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This week on the show, we talk hunting spouses for sport, retaining the power of your strongest scenes, and choosing more than one cliff to do insurance fraud from in 2018's WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week, wrap yourself in barbed wire with us and talk confusing reference with allegory, American fairy tales, and barns for gooning in 1995's THE PASSION OF DARKLY NOON! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Happy 2026 doves!! This week, we discuss troubled film productions, aesthetics filling the gap between interest, and Craig's tales of balling in 1995's WILD SIDE! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Merry Christmas folks! On the last episode of 2025, we talk perpetual golden hours, friendships between women, and music to walk to in 2015's TANGERINE! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

In the final erotic thriller of the year, we talk steamy rural America, the devastation of getting exactly what you want, and Josh discovering who owns billboards in 1990's THE HOT SPOT! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we revel in Craig's sea of error, defending yourself from your lover by keeping your weaknesses a secret, and chat about peak Gal Pal Behavior in 1987's BLACK WIDOW! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we live our mantra of Watch Recklessly and discuss a coven of ghouls, how many women you can bump into before it stops being an accident, and the joys of editing in 2013's CRUSH! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

On a rare Jennless episode, Craig and Josh hold it down talking about Antonio's jeans, the fine art of translation, and what happens when your fantasies are just as beautiful when they come true in 1990's TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Motherboy Nation reaches new heights on the show this week as we talk ghouling by proxy, moms who aren't loyal, and wholesome games of Family On Trial in 1994's MOTHER'S BOYS! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the show, we finally return to erotic thrillers to discuss nym-faux-maniacs, girl handwriting, and the most upsetting party vibes imaginable in 1995's TERRIFIED! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Come with us to celebrate the birthday of our Caged Lord and talk America's love affair with the charlatan, wearing bad vibes like Dark Souls armor, and Craig's defense of the AMV in 2012's THE MASTER! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans

Wrapping up Bloodbath for the year, goo correspondent Vou Pinette returns to talk full-powered Carpenter, the horror of quantum physics, and all the Bug Facts you could ask for in 1987's PRINCE OF DARKNESS! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Grab your vestments and rosaries and come join us talking about positively medieval medical footage, the power of juxtaposing the infernal with the banal, and the impact of possibly the most societally relevant movie of the past half century in 1973's THE EXORCIST! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Get mashed into paste with us as we continue our Bloodbath journey talking the joys of puppets, technically incredible visions of hell and recurrence, and the romance of a passion project made manifest in 2021's MAD GOD! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Swimfans: Bloodbath, we yap about folk horror, the basic human joys of music and masks, and mount an oddly passionate defense of forest cults in 1973's THE WICKER MAN! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Come light the Black Flame Candle with us to kick off a new session of SWIMFANS: BLOODBATH! This week on the show, we contrast different voyeurisms, celebrate grass-based endings and dive into the brain of Argento in 1987's OPERA! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we open the Listener Request Ghoul Box and talk depictions of mental health crisis, Tsukamoto's huge range of expression, and the general horrors of existing in a society in 2011's KOTOKO! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Switching gears from Full Clip, we return to our grand tradition of our annual Choose Your Own Adventure episode and look at three more movies swimming in THE MATRIX's wake: ULTRAVIOLET (2006), AEON FLUX (2005) and BLOODRAYNE (2005)!   linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the show, we wrap up FULL CLIP with video editor Shannon Strucci discussing Cold War-era espionage, the premonition of American empire, and reading books in well-fitting jeans in 1975's THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Full Clip, we talk sheer filmic efficiency, the wisdom of keeping a gay guy in the crew, and how shooting in New York is the best special effect of all in 1979's THE WARRIORS! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week, we're joined by comic artist Joey Weiser to talk the evolution of Toei movies, the political valences of Fukasaku, and the unusual skill of directors who come from a low-budget film background in 1976's VIOLENT PANIC: THE BIG CRASH! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we welcome back Heroes 3 legend Matthew Tucciarone to talk Travolta and Cage, Woo's Hollywood era, and Venice Beach Catholics in 1997's FACE/OFF!   linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/ LISTEN TO HEROES THREE!

This week on the show, we welcome back podcast queen Niamh Schönherr to talk the structures and standards of Yakuza film, the precise chemistry of drugs into hair care products, and the Crime Cenobite in 1981's SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock:   http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Swimfans: Full Clip, we're joined by publishing pro Kyle Daileda to talk Josh's taste in men, the novelty of a movie walking and talking like a video game, and explaining stuntwork to gay people in 2006's CRANK! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we're once again joined by art director Carina Taylor to discuss the artful rending of garments, the rich, textured flavor of divorce, and how to reconcile a movie that's kind of two movies in 1994's TRUE LIES! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/