Dissecting The 80s

We kicked off Candy-ed Yams with a completely incomprehensible movie: Nothing But Trouble!

What are we even doing here? Why on earth would Dan Aykroyd bite off so much for his first directorial effort? Why is he wearing a dick nose and a sloppy nightmare monster?

All this and more!

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Keywords: Nothing But Trouble, Demi Moore, Chevy Chase, The Substance, Dan Aykroyd, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

We're wrapping up our Spooktacular with an absolute masterpiece: Alien!

Tripp urges Sigourney to abandon the cat, we gush over set design and talk about The Great Movie Ride for the 200th time.

All this and more!

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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Keywords: Alien, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Xenomorph, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

This episode brings us to the end of Freddie month, with a 30th anniversary celebration of Wes Craven's New Nightmare, aka Scream Zero.

How did a movie this weird get a greenlight (that's a good thing!), B Roll of real disasters, Andrew hates Tripp's opinions on Heather Langenkamp, Freddie gets scary again! 

All this and more!

Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund, Freddy Krueger, Heather Langenkamp, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

We're celebrating the 40th birthday of Horror Icon Freddy Krueger with the original Nightmare on Elm Street!

How do we feel about less silly Freddy? Why does he run like that?!!?! Tripp dares criticize Heather Langenkamp and Andrew gets furious.

All this and more!

Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund, Freddy Krueger, Heather Langenkamp, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

We're rounding out the main part of Listener Request Month with Scream for Help, an oddball horror flick!

What's with the movie-of-the-week vibes? What on earth is this John Paul Jones score? Does no one know how a lighter works? 

All this and more!

Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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Keywords: Scream for Help, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

A movie with a perfect episode release date: Saturday the 14th! We kick off Listener Request Month with a strange duck of a movie.

Why this title for THIS kind of spoof? What is Tambor doing, exactly? How is a movie THIS short feeling SO long?!

All this and more!

Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Saturday the 14th, Spoof, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

ORIGINALLY AIRED July 11, 2016

It's Listener Request Month! We're coming hot out of the gate with the 1987 too-scary-for-kids flick: The Gate!

How great are these effects? What the heck is with Terry's whole vibe? Why is this man driving a dog corpse around town? Why does a portal to hell just pop up in this backyard?

All this and more!

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

 Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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Keywords: The Gate, Stephen Dorff, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Baseball month rounds third and heads for home with the cable classic A League of Their Own!

Is this the last '80s-esque Hanks Yell TM on screen? Did Geena Davis throw the game? Tripp reveals a long-held movie grudge, and both brothers pledge to try to kill each other during any competition.

All this and more!

It's baseball month! Here in the dog days of August, we're jumping in with Major League!

What happened to the raunchy sports comedy? Is baseball the most film-ic sport? Why isn't there more Wesley Snipes? What the HELL is up with this romance subplot?

All this and more!