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English
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59 episodes
since Nov. 19, 2017
episodic
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It's our final episode of the 2024 season, and we're ending with a bang! In the mid-1980s, Brian De Palma gave us his best Hitchcock homage by turning an eye on the seedy, sleazy underbelly of Hollywood in Reagan-era Los Angeles. By blurring the lines between the adult film business and the mainst…

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25 years ago, Paul Thomas Anderson followed up his success with Boogie Nights with a cinematic opera that defied expectations and categorization. Playing like an ensemble chamber piece, switching between viewpoints, this PTA film earns its title, releasing layer upon layer, unfolding like the petal…
Spooky season is in full effect! So, let's dive back in and return to Elm Street! Bringing back elements that made the original entry so stellar, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 manages to give us more of what we love, while expanding the mythology in authentic and exciting ways. Directed and co-writ…
Spooky season is in full effect! So, let's dive back in and return to Elm Street! 1985's A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 served as New Line Cinema's attempt to establish a new horror franchise with their main villain: Freddy Krueger. And while initial audiences might not have known what to make of thi…
In 1988, budding director Tim Burton brought to life a horror-comedy featuring a unique and memorable foil surrounded by a talented cast of characters, and 1980s children (like me) would never be the same. In this special episode, Chris Calilung and Susan Pickover join the show to pay tribute to t…
40 years ago, Wes Craven introduced audiences to the first entry in what would become one of the greatest horror movie franchises of all time. Special guests Aaron Haughton and Dave Berman join the show to celebrate the 40th anniversary, as we kick off our tribute to the entire Elm Street series. S…
Almost 30 years ago, the summer movie box office got a shot of adrenaline from Jan de Bont's Twister. As the new legacy sequel prepares to take audiences by storm (ahem) Chris Calilung joins the show to break down why we love this film and its enduring legacy. Buckle up, and make sure that truck ca…
We're baaack! Our 2024 season kicks off with some emotionally resonant, gut-punching Queer cinema. Aaron Haughton joins the show from Viddy Well Film Blog to help us break down 2023's ode to gay ghostly love - All Of Us Strangers. Ghost stories are nothing new in the film world, yet leave it to An…
For our fourth and final Slasher Summer episode this season, Viddy Well Film Blog's Aaron Haughton returns once more to break down our last "Remake That Rocks": Chuck Russell's funhouse sci-fi gross-out The Blob. Russell's late-80s remake of 1958's "The Blob" proves the old adage: if it ain't brok…
For our third Slasher Summer episode this season, Viddy Well Film Blog's Aaron Haughton returns to break down our next "Remake That Rocks": David Cronenberg's mental- and physical-disintegration masterpiece The Fly. Cronenberg's mid-80s remake of 1958's "The Fly" is part gothic horror romance, par…
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