Marathon Me: A Movie Marathon Podcast
121 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAn entertaining conversation from friends, Rhys and Kane, as they marathon films that share the same series, director, actor or themes. The movies explored, reviewed and ranked could be anything from cinema mastery and mindless entertainment, to visual and auditory assaults - as long as they're viewed as part of a movie marathon.
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
June 30, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBMAD MAX FRANCHISE MARATHON I guess every franchise has to do one... prequel. BUT, a prequel for one of the most interesting and open-ended characters in the franchise? Maybe sold on this one. Almost a decade after Fury Road, Furiosa gets her well-deserved prequel film that brings the Mad Max franchise to a point where we have no Max anymore. It is the world that shines the brightest light. Rhys and Kane experience their most divisive film yet. Something that may tear the very fabric of Ma...
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
June 23, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBMAD MAX FRANCHISE MARATHON Mad Max in the 21st century - what could this possibly look like? An insane world opened up for the wasteland to thrive and expand. Max enters a world entirely over-run by sand and close to $160 million of set-design. It is fresh. It is next level. It is the next stage of the wasteland. Rhys and Kane discuss this giant leap for the franchise - entering a whole new era of filmmaking. The boys make sure their marathon is ready for a thrill-ride with no brakes, onl...
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
June 17, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBMAD MAX FRANCHISE MARATHON The world of Mad Max has been corrupt by a sickness. Not radiation poisoning, but rather, the cocaine-fueled 80s - at it's gotten into every pore of this sequel. A war has passed, and Max now has luscious locks of hair to accompany his fists of fury. Constantly evolving, the wasteland has met its next stage, full of mutants and live-action cartoon characters. At least we can feel at home knowing there's still a whole lot of sand around. Rhys and Kane dive into t...
Mad Max 2 (1981)
June 10, 2024 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBMAD MAX FRANCHISE MARATHON It's madder. It's Maxer. It's 2er. Max is now a lonely, hardened, high-definition man - taking on the wasteland that was thrust upon him. The world has deeply entered an apocalypse, and turned to a primitive hellscape. We rejoin Max with everything lost, forced to realise that it isn't about the destination, but the friends you make along the way (no one says this directly, but it is what happens). Rhys and Kane put their seatbelts on for a full-throttle sequel ...
Mad Max (1979)
June 03, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBMAD MAX FRANCHISE MARATHON It's about time the Australian boys take on a franchise from their great nation. Time for a visit to the motherland. Warm your engines, because they're taking on Mad Max. The first Mad Max is not what most imagine when they picture pop culture's favourite rev-head, but it is the closest glimpse we've gotten so far of how the world turned into the wasteland. We see how Max actually became mad; and its an interesting tale nonetheless. Rhys, self-defined Mad-Max-ma...
Hostel Franchise Overview/Ranking
May 26, 2024 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBHOSTEL FRANCHISE MARATHON The Hostel world-tour is complete and it's time to put it all into perspective. How do these films fare as a franchise? A quicky, but a goody; this trilogy of torture is taken from underground theatrical, to straight-to-DVD entertainment, taking a simple concept and creating a world and mythology in the long-run. Eli Roth may not have been there for all of the films, but Rhys and Kane sure were (for better and for worse). The pair band together to rank the trilo...
Hostel: Part III (2011)
May 18, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBHOSTEL FRANCHISE MARATHON What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. A Hostel direct-to-DVD sequel - did not know this was going to happen. The Elite Hunting Club has expanded to the city of sin, and we follow a group of degenerate men on a bachelor's-weekend in Vegas, where they indulge in all of the vices, only to find themselves in vices by the end. Rhys and Kane explore if Eli Roth leaving the franchise, tears down the solid fabric of the series, or if this strange cousin of a movie may b...
Hostel: Part II (2007)
May 11, 2024 12:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBHOSTEL FRANCHISE MARATHON This one's for the girls. A feminist masterpiece? Not quite. But this follow up is a nice counterpart to the heavily dude-oriented first film, with possibly a lot more to say: about female-focused objectification, uber-rich greed, and incel culture. 'Hostel: Part II' sees us go back to Slovakia, with a trio of adventurous young women. Obviously, they have a trip full of friendship, fun and pictures of tourist destinations; and none of the women get tortured (spoil...
Hostel (2005)
May 04, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBHOSTEL FRANCHISE MARATHON Moving on from the spawn of Satan entering the world of the living, to the living entering a hell-on-earth: a new marathon is under way, and it's Hostel. Eli Roth's second major film, spawning from the wallet of Quentin Tarantino, this franchise sees the 'Elite Hunting Club' traffic human beings in Slovakia for the uber-rich to do with them as they will and explore the disgusting extremity of human objectification. Rhys and Kane try to hold in their lunch and not...
The Omen Franchise Overview/Ranking
April 17, 2024 01:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBTHE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON 6 films, touching 6 decades, with 6 takes on the anti-Christ (to varying degrees of quality) Some friends are only with you for a short time, and some are with you for life. Damien is one of the lifelong homies. After investigating and diving into the sometimes scary, sometimes wild world of The Omen, the boys have found another home amidst the religious imagery and anxieties of this cinematic universe. Rhys and Kane go through their individual rankings of the ...
The First Omen (2024)
April 10, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBTHE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON Finally we're at the final Omen film, and for some reason, it likes to go by as 'The First Omen'. It's okay; aging is scary, we get it. The long anticipated PREQUEL. Will it have the prequel curse? Will it have the actual curse that the original film had? If you've read any reviews yet, you'll see that pleasantly, no! This actually sort of rocks. Kane and Rhys unpack 'Immaculate 2,' I mean: 'The First Omen,' and see how one of these films plays out in our curre...
The Omen (2006)
April 01, 2024 01:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBTHE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON The only film to my knowledge to be solely made because of the novelty of it's release date - having come out 06/06/06; what a hell of a time. The Omen sees on one fateful night, the rebirth of the antichrist... coming in the form of a small child named Damien. [Liev Shreiber]'s perfect, wholesome and almost soap-opera-like life gets completely torn apart, when he realises his son may be more than what he thought he was... This sounds a bit familiar. Rhys and ...
Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
March 27, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBTHE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON What else could the antichrist have to say on the big screen? So it's about time he shifts to the small screen... with this made-for-TV 'movie'. Following the death of Damien Thorn, the seed of Damien lives on in a little girl names Delia. Taking a very similar approach to the first Omen film, we find the antichrist in the form of a small child; except this time, nothing is scary, everything is annoying, and things happen that are f*cking ridiculous. Rhys and K...
Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
March 17, 2024 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBTHE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON Or more commonly regarded as: 'The Omen 3: The one with Sam Neill'. The Omen franchise enters the 80s, and Damien enters his 30s. It's the antichrist's time to shine, but a little fella that goes by the name 'anti-antichrist' (friends call Him 'Christ') has been born again and threatens all that Damien strives for. Rhys and Kane reluctantly dive into this cap to the trilogy, following the disappointment and outright bore of part two. The boys have no idea what'...
Damien: Omen II (1979)
March 10, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBTHE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON Marathon Me's 100th EPISODE is finally here! And really, what is truer MM-spirit than talking about a random, weird, sorta-shit horror movie sequel. Damien is now a teenager, coming to know himself as both a person, and something much darker and much more important. Narrative potential is massive right; a lot of room to comment on the universal teenage experience and coming of age? Well, someone tell the filmmakers to actually commit to it and take us there. Ka...
Damien: Omen II
March 10, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBTHE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON Marathon Me's 100th EPISODE is finally here! And really, what is truer MM-spirit than talking about a random, weird, sorta-shit horror movie sequel. Damien is now a teenager, coming to know himself as both a person, and something much darker and much more important. Narrative potential is massive right; a lot of room to comment on the universal teenage experience and coming of age? Well, someone tell the filmmakers to actually commit to it and take us there. Ka...
The Omen (1976)
March 03, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBTHE OMEN FRANCHISE MARATHON Back to horror movies, with a franchise that has the same amount of frights, curses, and forgotten obscure sequels. The Omen sees on one fateful night, the rebirth of the antichrist... coming in the form of a small child named Damien. Gregory Peck's perfect, wholesome and almost soap-opera-like life gets completely torn apart, when he realises his son may be more than what he thought he was. Kane and Rhys begin The Omen franchise in anticipation for the upcomin...
The Hunger Games Franchise Overview/Ranking
February 26, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBTHE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON It is now officially the reaping... five films done, Marathon Me is putting them all head to head in their own Hunger Games, by ranking them all from worst to best. The boys also take a look at the franchise as a whole and how it develops and matures - building the fantastical world for its audience, and evaluating if this is effectively done in the films or not. Rhys and Kane went in as Panem-virgins, and are now coming out veterans. Fellow Hunger Game...
The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snake (2023)
February 19, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBTHE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON We went from catching some fire, to focusing on a bit of snow. Going back to the 10th annual hunger games, this new installment follows the origins of Coriolanus Snow, as he delves from an ambitious, yet compassionate man, to the Snow that we know and have vitriolic hate for today. Kane and Rhys dive into the satisfaction of Snow's arc, and if this prequel gives the well-awaited context and world-building the two have been asking for, to cover up a few ...
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) / Part 2 (2015)
February 11, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBTHE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON One more double episode because... these are really two sides to the same coin. Get it? COIN! Katniss and Peta have now been through two Hunger Games competitions, and somehow not died. Fresh off of the PR tour of the previous Hunger Games, the two are hired as ambassadors for political causes. But here's the catch... they are both on opposing sides. How will they get out of this pickle?! In Mockingjay, sh#t starts to go down. The stakes are much higher...
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
February 04, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBTHE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON What do need to cook? Just a little bit of fire. This franchise is officially cooking baby! After Katniss and Peta survive their first Hunger Games, the two are left to enjoy their winnings, with some peace, quiet and riches. Wait, no? They have to compete AGAIN - and with stronger, more experienced components??? That doesn't seem very fair. Kane and Rhys continue their dive into the franchise, with an entry that ups the ante in terms of every category ...
The Hunger Games (2012)
January 29, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBTHE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE MARATHON Marathon Me is volunteering as tribute to watch all of The Hunger Games movies. The cultural phenomenon following Katniss Everdeen as she fights in a game to the death, with fellow District 12 alumni, Peeta, as part of a strange socio-political tradition. People lap this shit UP. Five movies. Four books. And a life-time of preteens basing their personalities on this. Rhys and Kane, both virgins to this franchise, dive head-first, entering the world of P...
Quentin Tarantino Filmography Ranking/Overview
January 09, 2024 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBQUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The film-bros made it through Pulp Fiction and did them all: every film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino... and now they're going to rank them. (You're surprised? Don't you know how this show works?) From the settings of a crime-filled world of L.A. in 'Reservoir Dogs,' to the vastly different crime-filled world of L.A. (in the late 60s) of 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood,' Rhys and Kane made it through the entire filmography. The boys track through t...
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
December 31, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBQUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON Washed up, on-the-decline and at fear of being a has-been... yep that's right: it's Rick Dalton. Back to California and the 'hangout movie,' Tarantino explores here the changing world of Hollywood as the 60s became the 70s, and fear filled the town amidst the threat of Charles Manson and his blood-thirsty "Family." Rhys and Kane unpack the most recent of Tarantino's efforts, which tracks back to the first of his films that the two hosts ever watched together. W...
A Marathon Me Christmas: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas Cabin Fever (2023)
December 24, 2023 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBA MARATHON ME CHRISTMAS SPECIAL and DIARY OF A WIMPY KID FRANCHISE MARATHON Tis the season to be wimpy. The Christmas Gods have blessed the world this year with yet another Disney+ original Diary of a Wimpy Kid animated film. Our prayers have been answered and a trilogy has been created. Rhys and Kane review the new addition to the Wimpy-Kid-universe, and talk a little bit about what festive films they have been watching. Love Actually or Bad Santa; which camp are you on? Podcast Inst...
The Hateful Eight (2015)
December 18, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBQUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The one that made the man a house-hold misogynist. But, like, is he though for real? Just following the civil war, a room is filled with individuals, stuck together by the dangerous element of winter, forced to confront one another's biases and most importantly... their hatred. A little bit 'The Thing', a little bit 'Twelve Angry Men,' a whole lot of Tarantino. Rhys and Kane go deep into the grit and tension of this Western tale, to unpack whether its slow bottl...
Django Unchained (2013)
December 08, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBQUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The man is not done revising history... he's now after the construct of the slave trade. Moving from pseudo-Western film to an explicitly Western film, we follow ex-slave and eternal badass, Django, as it's time for him to kick ass, get revenge, and save the love of his wife. Rhys and Kane watch and discuss, mouth-agape, at this sensationalist and completely rad retelling of how maybe this whole abuse-of-human-rights thing maybe should have gone? Podcast Instag...
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
November 26, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBQUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON As the first feature for Tarantino to explore going back in time, the filmmaker dives into Nazi occupied France amidst World War II, and the following results are something special. Going down the path of rewriting history through the medium of film, we found ourselves in some simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar territory, as the narrative goes in certain places that make you think: this didn't really happen, did it? Rhys and Kane go in with open hearts and o...
Grindhouse (2007)
October 07, 2023 01:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBQUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON A grindhouse double feature that lives up to it's name because... that's exactly what it is... no subtlety here is there? First comes Robert Rodriguez's blood-and-guts-filled zombie film 'Planet Terror,' oozing with camp, action and an unsavory taste in inauthenticity: yeah, spoiler alert here, neither Kane or Rhys really dug this one. But the main course: is Tarantino's grungy road-movie, 'Death Proof.' This one is really the one that matters in this Tarantino...
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) / Vol. 2 (2004)
October 01, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBQUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON The most literal 'double billing' the podcast has ever done. Tarantino's mainstream action extravaganza, Kill Bill, sees the murderous 'The Bride' come back from seemingly the dead to strike vengeance on the Deadly Viper clan, wiggle some toes, and most importantly... kill Bill. Kane and Rhys have an absolute ball with the condoms full of blood and complete maximalism of Uma Thurman's tour through all subgenres of exploitation cinema. Hold onto your seats (for a...
Jackie Brown (1997) / Four Rooms (1995)
September 24, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBQUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON Behold; a double episode, of Tarantino's underrated ode to blaxploitation cinema, paired with an experimental anthology comedy that TECHNICALLY fits into the canon of Quentin Tarantino. Two black-sheep: one overlooked, another going straight in the bin. Rhys and Kane begin talking about "Jackie Brown" and its interesting exploration of a contemporary crime-world of the 90s, through a very intention lens of 70s cinema. Then move onto the strange world of "Four Roo...
Pulp Fiction (1994)
September 17, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBQUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON Reservoir Dogs may have been Tarantino's first mark on Hollywood, but it wasn't until Pulp Fiction that the man became a household name. Gracing the walls of dorm rooms everywhere, Pulp Fiction is one of the quintessential 'film-bro' movies of our generation. But at the same time, EVERYONE seems to love this movie (Kane's mum especially). Is this hype blown out of proportion? Does it deserve the status that belongs to it? Kane and Rhys revisit this epic to see i...
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
September 10, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBQUENTIN TARANTINO MARATHON Welcome to the next journey for Marathon Me, as the boys take on all of favourite movie super-nerd and foot fetishist... Quentin Tarantino. Rhys and Kane start their dive into the weirdo's filmography with none other than his directorial feature debut; Reservoir Dogs. A heist goes wrong and the inexperienced/out-of-their-depth crew of criminals find themselves searching for the rat amongst them that forced the job to go awry. All based in a warehouse, the men sl...
Indiana Jones Franchise Ranking/Overview
September 02, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBINDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON The grand adventure has come to a close... and what a journey it has been. Five films, five adventures, and one clueless adventurer. Kane and Rhys have completed the franchise, spanning over 40 years and several continents. The boys have found a whole new appreciation for the whip-bearing Indy, and only after discussion, discovered their strong distaste for Dial of Destiny. The two try to put the entire IP into perspective and churn out an overview of wha...
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
August 28, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBINDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON You thought Indy was done? Think again. Indiana Jones is now 80 years old, living in 1969, and hates loud teenagers and their 'poor music choices' more than ever. His adventure isn't over just yet: he still has to take on time travel and ruin Phoebe Waller Bridge's reputation. Rhys and Kane take on this first entry into the Indiana Jones franchise by the mouse from the big house (Disney) and see if hopefully there's enough of the grittiness and charm left ...
MM Update: Asteroid City (2023)
August 19, 2023 02:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBMARATHON ME UPDATE TO.... WES ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHON Wes Anderson has confirmed that aliens exist. So looks like they're real now. The visceral and ambiguous tale of Asteroid City proves to be both one of Anderson's most stylistically dense, and intellectually provocative features, that seems to be leaving as many people stunned and confused, as in awe. Rhys and Kane take two different perspectives on this ride to discuss everything surrounding the new out-of-this-world 50s surreal...
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
August 12, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBINDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON They did it. They nuked the fridge. Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford have a real "f*ck it" moment, deciding that it's been 20 years; why not make a new Indiana Jones movie? They ditch the old 30s adventure-serial style now that both Indy and Spielberg have had some time to grow and move on - now entering a whole new world of 50s and B-grade red-scare alien movies. Rhys and Kane DEFINITIVELY answer the question: is Crystal Skull the worst thing to happen ...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
August 09, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBINDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON We all have daddy issues, including Indiana Jones. The Last Crusade caps the trilogy as Indy is joined by James Bond (Sean Connery) on a spy mission, posing as his father. The paternal pair work together to fight Nazis and find out the secrets of God (neither of these two have ever heard of LSD, have they?) Rhys and Kane unpack this fan-favourite of the trilogy and ask if maybe it should have ended here, like originally intended, or did Spielberg 'choose w...
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
July 29, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBINDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON Kali-ma! Kali-ma! Kali-ma! The first of Spielberg's follow-up sequels to the journey of the fedora'ed crusader - takes a far sillier and more Eastern turn down the trek. Standing as the only complete prequel from the franchise of films, the stakes are much lower, but teh action is a whole lot louder. Rhys and Kane fawn over the dynamic produced between Indy and Short Round, and come to terms with not really caring about his romance in this one. One thing f...
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
July 22, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBINDIANA JONES FRANCHISE MARATHON Whip it... whip it real good. Archaeology professor Indiana Jones ventures to seize a biblical artefact called the Ark of the Covenant and while doing so, puts up a fight against Nazis, ancient temples and far too many snakes. Rhys and Kane begin an adventure of their own as they take a deep dive into the wonderful and whimsical world of Dr Jones, first stopping at the original piece that doesn't even flaunt the man's name in the title. Often referred to ...
Back to the Future Trilogy Ranking/Overview
July 12, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBBACK TO THE FUTURE FRANCHISE MARATHON The 80s classic trilogy has been complete and oh my God, is it a marathon to behold... Kane and Rhys go through the franchise one-by-one, to convince you how they stack up to one another and what is the best Back to the Future movie. When are Marty and Doc at their peak? And when does this franchise nail this who time travel thing... Many people would argue the whole way through - but Marathon Me are here to pull it apart. Other topics include touchin...
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
July 04, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBBACK TO THE FUTURE FRANCHISE MARATHON The often-referred to black sheep of the franchise takes Marty and Doc Brown into a much further distant land, full of revolvers, horses and dysentery: the wild west. Rhys and Kane fawn over the love between Doc and Marty in this one, as their rolls are reversed, and Doc gets his time to shine. Despite not paying attention to how the McFly family tree would look (Lorraine does not come from McFly blood - casting agents!) and the experimentation with a ...
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
June 25, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBBACK TO THE FUTURE FRANCHISE MARATHON Now we take a step into the distant future reality of 2015... with Back to the Future Part II. Picking up right where the last one left off, there are two big problems to solve: Marty's kids need to be saved from committing a crime that will lead them to jail, and the writers need to find something to do with Jennifer. Luckily, Doc Brown has a solution to both of these (the solution to the second problem is a bit worrying). Rhys and Kane discuss the r...
Back to the Future (1985)
June 20, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBBACK TO THE FUTURE FRANCHISE MARATHON Now this is heavy... A simple story that takes a cocky teenager and his old-man scientist best friend, back in time to the 1950s, to set history straight and ensure the birth of Marty Mcfly. This premise continues on to a sequel, spans into a trilogy, and results in one of the most widely appreciated intellectual properties of the 20th century and beyond. Rhys and Kane bring out their inner-Sigmund-Freuds, dig deep into the extent of the film's concep...
Friday the 13th Franchise Overview/Ranking
June 10, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBFRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON The time has come: twelve films done, each bloodier than the last (not really). Marathon Me takes head-on the entire Friday the 13th franchise, with an individual ranking of the films from both Rhys and Kane, and an overview of the IP. From psycho-kinetic daddy-issues, to simulated camp-counsellors in space, the franchise pulls all the stops in attempting to keep a hockey-masked killer fresh. Will it be reimagined horror, or a classic slasher that takes the top sp...
Friday the 13th (2009)
June 03, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBFRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON After a brief hiatus, Jason has returned. Or been remade, more accurately. This Friday the 13th remake is fierce, violent and much darker than what we've seen before. And no longer is Jason campy - he's terrifying. We get some appropriately killable teenagers, and one of the Supernatural brothers to round it off. But does the remake actually make for enjoyable watching? Rhys and Kane explore this late 2000s comeback for Jason Voorhees, theorising that the poor m...
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
May 20, 2023 02:00 - 58 minutes - 40.6 MBFRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON The iconic showdown begins... Studio acquisitions, versions upon versions of scripts, theories, graphic novels, rumours, EVERYTHING has been building up to this fight between the two biggest slashers of popular culture. Jason gets to visit the suburbs, take on a burnt freak, and see what the 2000s are like (Jason X didn't count because let's pretend it didn't happen). But does this showdown live up to all the cultural hype behind it? Could be a dream, or this coul...
Jason X (2001)
May 13, 2023 02:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBFRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON Wait... this isn't Alien?! This is JASON in space. Yeah, doesn't make sense to us either. This pseudo Star Trek x Friday The 13th crossover is a wonder to the senses, and adds to the trend that every horror franchise must eventually end up going to space. Rhys and Kane argue over just how bad this film gets. But it can go without saying, that it is bizarre that it exists. It sure does suck... on SO MANY LEVELS. Podcast Instagram: @marathonme_official Podcast Fac...
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
May 07, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBFRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON Friday The 13th is now officially over and we're into the 'Jason' era, where the 90s have touched the franchise, New Line Cinema has come in to take the reigns, and making the movies good is no longer a priority. This entry is definitely... unique. Never before have we seen Jason in the form of... a giant f*cking worm, and it may be one of the greatest monstrosities to ever hit the cinema screen. Rhys and Kane try to keep their sanity in this 90 minutes of pure to...
Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
April 29, 2023 04:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBFRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON More than 30 years before Ghostface slashed up the big apple, Jason took a holiday to see lady liberty herself. This fascinating entry in the franchise transports Jason to an urban environment for the first time. On top of this, the big man embarks on a nordic vessel (for a majority of the film). Does the balance work, or does it fall flat on its face? Rhys and Kane rewatch this dive into the extreme realms of the Friday The 13th franchise, discussing the trope of...