Midnight Drive-In

The Intruder, Visiting Hours, & Groom Lake

April 15, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 156 MB

To celebrate 300 episodes of the podcast, we're talking about three vastly different William Shatner films. First, we feel really uncomfortable with THE INTRUDER. Then, we end up in the hospital in VISITING HOURS. Finally, we shake our heads at GROOM LAKE.

Mimic & Starship Troopers

April 10, 2024 21:55 - 1 hour - 142 MB

We're taking a look at giant bug movies this week. We start off with some cockroaches in the New York sewer system in MIMIC. Then, we enlist to fly far away and kill giant bugs in STARSHIP TROOPERS.

Easter Bunny Kill Kill & Resurrection

April 02, 2024 00:24 - 1 hour - 132 MB

It's time for a proper Easter show! First up, we made a huge mistake and watched EASTER BUNNY KILL KILL. Then, we follow Christopher Lambert as he tries to track down a serial killer in RESURRECTION. Doug also makes a bold proclamation about the holiday.

Body Slam & The One And Only

March 25, 2024 01:49 - 2 hours - 169 MB

It's wrestling week. This episode we're taking a look at two films that are about professional wrestling. First up, Face from the A-Team has to help propel Roddy Pipper and Tonga Tom to be the World Tag Team Champions in BODY SLAM. Then, we watch as The Fonz, Henry Winkler, tries his hand at wresting in THE ONE AND ONLY.

Bad Manners & The Wild Life

March 18, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 159 MB

This episode, we're looking at 2 80s comedies that have a connection to one of the hosts of the podcast. First up, we take a look at what is called a spiritual sequel to Fast Times At Ridgemont High with Cameron Crowe's THE WILD LIFE. Then, things get really weird and uncomfortable at an orphanage with BAD MANNERS.

The Horde & The Night Eats The World

March 15, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

We finally close out Fanuary halfway through March. Jeff wants us to read some movies so first up is the French zombie movie THE HORDE. Then we move on to the other French zombie movie THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD.

The Devils & Lair Of The White Worm

March 11, 2024 05:30 - 2 hours - 181 MB

This week, Tracy picked our topic. We're doing Ken Russell movies! First up, things get super weird at a convent in THE DEVILS. Then things get even weirder with a snake cult and Hugh Grant in LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM.

Wargames & Project X

February 18, 2024 21:44 - 1 hour - 126 MB

This week's Fanuary pick is a Matthew Broderick double feature. First up, we try to play a game in WARGAMES. Then, we teach apes to play games in PROJECT X.

Dreamscape & Moving

February 13, 2024 01:54 - 1 hour - 131 MB

It's Fanuary and that mean's it's time to review movies as suggested by you listeners. Both of you. First up is a Quaid Brother double feature. First, we learn about controlling our dreams with Dennis Quaid in DREAMSCAPE. Then we learn about how annoying neighbors and moving can be with Randy Quaid in MOVING.

Salem's Lot & Return To Salems Lot

February 05, 2024 00:07 - 1 hour - 152 MB

This week, we're checking out these movies about this strange little town that has a problem with vampires. First up, we find some unsettling imagery in Tobe Hooper's SALEM'S LOT. Then, we have a confusing time at Larry Cohen's RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT.

Pee Wee's Big Adventure & Death To Smoochy

January 28, 2024 19:51 - 1 hour - 120 MB

This week, we're looking at two movies that sort of involve kids' tv show hosts and the dark side they don't tell you about. First up, someone steals our bike, and we follow along on a cross-country trip in PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE. Then, it's an all-out war in the realm of children's TV with DEATH TO SMOOCHY.

Stir Of Echoes & The Gift

January 22, 2024 02:47 - 1 hour - 146 MB

We're heading back to the 90s to chat about some ghostly psychic movies. First up, Kevin Bacon drinks a lot of orange juice in STIR OF ECHOES. Then, Keanu Reeves is a super creep in THE GIFT.

Red State & Tusk

January 14, 2024 22:01 - 1 hour - 158 MB

This week, we're talking about two Kevin Smith horror films. What happens when someone known for indie comedies takes a shot at horror? First, we discuss the nature of religious beliefs with horror in RED STATE. Then, what happens when one man turns another man into a walrus? Find out in TUSK.

The Vindicator & Zone Troopers

January 08, 2024 01:33 - 2 hours - 198 MB

Noah picked two supposed Italian Films and then tries to backtrack once it's found out that neither are in fact, Italian. First up, we rip off Robocop with THE VINDICATOR. Then aliens help the US Army kill Nazis during World War II in ZONE TROOPERS. The episode ends with a spoilery and lengthy discussion of THE IRON CLAW.

Strange Days & End Of Days

December 31, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 150 MB

We're going to party like it's 1999! First up, Arnold fights Satan in END OF DAYS. Then, Ralph Fiennes tries to find out who is murdering women, and who shot a famous rapper, and why his girlfriend dumped him, and . . . you know what? He tries to find out a lot of things in STRANGE DAYS.

Gremlins Commentary

December 24, 2023 11:00 - 2 hours - 172 MB

As a special present to all of you, we sat down and watched Gremlins. You'll hear our thoughts as the movie progresses, and maybe we'll all gain a little holiday spirit by the end. Or we'll be convinced all these foreign parts are trying to kill us. Find your copy of Gremlins and watch along with us. Happy Holidays!

Copycat & Primal Fear

December 18, 2023 02:23 - 1 hour - 137 MB

It's time for some psychopaths on the show. First up, a doctor is attacked by Harry Conick Jr. and becomes a recluse. Too bad she has to help hunt down a serial killer in COPYCAT. Then Richard Gere takes a case where a young man is accused of killing a Cardinal. Too bad he has multiple personalities in PRIMAL FEAR.

Stuck & Compliance

December 14, 2023 05:03 - 1 hour - 159 MB

This week, we're taking a look at two films inspired by true events. First up, a woman hits a guy with her car and is annoyed that he is stuck in her windshield in STUCK. Then, working at a fast food place is bad enough, but when a guy on the phone claims he's a police officer and makes you strip search a fellow co-worker, it's disturbing in COMPLIANCE.

One False Move & A Simple Plan

December 08, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 134 MB

This week, we're taking a look at two Bill Paxton crime films that co-star Billy Bob Thorton. First up, they find some money in a plane but argue over how to spend it in A SIMPLE PLAN. Then, things get racy as Bill is a small-town sheriff who wants to go to the big time but has to contend with Billy Bob as a killer in ONE FALSE MOVE.

Our Man Flint & The Man Who Knew Too Little

December 04, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 107 MB

This week, we're looking at some wacky spy movies. First up, we head back to the swinging 60s, where we find Flint taking on a group of evil scientists who want to save the Earth in OUR MAN FLINT. Then, we go with Bill Murray on a live theater spy event that gets a little too real in THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE.

12 Monkeys & Looper

December 01, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MB

We're stuck in a time loop and we're checking out two Bruce Willis Time Travel movies. First up, Bruce Willis tries to prevent Covid from being released in 12 MONKEYS. Then, it's Willis vs. Willis in LOOPER.

X-Ray & Hellhole

November 27, 2023 03:42 - 1 hour - 144 MB

This week, we're looking at some sleazy hospital horror. First up, a woman can't seem to be able to leave the hospital as she's stalked by a killer in X-RAY. Then, a woman is sent to an asylum where the head doctor begins doing terrible experiments on the patients in HELLHOLE.

Leon The Professional & The FIfth Element

November 20, 2023 03:43 - 1 hour - 144 MB

It's a Luc Besson double feature. First up we take up the job as a cleaner in LEON THE PROFESSIONAL. Then we drive a space cab in The Fifth Element.

Halloween 4 Commentary

October 30, 2023 00:28 - 1 hour - 139 MB

As our Halloween gift to you, we present a commentary for Halloween 4. How is it as a sequel? We discuss that and much more during the film. Find a copy and listen along with us. Learn such things as how many times Loomis claimed he shot Michael in Halloween II. All this and more!

The Devil's Backbone & Pan's Labyrinth

October 28, 2023 04:10 - 1 hour - 115 MB

Our final director's spotlight of the spooky season sees us talking about Del Toro movies. First, we're heading to an orphanage out in the middle of a desert that is being haunted by a troubled ghost in THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE. Then we find out about a magical kingdom where our wishes could come true in PAN'S LABYRINTH.

Beetlejuice & Sleepy Hollow

October 17, 2023 23:59 - 1 hour - 158 MB

It's time for some Tim Burton movies. First up, we're taking a look at the ghost with the most in Michael Keaton's awesome performance in BEETLEJUICE. Then we lose our heads at the effects in SLEEPY HOLLOW.

Prince Of Darkness & In The Mouth Of Madness

October 13, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 106 MB

This week we're looking at two of John Carpenter's famed Apocalypse Trilogy. First up, Satan will be returning when a group of scientists spend the weekend in a church with an evil secret that will shake religion to its core in THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS. Then things go trippy when Sam Niel is tasked with finding a famed horror writer and shows up in a town that shouldn't exist in IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS.

House On Haunted Hill & The Tingler

October 08, 2023 21:33 - 1 hour - 111 MB

October means it's time to celebrate the work of some horror directors. First up, we're heading back to the 1950s to check out the work of celebrated gimmick filmmaker William Castle. Vincent Price invites us out to his spooky haunted house film HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL. Then Vincent Price discovers where terror comes from in THE TINGLER.

Steel Dawn & Donnie Darko

September 27, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 119 MB

We close out Swayze September with some of his lesser-celebrated roles. First up, pure water becomes scarce after World War III, and only one man can protect the only source of pure water left in STEEL DAWN. Then things get brain achy as Swayze plays a child predator in DONNIE DARKO.

Road House & Timestalkers

September 22, 2023 01:23 - 1 hour - 131 MB

We keep Swayze September rolling but also pay tribute to the recently passed wrestling legend Terry Funk. First up, we are put in charge of a new nightclub in ROAD HOUSE. Then we time travel with Klaus Kinski in TIMESTALKERS.

Uncommon Valor & Rambo: First Blood Part II

September 17, 2023 23:35 - 1 hour - 137 MB

Swayze September rolls on as we talk about two films about rescuing POWs from Vietnamese camps. First up, Gene Hackman recruits a group of soldiers to free his son in UNCOMMON VALOR. Then Stallone goes full Rambo in RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II.

Next Of Kin (1982) & Next Of King (1989)

September 15, 2023 02:31 - 1 hour - 113 MB

This episode weirdly starts out salute to Patrick Swayze, as we don't know until the very end that we're doing Swayze September. First, we head over to the outback as we take over a creepy retirement home in NEXT OF KIN. Then we take our street smarts and become a cop in Chicago looking for our brother's killer in NEXT OF KIN.

Schoolgirls In Chains & Mother's Day

August 31, 2023 04:16 - 2 hours - 95.5 MB

This skeezy episode we're checking out two exploitation films about weirdo brothers kidnapping women. First up we lament the ripping off of PSYCHO in SCHOOLGIRLS IN CHAINS. Then we wonder what the point is in MOTHER'S DAY.

3:15 The Moment Of Truth & The Principal

August 13, 2023 21:12 - 2 hours - 84.1 MB

In the 80s, gangs were the biggest problem facing every single high school in America. Let's take a look at two examples of this problem. First up we welcome Jim Belushi to try and clean up the hallways of an inner city school with THE PRINCIPLE. Then we are ready for a fight in 3:15 The Moment Of Truth.

Taxi Driver & The King Of Comedy

August 11, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MB

This episode it's all about Martin Scorcese films with Robert DeNiro as an obsessive psychopath. First up, we look at how an obsessive Robert DeNiro takes on pimps and politicians in TAXI DRIVER. Then we see how DeNiro deals with obsessive fandom in THE KING OF COMEDY.

The Barbarians & Think Big

August 07, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MB

We're in double trouble as Noah picks two movies starring The Barbarian Brothers. First up, it's double the Conan, double the fun in THE BARBARIANS. Then we hit the road as the brothers are truckers that try and stop a corporation from stealing an electronic device for evil means in THINK BIG.

American Gothic & Gothic

August 04, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

Two films with Gothic in the title. Good enough right? First up we end up at a creepy house in the middle of the woods with creepy adult children in AMERICAN GOTHIC. Then we get literary as Mary Shelly has a frightful night in GOTHIC.

Squirm & The Nest

July 31, 2023 04:28 - 1 hour - 53.4 MB

This episode is all about creepy and crawly things as we first look at how mean electrified worms can get in SQUIRM. Then we deal with cockroaches in THE NEST.

The Secret Of Nimh & An American Tail

July 18, 2023 02:35 - 1 hour - 72.7 MB

We're checking out two Don Bluth animated features. As a bonus, Dom DeLuise is in both! First up we immigrate from Russia in the hopes of there being no cats in AN AMERICAN TAIL. Then we try and move our house with the use of an amulet in THE SECRET OF NIMH.

Phenomena & Link

July 07, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 95.7 MB

It's time for some monkey movies on the podcast! First up, we summon bugs with Jennifer Connelly in PHENOMENA. Then we head to Zod's mansion and watch Elizabeth Shue work with monkeys in LINK.

Sidekicks & Showdown

July 04, 2023 01:51 - 1 hour - 76.8 MB

It's time to look at some Karate Kid ripoff movies. First up, Jonathan Brandis learns from Chuck Norris how to handle bullies in SIDEKICKS. Then some unknown guy learns how to handle bullies from Billie Blanks in SHOWDOWN!

Stitches & Clown

June 19, 2023 00:59 - 1 hour - 96.6 MB

We're looking at evil clowns in this episode. First, we see what happens when a clown returns from the dead to get revenge in STITCHES. Then we find out about a cursed clown suit that turns people into demons in CLOWN.

Morons From Outer Space & Killer Klowns From Outer Space

May 27, 2023 23:19 - 1 hour - 78.4 MB

This is being released on May 27th totally on purpose because it is the 35th anniversary of Killer Klowns From Outer Space being released. It has nothing to do with being lazy and just not editing the show in a timely manner and this date proved to be a perfect time to release the episode. Completely planned out and on purpose. Totally. We're meeting some beings from outer space in this episode. First we find out what happens when we make aliens celebrities in MORONS FROM OUTER SPACE. Then ...

Highlander & Pet Sematary 2

May 10, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 83.3 MB

We're celebrating Clancy Brown with two of his genre films. First up, there can be only one as the Kurgin tries to stay immortal in HIGHLANDER. Then he tries to teach his stepson some manners and that sometimes Dead Is Better in PET SEMATARY 2.

Point Break & Dead Presidents

May 05, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 112 MB

This episode is all about bank robbers. First up Johnny Utah has to go undercover inside a group of surfers in POINT BREAK. Then we head to Vietnam and back with Chris Tucker in DEAD PRESIDENTS.

Seven Hours To Judgment & Night Of The Running Man

May 02, 2023 02:43 - 1 hour - 71.5 MB

This episode we take a look at two films where our heroes are running to something or away from something. First up, Beau Bridges is a judge who is forced to find the evidence to convict a killer, or his wife dies, in SEVEN HOURS TO JUDGMENT. Then, Andrew McCarthy finds a briefcase full of money and wants to make sure he never gets caught with it in NIGHT OF THE RUNNING MAN.

Hero At Large & Dead Husbands

April 18, 2023 03:17 - 1 hour - 87.6 MB

This week we're reviewing films from one of our favorite comedic actors in John Ritter. First up, we take a look at a superhero film that sees John Ritter take on the persona of Captain Avenger in HERO AT LARGE. Then John Ritter is fearing for his life in DEAD HUSBANDS.

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