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Gobble, Gobble Bombers and welcome back to the Not A Bomb Podcast. Turkey month is here!!!! Brad and Troy, friends forever, pack their bags and head to Orlando…er, Miami for 1987’s independent martial arts film – Miami Connection. The podcast rocks out to the iconic Taekwondo band, Dragon Sound, and the guys also discuss this film’s crazy journey to cult status.

Miami Connection is an amazingly, bad film. No, really! The plot falls apart with the ever-so slightest examination and the action choreography…well…I guess we can call it action choreography…is something truly unique. However, the earnest performances, the amazing Mickey Mouse Club music, the ninja biker gangs, a multi-national martial arts rock band, middle aged college students, and karate John Oates, create a film that you must see to believe. You want a movie that is so bad that it’s good???? You’ve come to the right dojo!

Miami Connection is directed by Richard Park and Y.K. Kim, and stars Y.K Kim, Vincent Hirsch, William Ergle, Siyung Jo, Kathie Collier, Joseph Diamond, Maurice Smith, and Angelo Janotti.

Additionally, the guys discuss the following films:

Duel to the Death – 1983

Ninja III: The Domination - 1984

Pray for Death – 1985

Cool as Ice – 1991

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle II: The Secret of the Ooze - 1991

Ninja Scroll – 1993

The VelociPastor - 2018

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Welcome back Bombers! On the final episode of our Spooktober festival, the guys get into their way-way back machine and discuss 1957’s Night of the Demon. This British horror film was directed by the amazing Jacques Tourneur and is loosely based on the 1911 short story, “Casting of Runes”. Night of the Demon has a troubled production history. The film was reedited for its American release, the runtime cut to 81 minutes, and the name was changed to Curse of the Demon. Lastly, it was only shown has a second bill in drive-ins.

Listen as Troy and Brad discuss some of their favorite black and white horror films, the eye-catching special effects and an incredibly intelligent script. Lastly, the boys circle back around and compare Night of the Demon to Sam Raimi’s 2009 horror film – Drag Me to Hell.

Our special intro for this episode was brought to you by our favorite horror hosts, Housewife of Horror and Mister of Horror! Please check their Instagram at Housewife of Horror and search for Suburban Screams on your Roku or Amazon Fire to find their show, Housewife of Horror. Also, please check out the Suburban Screams Film Festival which will be held in October 2021.

Night of the Demon is directed by Jacques Tourneur and stars Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, and Niall MacGinnis.

Additional Movies discussed during this episode:

The Old Dark House – 1932

The Wolf Man – 1941

The Thing from Another World - 1951

Creature from the Black Lagoon – 1954

Psycho - 1960

The Innocents – 1961

Carnival of Souls - 1962

The Haunting – 1963

Night of the Living Dead - 1968

Spooktober rolls along as Troy and Brad welcome back the charismatic Charlie Gonzalez to the show. On this episode, the gang tackles the 1997 horror/sci-fi film Event Horizon. This Paul W.S. Anderson movie finds the titular Event Horizon abandoned near the planet Neptune.  Listen as the guys discuss the wonky science within the film, the spooky haunted house tropes littered throughout the script, the paper folding space travel explanations, a character called Baby Bear, and Laurence Fishburne doing……..well………cool Laurence Fishburne things! 

Paramount Studios rushed Event Horizon into theaters because a famous director couldn’t get his movie about a ship hitting an iceberg completed on time.  Ultimately, the filmmakers had to cut a lot of corners and audiences may never get to see the complete version. The film failed to recoup its $60 million budget and critics were not impressed. Does this film deserve to be labeled a "bomb"? Listen and find out! 

Event Horizon is directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and stars Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson , RIchard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, and Sean Pertwee. 

Let us know what you think of Event Horizon!  Submit your favorite movie "bomb" by emailing the show at [email protected]. If you enjoy what you hear, please rate and review on Apple Podcast.

Additional movies discussed during this episode: 

Sleepy Hollow 

Brotherhood of the Wolf 

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 

Sphere 

Pandorum 

Mortal Kombat 

The Shining 

The Haunting 

2001:  A Space Odyssey 

Hellraiser

Welcome back, Bombers! Spooktober rolls into giallo town with Dario Argento’s 1982 film - Tenebrae. Tenebrae was a modest success when it was released internationally. However, the theatrical cut for the US was released in a heavily censored version under the title - Unsane. Needless to say, it was panned and quickly forgotten.

Listen as Troy, Brad, and John discuss Tenebrae’s themes of duality, sexual deviancy, and violence. Oh, and let’s not forget low-grade Mark Hamill! Troy tries to argue that 3/4s of Goblin doesn’t count as Goblin. John tries to play peacemaker. And Brad tries to find the silver lining. Ultimately, the guys decide if Dario’s Scooby-Doo murder mystery is a bomb.

Tenebrae is directed by Dario Argento and stars Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, and Daria Nicolodi.

Let us know what you think of the episode, or pass along a movie “bomb” suggestion by emailing the show at [email protected]. If you enjoy what you hear please rate and review on Apple Podcast.

For even more Dario Argento talk, hear Brad and Troy discuss - Inferno - on their old Movie Matchup: The Pretension Podcast. Spoiler Alert - Brad has a complete meltdown during the episode.

Additional movies discussed:

Nosferatu

Let the Right One In

Let Me

Train to Busan

Black Angel

Hello Creeps, and welcome back to Not A Bomb Podcast. Spooktober has finally arrived and to celebrate, Brad and Troy are headed to one of the greatest institutions known to man - the mall! On this week’s episode, the guys battle killer robots in the 1986 film - Chopping Mall. Be prepared to hear two grown men talk about their love for the mall, awkward furniture parties, lightening turning robots evil, and lasers to the head.

Is it fiscally responsible for a small town mall to employ two full time scientist? Do malls really sell gasoline? Is smelling like pepperoni a compliment? Is Ferdy a real name? Do you have to chew that gum so loud? All this and more on this exciting episode of Not a Bomb.

Chopping Mall is directed by Jim Wynorki and stars; Kelli Maroney, Tony O’Dell, Russell Todd, and Barbara Crampton.

Hey Bomb Squad, welcome back to another exciting episode of Not A Bomb. Ip Man month comes to end, as Troy and Brad are joined by Cesar Alejandro of FilmSmash.com to discuss Ip Man 4 - The Finale. Donnie Yen returns as the titular - Ip Man, as he travels to San Francisco in order to obtain a letter of recommendation for his “rebellious” son, Ip Ching. While in the US, Ip Man finds he must constantly battle with the white devil to prove Chinese kung fu is superior to US combat karate. Listen as the gang discusses overt racism, soap opera actors, Scott Aktins (Ninja!), and more racism. Finally, everyone gets a chance to rank the Ip Man series.

Ip Man 4 is directed by Wilson Yip and starts; Donnie Yen, Wu Yue, Vanness Wu, Scott Adkins, Kent Cheng, Danny Chan, and Ngo Ka-nin.

Find Cesar Alejandro reviews at FilmSmash.com..

What’s up Bomb Squad, and welcome back to another episode of Not A Bomb. Ip Man months continues as Troy and Brad are once again joined by action film junkie - Bret, for an Ip Man double feature. First up, the gang tackles 2015’s Ip Man 3, which finds Donnie Yen returning to play the titular - Ip Man. After their deep dive, the boys move on to 2018’s Ip Man legacy film - Master Z. Does this spin-off film surpass the main Ip Man films? Does Bret find a way to bring up Meatloaf? Does Troy have a crush on Michelle Yeoh? Listen and find out.

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Welcome back to another exciting new episode of Not A Bomb. Ip Man month comes as Troy and Brad welcome John Nance back to the show. Ip Man 2 finds Master Ip and his family moving to Hong Kong after the events of the first film. Here Ip Man aspires to open his Wing Chun School; however Master Ip runs into a group of masters unwilling to accept him. Then the movies takes a turn down Rocky IV road, where Ip Man must avenge a follow master against an evil boxer.

The gang opens the show speaking about their favorite sequels and John teaches the young grasshoppers about the real-life Ip Man.

Ip Man 2 is directed by Wilson Yip, and stars; Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Huang Xiaoming, Lynn Hung, and Kent Cheng.

Hey Bombers, welcome back to a brand new episode of Not a Bomb.

IP Man month has finally arrived. This week Brad and Troy discuss the first film in the series - Ip Man. This 2008 film finds Ip Man, a grandmaster of Wing Chun and teacher of Bruce Lee, during the Japanese invasion of the city of Foshan. The boys begin the show discussing how they found themselves in the Hong Kong action genre and the propagandizing of the IP Man story. Oh yeah, and most importantly, Donnie Yen.

Ip Man is directed by Wilson Yip and stars; Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Lynn Hung, Gordon Lam, Fan Siu-Wong, Xing Yu, Chen Zhihui, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, and Tenma Shibuya.

On this week’s episode, its bring your daughter to work day as Troy and Brad welcome Troy’s daughter, Angel to the show. The topic at hand is the 2007, David Fincher film - Zodiac. What’s better to bring the family together than talking about unsolved murders from the 1960’s? Zodiac was critically adored when it was released in March 2007 but, fortunately, was overshadowed by Wild Hogs…yes, Wild Hogs. Troy, Angel, and Brad go on a 2 hour journey discussing the film and the Zodiac murders themselves.

Zodiac is directed by David Fincher and stars; Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey, Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, and Dermot Mulroney.