Episode 269 - Mary Poppins Returns
Our intrepid hosts Jon Cross and Jim Wallace find themselves in a bistro mistakenly named The Harold discussing Mary Poppins for reasons of Christmas or something… Listen ont…
Episode 268 - Mortal Engines
Jim Wallace and Jon Cross talk Mortal Engines while being bombarded by sounds, surrounded by strange people and with a weird preponderance of bodily functions and fluids. Enjoy.
Fuck streaming! Long live physical media!
Our editor and creator, Jon Cross, waxes rhapsodic about the state of physical media and why it will always be a necessity!
The Vampire Lovers
The Bloke Down The Pub, lover of all things Hammer, sometimes does things a bit backward, like reviewing the first part of “The Karnstein Trilogy “, 1970's The Vampire Lovers, last. Delight as he struggles not to go on and on about bleedin’ Tudor Gates!
Quatermass and the Pit
Our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, wrestles with bonkers plot biscuits and the looming spectre of the BBC in his review of 1967’s Quatermass and the Pit AKA Five Million Years to Earth.
Episode 267 - Overlord
Jim Wallace and Jon Cross talk nazi zombie film Overlord, Netflix’s Apostle, getting older, being grumpy and lots more!
Interview with Zach Galligan
One of the biggest, weirdest and wonderful movies of the 1980s was Gremlins and it made a star out of its leading man, Zach Galligan and meant that we never looked at microwaves or stairlifts the same way again. While at Comic Con Scotland’s “For the love of the 80s” event, Aaron Carruthers got to chat with Galligan about Gremlins and a lot more!
Interview with Robert MacNaughton
Our roving interviewer and contributor Aaron Carruthers was in Scotland this past weekend at the “For the love of the 80s” convention and got to talk to Robert MacNaughton about his experiences making one of the biggest movies of all time - ET: The Extra Terrestrial.
The Shadow of the Cat
Our Hammer loving Bloke Down The Pub is done with debating whether or not it’s strictly a Hammer film and instead wants to talk about what kind of film 1961’s The Shadow of the Cat is!
Gustav Möller’s The Guilty
Lisa Gullickson takes a look at original, claustrophobic and tense thriller, Gustav Möller’s The Guilty.
Episode 266 - Hunter Killer and What Horror We Watched This Week
We talk the new Gerard Butler, submarine set, action thriller, Hunter Killer and we make a surprising discovery! We also delve into our horror/Halloween viewing - including Urban Legends, Bloody Birthday, The Boogey Man and The Last Horror Film.
For the love of the 80s
Our roving reporter, Aaron Carruthers is off to another exciting event to talk to the stars of the 1980s - For The Love of the 80s, part of the Scotland Comic Con - learn all about the event here and look forward to Aaron’s coverage coming soon!
Episode 265 - Halloween 2018 and MO75
This week we return with a slash and manage to squeeze our Halloween episode just in under the wire. Jim Wallace and Jon Cross talk Halloween 2018 and we play the new rockin' sounds of the new album from The Big Heist, MO75!
Laurie Strode in Halloween (2018) as a Reflection of the Evolving Narrative of Victimhood in the Slasher Film: An Essay
Our excellent movie maven, Lisa Gullickson went to Fantastic Fest and, after a screening of Halloween (2018), came back with this great think piece on the nature of the victim in slasher films…
Episode 264 - Former Glory and Spies Like Us
Returning champion, Motern Media’s Matt Farley joins host Jon Cross to talk Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures album "Former Glory" and the 80s Dan Aykroyd & Chevy Chase buddy, road movie Spies Like Us.
Episode 263 - The Happytime Murders
Destined to be the podcast that reviews the movies you either don’t want to see, haven’t seen or no one else is talking about, our intrepid hosts go and see R rated puppet noir comedy, The Happytime Murders…
Mandy - There's a chainsaw fight and a Nightbeast reference, what more do you need to know?
We wrap our head around one of the most beautiful exploitation films ever made and wax rhapsodic about the use Don Dohler’s Nightbeast as relationship exposition. Oh yeah and there’s a chainsaw fight…
Episode 262 - The Meg
A bloated budget, an international cast headed by The Stath and a plot that sounds like it was ripped from the notes at a SYFY Channel Producer's brainstorm - the surprise hit of the summer? we are finally taking on The Meg!
The Devil Rides Out
The Bloke Down The Pub, our Hammer Horror fanatic, can’t believe anyone, let alone the producer, doesn’t love the Christopher Lee starring The Devil Rides Out from 1968.
Episode 261 - Hammer Horror Month - Vampire Circus
Jon Cross and Jim Wallace, dastardly denizens of the New York City diner, are back discussing one last Hammer Horror film - Vampire Circus from 1972.