Tag: horror

035 – Things


Just in time for Halloween, Tim and Jen attempt to make head or tail of a 1989 homebrew Canadian movie called Things! Possibly one of the worst and most inexplicable movies ever made, Things went direct-to-video…and straight to our hearts.

Jen LOVES this shit

Don’t miss these outtakes and bloopers from Things, posted by the writer/producer himself, Barry J. Gillis!

Our friends at Severin Films have Things on DVD! Yes, that specific thing called Things, the movie from 1989! Third base!

For more incredibly stupid horror, listen to our episode on Truth or Dare: A Critical Madness.

022 – The Evil Within

Jen and Tim take a look at a singular auteur statement: a movie called The Evil Within. It’s a nasty little film made by a reclusive oil fortune heir on his own dime. Turns out it’s…pretty good!

Watch the trailer for The Evil Within:

People Magazine covered the story of filmmaker Andrew Getty soon after The Evil Within’s posthumous release in 2017.

For more weird horror, listen to our episode on Dutch anomaly The Johnsons!

008 – Nothing But Trouble

Dan Aykroyd in Nothing But Trouble (1991)
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Jen is once again joined by Mike Rosen to suffer through Dan Aykroyd’s sole directorial credit, Nothing But Trouble! We have nothing else to say except that if you Google the Demi Moore picture we allude to, don’t do it at work.

For more Mike, try our episode on The Day the Clown Cried!

006 – The Johnsons (1992)

Jen welcomes filmmaker and burger expert Yfke van Berckelaer to discuss one of about three Dutch horror films, The Johnsons! Yfke provides an excellent survey of the Dutch film industry (it’s not just Paul Verhoeven!) and gives some background on the making of the film, which is a bit of an undiscovered horror classic.

Yfke is a Dutch genre filmmaker who lives in Los Angeles and is obsessed with everything that sparkles and yes, that includes the 80s. She also writes about awesome things for the cult magazine Schokkend Nieuws, and you can follow her burger adventures at www.burgerists.com and @burgerists on Instagram and Twitter.

And when in Los Angeles, be sure to visit Cinefile Video!

002 – Split Second (1992)

Tim and Jen find themselves unexpectedly charmed and delighted by a combo of sci-fi, horror, thriller, and schlock: Split Second, from 1992! We discuss the wrong-headed marketing for the film and the delights of mini-guns and cigars shared by two dear male friends.

A hilarious trailer, probably for the video release: