B Movie Breakdown

There is always one movie every year that, when you see the trailer, you find it hard to believe it is actually being released in theaters. In 2017, that film was most definitely Geostorm starring Gerard Butler. From the second we saw the trailer for this movie, we just knew it had to be discussed on the podcast and that time has finally come. It’s a race against the clock for us to uncover if this movie is really as bad as it looked or if it’s just your average cookie cutter disaster movie that could have been better if they shaved about 30 minutes off of it.

This week on the podcast we end our unexpectedly enjoyable deep dive in the Psycho series with Psycho IV: The Beginning. Norman Bates is out of the mental ward yet again and wouldn’t you know the ol’ psycho ended up getting married, to his psychiatrist of all people. Well just like before, Norman is starting to crack but it isn’t Mother this go around as there is something else driving him to one more murder. And when you’re a murderer on the verge of killing, what better to do than call into a radio show discussing “Mother Killers” and spill the beans on your life growing up. Who knew Norma Bates was so hot?

After the events of Psycho II, poor Norman Bates has seemed to have lost his mind yet again. He was mentally pulled in so many different directions that this was bound to happen; he never even had a chance to be normal again. And now that Mother is in full force, no one who checks into the Bates Motel stands a chance.

This week we are joined by not only one, but two guests as we take a deep dive into the, fan voted for, Psycho series. Yes, that’s right, there is in fact a sequel to the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic; three sequels to be exact. And since we figured there really is nothing more to say about the original Psycho that hasn’t already been said, we decided to jump ahead 22 years with Psycho II. So join us and our guests, Cody Wyoming and ‘The Ultimate Accuser” Pat, in welcoming back Norman Bates to the Bates Motel.

How many times can you remember enjoying an entire movie and, just when you are waiting for the epic showdown and resolution for the heroes, the movie stops with no ending whatsoever? Your answer would probably be zero, because most movies have some sort of ending. Well this weeks movie was very enjoyable, until it decided to do just that; not have a god damn ending! Instead of imagining our frustration, why not enjoy listening to in this weeks episode.

We kick off 2018 with what we believe will become a new holiday cult classic in the coming years. This overlooked holiday horror gem is quite demented and extremely smart. Think of it as Home Alone meets American Psycho turned up to 11. We weren’t sure what to expect, but when it was all said and done, we loved the end result. If there was one thing we took away from this flick, it’s that the world has far too many Luke’s in it.

In our goal to bring you more conversations and more content, we’ve gone through our secret archives yet again to find a wonderful Christmas present for all you good boys and girls. With our Christmas special spectacular concluded, we figured we’d release an old discussion focusing on one of our favorite Christmas specials of all time, A Muppet Family Christmas. We will be back next Wednesday to kick off 2018 in true B Movie Breakdown fashion. Thank you to all of our listeners for all of the support over this past year, we look forward to an even better year for the podcast in 2018.

Pac-Man and his family must help an alien named Santa Claus get back on his feet to continue his deliveries to the children of his own dimension on Christmas Eve after a terrible crash landing in PacLand. Get ready to CHOMP your teeth into this 1982 Hanna-Barbera prime time Christmas special before you too run out of power pellets!

For some reason during the peak of the TMNT popularity, someone thought it was a totally tubular idea to have them sing. First came The Coming Out Of Our Shells Tour video and surprisingly it was a huge hit with kids, ourselves included. We remember many of those songs to this very day. Then came two more videos that well…are the reason we don’t always need all of our favorite characters to sing. One of which we will get to another time and the other is We Wish You A Turtle Christmas. Get ready to deck the halls with pepperoni because you too can watch it on YouTube.

In 1991, Family Home Entertainment (f.h.e.) was riding high, releasing VHS tape after VHS tape for all of our favorite cartoons. We remember seeing that infamous f.h.e. logo so much that it was burned into our tiny brains forever. Little did we know at this same time f.h.e. put out one of the worst and most f’d up Christmas specials of all time, featuring one of the most evil characters to ever exist…Mrs. Mavilda. We highly recommend you check this one out on YouTube here before you listen to the episode, so you can truly know how insane this movie is.