It's hard to get scares with technology, but it's not like that's kept several mad scientists out there from trying. Sci-fi and horror make for a difficult marriage, but we're gonna explore the hell out of it in our first Octobery edition of Laser Time!

Just in time for Halloween, Elm Street Nightmare is back, baby! Well, sort of... There are some issues. Focusing on Friday the 13th, this seasonal, 10-part exploration of the Friday the 13th series will live exclusively on the Laser Time Patreon at the $5 level. Maybe it will unlock to the public, maybe it won't. Maybe Lizzie will die in the first episode! But we're doing it, so here's a free taste for all to enjoy

Sometimes it's about the journey, not the destination, man! Other times, your behind-the-scenes, making-of documentary is way better than the movie actually being made. Such is the case with today's Laser Time topic, so buckle in cinephiles! It's time to explore those ultra-rare occasions where the documentation is better than the subject.

Ever seen a movie trailer that's better than the movie it's pimping? Of course you have, because that precious two and a half minutes of marketing sizzle has become an art form unto itself. This week we'll be discussing the origins and business of the movie trailer, as well as sharing some personal anecdotes along the way.

There’s something to be said about being first, but occasionally, there’s a lot more money in being second. We’re looking at the times when the popularity gods failed to smile on the trailblazers and let the copycats run wild through the zeitgeist.

Comic. Clown. Chameleon. Political Satirist. Whatever it is you want to call what Sacha Baron Cohen does, he's undoubtedly the best entertainer working in that unnamed field. So with season (series?!) finale of Who is America, we're taking a look back at all the wonderfully weird characters Cohen has brought to life. Oh yes, it's a Laser Time listening party featuring some of the most hilariously uncomfortable clips in the history of comedy!

Puberty, cliques, athletics, drugs, bullies, grades! We seriously can’t think of a more tumultuous, painful, and awkward time to be alive, so get ready for a giant act of shared therapy as we relive the trauma of the unanimously worst time of our collective lives with personal anecdotes and some of our favorite depictions of middle school in popular culture!

What’s the best way to know a movies good? When you can count more copycats than sequels! Such is the case with 1984’s Gremlins, a wonderful marriage between the mainstream family film and schlock horror, and this episode of Laser Time is all about the best and worst of what Gizmo and Co inspired!

Kicking off Laser Time's Week of Shark with a look at not only Jaws and some of the least inferior movies it inspired, but also a deep dive into some misconceptions and myths about our viscous, doll-eyed friends of the deep blue sea!

You don't need to be all that old to remember a time when the world was a lot more friendly to tobacco, smokers, and their related advertising. But the backlash was fairly swift, so folks our age got to live through a rather insane wave of pervasive attitudes towards smoking simultaneously with a growing ubiquity of anti-smoking campaigns. These were confusing times! So in this episode we're looking at when, where, and how fast attitudes changed regarding smoking, as well as how the cigarette companies attempted to stave off their inevitable decline