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Blue Velvet

You don't know Jack!

Reviewed Feb 21, 2017

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

John Wick

It's time for Keanu Reeves' dog day afternoon.

Reviewed Feb 7, 2017

Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. Genres: Action, Thriller

Resident Evil: Afterlife

The movie where we learn T-cells are actually shaped like...

Reviewed Jan 17, 2017

In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap. Genres: Action, Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction

Resident Evil

And you thought YOUR office management policies were harsh..

Reviewed Dec 27, 2016

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Enjoy a nice warm bacta bath and listen to this review!

Reviewed Dec 20, 2016

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Re-Animator

Donate to hear us discuss the Wild Wild Herbert West!

Reviewed Dec 9, 2016

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses. Genres: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

From Beyond

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Reviewed Dec 2, 2016

The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe. Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Between grief and nothing...I'll take a bonus podcast rev...

Reviewed Nov 24, 2016

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister. Genres: Comedy

The Elephant Man

Our life is full because we know you are listening...

Reviewed Nov 22, 2016

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Genres: Drama, History

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The Fly

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Reviewed Nov 4, 2016

When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one. Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

Sinister

It's Podcast Party '16!

Reviewed Oct 23, 2016

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Chopping Mall

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Reviewed Oct 14, 2016

High-tech robots equipped with state-of-the-art security devices have been recruited as the new mechanical "night watchmen" for the Park Plaza Mall. When a jolting bolt of lightning short-circuits the main computer control, the robots turn into "killbots" on the loose after unsuspecting shoppers! Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

If little Timmy doesn't get out of the cell, he's going t...

Reviewed Oct 4, 2016

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

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The Hitcher

If you wanna hear this podcast you gotta donate gas, gras...

Reviewed Sep 30, 2016

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision. Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller

The Fly

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Reviewed Sep 9, 2016

Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber. Genres: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

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Creepshow

It's Father's Day. I want my podcast!

Reviewed Sep 6, 2016

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches. Genres: Comedy, Horror

Stand by Me

This is big time, baby!

Reviewed Aug 30, 2016

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives. Genres: Adventure, Drama

Demons

Popcorn, punks, and possession

Reviewed Aug 26, 2016

A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers. Genres: Horror

The Shawshank Redemption

Get busy listenin', or get busy dyin'.

Reviewed Aug 16, 2016

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope. Genres: Crime, Drama

The Bourne Legacy

Jeremy Renner is the Bourne loser.

Reviewed Jul 19, 2016

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne. Genres: Action, Thriller

The Bourne Ultimatum

Damon is a natural Bourne killer!

Reviewed Jul 12, 2016

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him. Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Ghostbusters

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Reviewed Jul 8, 2016

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

The Bourne Supremacy

Matt Damon is Bourne again!

Reviewed Jul 5, 2016

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive. Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Short Circuit

Do you think we are doing this for our own self gratifica...

Reviewed Jun 30, 2016

After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth. Genres: Comedy, Family, Science Fiction