High School Slumber Party

Hold on tight, spider-monkey, because 2020 is the year of Twilight on High School Slumber Party! We're opening the new decade with the O.G. entry of the vampire teen romance: 2008's Twilight. Kate Hudson (Pajiba) is back to chat about what may be her favorite subject matter, as she helps guide first-time watcher Brian through the opening chapter of Bella's supernatural journey. Also, find out if i...

So long 2019, hello 2020! Brian celebrates a special year-end edition of High School Slumber Party with the Godfather himself, Joey Lewandowski (2 Fast 2 Forever), as the pair breaks down the best high school movies of the past decade -- and every decade, starting with the 1970s, as voted by you, the slumberers!

Is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire a Christmas movie? Yes, it is. Is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire a high school movie? You betcha. In fact, this Christmas, you’re invited to the Hogwarts Yule Ball on High School Slumber Party as official chaperones Mike Manzi (Third Time’s A Charm) and Harry Potter expert Shawnee Mead help lead the festivities as we break down all the dances, spells, an...

Netflix has answered Brian's prayers and given us another high school Christmas movie with Let it Snow, and he's brought in the Foodie Films Man himself, Kyle Reinfried, to talk about it! In fact, Brian's been invited to Kyle's Christmas party, and the boys are recording right before the yuletide festivities commence. Find out if the guys think Let is Snow is worthy of being called "teenage Love A...

The holiday season is finally here, and is there a more wholesome way to usher the yuletide in than with a Hallmark movie? Homegrown Christmas stars a familiar name in the news, Lori Loughlin (aka Aunt Becky, aka the lady from the college admission scandal) as a big city fashion magnate who returns to her small hometown for Christmas. Of course she falls in love with an old flame and has to organi...

Awooo! Are you ready for a second helping of High School Slumber Party's take on American Graffiti this Thanksgiving weekend? Brian is joined by returning guests Mike Manzi (#HANX for the Memories) and Chris Podcasts (Now and Again) for Part 2 of our discussion on the film that George Lucas was most known for before Star Wars. Who could forget that final street race, Wolfman Jack, and the blonde i...

Before George Lucas brought us to a galaxy far, far away, he took us back to his cruising California childhood with American Graffiti. If anyone ever doubted the Star Wars creator's directing ability, they should watch this iconic, Academy Award-nominated teen film. Chris Podcasts (Now and Again) and Mike Manzi (Third Time's A Charm) are back to break down all the hot rods, sock hops, stars before...

Guest Kate Hudson is back to talk about one of her favorite high school films, the underrated and overlooked Angus. For those who remember this 1995 movie, we are sure the memories are fond. For the rest of us who maybe let Angus slip under our radars, the film is so much more than your typical nerdy teenager pining for the popular girl type of film. If three Academy Award-winners and the film deb...

After a string of horror films, today's palate cleansing episode is all about, well... murder... as we cover the long-anticipated Brick. Were you a fan of Star Wars: The Last Jedi? Are you looking forward to Knives Out? Why not start by listening to a chat about director Rian Johnson's first film, a film noir detective story set in a contemporary high school. First time guest Matt Delhauer helps t...

Happy Halloween and Feliz Dia de Los Muertos! For the final installment in our Women in Horror series, we're chatting about two characters who are different kind of "final girls" in 2017's Tragedy Girls. The film examines what it's like to be on the other side of a horror film plot and is framed perfectly for today's true crime generation. Stopping by the slumber party to chat about it are two Cag...

Jennifer's Body could very well be the most misunderstood film of its generation, but is it as underrated as people say it is? Brian is joined by first time guest Aislinn Addington (The Contenders) to feast on the flesh of Karyn Kusama and Diablo Cody's 2009 tale of a demon-possessed high school cheerleader (Megan Fox) and her nerdy best friend (Amanda Seyfried) as we continue our Women in Horror...

Slay, girl! We're chatting about Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No, not the hit TV show, but rather the 1992 film that preceded it. Cara Gael O'Regan (Wistful Thinking) returns for the latest Halloween-themed entry in our women in horror series. Find out all of the differences between the show and the film, how Brian and Cara feel about Joss Whedon disowning it, Luke Perry, Paul Reuben's death scene, a...

Hallo! Our Women in Horror series continues with a very chilling and rare piece of European cinema. Der Fan (aka The Fan) is about a teen obsessed with a pop star. It’s German, it’s haunting, and the music is unforgettable. Frau Alexandra Schroeder is back to chat about all of the film’s new wave weirdness. If you haven’t done your homework and tracked this one down, you will be after you stop by...

Hope you enjoyed last week's episode about The Slumber Party Massacre because the Driller Killer is back! (Sort of...) Is the killer real, or is he a figment of our heroine's imagination? You be the judge after stopping by for Slumber Party Massacre II. Someone who isn't a figment of our imagination is Mike Manzi (Third Time's A Charm), and he's back as well to break down all the music and mayhem...

In many ways, The Slumber Party Massacre is the perfect film for High School Slumber Party. It has slumber party right in the name. It’s written, directed and produced by women, so it’s the ideal film to open up our Women in Horror Series. And it’s part of a trilogy, giving us a chance to bring back the Tsar of the Third Film, Mike Manzi, to hash out all of the jump scares, screams, and gore as th...

Is there a better cure for the autumn blues than Varsity Blues? Hope you read the playbook because first-time guest Kirkland Shephard is under center to chat about the Texas high school football classic. Staring James Van Der Beek, Paul Walker, and Jon Voight, Varsity Blues lit up teenage Friday nights for a significant segment of turn-of-the-century teens.

What's your favorite scary movie? Is it Scream? If so, you're really going to enjoy this episode! Brian welcomes back returning guests Dan and Autumn Ferrara to usher in the early Halloween season once again. Have a listen on this very spooky Friday the 13th as we chat about the star-studded cast of Scream, self awareness, and dare we say ICONIC structure that set the bar for teen movies at the tu...

Way way back in 2013, CageClub co-founders Mike Manzi (#CruiseClub) and Joey Lewandowski (2 Fast 2 Forever) went to the movies to see an indie darling of a film, fresh off its Sundance run, which just so happens to be the same film we are talking about today: The Way Way Back, starring Liam James, Steve Carrell, Toni Collette and Sam Rockwell. Find out if Joey and Mike feel the same as they did wh...

The Godfather, Joey Lewandowski (2 Fast 2 Forever), returns to talk about a different kind of teen film: Never Goin' Back. While our main heroes Angela and Jessie aren't currently in high school (as they are seventeen-year-old dropouts), their coming of age experience is a story that is just as important to tell. Also, Brian breaks his silence on the future of the Spider-Man series.

Are you ready for your summer to get a little bit crazier? Brian is joined by first time guest Christian Larson (Monkey Club) to exorcise some John Cusack demons as this week's slumber party movie is One Crazy Summer. Directed by Better Off Dead creator Savage Steve Holland, and featuring Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait and Curtis Armstrong, One Crazy Summer is a wacky summer comedy about recent hig...

Join Brian and first time guest Chris Podcasts (Now and Again) as they dissect The Myth of the American Sleepover, a 2010 indie darling about a group of young people navigating the final 24 hours before a new school year begins. Helmed by It Follows director David Robert Mitchell — and starring a cast of first-timers and unknowns — The Myth of the American Sleepover is a film that exists in the ne...

Alexandra Schroeder is back at the slumber party, but this time, she's not talking about Kevin (or any other murder film for that matter); she's talking about the 1974 Roger Corman-produced b-movie Summer School Teachers. This saucy summer film is a great lesson in a long forgotten genre that highlighted sex, schlock, and good campy fun. Also, Brian reviews a new film this week, gets a surprise so...

Blast off with returning guest Dan Ferrara as we chat about Starship Troopers. Is it a cheesy sci-fi b-film? Is it a fascist, war glorifying propaganda film? Or is it a satire more timely than ever in 2019? What we know for sure is that the only good bug is a dead bug, and that this high school film is perfect for deep slumber party conversation. Starship Troopers features Casper Van Dien, Denise...

She's alive! And it's all in the name of science... Weird Science, that is. Walt Hickey (Numlock News) is back to experiment with this wacky John Hughes creation. Does Weird Science, a film about two teenagers who can't get a date so they create a woman through the use of their computer, stand the test of time? Well... tune in for the answer to that equation! Also, find out which famous film compo...

Grab your deck because we're headed for some big air this slumber party, as we're chatting about the skate classic, Gleaming the Cube! Returning guests (and former high school skaters) Chris Carroll and Dan Ferrara dive deep into this strange film that's half a post-Vietnam War murder thriller and half a skateboarding showcase, starring returning hero Christian Slater and a young Tony Hawk. We loo...