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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 63 episodes available.
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
May 07, 2025Rob Reiner's 1987 The Princess BrideHeroes. Giants. Villains. We put a quotable comedy adventure on the slab for our 26th episode. ...more1h 26minPlay
April 16, 2025John Hughes' 1985 Weird ScienceWe put this silly sci-fi comedy under the scalpel in our 25th episode. ...more1h 36minPlay
April 02, 2025Stuart Gordon's 1985 Re-AnimatorA severed head, a dead cat and a useless security guard. We dissect the Lovecraftian video nasty that drew snorts of derision before it commissioned two sequels and its own Broadway musical. ...more1h 16minPlay
March 18, 2025Gary Goddard's 1987 Masters of the UniverseSwords, sorcery and silliness. The Go-Go brother of Cannon flew too close to the Mattel sun with waxy wings in this critical and commercial failure that sank their company in the late 1980s. ...more1h 26minPlay
March 04, 2025John Carpenter's 1988 They LiveWe do our part to reclaim this cinematic artefact from the clutches of Neo-Nazis and wide eyed conspiracy nuts in our autopsy of this low budget science fiction horror. ...more1h 16minPlay
FAQs about Dissect the Direct:How many episodes does Dissect the Direct have?The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.