John Landis

Darkman

The Phantom Menace

Reviewed Jan 6, 2026

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

An American Werewolf in London

Horn Dog of the Baskervilles

Reviewed Dec 6, 2024

American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Brown Arrow

Death Race 2000

Road Kill Bill 

Reviewed Apr 9, 2024

In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance. Genres: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Brown Arrow

Quicksilver Highway

Where we’re going, there are no roads...

Reviewed Dec 14, 2021

Aaron Quicksilver is a mysterious storyteller whose listeners invariably end up as the subjects of his gruesome, grisly tales. He tells a new bride stranded on a desert highway a horrifying account of a set of carnivorous toy teeth, then entrains a pickpocket with the spine chilling story of an army of murderous, disembodied hands. Genres: Horror, Thriller, TV Movie

Sleepwalkers

Charles is not in charge of anything if he's afraid of pu...

Reviewed Feb 9, 2021

Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival. Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Trading Places

Patronize our podcast this season, or we ain't gonna have...

Reviewed Dec 25, 2020

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. Genres: Comedy

The Stand

Baby, can you dig this podcast? It's a righteous podcast!

Reviewed Nov 25, 2014

After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil. Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

The franchise runs out of budget but not ideas.

Reviewed Jun 20, 2014

The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale. Genres: Action, Science Fiction

RoboCop

We work for a living down here at NowPlayingPodcast.com!

Reviewed Jan 14, 2014

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Not everyone is having fun at Universal Studios Florida

Reviewed Oct 18, 2013

When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

Spider-Man 2

Go get it, tiger!

Reviewed Jun 29, 2012

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well... Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction