They Called This a Movie

As the Halloween season rolls along, we're joined by Steve from Halloween is Forever to discuss CHUD 2: Bud the CHUD, the straight-to-video sequel to the cult classic. 

Join us as we discuss the shift to comedy from the first film, the similarities to Day of the Dead, and the complete lack of CHUDs. 

Be sure to check out Steve on Halloween is Forever wherever you get your podcasts. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We spends some time with John Carpenter and three spooky tales, as we watch Body Bags, an anthology film that originally aired on Showtime. 

Join us as we discuss where this measures up to other anthology films, Stacy Keach's hair, and Mark Hamill's professional baseball career. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

The leaves are falling, the air is getting crisp, and the sun is setting earlier. It's Spooky Season, baby! We kick off our full month of horror-themed episodes with Scanner Cop, the third sequel in the Scanners franchise. 

Join us as we discuss RIchard Lynch's mullet, a good cop going scanner cop, and scanner face. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

This week, we're joined by Jamie Broadnax from Black Girl Nerds to discuss the Scientology passion project Battlefield Earth, starring John Travolta. 

We discuss all the dutch angles and wipes, John Travolta's camp performance, and the career of Barry Pepper.  

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We go back 65 million years to celebrate our September Movie of the Month, as we talk dinosaurs. Well... sort of. We watched the 1961 King Kong and Godzilla ripoff, Gorgo. 

Join us as we talk the rubber monsters, the lack of interesting characters, and how unwilling we would be to enter the movie's submersible. 

If you want to help us choose our next Movie of the Month, join us over at our Discord by subscribing for $1 at patreon.com/TCTAMPod

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We're headed to Tromaville this week with a cultural-appropriating police detective, as we watch Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD. 

Join us as we discuss the jokes, the transformations, and the villain's performance. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

With one less host this week, we decide to keep it simple and talk a short film, one of which is mostly singing and dancing. Mark and Anthony discuss Michael Jackson's Ghosts. 

Join us as we discuss Michael Jackson as a talent and as a complicated figure, Mos Def, and discuss whether MJ's dance moves were always so vulgar. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

It's the end of August, which means it's time for our August Movie of the Month, as voted on by our Patreon subscribers. 

With Dan out this week, we decided to watch a sword and sandals movie, at our winning pick was The Sword and the Sorcerer, directed by Albert Pyun. 

Join us as we have very differing opinions of it, as we discuss Richard Moll's performance as Xusia, how this compares to other films in the genre, and the relationship between the lead and his love interest. 

Want to help us decide our next Movie of the Month, go to patreon.com/TCTAMPod and subscribe for just a dollar. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We go globetrotting with Larry the Cable Guy and special guest Alex Pearlman (Too Many Tabs | Crashing Out Podcast) to discuss the 2011 Pixar film, Cars 2. 

Join us as we discuss the departure the film takes from the original film, the Cars Universe lore, and our thoughts about Larry the Cable Guy. 

Check out Alex Pearlman on the Crashing Out Tour and on all socials @Pearlmania500

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

This week, we're on a ride along with a couple of cops. A couple of dead cops, to be exact. This week, we're watching the 1988 supernatural buddy cop film, Dead Heat. 

Join us as we discuss Joe Piscopo's career, the pretty solid action sequences, and the terrible one-liners.

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.