Nostalgia Highway

YEE-HAW HITCHHIKERS!!! Saddle up and gather your posse!!! NHP is going to the ol’ Wild West for the month of May and we’re starting this wagon train with Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western classic starring Clint Eastwood, For a Few Dollars More (1965) for EP. 37!!! Aside from some Skype technical difficulties, we conduct a Google Maps search during the show (it’s cool, trust us), & we may have this week’s Pick Two, Kick Two already nailed down. We ask what constitutes “hot” for the 1870s and who was the superior American cowboy: Clint Eastwood or John Wayne? The Mayor gets schooled in old school filming practices and the King has a special surprise for everyone...us included. EP. 37 - For a Few Dollars More (1965) is available NOW on all your favorite podcasting apps!!!

Welcome back Hitchhikers for the final episode for the month of April and the final entry into John Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy with EP. 36 - In the Mouth of Madness (1994)...via Skype for the very first time!!! Just like the last entry, this is another “thinking man’s horror” movie from the Master of Horror and NHP dives in deep. We ask, “Does learning how the movie magic happens ruin viewership of certain movies & if you had unlimited power, how would you handle it?” Parallels to current world news and this trilogy are made, the Lord and the Mayor negotiate a potential barter for an original ITMOM movie poster, & all of us here want to know how you pronounce the word “crayon.”

Welcome back Hitchhikers!!! Hopefully, being on home confinement during this shelter-in-place order has been treating you well and you haven’t completely turned into the Torrance family up at the Overlook yet!!! In this second entry into John Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy, we get a little philosophical and religious as we try to figure out where the hell Susan, the radiologist with glasses is as we review Prince of Darkness (1987). We ask which Carpenter pair is superior: Carpenter/Donald Pleasance or Carpenter/Kurt Russell...and we discuss potential “Loomis-boozing” on-set. We touch on Carpenter’s fascination with quantum mechanics, our favorite name to call the devil, & the King kinda hates on The Exorcist (1973). All this and more is waiting for you (with a huge cylinder of green devil goo) in EP. 35 - Prince of Darkness (1987).

DISCLAIMER: Obviously, things globally have changed dramatically in only a short amount of time for everyone, ourselves included in the podcasting world as well as within our own respective homes. While “the show” must go on, that doesn’t mean that there may not be some shuffling and adjustments made along the way to ensure that “the show” is up to snuff and to the NHP standard. Here’s a little backstory on this: The original plan Hitchhikers was to release this episode, EP. 34 (which we recorded in mid-February), on March 3rd, with EPs. 35 & 36 following biweekly. The Lord actually proposed the idea of reviewing John Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy to The King & I way back in November shortly after we wrapped up October’s Halloween franchise review...and of course, we all loved this. Somehow, we just knew in November of last year that March 2020 was THE month to release this theme. But the winds of change blew in larger than life fashion, so we decided to delay releasing the trilogy until April...but, we even called an audible on that plan last second and decided to release EP. 34 early since it’s ready to go and we’re all bored out of our minds being stuck in our homes all day. So now the big joke for the three of us is: “We canceled our apocalypse theme for the month of March. The world, however...did not.” Hitchhikers, we are pleased to finally present to you: John Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy.

Join NHP as we practice social distancing by trekking all the way down to Antarctica to Outpost 31 to try to figure out some of this voodoo bull$#!+ that’s going on!!! As usual, in addition to our in-depth movie discussions, we also ask, “What are some of our favorite snowed in movies to watch at home during the wintertime?” The irony gets crazy real with foreshadowing our current world situation with talks of shutting ourselves off from others and being quarantined. Who knew?! The King kinda hates on Alien (1979) & Predator (1987), while The Lord & I take some ultra-mega deep cuts on possible fan theories regarding the movie...& of course, no movie review that stars Wilford Brimley wouldn’t be complete without some impromptu “diabeetus” impressions. We also left in some HorrorHound Weekend talk for further proof this whole idea wasn’t all an afterthought. All this and more awaits you in EP. 34 - The Thing (1982)!!!

Welcome back Hitchhikers for the very first bonus episode of 2020 and the only episode for the month of March, where the NHP boys are following a trend and reviewing Friday the 13th Part III in...3D for this actual Friday the 13th!!! In addition to our typical in-depth movie review, we also discuss how this entry into the franchise almost became the poor man’s version of Halloween II (1981) if one cast member would’ve returned to reprise their role. We reminisce about viewing 3D movies from the 80s, the logistics of hammock coitus, as well as the possibility of Harold & Edna being siblings. King shares some Friday the 13th: The Game tips for the Higgins Haven map and we ask the hard-hitting question, “When is it acceptable for a man to pee sitting down?” All this and more awaits you in Bonus Episode 4 - Friday the 13th Part III, available NOW on all your favorite podcasting apps!!!

Welcome back Hitchhikers!!! This time we’re heading north to the treacherous Alaskan wilderness as we review The Edge (1997) starring Sir Anthony Hopkins & Alec Baldwin. This show is mega special because Jerry Larew & Nash Morris of RATTAIL have graciously provided a lit musical piece for the episode, make sure you check those guys out!!! In addition to our unique in-depth analyses, we ask, “If you were stranded in the woods, would you save someone that had previously tried killing you?” The King, Sr. goes to one of the filming locations and all we got was a lousy t-shirt. We figure out that “moss = north” from The Lord’s Wilderness Survival Tips, Vol. 1 and get some fatherly advice from The King as we once again reaffirm that practical FX will always trump CGI. There’s spoiler-free takeaways for Doctor Sleep & The Fanatic...and a shameless celebration for our upcoming 1-year anniversary.

Welcome back Hitchhikers as we take a road trip to The Big Apple (by way of Gainesville, FL) as we go super deep into our review of The Devil’s Advocate (1997)!!! In addition to this, we get to find out which of the seven sins is our personal favorite and we discover who The King’s celebrity uncle is. All three of us are unanimous on which Charlize Theron hairstyle was better and we get a little weird when toe sucking is brought up. There’s a juicy selection discussed for the Recent Watches segment, friends of NHP & Hitchhiker shoutouts, as well as HorrorHound Weekend plans in Cincinnati, OH this March.

Welcome back Hitchhikers as we travel down south to San Antonio, TX to review the lesser known, action-packed, family adventure Cloak & Dagger (1984) for Episode 31!!! The King picked this one out of his nostalgic catalog of personal favorites and we all were surprised by the amount of interesting topics and discussions we had during this review. The Mayor shares his own personal nostalgia with this movie and does his best at interpreting some WebMD diagnoses for our main character Davey Osborne. It was discovered that (in addition to this being a love letter to Hitchcock), specifically, there’s an alarming amount of Psycho connections with this movie. The Lord & King reminiscence about playing E.T. on Atari, we discuss the Video Game Crash of ‘83, and the millions of E.T. game cartridges that were disposed of by Atari in New Mexico...even though we said it was Nevada. Our bad. All this and more awaits you in EP. 31 - Cloak & Dagger (1984)!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR HITCHHIKERS & WELCOME TO SEASON 2 OF NOSTALGIA HIGHWAY!!!

We hope everyone had a fantastic holiday break and we’re certainly hoping you’re ready for more in-depth movie reviews from the NHP boys!!! To kickoff 2020, we decided to go big. How big?? Real BIG!!! Like...The Big Lebowski (1998) big!!! We discuss why Walter Sobchak may be the best friend ever, how to discover and channel your inner Dude, & why being nude with a ferret is terrifying. We also make fun of The Mayor’s fantasy football defeat as it happens in real time. Soul crushing stuff, let me tell you. 😐 All this and more awaits you in Episode 30 - The Big Lebowski (1998)!!!

PUNISH!!! A word you better hope that you don’t hear around Billy Caldwell...it very well could be the last thing you ever hear!!! That’s right, Billy’s on a rampage and maybe no one can stop him. We here on The Highway want to sincerely thank everyone for making Season 1 of NHP a memorable one as we close out the year as well as Yuletide Slasher Month!!! Be on the lookout for Season 2 announcements coming soon on Facebook and Twitter. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE & HAVE A SAFE, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!