This week, The B-Movie Boys tackle Moron Movies, an 80-ish-minute collection of rapid-fire comedy shorts created by Len Cella, a Pennsylvania fence painter who apparently looked at a Super 8 camera and thought, “Yeah, I can make something with this.” What follows is a parade of cavemen, candy bars, hammers, turds, title cards, and jokes that sometimes land with the precision of a guided missile and sometimes crash directly into the neighbor’s house. Dave and Bryan are joined by Ryan from the Experience Grind podcast, who begins the movie wondering what the hell he’s gotten himself into and ends the episode wondering if Len Cella has fundamentally changed his life.

But somewhere between the terrible jokes and increasingly elaborate “Trash Tapes,” the conversation takes a surprisingly sincere turn. The boys dig into Cella's DIY approach, his obsession with making these tiny films, the strange journey that eventually put them in front of Johnny Carson, and the argument that Moron Movies may have been decades ahead of the modern short-form video culture we now carry around in our pockets. Then we attempt to shove all of that into the Schlockometer, because apparently even 18-second comedy sketches need to answer for their crimes.

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Len Cella
• Movie 43 (2013)
• Clerks (1994)
• Pearl (2022)
• Antichrist (2009)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
• Willem Dafoe
• Danny Bonaduce
• David Miscavige
• Johnny Carson
• Rod Serling
• Trey Parker
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Leah Remini
• The Twilight Zone
• Saturday Night Live
• The King of Queens
• TikTok
• Vine
• The Experience Grind Podcast

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This week, The B-Movie Boys travel to Nilbog, a place with absolutely no trolls, several goblins, and one of the most aggressively confusing movie titles in cinematic history. We’re talking Troll 2, Claudio Fragasso’s infamous vegetarian-goblin nightmare, where a family vacation turns into poisoned food, green milk, plant people, questionable acting, and one very determined child with a bladder full of justice. Along the way, we unpack the movie’s bizarre production history, its Italian filmmakers shooting in Utah, the casting of an Alabama dentist as the lead, and the sheer audacity of making a sequel to a movie this thing barely knows exists.

But the real surprise is how much we genuinely love this movie. We dig into Best Worst Movie, the documentary that helped transform Troll 2 from an infamous curiosity into a communal cult experience, and why the movie works so much better when you watch it with people who are equally willing to yell at the screen. There’s filmmaking analysis, Schlockometer shenanigans, some extremely questionable food metaphors, and enough “they're eating her, and then they're going to eat me” energy to fuel several more episodes. Troll 2 is certainly one of the B Movies of all time.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Claudio Fragasso
• Rosella Drudi
• Troll (1986)
• Best Worst Movie (2009)
• George Hardy
• Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
• Puss in Boots (2011)
• Antonio Banderas
• Iron Man 4
• Ghostbusters 3
• Back to the Future 4
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2
• Scott Pilgrim (2010)
• Bowling for Columbine (2002)
• Kingpin (1996)
• Titanic (1997)
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
• Roger Ebert
• Taco Bell
• Taylor Farms
• IMDb Trivia
• Harrison Ford
• “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”

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This week is a little different. We were originally planning to release our episode on Alone in the Dark (2005), but after technical gremlins made the recording unsalvageable (and after spending entirely too much time in the cinematic orbit of Uwe Boll), we decided to crack open the MacGuffin Studios Patreon vault instead. What you're hearing is the very first test run of The B-Movie Boys: the prototype episode where we figured out what this show could become, complete with an early version of the Schlockometer, a slightly different format, and all the enthusiasm of two film nerds who finally got permission to obsess over B-movies.

The guinea pig for that experiment? The Toxic Avenger (1984), Troma's gloriously goo-covered cult classic. We revisit Melvin's transformation into Tromaville's mop-wielding mutant hero while diving into practical effects, guerrilla filmmaking, Lloyd Kaufman's anything-goes approach to cinema, and why this bizarre little movie has earned its legendary reputation. Along the way, there are discussions about exploding watermelons, spaghetti dog guts, workout culture satire, and the strange magic that happens when filmmakers have far more passion than money.

Think of this as a throwback episode. A Patreon preview. A time capsule from the conceptual birth of The B-Movie Boys. It's rougher around the edges than our current episodes, but the DNA of the show is all here. And for anyone wondering... no, this is definitely not Alone in the Dark. That one will have to wait.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
• The Toxic Avenger Part III (1989)
• Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)
• Troma
• Lloyd Kaufman
• Jennifer Aspinall
• "Body Talk" by Sandy Farina
• The Toxic Avenger (2023)
• Peter Dinklage
• Bee Movie (2007)
• Jerry Seinfeld
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Marley & Me (2008)
• Battleship Potemkin (1925)
• Sergei Eisenstein
• Men in Black (1997)
• Vincent D'Onofrio
• The Cell (2000)
• Rocky (1976)
• Tesla

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This week, The B-Movie Boys crank the Resonator to unsafe levels with From Beyond, Stuart Gordon’s gloriously goo-soaked adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft short story that somehow turns seven pages into ninety minutes of body horror, neon lighting, and aggressively bad decisions.

We break down the movie’s wettest moments, debate whether a giant science switch is more satisfying than a demolition plunger, and get unexpectedly fascinated by the production history that sent an American horror movie to Rome in the mid-80s. Along the way they discuss pineal glands, practical effects, Detective Bubba Brownlee, and why this might be one of the horniest cosmic horror movies ever made.

The Schlockometer is deployed. Science gets weird. The goo keeps flowing. And everyone involved probably should have stopped turning that machine back on.

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Blade Runner (1982)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• Click (2006)
• The Fly (1986)
• Pink Flamingos (1972)
• Titanic (1997)
• Waterworld (1995)
• Avatar (2009)
• James Cameron
• Captain Planet
• Don Cheadle
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Friends
• H. P. Lovecraft
• Rami Malek
• Charles Band
• Dino De Laurentiis
• Federico Fellini
• Christopher Reeve
• Emeril Lagasse
• Oscar Mayer
• Nathan's Famous

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This week, The B-Movie Boys stumble into the wonderfully weird world of The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, a movie that asks a very important question: what if someone lovingly recreated every 1950s sci-fi B-movie trope they could think of and then crammed them all into the same film? The result is a glorious collision of mad scientists, telepathic skeletons, stranded aliens, radioactive space rocks, and a mutant creature that somehow ends up having the most sincere love story in the movie. As Dave and Bryan quickly discover, the longer you think about this one, the more charming it becomes.

Along the way, the conversation spirals into discussions about intentional bad dialogue, self-imposed budget limitations, classic creature features, filmmaking authenticity, and the kind of obsessive dedication that only exists when someone truly loves the genre they're parodying. Larry Blamire didn’t just make a spoof. He practically built a time machine back to the drive-in era and then populated it with some of the strangest characters imaginable.

Also discussed: impossible missions that apparently aren't impossible, Animala's woodland dance moves, the Batcave, Kevin Smith's low-budget filmmaking ingenuity, and a restroom story so profoundly uncomfortable that it may permanently alter Dave's relationship with public handshakes.

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Tom Cruise
• Scientology
• Friends
• The Aristocrats
• Clerks (1994)
• Kevin Smith
• Batman (1966)
• Dax Shepard
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• William Shatner
• Roger Ebert
• John Waters

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This week, The B-Movie Boys crack open Basket Case (1982), Frank Henenlotter’s gloriously sleazy tale of a man, his wicker basket, and the deformed telepathic twin brother living inside it. What starts as a grimy revenge story set in the worst hotel New York City has ever produced quickly mutates into something way stranger, funnier, and honestly kind of brilliant.

We dive deep into the movie’s legendary $35,000 budget, guerrilla filmmaking tactics, aggressively janky stop-motion effects, and the bizarre emotional core hiding underneath all the melting puppet chaos. Along the way, we discuss psychic basket etiquette, mutant sibling dependency, horny monster logic, Times Square exploitation cinema, and whether Belial is secretly one of the great tragic monsters in cult film history.

There are riffs about kung fu movies, New Hampshire landmarks, Tom Green, Nathan’s hot dogs, and the logistics of securing a wicker basket containing a murder creature with what appears to be the world’s least effective padlock. Somewhere inside all the chaos, the Schlockometer starts having an existential crisis over whether Basket Case is actually… a genuinely good movie.

Mention in this Episode:

• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Watchmen (2009)
• Pink Flamingos (1972)
• Judy Garland
• Lindsay Lohan
• Michael B. Jordan
• Tom Green
• John Waters
• Joe Bob Briggs
• Nathan’s Hot Dogs
• Longaberger
• YouPorn
• “Pinball Wizard” by The Who

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The B-Movie Boys head back to the atomic age this week with The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, a movie that basically looked at giant monster cinema and said, “Yeah, I think I’ll invent an entire genre today.” What starts as a straightforward 1950s creature feature quickly turns into a deep dive on filmmaking innovation, nuclear panic, stop-motion wizardry, and the absolute madness of making a dinosaur attack New York using techniques invented by one guy working alone in a rented Hollywood storefront.

We break down the legendary work of Ray Harryhausen, the accidental plagiarism of Ray Bradbury, and why this movie somehow feels both wildly important and occasionally like homework between dinosaur scenes. Along the way, we discuss fake dinosaur science, bizarre accents, the logistics of shooting bazookas at prehistoric monsters, and whether the Rhedosaurus simply wanted to enjoy a nice day at Coney Island before everybody got rude about it.

It’s a movie that created the DNA for everything from Godzilla to Jurassic Park, while also featuring one extremely confident cop attempting to fight a 200-foot dinosaur with a revolver. The Schlockometer is deployed. Dynamation changes cinema forever. And a giant radioactive sea lizard steals the show and our hearts.

Mention in this Episode:

• Jurassic Park (1993)
• The Fast and the Furious (2001)
• King Kong (1933)
• The Lost World (1925)
• Godzilla (1954)
• Cloverfield (2008)
• Ray Harryhausen
• Tom Hanks
• Captain Phillips (2013)
• Elvis (2022)
• Charles R. Knight
• Willis O'Brien
• Ray Bradbury
• Tomoyuki Tanaka
• Bo Burnham
• MrBeast

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This week, The B-Movie Boys step into the larger-than-life world of Dolemite (1975), a movie that somehow manages to be a scrappy, low-budget chaos machine and a legitimate cultural landmark at the exact same time.

What starts as a seemingly straightforward revenge story about a wrongfully imprisoned pimp quickly spirals into a whirlwind of crooked cops, rival gangsters, questionable kung fu, and filmmaking choices that scream "to hell with rules!" But underneath the rough edges, there’s something much bigger happening—something that forces us to reevaluate what this movie actually is.

We break down the baffling fight choreography, the anything-goes camerawork, and the unforgettable characters (shoutout to the Hamburger Pimp), while also digging into the story behind Rudy Ray Moore and the sheer force of will it took to get this movie made. What we find is a film that doesn’t just exist as a B-movie—it helps define an entire movement.

The Schlockometer is deployed. Context becomes everything. And somehow, against all odds… this might be a masterpiece.

Good Journey.

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Pink Flamingos (1972)
• Quentin Tarantino
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Dr. Dre
• Snoop Dogg
• John Cleese
• John C. Reilly
• NAACP
• Dunbar Hotel
• UCLA
• Burger King
• Wendy's

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There are movies that ask “what if?”… and then there’s what if we found a mysterious white goo bubbling out of the earth and immediately devoured the forbidden Cool Whip?

That’s the energy of The Stuff, and we are all in on this deliciously unhinged ride.

What starts as a simple “hey, don’t eat that” quickly spirals into a full-blown corporate satire with killer yogurt, brainwashed families, and a kid who responds to existential horror by absolutely wrecking a grocery store.

We discuss:

• The wild filmmaking style of Larry Cohen (permits are more of a suggestion)
• The “Yogurt Factory” court case that shaped entertainment law
• Whether we would eat The Stuff.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• Men in Black (1997)
• Space Jam (1996)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Google Maps
• Beanie Babies
• Tickle Me Elmo
• Labubu
• Panera Bread
• Four Loko
• Mountain Dew Zero Sugar

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This week, The B-Movie Boys dive into The Giant Claw, a movie that feels like it was engineered in a lab specifically to break the Schlockometer. Dave calls it a “doozy,” and honestly, he might be underselling it.

What starts as a fairly straight-laced 1950s sci-fi quickly turns into something far weirder, funnier, and way more memorable with the introduction of a battleship-sized bird monster that doesn’t just derail the movie, it redefines it.

We also discuss:

• The scientific merits of giant spirals
• Anti-matter. How does it work?
• How long should it take to make a movie?

Mentioned in this episode:

• Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• 30 Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
• Independence Day (1996)
• The Lego Movie (2014)
• Sam Katzman
• Ray Harryhausen
• Jim Henson
• George Lucas
• Gordie Howe
• RFK Jr.
• The Simpsons
• ManBearPig
• Playboy

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