEK: The Net (1995) and The Net 2.0 (2006)

Lord knows why, but we've decided to discuss the very relevant tech anti-thriller, The Net. And its pitiful DTV sequel.

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THIS WEEK: Flexing With Monty: A Domestic Symphonie (2010) and The Evil Within AKA The Storyteller (2017)

A generous Patron asked us to look at John Albo's perpetually-in-production feature debut Flex…

THIS WEEK: Day For Night (1973) and Hulk Blood Tapes (2015)

It has recently come to our attention that X's foremost Oscar-knower Matt Neglia starred in a found footage horror film. Of course we're hon…

THIS WEEK: Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) and Rust (2024)

Well, it finally happened. Rust was unceremoniously dumped onto streaming, so we're obliged to fulfill a long-standing Patron request to look…

THIS WEEK: Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), Basic Instinct 2 (2006) and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

We wrap up our tangled series of series-es with a trio of films that really left us questionin…

THIS WEEK: Offspring (2009), The Woman (2011) and Darlin' (2019)

We're wrapping up our aughts horror binge by barely discussing Lucky McKee, whose indie horror hit The Woman was inexplicably the middl…

THIS WEEK: Dracula 2000 (2000), Dracula II: Ascension (2003) and Dracula III: Legacy (2005)

Our run of episodes on the stunted hopes of aughts horror gradually morphs into a look at secret franchises …

THIS WEEK: X (2022), Pearl (2022) and MaXXXine (2024)

No one typifies our mini-exploration into the horror aught-eurs that weren't more than Ti West. Annointed king of independent horror disappears fo…

THIS WEEK: The Reckoning (2020), The Lair (2022) and Duchess (2024)

Have you ever found yourself rolling credits on aughts horror classic The Descent and wondering, "Whatever happened to that guy?" Wo…

THIS WEEK: Wendigo (2001), Depraved (2019), and Blackout (2023)

Too hip for the horror hounds and too committed to making monster movies for the arthouse crowd. Larry Fessenden's career is defined by …