Imagine a movie that is like Batman meets Dick Tracy meets Big Trouble in Little China. Now imagine that it is (somehow) boring and makes no sense. Well that’s The Shadow from 1994, a movie that seems to epitomize the phrase ‘style over substance’. Not even Ian Mckellen and Tim Curry (Tim Curry, people!) can … Continue reading "195: SFFCH – The Shadow [1994]"

There’s no two ways about it (unfortunately for our world famous puns), all of the Spoiler Filled crew fell a little bit in love this week with with the classic 1930’s movie Doctor Jekyll & Mr Hyde. But how can a somewhat-hokey-to-a-modern-audience film elicit such such joy in the somewhat notoriously cynical gang? Tune in … Continue reading "194: SFFCH – Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde [1931]"

There’s no two ways about it (unfortunately for our world famous puns), all of the Spoiler Filled crew fell a little bit in love this week with with the classic 1930’s movie Doctor Jekyll & Mr Hyde. But how can a somewhat-hokey-to-a-modern-audience film elicit such such joy in the somewhat notoriously cynical gang? Tune in … Continue reading "194: SFFCH – Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde [1931]"

This week we set our sights on what is considered one of the best student films ever created….No wait! Come back listeners! This is not your usual student film full of hokey acting, cheap sets and bad special effects….well, not too much of it anyways. Not when the student in question is John Carpenter! Dark … Continue reading "193: SFFCH – Dark Star [1974]"

Oh, the early Nineties! What were you thinking?! Stop trying to be an overblown, louder version of the 80s. That being said, we would never have been left with Freaked to sink our claws into, a film that revels in it’s extreme ugliness, crudeness and stupidity. Can it succeed in giving the the Spoiler Filled … Continue reading "191: SFFCH – Freaked [1993]"

Awwww, A Boy and his Dog! Well that just sounds delightful, doesn’t it….? NO! Just…no. If you’re expecting cute, fluffy puppies and heartwarming adventures this week on Spoiler Filled then you are gonna be sorely disappointed. However, we still encourage you to break out your popcorn troughs and apply your white make-up as we all … Continue reading "190: SFFCH – A Boy and His Dog [1975]"

Awwww, A Boy and his Dog! Well that just sounds delightful, doesn’t it….? NO! Just…no. If you’re expecting cute, fluffy puppies and heartwarming adventures this week on Spoiler Filled then you are gonna be sorely disappointed. However, we still encourage you to break out your popcorn troughs and apply your white make-up as we all … Continue reading "190: SFFCH – A Boy and His Dog [1975]"

A film with baddass priests? Check. A film with Clancy Brown? Check. A film with a weird mixed tone and fallen into obscurity? Check Check Check. Alright, we’re all sold! This week at Spoiler Filled, we delve into 2012’s Hellbenders, a film about priests living a sinful lifestyle in order to help them drag demons … Continue reading "189: SFFCH – Hellbenders (2012)"

It seems Rich may have a strange knack. A knack for finding peculiar, yet interesting rom-coms. This week he brings the Spoiler Filled gang Just Like Heaven, one of the highest high-concepts to be applied to this formulaic filmic framework. So was the film just like heaven or just like hell for the crew this … Continue reading "188: SFFCH – Just Like Heaven [2005]"

“We didn’t choose the podcast life, the podcast life chose us!” We have explored New Zealand a few times here at Spoiler Filled, but we have perhaps kept it’s greatest treasure for the end of the trilogy: Comedy! And right now there is only one name that stands above the rest: Taika Waititi. So this … Continue reading "187: SFFCH – Hunt For The Wilderpeople [2016]"