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The Outer Reels

 The Outer Reels

A semi-deep dive into the world of vintage, obscure sci-fi movies and TV with Sam and Jason.

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Tv & Film Cinema Society & Culture Horror Comedy
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
64 minutes
Episodes
64
Years Active
2024 - 2025
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Forgotten Japanese Sci-fi: Zeiram 2

Forgotten Japanese Sci-fi: Zeiram 2

This sequel pulled a bit of a fast one on us, but Sadly, it's what you expect. And Sam puts the end best: "It's just like the Langoliers again, but not as good."

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01:04:45  |   Thu 14 Nov 2024
(Sorta-kinda) Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Gunhed

(Sorta-kinda) Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Gunhed

Its not a great movie (yet we love it nonetheless), but Texmexium just makes us want a burrito.

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01:12:56  |   Thu 07 Nov 2024
Forgotten Japanese Horror: The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch

Forgotten Japanese Horror: The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch

This probably is a kids movie, but it's beautifully shot, so it's not ALL bad.

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01:09:34  |   Thu 31 Oct 2024
Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Zeiram

Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Zeiram

Feels like a kids movie, but then there's people blowing up in black and white and a face at the end of... is that a penis...? No, can't be... can it?

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01:06:03  |   Thu 24 Oct 2024
Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Espy

Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Espy

We're heartbroken by this one, but we watch these so you don't have to. At least some of the music is great!

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01:11:07  |   Thu 17 Oct 2024
Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Latitude Zero

Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Latitude Zero

Sam says this movie is "rad" and Jason loves Dr. Barton's outfits.

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01:07:08  |   Thu 10 Oct 2024
Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Message from Space

Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Message from Space

On this episode we discover how glowing space walnuts can't save a planet from destruction, even though they're supposed to.

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01:09:31  |   Thu 03 Oct 2024
Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Virus

Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi: Virus

Our first Japanese movie is a star-studded, globe-spanning pandemic movie from from 1980. How we missed this the first time still baffles us.

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01:04:12  |   Thu 26 Sep 2024
Forgotten Australian Sci-Fi: Sons of Steel

Forgotten Australian Sci-Fi: Sons of Steel

Call out the Instigators because we've got to get it together and try to get through this insane Australian sci-fi dystopian musical.


Having said all that, you really should check out the Dark Horse…

01:04:13  |   Thu 19 Sep 2024
Forgotten Australian Sci-Fi: Zone 39

Forgotten Australian Sci-Fi: Zone 39

We had a hard time with this post-apocalyptic take on one man dealing with grief but also wants to overthrow a totalitarian government.

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00:59:22  |   Thu 12 Sep 2024
Forgotten Australian Sci-Fi: Dead End Drive-In

Forgotten Australian Sci-Fi: Dead End Drive-In

Please don't let Jason's terrible mic keep you from enjoying this classic Aussie BTS movie!

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01:03:26  |   Thu 05 Sep 2024
Forgotten Australian Cinema: The Man from Hong Kong

Forgotten Australian Cinema: The Man from Hong Kong

We LOVED this BTS classic. Do yourself a favour and just watch it!

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01:13:55  |   Thu 29 Aug 2024
Forgotten Australian Sci-Fi: The Time Guardian

Forgotten Australian Sci-Fi: The Time Guardian

This week we travel thousands of years but also back to 1988 to hook up with The Time Guardian.

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01:01:41  |   Thu 22 Aug 2024
Forgotten Australian Cinema: Deathcheaters

Forgotten Australian Cinema: Deathcheaters

In this episode, we delve into the Ozploitation classic, Deathcheaters, which allows Sam to continue his love of Brian Trenchard-Smith.

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00:55:21  |   Thu 15 Aug 2024
Forgotten Australian Cinema: The Chain Reaction

Forgotten Australian Cinema: The Chain Reaction

We really enjoyed this Ozploitation classic, as we continue our run of forgotten Australian movies.

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01:04:22  |   Thu 08 Aug 2024
Forgotten Australian Sci-Fi: The Quest

Forgotten Australian Sci-Fi: The Quest

We start a new season in Sam's homeland, and first up is The Quest (aka Frog Dreaming) and it is a TRIP.

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00:58:54  |   Thu 01 Aug 2024
Forgotten Canadian Sci-fi: Neon City

Forgotten Canadian Sci-fi: Neon City

Jason thinks we're doing The Outer Limits, and we admire Michael Ironside and Lyle Alzado's bulging eyes.

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01:01:31  |   Thu 25 Jul 2024
Forgotten Canadian Sci-fi: 'Firebird 2015AD'

Forgotten Canadian Sci-fi: 'Firebird 2015AD'

This week we watch Firebird 2015AD and probably should have re-watched The Last Chase instead.

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01:03:15  |   Thu 18 Jul 2024
Forgotten Canadian Sci-Fi: 'DEFCON-4'

Forgotten Canadian Sci-Fi: 'DEFCON-4'

This week we look the classic DEFCON-4, in which we try to understand why the Defense Condition is backwards, and how Nova Scotia could fall into a feudal state to quickly.

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01:12:02  |   Thu 11 Jul 2024
Forgotten Canadian Sci-Fi: 'Blue Monkey'

Forgotten Canadian Sci-Fi: 'Blue Monkey'

This one was tough. It's a great cast in a not-so-great movie.

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01:08:20  |   Thu 04 Jul 2024
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