The Everything Sequel Podcast

We've made our reservations and packed our bags because it's time to talk about Vacancy 2: The First Cut. We're not exactly of like mines about this first film in the second half of the 2009 sequels. You'll hear what we think of the fake out first twenty minutes of this movie, several different diatribes about the film's characters failing to do the most basic things to ensure their villainous pla...

We're self-abusing professionals and decided to finish what we started two years ago by ranking and declaring for the second half of the 2009 single sequels. You'll hear why one of us got the top of our list correct while the other went rogue for reasons of his own, how different the middle of our lists are and by that we mean completely different, and how one of these movies ensured that the bott...

Nobody can possibly imagine this series going on after we saw Hannibal rise but that's exactly what we're doing because it's time to pitch sequels to the Hannibal series! You'll hear which of us is going the Godfather II route, which of us went the bring back the cast no matter how old they are route, and whether or not we like and our can remember each other's titles. Enjoy! Thanks to our monthly...

We've donned our culturally inappropriate samurai gear to do battle with the 2007 sequel, Hannibal Rising. You'll hear how quickly we think this movie goes off the rails as it starts to build sympathy for the serial killing character we know as Hannibal Lecter, so many tangents about a myriad of things that have nothing to do with this sequel, and a disagreement about what we should be talking abo...

We've contacted the smell police because we're on the case of trying to figure out the 2001 sequel, Hannibal. You'll hear the unkind things we have to say about the pigeon forward opening credits, how much we labor to get through most of this movie because the movie itself labors so much and for so long, and how much we enjoy the end of this movie because it finally gets good the second we expose...

It's time for some quid pro quo, we tell you things about The Silence of the Lambs, you tell us things about what we think of The Silence of the Lambs. Most people don't realize this film is actually a sequel but we do this professionally so you'll hear what we think this 1991 sequel has to say about gender, a back and forth about the performance of Anthony Hopkins and what in that performance is...

We have a job for you, more like an interesting errand and that's to listen to our ranking and declaring episode for the Hannibal Lecter series. Nothing you hear should surprise you including which movie tops our ranking, which movie we both feel belongs nowhere but at the bottom of our lists and we'll chat about the weirdo movie in the middle that we thought we'd hate but somehow has it's pleasan...

Can we borrow $20 bucks to talk about how much we love The Naked Gun from 1988? Nevermind, we're in a giving mood still and decided to throw you one more gift from our Patreon. You'll hear why we like the casting and performance of Priscilla Presley, how the movie is still funny enough to make you enjoy an acting job from O.J. Simpson, no easy feat, and we won't rest until you understand just how...

We've decided to start off the year lazy and therefore are giving you a gift from our Patreon, so surely you'll enjoy our chat about Airplane! You'll hear why we think this is not just an all-time great comedy, but an instruction manual for how to do screen comedy, how much we love that everyone involved plays their roles as serious as they do, and how highly we regard a post credit scene that see...

We drank enough coffee to stay awake just long enough to finish up with our 2025 year and round of legacy sequels with The Naked Gun. You'll hear which actor we think gets the comedy almost completely wrong as well as which actor is getting the comedy so right we wish everyone was on that page, our chat about the villain and whether or not he's failing the movie or the movie is failing him, and we...

We continue catching up with the legacy sequels from 2025 and are donning our hot slickers and hats to chat about I Know What You Did Last Summer. You'll hear what we think of the lead actors and characters and why they work for this film, why we think bringing back legacy actors from the original '97 hit was a good idea including the surprise ending that we both liked and how we believe that even...

We continue catching up with the legacy sequels of 2025 as we slice first and slice hard talking about Karate Kid: Legends. You'll hear the many questions we have about the opening of this film and if Mr. Han is, in fact, the legend Mr. Han we knew from 2010, the positive and negative reactions we had to this movie's time efficiency which oddly helps and hinders the picture and a chat about whethe...

Hollywood isn't finished with four different series that we've previously covered and our professionalism dictates it's time to take catch up and take care of some business. We start with the first movie released this year and possibly the number one of these films in our hearts with Final Destination: Bloodlines, released just this past May. You'll hear a lengthy conversation about this sequel's...

It's time to settle the score and pitch some sequels to the cult classic series, A Nightmare on Elm Street! You'll hear that both of your fearless hosts have come in doing their additional homework but have vastly different interpretations of that homework, which of us tried to connect our pitch to modern day technology and which of our pitches connects a reinterpretation of the first film in the...

It won't be a giant battle to the death for your fearless podcast hosts as we agree quite a bit on what works about the 2003 sequel, Freddy vs. Jason. You'll hear all our thoughts for a second year in a row for this film but only from the Freddy point of view including the inciting incident that starts this movie, almost nothing about the cornfield attack because that mostly involves the other fel...

We're bursting out of our closets to tell you what we think of the 1994 sequel, Wes Craven's New Nightmare. You'll hear all our thoughts on the new look of Freddy and how effective the look is at being scary, what the crew and what we think about Wes Craven's ability to write things that come true and benefit the film and the problems we have with the movie's ending, which keep this from being a t...

We might not be falling head over heels for our next movie but we'll break through any barriers to let you know why as we talk about the 1991 sequel, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. You'll hear what we like about the opening scene, a disagreement about how the looney tunes nature of this film hits each of us as we watch and our thoughts about the ever changing history of Freddy Krueger and whe...

We're wheeling the baby buggy into our closets to prepare for our talk about the 1989 sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child! You'll hear a disagreement about the nature of dreams and how they work, further disagreements about what works and doesn't work for this film including the performances from the lead actors, and lastly, even more disagreements about whether or not the end of...

We don't need a dog to piss fire on us to wake up to the idea that the 1988 sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a good movie, although we may disagree about exactly how good a movie it actually is. You'll hear a disagreement about how and when the cast from the previous film should meet their demise, a discussion if the overall look of the film is more cinematic or made for te...

Fans won't think we need therapy at the local asylum because we don't have lots of problems with the 1987 sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. You'll hear how much we like the rising production level for this film and what they choose to do with it, like giant Freddy worms, what we think of the blend of comedy and terror with maybe the series most famous line and kill and a conversa...

We had a spanking good time talking about exactly how good the first sequel of the series is as we chat about A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. You'll hear Tom repeatedly bring up good points about this film and how quickly Mike brushes them aside nonchalantly in response, questions as to whether or not the s & m bar scene and the coach death scene is real or strictly in a dream a...

It's that time of the year again and only one of the big three slasher series remains so it's time to find out where we rank the Nightmare on Elm Street series. You'll hear which two movies Mike and Tom surprise each other by putting them at the top of their lists, a fundamental disagreement about which movie should be at the bottom of their lists and complete agreement about which movie probably...

Talking about this series felt like an impossible mission to finish but here we are as it's time to pitch sequels to the Mission: Impossible series! You'll hear which of our pitches includes an animal wearing one of the famous masks from the IMF but, the question is, what animal is it? You'll also hear if both, one, or none of our pitches includes the entity AI story line and you'll hear which of...

We're diving deep just like Ethan Hunt as we talk about the 2025 sequel Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. It's a race to see if we can keep this episode under the running time of this movie as we talk about the cold open, which we can't even finish before taking a break, a chat about the underwater submarine sequence which is one of our favorite sequences in the  entire series and the hig...

The series is almost thirty years old and may feel finished but we're not nearly done as we talk about the 2023 sequel, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1. You'll hear whether or not Mike can convince Tom that this movie isn't as bad as Tom thinks it is, whether Tom can convince Mike that it's exactly as bad as he thinks it is and, at the very least, an agreement over the several retcons...