Were we foolish to retrieve these two yuletide horror cheapies from the bargain bin of history, or are they actually a pair of deeply underrated mini classics? Or did this episode make us want to blow chunks and then kill ourselves? MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Two directorial debuts, two financial disasters, two bona fide cult films. One champ.

Episode Sixty Two. Place your bets: It’s Tony Scott and Tom Cruise versus Nicholas Cage and the director of Phil Collins’ Buster. You may not like who's flying with you, but whose side are you on?

Roman Polanski gives knockabout comedy a rare shot, while Werner Herzog remakes a seminal German classic. Are they both pains in the neck, or does one suck more than the other?

Tom Selleck in pursuit of malfunctioning droids. Rutger Hauer in pursuit of a brutal serial killer. Who’s the daddy?

Two Roger Corman produced sci-fi thrillers from the early 80s. One verdict. Let’s have it.

Eccentric 1981 oddity The Ice Pirates somehow wasn’t a financial flop, but does that mean it’s better than Stuart Gordon’s oven-ready uber turkey Space Truckers? It’s time to find out.

Lucio Fulci’s two best-known films (outside of Italy, at least) come in the shape of an unofficial Romero sequel and the second in the director’s “Gates of Hell” trilogy. It’s Zombie Flesh Eaters (aka Zombi 2, aka Zombie) versus The Beyond.

Episode Fifty Six. Forever in the shadow of a certain Joe Dante blockbuster, Ghoulies and Critters both made considerable bank at the box office. But is either a Gremlins beater?

Two bouts of teachers versus students. Time to choose a side.