Fun Box Monster Podcast

We thought we deserved a little treat, so this week we talk about one of our all time faves, Child's Play. 

The second best revenge story involving a Wraith. 

Of all the adaptations of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, this one was the most confusing. 

If you need a film to teach someone a lesson about the dangers of arming chimps with straight razors, this one will do it. 

You're never gonna guess what happens in this one. 

Nightmare Weekend is one of the most inscrutable movies I’ve ever seen. The only part I really get is where a hand puppet from a church basement religious show is killing people with little grey balls. Everything after that got really weird. 

Boy, he sure does run. 

One thing I can say about this movie with absolute certainty is that it was shot in Buffalo. As a bonus, the creature clearly cast a shadow when exposed to a light source. Truth in advertising indeed. 

You think your cat has killer hairballs? Ha! I mean seriously folks. I've heard of a hat-on-a-hat, but a cat-in-a-cat? You guys are great. Anyway, what else is in the news... Um, have you heard about this? This cat has poison spit, and can contaminate your entire food supply. What is this Chipotle? Thank you, you guys have been great that's my time. Remember to spay and neuter your pets. 

Not all landlords are vicious child stealing cannibals. However...

Thrill me. 

We finally messed around and upset the head. Now we are dead. 

First off, if nobody won a graphic design award for this logo, there is no justice. Next, jinkies. This movie is a whole lotta wacky. 

Somehow this science fiction version of the Omen, featuring Tolkienesque levels of backstory about a girl being chased by space gods/police, infiltrating the world government and the perils of basketball team ownership was a little too confusing for the unhip audiences of 1979, but luckily we've evolved since then. 

On this week's episode, we talk about the Irish Anti-Defamation league's favorite film, Leprechaun. 

In a twist that I can't imagine anyone expecting, the Maniac Cop series veers into a Voodoo Bride of Frankenstein story where a Houngun priest stabs severed heads, makes human turduckens, and worships anti-justice by bringing back Maniac Cop for the purposes of... getting justice?  Your guess is as good as mine. 

Our series of Cops & Crooks continues with Beyond Reanimator. It takes place in a prison so it counts. 

Maniac Cop 2 is basically a buddy cop movie with two serial killers. It's kinda weird. 

Yeah...but like...what if Nightmare on Elm Street was...like, bad? 

He's a Maniac on the dance floor. Is he dancing like he never danced before? Tune in to find out! 

This movie is why I will never have kids. 

To celebrate the re-release of Tristan's superhero horror comic Rad Wraith  (Rad Wraith Double Feature #1 out in better comic stores everywhere) we're talking about the best superhero horror movie of all time, Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors. 

Canada owes me an apology. If you were looking for an even lower budget version of a knockoff Puppetmaster movie... look no further. 

I think the title really says it all. It's a sequel to The Howling, and someone's sister is a werewolf. Also, the movie is a hot mess and really fun. 

Ghosthouse is a goddamn delight. I don't know what else to say. Everyone needs to see it or they won't believe that it is real.