The Suspense is Killing Us

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July 03, 2019 Ep. 13: SPADER NEUTERED (New Kids, Watcher, Jack's Back)
The gang does a deep dive into the work of dreamy/creepy legend James Spader, finding one masterpiece, one complete disaster and one somewhere in between.
NEW KIDS: (1985, Sean S. Cunningham)
JACK'S BACK (1988, Rowdy Herrington)
THE WATCHER (2000, Joe Charbanic)
2 hr 7 min
June 19, 2019 Ep. 12: STEAMY NOIR (Body Heat, Hot Spot, Wild Things)
It's getting hot and southern in here, because the gang is talking about SEXY, SEXY neo-noirs that take place in HOT locations in the American south! Hope you don't mind being TURNED ON a whole bunch!
BODY HEAT (1981, Lawrence Kasdan)
THE HOT SPOT (1990, Dennis Hopper)
WILD THINGS (1998, John McNaughton)
2 hr 4 min
June 05, 2019 Ep. 11: TEEN SCREAMS (Crush, Poison Ivy, Fear)
Special guest EMALIE SODERBACK joins Matt, Kevin and Travis to discuss some occasionally problematic teen-oriented thrillers. WARNING: LOTS of Mark Wahlberg impressions.
Poison Ivy (1992, dir. Katt Shea)
The Crush (1993, dir. Alan Shapiro)
Fear (1996, dir. James Foley)
2 hr 11 min
May 22, 2019 Ep. 10: THE PSYQUELS
Hitchcock's Psycho is one of the most influential thrillers of all time, but we can't cover it because this podcast is about thrillers from the 80's and 90's. Fortunately, they made three more of these things—of VARYING degrees of quality—all starring the great Tony Perkins.
Psycho II (1983) dir. Richard Franklin
Psycho III (1986) dir. Anthony Perkins
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) dir. Mick Garris
1 hr 21 min
May 09, 2019 Ep. 9: Curtis Hanson
Inspired by the awesomeness of The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, the guys dedicate a full episode to the (pre-LA Confidential) films of Curtis Hanson.
Bedroom Window (1987)
Bad Influence (1990)
The River Wild (1994)
1 hr 36 min
April 24, 2019 Ep. 8: Killer Ladies (Fatal, SWF, Hand that Rocks)
Matt, Kevin and Travis assess three classic lady stalker films and find them all to be very sympathetic and tasteful portraits of mental illness sufferers.
FATAL ATTRACTION (1987, Adrian Lyne)
SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (1992, Barbet Schroeder)
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (1992, Curtis Hanson)
2 hr 10 min
April 10, 2019 Ep. 7: RICOCHET (& Two Other Denzel Movies)
The legendary VERN stops by to discuss one of the greatest/craziest/most underrated movies of all time—RICOCHET. Also, we talk about two far less magnificent films. Featuring Matt Lynch, Kevin Clarke and Travis Vogt.
RICOCHET (1991) dir. Russell Mulcahy
FALLEN (1998) dir. Gregory Hoblit
THE BONE COLLECTOR (1999) dir. Phillip Noyce
1 hr 42 min
March 27, 2019 Ep. #6: DePalma-Rama pt. 2
Our masterfully macabre exploration of the Master of the Macabre concludes with some of his later offerings.
Raising Cain (1992)
Snake Eyes (1998)
Femme Fatale (2002)
1 hr 25 min
March 13, 2019 Ep. 5: Brian De Palma, part 1
Matt, Kevin and Travis try watching three good movies for a change—De Palma's masterfully smutty output from the early 80s!
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Blow Out (1981)
Body Double (1984)
1 hr 46 min
February 27, 2019 Ep. 4: Joe Eszterhouse (Jagged Edge, Betrayed, Jade)
Matt, Kevin and Travis wade deep into the muck of legendary sleazeball writer Joe Eszterhas' work...again...and find some predictably icky stuff.
Jagged Edge (Richard Marquand, 1985)
Betrayed (Costa-Gavras, 1988)
Jade (William Friedkin, 1995)
1 hr 39 min