Zombie Take-Out: The b-movie and cult movie podcast

Scotto and Uncle John kick off their two-part tribute to their earliest comedic influence and the variety show that made him famous with a movie that takes a comedic look at both of them. This week on Zombie Take-Out, from 1980, The Gong Show Movie. Was it ahead of its time? How did the Popsicle Twins get on the air? What do you call Chianti and prune juice? Does a snake have an ass? Rest in Peace, Chuckie Baby. Scotto's Rating Uncle John's Rating Listen to Episode 315 Download Episode 315 Links Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gong_Show_Movie IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080808/ Full Episodes of The Gong Show https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLal4Zmb2ryjPw3Npwb7NtZoF7i3ION2T_ Feelings https://youtu.be/F9U0e_dXSUQ Clips Next week ... Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Scotto and Uncle John discuss what could be the greatest and is almost certainly the least expensive found footage film ever made. A movie that they expected to be hilariously bad, but turned out to be legitimately good. This week on Zombie Take-Out, from 2016, it's Bad Ben. Could Riley have been any more stupid? Was Bad Ben in the basement while Good Ben was in the attic? Which one was buried in back of the house? Who built the shrine? Is your life savings worth your life? What does benny stand for? Scotto's Rating Uncle John's Rating Listen to Episode 314 Download Episode 314 Links Official Site http://www.badbenmovie.com/ IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6269810/ Clips Next week ... The Gong Show Movie

Scotto and Uncle John get back to their roots and return to Tromaville to discuss one of their most famous films. This week on Zombie Take-Out, from 1986, it's Class of Nuke 'Em High. Does it miss any high school movie tropes? Is is it the best acted Troma movie? Were Troma the original Asylum? Should we review more of their movies? Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Tromaville Scotto's Rating Uncle John's Rating Listen to Episode 313 Download Episode 313 Links Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_of_Nuke_%27Em_High IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090849/ Full movie on Youtube https://youtu.be/CYWOevwr-zw Clips Next week ... Bad Ben

Scotto and Uncle John pay tribute to the late, great Bill Paxton by discussing the classic science fiction film that includes the improvised line that not only defined his career, but also became one of the most iconic lines in science fiction history. This week on Zombie Take-Out, from 1986, Aliens. Did it borrow too heavily from A New Hope? Was Evil Dead 2 referencing it? Does it observe Chekhov's gun? Should Greg Evigan have been in the film? Rest in peace, Mr. Paxton. Scotto's Rating Uncle John's Rating Listen to Episode 312 Download Episode 312 Links Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_(film) IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/ Clips Next week ... Class of Nuke 'Em High

Scotto and Uncle John pay tribute to the late, great John Hurt by discussing a film adaptation of a novel that was written over 60 years ago, but is especially relevant today. Then, in the outtake, they take a look at a rather infamous Britcom. This week on Zombie Take-Out, from 1984, 1984. Is that a typo? Was it influenced by Brave New World? Which was a bigger influence on 2112? Did we manage to stop talking about prog bands and get political? Resist! Rest In Peace, Mr. Hurt. Scotto's Rating Uncle John's Rating Listen to Episode 311 Download Episode 311 Links Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four_(1984_film) IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/ Nationwide Screenings of 1984 http://www.indiewire.com/2017/02/independent-movie-theatres-1984-screening-donald-trump-1201784459/ Heil Honey I'm Home! on Youtube https://youtu.be/mf9jJx0NSjw Clips In Two Weeks ... Class of Nuke 'Em High

Scotto and Uncle John conclude their impromptu BDSM trilogy by discussing their first Roman Polanski film. A movie about two vastly different married couples who end up in very unusual romantic and sexual parallelogram. This week on Zombie Take-Out, from 1992, Bitter Moon. Was the cause of Oscar's paralysis realistic? What is F. Scott Fitzgerald's last name? Did The Roxbury Guys borrow their suits from the movie? What is the point of it all? Scotto's Rating Uncle Johns Rating Listen to Episode 310 Download Episode 310 Links Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Moon IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104779/ Clips Next week ... 1984

Scotto and Uncle John continue their impromptu BDSM two-parter with a film that was released more than a decade before Fifty Shades of Grey was published. The two share some striking similarities, including a very familiar name, and yet E.L. James has never mentioned it. This week on Zombie Take-Out, from 2002, Secretary. Was it a bigger influence on Fifty Shades of Grey than Twilight? Do both films have similar messages? Did the group that gathered at the law office make sense? Read it again! Scotto's Rating Uncle John's Rating Listen to Episode 309 Download Episode 309 News Richard Kelly wants to make a Donnie Darko sequel Links Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_(2002_film) IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274812/ Clips Next week ... Bitter Moon

Scotto and Uncle John discuss a notoriously bad movie based on a notoriously bad book that heavily features a practice that is frequently misunderstood and maligned. Needless to say, this franchise does nothing to change that. This week on Zombie Take-Out, from 2015, Fifty Shades of Grey. Should it become a midnight movie? How old is E.L. James? What does Dom DeLuise have to do wth any of this? By the power of Greyskull … Scotto's Rating Uncle John's Rating Listen to Episode 308 Download Episode 308 Links Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey_(film) IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2322441/ Clips Next week ... Secretary

Scotto and Uncle John continue with their impromptu neighborhood two-parter with a film that stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in a reversal of the roles that made them famous. This week on Zombie Take-Out, from 1981, Neighbors. Were Belushi and Aykroyd right to switch roles? Why were there only two houses on the cul-de-sac? Is there quicksand in the suburbs? Scotto's Rating Uncle John's Rating Listen to Episode 307 Download Episode 307 Links Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbors_(1981_film) IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082801/ Clips Next week ... Fifty Shades of Grey

Scotto and Uncle John once again kick the year off with a tribute episode, this time to the late, great Carrie Fisher, by discussing a movie that borrows from many other films including Rear Window, Neighbors and maybe even Manos The Hand of Fate, but doesn't really live up to any of them and can not even be saved by Joe Dante and a cast that, in addition to Fisher, includes Tom Hanks. Bruce Dern and even Henry Gibson. This week on Zombie Take-Out, from 1989, The Burbs. Was too much of it improvised? Were Ray and Art supposed to seem like kids? Could Hans have seemed any more like Torgo? What exactly were the Klopek family doing in their basement? Scotto's Rating Uncle John's Rating Listen to Episode 306 Download Episode 306 Links Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_'Burbs IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096734/ Clips Next week ... Neighbors