GBW Podcast

Before getting down to business in episode 70 with our "UNDERRATED 80's" lists, we invited past guest (and friend to the podcast) Vince D'Amato to join us for a pre-episode where we talk all about what we've watched since last episode. We have another dive into Police Academy, some indie flicks you can find on Netflix, a handful of horror movies, Josh diving back into his...

Universal debuted their "Dark Universe" line this past week with Tom Cruise's The Mummy and the reception was, shall we say, less than kind. That's where we come in as we're here to tell you all about other films that contain some form of Egyptian curse that causes people to either shamble around wrapped in bandages looking for revenge, get possessed by some form of ancien...

Are you ready for the third dimension? For this episode we tackle 3D. From its heyday in the 1950's, its impact on cinema going, the fact that it really was considered a "fad", and its eventual resurgence in modern times. We also give our opinions on the format and talk about our favourites that used 3D to their advantage. First up we've got a lot of films we've watched be...

Linnea. Brinke. Michelle. If those three names paired together make sense to you, then this is the episode you want to hear! Actresses who have made a career appearing in numerous horror flicks have been given the title "Scream Queen" but what exactly does that mean? We go through our definition of the term, who we think are the earliest examples of the type, the actresses we think deser...

For this episode we've decided to pick our favourite musicians who took a turn at acting as well. We're not talking attempted 'starmaking' vehicles like Brittney Spear's Crossroads or Mariah Carey in "Glitter" - we're talking musicians who actually made a go of stepping in front of the camera and had success doing so. It's a varied list filled with name...

Jackie Kong has directed such films as The Being, Night Patrol and the cult classic Blood Diner. We got the opportunity to sit down with her before a Midnight screening of Diner to talk about her career, the longevity of her films and the struggles of being a female filmmaker in a male dominated industry. Along the way we have a few laughs, hear a few stories and get an exclusive on her ongoing Bl...

After a three week hiatus in which co-host Josh was on vacation, we ended up watching way too much stuff! First off, Josh tells us all about the cool and bizarre stuff he saw on his two week jaunt to Japan and then we get down to the business at hand: talking about movies! We get a best picture Oscar winner, an 80's slasher Chris actually hasn't seen, Chris is told to GET OUT, Josh goes...

Strap yourselves in for a marathon! We welcome back past guest Vince D'Amato as a co-host for the first in a series of episodes where we'll be diving back into the past five decades of film. The 1970's was a great time for movies but, like all decades, there's some that just don't get the attention and recognition they deserve and that's where we come in! Josh, Chris,...

For this episode of GBW we get down with our 'gangsta' self. Thanks to the success of Boyz n the Hood there was a heavy influx of movies set in the 'hood - usually the mean streets of Los Angeles or New York City. We look back at this sub-genre and talk about our favourites and one's we think are worth checking out if you're interested in movies that mixed in such elements...

"Party On, Dudes!" Take a trip in a time travelling phone booth with us as we look back at the Bill & Ted franchise. These two dunderheaded California surfer dudes with rock star dreams entertained us (and caused all sorts of havoc throughout time and in Hell) in two movies: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. We talk about the films, ou...

For episode 59 of GBW we invite two special guests to the show: Ryan and Megan Nicholson. Ryan's been in the special effects game since way back in the 1990's and has worked on such films as Final Destination, The Pledge, and many more. He also has been directing, under the Plotdigger Films banner, a bunch of memorable extreme horror flicks like Live Feed, Gutterballs, and Hanger. His wi...

Obsession meets psychosis for the latest episode of GBW where we dive into one of our favourite sub-genres: Home wrecking crazy girls. We're talking girls who worm their way into the families of their crushes and proceed to destroy them. Teenagers who try to seduce older men. And a little bit of bunny boiling on the side. First up, we talk about what we've been watching including The Aut...

It's the beginning of a new year and time for our annual recap of the movies of the past year. We pick our top five favourite films of the year (and argue a bit about it), have some honourable mentions, and list the movies we're anticipating for 2017 - including a few blockbusters, a lot of indie fare, and even a couple of cannibal flicks! As always we start off talking about what we&apo...

If you lived in a climate that actually had winter, I'm sure you remember wishing there'd be a snow day on those days the white stuff was falling from the sky. A day of snowball fights, snowmen, and generally non-education related mayhem. For this episode of GBW, we're talking all about movies set in the snowy landscape but, in most cases, they're not exactly 'fun'. I...

For the first of a new GBW series, we've gathered together a duo of actors who we think are worth talking about. Most known for their work in 1985's Re-Animator, we look at the careers and highlights of cult actors Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. We talk about our love of Combs' ability to own craziness, Chris' proclamation that Crampton is one of his favourite 80's &q...

"Live a life of crime and you do the time." For this episode we visit 'The Big House'. That's right, we head behind bars to talk all about prison movies. We've excluded women-in-prison (as that is an episode unto itself) but here we talk all about Alcatraz, a couple of Stephen King adaptations, and that time that Jean-Claude Van Damme went undercover in prison to hunt...

Plenty of unknown things lurk under the water and for the latest episode of GBW we go diving into the horror genre to bring you some of our favourite (and not so favourite) water based monster movies. Instead of focusing on sharks, octopi, and other water based animals we've decided to only discuss things that aren't quite of nature. We're talking Humanoids, mutant monsters galore,...

With the return of "The Walking Dead" upon us very soon, we've decided to dive into the flesh-eating sub-genre of zombie flicks placing our focus on the American made entries. We all know that George A. Romero and "Night of the Living Dead" is responsible for reinventing zombies in 1968 but what about what came before that? Was it all just voodoo and non-gut munching? And...

"Your move, creep." Nowadays 1987's RoboCop is considered a sci-fi/action classic. We thought it was time to revisit the entire franchise and learnt all about the laws of diminishing returns. We also declare that Paul Verhoeven is awesome, Frank Miller needs to stick to writing comics, and Peter Weller is, in fact, the man. (Plus Josh really doesn't like Nancy Allen in these mo...

We made it! That's right, GBW has hit 50! And what better way to celebrate than to bring you our biggest guest ever! To help us celebrate our 50th, we talk to effects maestro Todd Masters. The head of Masters FX and having worked on such films as Slither, Night of the Creeps, and Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as well as such big name television shows as "True Blood" and "F...

Growing up in the 80's was the prime time for some high testosterone manliness and THE decade for the All-American action hero. The kind of guy who could take out an entire army of baddies all by himself - usually with guns that never seemed to need reloading. We're talking names such as Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sylvester Stallone. What are our favourite 80's action...

With his kinetic energy, creative camera movements, and (at times goofy) sense of humour, Sam Raimi has made tons of memorable films during his career. Aside from being behind one of the more iconic horror franchises in the past thirty-years with The Evil Dead; Sam also directed the best superhero movie of all-time with Spider-Man 2, tackled westerns with The Quick & The Dead, and even took a...

Oh, boy, do we have a lot of movies to talk about this time! So many, in fact, that we've decided to split this episode into two parts. We've finished talking about what we've watched and now it's time to talk all about "Deadly Vehicles". From the supernatural revenge-fueled hatred of Christine, to the demented trucker of Duel, and all sorts of vehicular mayhem. Tune...

Oh, boy, do we have a lot of movies to talk about this time! So many, in fact, that we've decided to split this episode into two parts. This first installment has Chris and Josh bringing you up to speed on what they've been watching including some anthologies by the way of V/H/S 2, a whole bunch of movie/music related documentaries (I Am Thor, to name one), and tons more. This is what ha...

This week on GBW we welcome special guest, Vince D'Amato. A staple on the Vancouver indie film circuit for around fifteen years, Vince co-founded Creepy Six Films who are responsible for such flicks as Vampires vs. Zombies (aka Carmilla) and The Hard Cut, is the programmer/director of Shivers Film Society who strive to bring lesser-known indie films and classics to the big screen as well as o...