The Half Hour of Power

Brandon and I finally discuss The Batman!  How does it stack up?  Join us on the Half Hour of Power! When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement. Unmask The Truth

Join us for the Northman!  Robert Eggers 3rd movie starring Alexander Skarsgard, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nichole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, and a role that redeems him, Claes Bang!  The Northman is Poetic, Bloody, and Gorgeous!   From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's mur...

Join us for Michael Crichton's directorial debut...Westworld!  You have not seen it?!  Watch it!  A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park. Gunmen Versus ROBOT Killer...they didn't stand a chance Westworld ...where robot men and women are programmed to serve you for ...Romance ...Violence ...Anything Boy,...

Jesse and I discuss the 2014 Godzilla film! The world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity. The king will rise The king arrives The world ends, Godzilla begins

Join us for Mario Bava's masterwork, The Whip and the Body.  This is a gorgeous piece of film making you just do not see very much any more! Get ready for this surreal, Gothic horror film...The Whip and the Body! The ghost of a sadistic nobleman attempts to rekindle his romance with his terrorized, masochistic former lover, who is unwillingly engaged to his brother. The most deliriously roman...

Join Jesse and I as we discuss the landmark film...Pulp Fiction.  Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction is often imitated, never replicated! The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Girls like me don't make invitations like this to just anyone! You won't know the facts until you've seen the ficti...

Marc joins me for the Spainish giallo, The Corruption of Chris Miller!  Does Chris Miller really get corrupted?  Only time will tell! Abandoned by their husband/father, a traumatized woman and her disturbed stepdaughter hire a drifter handyman at their secluded estate while a series of murders begins. When it rains it pours...BLOOD! See It With Someone You Can Hold Onto! Six Brutal Murde...

Jesse and I discuss the Darren Aronofsky movie Noah!  Russell Crowe IS Noah!  Jennifer Connelly IS Naameh!  Anthony Hopkins IS Methuselah!  Join us as for the ONLY Darren Aronofsky movie we did a show on!  "Noah?!  I want you to build an ark."  "Right!  What's an ark?" Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanse...

Join Jesse and I as we discuss the second in Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man series. When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider-Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones. No more secrets. His greatest battle begins. Rise of Electro

Join us for The Legend of Lizzie Borden!  Elizabeth Montgomery heads up this re telling of the murder of Andrew and Abby Borden! In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an axe. Accused of the shocking murder of her parents, she must prove her innocence...or be hanged! Could this woman commit the crime of the century? Due to matu...

Join us as we discuss the John Cusack movie The Raven! When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality. The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him.

We journey back into the world of Folk Horror in Eyes of Fire!  Join me for this hidden gem of witches and spirits!   A preacher is accused of adultery, and he and his followers are chased out of town. They become stranded in an isolated forest, which is haunted by the spirits of long dead Native Americans. When America was young and Spirits of Evil reigned in a Forest of Darkness. The S...

Join me for Lizzie!  Did she really give her mother 40 whacks?  Find out in this movie version of the 1892 Borden murders starring Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart! A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of Lizzie Andrew Borden's family. The legend of Lizzie Borden. Her legend is written in blood.

Marc joins me for Die Hard!  Nuff said! An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. It will blow you through the back wall of the theater! 40 Stories. Twelve Terrorists. One Cop. 40 Stories Of Sheer Adventure! High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, t...

Join me for a dark journey through the canals of Amsterdam in this Dutch serial killer film!  The water is filthy! A hard-boiled police detective sets out to capture a gruesome serial killer terrorizing the canals of Amsterdam. The city is murder The danger lies just below the surface Be glad you're afraid. It means you're still alive.

Marc from The Toys of Time Gone By joins me to discuss the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake.  I had not seen it since it came out and thought it was time to revisit it.  Was it as bad as I remember? We also discuss a recent article from Screen Rant about how tough it will be to reboot A Nightmare on Elm Street. The spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murder...

Join me for Tourist Trap!  Chuck Connors stars as the proprietor of a defunct roadside attraction!  Creepy dolls stalk the viewer for 90 minutes of sheer terror! A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekenetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins.

Join us for a discussion on Hammer Horror!  Christopher Lee!  Peter Cushing!  Michael Gough!  Terence Fisher!  Michael Carreras!  Jimmy Sangster!  Dracula!  Frankenstein!  The Mummy!  Witches, Werewolves, and Zombies!  Hammer has it all!  Jesse and I shared a love for Hammer Horror!  Here is an episode from the beginning months of th...

Damien Booker joins me to discuss the Expanded Cinematic Universe!  What is an expanded cinematic universe?  What is a sequel?  What is a spin off?  We discuss and try to answer these burning questions!

Marc and Damien join me for Spiderman: No Way Home!  We discuss the new Spiderman movie.  We also go into if there could or should be An Amazing Spiderman 3 with Andrew Garfield! With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-...

Special guest Marc joins me for the Clint Howard classic, Ice Cream Man!  Come and get your Butter Brickle Waffle Cone! Poor Gregory. After being released from the Wishing Well Sanatorium, all he wants to do is make the children happy. So Gregory reopens the old ice cream factory, and all the unappreciative brats are reprocessed into the flavor of the day. I scream, you scream, we all scream...

This is the last episode with Jesse Handlon.  We recorded this at the beginning of November 2021.  We intended to re record it as we were not happy with audio issues we were having.  Upon re listening to it, the audio is good not great. Join us for the hidden gem Just Before Dawn! Five young people venture into the backwoods of Oregon to claim a property, and find themselves being s...

Join us for Maniac Cop 2!  We intended to re-do this episode.  We had some technical difficulties recording it and were afraid it would be too disjointed.  Upon re-listening to it, the episode flows together well.  We recorded this mid November 2021 and is one of the last new episodes with Jesse as co host.  A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square se...

January 3rd 2022 Co-Founder and Co-Host of this podcast, The Half Hour of Power went to the great Cinema in the sky.  I am joined by Jeremy Riley and Marc Scrudato as we take a trip down memory lane remembering our friend, Jesse Handlon.  Needless to say, this is the most difficult show we have done.  Jesse would want to show to go on.  We will miss you Jesse Handlon!  Unt...

Join us for a throwback episode from our Blogtalk days!  Here, we discuss the films the great Dario Argento!  Deep Red, Suspiria, Opera, suspense and terror!  The one and only Dario Argento!