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Future Force (1989) Director: David A. Prior Cast: David Carradine, Dawn Wildsmith, Robert Tessier, William Zipp The Power Glove is on the cover. David Carradine is visibly drunk. The future is 1991. Welcome to Future Force — the Action International Pictures masterpiece that had one genuinely cool idea and then locked it in the trunk of a Jeep Cherokee for 80% of the runtime. This week on Dewey P...

Radical Jack (2000) Directed by: David Heavener Cast: Billy Ray Cyrus, Dee Dee Pfeiffer, George Buck Flower, Noah Blake Billy Ray Cyrus walked so John Wick could run — and then immediately tripped over his own mullet. This week on Dewey Pod Monster, we strap in for Radical Jack , the year-2000 straight-to-video action masterpiece that dared to ask: what if Road House, but worse? And also Billy Ray...

HELLMARE (2026) Director: Victor Gabriel Cast: Boyd Coffman, Lloyd Kaufman, and the rest of the crew who clearly had a blast making this thing Indie horror isn't dead — it got sucked into a VHS tape and came out swinging. This week we're covering Hellmare , the brand new 2026 horror-comedy from director Victor Gabriel and RFN Pictures, literally 48 hours after its premiere. Fresh takes, ze...

Clear History (2013) Director: Greg Mottola Cast: Larry David, Michael Keaton, Bill Hader, Jon Hamm What happens when you take a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode, forget to trim the fat, and stretch it into a feature film? You get Clear History — and honestly? It's still kind of great, even if it refuses to be anything other than exactly what it is. This week John and Sean dive deep into this 2013...

Primate (2025) Director: Robert Woods Cast: Johnny Sequoyah, Troy Kotsur, Victoria Wyant, Jess Alexander A rabid chimpanzee. An infinity pool. Five absolutely useless young adults. What could go wrong? Everything. Everything could go wrong — and somehow, the chimp is still the most competent character in the movie. This week on Dewey Pod Monster, we're reviewing Primate (2025) , the January horror...

Eliminators (1986) Director: Peter Manoogast Cast: Andrew Prine, Denise Crosby, Patrick Reynolds, Roy Dotrice Robots. Cavemen. A ninja who shows up two-thirds of the way through for absolutely no reason. A mandroid who can't stay on a boat. This is Eliminators , and it is exactly the fever dream you're hoping it is. This week, John and Sean dive headfirst into the 1986 Charles Band-produce...

Planet Terror (2007) Directed by Robert Rodriguez Starring: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Jeff Fahey If you haven't seen Planet Terror yet, Sean has a message for you: turn this podcast off right now and go watch it. We'll wait. This week on Dewey Pod Monster, we're diving deep into Robert Rodriguez's gloriously unhinged 2007 grindhouse masterpiece — a movie about zo...

Timecop (1994) Director: Peter Hyams Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver, Bruce McGill Time travel has been invented — and naturally, someone's already trying to weaponize it to steal an election. Welcome to Timecop , the 1994 JCVD action sci-fi spectacle where the mullets are questionable, the CGI is deeply committed to being bad, and the concept is actually way more interesting...

GREEN ROOM (2015) Director: Jeremy Saulnier Cast: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Patrick Stewart A punk band walks into a Nazi bar. No, that's not the setup for a joke — it's the setup for one of the most suffocating, nerve-shredding thrillers of the last decade. This week on Dewey Pod Monster, Sean and John dig deep into Jeremy Saulnier's 2015 siege film Green Room , where...

Masters of the Universe (1987) Director: Gary Goddard Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty By the power of Grayskull — and a budget that clearly ran out before they could build a decent set — we're diving headfirst into the gloriously broken 1987 Cannon Films fever dream that is Masters of the Universe . This week, John and Sean strap on their cosmic keys, dust off the...

Clerks III (2022) Director: Kevin Smith Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith Kevin Smith had a heart attack, rewrote his legacy, and somehow made a movie that retroactively makes us like his older films less. This week on Dewey Pod Monster, we close out "April and the Threequel" by finally confronting the most threatened episode in show history: Clerks III...

Robocop 3 (1993) Directed by Fred Dekker Starring: Robert John Burke , Nancy Allen , Rip Torn , Bradley Whitford They PG-13'd a franchise built on ultraviolence, gave Robocop a jetpack, and somehow thought a ninja robot was the answer. Welcome to Robocop 3 . This is the movie that killed Fred Dekker's career, broke Frank Miller's spirit, and somehow still made money. John and Sean stra...

Scream 3 (2000) - Ghostface Goes to Hollywood Directed By: Wes Craven Starring: David Arquette , Neve Campbell , Courteney Cox , some dreamy dude . Ghostface is back and taking his deadly act to the big screen! In this episode of the Dewey PodMonster , we dive into the meta-slasher madness of Scream 3 as part of our "April in the 3" theme month. Directed by horror legend Wes Craven and s...

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Directed By: Jonathan Mostow Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger , Nick Stahl , Kristanna Loken , That lady with a so-called life . It's another theme month, and we're calling this one "April in the 3" - meaning we're looking at the third movie in a franchise each episode this month. This month, as you can probably guess from the title, w...

Lady Terminator (1989) Directed By: H. Tjut Djalil Starring: Barbara Anne Constable , Christopher J. Hart , Claudia Angelique Rademaker , Clearly a bunch of people you've never heard of before . Our last film for this year's Crummy Movie March is one that took a lot of influence from, and gave a lot of inspiration to, the Terminator franchise. This Indonesian film lifted multiple scenes an...

I Come in Peace / Dark Angel (1990) Directed By: Craig R. Baxley Starring: Dolph Lundgren , Brian Benben , Betsy Brantley , That blue eyed dude from TC 2000 There's only one more movie of Crummy Movie March after this week, which is sad, but at least we get to console ourselves with our first talk about a Dolph Lundgren movie - and this one is definitely a Terminator clone (ripoff, whatever)....

TC 2000 (1993) Directed By: T.J. Scott Starring: Billy Blanks , Bolo Yeung , Jalal Merhi , That guy with the really blue eyes . Crummy movie March... continues? The month - the theme is Terminator Knockoffs and this one kind of follows a story about underground rich people and above ground poor people and the police that keep them apart and then one gets turned into a cybernetic thing... or someth...

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) Directed By: Rob Hedden Starring: Jensen Daggett , Kane Hodder , Todd Caldecott , An annoying old man . That pesky Jason Vorhees is at it AGAIN... This time he hitches his wagon to a senior class cruise out of Crystal Lake and after some tomfoolery he ends up in New York City (Manhattan specifically) to visit Macy's for some shopping, Madison...

Nemesis (1992) Directed By: Albert Pyun Starring: Olivier Gruner , Tim Thomerson , Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , A guy from Cobra Kai and some other shit . Crummy movie March rolls on, and if you hadn't heard - we're double themed up this month because we're looking at shitty Terminator knockoffs! Nemesis is only kind of loosely a Terminator knockoff in the respect that it's a bit of a noir, and it has a...

Shocking Dark aka Terminator II (1989) Directed By: Bruno Mattei Starring: Christopher Ahrens , Haven Tyler , Geretta Geretta , Someone from some other movie We're starting this year's crummy movie March with a movie that we've seen pop up on some actor's IMDB page, and with a title like Terminator II, how could we not be intrigued - considering this crummy movie march theme is Ter...

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Directed By: J. Lee Thompson Starring: Charles Bronson , Juan Fernández , Perry Lopez , Eggy Our finale of Bronson month is a dark, gritty Golan-Globus production revolving around pimps and prostitutes, with Charlie smashing mustard (or nacho cheese) covered hotdogs into people's faces. It's probably one of the grimiest movies we've talked about on the show...

Murphy's Law (1986) Directed By: J. Lee Thompson Starring: Charles Bronson , Kathleen Wilhoite , Carrie Snodgress , The Cop - from Clue! Charlie is at it again as a cop, and this time he's accused of killing his soon to be ex-wife. When he's not shot putting his groceries, he's flying helicopters, landing on barns, fighting bikers, and romancing the ladies. IMDB.com has this to say...

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) Directed By: John Carl Buechler Starring: Terry Kiser , Jennifer Banko , John Otrin , a lady with telekenetic powers The New Blood takes a little bit of a left turn as far as these Friday the 13th movies go. We're introduced to characters who have supernatural powers, birthday parties, and even a dead ninja dad. IMDB.com describes Friday the 13th...

10 to Midnight (1983) Directed by: J. Lee Thompson Starring: Charles Bronson , Lisa Eilbacher , Andrew Stevens , someone you can ask about their diabeetus . Bronson month continues, and we welcome Sam back to the show from "To B or Not To B", "Screen Talk" and "Feature Creatures DTF", to talk about this interesting piece of Charles Bronson's catalog. Probably the...

Death Wish (1974) Directed By: Michael Winner Starring: Charles Bronson , Hope Lange , Vincent Gardenia , The Fly Our newest theme month begins - and this month we're concentrating on the the man who starred in many Cannon and Golan Globus productions - but this film is the one that broke the floodgate. We're talking about Charles Bronson and Death Wish. IMDB.com says this about Death Wish...