Hate Watch / Great Watch
130 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★ - 15 ratingsHello excellent humans! Hunter and Allison like to watch movies. Hunter and Allison’s friends like to watch movies, too. Each episode we watch a new film with a new special guest and talk about it - the good, the bad, the confusing, the behind-the-scenes tidbits, the movies it reminds us of, and the things we can laugh about. Coming from our very own yellow kitchen to your waiting ears, laugh, learn, and reminisce with us as we cover the movies we love and the movies we love to hate. Hate Watch / Great Watch: it’s like watching a movie with your friends, but better!
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Episode 030: Maximum Overdrive
June 03, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBMaximum Overdrive (1986) Hello, excellent humans! Listen to what happens when good trucks go bad as we review Stephen King’s sole directorial endeavor, Maximum Overdrive, with our good friend Hank Bratton. Press play to hear our ideas on how we’d do a modern remake, learn the behind-the-scenes heroism of dolly grip Gene Poole, revel in the soundtrack absolutely littered with AC/DC, and much more.
Episode 029: Suspiria (2018)
May 20, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 112 MBHello Excellent Humans! Hallo ausgezeichnete manschen! Get on your dancin’ shoes, we are joined by Tomie Wilson to discuss 2018’s Suspiria! We chat about how it compares to the original, the supernatural nature of Tilda Swinton: The Myth Who Walked, the logistics of a witch-themed amusement park and provide you a new definition for “Geszundheit” and a little ASMR, as a treat!
Episode 028: House (Hausu) 1977
May 06, 2020 13:25 - 2 hours - 114 MBHouse (Hausu) (1977) Welcome back six-time guest Bryan Bierman to discuss the psychedelic Japanese spookhouse flick House (a.k.a. Hausu) from 1977! On this episode (definitely brought to you by Chroma Key!): Hunter misunderstands Ghost Dad, we sing that famous B-52’s hit song “Refrigeration Shack” and we discuss music we hate, Alf, and Isadora Duncan!
Episode 027: Cliffhanger
April 22, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 135 MBCliffhanger (1993) Will Congleton returns, continuing his quest to find a mountain climbing movie that doesn't suck. Could it be 1993's Cliffhanger? Tune in to find out. Along the way we also explore the most expensive funerals in history, tally the number of Gallaghers in existence, discuss the importance of teaching your children defensive snowman construction, and much more! For those of you getting drunk at home, drink whenever we describe a "Better movie!"
Episode 026: Hereditary (2018)
April 08, 2020 13:21 - 2 hours - 123 MBTina Dillon is back for her 5th appearance (!) and she’s brought her Big Bell Energy with her to talk about 2018’s Hereditary! We discuss where Tina *thought* the movie was going, spend a lot of time as a 40’s radio station and address the elephant in the room: Mark Wahlberg’s apparent beef with us. Hail Paimon! Matt Daimon!
Episode 025: Night Shift
March 25, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBHello Excellent Humans! Good evening! It must be the evening cuz we’re talking about Night Shift (1982), a movie we’d never heard of until returning guest Bill Guinan brought it to our attention despite it starring Henry Winkler, Shelley Long and Michael Keaton! Wild, right? We wonder whether Keaton is on cocaine, talk about Henry Winkler’s performance on HBO’s Barry and come up with alternate taglines and endings for the flick! And, as always, so much more!
Episode 024: The Jazz Singer
March 11, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 120 MBThis week Hunter and Allison are joined by frequent guest and resident Wahlbergologist, Tina Dillon and since Mark isn't returning our calls, we talk about The Jazz Singer (1980).
Episode 023: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
February 26, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBScott Pilgrim vs. The World For the second half of Valentine’s Day (Month), we’re bringing you a double date night with Nicole Krecicki and Nicole Wiegand. We cover a whole lot of ground on this one, discussing Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) as well as the Ovipositor adult toy, the Mandela effect, Ashlee Simpson, that thing you just can never seem to remember, how many Culkins there are, how REM’s Peter Buck and WWE’s Brock Lesnar are alike, internet conspiracy videos, and more!
Episode 022: Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
February 12, 2020 12:00 - 2 hours - 125 MBHappy Valentine’s Day (Month)! This very special episode marks the inaugural Hate Watch / Great Watch Date Watch. Hunter and Allison watched one of Allison’s favorite romantic vampire flicks and discussed a variety of life's most important questions such as: Does being near a lake make you a better writer?, Is Allison adopted?, Do vampires poop?, and more. Listen in!
Episode 021: Shin Godzilla
January 29, 2020 14:48 - 1 hour - 97.5 MBHello Excellent Humans! Bryan Bierman is back! Back on the show and back from a brief, wrestling-related trip to Japan. Appropriately enough, we watched 2016’s Shin Godzilla and bring you unnecessary measurement conversions, Y2K remembrances, some fire mixtape recommendations, yet another great band name available (for a small price) and talk about Michael Winslow, Discovery Zone, Predator math & of course, the big lizard himself!
Episode 020: Dr. Goldfoot and The Bikini Machine
January 15, 2020 12:00 - 2 hours - 116 MBWill Congleton (you might remember him from waaay back on episode 7) returns to talk with us about another obscure gem - 1965’s Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine. We gush over the late, great Vincent Price, sing the instantly catchy theme song, wonder how many flights are in a flock, explain who the heck that biker guy in the dungeon is and discuss sexy bank robbery and Where the Red Fern Grows, as well as defining the phrase “champagne accident” and the origins of the “chin chin” toast. W...
Episode 019: You're Next
January 01, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBHunter’s roommate and friend of the show Krystal Brackett watched You’re Next (2011) with us. We talk at length about how much it sucks to step on a nail (just ignore everything from 1:26:14 to 1:29:33 if you can't handle it). Also Allison was way too loud, Krystal explains what a "goon bag" is, and everyone attempts an Australian accent at some point - usually with poor results. Enjoy!
Episode 018: Ocean's 11
December 18, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBFrankie Marsh joins us for Ocean’s 11 (2001), arguably the most-referenced heist film of our generation. In this episode Bob Barker superfans may be offended, we talk Tom of Finland's Batman, DePalma's gonna DePalma, we share stories about lying to strangers, The Bourbon Squad, just for Dec we leave in a brief Christmas Movie reference, how Ocean's is a light sci-fi film and we discuss Joe Coyle the South Philly Robin Hood.
Episode 017: Cobra
December 04, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBThough we're proudly Philly through and through, our first Sly Stallone movie isn’t Rocky, but 1986’s Cobra! We are joined by our friend Pat McGinn who is not always for public consumption making this our Most Heavily Edited Episode To Date! Pat talks about: his attraction to villain Brian Thompson, how much ketchup is too much, getting the most bang for your grenade buck, compares Iñárritu’s Birdman to Always Sunny's Charlie Work, drunkenly explains Christmas and even tries to get frequent ...
Episode 016: Contact
November 20, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBContact (1997) On this very special episode Hunter’s honest-to-goodness real-life mom Lynette Notte joins us to watch Contact (1997) a movie that asks big questions about life, the universe and everything. We answer our own, smaller-scale questions like: Is Lynette the east coast’s most prominent uncaptured black widow? Will IKEA ever sponsor the show? What happens when Allison does a little *too* much research? These and many more questions will be answered on Episode 16!
Episode 015: Natural Born Killers
November 06, 2019 12:00 - 2 hours - 130 MBHello Excellent Humans! Natural Born Killers (1994) “Classy Guy” Frank Cassella showed up to watch the spree killin’ psychologically thrillin’ “who’s really the villain?” Natural Born Killers (1994). It’s a complex movie with weird cinematography and broad social themes so it gave us a lot to talk about. Listen in!
Episode 014: Ready to Rumble
October 23, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBHello Excellent Humans! Snap into a podcast! Oh yeah! Allison and Hunter watched Ready to Rumble (2000) with Bryan Bierman, who: sings, starts a feud, and defines cinema’s “Septic Tank Era”! Listen as we exasperatedly sigh our way through a discussion of the flick and inadvertently come up with the idea for a much better, unrelated horror movie: Slayaway! Plus Bryan breaks down where wrestling was at that moment in time! Remember: Don’t be a Danzig! Like & subscribe!
Episode 013: Lifeforce
October 09, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBHello Excellent Humans! Tabitha Rogers came back to watch Lifeforce (1985) a kinda sci-fi sexy space vampire movie that we thought was a lot cooler than that description sounds. We talk about this film’s pedigree, special effects, the appropriate noise to make between breasts, and Allison gets a bug up her butt about the neglected application of the metric system.
Episode 012: The Smokers
September 25, 2019 12:00 - 2 hours - 138 MBHello Excellent Humans! The Smokers (2000) Frequent guest Tina Dillon returns, but Mark Wahlberg is nowhere to be found in this girl power gone wrong doozy of a flick chosen by Allison! Listen to how little they want to actually talk about teen drama The Smokers (2000). Bonus drinking game: do a shot anytime someone uses the phrase “hot garbage” and above all: beware The Marabou Phantom!
Episode 011: Shaun of The Dead
September 11, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBHello Excellent Humans! Shaun of the Dead (2004) Our first official zombie movie (second depending on how you rationalize All Dogs Go To Heaven). First-time guest Celso Garcia joins us to talk Shaun of the Dead (2004) but kinda steals the show as, due to an audio snafu, it's a little hard to hear Allison and Hunter. Nevertheless, we think you'll still enjoy this one as Celso's a pretty big movie nerd in his own right and he's got a nice voice (and don't worry, we still manage to pop in her...
Episode 010: Scream
August 28, 2019 12:30 - 2 hours - 115 MBHello Excellent Humans! You’ve been hearing Bill Guinan on every podcast but didn’t even know it (he composed our intro/outro music)! Finally he’s on officially to talk about the iconic 90’s horror movie Scream. There’s also a bit of Ghostface imitation (the slasher, not the rapper), a brief history of American porches, a lot of talk about horror movie tropes and clichés because of course there is.
Episode 009: Fear
August 14, 2019 12:30 - 2 hours - 113 MBHello Excellent Humans! Friend to the show and resident Mark Wahlberg expert Tina Dillon returns as we discuss teen thriller Fear (1996). Talking about this R-rated flick definitely bumps our language up to a PG-13 *at least* (we don’t want to point any fingers, but the rollercoaster scene especially threw us for a loop).
Episode 008: Dune
July 31, 2019 13:06 - 2 hours - 120 MBWhat do you get when you cross Frank Herbert, David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan, Sting, and a desert? Allison, Hunter, and guest Carter Horton will tell you all about it as we talk Dune (1984). Allison might recite the litany against fear, and we definitely talk about the other Dune movie that never got made (if you don’t know the one, you will!)
Episode 007: The Eiger Sanction (1975)
July 17, 2019 16:57 - 2 hours - 110 MBWill Congleton joins us for Clint East'wood's art-collecting rock-climbing spy-crafting action thriller, The Eiger Sanction (1975).
Episode 006: The Fifth Element (1997)
July 03, 2019 12:29 - 1 hour - 107 MBJoin us as we watch 90’s sci fi classic The Fifth Element (1997) with our friend Katie Hewko. Allison heard that some people don’t like this movie very much - listen up to find out why, and what we have to say about it.
Episode 005: The Apple (1980)
June 19, 2019 16:49 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBOn this episode we enjoy the rocking and rolling exploits of Alfie and Bibi in the rock musical The Apple (1980). Joining us is a more familiar B.B. - Bryan Bierman! Hear why this cult fave is one of our faves as well, and why Hunter loves the ending so darn much. Take a bite!
Episode 004: Talladega Nights
June 05, 2019 12:57 - 1 hour - 107 MBIt turns out that Talladega Nights (2006) is one of our friend Tabitha Rogers’ favorite movies. We go beyond the film with some discussion about product placement in NASCAR and Hollywood and the origin of racing (and what would happen if a professional racer was involved in a police chase) among other audio antics. We also experience the limitations of radio, with some unexpected results (we accidentally brainstormed something horrifying, you guys! Listen in to find out what!)
Episode 003: Four Brothers
May 22, 2019 14:52 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBHello Excellent Humans! Our special guest Tina Dillon brought over Four Brothers (2005) and you better believe we talk about it! With special guest Mark Wahlberg (or maybe it’s just Hunter’s Marky Mark impression? Nah, no one’s that good, that must be Mark…)
Episode 002: All Dogs Go To Heaven
May 08, 2019 12:34 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBHello Excellent Humans! On this edition of HWGW we thrilled at the gorgeous animation and expert voice acting in All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). Bryan Bierman is back and we talk the career trajectory of Burt Reynolds, the birth of a movie trope, and give the rundown on some unsavory behind-the-scenes trivia.
Episode 001: The Octagon
April 21, 2019 22:16 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBHello excellent humans and welcome to our inaugural episode! We watched Chuck Norris flick The Octagon (1980) with our good friend Bryan Bierman and pitch a remake idea that we think is 800x better. Maybe you'll agree?