Forbidden Cinema

Forbidden Cinema - 28 - Wild Things

Come back with us to 1998 where we discuss a movie whose lurid details were discussed in hushed tones at the lunch table.  Imagine it is senior year.  Half of the class is over 18 and can get into the movie and share forbidden tales of sex, money, betrayal, and murder to the rest of the class.  We watched Wild Things.  This was a movie who's marketing said "Come for the girl-on-girl action, stay for the twists and turns."  We break it down for you and find that while it is confusing, it actu...

Forbidden Cinema - 27 - Poltergeist

What better mashup than the ET Guy and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre guy.  Surely that will work.  Strangely it does and creates one of the best haunted house movies ever made.  We go way back to 1982 and watched Poltergeist for the first time for either of us.  We delve into what would be done with a forbidden film in our respective households.  We talk about how much of a debt one of our favorite films, Ghostbusters, owes to this.  We discuss the supposed curse and spend a moment reflecting ...

Forbidden Cinema - 26 - The Hand that Rocks the Cradle - Going Deeper

Your oh so humble narrators dive deeper into the why behind the how of The Hand that Rocks the Cradle.  We look at the physics of the greenhouse murder trap and the picket fence impalement.  We skew way off into Breakfast at Tiffany's and  Walter Matthau.  Things get wacky as we look at the major film releases around this time and avoid discussing Tori peeing herself at slumber parties.

Forbidden Cinema 25 - The Hand that Rocks the Cradle

We did it!  We went back to our local theater from when we were children that has recently reopened.  Most of the theater has been converted into other businesses, but the lobby and snack bar are still exactly the same.  The sense of nostalgia was almost overwhelming.   At the theater we watched The Hand that Rocks the Cradle.  This creepy thriller was off limits as kids.  We discuss why we even thought about this move as kids.  We dive deep into why is was forbidden to us and decide if it ...

Forbidden Cinema 24 - Carrie - Going Deeper

Join us as we attempt to answer our questions from our review of Carrie.  We start by going deeper on the book and then quickly go off the rails talking about high school lunches and mobile hot tubs.  We diverge into fashion, Grey's Anatomy, and the Top 20 hits from the time this movie came out.  We hit at the feminine message in this film. *This episode mentions a line from an older movie that could be considered a LGBTQ+ slur

Forbidden Cinema 23 - Carrie

Join hosts Zack and Jenny as they go way back in the Forbidden timeline to the 1976 classic, Carrie.  We try to look at how the flick gels with our upbringing and our current life path.  We wonder about John Travolta and are concerned that De Palma may be a creep.  We talk about high school being fun, but also being hell.  Reach out to us and let us know how you are feeling and what you think about Carrie!

Forbidden Cinema 22 - American Pie - Going Deeper

Welcome back as Zack and Jenny unpack all of the questions left unanswered from our discussion of American Pie.  We dig up property records and interviews with local coffee shop owners around the opening of the first Starbucks in TN.  We dive unnecessarily deep into the brief cameo of Blink182 in this film.  We wonder what is up with Natasha Lyonne and unfortunately spend a little time googling Jenny's latest word creation "tongualingusly (which I'm pretty sure just means tongue-tongue in la...

Forbidden Cinema 21 - American Pie

Join Jenny and Zack as we push the Forbidden Timeline as far in the future as it will probably ever go.  We watch 1999's American Pie, a film we were both legally able to see.  Jenny talks about self censorship and Zack goes deep on Baptist Guilt.  The movie makes us a bit homesick for our high school years and we take several tangents into our backstory.  We hope you have as much fun as we did.

Forbidden Cinema 20 -Teen Wolf - Going Deeper

This week we try to record a follow-up episode to Teen Wolf while our new kitten, Bowie, wreaks unimaginable havoc on our sound quality... sorry audiophiles.  We make sure to clear up the timeline on 1985 being the year of Michael J Fox.  We talk about our high school nicknames and take some time to track down our patron saint.  We also spend a pretty serious tangent on the Nifty Fifty stocks in the 80s and why that is so important in this movie.

Forbidden Cinema 19 - Teen Wolf

Greeting Dicknoses, join Zack and Jenny as we unpack the Michael J Fox classic, Teen Wolf. In this episode we spend a lot of time looking at the things Jenny’s parents censored, and even more at the things they didn’t. We also ask the age old question, how big of a star was MJF in 1985

Forbidden Cinema 18 - 10 - Going Deeper

Once more into the fray, we look mostly at the careers of our 3 main stars and where they went from here.  We also get quite distracted along the way.

Forbidden Cinema 17 - 10

Forbidden Cinema 16 - Indecent Proposal - Going Deeper

Join us as we don’t really talk much about the movie, but go deep on 1993. We also talk about how great Zack is in missing the point and how we have to read 30 year old Vanity Fair back issues because we aren’t “getting what we need” out of Playboy.

Forbidden Cinema 15 - Indecent Proposal

Hold on to your butts, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.  We saw Indecent Proposal, a movie full of actors we love playing characters we don't want to meet.  This is a movie where some of the most talented and sexy people in the early 90s came together to make a film that, dare we say, defined what it meant to be sexy for a time in pop culture.  Join us as we strap in and get into a movie where nothing explodes and nobody stabs anyone.  Our steamy summer of sizzle seems to be losing steam and bell...

Forbidden Cinema Cocktail Hour - Exploding Ariel Cabernet

So we bought some wine featured in The Craft.  Zack thought it would be a clever idea to do a tasting.  We had to buy a half a case to get free shipping.  The reviews are not that kind, but we thought it would make a good laugh.  Turns out the joke is on us.  One of the bottles just exploded in our kitchen while we were cooking dinner.  Oh well, I guess it might as well be time for a tasting.  

Forbidden Cinema 14 - Blame it on Rio - Going Deeper

Join Zack and Jenny as we discuss what a remake of this lovely mess of a movie would look like.  We go deeper and explore some of the unanswered question brought up in the main episode.  And we dive deeper than any podcast into a Pennsylvania newspaper from the time of this film's release.

Forbidden Cinema 13 - Blame it on Rio

Join us as we go back to the steamy summer and watch middle age men drool over underage girls.  This movie is wild.  This thing is full of stars who should have known better, I think they might have all signed on to the movie as an excuse to spend a couple months in Rio.  Join us as we see Michael Caine ogle more breasts (in a city where topless sunbathing is not tolerated in real life) than I think I have ever seen in a film and have an affair with a girl who could easily have passed for co...

Forbidden Cinema 12 -The Craft - Going Deeper

Join us as we go deep and answer all the questions left from our viewing of the classic teen witchcraft flick, The Craft.  We hit up Tower Records at midnight for a new release on a Tuesday.  Zack has a disturbing and mostly pointless deep dive on the career of two actresses who aren't even in this movie.  Jenny goes 400 years deep on urban legends.

Forbidden Cinema 11 -The Craft

Join our hosts as we find the one thing our parents and youth groups thought was more dangerous than sex, dark magic!!!  We saw The Craft and unpack the hell that is being a teenage girl

Forbidden Cinema 10 - Risky Business - Going Deeper

Join us as we look back and go deep on our Risky Business episode.  We get into John Hughes's seedy cousin and the timeline of the 40 year meta cinematic universe based on Dudley "Booger" Dawson.  We talk about how everybody on the planet knew a movie we both enjoyed from the early 2000s was just a remake of Risky Business.  We smash through the thin blue line when we try to forensically locate our "permanent records" and basically pick a fight with the entire state of New Hampshire.  Someti...

Forbidden Cinema 9 - Risky Business

This week we go way back to a movie filled with Tom Cruise going full Cruise in an iconic cinema moment.  We have Hi-Fi systems, Tangerine Dream, Porsche abuse, sex work, Dudley "Booger" Dawson, and Balky.  Where has this movie been all of our lives.  We delve into some of the most fun we have had watching something that was so off limits as teenagers that neither of us have ever even seen it.

Forbidden Cinema 8 - Romancing the Stone - Going Deeper

Join us as we Go Deeper on Romancing the Stone.  In this episode we examine similarities to Indiana Jones, the actors in the opening scene from the film, "leave the room" scenes, Jenny's mom's patented censoring technique fails, the late great Carrie Fisher, and other unanswered questions from our episode.

Forbidden Cinema 7 - Romancing the Stone

Travel with us back to 1984 to watch the "sexy" version of Indiana Jones.  We saw Romancing the Stone which while PG and on the same VHS as family movies in both of our households growing up was off limits.  This film won a Golden Globe in a year where Ghostbusters and Beverly Hills Cop were also nominated.  Join us as we dive into this movie that may not have earned a place in pop culture like some others, but was a joy to watch.

Forbidden Cinema 6 - Nightmare on Elm Street 3- Going Deeper

1, 2 Freddy's coming for you... We get into Rogue from the X-men, Gatlinburng TN in the 90s, VHS taping culture, and the differences between watching naughty flicks at 8, 12, and 40.

Forbidden Cinema 5 - Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors

Grab a cup of coffee, a crucifix, and some aloe vera gel.  Join us as we explore the pop culture phenomenon that haunted the dreams of every child in the 80s.

Forbidden Cinema 4 - Dirty Dancing - Going Deeper

We had the time of our lives.  Now it is time to discuss the questions left unanswered, unpack psychological baggage around the life and death of Patrick Swayze, and prepare ourselves for our next film.  This one will take a decidedly darker turn.

Forbidden Cinema 3 - Dirty Dancing

It's 1963, by way way of 1987, and we are watching in 2021.  Was this too sexy for any of those times?  Find out with us, either way, we had the time of our lives.

Forbidden Cinema - Basic Instinct - Going Deeper

In this recap episode we wrap up Basic Instinct, go down a rabbit hole discussing fashion and grooming in the early 90s, and preview our next episode.

Forbidden Cinema 2 - Basic Instinct - Going Deeper

In this recap episode we wrap up Basic Instinct, go down a rabbit hole discussing fashion and grooming in the early 90s, and preview our next episode.

Forbidden Cinema 1 - Basic Instinct

In our first episode we examine a prototypical example of forbidden cinema.  Basic Instinct is a movie that we both associate with being completely out of the question when it comes to family viewing.  So what is really there when we unpack it.  It this a movie about sex, ice picks, and leg crossing or is there something else.  It this actually a smart film noir movie that is fun, sexy, and dangerous or is it just the trash our parents and youth group told us it was.  Come on a journey with ...

Forbidden Cinema - 0 - Trailer

Join hosts Zack and Jenny as they set out to revisit the films from our youth that were too scandalous to be allowed to watch.