Three Geeky Dads

This week, the Geeky Dads travel down, down, down the road...down the witches' road as we take a look at Marvel's Agatha All Along. In the Disney+ series, the infamous Agatha Harkness finds herself without her powers when a suspicious goth teen begs her to take him on the legendary Witches' Road, a magical gauntlet of trials that, if survived, rewards a witch with what they're missing. Together, A...

This week, we wrap up our Halloween season of comparing original/remake horror films with a look at Salem's Lot, both the original 1979 TV mini-series and the new version that Warner Brothers just dropped, recently on HBO Max. Listen in, and find out what we thought.

Last week, we were not only fortunate enough to be in New York City for Comic Con but we were joined by our podcast brothers-in-arms, Christopher and Tristan Ham of the Get Your Shinebox   podcast! While we were all together, we thought it would be a good idea to record an episode and that's just what we did. So, after a few long days at Comic Con and in between pub-crawls and searching for the pe...

Tonight, we're going to be looking in the mirror and saying "Candyman" 5 times because, this week we're looking at Candyman. The 1992 horror classic starring Tony Todd and also the 2021 remake/reboot/sequel starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen. Listen in and find out what we thought.

Beware of The Blob, it creeps And leaps and glides and slides Across the floor Right through the door And all around the wall A splotch, a blotch Be careful of The Blob! So warns the theme song to the 1958 original film, The Blob, starring Steve McQueen...and the same can be said of the 1988 remake starring Shawnee Smith and Kevin Dillon. Tonight, we're going to be taking a look at both films wher...

Tonight, it's the battle royale no one asked for as we pit Killer Tomatoes against Killer Klowns to see which cult horror comedy comes out on top!

This week, we're taking a look at Longlegs. FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer who calls himself "Longlegs" (played by Nicholas Cage). As the case takes many complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and now she must race against time to stop him before he clai...

HAMMER has a brand new film out and as it just so happens, we love us some HAMMER so we decided to check out 2024's Doctor Jekyll, starring Eddie Izzard as the titular tortured doctor with a dark secret. Tune in and find out what we all thought of it.

It's September and Halloween is one month away so, it's the perfect time to start looking back at some of our favorite HAMMER films. This week, we're taking a look at Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. This 1968 Hammer Dracula sequel again stars Christopher Lee as Dracula, Rupert Davies as the Monsignor, Veronica Carlson as his niece, Maria. In the film, Davies' Monsignor performs an exorcism on Dr...

So last week, we had the pleasure of being invited back, by friend of the show Josh Dahlin, to record at his 2nd annual Dark Arts Festival. We had a blast there, talking to, and interviewing Nick and Matt, the creative team behind the independent horror film, Curse of the Were-beard. We also talked again with our friend Harley Bean of Rhode Island's RKO Army and we had the pleasure to chat with Br...

This week, we bring you our look at the hit MCU movie, Deadpool & Wolverine! Yes, you read that correctly, Deadpool and Wolverine are now part of the Disney/MCU family. And while you may think that this movie takes a big old dump all over their former FOX masters, you're mistaken...it's actually a love-letter to the FOX films of the past while making us look forward to an MCU filled with marvelous...

Hey dear listeners, we're back from our summer break and we had a lot to talk about. We get caught up on what we've been doing while away from the mics this past month, where we've been and what we've watched. Most importantly, we're also joined by our good friend, Josh Dahlin who brought to us the latest independent horror film he had a hand in making...Graveyard Shark. Josh was also here with us...

This week (by request) we will be taking a look at Uncle Buck, the John Hughes directed comedy from 1989 is about a laid back, unemployed bachelor named Buck who is forced to babysit his brother's 3 kids after a family emergency pulls their parents out of town. He wasn't their first choice to watch over the kids but, with a little bit of luck and a lot of tough love, he manages to win over everyon...

Listen up, Bub! This week, we're taking a look at the new Disney+ animated series, X-Men '97. It is a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997), continuing the story of Marvel's mutant X-Men who face new challenges following the loss of their leader, Professor X. What did we all think? You won't need Cerebro to read out minds...just tune in and find out! 

This week we take a look at the hit film, Godzilla Minus One. The movie is set in the waning days of WWII and tells the story of Shikishima, a surviving Kamikaze pilot, who was attacked on Odo Island, along with a company of fighter plane mechanics, by a gargantuan monster. After the mechanics die because of Shikishima failing to shoot the monster, an overwhelming amount of guilt weighs on him, es...

This week we have a new episode where we take a look at the new hit horror film, Late Night With The Devil! The movie is shot documentary style and tells the story of Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) who hosts a syndicated talk show 'Night Owls' that has been perpetually trailing Johnny Carson's 'Tonight Show' in the ratings. A year after the tragic death of Jack's wife, ratings have plummeted. So...

This week, we return to the wastelands with a look at the new film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga! Again, written and directed by visual genius, George Miller, it tells the back story of young Furiosa and how she was snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and fell into the hands of the Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they came across the Citadel presided ov...

This week, we conclude our series of 4's (where we take a look at the, usually bad, 4th entry in a film franchise!) However, this week we bring you another good one! This week, we brave the post-apocalyptic wastelands as we venture through 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road! This film, directed by the genius, George Miller, tells the tale of Imperitor Furiosa as she rebels against the tyrannical Imortan Jo...

This week we have a new episode, the latest in our annual series where we take a look at the (usually bad) 4th entry in a film franchise! This week, however, is different, for this time we're looking at John Wick: Chapter 4!

Hey now, we have a new episode coming your way, this week we are going to take a look at Expendables 4...it's the latest movie in the franchise that features half of the original cast, half the action and (apparently) half the effects budget as well. It also asks the question, "Why the hell didn't they stop after the 3rd one?"

We have a special Escape Pod episode for you all...it also happens to be our 250th episode!!! Quinn, geek-dad Brien's daughter, really wanted to get behind the mic and talk all about her new, favorite movie, Lisa Frankenstein! It's the story of a misunderstood teenager (Kathryn Newton) and a reanimated corpse (Cole Sprouse) as they embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness and a few mi...

This week, we're kicking off our annual "series of 4s" where, in honor of May the 4th, we take a look at the (usually bad) 4th entry in a film franchise. This week, we're looking at yet another of SONY's abysmal attempts to hang on to their Spider-Man rights by giving us, yet another Spider-Man villain film that does not feature Spider-Man (after Venoms 1 & 2, and Morbius)! It's boring, it makes n...

Ok...this week, we wrap up the month of April (and our April fools series of episodes) with a look at a film that features Captain America and Spider-man on opposing sides...if you're thinking of Marvel's Civil War, you're mistaken because, this week, we have a real treat! Friend of the show, Josh Gravel, brings to us a film we've only heard rumors about, a film that exists only to be remembered i...

It's another week in April so that means that we may or may not be looking at Romancing the Stone. What we can tell you is that it's a movie about a couple of people trying to track down an ancient treasure. What did we really watch? Listen in and find out!!!

OK...April Fool's month continues as we take a look at Bruce Lee's Enter The Dragon...or do we? By now, you should know the drill. Tune in to find out what movie we're REALLY talking about!