Yes ladies and gentlemen, it's over! In this episode Boomer and Michael break down the modern video nasty The Hills Have Eyes from Alexander Aja! In this episode we break down down this movie's Cold War connections and discuss its topical links to American Politics circa 2006. 

In this Bonus Situation Minisode, Michael walks through the last episodes of Nuclear Kino, details and gives you a sneak peack of the finale episode on the Hills Have Eyes (2006). What's next for the Bonus Situation? New episodes on RoboCop 2, Jaws 3 and Sinister 2!

Boomer and Michael watch the 1984 British family romcom, Threads! When Jimmy met Ruth, they were two kids from different worlds. Now they're about to become parents! With wedding bells in the distance, Jimmy only has one more night as a bachelor to live it up! At least not if his new father in law has anything to say about it! 

Our review is based on Svervin Films' 2018 2K remaster of Threads from the movie's original intermediate print. The blu-ray mentioned includes a 30 minute long interview with Stephen Thrower about the historical context that Threads released to in 1984.

Bibliography

• Archer, Josh. “10 Reasons Why Margaret Thatcher Is Britain’s Most Hated Politician.” Josh Archer, 18 Mar. 2018, https://www.josharcher.uk/blog/why-margaret-thatcher-is-hated/.

• Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 1983. Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs., 1 May 2008, https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/rd/104253.htm.

• Hooper, Simon. “Many Faces of the Iron Lady.” Al Jazeera, https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2013/4/9/margaret-thatcher-the-good-bad-and-the-ugly. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

• “Margaret Thatcher and the Battle of the 364 Keynesians.” Cato Institute, 9 Apr. 2013, https://www.cato.org/blog/margaret-thatcher-battle-364-keynesians.

• Myre, Greg. “Stanislav Petrov, ‘The Man Who Saved The World,’ Dies At 77.” NPR, 18 Sept. 2017. NPR, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/18/551792129/stanislav-petrov-the-man-who-saved-the-world-dies-at-77.

• NBC. “‘Defense against the Unknown’: UK Releases 1983 Nuclear War Speech for Queen.” NBC News, 1 Aug. 2013, http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/defense-against-unknown-uk-releases-1983-nuclear-war-speech-queen-flna6C10813711.

• “Protesting Margaret Thatcher.” London Museum, https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/protesting-margaret-thatcher/. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

• “Reagan, ‘Evil Empire,’ Speech Text.” Voices of Democracy, https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/reagan-evil-empire-speech-text/. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

• Skidelsky, Robert. “Margaret Thatcher – a Strong Leader, but a Resolute Failure by Any Other Measure.” The Guardian, 18 Apr. 2013. The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2013/apr/18/margaret-thatcher-leader-failure-strong.

• Uenuma, Francine. “The 1983 Military Drill That Nearly Sparked Nuclear War With the Soviets.” Smithsonian Magazine, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1983-military-drill-that-nearly-sparked-nuclear-war-with-the-soviets-180979980/. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

• Webb, Alban. “The War Game.” BBC, https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/author. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

• Williams, Zoe. “Margaret Thatcher Is Not a Good Role Model – but Not Necessarily for the Reasons You Think.” The Guardian, 4 Dec. 2023. The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/04/margaret-thatcher-is-not-a-good-role-model-but-not-necessarily-for-the-reasons-you-think.

Welcome to Schmuck town! Or did I hear that right? Join Boomer and Michael for their discussion of Jason Eisner's 2011 movie Hobo with a Shotgun starring the late great Rutger Hauer as the titular hobo delivering justice one shell at a time. We address the movie's special effects, trauma conga lines, and THE PLAGUE. 

Welcome back to the Bonus Situation with our Nuclear Trilogy episodes examining the Cold War, the "bomb," and what all these things mean for us in our present moment. What better place to start than Stanley Kubrick's 1964 classic, Dr. Stangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Boomer and Michael cut it up in this episode and drop (mostly accurate) history on the events that influenced the movie. 

Up next in our trilogy is BBC4's romantic comedy romp, Threads! A quaint tale of a young British couple just trying to make it in the country side.

In this episode Boomer and Mike are talking collectible drummer monkeys (its not a toy), Uncle Chip, daddy issues and about how its been too long since we've had another Scary Movie. All this and more in our review for Oz Perkin's latest joint, The Monkey where everyone dies and that's fucked up! 

Tune in next time for the start of our nuclear kino trilogy with our upcoming review of Dr. Strangelove and how I learned to quit worrying and love the bomb. 

Mike and Zach get to learn that everybody dies and that's fucked up in Ozgood Perkins' new joint, the Monkey! Join us in this spoiler free review as we discuss our general opinions of this wacky ass killer monkey movie.

The Bonus Situation takes the razor to Sweeny Todd: the Demon Barbor of Fleet Street! We're talking the aplha and omega from the origins of the play to the Tim Burton movie we know today. All that, glocks of steel and much much more!

On this episode of the Bonus Situation, Boomer and Mike watch a movie that's about 1/3 parts a killer fish movie, 1/3rd of a sleazy Skinamax movie and 1/3rd Jerry O'Connel's cokehead charm. FInd out what makes Jaws Gone Wild so special and why you should give Piranah 3D a second chance.


ES GIBT FISCH BABY!!!!