CinaCult Podcast

Steven Seagal, like Chuck Norris, Jean Claude-Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, never quite managed to hit the level of stardom that Stallone or Schwarzenegger did in the 80's pantheon of action. After some successful B level hits of the time like Out for Justice and Above the Law , Seagal got his big hit in 1992's Under Siege !  Seagal is Casey Ryback, a Navy SEAL turned cook aboard the battlesh...

Happy Halloween CinaCultists! The hosts of CinaCult want to wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween and we ourselves have a treat for you this spooky season with a review of the 1991 family-spooky comedy: Ernest Scared Stupid! Jim Varney was an incredible man who brought laughter and smiles to kids and adults alike with his bumbling, lovable goofball Ernest P. Worrell. After a string of films in th...

In 1978, Michael Myers slashed the way for countless icons of horror. Jason would soon follow and in 1984, Freddy Kruger snuck onto the scene by infecting the nightmares of teens in Springwood, Ohio in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street . After a successful first hit and a critical failure of a second, Freddy returned in 1987 in what is arguably the best film of the Elm Street franchise: Dream...

Texarkana, Arkansas/Texas, 1946. Men are returning from the conclusion of World War II and going to school. The economy booms and fears of the Soviets are only beginning to grow. But in a period of four months from February to May, the town of Texarkana would experience a horror not yet common to American society. The masked "Phantom Killer" would strike, attacking 8 people and leaving 5 dead befo...

Before Chuck Norris became a household name with Walker Texas Ranger , he made a living working with Cannon Films making cult level B classics such as Delta Force, Firewalker, Invasion U.S.A. and the Rambo-esque Missing in Action trilogy. But in 1994, he took us on a trip to Hell with a dirct-to-video film: Hellbound ! When Chicago detectives Shatter and Jackson (Calvin Levels) investigate the mur...

We're back CinaCultists after a month hiatus and revving up the chainsaw once more! The buzz is back as Cordell and Lucas review this cult classic. After a 12 year absence, audiences were finally thrusted back into the world of Leatherface with 1986's Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Tobe Hooper was back but this time took the series in a new direction: horror-comedy. Starring horror icon, Bill Mosley a...

What's your favorite scary movie? It's been along time coming but in 2022, Ghostface returned in Scream (not to be confused with Scream ) the 5th sequel in the highly successful Scream franchise. When her sister Tori is attacked by a person donning the Father Death mask, Sam Carpenter returns to Woodsboro where she teams up with a new group of teens including her bf Richie, Randy Meeks' niece and...

The buzz is back….again! But should it be? Coming hot off the success of Halloween Kills and Scream is Texas Chainsaw Massacre !  When a group of Gen Z kids arrive to gentrify the backwater Texas ghost town of Harlow, they unwittingly incur the wrath of the legendary Leatherface and his chainsaw! Can this film blend the social topics of school shootings and Confederate flags with horror? Does...

Action. Science Fantasy. Horror. These were the elements in the mind of director James Cameron that brought us the most arguably iconic action movie of all time: THE TERMINATOR ! Arnold Schwarzenegger is the titular villain: an advanced cybernetic killing machine known as the T-800 sent back in time to 1984 L.A. to kill Sarah Conner (Linda Hamilton) who's son will lead humanity to victory the futu...

From the heart comes a warning of bloody good cheer, filled with spoilers and legends is this podcast you'll hear! Welcome back Cinacultists! Today we are breaking down Canada's 1981 slasher My Bloody Valentine ! 20 years ago, a tragic mining accident left hardworking Harry Warden insane and driven by revenge. After murdering two supervisors and warning the town to never hold another Valentine's D...

1984 saw audiences introduced to Freddy Kruger in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street . However, the dream demon almost found himself overshadowed by Billy Chapman, a young man scarred by the slaying of his parents by Santa Claus and tormented by an authoritarian nun in Silent Night Deadly Night ! Donning a Santa suit one night while at work, Billy suddenly snaps and goes on a night of yuletide...

Following the disappointing fan reception of A New Beginning , Paramount decided to bring back the hockey masked Jason Voorhees in 1986's Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI. Directed by Tom McLoughlin, this entry tried to shock (literally) new life into the Jason mythos with campy self referential humor, a gothic aesthetic, music by shock rocker Alice Cooper and an undead Jason.  This time...

Hello CinaCultists! We are back to pay tribute to the Dark Lord himself. On November 29th, 2020, the world lost Star Wars icon David Prowse who portrayed the physical embodiment of Darth Vader from 1977's STAR WARS to 1983's RETURN OF THE JEDI . Combined with the voice of James Earl Jones, Prowse brought to life one of cinema's greatest villains....and he never lost his love for that role nor the...

Is it cold in here or is it just me? This week on CinaCult we discuss Sylvester Stallone's dystopian action film Demolition Man (1993)! After being wrongly convicted, LAPD cop John Spartan is cryogenically frozen in prison. 36 years later, he is thawed out by Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock) and the pacified LAPD to hunt down career psychopath Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) with whom Spartan has shar...

Welcome to the debut of CinaCult! Today we take a look at Halloween (2018) the semi soft reboot/sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic Halloween produced by Blumhouse Productions of Insidious fame! Joining me are Tyler and Rob aka Darth Ballsac from the horror podcast All My Heroes Wear Masks. Was this movie worth the hype or just another confusing sequel? Find out in today's episode! &nbs...