Dan and Adam Are Afraid

YOU WISHED FOR THIS... This week, the trivia night champions enter the mind of Curry Barker and talk 2025's haunting love-story-from-hell Obsession . A conversation only the branch of a willow tree could conjure... 0:00 Pre-Discussion - Closing Doors on Cats - Jazz Club - Soccer Hooligans 7:06 Behind-the-Scenes Discussion 01:19:35 Film Discussion 01:57:39 Next Week's Episode - Eega (2012) 01:58:18...

A bolt of lightning in every bottle... With Adam missing, Dan, Brizzle, and Joey tackle the reality-bending labyrinth of Matt Johnson's 2025 time-traveling extravaganza Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. If you've got a best friend, you won't even notice getting older. 0:00 Pre-Discussion - Adam is out - Gregg Araki's New Trailer for I Want Your Sex 10:16 Behind-the-Scenes Discussion 01:09:12 F...

Dan, Adam, and new friend Brizzle roll into East L.A... This week, the trio seeks out the sun-scorched saga of Taylor Hackford's 1993 Mexican-American crime epic Blood In, Blood Ou t. Vatos Locos forever, homes ! 0:00 Pre-Discussion - Our new friend Brizzle - Adam saw Obsession - Did a ghost direct Backrooms? 13:12 June 2026 Trailer Reel - Disclosure Day (Final Trailer) - Ice Cream Man (Official R...

Damn these crossroads ! As great trumpets speak, our poor heroes realize too late that these are funeral horns ! This week, Dan and Adam are feeling sad about going home. To celebrate their 100th episode, the Orphans of the Forest revisit the distorted, guilt-warped cosmos of Ari Aster's 2023 surrealist tragicomedy Beau Is Afraid. Mice in a maze, hallucinating from paranoia to condemnation. Dan an...

Jal, Jangal, Zameen // Water, Forest, Land... This week, Dan and Adam plunge into the roaring, fire-and-water fury of S. S. Rajamouli's 2022 revolutionary myth  RRR . A story of friendship, bare-chested men, and a spark that can ignite a nation. The film discussion begins at 10:37 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on v...

Dan and Adam dance the Washing Machine... This week, your Tejano troubadours step into the glitter-drenched rise of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez and talk through the stadium-shaking joy of Gregory Nava's 1997 devotional biopic Selena (1997) . A story of music, myth, and a legacy that echoes long after the final note. The film discussion begins at 36:58 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv...

The War Boys strike gold... This week, Dan and Adam are joined by their Special Ops brother Tyler to rappel into the sun-bleached chaos of David O. Russell's 1999 Gulf War black comedy heist film Three Kings. A motion picture deemed too dangerous for the U.S. Government to bankroll. The film discussion begins at 12:14 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Show love to Tyler &...

Dan and Adam DREAM BIG. This week, your walrus wranglers spin into Josh Safdie's 2025 mid-century sports drama film Marty Supreme, ricocheting through the smoke‑choked rec halls and blistering schemes of ping‑pong prodigy Marty Mauser. The film discussion begins at 12:49 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various oth...

The War Boys ride again. Dan and Adam are joined by their brother Tyler to spend a little time remembering Sammy Jankis. This week, the troops retrace the temporal bleeds of Christopher Nolan's 2000 anterograde amnesia-noir thriller film Memento . Has the future vanished? Can there be any meaning without memory? Is this a movie about the horrors of fake friends? The film discussion begins at 7:38...

Dan and Adam rev up their chainsaws and step into the tiger pit... This week, the Miami Boys push it to the limit and reckon with Brian De Palma's 1983 maximalist coke hurricane Scarface. First you get the PODCAST, then you get the POWER. Then you get T H E  W O R L D. The film discussion begins at 30:36 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are A...

The many faces of death... In the Inaugural episode of THE HAUNTED FRAME, Dan is joined by guests Joey (from Kentucky) and Various Spaghetti to bear witness to "Conan Le Cilaire's" infamous 1978 shock-relic Faces of Death... Do you want to see a dead body? Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Follow Joey : https://letterboxd.com/joeyfromky Check out  Various Spaghetti (Blake) :...

Dan and Adam resurrect, just in time for the Easter weekend... This week, the holy boys turn their gaze toward the Myth, the Man, the Legend. Together, they sift through two thousand years of stories and debate Mel Gibson's 2004 devotional ritual film  The Passion of the Christ . The highest-grossing independent film of all time . The film discussion begins at 7:58 Join the Discord channel: https:...

The War Boys ride again ! Tyler links up with Dan and Adam to prowl the neon-soaked labyrinth of SoHo... This week, the Yuppie gang tears through Martin Scorsese's 1985 cosmic pinball machine  After Hours . The film discussion begins at 6:00 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Show love to Tyler & The Death Cats (and their new EP The Telltale Skull) : https://boxd.it/j2FwX...

In Heaven everything is fine ! Dan and Adam punch out of their shifts at the nightmare factory and gaze long into the mouth of the radiator... This week, the body horror boys hum, haw, and hallucinate through David Lynch's 1977 debut  Eraserhead . The film discussion begins at 12:37 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on...

Dan and Adam are joined by returning champion Various Spaghetti (Blake) to bask in the warm glow of television static... This week, your hosts attempt to decode Hal Ashby's 1979 political hallucination film  Being There . L i f e  i s  a  s t a t e  o f  m i n d The film discussion begins at 11:17 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Follow Various Spaghetti (Blake) : https://bo...

Dan and Adam tune into the latest broadcast reboot... This week, the freeloaders try to survive Edgar Wright's 2025 slicker, colder update of The Running Man . We're still here, you sh\*t-eaters ! The film discussion begins at 24:10 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various other platforms: https://www.youtube.com/@...

Dan and Adam brace themselves for the endless march forward... This week, the dystopian duo circle around and dig into Francis Lawrence's 2025 survival thriller film The Long Walk . A national bloodsport built for televised cruelty. The film discussion begins at 27:39 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various other...

This week, Dan and Adam assemble a delectable sweetheart gallery- Joey (from Kentucky), "The Big Boss" MJ, brother-in-arms Tyler of the War Boys, and returning champion Various Spaghetti (Blake). Together, they finally confront the sun-bleached nightmare of Larry's Clark's 2001 crime drama film Bully . A Valentine's Day reckoning of strip-mall nihilism, revenge fantasies, and the terrible things k...

Reflecting on Adam's sudden absence this week, Dan and Joey circle the smoldering edges of obsession. The lost boys pick apart Lee Chang-dong's 2018 slow cinema thriller film Burning , attempting to satiate their BIG HUNGER. The film discussion begins at 15:40 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Follow Joey : https://letterboxd.com/joeyfromky Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Ar...

Dan and Adam: The Return. This week, Dan and Adam are joined by Lily-expert Joey (from Kentucky!) to reheat and re-examine the adolescent cruelty and BBS fields of Shunji Iwai's 2001 experimental coming-of-age film All About Lily Chou-Chou.  We'll see you again in 2 years ! The film discussion begins at 2:29 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Follow Joey : https://letterboxd.c...

Dan and Adam lurk through the icy interiors of corporate boardrooms and stumble into the chrome-slick digital underworld of desire... This week, the browser-tab tourists watch but don't understand Olivier Assayas's 2002 French neo-noir thriller film Demonlover . The film discussion begins at 17:31 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid o...

Dan and Adam descend into Hell... This week, your hosts rejoice in and recoil at Gaspar Noé's 1998 psychological horror debut feature  I Stand Alone . ATTENTION ! You have 30 seconds to stop the playback of this podcast ! The film discussion begins at 23:02 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various other platforms:...

Dan and Adam slip into a pearly white limousine and vanish into Dream Logic... This week, the duo are joined by The Honorable Mr. Jason & Shawna to help tumble through and dissect Leos Carax's 2012 identity-skewering fantasy movie  Holy Motors . Plotcels beware. The crew has an appointment to keep ! The film discussion begins at 11:32 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Fol...

Dan and Adam crawl onto the manicured lawn of psychosexual warfare... This week, the duo are subjected to the mind games of Yorgos Lanthimos's 2009 absurdist familial drama Dogtooth . A film famously touted by David Lynch as "a fantastic comedy..." Blindfolds on. The film discussion begins at 29:48 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid...

ADVISORY: This podcast was recorded about six years ago, back in January 2020, when Dan and Adam were younger, dumber, and significantly less concerned about offending good people. The show's tone was looser, the jokes were riskier, and Adam had a soundboard button he used way too often. This is a relic of their shock jock past. Consider it a time capsule, not a mission statement. Originally recor...