Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers
200 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 198 ratingsHighlighting Films Old (& New) That We Grew Up With & Watched at Weekend Sleepovers
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Smokey and the Bandit, 1977
April 22, 2016 12:00 - 127 MBHey all you gear-jammers, welcome back to another exciting and hilarious episode of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! This week J. Blake and Dion Baia are taking a trip down South and covering a film that endeared a generation to Trans Ams, CB Radios, Trucking, and Coors Beers. We’re of course talking about the comedic essential, the 2nd film behind Star […]
Dick Smith – SNMS Presents: The Side-Cast: An Evening with a Hollywood Make-up Legend
April 15, 2016 12:00 - 64.8 MBSpring is upon us, and we here at SNMS thought we should again started re-airing the original series that paired Dion Baia with his cohort in crime, J. Blake in a string of podcasts called the Side-Cast. Originally airing on their sister site Podwits.com, the Side-Cast was the series catalyst for what became SNMS. To showcase where […]
Dick Tracy, 1990
April 08, 2016 12:00 - 140 MBThe boys are back for yet another episode of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! This week Dion Baia and J. Blake are again going way down the alley, back to a huge franchise that was revisited during their childhood. A property that because of other comic book characters getting reboots around the same time, this beloved hero was able to finally see a well-deserved […]
No Holds Barred, 1989
March 25, 2016 12:00 - 116 MBWelcome back to another exciting, informative and downright hilarious episode of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! With WrestleMania 32 coming upon us, this week Dion Baia and J. Blake have gone through their attic collection of cardboard boxes filled with old clam-shell cased VHS tapes to find an absolute sleepover classic- something, which to be frank may not go […]
State of Grace , 1990
March 11, 2016 13:00 - 181 MBWelcome back true believers to another exciting and enthralling episode of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! The boys noticed that St. Patrick’s Day is around the corner and figured they’d roll out a podcast about a long-forgotten, classic gangster film (surprisingly the first in the genre for Dion and Blake), that has its climatic scene coincide with the […]
The Breakfast Club, 1985
February 26, 2016 13:00 - 166 MBThe fellas are back yet again for an all new edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! Dion Baia and J. Blake are taking on a movie that, on the outset, looks to be your typical teen-angst drama, depicting the day-to-day trials and tribulations of young adults. But actually, it has layered within some pretty smart and […]
Tombstone, 1993
February 12, 2016 13:00 - 132 MBWelcome back to another exciting edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! This week’s podcast is a true epic, with the boys breaking new ground and covering their first Western. The choice for their first in the genre is a film near and dear to both Dion Baia and J. Blake‘s hearts, a momentous pick that has become a modern classic, George […]
The Night Stalker, 1972
January 29, 2016 13:00 - 102 MBWelcome back to another all new edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! To celebrate the return of The X-Files to the small screen, J. Blake and Dion Baia decided to go back and cover a film and character that is very close to both their hearts, which has been also cited by Mulder and Scully creator Chris […]
Labyrinth, 1986
January 12, 2016 00:09 - 212 MBWe here at Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers were extremely saddened to hear about the passing of icon David Bowie, after losing his eighteen month-long battle with cancer. Originally our plan was to open up 2016 with a podcast dedicated to our female listeners, covering a movie near and dear to the hearts of so many women who’d grown […]
Rocky, 1976
December 30, 2015 17:19 - 118 MBWelcome to a very special, New Years edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers. Blake and Dion picked a classic to usher in 2016, a film very close to the hearts at SNMS, a movie that shows us that anyone can go the distance, as long as you have the drive and determination. This week, the boys […]
Gremlins, 1984
December 23, 2015 13:00 - 132 MBWelcome to another episode of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! Dion and J. Blake are taking on another holiday classic for their Christmas viewing this season, and have decided on an iconic genre mash-up. It’s a film that really goes to show you the 1980’s was a time when you could practically market anything you wanted to children, even a dressed […]
SNMS Presents The Side Cast: Randy Jurgensen Part 2–From Homicide to Hollywood
December 18, 2015 13:00 - 145 MBWelcome back to another all new edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers‘ Side-Cast. We present Part 2 of our exclusive interview with retired NYPD Homicide Detective turned actor, consultant, writer and producer Randy Jurgensen. In this episode, we segue into Randy’s fascinating career in Hollywood and his body of work in the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s. We […]
Invasion USA , 1985
December 11, 2015 13:00 - 103 MBTis the Season! The boys are back with an all new episode of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! Dion and Blake are ushering in the holidays with a classic, Invasion USA, starring the great Chuck Norris and directed by the supremely underrated Joseph Zito. Blake and Dion discuss the burning holiday questions, like does Santa shave his beard […]
SNMS Presents The Side Cast: Randy Jurgensen Part 1– The Bad, Old Days
December 04, 2015 13:00 - 104 MBWelcome to an ALL NEW edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers‘ “Side-Cast“. This episode takes SNMS listeners in an entirely different direction, presenting an all new and very rare interview with a retired NYPD Detective and Hollywood legend, Randy Jurgensen. He has appeared in over 50 films and television shows, including The French Connection, The Godfather, […]
Dutch, 1991
November 25, 2015 12:00 - 111 MBHappy Thanksgiving! Here at Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, J. Blake and Dion Baia have lined up another, albeit lesser known holiday film that not only celebrates the Turkey-Day Season, but also is a John Hughes movie to boot! This year the boys are talking up the classic Dutch, from 1991, starring Ed O’Neill and Ethan Embry. After […]
Harry and the Hendersons, 1987
November 13, 2015 13:00 - 90.4 MBThe boys are back for an all new, exhilarating and enthralling episode of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! J. Blake and Dion Baia are both digging back into their childhoods and taking on the legend of the Sasquatch. Instead of looking at him as a terrible monster, they pick a film that makes everyone wish they could have a […]
The Bruce Campbell Podcast – SNMS Presents: Side-Cast: The Fake Shemp
November 04, 2015 13:00 - 93.2 MBA brand new addition to the Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers rotation is the Podcast that started it all, Dion and Blake‘s Side-Cast. Originally airing on the sister site Podwits.com, the Side-Cast was the catalyst for what became SNMS. To showcase where it all began we are reissuing this series, highlighting the anthology podcast that covered a variety […]
Halloween II, 1981
October 30, 2015 12:00 - 101 MBWe are entering the home stretch of Saturday Night Sleepover‘s October month of Horror! For the fifth and final week Dion Baia and J. Blake are continuing with the tradition (granted it’s only the second year) of doing a film that not only is a horror (which is a given in a month of October) but […]
Silver Bullet, 1985 – SNMS Presents: The Side-Casts
October 23, 2015 11:00 - 73.3 MBFor week 4 of SNMS’ epic October Halloween Month of Horror, J. Blake takes the show on the road and does a totally impromptu special Sunday Night Movie Sleepover “Side-Cast” from the nation’s capitol with a cherished old friend, former classmate and fellow sleepover & horror movie enthusiast, Dave…covering one of their all-time favorite 80s […]
SNMS Presents: The Side-Cast – Horror Recommendations
October 21, 2015 12:00 - 71.1 MBA brand new addition to Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers rotation is the Podcast that started it all, Dion and Blake‘s Side-Cast. Originally airing on the sister site Podwits.com, the Side-Cast was the series that became the catalyst for what became SNMS. To showcase where it all began we are reissuing this series, highlighting the anthology podcast that […]
The Black Hole, 1979
October 16, 2015 12:00 - 128 MBThe boys are back for week 3 in their epic October Halloween month of Horror! This time around J. Blake and Dion Baia tackle what some might call an unorthodox choice for a scary movie pick, but it certainly is Disney‘s darkest entry in film and also their most frightening (heck, [spoiler alert!] they go to Hell at the […]
Mad Love, 1935
October 09, 2015 12:00 - 117 MBThe boys are back for week 2 in their October month of horror! This time around J. Blake and Dion Baia are going back to the basics, doing a true B-side from the Golden Age of Horror that stars one of their favorite actors of the day, the great Peter Lorre. Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers gets into their DeLorean to […]
The Blob, 1988
October 02, 2015 12:00 - 93.6 MBHere we go! Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers is working double time in October, delivering one horror film a week in celebration of Halloween! To start this insane marathon off the boys have picked a fan request, a remake of a classic property that scared SNMS‘s own Dion Baia so bad when he first saw it in the cinema that it […]
Batman, 1989
September 25, 2015 14:00 - 152 MBThis week is a celebration here at Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers because we’ve turned ONE year old! To usher in the monumental anniversary, J. Blake and Dion Baia have recorded a podcast that could be their most EPIC yet, presenting a film that played a huge role in their upbringing and practically revolutionized Hollywood moviemaking and marketing in the late 20th […]
The Last Starfighter, 1984
September 11, 2015 14:00 - 83 MBTo close out the long and hot summer, J. Blake and Dion Baia have embarked on a journey that will take them out of the trailer park canyons of California and up into the galaxy to help defend the cosmos against horrifying alien evildoers who are hell-bent on, well… doing whatever they plan to do- and the key […]
The Warriors, 1979
August 28, 2015 14:00 - 89.1 MBGet Ready! Dion Baia and J. Blake have picked a whopper of a movie for this week, which could be their BIGGEST podcast yet! Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers is putting on their jean jackets, leather vests, face paint, bandanas, and grabbing some subway tokens, because they’re screening the cult classic gang film, Walter Hill’s The Warriors, from 1979. The boys attempt […]
Zombie, 1979
August 14, 2015 14:00 - 71.2 MBThis week around Dion Baia and J. Blake delve deep into the video store racks and bring out an absolute cult classic and a very personal favorite of theirs; a film which practically reinvigorated an entire genre in Italy, and lured in legions of soon-to-be horror and zombie fans… we of course are speaking of the Lucio […]
The Fantastic Four, 1994
July 31, 2015 14:01 - 82.7 MBWell truly believers, with the upcoming release of the latest Fantastic Four reboot, Dion and Blake thought they’d go back and revisit a classic. A film so notorious in the annals of history for maybe all the wrong reasons, being that it never even got released and was instead shelved! We of course are talking about the Roger Corman […]
The Towering Inferno, 1974
July 17, 2015 14:00 - 76.6 MBThe summer is here and with it comes the big-mega blockbusters! And as a tribute to First Responders and to Firefighters specifically (and fittingly to the NYFD who turn 150 this year), Dion Baia and J. Blake are taking on a classic ’70’s epic, back when Special Effects weren’t just Computer Generated Images with actors in front of green screens, but when […]
Flight of the Navigator, 1986
July 03, 2015 14:00 - 73.7 MBHappy Birthday America! To ring in the July 4th holiday, J. Blake and Dion Baia are pulling out a real old-school classic, the forgotten Disney gem, Flight of the Navigator, from 1986. The boys bring a slew of knowledge and personal experience to this edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, relaying the history of Walt Disney‘s […]
Maniac, 1980
June 19, 2015 14:00 - 64.3 MBWell boys and girls, this week Dion Baia and J. Blake have a real treat lined up, a personal favorite of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, the 1980 cult classic Maniac, directed by William Lustig and starring the late, great, Joe Spinell. The guys attempt to fit as much as they can into a humble little podcast about this […]
Weekend at Bernies, 1989
June 05, 2015 10:00 - 65 MBThe guys kick-off the summer season with a cult classic, a ‘must’ for all those summer comedy fans, Weekend at Bernie’s from 1989! Dion and J. Blake have their hands full this time around! They reminisce on the long-forgotten ‘beach comedy’ genre and explore their favorite entries into this ’80’s phenomenon. Why don’t we see films like this anymore? Could […]
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, 1985
May 22, 2015 10:00 - 71.6 MBContinuing with their Wilfred Brimley double-feature, this week around Dion Baia and J. Blake take on an 1980’s classic, and a pretty remarkable film on its own right (if not downright puzzling), 1985’s Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. With a title like that, the boys are all in! Especially since Bond directing legend Guy Hamilton was brought […]
Hard Target, 1993
May 08, 2015 12:00 - 86.3 MBWelcome to another edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! This week J. Blake and Dion Baia delve way into the video racks and bring out a long-forgotten classic from the early 1990’s back when long, wet mullets were in style, and we didn’t question when villains were able to acquire scores of loyal and nameless […]
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, 1989
April 24, 2015 10:00 - 70 MBThe boys deliver a Special Edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers this week as they go way down the alley and explore the Marvel character Daredevil‘s live-action roots (as well as The Kingpin‘s for that matter), leading them to the 1989 Bill Bixby classic, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk. Dion Baia and J. Blake go into an […]
The Monster Squad, 1987
April 10, 2015 10:00 - 57.3 MBThis time around for an all new installment of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Dion Baia and J. Blake are going back to the basics. They’re covering a film which is a forgotten cult-classic and true Saturday Night Sleepover material if their ever was one because for their age group, they were the targeted demographic upon the […]
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, 1971
March 27, 2015 16:00 - 128 MBThe boys are back, kicking in the door with a beloved classic for this week’s all new edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, and it is a trip to a world of Pure Imagination, with 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Dion and Blake dig deep into the dark side and undertones of this film which, […]
Dirty Harry, 1971
March 13, 2015 10:00 - 94.7 MBThis time around Dion and Blake are talking about potentially their most controversial film for Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers to date, Don Siegel‘s classic, the original Dirty Harry, from 1971, starring Clint Eastwood. This groundbreaking film literally paved the way for the onslaught of police genre stories on the big and small screen in the 1970’s, and […]
John Carpenter’s The Thing, 1982
February 27, 2015 02:51 - 80.3 MBThe lads have their hands full in this brand-spanking new installment of Saturday Night Movie Sleepover, and desperately try to fit it all into the confines of a humble podcast. This week, Dion Baia and J. Blake take on the 1982 horror classic, John Carpenter’s The Thing. The boy’s knowledge and expertise are put to task, disseminating all […]
The Terminator, 1984
February 13, 2015 15:00 - 73.9 MBIn this brand-spanking new edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Dion Baia and J. Blake take on the monumental opus, something that not only influenced these two boys in their formative years, but also was a huge influence on cinema, sci-fi, action (and maybe even horror) as well as technology- we are of course talking about James Camerson’s breakout masterpiece, The […]
G.I.Joe the Movie, 1987
January 30, 2015 15:00 - 96.4 MBStraight out of Hasbro, toy’s with attitude, Dion Baia and J.Blake are back for a spontaneous Part 2 of their momentous Podcast to ring in the 2015 New Year, deciding to take on the supremely unrated G.I.Joe the Movie, from 1987. Following up Part 1 where they went head to head with the super-iconic 1986 favorite Transformers the Movie, J. […]
Transformers the Movie, 1986
January 16, 2015 15:00 - 63.8 MBDion and J. Blake usher in 2015 with an absolute cult-classic from their childhood, the 1986 feature film Transformers the Movie. This fact-filled podcast sizes up the 1986 adaptation of a beloved daily TV show’s journey from the small to the silver screen, taking on the HUGE elephant in the room- the ramifications on the toy industry, children’s psyches, and future cartoon properties regarding the […]
Ernest Saves Christmas, 1988
December 21, 2014 15:00 - 61.2 MBThis week, in part 2 of our Special Christmas Edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, J. Blake and Dion Baia take on an Oldie-put-Goodie Christmas Classic, Jim Varney’s Ernest Saves Christmas, from 1988. The boys lay out the history of Ernest P. Worrell, how the zany character even came about and explore the world he […]
Bob Clark’s Black Christmas, 1974
December 12, 2014 15:00 - 65.8 MBIn a very exciting Christmas Edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Dion Baia and J. Blake explore the highly underrated and highly influential Bob Clark film- no, not the uber-iconic A Christmas Story- but his other Christmas movie from 10 years prior, his brilliant horror, Black Christmas from 1974. What cinema secrets does this lesser-known gem hold that now have become cliched? […]
Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1987
November 26, 2014 13:19 - 69.6 MBIn this week’s Thanksgiving edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Dion Baia & J. Blake pick the iconic comedy classic Planes Trains and Automobiles, released on Thanksgiving Eve, 1987. The boys reminisce about their memories connected with the film, discuss the legendary careers and lasting legacies of writer/producer/director John Hughes and actor John Candy, and the imprint the film […]
“Mindwarp,” 1992
November 14, 2014 09:00 - 66 MBThe boys really searched through the proverbial video store racks for this week’s pick, the little known and probably even less-seldom seen sci-fi treat, Mindwrap from 1992, starring Bruce Campbell and Phantasm‘s Angus Scrimm. This underrated, low-budget post-apocalyptic/technological/CHUD-style tale explores themes probed 7 years later in the highly popular 1999 film The Matrix (though the viewpoints of the […]
“Halloween III: Season of the Witch “, 1982
October 29, 2014 14:00 - 58.9 MBDion and J. Blake invite you to come listen to a special Halloween edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers where they take on 1982’s Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Why did this sequel tank so badly? Was it Season of the Witch’s own fault? Is it indeed a good film in the Halloween film franchise? Is Tom Akins really leading-man […]
“The Flash ” TV Pilot, 1990
October 17, 2014 23:05 - 43.2 MBWith the recent premiere in the fall of 2014 of yet another beloved DC Comics property The Flash, the boys had the idea of instead going back in time and giving another shot to the original series, 1990‘s The Flash pilot, starring the great John Wesley Shipp. So… are they crazy? Or are they onto something? How big of […]
John Carpenter’s “Big Trouble in Little China “
October 03, 2014 07:00 - 70.1 MBIn the 2nd episode of the smash hit Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, J. Blake and Dion Baia tackle a film near and dear to their hearts from a filmmaker they absolutely adore, John Carpenter and his 1986 feature, Big Trouble in Little China. The boys discuss the cult status the iconic film has achieved and the […]
“The Punisher ” 1989
September 20, 2014 19:55 - 57.1 MBIn the inaugural edition of J. Blake and Dion Baia‘s new podcast Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, the boys fittingly pick the forgotten, some may even call lost and dark Marvel Comics classic, Mark Goldblatt’s The Punisher from 1989, starring Dolph Lundrgen and Lou Gossett Jr. They go in depth about the film, discuss the era and climate it came out in, and […]