RSS

This week, Desmond and Duane take a look at Unearthed Films' rerelease of extreme horror director Nacho Cerda's 2006 intense ghost film, The Abandoned. Then, after talking about Stir of Echoes for a little bit, Desmond goes solo on a loose and breezy Dread Media Top 5 Intense Ghost Stories from Across Media. Songs included: "Lights Out" by Black Band Shirt, "Abandoned Flesh" by Mountain Goats, "Haunted Forever" by Sumerlands, and "Times of Grace" by Neurosis. RIP Steve Albini. [ download ]

http://www.earth-2.net/images/front/haa.jpg Amy Adams is next on the HAA Year of Redux docket! The featured films covered by The Brothers Wilson are her career commencing, beauty pageant, black comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous; her first foray into a big budget comic book movie franchise, Man of Steel; and linguistic sci-fi puzzler Arrival. Along the way, there are some naughty well wishes from classic fans of the show, a challenge gauntlet thrown down by The Orgs, and a thanking for Sheryl Crow. [ download ]

What do you get when you cross three directors, two scripts, a hand puppet, a pirate were-cat, a Founding Father's estate, an exploding Grim Reaper, flatulence golems, and Duke the Horny Ghost? We're not 100% certain either, but we got a little closer when we watched 1986's Spookies. [ download ]

This episode sees Desmond and Tom putting those floatie things on their arms and taking a Night Swim. Then, what begins as a review of HBO's Stephen King miniseries adaptation The Outsider turns into a rambling stream of thought discussion of Dream Scenario and this season so far in Star Trek: Discovery. Songs included: "Sacrifice" by Cirith Ungol, "Swim" by In Flames, "Outsider" by Night Demon, and "The Bird People of Nordland" by Darkthrone. [ download ]

Season three of Channel 37's Midnight Movie Show is almost upon you! Come smell the excitement! [ download ]

This week, Desmond and Duane take an in-depth look at I Am Not a Serial Killer. Then Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Child Psychopaths in Films. After you watch the movie, come back and listen to the spoiler conversation at the end! Songs included: "Smiler" by Melvins, "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads, "A Skeleton in the Closet" by Anthrax, "Where No Light Shines" by Ingested, and "Mr. Crowley" by Ozzy Osbourne. [ download ]

This week, our old friend Greg Lamberson returns to talk about the upcoming Amazing Fantasy Fest, as well as fundraising for his upcoming practical effects werewolf movie Frenzy Moon. Then, Desmond goes solo on a review of the six-novella collection In the Cold, Cold Ground: An Anthology of New England Horror edited by Ed Kurtz. Songs included: "Frenzy" by Killing Joke, "The Day the Moon Howls" by Diablo Blvd, "Cold, Cold Ground" by Tom Waits, and "Cometh the Storm" by High on Fire. Check out Amazing Fantasy Fest here: http://www.amazingfantasyfest.com. Support Frenzy Moon here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/frenzy-moon-horror-movie. And check out Greg's website here: http://www.gregorylambersonfilm.com. [ download ]

Between suspending their disbelief to a near-breaking point and gushing about X-Men '97 (with spoilers), Christian and Donovan cross-examine the fun-if-familiar John Travolta / Miley Cyrus helmed Bolt! [ download ]

Alas, the Classic Cage Era begins! It's 1986 and Uncle Frank Coppola directs Peggy Sue Got Married, the film where Kathleen Turner travels back in time to high school. Nicolas Cage plays her high school sweetheart back then and her ex-husband now. Bryan and Desmond talk about it. What more is there to say? [ download ]

This week, Desmond and Duane take in the parade of character actors that is 1970's The Dunwich Horror. Then Desmond goes solo and finally checks out the related-in-title-only Beyond the Dunwich Horror from 2008. Songs included: "Goin' Down to Dunwich" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "Devil's Witchcraft" by Les Baxter, "Escape from Dunwich Valley" by Witchery, and "Gardens in the Dark" by inter Arma. [ download ]

Ian Wilson returns with a brand new Flickchart Forum, assessing the directorial career of Sam Raimi. Assisted by Desmond Reddick and Dave Probert, the panel ricochet from Raimi's early dealings in low budget horror to more mainstream 90s fare, the first Spider-Man films to grace the silver screen, and his more sporadic output since then. What will top the master list, and which films prove to be the most contentious? [ download ]

http://www.earth-2.net/images/front/haa.jpgHey, an Actor's Year of Redux continues with The Brothers Wilson profiling Halle Berry once again. The focus shifts from her early career supporting role in Eddie Murphy vehicle Boomerang to her ill-fated titular performance in 2004's Catwoman, then to her major contribution to the Wachowskis' ambitious filmic adaptation of Cloud Atlas. Along the way Ian fills Pandy in on the on-set fatality of the original Crow movie, the Wilson family trip to Edinburgh is analyzed, and a shout-out / mention goes to Donovan Grant's gran. And how do the brothers handle the inevitability of the podcast's new sponsorship deals? [ download ]

This week on the show, Desmond and Tom try to review The Redeemer: Son of Satan. Then Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Religious Zealots in Horror Cinema (another list of amazing films). Songs included: "The Gory Story of Duane and Debbie" by Count Floyd, "The Redeemer" by Kataklysm, "Pilgrimage to Oblivion" by Ihsahn, and Everything Will Be Fine" by Einsturzende Neubauten. RIP Joe Flaherty. [ download ]

Adam West strikes again, the future is retro, and time travel problems abound as Christian and Will move forward into the hodgepodge but heartfelt Meet the Robinsons! [ download ]

This week, Desmond and Duane get a little unsettled by the too-real The Snowtown Murders. Then Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Films That Get Too Real which turns out to be a random answer to "what are your top 5 intense movies of all-time?" Songs included: "It's Not OK" by The Obsessed, "Barreled Rage" by Municipal Waste, "Human Offense" by Brat, and "Highway Shooter" by Loose Sutures. [ download ]

If you can't beat them, join them. Too little, too late. Egg on their faces. All these expressions and more come into play as Christian, Pandy, and Kelly kick off the latest season of Part of Your World with Chicken Little - Disney's first completely computer-animated feature film. Is it the cock of the walk or is it for the birds? [ download ]

This week, we do something we haven't done since episode 36 (from May of 2008): review six Lucio Fulci films in one episode! So first up, Desmond talks a bit about the "docudrama" Fulci for Fake. Then, Desmond and Tom talk about the giallo classic A Lizard in a Woman's Skin before Desmond goes solo on Dread Media Top 5 Capsule Reviews of Fulci Films Never Before Discussed on the Show! The list of films, in chronological order: Perversion Story (AKA One on Top of the Other), Murderock, The Devil's Honey, Aenigma, and Demonia. Songs included: "Fondate Paure" by Ennio Morricone, "A Lizard with the Skin of a Woman" by Mike Patton, "When Death Comes Crawling" by End Reign, and "Bodies in the Flotsam" by Zombi. [ download ]

This week, Terry Mitchell returns to discuss the 90s video game-themed horror film Brainscan. Then, I spend a few minutes paying tribute to my cousin. Songs included: "Leave Me Alone" by Butthole Surfers, "Welcome to This World" by Primus, "Hallowed Land" by Paradise Lost, and "Thought Crime Spree" by Pig Destroyer. RIP Steven Reddick. RIP Blake Harrison. Fuck cancer. [ download ]

This week, Desmond and Duane dig the 2018 film that might be considered a Weird Western: The Wind. Then, Desmond goes solo on the 1928 silent film that inspired that movie: The Wind. Batten down the hatches and drown out the wind with these tunes: "Alone in the Wind" by Andrew WK, "It Must Be the Wind" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "The Wind and More" by Roky Erickson and the Explosives, and "Walker Upon the Wind" by Satyricon. [ download ]

This week on the show, Desmond and Tom take a look at a film set in California and filmed in Jamaica that features some films within films: Popcorn. Then Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Fake Films from Popular Films. Songs included: "Popcorn" by The Graveyard Boulevard, "Popcorn" by Bad Brains, "Night Danger" by Pretty Maids, and "Movie in My Mind" by Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. [ download ]

This time, Bryan and Desmond present Nicolas Cage's eighth role: a Canadian legend in rowing from the 19th century in The Boy in Blue. There's a wild tangent early on, but they spend the rest of the time talking about how this is actually kind of good. It's just not so much what we have come to expect from a Nicolas Cage movie. [ download ]

http://www.earth-2.net/images/front/haa.jpg The Year of Redux commences! The Brothers Wilson's victory lap after 100 episodes will consist of previously covered actors that we feel deserve an update or second go, and what better way to start than with Will Smith. Ian and Pandy discuss sci-fi comedy Men in Black, biopic Ali, and Netflix juggernaut Bright, as well as what has happened in the 10-ish years since last they explored his career. Plus: can Will Smith be considered a "safe pair of hands" with his movie choices? How have the events of the 2023 Oscars affected his career? How awesome is Bright!? All the questions answered, a new celebrity endorsement, and more in this audio gift for your ears! [ download ]

This week on the show, Desmond and Duane talk about the erotic neo-giallo that doesn't quite hit the mark: Knife + Heart. Then Desmond delivers a Dread Medias Top 5 Erotic Horror Films that do hit the mark. Of course, there's tunes: "Homophobes Are Just Mad Cuz They Can't Get Laid" by Propagandhi, "Satan Is a Gay Porno Star" by Zimmer's Hole, "Erotic Nights of the Living Dead" by Gost, and "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Nouvelle Vague. [ download ]

This week, Desmond and Tom take a look at the Frankenstein story modernized once again as The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster. Then Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Frankenstein Reinventions. Songs included: "Feed My Frankenstein" and "Teenage Frankenstein" by Alice Cooper, "Puttin' on the Ritz" performed by Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle from Young Frankenstein, and "Jesus Frankenstein" by Rob Zombie. [ download ]

This week, Desmond and Tom once again take in a double feature of international superhero films! Up first, Indonesia's most popular superhero emerges in Gundala. Then, they try to make sense of the Japanese-by-way-of-indie-Hollywood film Lion-Girl. Songs included: "Superhero" by Anthrax, "Electric Messiah" by High on Fire, "Heart of a Lion" by Lordi, and "No Heroes" by Converge. [ download ]