Video Monsters

This month, the Video Monsters set their sights on modern monochrome masterpieces! The topic is black-and-white films made after 1966, when most American film and television studios shifted to predominantly color programming. Our mission is to decide which three films to review this month. So how do we do that? With a little game we like to call the POPCORN PUNCHOUT! Nathan, Dan, Eric, and Corey will use our not-quite patented Video Rack Attack Bracket technology to let our votes (and a dash of chaos) decide what films we’ll discuss over the next few episodes. So C’Mon C’Mon, grab a slice of Pi, tell the Clerks to close up early, meet us in A Field in England, and savor the sweet a-Roma of this freshly popped POPCORN PUNCHOUT!

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Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Our South Korean cinema series comes to a satisfying climax with a twisty erotic con thriller from legendary director, Park Chan-Wook. So grab your thimble, bookmark your page in “Bells and Balls,” and meet us in the library because it’s time to test the bounds of knowledge with our review of THE HANDMAIDEN (2016)!

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Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

We love trashy movies here at Video Monsters. You might even say we’re connoisseurs of it. But we do occasionally like to *ahem* cross the line into more prestigious territory. And, well, it doesn’t get any more prestigious than Bong Joon-Ho’s PARASITE. In 2019, it won the Palme d’Or and went on to become the first non-English language Best Picture winner in the history of the Academy Awards (and, shockingly, the only South Korean film to EVER win an Oscar… or four). It is currently the highest-rated feature film on Letterboxd. It was just recently included in Sight and Sound’s once-a-decade Greatest Films of All Time poll. At this point, is there really anything left to say about a movie that is so universally beloved and was instantly embraced as a canonical classic? Maybe! Nathan, Dan, and Eric will attempt to leave no scholar stone unturned in our analysis. So crack a window, whip up some ram-don, and make a plan to hit play because we’re paying you extra to listen to our review of PARASITE.

If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord (https://discord.gg/sjyUQg8phB)!! Hangout episodes are live (and unedited!) every Tuesday night starting around 9:30pm EST. Listen and chat along with us in the Discord chat and we’ll even give you a shoutout on the episode!

Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

outro theme by Robert Woods

Baby, it’s cold outside. So warm yourself up with another heated Popcorn Punchout! The Video Monsters are once depending on the chaos of our Video Rack Attack Bracket technology to determine our themes for the winter months of December, January, and February.  As usual Nathan, Eric, and Dan each have at least one darling that they want to go the distance. And if we have learned anything from this last year of Punchouts, it’s that heartbreak and hostility are inevitable, but harmony triumphs in the end…. mostly. So grab your chaos cards, meet us in Discord, and submit yourself to the omnipotent Skull of Decisions because it’s time to decide the fate of the Video Monsters with another POPCORN PUNCHOUT!

If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord (https://discord.gg/sjyUQg8phB)!! Hangout episodes are live (and unedited!) every Tuesday night starting around 9:30pm EST. Listen and chat along with us in the Discord chat and we’ll even give you a shoutout on the episode!

Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

outro theme by Robert Woods

The Video Monsters kick the doors in on our South Korean Cinema series with an in-depth discussion of the action-packed crime drama, THE OUTLAWS (2017)! The film follows a detective (played by cuddly human wrecking ball, Ma Dong-seok AKA Don Lee) caught in the middle of a Chinese-Korean gang war in the criminal underbelly of Seoul. Nathan, Dan, and Eric discuss how such a fast-paced, plot-driven film manages to weave in lots of humor and brilliant character details, the way the film succeeds at endearing you to a police squad operating somewhat extra-judicially, how Korean action films differ culturally from American action films (hint: no guns!), and why we’re so excited that this is just the beginning of a new action franchise. But mostly we just marvel at the pure charisma of Ma Dong-seok and the pure cinema of seeing him absolutely leveling bad guys. It’s truly a thing of beauty. So grab your fire extinguisher, watch out for sharp objects, and meet us in the Truth Room because it’s time to hang out with the Serious Crimes Unit and pull back the curtain on THE OUTLAWS (2017)!

If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord (https://discord.gg/sjyUQg8phB)!! Hangout episodes are live (and unedited!) every Tuesday night starting around 9:30pm EST. Listen and chat along with us in the Discord chat and we’ll even give you a shoutout on the episode!

Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

outro theme by Robert Woods

The Video Monsters are once again looking for cinematic pleasures abroad. And, for our money, there are few countries with a cinematic output as diverse, exciting, and consistently high quality as South Korea. The only question is, how do we decide which movies to talk about when there are so many all-time classics to choose from?! Why, with a POPCORN PUNCHOUT, of course! Nathan, Dan, and Eric will once again use our Video Rack Attack Bracket technology to let our votes (and a dash of chaos) decide which three South Korean films we will cover on the podcast for the rest of the month. So call all your Mother, give The Handmaiden a night off, hail A Taxi Driver, meet us at the Joint Security Area, and hurry up before we get too Old, boy because we are Burning with a desire to talk about these films, and a POPCORN PUNCHOUT is just the thing to quench our Thirst for South Korean cinema!

If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord (https://discord.gg/sjyUQg8phB)!! Hangout episodes are live (and unedited!) every Tuesday night starting around 9:30pm EST. Listen and chat along with us in the Discord chat and we’ll even give you a shoutout on the episode!

Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

outro theme by Robert Woods

The Video Monsters share their thoughts on the 14th annual Knoxville Horror Film Festival, which ran from Oct. 20th - 23rd at the Parkway Drive-In and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. From canonical classics like CREEPSHOW, FRIGHT NIGHT (1985), ARMY OF DARKNESS, RE-ANIMATOR, and FROM BEYOND; to the FULCI LIVES triple feature; to some of  biggest genre hits on this year’s festival circuit like KIDS VS ALIENS, HUESERA, TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY, and SOMETHING IN THE DIRT; the folks at Central Cinema once again crushed it with this year’s fest. They were even considerate enough to program future Christmas horror classics like THE WOODSMAN, THE LEECH, and CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS so that we could release this episode in December and it still be seasonally appropriate (OK, so maybe that isn’t why they picked these killer holiday flicks but isn’t it nice how things worked out?) So grab your R.I.P pass, hit the concession stand, snag some Central Cinema merch and meet us in Knoxville because it’s time to celebrate BOTH of the most wonderful times of the year with our coverage of the 2022 Knoxville Horror Film Festival!

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Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

outro theme by Robert Woods

This is IT. It’s all been building up to this. Two months (and some change) of Stephen King coverage comes to a Fire(starter)y conclusion with our STEPHEN KING POPCORN PUNCHOUT! Nathan, Dan, and Eric duke it out using our Video Rack Attack Bracket technology to determine the official Video Monsters-approved top three Stephen King film/TV adaptations. The three of us are Apt Pupils and have been studying a (Salem’s) Lot of these films for some Time(keepers of eternity) now. We’re all very passionate about King and we each had our (Cat’s) Eyes on different films that we Desperat(ion)ely felt Need(ful Things)ed to be on this list. This, of courses, has resulted in what is easily the most contentious episode of the (Creep)show that we have ever recorded. Will we Stand By (me) our final choices?  Will any of us get our Dream(catcher) list of top King movies? Or will it all end in Misery with each of us Lang(oliers)uished? One thing was definitely for sure… it was a late Night (Flier) and we were all feeling pretty Mangle(r)d and just wanted some (Doctor) Sleep by the end of it, but this wasn’t just a (Gerald’s) Game to us so we stayed in The (Dead) Zone to bring you the official Video Monsters ranking of the top three Stephen King film/tv adaptations! So let’s kick things into Maximum Overdrive and get things Running, Man! Get that Bag of Bones moving. We can’t have any Sleepwalkers on this Graveyard Shift because it’s time to finally Carrie our 2022 Halloween series over the finish line with our STEPHEN KING POPCORN PUNCHOUT! Farewell, dear King. You will be MIST.

If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord (https://discord.gg/sjyUQg8phB)!! Hangout episodes are live (and unedited!) every Tuesday night starting around 9:30pm EST. Listen and chat along with us in the Discord chat and we’ll even give you a shoutout on the episode!

Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

outro theme by Robert Woods

Actor/Filmmaker Matt Mercer rides shotgun with the Video Monsters to talk about the greatest Stephen King movie of all time… depending on how you define “Stephen King movie.” In this case, the movie could also be described as the *only* Stephen King movie of all time. That’s right, let’s get the obvious pun out of the way and shift into MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986)! So grab yourself a can of soda, gobble some watermelon with the Green Goblin, fill up your gas tank, meet us at the Dixie Boy, and do NOT make eye contact with the arcade machines because WE MADE YOU this episode of Video Monsters all about the maximum fun of MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE with special guest Matt Mercer!

If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord (https://discord.gg/sjyUQg8phB)!! Hangout episodes are live (and unedited!) every Tuesday night starting around 9:30pm EST. Listen and chat along with us in the Discord chat and we’ll even give you a shoutout on the episode!

Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

outro theme by Robert Woods

Filmmaker Andrew Austin (THE POWER OF GLOVE) boards the Video Monsters airwaves to talk about the Stephen King miniseries with the flying meatballs that, like, eat the past or something. It’s THE LANGOLIERS (1995), from director Tom Holland! Nathan flies solo on this one (get it? because they’re on a plane) because Eric and Dan fell into a hole in space-time, I guess? I don’t know guys, it’s hard to muster up an enthusiastic description to something as tedious as THE LANGOLIERS, unless you’re Nathan making up some nonsense about how it’s secretly a soap opera satire or something. Anyway, enough editorializing from description-writer Eric. Grab your passport, shred some paper, meet us at the Bangor airport, and maybe watch TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY instead of this mess? OK, fine, let us eat up some more of the precious little time you have on this earth to talk about THE LANGOLIERS with special guest Andrew Austin!

If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord (https://discord.gg/sjyUQg8phB)!! Hangout episodes are live (and unedited!) every Tuesday night starting around 9:30pm EST. Listen and chat along with us in the Discord chat and we’ll even give you a shoutout on the episode!

Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.

music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons