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Welcome to week 67 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! We're celebrating semiquincentennial with two new movies that honor our rich cultural diversity. Dueling rich jagoffs learn a lesson in humility in our first Hong Kong challenger, Human Lanterns , 1982. Our other challenger hails from Italy and hits the stage slashing in Stagefright ak...

Welcome to week 66 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This week is a special edition of the podcast with a watchalong commentary for a slice of cinema that ruined our outings for six weeks straight and ended up in our "S" locker. Golf clap as our threesome talks about the rules of dogs on the links, Josh's claptrap memory, and Aaron takes...

Welcome to week 65 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! Grab your death mask and some flowers, it's time to watch Visiting Hours, 1982 . Can an honest to god movie that was released in theaters, a rarity for us of late, upset our reigning champion in their penultimate showdown? Do all Canadian hospitals have a dog kennel in the basement? Di...

Welcome to week 64 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! We're back from our spring hiatus and we're flying the unfriendly skies in 1973's The Horror at 37,000 Feet . Sure it's a TV movie, a thing that used to be big before basic cable evolved into streaming dumping grounds, but it's a horror TV movie. We didn't have to sit through any comme...

Welcome to week 63 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! We didn't see it when it first came and out and we still wish we hadn't- it's Brainscan, 1994 . This movie turned up so many repressed memories that our game this week sees us regress to the maturity level of fifth graders. You don't have to stay Furlong, but do stay and enjoy an icy c...

Welcome to week 62 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! Sharpen your pencils because our latest challenger, 1992's Evil Toons is down a few of the titular characters. Will it have what it takes to reign supreme or will it be erased from memory? We've drawn up plenty of tangents this episode and we enjoy a visit from our special corresponden...

Welcome to week 61 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! It's a return to our regular format where there's no Dohler movies to be seen! Our latest challenger, 1988's Blades is here to upset the drink cart. Will it have what it takes to reign supreme or will it be led out to the tall rough and taken out of its misery? We'll also look back at...

Welcome to week 60 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This week is a special edition of the podcast with a watchalong commentary for a classic film that lost the Don Dohler in the Mouth of Maryland Madness in March tournament. How can a watchalong commentary last longer than the movie they're commentating on? Good question; thank Jared an...

Welcome to week 59 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! It's SEMI-FINAL week for our tournament wherein the undefeated Nightbeast , 1982 grapples with The Galaxy Invader , 1985. Will there be a watchalong next week? Will Jared and Josh finally open their hearts and minds to the way of Dohler? Tune in to find out which Baltimore adjacent bas...

Welcome to week 58 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! The second week of our tournament finds us in the MARYLAND DIVISION , where the loser from last week faces off against The Galaxy Invader, 1985 . It was a nice day weather wise when we recorded, so this one is mercifully short. Tune in to find out which one will climb to the top of a s...

Welcome to week 57 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This week is the start of our tournament that just so happens to be in March: DOHLER DIY DELIRIUM ! Fill out your bracket for week 1's BALTIMORE DIVISION wherein we pit The Alien Factor , 1978, against Nightbeast , 1982. The lucky loser will advance to face The Galaxy Invader in the MA...

Welcome to week 56 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! It's a battle of houses this week as our new challenger, 2003's House of the Dead , looks to shake up the ring. Will it have what it takes to reign supreme or will it be a keg left out in the rain at a Sega rave? Where there's a Uwe, there's a way! BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/buc...

Welcome to week 55 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! Sure, many people have tried to tell you that Al is a pristinely paved five lane highway leading directly into a brick wall, but you don't listen. Well maybe you'll finally listen to DEAN KOONTZ ! This week's challenger is 1977's Demon Seed . Unlike Phantoms (1998) he didn't write the...

Welcome to week 54 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! Hey hepcats, you love the late nineties and Y2K stuff, don't ya? You're in luck because this week's challenger is 1998's PHANTOMS. Everyone (no one) remembers this era classic. Dust off your JNCOs, power up Furby, and tune in for two nineties films that don't hold up at all! BlueSky: h...

Welcome to week 53 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This week's it's everyone's favorite: TWO NEW CHALLENGERS! In this corner is 1999's House on Haunted Hill ; and, in the other is 2006's Black Sheep . Did the extravagance of late 90s horror overcome a plucky northern island terror tale backed by Weta Workshop? Tune in to find out! Blue...

Welcome to week 52 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This week is a special edition of the podcast with a watchalong commentary for a "film" that weathered the storm through two holiday seasons and six viewings, all to end up in our "S" locker. Thrill as the fellas talk about the improper use of pennies in retail circulation, where is Jo...

Welcome to week 51 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! The holidays are over and the resolutions already broken, so it's time for a new challenger to take on our reigning loser. Jared gets his Christmas wish as 1992's The Lawnmower Man steps into the ring. Will we undergo a radical transformation into a cyber god or get stuck having to fix...

Welcome to week 50 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This week is a special edition of the podcast with a watchalong commentary for the winner of THE DECEMBER TO DISMEMBER XMAS HO-HO-HO-DOWN ! Do we follow tradition and get lost in tangents that have nothing to do with the movie? Of course! Bask in the seasonal glow of our discussions on...

Welcome to week 49 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This week it's the second week of THE DECEMBER TO DISMEMBER XMAS HO-HO-HO-DOWN! What in a film title, really? We're watching 2015's Secret Santa , not the 2018 Secret Santa that we just watched last week. Will Secret Santa Squared (the prequel) be able to knock off Deadly Games ? Deadl...

Welcome to week 48 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This week Jared dons his kerchief and Josh his cap, as they settle in with Aaron for the start of our special Holiday Mini-Tournament: THE DECEMBER TO DISMEMBER XMAS HO-HO-HO-DOWN! No brackets required, just two movies tossed under our crooked, dried out discount pine tree to unwrap. I...

Welcome to week 47 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! It's Greek to us, but in the Thanksgiving mood we're reviewing a requested movie. This week's challenger is 2023's Slotherhouse . Will our review make you rush to slothstream it? We're also ranking our last 25 movies from best to worst. Or worst to best, it's a little slothfusing. No h...

Welcome to week 46 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! Halloween is over and laid to rest, so it's time for a new challenger to take on our reigning loser. Stepping into the ring is 1986's Terrorvision . Will it have what it takes to lose supreme or just enjoy its fifteen minutes of fame? Tell all your swinging friends to lube up and tune...

Welcome to week 45 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This is the fourth and final week of our special Halloween Tournament: THE ZOMBIE VS GREEN SAMHAIN SLAMMA ! Our semi-final loser was chosen last week and now they face the final obstacle, 2022's Halloween Ends . After a month's long slog of the same five Halloween movies will a champio...

Welcome to week 44 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This is the third week of our special Halloween Tournament: THE ZOMBIE VS GREEN SAMHAIN SLAMMA ! The losers from the ZOMBIE DIVISION meet up against the losers of the GREEN DIVISION in a grueling head-to-head that was as horrible to talk about as it was to watch. The lucky loser will a...

Welcome to week 43 of Eat the Buckle , the horror movie podcast where two movies enter and the better one leaves! This is the second week of our special Halloween Tournament: THE ZOMBIE VS GREEN SAMHAIN SLAMMA ! Fill your bracket out for week 2's GREEN DIVISION wherein we pit Halloween, 2018 against Halloween Kills, 2021 . The lucky loser will advance to the tourney's week 3 semi-final and face of...