Contact (1997)

On this very special episode Hunter’s honest-to-goodness real-life mom Lynette Notte joins us to watch Contact (1997) a movie that asks big questions about life, the universe and everything. We answer our own, smaller-scale questions like: Is Lynette the east coast’s most prominent uncaptured black widow? Will IKEA ever sponsor the show? What happens when Allison does a little *too* much research? These and many more questions will be answered on Episode 16!

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Natural Born Killers (1994)

“Classy Guy” Frank Cassella showed up to watch the spree killin’ psychologically thrillin’ “who’s really the villain?” Natural Born Killers (1994). It’s a complex movie with weird cinematography and broad social themes so it gave us a lot to talk about. Listen in!

Hello Excellent Humans! Snap into a podcast! Oh yeah! Allison and Hunter watched Ready to Rumble (2000) with Bryan Bierman, who: sings, starts a feud, and defines cinema’s “Septic Tank Era”! Listen as we exasperatedly sigh our way through a discussion of the flick and inadvertently come up with the idea for a much better, unrelated horror movie: Slayaway! Plus Bryan breaks down where wrestling was at that moment in time! Remember: Don’t be a Danzig! Like & subscribe!

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Tabitha Rogers came back to watch Lifeforce (1985) a kinda sci-fi sexy space vampire movie that we thought was a lot cooler than that description sounds. We talk about this film’s pedigree, special effects, the appropriate noise to make between breasts, and Allison gets a bug up her butt about the neglected application of the metric system.

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The Smokers (2000)

Frequent guest Tina Dillon returns, but Mark Wahlberg is nowhere to be found in this girl power gone wrong doozy of a flick chosen by Allison! Listen to how little they want to actually talk about teen drama The Smokers (2000). Bonus drinking game: do a shot anytime someone uses the phrase “hot garbage” and above all: beware The Marabou Phantom!

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Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Our first official zombie movie (second depending on how you rationalize All Dogs Go To Heaven). First-time guest Celso Garcia joins us to talk Shaun of the Dead (2004) but kinda steals the show as, due to an audio snafu, it's a little hard to hear Allison and Hunter. Nevertheless, we think you'll still enjoy this one as Celso's a pretty big movie nerd in his own right and he's got a nice voice (and don't worry, we still manage to pop in here and there).

Hello Excellent Humans! You’ve been hearing Bill Guinan on every podcast but didn’t even know it (he composed our intro/outro music)! Finally he’s on officially to talk about the iconic 90’s horror movie Scream. There’s also a bit of Ghostface imitation (the slasher, not the rapper), a brief history of American porches, a lot of talk about horror movie tropes and clichés because of course there is.

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Friend to the show and resident Mark Wahlberg expert Tina Dillon returns as we discuss teen thriller Fear (1996). Talking about this R-rated flick definitely bumps our language up to a PG-13 *at least* (we don’t want to point any fingers, but the rollercoaster scene especially threw us for a loop).

What do you get when you cross Frank Herbert, David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan, Sting, and a desert? Allison, Hunter, and guest Carter Horton will tell you all about it as we talk Dune (1984). Allison might recite the litany against fear, and we definitely talk about the other Dune movie that never got made (if you don’t know the one, you will!)

Will Congleton joins us for Clint East'wood's art-collecting rock-climbing spy-crafting action thriller, The Eiger Sanction (1975).