Christmas is here once again and its time for us to take an alternative look at the holiday season, as the ladies of "The Feminine Critique" Emily and Christine join me to look at a pair of less than traditional Christmas movies.   First up we have Bob Clarks "Black Christmas" which also has the distinct honour of also being one of the first slasher movies ever!  

We also look at the film which Emily has been on a one woman campaign it seems to get everyone to watch as we take on the sheer randomness of Andrei Konchalovsky's "The Nutcracker In 3D".  All this plus we reveal out festive viewing essentials, the return of MST3K and Lifetime made for TV Christmas Movies plus much more!!

Emily (Deadly Dolls House of Horror Nonsense / The Feminine Critique) joins me once more to look at a pair of unique coming of age films starting with the Stephen King adaptation "Stand by Me". We also check out the early Macaulay Culkin "Bad Seed" film "The Good Son" also featuring a young Elijah Wood.  

All this plus the careers of child actors, using movies as test for potential partners, the pitfalls of Ryan Murphy and unique movie commentaries plus much more!

Christine Makepeace (The Feminine Critique Podcast) joins me to discuss her books and more recent horror movie inspired poetry.  We also look at another two films from the list starting with the critically claimed, let alone truly random "Let's Scare Jessica To Death".   Christine also helps to scratch another De Palma movie off the list, with his Hitchcock homage "Sisters".  

All this plus porn parodies, Christine shares her favourite "Twilight Zone" episodes and the joy of 90's horror plus much more!

It's a weighty edition of the podcast we have for you this time as I'm joined by Gregory Sahadachny (The Debatable Podcast) to look at the highly controversial Ken Russell film "The Devils". We also look at "Seven" the breakout film for David Fincher aswell as a turning point in the career of Brad Pitt.  

All this plus we discuss "The Wire", Sean Dunne's "Cam Girls" and the advantages of podcasts plus much more!

Jay Cluitt (Life Vs. Film) joins for this latest episode which sees Russ Meyers ultravixens pitted against The Brat Pack as I expose Jay to the film Quentin Tarantino calls the most complete movie ever "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill".   We also question if "The Breakfast Club" is the cult classic its perceived to be as Jay attempts to change my mind on this John Hughes favourite.   

All this plus we discuss movie lists, blogger action figures and the King Kong legacy plus much more!!

Heather Buckley (Fangoria / Bonus Material Podcast) joins for this episode as we look at two of the more controversial titles on the list as we look at John McNaughton's fictionalised look at the crimes of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and which features a powerhouse performance by Michael Rooker. We also discuss the equally shocking Soviet war drama "Come and See" about the Nazi occupation of the Byelorussian SSR.  

All this plus Heather shares her thoughts on the current state of Horror, Eli Roth's attempts to revive the cannibal genre with "The Green Inferno" aswell as much more!!

Sean Smithson (Funaddicts / Fangoria) joins me to look at two movie from 1980 as we go on a monster trek in the LA sewers in "Alligator" before meeting a movie obsessed serial killer in "Fade To Black"  All this plus we discuss the importance of variety in your movie watching, Tarantino Vs. Truffaut and how to recreate the grindhouse experience plus much more!!

Nolan (Your Face / The Lair of the Unwanted Podcast) joins me for a pair of unique trips to the mall as we look at Kevin Smith's tale of two slackers trying to win back their girlfriends in "MallRats".  We also look at the unique zombie movie "Bio-zombie" who own slackers are forced to deal with a zombie outbreak, after a bio-weapon clumsily disguised as a soda gets accidently drunk.  

 All this plus Nolan reveals his spirit guide, how not to handle your trailer being leaked and the career of Kevin Smith plus much more!! 

 The list - http://www.letterboxd.com/elwood_jones/list/mad-bad-and-downright-strange-a-1001-cult/ 

Opening Theme: "Hyperfun" - Kevin Macleod (http://incompetech.com/)  

End Theme: "Out of Limits" - The Marketts

Jason Soto (Your Face / The Lair of the Unwanted Podcast) makes his debut appearance on the show this week to look at two films released at the height of the VHS era.   

Kicking things off we meet an Imp with bad intentions in bad movie legend David DeCoteau's wonderfully titled "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama".   We also look at the William Castle homage "Popcorn" which not only gives us four movies for the price of one aswell as some truly random moments that even Castle wouldn't have dared to attempt.   

Jess Manso (French Toast Sunday) joins me for another episode, as we don our Hawaiian shirts and fill the car with a grapefruits to look at Terry Gilliam's adaptation for Hunter S. Thompson's classic novel "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas".   

We'll also be hunting for a girl in a red coat and trying to not look at Donald Sutherland's questionable toupee in "Don't Look Now"   All this plus Jess shares her drinking game ideas, I fanboy out over Hunter S. Thompson aswell as the return of the event movie plus much more!!