“Today is my wedding day. Now the only thing I have left is this podcast!”Welcome to Additional Crew, the spoiler-heavy review show where we choose whatever random film we want to talk about. This episode we bring to you ”A sword-wielding warrior, Amethea, and a few companions embark on a life-or-death mission to liberate her people from the clutches of a brutal monarch who destroyed her village and enslaved her people.” I am of course talking about Hector Olivera’s scantily clad and torture heavy Barbarian Queen from 1985. Hector, the man who directed 27 feature films, will be a youthful 95 this year.Next up: The Coffee Table (2022)

“How many have wandered innocently into the waiting spider web? How many more are doomed to follow? The smell of the rooms terrifies me and lures me. The smell of blood! How many more are still to come? Onwards into the depths of this podcast.”

Welcome to Additional Crew, the spoiler-heavy review show where we choose whatever random film we want to talk about. This episode we bring to you ”A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.” I am of course talking about Lucio Fulci’s “The House by the Cemetery” from 1981. Nominated in 1983 for the Best Film in the International Fantasy Film Award category by Fantasporto, this movie has a small but dedicated following.

Up Next: Barbarian Queen from 1985

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YEAR END CELEBRATION AND TOP 5 LISTS GALORE!!!Movie discussion begins @ 1:03:21“I am the podcaster. We can do anything.”Welcome to Additional Crew, the spoiler-heavy review show where we choose whatever random film we want to talk about. This episode we bring to you “Yuji Kotorida has become plastic surgeon to the rich and famous - almost over night transforming himself from nebbish to charismatic icon. His secret? He eats women. In a flashback, we watch the flowering of his proclivity - from an initial taste, and a search that takes him to Hong Kong, to murder. After the flashback, he promises a colleague he will prepare meat for her wedding banquet. At about the same time, the police express suspicion. Can Dr. Kotorida carve out an escape?” That lengthy description is of course about Osamu Fukutani’s 2005 film “The Last Supper.” More succinctly described as the cannibalism flick from Japan in the aughts. But this episode is special! This is a celebration of Additional Crew in 2025. This is our year end special where I bring opinions of all previous hosts for the best flicks they saw in 2025, so thanks to Andrew, Willie, Adam, Peter, Val, and of course Janice. Janice is joining me today as my lovely co-host and second-in-charge of celebration. Interspersed throughout we’re going to have some movies and we’ll have some of my favorite clips throughout the year.

“Will you then retreat into obscurity the way I did away from the scorn and mocking eyes of an ignorant society? Latch onto a more socially acceptable obsession like I found with my vintage songs. Something that stirs dark emotions within you but reminds you that you’re alone forever. Just you and your dummy and a black hole of utter despair.”

Welcome to Additional Crew, the spoiler-heavy review show where we choose whatever random film we want to talk about. This episode we bring to you “One of the strange guests at the eerie inn is a serial killer, trapping a ventriloquist investigator and his wooden sidekick.”

I am of course talking about Rob Margolies’ “The Dummy Detective” released this year, 2025. This movie will be fun, and for the first time on our podcast we get to bring to you an interview with both director Rob Margolies and writer/producer/lead actor Jonathan Geffner. We’re incredibly excited to have them with us and hope this is as entertaining for you guys as it is for us.

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“There’s nothing more important than podcasting, and our attitude must reflect that attitude. We’re the ones that handle the talking. There’s nothing more important than that.”

Welcome to Additional Crew, the spoiler-heavy review show where we choose whatever random film we want to talk about. This episode we bring to you “A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.” I am of course talking about Daryl Duke’s “The Silent Partner” from 1978. The film which won Canadian Film Awards best picture, best direction, and gave Christopher Plummer a nomination for best performance.

Up next: The Last Supper (2005)

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“This isn't a completely dead eye. It still works a bit. The problem is, the only thing I can see with it is Additional Crew. And it can see right through it. Right through your your podcast, Val. I see what's inside it, what makes it tick. It’s still the same podcast.”Welcome to Additional Crew, the spoiler-heavy review show where we choose whatever random film we want to talk about. This episode we bring to you “A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.” I am of course talking about the legendary Canadian director David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence. This film was nominated for two oscars, best supporting actor for William Hurt and best adapted screenplay for John Olson. So how does it stand up to the test of time?Up next: The Silent Partner (1978)A History of Violence, David Cronenberg, film analysis, violence, identity, character relationships, cinematography, movie review

“You get bad breath when you’ve podcasted for a while. Put your hand over your mouth. Breathe out and you can smell it.”

Welcome to Additional Crew, the spoiler-heavy review show where we choose whatever random film we want to talk about. This episode we bring to you ”A law student starts working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. His mad friend gets him on a game of dare that escalates. As a serial-killer's victims start piling up at work, he becomes a suspect.”

I am of course talking about Ole Bornedal’s Nattevagten(Nety vogten), in its original Danish tongue, or Nightwatch as those of us that rely on English would call it. It is a film that takes the effervescent nature of Copenhagen and flips it on its head to show us a story about where all of our bodies will end up. This is a movie set in Denmark, and made there as well so please bear with us as we potentially butcher names.

Up next: "A History of Violence" (2005)

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“Animals are fine, but their acceptability is limited. A little child is even better, but not *nearly* as effective as a podcast.”Welcome to Additional Crew, the spoiler-heavy review show where we choose whatever random film we want to talk about. This episode we bring to you ”A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.” I am of course talking about Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man from 1973. Up Next: Nightwatch (1994)maypole, performance, camp, children, song, gyrations, themes, exploration

“Oh, you want your podcast![laughs it off]Shit, it's yours! Take it! Just remember who got it back for ya...[calling out] Guys, it's okay! He just wanted his podcast back!”

Welcome to Additional Crew, the spoiler-heavy review show where we choose whatever random film we want to talk about. This episode we bring to you ”Jason Voorhees is cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the 21st century, and is discovered in the 25th century and taken to space. He gets thawed, and begins stalking and killing the crew of the spaceship that's transporting him.” I am of course talking about James Isaac’s Jason X, or Jason 10. The final numbered sequence in one of the most storied slasher franchises around.

Up next: The Wicker Man (1973)

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“You know that saying, God, family, football? For me it’s football, family, POD.”Welcome to Additional Crew and Double Doinkers, the spoiler-heavy review show where we choose whatever random film we want to talk about. This episode we bring to you ”A young athlete descends into a world of terror when he's invited to train with a legendary champion whose charisma curdles into something darker.” I am of course talking about Justin Tipping’s new film HIM, in theaters at the time of recording.Up next: Jason X (2022)Him, movie review, psychological horror, football, Marlon Wayans, Jordan Peele, film analysis, character study, cinematography, horror genre, film review, cinematography, creativity, character development, editing, pacing, soundtrack, horror, football, movie analysis