Dissect the Direct

Ruined dates, aggressive dogs and lots of missing children. We take our 52nd episode to Santa Carla and follow the exploits of a couple of pint sized Van Helsings.

Booby traps, lost treasure and crumbling caverns. We put a seminal childhood adventure romp on the marble slab for our 51st episode.

Spiders, snakes and booby traps. We put the first Indiana Jones film on the slab for our 50th episode.

Ellen Ripley and the colonial marines face a nightmare on a distant planet. We put the second film in the Aliens franchise on the slab for our 49th episode.

We put Kevin Smith's lovable slacker comedy under the scalpel for our 48th episode. Join us for witty nostalgia and a reminder to never leave your child unsupervised on an escalator.

For our 47th episode we cut a Chuck Norris film in honour of his recent passing.

Our 46th episode is a nostalgic one as we put the original Transformers feature on marble. Bah-weep-gragnah wheep ni ni bong...

Our 45th episode takes a scalpel to the heart warming redemption arcs of a yuppie lawyer and gaggle of ice skate wearing urchins. Quack quack, Mr Ducksworth.

Minor irritations provoke bloodthirsty violence in our 44th episode. Keep your briefcase or help us carry the duffel bag...

We put the gruesome film that launched the Troma film studio on the slab for our 34th episode.

Gang violence, flamboyant costumes and a race to get home. For our 42nd episode talked about New York in the 1970s via this iconic cult film. Can you dig it?

Leather, labyrinths, and a face that haunted Blockbusters long before anyone even pressed play. We put this gruesome horror sequel to the knife for our 41st episode.

For our 40th episode we pick apart this seminal British horror. It was filled with piety, nudity and mystery.

We accidentally broke our 'no high art' rule for our 39th episode. Oh well. Join us for blasphemy, foul language and many other faux pas in our latest edition of Dissect the Direct. The power of Christ compels you...

For our 38th episode we pick apart the film that launched Jean-Claude Van Damme’s career, inspired Mortal Kombat , and immortalised one of Hollywood’s most dubious “true stories” — the legend of Frank Dux.

On the slab for our 37th episode we put the film that made 'the muscles from Brussels'; Jean-Claude Van Damme, a household name. Assuming that your household contained a spotty teenage boy at the time anyway.

Decapitations, immortals and terrible Scottish accents. Geoff joins me in the movie morgue for our 36th episode.

A gyro-copter, a boomerang and a scarcity of fuel. George Miller's dystopian classic goes under the knife for our 35th episode.

Road rage and revenge in an almost post-apocalyptic world. We take a scalpel to the film that started a 45 year long franchise and shaped our culture's view of what the end of the world would look like.

Pleasure and pain. Angels and daemons. We put Clive Barker's phenomenally successful supernatural horror on the slab for our 33rd episode.

We complete the Nicolas Cage trilogy with this gloriously silly popcorn action flick for our 32nd episode.

 We put this ultra-violent sword and sorcery tale of old on the slab for our 31st episode.

For our 30th episode we put the campiest superhero film of all time under the knife. Hawkmen, a villain with a Fu Manchu moustache and booming performance from Brian Blessed.

Supernatural terror in 80s suburbia. We examine this iconic horror classic and the rumours of the curse that plagues its franchise in our 29th episode.

Dobermans, booby traps and a shared national trauma. Hollywood's most famous fictional Vietnam war veteran is placed lovingly on the slab for our latest episode.