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We're closing out Spectember 2025 with arguably one of the most beloved ghost movies of all-time. It's Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist ! From IMDB: A family's home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a doorway to the "other side." With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back. LINKS to BEHIND-THE-SCENES and NETWORK TV COMPARISON BELOW POLTERGEIST BEHIND-THE-SCENES ALTERNATI...

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Movie #3 for Spectember 2025 is one you may not have seen before. It's Na Hong-jin's subgenre grabbag feature The Wailing from 2016! From IMDB: Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter. ALTERNATE ENDING ON YOUTUBE! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and...

Kickstart #3 for Spectember 2025 has us talking about True Romance ! Finally, after many years, and a couple fo failed attempts, Joe finally has seen the greatness! The Latest At Vidiots! Blu-ray and 4K Releases for September 16, 2025! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA , SAG , IATSE , as well as other workers in the...

Horror Master Mike Flanagan's directorial debut Oculus is our Movie #2 for Spectember 2025! From IMDB: A recently released inmate from a mental asylum learns from his sister that the murders he was convicted of committing were actually orchestrated by a supernatural entity, the Lasser Glass mirror. Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support fo...

Numero Dos for Spectember Kickstarts! We hope you all caught the Crimson Peak episode dropped last week. The second EXTRA LARGE Spectember movie episode will be available Tuesday on Patreon, and the shorter general public release on Friday. Rest Cooling Blanket on Amazon! This Is What Sammi the Sloth Looks Like! Blu-ray Releases for 9/9/2025! Vidiots Upcoming Screenings! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, C...

It's Spectember again! But it's Joe's first time around. To kick it all off, we have Guillermo Del Toro's 2015 gothic tale of love, murder, deceit, and red clay CRIMSON PEAK with Jessica Chastain , Tom Hiddleston , Mia Wasikowska , Charlie Hunnam , Jim Beaver , and Doug Jones . From IMDB: A new bride investigates ghostly visions at a remote gothic mansion that holds dark secrets. Artist Sara Deck...

THIS IS YOUR WRITTEN WARNING. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER AUDIBLE ONE IN THE EPISODE. THIS EPISODE IS RICH IN WEAPONS SPOILERS. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE YET, DON'T EVEN PRESS 'PLAY.' This is more or less what to expect with Corey and Joe do the movie episode for Patreon that will be of a new or in-release movie. (No name for it yet, but we're working on one.) ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy,...

We're finally at the end! We've showered you with 1985 horror all month but didn't even get close to all of the great movies from that era. This was simply dipping a baby's big toe into the pool. We're closing it all with one that is without a doubt my favorite horror flick of 85': Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator with Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, and the late great David Gale. From IMDB: After an...

Life. It can be a time suck. You what sucks your lifeFORCE? Space vampires. And that's what Tobe Hooper's 1985 cult classic Lifeforce brings to the table. It also brings the Three Bs: boobs, blood, and booty. Not necessarily in that order, but it very often serves up all three in the frame at the same time. From IMDB: A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning a...

HEY-NOOWWWWWW. It's the last Kickstart for August! More show notes coming. We wanted to get the episode out ASAP. Vidiots Coming Soon Thru 9/30/2025! Blu-ray Drops for 8/26/2025! BARNES AND NOBLE ARROW VIDEO 50% SALE! (RUNS THRU 8/31) ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in...

What a week. We hope yours wasn't even half as jarring as our week was. We cover some of the nonsense in today's EXTRA LARGE Kickstart. It covers all of the topics from last week, as well this week's. BARNES AND NOBLE ARROW VIDEO 50% SALE! (RUNS THRU 8/31) BLU-RAY RELEASES FOR AUGUST 19, 2025! VIDIOTS CURRENT LISTING W/ SCREENINGS BOOKED THRU 9/30!   ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Jos...

Hello All, This week, we're following up The Return of the Living Dead with another beloved "gem" from 1985: GHOULIES! From IMDB: A young man and his girlfriend move into his parents' old mansion, where his satanic father is buried, and immediately becomes possessed by a desire to conjure and control tiny demons. ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like t...

Hello, August. We got here so fast... Start it with some doggo pics. (You gotta go to Patreon to see them. You can do that right here  Karate In The Garage on Patreon! BLU-RAYS DROPPING 8/5! VIDIOTS COMING SOON! This is that thing Joey was taking about. Here is the link to the site. I know. Me, too. ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your su...

HEY, ALL. 1985 is back and this DOJO is READY TO GO! We're kicking of an entire month of 1985 Horror with BY FAR one of the best that's ever done it: Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead with Clu Gulager , James Karen , Thom Mathews , Don Calfa , and Linnea Quigley as Trash! From IMDB: When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a dead ly gas into the air...

Yes. We're tardy. And not only are we tardy, we only have half of an episode because the recorder didn't write the second part of the episode to the card when we recorded it. We're as bummed as you are. Check back here later for more show notes as I'll be adding in some of the stuff we talked about that was on the rest of our chat. (You'll know when it has all been added because this paragraph wil...

We close out NOT - SO - GOOD NUMBER TWOS with one is DEFINITELY a No. 2! MORTAL KOMBAT! annhilation From IMDB: A group of martial-arts warriors has only six days to save the Earth from an extra-dimensional invasion. ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment i...

KS for your Monday! One more after this for July, and we're in the home stretch of putting this summer behind us. All of that means is we're that much closer to the Fall, Halloween, and cooler weather. Johnny Cage Teaser Mortal Kombat II Red Band Trailer Superman Article ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG...

Note: Sorry for the tardy drop, everyone. Having two new pups in the house at once is A LOT of work. We've landed at Movie #3 for NOT - SO - GOOD NUMBER TWOS , and it wasn't on the list to start the month. But we pivoted into a title that is a little more accessible. IT'S TEEN WOLF , TOO with Jason Bateman with a supporting cast that includes John Astin , Kim Dabry , and James Hampton ! From IMDB:...

Back with a new KS after a week of vocal chord resting. (Joe's voice, not mine. I don't know how to STFU. - C) Death Stranding: Strands of Harmony Stranger Things on Netflix Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 and 4!   ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, p...

As expected, we're shaking up the order of this month's commentaries due to some availability issues mentioned in recent episodes. So, Son of the Mask will #2 of (loosely titled) Not So Good Number Twos ! Alan Cumming , Jaime Kennedy , and Traylor Howard make up the leads AND new faces for this go-round! From IMDB: Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stum...

Always Liked A Good Number 2 has mutated. This go-around, it's a commentary series of the first (and not so good) sequel of very successful movies. We're starting the whole off with a movie that has the largest gap of time between it and it's big brother: INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE . Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin have returned along with Jeff Goldblum , Bill Pullman , Vivica Fox , Sela Ward ,...

And here is the last of it for JUNE... Blu-ray Releases for 7/1/2025! New Bev for July! Vista Theater for July! Vidiots Coming Soon! Death Stranding 2 Final Trailer! Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo Featuting Witcher! Sinners Coming to Max on Friday! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other wo...

We're almost wrapped up for the first month with Joe on mic more regularly! How is he doing from your side of the internet?!? BLU-RAY RELEASES for JUNE 23, 2025! VIDIOTS JULY PROGRAMMING AS OF 6/23/2025! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, ple...

We're back to the David Fincher series with Movie #4: PANIC ROOM with Jodie Foster , Kristen Stewart (in her first featured role), Jared Leto , and Forest Whitaker . From IMDB: A divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house's safe room when three men break-in, searching for a missing fortune. ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey, Freddy, and Joseph ----------------...