Cultish: A Movie Podcast

This week we continue our journey through Sunnydale with Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Four (original also Season Five, but due to an extended runtime and discussion of the #SnyderCut, we split the ep into two... something Snyder could have done too!).

We're continuing our journey through Sunnydale with seasons 2 and 3 of the iconic cult show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

This week we're starting our Buffy series by taking a look at all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season One.

We're taking a dive into the strange and surreal world of Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly's divisive second outing, Southland Tales. Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Sarah Michelle Geller, and Sean William Scott, Southland Tales details an alternative 2008, in which America is trapped by a fascistic Republican Party using fear to control the population, and an unusual new energy source might just lead to the apocalypse.

A tale of two Dredds. There have been two adaptations of the iconic 2000AD character Judge Dredd. The first, 1995's Sylvester Stallone starring Judge Dredd, is a bombastic and over the top mid-90s Hollywood action movie. Directed by Danny Cannon, the film was a box office flop, with audiences and critics alike snubbing the movie for its tonal inconsistencies and use of Rob Schneider. 2012's Dredd, however, served to rectify the faults, and, despite a much lower budget, was a critical success. Both films have since become cult classics, with their own, very separate followings. But why?

Takashi Miike's controversial thriller follows Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), a widower who uses a series of fake auditions as a way to find a new wife. However, when he becomes involved with Asami (Eihi Shiina), he begins to realize that she isn't quite who she appears to be.