Christmas Creeps
196 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★ - 27 ratingsChristmas Creeps is your one stop shop for holiday madness all year round. Join hosts Joseph Wade, Johnny-5 and Mr. Bradford twice a month as they destroy holiday movies and TV shows in search of the true meaning of Christmas.
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Episode 45: Bad Santa 2
March 07, 2017 05:36 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBHappy Redboxing Day, gang! It's that magical time of year when all of last year's Christmas movies are now popping up in your local DVD dispensers! This week, we stall for as long as we can to keep from discussing the bleak comedy wasteland that is Bad Santa 2. Why bring back Bad Santa now? Who asked for a man-sized Thurman Merman? How does Willie keep getting laid? Find out in this week's episode! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on ...
Stocking Stuffer #1: The Unbearable Blindness of Laying
February 21, 2017 05:01 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBStocking Stuffers are bite-sized shows dedicated to holiday episodes of your favorite TV shows! In our first episode, Joe and Bradford discuss the King of the Hill season two episode "The Unbearable Blindness of Laying". Enjoy! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 44: The Ref
February 07, 2017 05:42 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBGather around the dining table, friends! This week, guest Drew Meyer joins us to have a surprisingly level-headed conversation about the 1994 Denis Leary/Kevin Spacey comedy The Ref. What was meant to be a shorter episode spins out of control as we keep finding little details that demand to be discussed. From the screenwriting craft to the mid-90s suburban malaise, The Ref is full of fun little cinematic surprises. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCr...
Episode 43: A Cosmic Christmas
January 24, 2017 05:01 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBCrappy New Year, everybody! We're kicking off 2017 with a desperate plea to the heavens to save us from this garbage planet. Instead, the heavens delivered A Cosmic Christmas, a Canadian holiday special from 1977 about aliens seeking the true meaning of Christmas. Hold onto your geese, folks, cuz shit's about to get cosmic! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (S...
Episode 42: The Santa Clause
December 25, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBMerry Christmas, dear listeners! This year, we splurged and got you a jumbo-sized episode about everyone's favorite Tim Allen Christmas movie! Bradford joins us once again to pick apart the kid-friendly irony-laden body horror of The Santa Clause! Also, we open the floor to listener questions and take a look back over our podcast year. Thanks for listening, gang. We'll see you in the new year! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the w...
Episode 41: Holiday Light Spectacular!
December 13, 2016 05:20 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBWe’re doing something a little bit different this week. Instead of ripping apart one Christmas movie, we hopped into the old front-wheel drive sleigh and rode around town ogling Christmas lights, discussing traditional holiday pageants, and cracking wise about the Elf on the Shelf. In the show’s second half, we preview some of the shenanigans we have planned for next year! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps...
Episode 40: Christmas Vacation 2
November 24, 2016 07:06 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBHappy Thanksgiving, gang! We asked our Twitter followers to vote on what we should watch next. After a behind-the-scenes tiebreaker, democracy has spoken. The winner? National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure. The losers? All three of us. How dumb do you have to be to lose a job to a chimp? Why does mid-30s Audrey Griswold still act like a emotionally stunted teen? How old is too old to be listening to 311? The answers to these questions and more in this week's...
Episode 39: Christmas Vacation
November 15, 2016 04:19 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBElection 2016 is all wrapped up, and this week our hosts seek solace in the sweet nectar of holiday beers. Also, we're discussing everyone's favorite holiday classic: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The results of last episode's listener poll are still very much pending, so don't think we've thrown that out just yet. Think of this as an emergency episode in a time of crisis. Anyway, this week we discuss the election, the sad backstory of Cousin Eddie, and Christmas Creep at Walt Disne...
Episode 38: Jack Frost 2
October 25, 2016 04:53 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBHappy Halloween, Creepazoids! Once again, we're going Home for the Horrordays, with Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman! How does a killer snowman traverse a tropical island? What does snowman-related PTSD look like? Will Captain Fun step up to the challenge and save the day? How many Phantom Menace references can we cram into a single episode? The answers to these questions and more as Joe and Johnny-5 discuss Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman! Questions/Co...
Episode 37: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
October 11, 2016 03:31 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBWelcome back, Creepazoids! It's October now, and our old buddy Bradford returns to help us ring in the Horrordays! This week, we're discussing Ron Howard's 2000 fever dream of a live-action Grinch film starring Jim Carrey! Also, Joe shares a recent tale of body horror, the gang reels in terror at the Grinch's secret origin story, and Johnny-5 tries his hardest to break Bradford with the power of Benedict Cumberbatch. Buckle up, gang, cuz the sun is shinin' and the powder's bitchin'! Questi...
Episode 36: Trapped in Paradise
September 13, 2016 05:04 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBThis week, special guest Drew Meyer returns to chat about the mid-90s Comedy Central staple Trapped in Paradise. If a movie has no fans, can it truly have fan theories? How many George Baileys does one town need? What is going on with Nicolas Cage in this movie, and how much of it is his fault? Join us as we attempt to answer these questions and more! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outr...
Episode 35: Holidays
August 30, 2016 15:48 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBWe love all holidays equally here at Christmas Creeps, which is why this week we're discussing Holidays, a brand new horror anthology film featuring tales from eight of the biggest holidays on the calendar. Did we love it? Far from it. Give it a listen to find out how deep this awful well goes! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA ...
Episode 34: Home Alone 2
August 16, 2016 02:29 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBThe 2016 presidential race is heating up, and that means it's time to remind you of all the movies in which our two candidates have appeared. Like Home Alone 2: Lost in New York! In this episode we discuss Harry and Marv's surprising resilience, the McCallister's endlessly deep pockets, and the legacy of Tim Curry. Grab your TalkBoys and bricks and let's soak a rope in kerosene! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at Christmas...
Episode 33: Unaccompanied Minors
July 26, 2016 04:32 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBWith Paul Feig's Ghostbusters in theaters now, we take a look back at Feig's 2006 holiday film Unaccompanied Minors, featuring the return of Bad Santa's Thurman Murman! Okay, so he's not actually the same character, but we like to think he is. It's more fun that way. Disclaimer: It's so hot out right now that our computer melted down halfway through recording. We still get in plenty of goofy tangents about Star Wars and junk, but we just wanna be upfront with you fine folks! Questions/Comm...
Episode 32: A Christmas Story 2
June 24, 2016 04:50 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBYou can tell when a movie really sets us all on edge, because we wind up swearing a whole lot more than usual. That's the effect of A Christmas Story 2, a decades-later sequel solely designed to cash in on a holiday favorite. Does Ralphie's mission to get a new car for Christmas have anything on his Red Ryder carbine action range model air rifle? How weird is it to cast Marv from Home Alone as the Old Man? Does Randy live in his own personal time vortex? The answers to these questions and mo...
Episode 31: Die Hard 2
June 06, 2016 04:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBThis week we're celebrating Johnny-5's birthday with another trip through a Die Hard movie! Only problem is it's Die Hard 2, and if you've seen Die Hard 2, you know what a rough, boring, gunfight-filled ride we're in for. What makes a Die Hard movie? Does setting a movie at Christmas automatically count it as a Christmas movie? Is this the movie that drove Renny Harlin off the deep end? Tune in for the answers to these questions and more! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected]...
Episode 30: Krampus
May 16, 2016 05:16 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBIt's another Redboxing Day, everybody! This week's movie asks the question, "What if Santa was actually the devil?" So head on down to your local Redbox, check out Krampus and come on back for our discussion of the movie's comedy/horror dynamic. This may be our most contentious episode yet, as our three co-hosts' reactions to this film run the gamut from bitter contempt to utter delight. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ...
Episode 29: Lethal Weapon
April 29, 2016 05:21 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBThis week we dive into Lethal Weapon, the first of several holiday-themed films from screenwriter Shane Black. Will holiday depression get the best of Mel Gibson's Martin Riggs? (There are three sequels, so no.) How many cheesy buddy cop movie tropes can one movie possibly start? Does Lethal Weapon have anything at all to do with The Karate Kid? Tune in to find out! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! I...
Episode 28: The Night Before
April 11, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBLast episode we called our shot and said we'd discuss The Night Before, and this week we finally make good on our promise. Three best friends find themselves growing older and growing apart while embarking on one last holiday bar crawl. Secrets are revealed, grievances are aired, and allllllll the drugs are taken. Believe it or not, though, this one wound up hitting us all right in the feels. That's how the kids say it, right? The feels? Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] ...
Episode 27: We Wish You a Turtle Christmas
March 17, 2016 04:34 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBThis week we decided to celebrate St. Patrick's Day by watching the greenest thing we could find: From 1994, it's "We Wish You a Turtle Christmas", a live-action direct-to-video Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Christmas special! And because we'd rather be talking about literally anything else, we also discuss the existential crisis of Master Splinter, nitpick the differences between the various Ghostbusters movie trailers, and Karyn pitches a movie about Joe going back to school as an undercove...
Episode 26: Love the Coopers
February 29, 2016 06:15 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBThis week on the podcast, we discuss the family Christmas movie Love The Coopers. Through the ridiculous power of marketing, Redbox tried to convince us this was a Valentine's Day movie. We may be a bunch of dummies, but we're not that dumb. I mean... We rented, watched, and did an episode about it, but we're not thaaaat dumb. Happy belated-Valentine's Day and also Leap Day, everyone! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at Chris...
Episode 25: The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
February 08, 2016 05:28 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBHappy February, gang! This week we popped our heads out of our podcast bunker and didn’t see our shadow, which as you know means go back four spaces and do Halloween all over again. In 1996, Universal scraped together a little bit of cash, rewrote A Charlie Brown Christmas and crapped out The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas for broadcast television. In this episode, not only do we improbably land on one of the ultimate truths of Christmas, but also discover how to solve global warming the F...
Episode 24: Love Actually
January 19, 2016 05:46 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBLast week the world lost one of holiday cinema's greatest villains in Alan Rickman. So since we covered Die Hard six months ago, this week we discuss Rickman's other modern holiday classic: Love Actually. Join us and returning guest Drew Meyer as we talk about intersecting narratives, Billy Bob Thornton's secret fear, post-9/11 airports, and a whole lot more! (Seriously, this episode's a long one.) Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on th...
Episode 23: A Very Merry Creepsmas
December 25, 2015 05:01 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBMerry Christmas, friends! This week we're taking a break from watching and yelling about holiday movies so that we can kick up our feet, have a few drinks, and play some holiday games. What holiday games, you might ask? Well, let's just say we surprised ol' Bradford with a game some might consider a crime against humanity... Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro: A Holly Jolly Christmas (Burl Ives) O...
Episode 22: Independence Day
December 15, 2015 03:55 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBIt's December, which means it's time to take a break from Christmas movies. Instead, we're celebrating July at Christmas, and what better expression of July than Roland Emmerich's 1996 action epic Independence Day! Also, fun fact: We recorded this episode literally the day before the trailer for the sequel dropped. Fortuitous timing, but that means we couldn't break it down in all sorts of stupid ways. C'est la vie. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCr...
Episode 21: Elves
November 25, 2015 03:34 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBJust in time for Thanksgiving, Joe and Jon take a moment to give thanks that all movies aren't as inexplicably terrible as the 1989 Nazi-horror movie Elves. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 20: Jack Frost
November 02, 2015 04:07 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBJust because Halloween is over doesn't mean the Horrordays can't continue! This week we're taking one last dip into the spooks and scares of the season with Jack Frost. No, not the one where Michael Keaton comes back to life as a snowman who hugs kids. The one where a serial killer comes back to life as a snowman who kills kids. And adults. This snowman does not discriminate. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreep...
Episode 19: The Nightmare Before Christmas
October 19, 2015 05:09 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBIt's Home for the Horrordays here on Christmas Creeps, and we're celebrating all the holiday spooks and scares with a musical about the most popular guy in town and the job that he hates! It's Henry Selick's Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 18: Gremlins
October 05, 2015 04:30 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBOctober is the season for all things spooky and monstrous, and for us that can only mean one thing: GREMLINS! Join us on a ridiculous 70-minute ride through Joe Dante's 1984 classic about little green maniacs tearing up Ronald Reagan's America. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 17: I'll Be Home For Christmas
September 23, 2015 03:39 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBThis week, the Creeps race across the country with college freshman/sociopath Jonathan Taylor Thomas in the 1998 Disney romp I'll Be Home For Christmas, another holiday road trip where nobody learns anything! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 16: Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas
September 09, 2015 04:42 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBIt's Labor Day, which means we've rounded the corner and officially entered the season of actual Christmas Creep. And what better way to celebrate the unofficial start of fall than with a cozy little film about hillbilly otters and their hootjug holiday? Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 15: Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever
August 24, 2015 13:30 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBThis week, guest Drew Meyer drops by to force-feed us a big steaming bowl of Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever, a Lifetime Original Movie tailor-made for shilling Grumpy Cat merch to all you hapless holiday shoppers. Mreow. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @ChristmasCreeps Visit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 14: Christmas at Peewee's Playhouse
August 11, 2015 01:25 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBThis week, the Creeps attempt to wrestle some sense out of Peewee Herman's 1988 Christmas special, resulting in one of our least coherent episodes to date. I'm sorry, Santa. If you think this episode is really some dumb bad nonsense, why not email us and tell Johnny 5 all about it? Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 13: Home Alone 5
July 27, 2015 04:04 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBThis week we're embarking on a ridiculous mission to watch the entire Home Alone series backwards, starting with 2013's made-for-TV Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist. A kid who's not Kevin McCallister defends a home that's not in Chicago, IL from burglars (and Malcolm McDowell) who aren't trying to steal everything in the house. It goes about as well as you'd expect. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panr...
Episode 12: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
July 14, 2015 04:07 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBOn this week's episode, the Creeps take a rocketship to the dopiest sci-fi Christmas movie ever made: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians! Not gonna lie, this episode starts running out of steam once we realize there really isn't a whole lot worth discussing about this movie. It's that transparent and terrible. But the conversation careens into some weird topics, so gird your loins and stick it out! No, not like that, you weirdos! Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us ...
Episode 11: Ernest Saves Christmas
July 01, 2015 05:28 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBThis week, the Creeps discuss the Christmas movie that set the template for all other movies in which a complete idiot rescues a holiday from the clutches of despair. That's right, Ernest saved Christmas before it was cool. Deal with it. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 10: Die Hard
June 08, 2015 04:07 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBIt's Birthday Boy's Choice this week as we celebrate Johnny-5's birthday by watching and discussing the granddaddy of all holiday heist movies starring Bruce Willis. That's right, we're watching Hudson Hawk, but for some reason the conversation immediately reverted back to Die Hard. Go figure. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Outro: Die Hard (Guyz Nite)
Episode 9: A Merry Friggin' Christmas
May 25, 2015 00:08 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBA special guest drops by for this week's episode, in which we honor the memory of Robin Williams by watching and discussing one of his last feature films: A Merry Friggin' Christmas. Hold on tight, folks, it's about to get real up in this 'cast. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 8: The Star Wars Holiday Special
May 12, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBIt had to happen sooner or later. This week, the Creeps tangle with the most notoriously terrible holiday program ever made: The Star Wars Holiday Special. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 7: Bone Alone
April 27, 2015 05:23 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBThis week, the Creeps dive head-first into The Asylum with a remake of Home Alone starring a talking dog and Kevin Sorbo, fittingly titled "Bone Alone". Great. Cool. We love it. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 6: Batman Returns
April 08, 2015 05:05 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBThis week, the gang takes the polar plunge into the icy waters beneath Gotham City. That's right, we're talking about Tim Burton's 1992 holiday classic summer blockbuster Batman Returns. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 5: Millions
March 23, 2015 06:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBTo take the edge off the cloying feelgoodery of Christmas Shoes, this week we're talking about Danny Boyle's Millions, a film that also features a precocious kid, dead parents, God, Jesus, Christmas, and all the pizza money can buy. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 4: Christmas Shoes
March 09, 2015 04:35 - 1 hour - 34.2 MBThis week we dig way down to the bottom of the barrel and find a filthy pair of Christmas Shoes. Yup, that's right. We actually made ourselves watch the Rob Lowwe-starring, made-for-CBS TV movie based on the most feel-bad holiday song of all time: CHRISTMAS SHOES. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Tweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 3: Bad Santa
February 25, 2015 00:43 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBThis week, we decide to give ourselves a reprieve and actually watch a good movie. So we watched Bad Santa and now we want to crawl inside a bottle of vodka and die. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 2: Reindeer Games
February 09, 2015 04:30 - 1 hour - 30.9 MBThis week, we dissect the incoherent holiday charms of Reindeer Games, and come to the conclusion that some heist movies are too stupid to live. Questions/Comments? Email us at [email protected] Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Episode 1: Christmas with the Kranks
January 25, 2015 20:24 - 1 hour - 33.2 MBOn the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Tim Allen destroying his neighbor's Chrismtas tree! Welcome to Christmas Creeps, a podcast dedicated to celebrating Christmas all year long through the magic of terrible holiday movies. On our show's maiden voyage, our hosts tackle the 2004 holiday classic Christmas with the Kranks. Questions? Comments? Recommendations? Tell us what you think at [email protected]