The Cantaloupe Cats Movie Podcast w/ John and Tom

Hey Horror Fans!  We are back again soon-ish with a deep dive into the new Backrooms movie by Kane Parsons! Thank you for no clipping into our podcast to wander the halls of movie criticism and analysis. This is a very wide ranging review with deep dives into the movie as well as rants about A.I. and YouTube criticism.... Spoilers for: Keeper, Us, Being John Malkovich, The Shining, Burn After Read...

Hey Cantaloupe Cats fans and friends, Our new episode is here! Tom and John do a deep dive on Damien McCarthy's brand new film Hokum. Also, we are joined by Tinguu, graphic novelist, illustrator and all around nerd for a discussion of Curry Barker's Obsession, a film that left me shaken when the lights came up.  As is tradition, three fake commercials are strewn about this wide ranging discussion,...

The Cantaloupe Cats are back with a super packed episode!  After chatting briefly about Undertone and Ready or Not 2, we bring on special guest Olive Hui (AKA: Pineapple O ) to chat about Exit 8, the movie as well as the game. Then we tackle Lee Cronin's The Exorci.... I mean Mummy, and end the episode with Faces of Death! Strap in friends, this is a long one. As per usual there are fun fake comme...

Are you stranded on a desert island of the soul? Do you have tuna fish on your face that no one at work will tell you is there? It's Send Help by Sam Raimi, his first time back in the horror genre since 2009's Drag Me To Hell. Joining us on the pod is Eric Zeender, guitar player for Late Cambrian and movie enthusiast! I'm reminded of that line in Bodies Bodies Bodies where Rachel Sennot's podcast...

It's January. You know what that usually means... film companies dump their worst movies in the first quarter of the year. Not 2026 though. Into the deadzone drops Primate and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, bucking this decades long trend with two bangers. We've brought out the big guns for the first episode of 2026.  First up is music video director and "gorilla" filmmaker King Z https://www.ca...

At long last The Cantaloupe Cats are back with our Top 10 Horror movies of 2025! This was a great year for horror tentpoles as well as some under the radar gems as well. Spoilers for, well a whole bunch of horror movies, as well as The Chair Company.  Theme song: Language, Violence, Adult Situations by Fashion Bird Danger Danger

Hey Horror Lovers and Cantaloupe Cats enthusiasts! Another brand new episode for you all. We dive into YouTuber Chris Stuckman's first full length movie, Shelby Oaks, as well as Osgood Perkins' brand new movie Keeper! As per usual, there are HEAVY SPOILERS for both movies. Tom Milligan is traveling for the holidays so there is only one fake commercial this time by John Wlaysewski. I just noticed w...

00:00 - Good Boy 31:06 - Doug commercial 32:25 - Bone Lake 57:09 - Whisper Link commercial Hey! The Cantaloupe Cats are back with a brand new episode! For halloween season we decided to tackle two movies in one jam packed episode. Indie darling and dog oriented horror movie, Good Boy & "erotic" horror thriller Bone Lake. It's the dog and bone episode you've all been waiting for. Also, as is tr...

Dylan Mars Greenberg talks about her newest film, Spirit Riser which is playing at the Roxy in Tribeca on September 15th 2025 https://www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/spirit-riser-qa/ After the tragic death of their parents, two sisters (Summer Greenberg and Amanda Flowers) are torn apart and sent to opposite coasts by a malevolent entity. One sister cannot remember who she is, and the other c...

00:00 Tom Milligan in a Troma film 06:00 The Toxic Avenger (2025) review 16:37 Gloop commercial 32:56 Sour Mega Ultra Blaster Murder Death Cubes commercial 43:03 Lloyd Kaufman Interview Hey Horror Junkies, The Cantaloupe Cats are back from the dead with an analysis and review of The Toxic Avenger 2025 (Troma / Legendary) , directed by Macon Blair (Green Room, Blue Ruin) and released UNRATED by Cin...

00:00  Who is Miss Cherry Delight? 08:20 Commercial 1  19:07 Commercial 2 42:56 Commercial 3 Welcome back to the Cantaloupe Cats Movie Podcast. In this episode we tackle the mysterious and horrific world of Zach Creggar's Weapons, his follow up to 2022's Barbarian, one of my favorite horror movies of that year. Joining Us on the Podcast is the inimitable Miss Cherry Delight! Miss Cherry Delight is...

00:00:00 Intro to Levi Wilson 00:13:58 Commercial 1 00:32:00 Commercial 2 00:43:15 Commercial 3 01:04:00 28 Years Later Review    Welcome back to the Cantaloupe Cats Movie Podcast! Today we dive into one of our favprite movies of the year, with friend of the pod, Levi Wilson. Three fake commercials strewn throughout, created by John Tom and Levi (with an assist from Lisa Hammer).  This is a tangen...

00:00 - Death Of A Unicorn Review 01:14:46 - A24 Movies  Oh boy... Welcome to The Cantaloupe Cats Movie Podcast, today John and Tom dive into the cinematic disaster known as Death of a Unicorn, and look at A24 movies in general and where they are heading as a company. Death of a Unicorn stars Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Tea Leoni, Will Poulter, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani, Steve Park & Richard...

00:00 - Who is Kevin McDonald? 08:54 - Rosemary's Baby 50:02 - We talk about the Alien Franchise 54:07 - Kevin's new screenplay 56:35 - Rush / Geddy Lee book 58:36 - Kevin McDonald Stand Up April 11 and 12  On today's episode of The Cantaloupe Cats Movie Podcast we are joined by Kids In The Hall alum, storyteller, screenwriter, stand up comedian and all around great guy, Kevin McDonald! He and Joh...

00:00 Who is Kevin Corrigan? 04:29 The Exorcist 19:35 Exorcist 3: Legion 53:02 Exorcist 2: The Heretic In a Very Special Episode of The Cantaloupe Cats, we are joined by veteran character actor and all around cool cat Kevin Corrigan! When we reached out to ask him if he'd like to come on the pod he said he wanted to talk about The Exorcist films. It was the perfect excuse to sit down and dig into...

The Cantaloupe Cats turn the key and unleash nihilistic doom on an unsuspecting public, with their HEAVY SPOILER deep dive into The Monkey, a 2025 Horror Comedy by Oz Perkins. As per usual, two fake commercials were created especially for this episode, to inject a little of our own horror comedy into the proceedings. Both John and Tom are super well versed in Stephen King lore so the conversation...

Hey Horror friends and family,  We are back with our TOP 10 Horror Movies of 2024! Neither Tom nor John shared their lists with each other and some surprising picks show up on both lists. We also go through a list of honorable mentions as well. As per usual, two ridiculous fake  commercials (written and created by John and Tom) break up the conversation at the most inopportune times.  Theme Song:...

It's 2025 and The Cantaloupe Cats Movie Podcast is coming out strong with a very special episode. Brandon Bassham (Troma), writer of #ShakespearesShitstorm, Director of Feartown USA, The Slashening, and Slashening: Final Beginning joins the podcast for a wide ranging interview! We talk about his new horror anthology, Bring On The Damned (John & Tom went to the premiere at The Museum of The Mov...

The Cantaloupe Cats succumb to the darkness with a deep dive into Nosferatu. Special Guest Matthew Milligan came ready to play, having just watched Werner Herzog's classic 1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre as well as seeing Robert Egger's new film with his whole family (Tom Milligan and Matthew Milligan are brothers). Matthew Milligan is a co-host of the Weird Al-gorithm Podcast, the bass player for Whea...

Friend of the podcast, Ed Douglas (Weekend Warrior Movie Reviews) is back for a discussion of Conclave and Anora, two films that surprised John Wlaysewski. Ed and John chat about liminal spaces, intersex people & underrepresented people in cinema. This review is a companion piece with Ed and John's discussion on Gladiator 2 and Megalopolis. Coming up next for the podcast, a Spoiler Heavy deep...

The Cantaloupe Cats are back with a brand new deep dive into HERETIC, the 2024 psychological horror movie directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. It stars Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East, and follows two Mormon missionaries who attempt to convert a reclusive Englishman only to find themselves in a religious cat and mouse game. It's exactly the type of religious horror that hosts John Wl...

Friend of the podcast, Ed Douglas (Weekend Warrior Movie Reviews), took John Wlaysewski to see Gladiator 2 on the largest IMAX screen in North America (at 76.2 feet tall) located at 68th street & Broadway in NYC. Here's a mini review of Gladiator 2 with SPOILERS. We also review Megalopolis or as I like to call it, Ed Wood's Caligula.  Episode 2 of The Cantaloupe Cats podcast will focus on Here...

Welcome to episode 1 of The Cantaloupe Cats Movie Podcast, your go to podcast for deep dives into notable masterpiece and disasterpieces in cinema.  On this episode we cover The Substance, directed by Coralie Fargeat and distributed by Mubi. It stars Demi Moore (in an epic performance), Margaret Qualley & Dennis Quaid in a gonzo performance that has to be seen to be believed.  HEAVY SPOILER WA...