Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast

Thanks to Oscar-level Patreon member Johnzilla, this month is all about dinosaurs! We're kicking things off the only right way, which is to discuss the Roger Corman production CARNOSAUR, which was rushed into production to compete with Jurassic Park, complete with Laura Dern's mom as the villain!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter  and Instagram   Follow Bren...

This episode, thanks to  Patreon supporter Carl Beasley, we're taking a look at the phenomenon of the cliffhanger ending, in which a story ends on a moment of greatest tension and excitement, the better to make sure we're good and excited for the next entry. If there is another entry? Or maybe we're left mourning the unknown.... Rob Top 5:  1. Inception  2. Back to the Future - Part II  3. The Emp...

This week, Carrie, Tim, and Brennan honor the djinn at the center of THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING by sharing their Top 5 Films We Wish More People Would Watch! An added wrinkle? Which films do each host think sound the best from each other's lists?   Brennan Top 5:  Ballad of a Soldier Hasta el viento tiene miedo 100 Bloody Acres I Give It a Year Baaghi 3 Carrie Top 5:  Sliding Doors The Father...

Remake month is drawing to a close, and Tim and Brennan have set upon a film that neither of them have seen before: 1990's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD! After procrastinating on actually discussing the topic at hand, they break down exactly why this movie exists and try to figure out why it doesn't ever quite meet its lofty goals.   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitt...

Well, I'd like to say that Carrie, Tim and Rob are all back this week because the madness of Summer has come to an end, but that wouldn't be true, the madness of Fall is just upon us! Nevertheless, we did find the first week in a month that all of us were either healthy and in cell-phone range and we couldn't be happier about it.  The only thing that could possibly spoil this reunion euphoria is h...

This week, Tim and Brennan are doing another solo episode while Rob and Carrie travel back from vacation! In Worth Mentioning, we cover two very different films about famous musical acts: Elvis (2022) and Can't Stop the Music (1980). Then we dive into a conversation about the medium of television: where it was, where it is now, and why Tim doesn't like most of it.   *******************************...

It's a new month, and as summer winds down we thought we'd embrace the blockbuster tradition of the horror remake! We threw five nominees to our patrons, and y'all voted for us to discuss Chuck Russell's remake of THE BLOB!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter  and Instagram   Follow Brennan on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Suppo...

This week, Tim is joined by Brennan and Mandy, as Rob and Carrie are out of town. Sandwiched between the release of movies like They/Them, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Not Okay, which are all attempting to tell the story of The Youth Today, we're discussing our Top 5 movies about the zeitgeist!   Brennan Top 5:  Borat Josie and the Pussycats Child's Play Gidget Godzilla Mandy Top 5:  The Best Years o...

This week, Tim and Brennan have taken the reigns and are navigating a solo episode! After Worth Mentioning, the pair dive into a wide-ranging (read: easily distracted) conversation about '80s slashers, retro throwbacks, and what other trends are cropping up in the modern horror film!   ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast?  Leave us a review ! Other pl...

This week's episode is coming to you a week late, and for that we apologize. Though, fiesty-ness levels are high due to lack of sleep and new-phone-setup drama, so maybe we're not sorry. From just plain defining "aliens" to just generally attacking each other for our alien preferences, the episode gets a little snappy. But we'll let you decide, are Avatar's really aliens? Is Yoda just a really old...

It's time to put zombie month to bed with a film that is an old classic for Tim and a new enemy of Brennan's: the early Spanish zombie movie TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD!. This is going to be a contentious one, y'all!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter  and Instagram   Follow Brennan on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternat...

Carrie and Rob catch-up on the world of streaming. Rob shares his big concerns about the future of cinema and Carrie squashes them with her certainty that "things always seem to work themselves out." In worth mentioning, we review Demons 2 and Grave of the Fireflies.  We will never forgive our patrons for the misery they've caused us. Tune in! ******************************************************...

Zombie month has officially risen from the grave, and we're starting with a resolutely peculiar entry, the 2008 Canadian indie PONTYPOOL! Tim and Brennan break down whether or not the core conceit makes sense and if that matters, as well as discussing the subjectivity of horror and following up on a bit of tangential Elvira material!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending o...

Between that and the gung-ho feature length military advertisement Top Gun: Maverick continuing its jaw-dropping run at the box office (and secondarily, US Independence Day), it seemed like a perfect time to take a look at the long history of movies designed in part, or in full, to celebrate the love of Queen and Country, give or take the Queen. We'll be bringing you our Top 5 patriotic movies, wi...

With Rob down for the count with COVID, Tim and Brennan nowhere to be found, Carrie turns to the only other cinephiles she knows...Abbi and Alice. Listen to this surprisingly insightful and thoroughly entertaining discussion of Lightyear to see why Tim has it wrong. Also discussed is a little inside information about an upcoming fantasy movie in the works directed by Ben Affleck. *****************...

Horror comedy month, which was requested by Patreon Oscar-level member Jack, is closing out with a bang! Tim and Brennan head to Fallwell, Massachusetts to discuss ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK, the first film to feature the iconic TV horror hostess!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter  and Instagram   Follow Brennan on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Foll...

With Lightyear having come out this weekend, bearing the baffling premise that it's the Star Wars-style movie that inspired the cartoon character that inspired the toy that Andy loves in Toy Story (we think?), Tim, Carrie, and Brennan (subbing in this week for Rob) have decided to discuss their childhood favorites!   Brennan Top 5:  The Little Mermaid X2: X-Men United Airplane! Bartok the Magnific...

Location, location location! It's not just for real estate. Locations play a critical role in the filmmaking process. Rob is back from another whirlwind trip to Ohio with Parker. Find out how each of the critical locations came together in this episode.

Crimes of Alternate Ending Well, it's not until this very moment that I'm realizing we blew right past the Worth Mentioning segment. We might have also skipped the Patreon shout-outs. It's possible that we zig-zagged our way around the Amazon reads, reviews aaaand pretty much any detail that required preparation. Why? Rob was out of the town this week and the every-5-year-disaster of Tim and I rec...

Thanks to Patreon Oscar-level member Jack, we are discussing horror-comedies this month! We're starting with a big one: Mel Brook's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, which Tim loves and Brennan finds completely falls flat. Digressions include a discussion of the love required to make a parody and shocking revelations about Nicole Kidman's AMC Theaters ad bumper.   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alt...

It's summertime at the movies, and you know what that means: time for all the biggest sequels, brand extensions, spin-offs, and nostalgic cash grabs. In other words: movie franchises! And with one of the all-time biggest franchises preparing to come to an end (till next time) with Jurassic World: Dominion on June 10, we thought it would be a great opportunity to take a look at some of our favorite...

The long awaited arrival of award winning filmmaker and director / writer producer of Hauntology , Parker Brennon , to the podcast has come! Parker joins Rob as they learn more about Parker's background in film, schooling and early work. They also discuss the launch of the Hauntology Kickstarter launching Wednesday, June 1st through Thursday, June 30th.

Top Gun: Maverick has us all in the clouds We haven't all been this high on a movie since Rob saw Mad Max Fury Road  at the Music Box ( deep pull joke, but I'm still going with it. IYKYK. ).  Gosh, sometimes it's just fun to agree. Full disclosure, we can't really contain ourselves and we go full-spoiler right out of the gate.  Though, even after all the discussion, I can't really say any of it ru...

Edward Furlong month shambles forward into the mid-90s, where CD-ROM is king and the Trickster might just try to Freddy Krueger his way into your life. Join us as we dive deep into the nonsensical machinations of this film's plot, break down every single way the Trickster fails as an attempt at creating an iconic horror villain, and discover how low a film has to go in order to not be dragged down...

We start where we left off before - on the way to the big investor meeting where the fate of Hauntology would be decided! So, who better to join this episode than a few of our investors, including: Catherine Clark, Chris Trengove and Rachael Scaccia.