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On this episode of the Video Junkyard Podcast, Erik and Joe take a look at the 2005 film "Lord of War" staring Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Ian Holm, and Ethan Hawke. Written and directed by Andrew Niccol, "Lord of War" is a semi-true story of one of the world's most infamous arms dealers in the 1980s through early 2000s. While Cage's character of Yuri Olav is fictional, the character - and many characters in the film - are based on real individuals (Olav is based on real-life "Merchant of Death" Viktor Bout).

An interesting, and sadly still topical film and a unique role for Cage in this particular time in his career, but does Lord of War still hold up in 2023? Check out the Video Junkyard Podcast to find out!

Well, it doesn't take place in 2023 as meme culture would have you believe, but that doesn't mean that "Zardoz" isn't one of the craziest sci-fi movies ever. Welcome back to the Junkyard. It's 2023, and we're visiting the 23rd century where Sean Connery plays Burt Reynolds in a G-sting with suspenders, and that's the most reasonable decision John Boorman made in this 1974 "classic."

In the future, Earth is ruled by Eternals, an advanced and secret sect of beings who reign over a savage group called Brutals. The Eternals have created a god named Zardoz to intimidate the Brutals, making them believe that killing is their natural state. However, Zed (Sean Connery), a Brutal warrior, challenges that assumption when he enters the Zardoz monument and is captured by an Eternal (Charlotte Rampling). There, he learns the truth about the Eternals and the false god that rules society.

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Happy New Year from the Video Junkyard crew! We took a little holiday break this year but not to worry - we are back with a new review! This week we take a look at the 1974 classic horror film "Black Christmas". Directed by Bob Clark, written by A. Roy Moore, and starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Lynne Griffin and John Saxon, Black Christmas is one of the first (if not THE first) telling of the "stranger in the house with the babysitter"-style slasher films. Taking place during the Christmas season, a group of sorority sisters are preparing for the holiday break when a derranged caller ("The Moaner") keeps calling and harrassing them. But soon the calls become more threatening. And then worse.

One of the more inspirational/impactful films on the horror genre, Black Christmas has beeb remade multiple times. But how does it hold up in early 2023? Check out the Video Junkyard Podcast to find out!

On this episode of the Video Junkyard Podcast we continue our annual Christmas movie marathon with a long-time fan favorite (yet often forgotten holiday film) Gremlins! This 1984 classic was directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus and stars Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyte Axton, and an early role by Corey Feldman. When a father gives his son Billy (Galligan) a strange pet for Christmas, the creature - a Mogwai named Gizmo - he tells him to follow three important rules for caring for the creature: never bring him out into bright light, never get him wet, and never EVER feed him after midnight. When Billy accidentally breaks the last two rules, a bunch of new mogwais are created and transform into mischievious and monstrous gremlins that wreak havoc to their small midwestern town. With voice talents by Howie Mandel and Frank Welker to round out that cast, Gremlins was a smash hit in 1984. But how does it hold up in 2022? Check out the latest episode of the Video Junkyard Podcast to find out!

This week's movie was selected by our esteemed patron Tony Rodriguez. It's one we, collectively, had never seen before, and WHOA! is it something. If the poster art and show title weren't a giveaway, it's the 1994 Italian horror classic Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetary Man).

Something is causing the dead to rise from their graves as flesh-eating zombies, and cemetery custodian Francesco Dellamorte (Rupert Everett) grows tired of killing them all for the second time. However, the town politicians won't listen to him, so Francesco is on his own. One day, he falls for a beautiful woman (Anna Falchi) whose husband has recently died -- but their affair is tragically interrupted by zombies, sending Francesco into a tailspin of madness and woe.

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This week we check out John Waters's "Trashterpiece" "Female Trouble" (1975). Closing out our Bad Taste Trilogy this may very well take the cake. Join us as we discuss this timeless cult classic!

An obese woman (Divine) gives birth to an obnoxious child and embarks upon a bizarre and violent life of crime.

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This week we continue our deep dive into the early work of Peter Jackson. Ryan forced us to watch the perverted puppet picture "Meet the Feebles". This is another of those movies that truly has to be seen to be believed. Join us for our discussion!

"Fame-seeking members of the animal kingdom experience the sleazier side of show business in this puppet-filled parody."

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The Video Junkyard Podcast crew gets ready for a scrumptious Thanksgiving season with the delectable 1987 horror/sci-fi/comedy cult film "Bad Taste"! The feature film debut of film master Peter Jackson tells the story of "The Boys" - a covert supernatural and interplanetary defense team in New Zealand who must stop Lord Crumb and his alien fiends from turning people into slop in an intergalactic fast food franchise. It's funny, charming, and nauseating all at the same time. But does the origin work of the creator of the Lord of the Rings films hold a torch to his later efforts? Check out the film (for free) at TubiTV then join us for the discussion on the Video Junkyard Podcast!

This week we watched the 1985 sci-fi drama "The Quiet Earth." This one was picked by our patron Scott Stewart. Thanks, Scott!

When everyone around him vanishes overnight, scientist Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) finds himself seemingly the only person on the planet. The isolation initially drives him to the brink of suicide, but eventually Zac adapts to a day-to-day routine. After meeting two other survivors, Joanne (Alison Routledge) and Api (Peter Smith), a Maori, the trio roams New Zealand trying to understand what caused everyone else to disappear, why they remained behind -- and whether disaster will strike again.

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To round out your Halloween season, we bring you our take on "The Frighteners" - Peter Jackson's 1996 horror/thriller/comedy. Featuring a star-studded cast of Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, R. Lee Ermey and Jake Busey, The Frighteners tells of psychic/local con artist Frank Bannister (Fox) who can see and speak with the dead and uses his abilities to set up hoax hauntings and exorcisms. But when a series of mysterious murders occur, Bannister must stop the responsible evil entity before its too late.

The film that made Peter Jackson more of a household name had quite a lot of buzz behind it when it premiered in 1996, but how does it hold up in 2022? Check out our review of The Frighteners to find out! Only on the Video Junkyard Podcast!