Buzzed on Movies

So many horror movies coming out, it must be Spooky Season! On this episode we delve into a wide variety of recent horror releases, including what is probably one of the most batshit insane films we’ve ever seen, Malignant. We’re also probably going to be haunted by the ending to The Night House forever, but that’s fine. We hope you’re having a spooky week, and enjoy our seasonal discussion!   For...

Welcome to Buzzed on Movies: After Dark!   Tonight we discuss various happenings in the film industry, including delayed release dates and the arrival of adult film on Letterboxd.  We also discuss recent films Jungle Cruise and The Suicide Squad, the conspiracy of the SEA extended universe, and the changing tone of the DCEU. Let’s go cruising!     Follow us on Twitter! ( @buzzedonmovies ) We are r...

Time keeps on slippin’, and I’m getting older too. It’s been awhile in the making, but we’re finally ready to release our thoughts on the latest M Night Shyamalan film, Old. This is a rare film where we had some major disagreements, but we ultimately had a lot to say about this unique film. So grab a mysteriously customized cocktail, head down to the beach, and get two hours older as you listen to...

This week is another big grab bag of what we’ve seen in theaters recently. With theaters open again, there are many options for your viewing pleasure: Cruella, In the Heights, A Quiet Place 2, and The Forever Purge among them. We also recap a recent event we held involving everyone’s favorite 2012 adaptation of a jukebox musical, so come on in and get ready to rock!   Follow us on Twitter! ( @buzz...

A huge mea culpa on the delay on this episode. Jigsaw had nothing to do with it this time, but equipment failures and moral failures did. At long last, the film we (and hopefully many of you) have been waiting for - Spiral: From the Book of Saw! There’s puppets, shards of glass, and maybe even one of the key drops we love so much. This film is a blessing for us Saw diehards who have been waiting s...

We’re once again way behind the times, but here is our long awaited Oscars Wrap-Up! We review the remaining movies we haven’t covered (and yes, we saw them ALL!), and discuss a very unusual year for the Oscars ceremony. And of course we get off track and end up discussing Blumhouse Fantasy Island (2020) for awhile. It’s truly broken us. Spiral: From the Book of Saw episode coming soon!   Genius Lo...

It’s our last episode before the Oscars ceremony, and we still have so far to go! At least one of us will basically be living Oscars movies for the last week. In this episode we discuss Trial of the Chicago 7, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, One Night in Miami, Sound of Metal, Over the Moon, Greyhound, and all of the documentary features. We’ll wrap up the rest of the nominees after the ceremony, but be...

We sure had a lot on our plates this week! We continue to plow through the Oscars movies, as we touch on several of this year’s contenders. This includes Hillbilly Elegy, Nomadland, Mank, Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon, Eurovision Song Contest, and Onward. We also discuss the Saw franchise (of course), the possibility of podcasting out of the back of a hearse, and our ever expanding alcohol collecti...

Despite the advice of our doctors, we’re doing it again: it’s time to kick off the Oscars Death Race. We will be attempting to watch all nominees in all categories, and giving you our thoughts on what we watch as we go along. This week we’re talking about Wolfwalkers and Promising Young Woman, as well as anticipating which films we think may give us some trouble. And just for good measure, we also...

This week we’re rewinding all the way back to the year 2012, to the heyday of the mumblecore movement, to discuss anthology/found footage horror film V/H/S. If there’s anything we love more than found footage horror, it’s found footage horror that’s also an exploration of one of our favorite physical media formats. It’s a gritty, grainy, gory good time!   Follow us on Twitter! ( @buzzedonmovies )...

So last week got us so pumped up for late 2000s 3D cinema and the works of Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer that we just had to follow up with 2011’s Drive Angry.  Of course this film boasts the incomparable talents of Nicolas Cage, but there’s a lot else to like: a no-nonsense demon, violent 3D dismemberments, huge explosions, a combination gunfight/sex scene, and pod favorite Tom Atkins. And Todd...

We’re back on the horror beat this week, this time reviewing both the original 1981 My Bloody Valentine and the 2009 3D remake. There’s much discussion of the merits of the RealD era of 3D film and 2000s horror remakes, as well as more unexpected subjects like the Miner 49er from Scooby Doo. We also ultimately decide that there’s no place we’d rather be than hanging out in the small mining town fr...

We’re truly in our element this week, reviewing Danish film and likely foreign language Oscar contender Another Round (aka Druk). Watch us as we follow these high school teachers attempting to maintain a slight level of inebriation while we attempt to maintain our own BACs. We also opine briefly on recent news regarding the Snyder Cut of the Justice League movie, because why not? I think we need a...

It wouldn’t be the holiday season without some insane Christmas romcoms, and this week we have quite the pair. Vanessa Hudgens is rapidly growing her own cinematic universe of this kind of holiday fare over at Netflix, so we decided to choose The Knight Before Christmas and The Princess Switch to get us in the holiday spirit. And by holiday spirit we certainly don’t mean that creepy old man who ha...

We’re so sorry, Uncle Robert…   This week’s film is really something. We’re joined this week by Dan and Brian from The Goods ( www.thegoodsfilmpodcast.com ), and we discuss a very unique piece of Amazon Prime low budget horror fare: Robert (2015). This may actually be the worst film we’ve ever reviewed on the podcast, but we manage to have a lot of fun with it. And wouldn’t you know it, there’s al...

You know we had to do it to em. If last week’s episode was king size, this one is bite size. A quick bite, that is. That’s right, we’re talking about Quibi this week: all of our favorite shows as well as some non-favorites, as well as our thoughts on the shortcomings of the format. We also talk about our quest to watch as many horror movies as we can during October, and about the extended Night of...

We are back for another king size Halloween movie episode. This week we’re talking two very different kinds of horror: Sam Raimi’s bloody and gooey Drag Me to Hell and the almost too real cult found footage film The Poughkeepsie Tapes. Join us as we wax nostalgic about the internet and horror in the mid 2000s, fall further down the Saw and Dr. Pepper rabbit hole, and get ready for another spooky H...

We thought we were done with Saw but it turns out Saw wasn’t done with us. On this very special 50th episode, we attempt what was hitherto thought impossible: watching all eight Saw movies in one massive marathon. You’re along for the ride as we give our reactions to each movie, as well as recap our ever declining mental state as we struggle to make it through. There will be crying, there will be...

We’re back with a vengeance! This week we delve further into Rock of Ages (2012), and what makes it such a magical object of obsession. We also encounter a demon who lives in your phone with Countdown, and a reluctant half-vampire who is also the world’s most boring teenager in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant. For once, we’re not the only freaks around. Come get freaky with us!   Follow u...

We finish off our deep dive into Neveldine/Taylor territory this week with a discussion of the pair’s final film, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. There’s lots of fire, decay, demons, and Nicolas Cage insanity here, as well as the classic Neveldine/Taylor visual style. Throttle up, grab a glass of jelly beans, and join us for a wild ride!   Follow us on Twitter! ( @buzzedonmovies ) We are running...

This week we delve further into the Neveldine/Taylor filmography with 2009’s Gamer. This is a strange film with exceptional amounts of sex and violence that nonetheless has a lot to say about society, and seems to have aged surprisingly well. We also cover Matt’s gradual descent into insanity as the film Rock of Ages (2012) consumes his very soul. Don’t get played, check out this week’s Buzzed on...

We’re back, and this week we’re talking about something new that isn’t horror! This week kicks off our new series on the highly idiosyncratic directing duo Neveldine/Taylor, beginning with their best known films: Crank (2006) and Crank 2: High Voltage (2009). Get ready for high octane action, ridiculous stunts, ludicrous characters, and some of the strangest action scenes ever set to film. In othe...

And so it comes down to this: our final Halloween episode. This week we’re covering Rob Zombie’s contributions to the franchise, Halloween (2007) and Halloween 2 (2009). Both follow the basic story of the franchise while adding a whole lot of that trademark Rob Zombie flair. Get ready for crazy characters, filthy dialogue, and a whole lot of redneck rock-n-roll carnival weirdness!   Follow us on T...

We’re still on Halloween this week, this time discussing Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and Halloween: Resurrection. These are two very different movies, the former marking a return to the tone and characters that made the original so effective, while the latter is just pure zaniness. We have a lot of fun with both in their own way, and we hope you will too!   Follow us on Twitter! ( @buzzedonmovie...

This week we join you from the Buzzed on Movies Quarantiki Shack, our tropical retreat from the world where we do nothing but drink tiki drinks, sit on the beach, and watch and discuss mid-franchise horror movies! Our current topic is Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, the sixth installment in the Halloween series. There’s a lot of weirdness in this film, and there’s a lot of weirdness out the...