Podcast – Geek Nerdery

This week we’re heading out into SPAAAAAAAAAACE! First up, weird alien life is created and runs amok in FORBIDDEN WORLD. Then, weird alien life is created . . . again and runs amok in INSEMINOID.

This episode we’re looking at films where Lance Henrickson fights guys with mullets. First up, Lance runs a biker gang that plans to do some bad things in STONE COLD. Then, Lance wants to hunt homeless people in HARD TARGET.

This episode is about parody films. First up, zaniness at a hospital tests the relationships happening and not happening in YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE. Then, Dr. Jekyll creates a drug that turns him into a crazy party guy in JEKYLL & HYDE TOGETHER AGAIN.

This week’s Fanuary picks almost canceled it for everyone. Thanks a lot Trevor. First off, we go into the low low budget land of Shot On Video movies with THINGS. Then, we watch as Thor wields his mighty studded codpiece in ROCK ‘N ROLL NIGHTMARE.

We check out 2 Frankenstein films this week with 2 completely different tones. First up, Doug finally gets to see the genius and hilarity that is YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Then, we head back to Hammer with FRANKENSTEIN CREATES WOMAN.

We celebrate the work of Rob Reiner by taking a look at two of his classic takes on Stephen King works. First up, we look for a dead body in STAND BY ME. Then, we get captured by our number one fan in MISERY.

Merry Christmas! Since you’ve been good, your present this year is two Christmas-themed movies. First up, we question weird family dynamics and women with long brown hair in SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT. Then, we completely understand why this guy doesn’t enjoy his dysfunctional family Christmas in AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS! Hope you all have some happy … Continue reading Silent Night, Bloody Night...

It’s the battle of the bots here at the Midnight Drive-In. First up, Kristy Swanson dies only to have a sophisticated robot chip put into her brain, which leads to one of the most viral horror movie moments in DEADLY FRIEND. Then, a robot doll is given to a little girl, who gets a little … Continue reading Deadly Friend & M3gan →

This episode we’re taking a look at two films that take place on Halloween. First up, Levar Burton teaches us to get our face out of a book and try to hook up with a vampire in THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. Then, we learn the dangers of talking to ghost girls in THE LADY IN WHITE.

It’s the end of our werewolves vs vampires month and we’re going for three films this time around. First, monsters gather in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN. Then, monsters gather albiet a little more seperately in HOUSE OF DRACULA. Finally, a werewolf fights a vampire woman in the aptly named THE WEREWOLF VS THE VAMPIRE WOMAN.

As is our usual tradition, we present you with this year’s Halloween Commentary. This year, we’re watching the terrifying ghost movie POLTERGEIST. We gripe about the remake and mention Jim Belushi a lot.

It’s time for episode 2 in our Werewolves vs Vampires month. Here we once again check out the world of Dracula through a modern lens (and Jason Scott Lee) in DRACULA II: ASCENSION. Then we check in on our favorite werewolf girls in GINGER SNAPS 2.

For October, we’re taking a look at vampire movies vs werewolf movies. First up, Gerard Butler is Dracula in New Orleans in DRACULA 2000. Then in GINGER SNAPS, we take a look at adolescence by way of werewolves.

In this episode, we’re looking at two Brian Yuzna films. First, we keep the ROTLD train rolling with the zombie Romeo (Romero?) and Juliet film RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3. Then, class warfare gets really weird in SOCIETY.

This episode we’re taking a look at two sort of sequels to Night of the Living Dead. First up, a group of punks fight off re-animated corpses in RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. Then, the very first Romero zombie rises again in FLESH EATER.

We’re taking a look at two films by the director Robert Fuest. First up, William Shatner and Tom Skeritt fight satanist Ernest Borgnine in THE DEVIL’S RAIN. Then, Vincent Price kills people who didn’t save his wife by way of the plagues of Egypt in THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES.

Ever been poisoned? Well two of the leads in our movies have and it doesn’t seem to be a great time. First up, we learn that when Eric Roberts worked at Marvel Comics he got to hang out with Stan Lee in THE AMBULANCE. Then, we find out that Dennis Quaid is a pretty lousy … Continue reading The Ambulance & D.O.A. →

We go rafting with Kevin Bacon! First, he tries to teach us survival skills, but he seems to have a bad temper in WHITE WATER SUMMER. Then, he tricks us into helping out with a heist in THE RIVER WILD.

It’s time to take a trip with Malcolm McDowell into the far future and see what life is like. First up, we look for the meaning of life and to have robot babies in CYBORG 3. Then, we fight off robot spaceships in MOON 44.

Some say two heads are better than one. Well we’re testing that theory by checking out two films that have double the fun. First, things get all kinds of racist in THE THING WITH TWO HEADS. Then, how easy can one be corrupted by another in THE INCREDIBLE TWO HEADED TRANSPLANT.

Remember the 90s? Let’s all head back there with some slacker comedies from 1994. First up, we learn what college is really like on those liberal campuses with all the protesting in PCU. Then, we try to overtake the media in the name of metal in AIRHEADS.

This episode, people end up in danger due to dangerous aliens invading Earth. First up, a kid begins to suspect that everyone in his town is being taken over by aliens in INVADERS FROM MARS. Then, a weird creature begins hunting unsuspecting victims in NIGHTBEAST.

As summer heads into the waning few weeks we have left, we decided why not take a look at some of the summer camp movies from the 80s. Then we found out one of these movies isn’t about summer camp. Go figure. First up, Bill Murray teaches life lessons to a group of kids at … Continue reading Meatballs & Up The Creek →

It’s episode 350. What better way to celebrate than reviewing three awesome movies? First up, zombies ruin everyone’s pub time in SHAUN OF THE DEAD. Then, a small town has something very wrong in HOT FUZZ. Finally, a bar crawl turns into a war with aliens in THE WORLD’S END.

This episode we’re talking about 2 Albert Pyun cyborg movies! First up, things get awkward with an underage Angelina Jolie in CYBORG 2. Then, Terminator rip offs everywhere in NEMESIS.