This Week's Apocalypse

This week John and Kevin are strapped to the oars of a longship, but they'd be much happier shirkin' than workin', so it's time to watch a few movies and figure a way out, without raising the ire of Ragnar.

This week's "recommended" viewing and timestamps:

0:03:34 - Marcus Nispel - Pathfinder (2007)

0:22:00 - Nicolas Winding Refn - Valhalla Rising (2009)

0:57:.08 Howard McCain - Outlander (2008)

1:27:11 Decision time!

It's an Undead Multi-Cultural Exchange this week, as we try to find common ground with zombies from foreign climbs, as John and Kevin do their best to stay off the menu at the International food Festival...

This weeks "recommended" viewing + time stamps:

0:03:45 Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza's Rec (2007) 

0:44:16 Il Cho's #Alive (2020) 

1:15:45 Shin'ichirô Ueda's One cut of the Dead (2017) 

1:37:45 Decision Time!

Video Games have ruined our lives, but not the way our parents thought they would.

The guys are trapped in an arcade, and John would love to just play some arcade games, but instead Kevin is going to make him watch three awful movies.

It's the only true way to learn how to defeat Video Games once and for all!

This weeks "recommended" viewing + Time Stamps:

0:03:40 - Paul W. S. Anderson's Mortal Kombat (1995)

1:01:40 - Uwe Bol's House of the Dead (2003)

1:40:32 - Andrej Bartkowiak's DOOM (2005)

2:28:50 - Decision time!

Kevin caught a leprechaun and got carried away with his wishes, landing himself and John in a bad spot. Now the Fair-Folk of the Emerald Isle feel they are owed a lot more than the guys have to give.

What can the folklore of movies tell them to help escape the court of the fairy king...?

This week's "recommended" viewing + time stamps:

0:04:34 - Corin Hardy's The Hallow

0:34:15 - Robert Stevenson's Darby O'Gill and the Little People

1:23:25 - Lee Cronin's The Hole in the Ground

2:02:45 - Decision Time!

This week the boys head to the most desolate place on the planet to avoid the Vegetable Menace, but forgot to take into account the lowly Cactus / Cacti (Cactus's?)...

Luckily they brought long three movies relevant to the predicament.

This week's "recommended" viewing + time stamps: 

0:03:00 - Steve Sekely's The Day of the Triffids (1963) 

0:55:10 - M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening (2008) 

1:45:12 - Frank Oz's Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

2:37:20 - Decision Time!

Something has landed, and it's... ALONE!

John's worried about the creatures intent, while Kevin is more concerned about the rising water level in their poorly dug hidey-hole.

They need to get out real soon, but first they turn to the Science Of Cinema in order to figure out what their next move is.

This week's recommended viewing + time stamps:

0:03:45 - Roger Donaldson's Species 

1:06:40 - Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra Terrestrial 

1:56:05 - John McTiernan's Predator 

3:18:30 - Decision Time!

Trapped in a bathroom by their enraged recording equipment, Kevin desperately needs to escape. Luckily, John's brought a couple of DVD's, a VCR, and one very strange VHS tape...

This Week's "Recomended" viewing + time stamps:

 

0:03:25 - John Carpenter's Christine 

0:45:40 - Hideo Nakata's Ringu 

1:35:16 - Ivan Reitman's Ghostbusters 2

2:24:08 - Decision Time!

Trapped on a space station with a discorporated Kevin, John needs to know how to deal with a ghost in space, and he needs to know fast.

This week's "recommended" viewing + time stamps:

0:05:10 - Steven Soderbergh's Solaris 

0:33:20 - John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars 

1:23:37 - Paul W. S. Anderson's Event Horizon

2:31:40 - Decision Time!

John's gone feral and Kevin might be infected, so it's time to look to the science of cinema for a diagnosis and possible cure for lycanthropy.

This week's "recommended" viewing + time stamps:

0:04:25 - John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps 

0:55:30 - Alessandro De Gaetano's Project: Metalbeast

1:58:20 - John Landis' An American Werewolf in London

3:10:28 - Decision Time!

This week, vampires have dominated the surface, so Kevin and John cower in their bunker, and try decide which movie will best prepare future generations to defeat the blood-hungry menace.

This week's "recommended" viewing + time stamps:

0:04:03 - Len Wiseman's Underworld

0:34:24 - Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula

1:20:14 - John Carpenter's John Carpenter's Vampires

1:52:50 - Decision Time!