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We seek out the gory, the violent and the ridiculous films that we remember from our childhood in the 80s and 90s and pick them apart with fondness and catharsis. buymeacoffee.com/dissectthedirect... more
FAQs about Dissect the Direct:How many episodes does Dissect the Direct have?The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.
October 01, 2025Russell Mulcahy's 1986 HighlanderDecapitations, immortals and terrible Scottish accents. Geoff joins me in the movie morgue for our 36th episode. ...more1h 2minPlay
September 17, 2025George Miller's 1981 Mad Max 2: The Road WarriorA gyro-copter, a boomerang and a scarcity of fuel. George Miller's dystopian classic goes under the knife for our 35th episode. ...more1hPlay
September 03, 2025George Miller's 1979 Mad MaxRoad rage and revenge in an almost post-apocalyptic world. We take a scalpel to the film that started a 45 year long franchise and shaped our culture's view of what the end of the world would look like. ...more1h 3minPlay
August 20, 2025Clive Barker's 1987 HellraiserPleasure and pain. Angels and daemons. We put Clive Barker's phenomenally successful supernatural horror on the slab for our 33rd episode. ...more1h 17minPlay
August 06, 2025Simon West's 1997 Con AirWe complete the Nicolas Cage trilogy with this gloriously silly popcorn action flick for our 32nd episode. ...more1h 25minPlay
July 16, 2025John Milius 1982 Conan the Barbarian We put this ultra-violent sword and sorcery tale of old on the slab for our 31st episode. ...more1h 17minPlay
July 03, 2025Mike Hodge's 1980 Flash GordonFor our 30th episode we put the campiest superhero film of all time under the knife. Hawkmen, a villain with a Fu Manchu moustache and booming performance from Brian Blessed. ...more1h 13minPlay
June 19, 2025Steven Spielberg's 1982 PoltergeistSupernatural terror in 80s suburbia. We examine this iconic horror classic and the rumours of the curse that plagues its franchise in our 29th episode. ...more1h 9minPlay
June 04, 2025Ted Kotcheff's 1982 First BloodDobermans, booby traps and a shared national trauma. Hollywood's most famous fictional Vietnam war veteran is placed lovingly on the slab for our latest episode. ...more1h 10minPlay
May 22, 2025Paul Verhoevan's 1990 Total RecallWe drill into this 90s Arnie classic to complete the Verhoevan sci-fi trilogy for our podcast collection. ...more1h 37minPlay
FAQs about Dissect the Direct:How many episodes does Dissect the Direct have?The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.