Podcasting After Dark - Cult Movies and TV Shows

Black Moon Rising (1986) synopsis: “A thief, Quint, is hired by the Justice Department to steal incriminating tapes from a corrupt corporation. The tapes vanish when Quint hides them in the back of a hydrodynamic powered racing car that is stolen by a hot car ring.” Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn, and Dan Shor Director: Harley Cokeliss This week on Podcasting After Dark,...

Where you know them from: TCM UNDERGROUND: 50 Must-See Films From The World Of Classic Cult And Late-Night Cinema This month on Interviews After Dark we talk to authors, Millie De Chirico and Quatoyiah Murry about their book, TCM UNERGROUND! A must-read for any lover of classic cult movies. We discuss everything from the book's inception to how they define a 'cult film.' It's a fun interview and w...

Halloween Ends (2022) synopsis: “The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode comes to a spine-chilling climax in the final installment of this trilogy.” Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, and Rohan Campbell Director: David Gordon Green This week on Podcasting After Dark, Corey is joined by horror author extraordinaire, David Irons, to review Halloween Ends! This is a F...

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) synopsis: “Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.” Starring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, and Dick Warlock Director: Tommy Lee Wallace This week on Podcasting After Dark, Corey and Zak review their second Halloween-themed movie of Oct...

Werewolf (1987) synopsis: “The show follows the adventures of Eric Cord, a college student transformed into a werewolf who undergoes a quest to rid himself of his curse by killing the apparent originator of his 'bloodline', a drifter named Janos Skorzeny played by Chuck Connors (in his last television role). While pursuing Skorzeny, Cord himself is pursued by the persistent bounty hunter "Alamo" J...

The Guest (2014) synopsis: “A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.” Starring: Dan Stevens, Sheila Kelley, Maika Monroe, and Lance Reddick Director: Adam Wingard This week on Podcasting After Dark, Corey and Zak k...

Suburbia (1983) synopsis: “When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.” Starring: Chris Pedersen, Bill Coyne, Jennifer Clay, and Flea Director: Penelope Spheeris This week on Podcasting After Dark, Corey and Zak review Suburbia by Penelope Spheeris! This is another Patreon-selected film for review, and...

Evil Dead: The Game (2022) synopsis: “Evil Dead: The Game is a 2022 survival horror game based on the Evil Dead franchise. It was developed and published by Saber Interactive. It features co-operative gameplay and player versus player combat.” This week on Podcasting After Dark, Corey is flying solo while Zak recovers from COVID. That means you all are getting a video game review! It’s rare but he...

Diallo's Pick: The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon (1976) - IMDb Zak's Pick: The War Between the Classes (1985) - IMDb Corey's Pick: The Day My Kid Went Punk (1987) - IMDb This week on Podcasting After Dark presents TV Obscura, Zak, Corey, and Diallo review three afterschool specials from the 70s and 80s! Two of them are from the ABC Afterschool Special series and one is from the CBS School...

Bachelor Party (1984) synopsis: “A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.” Starring: Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed, and Robert Prescott Director: Neal Israel This week on Podcasting After Dark, Corey and Zak review another Tom Hanks movie from the 80s, Bachelor Party! As you heard on their review of The ‘Burbs, this is their favorite era of Tom Hanks, back w...

Where you know him from: Die Hard 2 (1990), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991), Demon Knight (1995), and VFW (2019) This month on Interviews After Dark we talk to actor, William Sadler ! It was a huge honor to have William freakin' Sadler on the show! Like a lot of our listeners, both Zak and Corey grew up loving his movies. Everything from Demon Knight to Shawshank and all the ones too numerou...

Diallo's Pick: Battle of the Planets (1978-80) - IMDb Zak's Pick: Bionic Six (1987) - IMDb Corey's Pick: C.O.P.S. (1988-89) - IMDb This week on Podcasting After Dark presents TV Obscura, Zak, Corey, and Diallo review three of their favorite cartoon teams from the 70s and 80s! First up, Diallo discusses Battle of the Planets aka G-Force aka Gatchaman! A show with a very complicated history and back...

Where you know him from: The People Under the Stairs (1991) , Twister (1996), and Idle Hands (1999) This month on Interviews After Dark we talk to actor, Sean Whalen ! By now you all should know, because he talks about it all the damn time: Co-host Corey went to the same high school as Sean Whalen (go Sherwood Warriors)! So, this interview was a pretty big deal for him. And for Zak too! The boys b...

My Best Fiend (1999) synopsis: “In the 1950s, an adolescent Werner Herzog was transfixed by a film performance of the young Klaus Kinski. Years later, they would share an apartment where, in an unabated, forty-eight-hour fit of rage, Kinski completely destroyed the bathroom. From this chaos, a violent, love-hate, profoundly creative partnership was born.” Director: Werner Herzog This week on Podca...

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) synopsis: “Ten years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala, while Obi-Wan Kenobi investigates an assassination attempt on the senator and discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.” Starring: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, and Temuera Morrison Director: George Lucas S...

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) synopsis: “A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).” Director: David Gregory This week on Podcasting After Dark, Corey and Zak kick off their two-part documentar...

Where you know her from: Masters of the Universe (1987), Death Spa (1988) , and The Last Boy Scout (1991) This month on Interviews After Dark (by way of Two Dollar Late Fee ) we talk to ‘Virginia Slim’ herself, Chelsea Field ! This interview wraps-up our month-long crossover event with Two Dollar Late Fee . We hope you enjoyed this deep dive into Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), and we...

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) synopsis: “Forced by the imminent foreclosure of their friend's bar, two lifelong buddies will decide to rob a bank's armored car, not knowing that its cargo is not money but a new street drug.” Starring: Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Daniel Baldwin, and Chelsea Field Director: Simon Wincer This week on Podcasting After Dark, Corey and Zak are joined by sp...

Zak: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990-91) - IMDb Diallo: ReBoot (1994-97, 2001) - IMDb Adam: Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys (1996) - IMDb Corey: Men in Black: The Series (1997-01) - IMDb This week on Podcasting After Dark presents TV Obscura, Zak, Corey, and Diallo are joined by special guest, Adam Speas of Cartwright! A Seinfeld Podcast to review four obscure cartoons from the...

The first episode of our second annual Two Dollar Late Fee crossover event is here! This time we are covering the early 90s Mickey Rourke/Don Johnson buddy movie, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)! Just like last year, the Two Dollar Late Fee general movie review and music discussion episode drops first. Then, in two weeks, look for our full Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man breakdown...

Death Spa (1988) synopsis: “Gruesome deaths begin to occur at a hip Los Angeles health club.” Starring: William Bumiller, Brenda Bakke, Merritt Butrick, and Chelsea Field Director: Michael Fischa This week on Podcasting After Dark, Zak and Corey break down and review the second movie in their two-part summer filmfest, Death Spa! The irony is, even though Zak picked it as his summer movie, Death Sp...

Diallo’s pick: Matt Houston (1982-85) - IMDb Corey’s pick: Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983-87) - IMDb Zak’s pick: The Insiders (1985) - IMDb This week on Podcasting After Dark presents TV Obscura, Zak, Corey, and Diallo dive into three quirky crime shows from the 80s! They aren’t quite comedies and they aren’t straight-up dramas either. Each show feels very unique but also of its time. The boys real...

The ‘Burbs (1989) synopsis: “An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block are part of a murderous Satanic cult.” Starring: Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern, and Rick Ducommun Director: Joe Dante This week on Podcasting After Dark, Corey and Zak break down and review the first movie in their two-part summer filmfest, The ‘Burbs (1989)! Corey is sh...

Where you know him from: TRON (1982), Strange Behavior (1981), and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) This month on Interviews After Dark we talk to actor, Dan Shor ! As life-long TRON fans it was a dream come true for us to talk to RAM himself, Dan Shor! You'll also remember him from our review of Dead Kids aka Strange Behavior (1981) all the way back in our first season! That movie is w...

The Wind (1986) synopsis: “A popular crime novelist moves to a historic Greek village during the off-season in order to write her next book, but gets more than she bargained for when she strongly suspects a man of committing murder.” Starring: Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, David McCallum, and Steve Railsback Director: Nico Mastorakis This week on Podcasting After Dark, Corey and Zak break down and rev...