Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies!

This week we traveled back to the early nineties, a time when summer camps have Thanksgiving musicals, a time when Joan Cusack gave a camp femme fatale performance for the ages, and a time when the sickest burn involves dissing pastels. We watched Addams Family Values, and we talk about it with Jessica Scott - writer, critic, and cosplayer! (Some technical difficulties may lie within, I blame Wednesday.)

This week we travel to rom-com territory as we visit the classic (?) You’ve Got Mail. Three powerful little words in the hands of Nora Ephron back in 1998! Clayton and Shawn found this guy on AIM to help sort out everything the movie is (and isn’t) saying - friend of the Pod, Brent Waggoner! We discuss serious things like Big Business and if this is a romance or a tragedy, and smaller but equally important things like, “ARE daisies the friendliest flower?” On one thing we can all agree: “Never marry a man who lies.” C/W: suicide

An opportunity came up for us to talk with the man behind the 2021 film The Letters. Based around the very real CervicalCheck Scandal that rocked Ireland, it’s not a movie for the faint of heart, but we both really liked it! And the cherry on top is that we got to have a really insightful conversation with the Writer/Director/Producer/Cinematographer himself, Robbie Walsh!

This week is a first for Shawn and Clayton as they cover their first Listener Request! We also needed a helping hand with this one, so we also have our first movie review guest - Sean from the Review It Yourself podcast, all the way from across the pond! Hold on tight, Spider Monkeys, because together we take on the 2008 Catherine Hardwicke film that started a franchise that took the world by storm - Twilight itself. Any rats out there??? TITSOAK!!!

This week, Shawn and Clayton visit somewhere in Ohio for a Halloween night like no other when they take on Michael Daugherty’s Trick ‘r Treat! Up for discussion is the crazy release, how perfect of a Halloween movie this is, how adorable and creepy Sam is, and Clayton shares a very intimate story about his background with one of the characters. It’s a fun one, perfect for a listen right at the end of October! Just remember to follow the rules…

We were able to sit down with a very special guest for this episode: Heather Wixson, Managing Editor of Daily Dead and the author of the Monsters, Makeup & Effects series! No, she’s not a vampire, but she has talked to the people who bring them to life! We talk all about her latest book, which is a love letter to the people behind the groundbreaking effects work done in the movies we all know and love. We also go on a few tangents about things like Clue, Joe vs the Volcano, and how Shawn was the first person to stump her in an interview in her varied and illustrious career! Any lover of film should have a great time listening to this one, and we’ll go ahead and say - you’ll love the book even more!

This week, Shawn makes Clayton watch John Carpenter’s seminal follow up to Halloween - 1980’s The Fog! This is a great conversation, peeps! Clayton can’t remember anyone’s names, Nicole Kidman keeps interjecting, and…I think both of us really like this creepy little tale?! You also get to hear us do very sexy late night radio host voices!

“Join us” this week as we talk about the Unrated Cut of Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead from 2013! Clayton talks about how well the struggles with addiction are utilized, Shawn helps keep us on track through the plot, and we both practically lose a hand from silently clapping nonstop about the amazing effects and performances. Is this the remake of remakes? We’ll let you be the judge! (But we can all agree that Eric is the worst, right?)

Are you gonna go to that party on Halloween? I hear Angela is throwing one, and it’ll be killer! This week we are talking about the campy cult classic Night of the Demons! So put your lipstick in your nipple, check your breakfast for razor blades, and tune in to the weirdest conversation we’ve had so far as we attempt to unpack what makes this little Eighties horror movie so damn charming.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??? This week we discuss the iconic ‘97 slasher classic I Know What You Did Last Summer, just in time for its 25th birthday! We both have very loving memories of this one. There are movie references aplenty, tangents galore, and let’s be honest, most of this is spent gushing over Sarah Michelle Gellar. You’ll be hooked!