Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, to ring in the New Year, Chris and Ryan dive into three New Year's horror films, rounding out our tour of holiday horror films (for now). We start with 1980's "New Year's Evil," a movie with a fun premise and uses the New Year's holiday well, but has its fair share of lulls. Then, also from 1980, we discuss "Terror Train," in which the New Year's holiday is completely inconsequential and we're left with a pretty limp slasher. Finally, we discuss 1987's incomprehensibly bonkers time-warp horror film, "Bloody New Year."

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, to close out the Christmas season, Ryan and Chris pivot out of the holiday horror flicks to discuss the three adaptations of Dr. Suess' beloved "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Given that all three films are based on the same source material, the episode runs shorter and is more intertwined than our traditional structure, but needless to say, the 1966 Chuck Jones classic is our launching off point, followed by the misrerabilist 2018 version from Illumination, and then finally the nightmarish-but-at-least-interesting live-action version from 2000, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey at his most manic.  

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, Chris and Ryan continue their Christmas carnage with holiday creature features. We start with the all-time classic in this arena with Joe Dante's 1984 "Gremlins." Yes, we know it's ubiquitous, but we still gush over how great it is. Then, we move into 1998's holiday-themed SOV alien invasion sequel "Feeders 2: Slay Bells" from the Polonia Brothers. We acknowledge there is some charm, but even Ryan the SOV apologist says you should skip it. Finally, we discuss the bonkers, infamous, must-be-seen-to-be-believed 1989 VHS oddity, "Elves."

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, Ryan and Chris kick off the holiday season the only way they know how with three trashy Christmas-set slasher films. We start with 1984's "Don't Open Till Christmas," which just received a spectacular new Blu-ray courtesy of Vinegar Syndrome. We discuss the film's wild behind-the-scenes woes and argue that it still turns out to be a solid and surprisingly downbeat slasher. Then, we move onto 1997's "Jack Frost," a film whose VHS cover is forever burned into the brains of elder millennial video store dirtbags, but for the film itself? Not so much. Finally, we arrive at "GARBAGE DAY!" for 1987's infamous, haphazardly-constructed, yet still highly entertaining "Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2."

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, Chris and Ryan regrettably take a turn into what they believed to be films about killer turkeys for Thanksgiving, but turns out, only one of them actually fits the bill (though to be fair, one of them advertised on the poster a killer turkey and it turned out to be... something else entirely). We start with a return to Tromaville since Episode #1 with Lloyd Kaufman's 2006 anti-capitalist satire "Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead." Neither of us particularly loved the film, but was respect Kaufman's anything-goes attitude. Next, we discuss the infamous 2008 turkey flick "Thankskilling," which has garnered a reputation as being a "so bad it's good" romp, but we'd argue it's just so bad it's bad. Finally, we dive into whatever the hell 2022's "Amityville Thanksgiving" is. All we have are questions, but no answers.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three films that explore Stockholm Syndrome. We understand that this may be a tricky topic for some, so we want to acknowledge it up front. We start with Pedro Almodóvar's provocative 1990 dark comedy "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!", a tightrope of a premise that shouldn't work, yet largely does due to Almodóvar's grasp of the tone and terrific work from Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. Then, we move into a film that has the opposite of assured tone and terrific performances with Guy Ritchie's toothless 2002 remake of Lina Wertmüller's incendiary 1974 film "Swept Away." We acknowledge that the knives were probably out from critics at the time, but also concede that it deserved every bit of scrutiny it got. Finally, we end with Umberto Lenzi's 1989 direct-to-video oddity "Hitcher in the Dark."

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, Chris and Ryan dive into the weird, niche category of family-friendly Bigfoot films. We start with 1987's "Harry and the Hendersons," which doesn't quite hit the bar for an Amblin film of this ilk, but it's charming and does a lot of things right (especially Rick Baker's Oscar-winning makeup). Then, we move onto a film that is the antithesis of charming, the shrill 1997 direct-to-video nightmare that is "Little Bigfoot." Finally, we talk about the 1995 bonkers, unhinged made-for-TV movie, "To Catch a Yeti."

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, as a palette cleanser to our horror-heavy October, Ryan and Chris dive into the very niche category of films that involves actors interacting with footage from older films, dubbing the footage, or both. We start with Carl Reiner's 1982 film noir spoof "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid," which sees Steve Martin assume the role of a gumshoe detective who interacts with Humphrey Bogart, Ray Milland, Bette Davis, and more from archival footage. The result is well-crafted and often very funny. Then, we move into 1993's "Hercules Returns," an Australian film in which an Italian version of Hercules is dubbed for most of the movie. A movie in which your mileage may vary on the comedy. Finally, we move into a Ryan and Chris favorite (and seemingly a favorite of many as time has been kind to the film), 2002's "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist."

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, to put a cap on this year's spooky season, Ryan and Chris catch-up with the glut of (mostly very good) new horror films that came out in September and October. The film's discussed without spoilers are "Barbarian," "Pearl," "Smile," "Terrifier 2," "Dark Glasses," "Deadstream," and "V/H/S/99," concluding with a SPOILER discussion of "Halloween Ends."

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, Chris and Ryan dive into remakes of classic horror films from the '50s and '60s. We start with Chuck Russell's 1988 version of "The Blob," which pays respectful homage to the 1958 version while carving its own path forward and is arguably a superior film to its originator. Then, we move into Gus Van Sant's 1998 shot-for-shot remake of Hitchcock's "Psycho;" a handsomely-made movie that managed to only put a single thought through our heads, and that is "...why?" Finally, we move into the very-much-made-in-2001 "Thir13en Ghosts," a loose remake of the 1960 William Castle film. Both of us were fond of this film when we were younger, but has that fondness remained or changed? Listen to find out.