Channel 37's After Midnight

It is once again the most wonderful time of the year, when the veil between this world and the next is at its thinnest, and the Halloween tree in my living room that never came down after last year is once again seasonally appropriate. This year, we're back during our hiatus to bring you 1981's The Monster Club , the last of the old Amicus (more or less) anthologies, in which Vincent Price...

So there's a room full of bad guys, and they never leave the room, and an archaeologist who won an award for being the best at archaeology, but also he's a secret violence wizard, and also he turns ex-convicts' lives around, and also he's very very handsome and his wife totally wants to hug him, and also he can travel from Paris to China to eastern Europe in less time than it takes...

One of Hollywood's most revered traditions is to take Olympic athletes and capture their filmic glory. One such case is 1986's American Anthem , the end result of an effort by the country's top scientists to finally create a version of Purple Rain without Prince in it.

Occasionally, amateur local actors, language barriers, and a near complete lack of budget come together to create a perfect storm of something truly special. That time is now, friends. Our friend Kristina comes on board to bring us the theatrical experience that is Troll 2 . Oh my God!

We take a break from the usual weird shit to bring you a whole new level of weird shit. Agatha and Tim from the CinemaSpection podcast come onthe show and bring with them the 1955 surreal dream noir Expressionist feminist short film Dementia !

If one 007 is good, clearly eight would be eight times better. That's the kind of reasoning that permeates every decision made during the production of Casino Royale in 1967. Internationally renowned whippersnapper Ian Wilson joins the usual crowd to reflect upon a James Bond spoof film made during the height of both the original 007 craze and the appetite for camp humor. Also Orson Welles is...

Spare a thought for the weary vanity project. A film written and directed by its star, about a grizzled ex-cop and hard-nosed PI who dabbles in swordfighting and has a way with the ladies must strain against the very fabric of suspension of disbelief. For your perusal, we bring you 1991's Empire of the Dark , that you may know true wonder.

Nothing to worry about; this is one of those totally normal and not at all mindbreaking Japanese horror films. Kevin Cafferty from The Best Stuff In The World podcast joins us to talk about 1977's House !

The world has long been asking, "How long can a content warning get?" We find the answer to this and more as we delve into the early work of John Waters and his most important contribution to the cinematic underground, 1972's Pink Flamingos !

Today's movie is... *checks notes* a Lifetime Original Movie? Directed by *checks notes again * David DeCoteau? How can we possibly lose? Find out with us, as we watch and try to analyze 2019's The Wrong Mommy !

A cosmetics industry titan injects herself with a formula that will give her all the powers of bees, which are not wasps. Can she save her crumbling empire before Bill, who we hate, mansplains the entire situation to her? Find out when we do as we wade deep into the murky waters of 1959's The Wasp Woman !

In this, the first, and somehow also the eighth, episode of the new After Midnight show, we sat down to discuss the heartwarming true story of a man who loved filmmaking so much, he made hundreds of batshit insane camcorder features and fan-funded custom stories mostly about terrible things happening to young women. It's... it's nicer than it sounds. Join us for a discussion of Saturn'...

In preparation for the new season of The Midnight Movie Show, our intrepid heroes ask the question that has puzzled humankind from the beginning of time: What if The Maltese Falcon , but worse? Join us as we investigate 1987's Alien Private Eye !(Originally aired July 25, 2025)

Have you ever said to yourself, "You know, I really liked Indiana Jones . I wonder if there's anything out there that's like that, but with no budget, a wildly varying tone, and just... so much racism? Like, a lot of racism." Wonder no longer! We venture into the heart of the Cannon Films archive to bring you 1985's King Solomon's Mines !(Originally aired Sept 2, 2024)

What do you get when you cross three directors, two scripts, a hand puppet, a pirate were-cat, a Founding Father's estate, an exploding Grim Reaper, flatulence golems, and Duke the Horny Ghost? We're not 100% certain either, but we got a little closer when we watched 1986's Spookies .(Originally aired May 10, 2024)

Self-care is important. When life seems like a lot, it's important to slow down, appreciate the beauty of nature, and take refuge in the arts. So slow down, take some you time, and wrap yourself in a warm, soothing embrace of exploding inflatable dolls, razor frisbees, and radioactive poison toilet-snakes. Also boobs. It's 1987's Hard Ticket to Hawaii !(Originally aired Nov 10, 2023)

There's one episode to go before we wrap up Season Two, and we're gonna spend it making fun of a movie the internet as a whole forgot about five years ago. Join a panel of musical theatre experts, and also Dan is there, as we puzzle our way through 2019's Cats . Free the Butthole Cut!(Originally aired Oct 29, 2023)

Sometimes something sounds like it's gonna be an absolute riot before you actually have to do it. Anyway, Here's 2015's Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre . Before you ask, no, there's no women's prison. Or a massacre. (Originally aired June 9, 2023)

Everyone at the Channel 37 Home Office is still on a beach somewhere, but that doesn't mean we aren't still watching goofy shit. The gang comes together to present 1966's Rat Pfink A Boo Boo , winner of the Cannes Etoile de platine award for Outstanding Achievement in Not Being a Typographical Error!(Originally aired Feb 4, 2023)

Movies designed to confuse and annoy, coming this summer!

Movies designed to confuse, coming this summer!