It’s “Die Hard on a Plane” week as we take to the skies for two movies with a similar premise that could not be more different.

DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER (1990) asks how the same shit can happen to the same guy twice. 

PASSENGER 57 (1992) stars Wesley Snipes as an airline security specialist facing off against a notorious hijacker.

Welcome to the party, pal! Grab some champagne and a machine gun because it’s time to…

DIE HARD (1988) starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, and Alan Rickman. John McTiernan’s Christmas classic about a cop versus a building full of armed thieves created its own subgenre of “Die Hard in a Blank” movies. 

THE TAKING OF BEVERLY HILLS (1991) has a star football quarterback take on a gang of ex-cops who plan to rob the entire city of Beverly Hills. Will things be gratuitously thrown like a football during fire fights? You know they will! Starring Ken Wahl, Robert Davi, and Matt Frewer. Directed by Sidney J. Furie.

Get ready for one of the most audacious and controversial horror films ever made:

HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982)

Special Guest Carmelita Valdez McKoy returns to discuss the movie that attempted to leave Michael Myers behind and make John Carpenter’s Halloween an anthology franchise.

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Special Guest Carmelita Valdez McKoy joins us for more of the night He came home…

HALLOWEEN II (1981) begins immediately after the first film’s ending, producing a film that is both similar to, and quite different from, Carpenter’s classic.

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We are joined by special guest Anthony C. Ferrante, director of all six SHARKNADO movies, to discuss his films that go beyond the classic shark movie and take the action to a whole other level.

This week has two films that take using footage from other films to a whole other level.

First up is CROCODILE (1980) a Thai film about one men’s quest for revenge on the crocodile that killed their families. Directed by Sampote Sands.

Then we lose our minds over CROCODILE FURY (1988) a Hong Kong film about a witch and her army of jiāngshī (also known as Chinese hopping vampires) joining forces with the master of the seas and his man-eating shape-shifting crocodiles to rule the world.

Ryan from The New World Pictures Podcast joins us for two Italian sharksploitation films that push the boundary of copyright laws.

THE LAST SHARK a.k.a. GREAT WHITE (1981) starring James Franciscus and Vic Morrow and directed by Enzo G. Castellari spurred a lawsuit from Universal Pictures for its similarities to Jaws.

CRUEL JAWS (1995) the infamous Bruno Mattei film that uses footage from many other shark movies, including multiple Jaws films and The Last Shark.

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Man’s best friend bites the hand that feeds him this week as we discuss two films where dogs are the threat.

WHITE DOG (1982) about a disturbing attack dog, stars Kristy McNichol and Paul Winfield. Directed by Samuel Fuller with a Screenplay By Fuller and Curtis Hanson.

CUJO (1983) finds a woman put to a deadly test when a rabid dog attacks her family. Dee Wallace stars in this film based on the Stephen King novel.

If you think animals only attack in the country, you’re dead wrong. 

Erin Dawn (Manic Movie Monday Podcast ) follows us into the city sewer for ALLIGATOR (1980) starring Robert Forster and Robin Riker in this film about a mutant man-eater.

Alligator was directed by Lewis Teague and written by John Sayles.

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