This week’s episode examines the masterfully disturbing 1979 Japanese crime drama “Vengeance Is Mine.” We talk about the film’s fractured story of a real-life serial killer and how this bizarre vision fits into the history of Japanese cinema. Listen now!
EP 107: Cruel Jaws
This week’s episode goes back in the water to watch the infamously unreleasable 1995 Italian horror film “Cruel Jaws.” We talk about summer movies, shark movies and Hulk Hogan impersonators. Listen now!
EP 106: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
This week’s episode looks into the strange case of “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.” We talk about the latest entry in the ‘Conjuring’ horror series, the real–life antics of Ed and Lorraine Warren, and how these films would work better as an anthology TV show. Listen now!
EP 105: A Quiet Place Part 2
This week’s episode goes back to the movies to see “A Quiet Place Part II.” We recount the first blockbuster horror hit, and we get into the good, bad and weird aspects of the scary sequel. Listen now!
EP 104: The Exorcist III
This week’s episode investigates a brutally brilliant horror sequel, William Peter Blatty’s “The Exorcist III.” We discuss the 1990 film’s cast of character actors, creepy moments, religious subtext and cult legacy. Listen now!
EP 103: Deadbeat At Dawn
This week’s episode gets down and dirty with one of the most infamous independent films of all time, 1988’s “Deadbeat at Dawn.” We talk about actor–writer–director Jim Van Bebber’s epically low-budget crime thriller and revel in the flick’s martial arts action, depraved drug use and sweet romance. Listen now!
EP 102: A Dangerous Method
This week’s episode employs ‘the talking cure’ to discuss the 2011 historical drama “A Dangerous Method.” We study David Cronenberg’s adaptation of a story about psychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, and how the movie fits into the horror director’s filmography. Listen now!
EP 101: Murder In The Woods (plus another bag of “Popcorn”)
This week’s episode is a two-part talk about movies we’ve seen in the theater lately. First, we discuss the new horror flick “Murder in the Woods.” Then, we revisit an old favorite with 1991’s “Popcorn,” which we screened for friends recently. Listen now!
EP 100: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
This week is our giant-sized 100th episode spectacular, and we celebrate the milestone with a two-part discussion of John Cassavetes’ “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.” We talk about both the original 1976 cut and the drastically different 1978 cut. Thanks for listening!
EP 99: Freddy vs. Jason
This week’s episode throws down with two horror icons in “Freddy vs. Jason.” Eric and Charlie discuss the 2003 battle between the stars of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Friday the 13th” and debate how well movies from the early 2000s are aging two decades later. Listen now!
So It's Come to This: A Movie Podcast 