Geek Channel 8
112 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA panel of inexperts geek out over film and incidental history and pop culture on the 8th, 18th and 28th of each month!
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Episodes
Geek Channel 8 - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
April 18, 2024 04:11 - 30 minutes - 35.5 MBHow will the immortal vampires of today fare thousands of years in the future? That's the question asked by Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.
Geek Channel 8 - Dracula 2000
April 08, 2024 04:08 - 55 minutes - 64.3 MBAnother Dracula film purporting to be from Wes Craven... is Dracula 2000 worth seeing? We attempt to answer that question.
Geek Channel 8 - Bram Stoker's Dracula part 2
March 27, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes - 33.3 MBThe second of a two part deep dive into Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Geek Channel 8 - Bram Stoker's Dracula part 1
March 18, 2024 03:58 - 51 minutes - 59 MBThe first of a two part deep dive into Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Geek Channel 8 - Love at Fist Bite AND Vampire In Brooklyn
March 08, 2024 05:03 - 55 minutes - 64.1 MBWe take a look at the lighter side of the darkness with two Dracula based horror comedies, 1979's Love At First Bite, and 1995's Vampire in Brooklyn.
Geek Channel 8 - Love at First Bite AND Vampire In Brooklyn
March 08, 2024 05:03 - 55 minutes - 64.1 MBWe take a look at the lighter side of the darkness with two Dracula based horror comedies, 1979's Love At First Bite, and 1995's Vampire in Brooklyn.
Geek Channel 8 - Nosferatu (1979)
February 28, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes - 53.4 MBWe look at another Dracula film from 1979, this time a remake of Nosferatu, Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre. And, as usual, we tell you what wine pairs best with it.
Geek Channel8 - Nosferatu (1922)
February 18, 2024 20:05 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBThe movie geeks discuss Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens from 1922.
Geek Channel 8 - Nosferatu (1922)
February 18, 2024 20:05 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBThe movie geeks discuss Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens from 1922.
Geek Channel 8 - Dracula (1979)
February 08, 2024 04:57 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBCourtney Floyd of The Way We Haunt Now podcast joins us for an analysis of the 1979 movie version of Dracula.
Geek Channel 8 - Count Dracula
January 28, 2024 15:25 - 42 minutes - 39.8 MBCourtney Floyd of The Way We Haunt Now podcast joins us to look at the 1977 BBC TV movie Count Dracula.
Geek Channel 8 - 3rd Anniversary Show
January 18, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBA look back at our third year of doing the show, and a celebration of 100 episodes!
Geek Channel 8 - Horror of Dracula
January 08, 2024 05:02 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBFollowing the Universal take on Dracula, we had to check out the Hammer Horror take on Dracula!
Geek Channel 8 - Dracula’s Daughter
December 28, 2023 13:30 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBOur look at Dracula continues with the sequel to Dracula, Dracula's Daughter from 1936.
Geek Channel 8 - Dracula (1931)
December 18, 2023 05:01 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MBOur exploration of the works of Bram Stoker on film continues with the legendary 1931 Universal horror film, Dracula!
Geek Channel 8 - Lair of the White Worm
December 08, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBWe dared to enter The Lair of the White Worm!
Geek Channel 8 - The Devils
November 28, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBJasone Staley, producer of The Super Satan Show, returns to help us evaluate the 1971 X-rated Ken Russell film, The Devils.
Geek Channel 8 - Forbidden Zone
November 18, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBIn Episode 333 - we are sorta halfway to Satan with our guest Jasone Staley, producer of The Super Satan Show. He joins us in watching Danny Elfman portray the Devil in Forbidden Zone!
Geek Channel 8 - Hausu
November 08, 2023 04:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBSeeking to replicate the success of the American film Jaws in Japan, Toho Studios ended up making a very different kind of film...
Geek Channel 8 - Hellraiser: Bloodline (fan edit)
October 28, 2023 03:04 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIt's Pinhead... IN SPACE!
Geek Channel 8 - Jason X!
October 12, 2023 23:01 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBIt's Jason Voorhees... IN SPACE! (we released this 5 days early... you know why!)
Geek Channel 8 - Moonraker
October 08, 2023 02:02 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBIt's James Bond... IN SPACE!
Geek Channel 8 - Live and Let Die
September 28, 2023 04:05 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBAfter the Daniel Craig films messed up the Ian Fleming Bond timeline we get back on track with the 1973 Live and Let Die.
Geek Channel 8 - Shaft’s Big Score
September 18, 2023 11:01 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBThis week we debate whether Shaft's Big Score is better than the original Shaft.
Geek Channel 8 - Shaft
September 17, 2023 23:01 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBThis week - the king of blaxploitation movies - Shaft.
Geek Channel 8 - The Man Who Haunted Himself
September 08, 2023 11:01 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBWe screen Roger Moore's favorite Roger Moore film, The Man Who Haunted Himself.
Geek Channel 8 - The Saint seasons 5 and 6: ”The Queen’s Ransom” and ”Invitation to Danger”
September 07, 2023 23:01 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBThe last two seasons of, "The Saint" are in color, and Eric and Johanna watch "The Queen's Ransom” from Season 5 and and ”Invitation to Danger” episode from Season 6.
Geek Channel 8 - The Saint season 4: ”The Abductors”
August 28, 2023 04:08 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBContinuing an exploration of "The Saint", Johanna and Eric watch "The Abductors", from Season 4.
Geek Channel 8 - The Saint season 3: ”Sibao”
August 18, 2023 04:08 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBContinuing an exploration of "The Saint", Johanna and Eric watch "Sibao", an episode from Season 3.
Geek Channel 8 - The Saint seasons 1 and 2: ”The Talented Husband” and ”Luella”
August 08, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBDiving into one of the greatest TV shows of the 1960s, "The Saint". Eric and Johanna watch an episode from Season 1 ("The Talented Husband") and and episode from Season 2 ("Luella").
Geek Channel 8 - Quatermass 4: Quatermass Conclusion
July 28, 2023 05:01 - 56 minutes - 52.9 MBBy the late 1970s both the BBC and Hammer Films are done with Quatermass, but that doesn't stop rival network ITV from scooping up and releasing Nigel Kneale's aborted four part conclusion to the Quatermass saga. Set in the future, this Quatermass outing is an altogether different experience...
Geek Channel 8 - Quatermass 3: Quatermass and the Pit
July 18, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBQuatermass and the Pit was the last, and some say best, Quatermass film from Hammer Studios, released in the U.S. as Five Million Years To Earth!
Geek Channel 8 - Quatermass 2
July 08, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBWe watch the second "official" Quatermass film from Hammer Studios.
Geek Channel 8 - X the Unknown
June 28, 2023 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.8 MBWe watch the second Hammer Horror film, X the Unknown, the "unofficial" sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment!
Geek Channel 8 - The Quatermass Xperiment
June 18, 2023 04:08 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBReleased on a double bill with The Black Sleep was this science fiction gem that launched the Hammer Horror era, as well as British Science Fiction in general: The Quatermass Xperiment!
Geek Channel 8 - The Black Sleep
June 08, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBJohn Zanardelli joins the show for a discussion of a long-forgotten film that brought together John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Basil Rathbone, and Tor Johnson.
Geek Channel 8 - Wednesday (2022)
May 28, 2023 04:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBComing up to date on the character of Wednesday Addams with the Netflix show "Wednesday" (2022-). We break down every episode so far.
Geek Channel 8 - Wednesday Addams in the 1990s and 2000s
May 18, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBContinuing our look at the character of Wednesday Addams and her family, we watch the 1992 "The Addams Family" animated TV show, the long shadow Christina Ricci cast over the role from The Addams Family and Addams Family Values movies, "The New Addams Family" TV show from 1998, comedienne Melissa Hunter's unofficial web series, "Adult Wednesday Addams", and Netflix's pre-Wednesday foray into a supernatural powered girl coming-of-age, "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina".
Geek Channel 8 - The Addams Family ’64 and ’73
May 08, 2023 03:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBWe watch an episode of the original 1964 The Addams Family TV show, and an episode of the 1973 The Addams Family cartoon.
Geek Channel 8: Episode Zero - GC8 Awakens (Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens)
April 28, 2023 03:01 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBThe long-lost pilot episode of Geek Channel 8 from 2015 where fans from 4 different age brackets discuss Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.
Geek Channel 8 - Record of Lodoss War 2
April 18, 2023 03:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBWe continue our look at Dungeons & Dragons on film with a breakdown of the 13 episode anime Record of Lodoss War!
Geek Channel 8 - Record of Lodoss War 1
April 08, 2023 13:47 - 53 minutes - 49.6 MBIn our quest to find the ultimate Dungeons & Dragons show, we're joined by voice actor Bill Timoney for the first of a two-part episode on the anime Record of Lodoss War!
Geek Channel 8 - Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
March 28, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBOh, yes we did go there! Re-evaluating the film that was reviled by critics and gamers alike, the long-awaited big screen adaptation of Dungeons & Dragons! So, what exactly went wrong here and why?
Geek Channel 8 - Fire and Ice
March 18, 2023 15:29 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBAn old friend of Eric's shows up to talk about the animated Sword & Sorcery classic Fire and Ice.
Geek Channel 8 - Masters of the Universe
March 08, 2023 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBBy the power of Grayskull! We talk about the 1987 fiasco that was Masters of the Universe.
Geek Channel 8 - The Sword and the Sorcerer
February 28, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBThe Sword and Sorcery movie boom of the 1980s started with the aptly named The Sword and the Sorcerer. This week we look at how this happened.
Geek Channel 8 - Conan the Destroyer
February 18, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBAnthony "Tank" Mansfield from the What Ya Into? podcast returns to discuss Conan the Destroyer, the 1984 sequel to Conan the Barbarian.
Geek Channel 8 - Conan the Barbarian
February 08, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBThis week we're joined by Anthony "Tank" Mansfield from the What Ya Into? podcast to discuss the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Conan the Barbarian.
Geek Channel 8 - L’Argent
January 28, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBFrench auteur Robert Bresson's final film. What does it mean?
Geek Channel 8 - 2nd Anniversary Show
January 18, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBJoin us as we celebrate our 2 year anniversary!