High School Slumber Party

It's Election Day on High School Slumber Party as veteran guests Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films and Danny Kim step in the booth to debate Alexander Payne's Election. This dark comedy stars Ferris Bueller himself Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon as the ICONIC Tracy Flick and Chris Klein in a debut performance. Danny, Kyle and Brian are here to break down what makes each character in the film so...

Come little children as the Sanderson Sisters (played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy) have returned to wreak havoc on Salem once again in the cult classic; Hocus Pocus. Brian (somewhat reluctantly) welcomes his wife Nicole DeLuise to the podcast to chat about why she loves this movie so much and why she thinks it continues to put a spell on its viewers today as a Halloween...

Returning Halloween experts Shawnee Mead and Dan Colon are here to talk about the film the made it fun to be a vampire, The Lost Boys. Staring Jason Patric, the two Corey's (Corey Feldman and Corey Haim), Jami Gertz, Kiefer Sutherland and so many more, The Lost Boys is everything that's wonderful about Joel Schumacher. We talk about all that and more (including lots of sexy sax talk and Tim Cappel...

Joey Lewandowski and Austin Wolf-Sothern step into their respective sleeping bags and burry the hatchet (or the "Bratchet") at the slumber party in order to talk about Detention. This film, directed by acclaimed music video director Joseph Kahn; is one of the wildest ones we'll ever discuss on podcast. With easter eggs to make any teen film enthusiast laugh, blood and guts, bears riding spaceships...

Vampires? Werewolves? Potential Demon Babies? If Twilight: Breaking Dawn part 1 isn't a Halloween movie, I don't know what is. The most popular girl in school Kate Hudson is back to chat about our latest film in our Twilight Forever series! Bella (Kristen Stewart) finally gets everything she has always dreamed of as we get a wedding, a honeymoon, sexy time, a pregnancy and a human to vampire trans...

Are you ready for the most metal teen horror movie of all time? Ryan Stick of the Ryan Stick show joins us for the very first time to chat Trick or Treat! Gene Simmons? Check. Ozzy Osbourne? Check. Skippy from Family Ties? Sure! What happens when a dead rock star (Sammi Curr) comes back through his superfan's playing of his last record backwards? A movie worth talking almost two hours about as our...

Do you believe in destiny? Fate? Is it possible to cheat death? When Final Destination first came out in 2000, teens everywhere were asking their dates those same deep questions. Today we bring them up once again as guest Danny Kim presents Brian with a gift that should make everyone question how much control they actually have over their own lives. Brian and Danny also break down all the action,...

First time guest Dan "The Duke" Hayden hops in the sleeping bag to chat the 1998 alien teen horror classic, The Faculty. With a memorable cast of teen heart-throbs like Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Jordana Brewster, Clea Duvall, Usher and John Stewart (?!?) the Faculty is an awesome look into the mind of the writer of Scream and director Robert Rodriguez. Also listen for a shredded edition of High...

One...two...Freddy's coming for you...as Brian welcomes Mike Manzi and Dan Colon back to the podcast to chat one of the most #ICONIC horror and slasher films for all time; A Nightmare on Elm Street. Lot's of Freddy Krueger talk today as we continue our spooky October with this Wes Craven masterpiece. Whatever you do, don't fall asleep...because Brian, Dan and of course Mike will be on Third Time's...

Hope you're ready for a wild start to the Halloween Season! Dan and Autumn Ferrara return to spook up some thoughts on the cult classic; The Monster Squad. Yes this might be a kids movie (it's just barely a high school movie) but this episode is for upper class-men only as Dan, Autumn and Brian discuss Dracula, the Wolf-man (who indeed has nards), the Mummy, the Gill-man, Frankenstein's monster, U...

CHECK out our episode on Critical Thinking as actor, chess teacher and great friend of the program John Hardin moves his best pieces of movie and chess knowledge forward to our in depth discussion on this brand new film based on the true story of teens overcoming adversity and winning the National High School Chess Championship. Directed and staring one of Brian's favorite people of all time, John...

Did you think we would talk teen movies on this podcast and not talk about Clueless? As if! Brian is joined by resident Clueless expert Cara Gael O'Regan returns to the slumber party to chat about one of the most ICONIC teen films of all times. Cara and Brian dish about Amy Heckerling, Cher, Dion, Amber, Paul Rudd, Alicia Silverstone and lots of fashion! Also stay tuned for an important health and...

We're going off the beaten path today as we cover another Galen Howard pick, the last film in the Teenage Apocalypse Series; Nowhere (1997) a film by Gregg Araki. Though the film may be hard to track down, it's worth a watch as it might be the most unique film we have ever covered on at the Slumber Party. Celebrity cameos you wouldn't believe? Check. An alien invasion? Check. Giant insects? Check....

They're back...and seemingly out of nowhere. No, we're not just talking about Brian and the godfather of the Cageclub Podcast Network Joey Lewandowski, but the gang's all here (mostly) for the Netflix's The Babysitter: Killer Queen. You may remember that Joey stopped by to chat The Babysitter during out Babysitting summer and he's returned to chat the sequel and some more (or maybe not enough) Sam...

Hold your boombox over your head for this one as Kate Hudson returns to talk Say Anything Brian continues his back and forth trip through Cameron Crowe's career by chatting about his first film in the director's chair. Luckily for him, John Cusack super-fan and Lloyd Dobler loyalest Kate Hudson helps break down everything that makes Say Anything such an ICONIC film. Also staring Ione Skye, Joan Cu...

Our Junior Year continues with a film created by two future High School Slumber Party Hall of Famers; Fast Times at Ridgemont High! Written by Almost Famous scribe Cameron Crowe and directed by future Clueless chief Amy Heckerling, Fast Times was a surprise hit that mostly holds up today. Returning guest Dan Colon is here to help us take a deep dive into this beloved classic. Not just your average...

"I'm always home, I'm uncool." We're starting our Junior Year at High School Slumber Party with an all time great. To help celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Almost Famous, Brian welcomes back his co-host on P.S. I Love Hoffman (the Philip Seymour Hoffman Podcast), the Foodie Films man himself Kyle Reinfried. Kyle and Brian talk all about future hall-of-famer Cameron Crowe, Kate Hudson, Stillwater,...

It's an end of the summer slumber party powered by Powerline as we're chatting about A Goofy Movie with Cousin Pumkin. This is it slumberers; this is the episode where we find out the final vote for what Goofy Movie themed tattoo Cousin Pumkin will get! Of course along the way we discuss this underrated 90's Disney Classic. Brian and Pumkin share their feelings for Disney, Goofy, Max, Pauly Shore,...

"All we are, is dust in the wind." Before you Face the Music, jump in your time traveling phone booth and watch Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure! Brian, along with guests Mike Manzi (Third Time's a Charm) and Matt Delhauer prep for Bill and Ted 3 by breaking down the film that started it all. The trio explore the history of Bill and Ted from the original title, to the casting of Keanu Reeves and...

Get back in the sleeping bag and get ready to talk an ICONIC 80's teen movie! What do you get when a high school nerd offers a cheerleader $1,000 to be his girlfriend for a month? Something a lot more heartwarming than it sounds. Of course we're talking about Can't Buy Me Love! Brian comes together with the most guested man of 2020; Mike Manzi and the always wonderful Shawnee Mead. Our fab three b...

Dive in head first into this weeks episode because Alex Schroeder is back and she's chatting with Brian about the early 2000's teen thriller, Swimfan. If you're between the ages of 30 and 35, you probably saw at least the trailer for this movie. If not, you might be confused as to what Swimfan is all about. Don't worry, Brian and Alex have you covered as they break down Jesse Bradford, Erika Chrsi...

Put the children to bed before this one as we're talking 1995's Kids with Cousin Pumkin. Hard (but not impossible) to find streaming, every person who has seen Kids is sure to have a reaction; whether it be positive one or a negative one. For Pumkin, it was the late rapper Mac Miller who inspired him to watch the film. Find out his take as the cousins kick back with a couple of 40s while chatting...

Kate Hudson returns to chat about another film in the #Hudson5, The Heavenly Kid. This film about an angel from the 1950s (or 1960s?) stuck in purgatory until he can help a down on his luck teenager find some cool and confidence. Find out just why Kate loves this film so much! Hopefully our math teacher wont be listening today because the timeline for this one makes zero sense

Hop in the front seat and get ready for a wild ride! Christian Larson is back and he's here to talk about Mark Hamill (hot off a little film called Star Wars), Annie Potts and everything else 1978's Corvette Summer has to offer. What starts out as a love story with a car ends up as so much more. Get in your custom van and drive all the way to Las Vegas for an adventure that highlights everything f...

The Godfather is back for our final Babysitting Monday of the summer! Joey Lewandowski (CruiseClub) returns to tell us all about why he loves The Babysitter (2017). This Netflix film staring Samara Weaving is a pretty looking, action packed slasher about a 12 year old and the coolest babysitter in the neighborhood. When Cole finds out that his babysitter not only leads a satanic cult, but is also...