Welcome to the Year of the Yak, where cohost Allison YAKulis chooses all the films covered on the HWGW Podcast this year! We’re starting off with a nostalgic fave of hers, but don’t think that means we’ll go easy on it. We talk about cultural context, attempt to define “Hangout Movies”, and badmouth Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat! 

Plus: Learn about the Columbo Comeback! 

Get ready for weaponized swearing, it’s South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut (1999) 

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175. Zardoz (1974) 

Hello Excellent Brutals! 

After a trip to the nearest Sonic for lunch, we are joined on the show by Bryan Bierman to talk about a film he describes as “The Finnegan’s Wake of science fiction”. Topics discussed include: Green bread, Ego death, middle school musical productions, and whatever the hell “Tippogrance” is!

Plus: an update on the baby Hechicero! 

Join us in second level meditation, it’s Zardoz (1974)! 

Previous Episodes Mentioned:
Ep. 8 - Dune (1984)
Ep. 30 - Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Ep. 94 - Sweet November (2001)
Ep. 55 - The Cell (2000)
Ep. 5 - The Apple (1980)
Ep. 164 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Ep. 123 - The Greasy Strangler (2016)
Ep. 71 - Dreamcatcher (2003)
Ep. 173 - X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) 

Links:
 • Grave ‘n’ Breakfast (short, 2020) on imdb 
 • Zardoz Speaks to You! by Roger Mitchell on Barnes & Noble 
 •Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 (1990) trailer on youtube 
 • Alien on Stage (documentary, 2020) on Letterboxd 
 • Danny Dejewski on facebook 

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Hello Excellent Do-Gooders!

On our penultimate episode of HWGW for the year, join Allison & Hunter for a trip to China in the year 660! First things first: This film is a mystery, so if you want to experience it with no foreknowledge, please watch the movie first! Topics discussed on this episode: our Wuxia names, how this isn’t too different from a superhero movie, bludgeoning weapons, how Shaofeng Feng might be the Chinese James Spader, and how to get yourself a monkey arm! 

Plus: Mutual Respect! 

A movie worth drinking the golden soup for, it’s Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)! 

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Hello Excellent Dids! 

The Hate Watch/Great Watch Podcast welcomes Aydan Eyes back to the show to talk about: psychedelics, the worst Pa Kent in cinema, Stephen King, horrible diseases, and pressing toads against your eyes! CW: Some discussion of drugs at the episode’s end. 

Plus: A brief appearance from Boof Acid, The Beatles’ lawyer! 

X gon’ give it to ya, it’s X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) 

Previous Episodes Mentioned: 
Ep. 141 - Carnival Magic (1983)
Ep. 90 - Austin Powers in: Goldmember (2002)

Links: 
 • Aydan Eyes on spotify 
 • DMX: X Gon’ Give It To Ya on youtube 
 • A Succulent Chinese Meal on youtube 
 • Hunter’s Crack in the World review on MovieJawn

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Hello Excellent Pardners! 

First of all: Go Birds. We’re joined on the podcast, after far too long, by Tabitha to take an all-inclusive vacation to Westworld! We came up with a new travel slogan for Mexico, talked some more about Stephen King’s The Long Walk, and asked: How do these guns work? How does anything work? You only had how much air left? 

Plus: Yul Brynner as the Predator! 

It’s all fun and games until the robots revolt, we’re talking about Westworld (1973)! 

Previous Episodes Mentioned: 

Ep. 159 - JAWS (1975)

Ep. 04 - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Ep. 116 - The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

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Hello Pegasassy Humans! 

On this, the final film of this year’s VAMP-tober lineup, Allison & Hunter spend all night …or multiple nights (?) trapped in an artist’s loft with a drugged-up vampire played by a Backstreet Boy! Content Warning: plot-relevant discussion of drugs and drug use We discuss inside jokes, cinema’s worst toilets, and the importance of making art whether it’s bad or good. 

Plus: How did you know my mummy’s name was Martha?! 

Not even this could make us stop loving Tubi, it’s Vampire Burt’s Serenade (2020)!

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Please welcome Celso Garcia back to the Hate Watch/Great Watch Podcast for our second Vamp-tober episode of the year! We discuss messy worldbuilding, the timeless quality of some films (but not this one), the difference between “WTF (complimentary)” & “WTF (derogatory)”, Hunter’s Secret Uncle, and the almighty Suckwolf!

Plus: One of the neighbors starts using a bandsaw at 7pm! 

Shine up your leather catsuit, it’s Underworld (2003)! 

Previous Episodes Mentioned:
Ep. 5 - The Apple (1980)
Ep. 103 - The Mummy (1999)
Ep. 74 - Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Links:
 • HWGW Vamp-tober Playlist on spotify 
 • The Matrix shared reality experience at the Cosm video on youtube

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Welcome to the Hate Watch/Great Watch Podcast’s 2nd annual Vamp-tober! Somebody told me you had a boyfriend who looked like the girlfriend I had in February of last century, and we’re joined by the Salami Mommy, Tina Dillon to discuss aging, David Bowie, alphas & betas, and play a round of Porno or Pacino!

Plus: Pepperhogs!

Somebody better check on Bela Lugosi, it’s The Hunger (1983)!

Previous Episodes Mentioned: 

Ep. 13 - Lifeforce (1985)
Ep. 22 - Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Ep. 149 - Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Ep. 5 - The Apple (1980)
Ep. 44 - Hubie Halloween (2020)
Ep. 64 - The Addams Family (1991)
Ep. 65 - The Dragon Lives Again (1977)
Ep. 69 - Flesh Gordon (1974)
Ep. 40 - Foxfire (1996)
Ep. 108 - Deep Water (2022)

Links:

 • HWGW Vamp-tober Playlist on spotify
 • Hunter’s Oct. 2025 Watchlist on MovieJawn 
 • Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead on youtube

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168. Supergirl (1984) 

Previous Episodes Mentioned: 
Ep. 125: FANTASTIC FOUR (2005) 
Ep. 158: THE INCREDIBLES (2004) 
Ep. 49: BATMAN & ROBIN (1997) 
Ep. 30: MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) 
Ep. 135: MIGHTY MORPHIN’ POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE (1995) 
Ep. 47: HOWARD THE DUCK (1986)

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167. Rockers (1978)

Hello Excellent Rockers!

On this episode of Hate Watch/Great Watch, we are joined by Joe Reno for a trip to Jamaica and an underseen gem of a film. We discuss similarities to Bicycle Thieves (1948), suggest good ideas for your next acid trip, and talk about what happens when art meets commerce!
Plus: A Joe Reno ’sclusie!!
Seize the means of production, it’s Rockers (1978)!

Previous Episodes Mentioned:
Ep. 67: Cool Runnings (1993) 
Ep. 157: Hudson Hawk (1991) 
Ep. 18: Ocean’s Eleven (2001) 
Ep. 165: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) 

Links:
 • Sons of Kemet on youtube 
 • Too Many Zooz on youtube 
 • The Mean Joe Greene commercial on youtube
 • The Jah No Dead scene on youtube 

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