The World's Only Podcast™ about bizarre, overlooked, and misbegotten media
Tim and Jen revisit an early Paul W.S. Anderson film called Event Horizon and discover that he hasn’t always sucked. Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!
For more Sam Neill-starring horror, try our episode on John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness!
Jen talks with Sean Morris (@saneiscrazy on Twitter) about a drug movie in which the producers were afraid to show the drugs: Bright Lights, Big City, starring Michael J. Fox.
For more of Sean, try our episode on the rappin’ Warren Beatty political satire, Bulworth!
Tim and Jen tell you all about an unironically delightful slasher film made by a literal child! From 1986 and director Tim Ritter, it’s Truth or Dare: A Critical Madness! Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!
Yeah I know I said on Twitter (@HYSTpod if you’re not already following us) that this would drop Sunday, but hey, I got it done a day early. Enjoy!
For more homebrew chills and slashers, try our episode on shot-on-video horror from the 80s!
Tim and Jen make the case for a socialist reading of Weird Al’s lone movie outing, UHF. Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!
So did Current Affairs, as it happens.
Also be sure to read the oral history of the making of UHF at the AV Club!
For more iconic 80s comedy, listen to Tim and guest Mike Rosen discuss the immortal Jim Varney’s Ernest Goes to Camp!
Jen and Tim ask Josh Lewis of the Sleazoids podcast (@thejoshl on Twitter) to provide his insight as a film programmer in a wide-ranging discussion of the dire state of movie exhbition.
Josh also joined us to discuss an evangelical nightmare of an exploitation film, The Burning Hell!
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The delightful Chapo dad joins us for Death Wish 3, possibly the simultaneous nadir and high point of the Death Wish series.
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According to Danny Peary in his book Guide for the Film Fanatic, “when director Michael Winner complained that Death Wish III [sic] was given an X rating because it had 63 killings while the R-rated Rambo [: First Blood Part II, 1985] had 80 killings, the woman at the Ratings Board explained that most of those killed in Rambo are Vietnamese.”
Paul Talbot, Bronson’s Loose!: The Making of the Death Wish Films
For more Will, listen to our episode about the controversial Friedkin film Cruising.
Niel Jacoby (@fuckinalpamare on Twitter) joins us to ask: just what the hell is Immortel, ad vitam? It appears to be an incomprehensible dystopian flick based on an incomprehensible graphic novel. We spend a lot of time mocking the movie’s incredibly cavalier attitude towards sexual assault.
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The film is based on a graphic novel by Enki Bilal. Remarkably, Bilal was allowed to direct the film in spite of having only one feature and a couple of shorts under his belt.
Along with films like Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and Sin City, Immortel, ad Vitam was part of a new wave of “digital backlot” movies. This refers to movies made entirely in a green screen environment.
We highly recommend Niel’s very funny podcast (and maybe the only one about Timothy Spall), Spall Talk!
For some much better big-budget sci-fi, try our episode on Event Horizon.
Have you heard of Interstate 60? It’s what we call a “Tim movie”—that is, a movie that only Tim seems to have seen. We go incredibly deep, even though the movie probably didn’t merit it. So much so that you’re getting a two-parter!
Interstate 60 was written by the guy who co-wrote Back to the Future and it’s tailor-made for dads who wistfully scroll through classics dot autotrader dot com on weekends.
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Jen and Tim are joined by author and podcaster R.S. Benedict to discuss one of the few movies ever shot entirely in Esperanto: Incubus. It is also the only movie ever shot entirely in Esperanto and starring William Shatner.
R.S. Benedict is a writer of speculative fiction. She also hosts a writing podcast called Rite Gud, which Tim and Jen have both appeared on. Find it on Patreon!
For more weird independent film, try our episode on The Evil Within!
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