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Lee Gambin is the author of many great books about horror and cinema in general, including Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: The Making of Cujo, Studies in the Horror Film: The Howling, Hell Hath No Fury Like Her: The Making of Christine, We Can Be Who We Are: Movie Musicals from the '70s and Massacred By Mother Nature: Exploring the Natural Horror Film. He's also just a great guy that I met in Australia...

Continuing to put up some old episodes as Rusty contends with a newborn, I came across this episode about Diff'rent Strokes - The Peacemaker and I really like it! Never has a gun at school been treated so casually! Featuring the screen debut of Andrew Dice Clay, this episode is filled with amazing moments and plunges us into a discussion about 80s standup and how much we hated Sam Kinison (plz rat...

On this episode we visit one of the most classic episodes of The Wonder Years -- "Goodbye"! Yep, this is the one where Kevin's teacher DIES! Lessons will be learned, math will be taught, and Kevin will have at least 3 audience alienating freakouts. We're going to be back with regular Viewmasters soon once Rusty recovers from giving birth. 

I'd been sitting on this episode for a minute when I heard it was Charlotte Rae's birthday. Wow! You should have seen me scramble out of my seat to honor this amazing day! On this episode Mrs. Garrett teaches the girls about a topic all too relevant today-- fanaticism. Tootie is determined to go to the Jermaine Jackson concert -- by any means necessary! This was a great time by all. Well, by Ed. N...

"This is the future.  The world as we know it is gone."  Harrowing words from the opening sequence in this week's episode TURBO KID.  We recorded this episode a couple weeks ago and the world has changed a lot since then.  What has remained the same is our love for Apple...and Ed's hopeless quest to someday building a similar companion to travel the wastelands of L.A with.  On this episode, we att...

We are coming back at you with the great 2nd season Alf episode "Night Train". Finally one of our sitcom adventures results in a good viewing experience! What makes this visitor from Melmac stand out from the rest of the dreck? Join Ed, Rusty, and Po to find out! And please rate and review or we will eat a cat.

Yes, WE return with BATMAN RETURNS! Very sorry for our uneven schedule but this is an EPIC episode! We examine not just Batman Returns but also every Batman movie with noted Batman expert Larry Schultz. This is the interview you've been waiting for, with rankings guaranteed to shock the world and divide DC Universe fans. We also delve into Ed's many similarities to the penguin, Rusty's 1989 Batman...

The tree is trimmed, the presents are all wrapped and the eggnog is ready to be served. That's right, it's another holiday installment and we're delivering an episode longer that our JC Penney catalog wish list. This year we'll be discussing one of our "top five" holiday films --  JINGLE ALL THE WAY.  Santa's sleigh is packed and ready to deliver more tales from Ed's karate dojo, our worst Christm...

We've returned to deliver an epic episode about one of the most formative films of Ed's life-- Ralph Bakshi's much-hated adaptation of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. If he thinks it's pretty horrible, why does Ed love it so much? Why is so much crammed into so little? Why is Boromir a viking? What exactly did Peter Jackson borrow from this? How many of these questions will I ask? Tune in for one of our lo...

It's Halloween and what better way to celebrate than to conjure up some 300 year-old Salem witches. The cauldron is bubbling and our spell book is opened to our favorite page because we're discussing the 1993 children's Halloween classic -- HOCUS POCUS.  We desecrated hallowed ground on this one as Ed shares a tale of his first time coming into contact with the vhs tape, we give our thoughts on Ma...

We're going way back, further into the past than we ever have before, all the way to 1966 to talk the animated classic IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN! Just in time for Halloween comes the tale of a deranged boy named Linus trying to inflict his fringe views on his loved ones. Do we even like this kid? Why does Charlie Brown get so many rocks? What did Ed do to his Charlie Brown underoos? Fi...

Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, we call this tale The Endless Banter of the "30 Minutes or Less" Crew.  Come join us around the campfire to discuss one of the most beloved episodes of ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? -- The Tale of the Dead's Man's Float.  Also, one of the few episodes to actually feature a malicious spirit. On today's episode, we discuss what this Canadian Snick cl...

We are returning from underground by going spelunking with Neil Marshall's classic tale of a caving expedition gone wrong. Who are the crawlers? What's that pool of blood for? Is this one of the few films where the fan theories are actually plausible and cool? Find out all this and more as we gear up for our all horror October. Please rate and review the show and tell a friend about it. Follow us...

We're officially back from our hiatus and what better way to return than to discuss the 1980s teen comedy classic --JUST ONE OF THE GUYS! Ed was in Australia for this one fulfilling his dream of reenacting Crocodile Dundee. You should see his knife.  On this episode, Ed shares some stories from 'down under' and we also discuss having crushes on ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, Warren Beatty's sex life and...

After watching the GROWING PAINS episode titled "Second Chance" we have to ask ourselves if Matthew Perry would've gotten a second chance on the show had the writers known that he would go on to become a huge star.  This episode was a rollercoaster ride of emotions and what better way to approach it than to make jokes about Tracey Gold's thick Long Island accent and Po's childhood imaginary friend...

On our epic 40th episode we revisit the Ron Howard/George Lucas classic -- WILLOW! We talk about what it was like to be kids when this came out, the horrible toys (but great NES game) it produced, the origins of how it all came together, why the Brownies are so annoying and how many people in the cast are wearing wigs. We also explore pressing issues like what exactly is the life cycle of trolls?...

It's time to tackle "Cherie Lifesaver", the most famous episode of Punky Brewster-- the one where Cherie gets locked in the fridge! Join us as we discuss the realities of dying inside a refrigerator, why Punky's dog had such an odd name and how the Punky theme song stacks up compared to the rest of the 80s classics. This is probably the best sitcom episode yet so please brace yourselves. Oh and ra...

We shouldn't have buried him because Freddy Mania is not dead. This episode we're sharpening our finger knives, popping on the Ray Bans and hitting the beach to discuss A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER.  Is this movie the best of the series?  With a writer's strike and absent script, Renny Harlin manages to deliver a charismatic, lovable Freddy Krueger with a No Pain No Gain attitude....

Welcome back to the second episode of 30 Minutes or Less where we are facing an absolute classic of our childhood, unfortunately at the beginning of its final season. Does Evie and her motley assortment of friends and family have any time-stopping miracles for us in store or are they all out of tricks? Find out as Rusty, Ed and Po watch the season 4 premiere "New Kid on the Block" guest-starring M...

Now you're playing with power. T-U-R-T-L-E POWER! We're joined this week by BEYOND THE GATES director Jackson Stewart to talk one of the best comic book movies ever made: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (1990). I'm not sure that we've ever been as united in our praise for a film as we are with this one, although I'm not sure what that says about us. Along the way we talk about a wide range of turtle...

Welcome to the first episode of our oft-mentioned sitcom show! Every other week we'll be joined by Po to dissect the television shows of our youth and burn our nostalgia to the ground. We're starting off with an infamous heavy hitter, the Small Wonder episode "Woodward and Bernstein". I think this one is a little more famous than some of our episodes to come because of its shockingly dark plotline...

The show is now officially called VIEWMASTERS (formerly known as Archers of Horror) and with our first episode we're going big by venturing into the netherworld and discussing the 1991 horror comedy film HIGHWAY TO HELL. Hell Cop's "hand" cuffs won't be able to restrain us as we attempt to get Kristy Swanson to fav our tweet, try to figure out how exactly to pronounce "DAGOBAH" and if Torrential S...

ALERT: Starting with the next episode this podcast will start appearing in your feed as VIEWMASTERS! If you are already subscribed then you don't need to do anything except remember we've moved. With that out of the way, it's time to discuss LADY SNOWBLOOD, Toshiya Fujita's stylish adaptation of Kazuo Koike's classic manga with an unforgettable central performance by Meiko Kaji. Blood Rage Theme c...

It was the Summer of 1987, Alf was coming into prominence, Michael Jackson showed us who's "Bad" and PREDATOR was all the rage.  It was every kids dream to be Arnold Schwarzenegger or at least do a spot-on impression.  This episode promises to deliver on one of those.  We also tackle all the important questions: Did the Predator have advanced language? Does the Predator have a bidet attachment on...

People always ask us: which episode of Archers of Horror should I listen to first? Well, here is our new answer, because this episode truly has it all: irrelevant stories, catholic guilt, childhood humiliations and oh yeah we also discuss the best horror film ever made, ROSEMARY'S BABY. And hey it's us talking here so of course we are going to say this, but this is truly a classic episode. Much cl...