Schlock Tactics

Join us as we review two 90s disasters that tried on the buddy cop formula with an animal twist as we review Top Dog (95) and Theodore Rex (95). Find our what happens when you're forced to team up with a T-Rex, how to foil a white supremacist bomb plot with doggy hijinx and how many goons Chuck Norris needs to dick kick to save the day.

 

Which buddy cop movie will deliver justice?

Join us as we emerge from the dusty wasteland of lockdown with a special look at two of the most notable Mad Max rip offs in She Wolves of the Wasteland (1988) and Hell Comes to Frogtown. We'll explain how to go about repopulating the earth while avoiding topless barbarian babes, electrified codpieces and giant mutant frogs.

 

Which of these post apocalyptic turkeys will rule the wasteland?

Join us as we take a look back through the last 3 years (and 28 episodes) of the podcast. You'll hear some of the best, and most ridiculous, clips from the show so far including stoner leprechauns, Nic Cage freakouts, time travelling sharks, karate kicking rappers, Turkish knockoffs, JCVD wisecracks, incontinent dolls and several remarkable Dennis Hopper performances.

 

What's been your favourite episode so far? Let us know!

Join us for our Halloween special as we set sail on the seven seas of schlock with Deep Rising (1998) and Ghost Ship (2002). We'll give you the lowdown on giant sea monsters, abandoned cruise ships and one of the greatest opening scenes in horror history.

 

Which of these spooky ships will sink first?

Welcome back and join us as we review 2 of the most infamous cash-ins in bad movie history with The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) and Masters of the Universe (1987).  We'll break down exactly how someone adapted a set of trading cards into a movie, how a set of action figures went from cartoon to live action, and how Cannon films ripped off Star Wars...and succeeded!

 

Which tall toy tale will come out on top?

Join us as we give our thoughts, and predictions, on all 5 worst picture nominees for the 2020 Razzies The Haunting of Sharon Tate, The Fanatic, Rambo: Last Blood, Madea Family Funeral and Cats. We'll give you all the background on controversial real life events, the many faces of Tyler Perry, John Travolta's misadventures and some of the most astoundingly bad visual effects you've ever seen.

Which movies will scoop the golden raspberries?

Join us as we pit two of the 80s biggest action stars head to head in two of their most critically savaged movies with Last Action Hero (1993) and Demolition Man (1993). We'll dig into the multitude of meta gags, the interminable celebrity cameos, which restaurant won the fast food wars and just how in the hell you use the three seashells.

which movie mid life crisis will prevail?

Pop punk band Destroy the Beast, Find the Baby join us in the studio for our longest ever episode as we discuss Willow (1988) and Waterworld (1995). We'll get into how George Lucas failed to launch a fantasy franchise, how Kevin Costner helped to make the most expensive movie ever and how quotes from these two movies helped the band to name their new EP (and themselves).

Which overblown genre film will come out on top?

Join us as we return to the craptastic world of video game movies with Street Fighter (1994) and Mortal Kombat (1995). We'll tell you some of the incredible stories behind these movies and how coked fuelled egos, rushed productions, terrible cgi, casting mishaps, injury and even death made the video game movie into a successful money making enterprise.

Who will get the flawless victory?

Join us for our traditional killer animal summer episode as we review giant croc movies Alligator (1980) and Blood Surf (2000). We'll break down both of these snappy numbers and explain how these giant beasts were created, how sharks and crocs were able to be combined in the same film and the strange connection that Bryan Cranston has to the genre.

Who will be top croc?