Cult Classics Podcast

Four Jamaican bobsledders dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow. With the help of a disgraced former champion desperate to redeem himself, the Jamaicans set out to become worthy of Olympic selection, and go all out for glory.

Director: John Turteltaub

Cast: Leon Robinson, Doug E Doug, Rawle D Lewis, Malik Yoba, Raymond Barry, John Candy

Hosts: Jordan Jones, Cameron Jones, Mark Nussle

To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of teachers have always been a little odd, but lately they've been behaving positively alien. Controlled by otherworldly parasites, the faculty try to infect students one by one. Cheerleader Delilah (Jordana Brewster), football player Stan (Shawn Hatosy), drug dealer Zeke (Josh Hartnett) and new girl Marybeth (Laura Harris) team up with some of their other classmates to fight back against the invaders.

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Cast: Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Shawn Hatosy, Famke Janssen, Robert Patrick, Jon Stewart, Salma Hayek

Host: Jordan Jones, Cameron Jones, Mark Nussle

Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all: love. Among the characters explored are David (Hugh Grant), the handsome newly elected British prime minister who falls for a young junior staffer (Martine McCutcheon), Sarah (Laura Linney), a graphic designer whose devotion to her mentally ill brother complicates her love life, and Harry (Alan Rickman), a married man tempted by his attractive new secretary.

Director: Richard Curtis

Hosts: Cameron Jones, Jordan Jones, Mark Nussle 

When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.

Director: Chris Columbus

Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Candy.

Hosts: Jordan Jones, Mark Nussle, Cameron Jones

When their plans for an exotic vacation fall apart, unmarried couple Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) must spend Christmas Day trudging around to a quartet of family get-togethers. While Brad counts the hours till he can escape the onslaught of crazy relatives, Kate begins to wonder about her own choices and ponders whether her family members are so crazy after all.

Director: Seth Gordon

Casts: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Kirstin Chenoweth, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Sissy Spacek, Tim McGraw, Jon Voight, Dwight Yoakam, Katy Mixon

Hosts: Mark Nussle, Cameron Jones, Jordan Jones 

A magical board game unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst). While exploring an old mansion, the youngsters find a curious, jungle-themed game called Jumanji in the attic. When they start playing, they free Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), who's been stuck in the game's inner world for decades. If they win Jumanji, the kids can free Alan for good -- but that means braving giant bugs, ill-mannered monkeys and even stampeding rhinos!

Director: Joe Jonston

Cast: Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Jonathan Hyde, David Alan Grier, Bebe Neuwirth

Hosts: Mark Nussle, Cameron Jones, Jordan Jones

No adults believe three youths' (Mitchel Musso, Spencer Locke, Sam Lerner) assertion that a neighboring residence is a living creature that means them harm. With Halloween approaching, the trio must find a way to destroy the structure before innocent trick-or-treaters meet ghastly ends.

Director: Gil Kenan

Casts: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jon Heder, Jason Lee, Nick Cannon, Catherine O'Hara, Kevin James, Fred Willard, Kathleen Turner

Hosts: Jordan Jones, Cameron Jones, Makr Nussle

Crystal Lake's history of murder doesn't deter counselors from setting up a summer camp in the woodsy area. Superstitious locals warn against it, but the fresh-faced young people -- Jack (Kevin Bacon), Alice (Adrienne King), Bill (Harry Crosby), Marcie (Jeannine Taylor) and Ned (Mark Nelson) -- pay little heed to the old-timers. Then they find themselves stalked by a brutal killer. As they're slashed, shot and stabbed, the counselors struggle to stay alive against a merciless opponent.

Director: Sean Cunningham

Cast: Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon, Adrienne King, Ari Lehman, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, Laurie Bartram, Harry Crosby

Host: Mark Nussle, Cameron Jones, Jordan Jones

Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather's experiments with the help of servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr) and the fearsome Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). After he creates his own monster (Peter Boyle), new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor's fiancée, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn).

Director: Mel Brooks

Cast: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman, Ter Garr

Hosts: Jordan Jones, Cameron Jones, Mark Nussle

Wes Craven re-invented and revitalised the slasher-horror genre with this modern horror classic, which manages to be funny, clever and scary, as a fright-masked knife maniac stalks high-school students in middle-class suburbia. Craven is happy to provide both tension and self-parody as the body count mounts - but the victims aren't always the ones you'd expect.

Director: Wes Craven 

Casts: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowen, Drew Barrymore, Jamie Kennedy, David Arquette 

Hosts: Cameron Jones, Mark Nussle, Jordan Jones