Salem Horror Fest 2025
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In this special episode, Salem Horror Fest returns from the grave for its eighth outing as Tim discusses some of the events, short films, and features shown at SHF 2025 including: Humanzee The Halloween Party The Guest on Topsfield Road Day Dreams Forever War Indicator Mordrake Bill Came Back Katie's Skin Paper Dolls Session 9 Bedlamer Hellbound: Hellraiser II RAT! The Rebrand Pater Noster and the Mission of Light Scrumptious Dry January Be Bad Her House Safe Feedback The Baby Pocket Princess Nervous Ellie Find You Here 3 Easy Steps Turn It Off Bush Les Bêtes How to Stay Awake Out of Body...
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Best of 2024
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Once again, we're discussing our favorite movies of the past year, in this case 2024. Despite it being a terrible year for us personally, the films were still great, so listen as we run through our top ten lists, which include disquieting depictions of religious and political conflict, disturbing bad behavior from rich people, and slapstick comedy involving fiendish but cute animals. Warning: Contains explicit language, some spoilers, and some futile Oscar hopes. Our theme song is "Nostalgia TV" by Edward Jonathan Blakeley through Lynne Publishing.
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Shallow Grave
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Ellie answers our ad for a flatmate as we come out of the attic for a discussion of Danny Boyle's spectacular debut film, the 1994 darkly comic thriller Shallow Grave. Listen as we analyze the motivations of the three morally-challenged protagonists, discuss the highs and lows of Boyle's subsequent film career, and pine for more of Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and colorful apartment decor. Our theme song is "Nostalgia TV" by Edward Jonathan Blakeley through Lynne Publishing.
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A Brief Update
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Just a quick update to let you know what's been going on with us and the podcast.
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The Spy Who Loved Me
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It's time for our latest mission with 007 as Bob Chipman joins us again for a globe-trotting mission with The Spy Who Loved Me. Listen as we discuss how the franchise tries to create a more proactive Bond girl in the form of female lead Anya Amasova, make note of Bond's best quips and gadgets for this entry, and question Bond's status as a 'secret' agent. Warning: Contains explicit language, furniture, and strangely anatomical villain furniture. Our theme song is "Nostalgia TV" by Edward Jonathan Blakeley through Lynne Publishing.
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Dragonslayer
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Chris Chipman joins us again as we journey to a long lost age of monsters and movie magic and do battle with 1981's Dragonslayer. Listen as we marvel over the film's incredible animatronic and go-motion effects, examine how the film's portrayal of religion and authority reflects post-Vietnam cynicism, and discuss the movie's place among other 1980s fantasy films. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and a crazy, murdering nutbar. Our theme song is "Nostalgia TV" by Edward Jonathan Blakeley through Lynne Publishing.
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The Quick and the Dead
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The street is ours as Peter joins us once again to draw our guns on one of the wildest and most entertaining Westerns ever made, The Quick and the Dead from 1995. Listen as we chronicle the decline of the Western as a film genre in the late 1990s, marvel at director Sam Raimi's visual ingenuity in creating the movie's unique look, and praise producer and star Sharon Stone's foresight in casting then lesser-known actors such as Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and phallic firearm discussions. Our theme song is "Nostalgia TV" by Edward Jonathan...
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Salem Horror Fest 2024 - Weekend 1
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In this special episode, Salem Horror Fest returns to haunt the show as as Tim discusses some of the various events, short films, and features presented at SHF 7 including: It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This Livescreamers Sacrificio Slip Free Bench Must Pick Up Today Kombucha! Giallo Overnights Valley of Souls Scam Three Baths Inner Demons Pest The Management Who's There? The Bounce House The Power of the Strike Lady Parts Scratch The Thaw The Basement Cold Young Blondes Stalked and Murdered Faceless After Dark Red Gloves The Perfect Place to Cry The Gourd, the Brad, and the Ghostly...
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The Best of 2023
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It's our annual wrap-up of the best movies of the previous year as we dive into our favorite films of 2023. Listen as we rationalize why acclaimed "perfect" films didn't make it on our lists and praise the courage of actors willing to let it rip onscreen. Our movie choices feature debauched adventures of the perverted rich, triumphant big-screen adventures of our childhood heroes (whether plastic, geriatric, or atomic), and return appearances by auteurs such as Emerald Fennell, Ari Aster, and Brandon Cronenberg. Warning: Contains explicit language, mild spoilers, and multiple...
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
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We're spending this Christmas with the Griswolds and enduring squirrels, explosive sewer gas, and other yuletide dangers with a discussion of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation from 1989. Listen as we examine the film's depiction of holiday nostalgia and obsession, praise the underappreciated comic genius of Beverly D'Angelo, and debate the proper amount of Cousin Eddie a film should contain. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and a disturbing reimagining of King Kong. Our theme song is "Nostalgia TV" by Edward Jonathan Blakeley through Lynne Publishing.
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For our final episode for 2022, we've invited Kay Lynch back for a game of gin rummy and a discussion on Billy Wilder's groundbreaking 1960 comedy/drama The Apartment. Listen as we examine the movie's amazing mix of humor and pathos, praise Jack Lemmon's amazing comedic abilities, and criticize corporate culture language-wise, morality-wise, and everything-wise. Warning: Contains discussion of suicidal ideation, explicit language, spoilers, and Tim's clunkiest joke yet.
Our theme song is "Nostalgia TV" by Edward Jonathan Blakeley through Lynne Publishing.