The Horror Throwdown Podcast: Fraser Edition

This week we’re proud to present Tim Burton’s MONKEYBONE!!! Hold on one moment I’m getting a messsage. Wait, he wasn’t involved? It was Henry Selick? Ok, well Henry Selicks’ MONKEYBONE!!! Staring Brendan Fraser as cartoonist Stu Miley, Whoopi Goldberg as death, and Stephen King as himsel…. Wait I’m getting another message… oh that ISNT Stephen King?! He’s not actually in it? You know what, screw i...

We followed the trail to the end of the rainbow, and we did not find any coins (or anything worthwhile). Instead we found YOUNGER & YOUNGER. Brendan plays Winston Younger. He’s got great hair and that’s all we can say about this fever dream movie. He’s got a dad who he always has to chase down, but what happens when he’s the one getting chased? The culprit this time is Lubdan (real name), the titu...

What happens when you mix Blue Powerade, lactose intolerance, and Yvonne? We get an episode where nothing makes sense but somehow does! We talk about life, mistakes, and whole lot about responsibility. Oh, also we mention the year 1994, with the iconic and unforgettable THE SCOUT! Starring our boy as Steve Nebraska, baybay. Also we get a little sexy with THE CROW and Brandon Lee. Why’s there a cro...

We got a bonus episode for you, baybeee!!! This episode is 100% devoted to the new SCREAM, directed by Radio Silence collective Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Does this entry hold up as a worth addition to Wes Cravens’ iconic franchise? Who know! Tell you cat to hang up the phone, GHOSTFACE is on the loose!

We have no description this week. This is a truly odd pairing. God help us all, even the cat. You know what? FUCK IT. Y’all know the routine by now! BFraser plays a fucking SQUIRREL in the animated film THE NUT JOB. Will the squirrel survive being turned into a WALRUS, in the Kevin Smith directed TUSK? WHO KNOWS?! It’s hard to tell what would happen when you replace a human character with a bushy...

HAPPY NEW YEAR, YOU FREAKS! New year, same ole Brendan Fraser. It may be 2022, but we’re going back to 1962 for this one! We got the incredibly sweet, but also incredibly naive Adam from BLAST FROM THE PAST. He’s trying to win a wife and collect hot Dr. Pepper for his dear old dad Christopher Walken. Although he grew up in a bomb shelter, he’s still got a good family life. The same can’t be said a...

Well well well, look who’s packing their bags and finally taking out the trash: 2021. While this closing year is never ending, it did provide us some gems! Today the three goon boys reflect on our favorite releases. This episode has it all: hot takes and hotter family trauma. Two out of three of us has COVID, guess correctly and you may get a prize. Tell that cat to save some champagne for New Yea...

Oh, I didn’t see you there! Come on in, it’s the last Christmas episode of the season. We’ve had fun with terrible families, girls in chokers, balding men and a stupid green idiot. But now, sit back with us as we unwind with a little bit of horror vs. horror. First up we got Michael Dougherty’s visually stunning 2015 hit KRAMPUS. He’s got hells elves, psychotic gingerbread heathens, and a hole to...

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house; not a creature was stirring… except for these fake Santa boys causing trouble. This week, we get to the bottom of who is the ultimate fake Santa. Is it the GRINCH, who’s green with rage at all the Christmas freaks in Whoville? Or is it (another) Billy, having a not so silent but incredibly deadly night? Tell you cat it better stay in be...

Tis the season to gather round the Nakatomi Plaza, because the vent boys have two iconic Christmas tales for you. In the 1988 Christmas classic, DIE HARD, John McClane is saving his marriage and the last bits of his hair. Sure he can harass Hans Gruber and his band of German goons, but can he get away with it against Billy? The attic dwelling creep from one of the OG slashers, 1974s BLACK CHRISTMA...

Have you ever wanted to make your family disappear? And then have they disappeared in a horrific manor? It’s the Holidays, of course you have! Brendan requested the month off, so this week begins our Holiday Spectacular. We got 90s bee boy Mucully Calkin (Joe, fix my spelling) as Kevin McCallister in the Christmas blockbuster HOME ALONE. Sure he can rough around a couple of wet bandits, but can he...

You wish it was 1997 again? Be careful what you ask for, because the wizard boys might make it true. We got the Wes Craven presented WISHMASTER, the Djinn is loose, and let’s just say causing problems. Speaking of problems, Brendan Fraser as David Gold in THE TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS, has a big one with his family. Everyone’s wishing for solutions, and all David wants to do is have his opera to be a...

Feet, feet, and more feet! The whiplash goons are going back in time for their Audition! Because everyone was looking for love in 1999. Brendan Fraser as the titular Dudley Do-Right has some snide competition in his movie. But the limb taker, Asami, is only looking for one true love. Will Dudley woo her? Or will he be sacked. Who gave the cat those eye needles!? Sheesh, good thing this podcast is...

It’s a new week, so you know it’s time to get insane with the Yum Yum girls. We have some movies for you. 2010 gave us the unfortunate, FURRY VENGEANCE, where our boy Bfraze plays a goon named Dan Sander. Can this corporate stooge go up against something this podcast is very familiarity with: another James Wan movie? Or will things get a little INSIDIOUS for him? Find out if he’ll come out on top,...

Season of the witch? Nah, it’s season of the KILLS! Which you know what that means: if it’s Halloween, then it’s time for evil to die TONIGHT. It’s time for another review by the we’re slightly ok boys. Today’s episode is 100% dedicated to the new release HALLOWEEN KILLS, the second installment in David Gordon Green’s HALLOWEEN reboot trilogy. Why is your cat going upstairs? The podcast is down he...

Brendan Fraser requested Halloween week off, so instead, we have a different Daddy for you! Eddie Murphy’s 2003 family hit, DADDY DAY CARE. The DDC dads are up against a challenge, and we’re not talking children! Instead they’re going toe to toe against 1985 punks and a zombie outbreak. That’s right: THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD! Will the brain boys figure out if a group of small children would s...

It’s 1996, baybay! The little ghost goons have double trouble in this episode. We got two Brendan Fraser’s, two killers, and two train wrecks! And you KNOW one of them is this episode, of course. First up, we have MRS. WINTERBOURNE, where Brendan plays two roles (the hip Hugh and the all business Bill). And, since it’s 1996, you KNOW we’re gonna be talking about the genre refining, iconic, slasher...

Boogie woogie woogie, you little freaks. The soil boys are here to present you with yet another 2013 episode. Brendan is back as he takes on his most challenging role to date: having to act in the direct-to-video release BREAKOUT. He’s a little eco freak going against the very non eco friendly little mirror vampire movie, Mike Flanagan’s OCULUS. I guess you can say this was a Flanagan breakout, if...

Love everything about Halloween and this time of year? Well today is your lucky day, cause the biscuit boys got a generic bottle episode for ya! Get ready for this top Halloween viewing essentials episode of the podcast and prepare yourself to audibly sigh after hearing our top choices. Bad opinions? Trunkes got you. Bad number ones? Joseph got you. Bad jokes? Cisco got you. Who writes these descr...

It’s been 28 days since our last Throwdown. The rage boys have been quiet, but the naked bodies Brendan Fraser and Cillian Murphy have awoken them from their coma. The year is 2002, and Avril Lavigne’s Sk8er Boi is taking the country by storm, much like the infected in the UK, or the CIA in Vietnam. Wait, where’s the cat? Why is there a chimp in the cage here? Oh… that’s just Michael Caine. We’ll...

What can be said about MALIGNANT that hasn’t already been said about this podcast. Is it coherent? No. Is it the best? Maybe. Is it fun? You bet your sweet little electric butt it is. Today the Seattle shock boys are talking about JAMES WAN returning to his horror roots. If you like watching the people of Seattle get absolutely manhandled by a gothic killer, then this is the movie for you. But als...

Honey heads assemble! The Cabrini Green boys are back with CANDYMAN 2021. No Brendan Fraser necks today, just some good ole fashion Candyman shenanigans. To be fair, these reviews may be mediocre, but we assure you that Nia DaCosta’s take on the Candyman legend is anything but. So join these Chicago hogs as we breakdown this Candyman. We dare your cat to say the last CANDYMAN!

It’s been a quiet couple of weeks, but we’re BACK, and we have Rick O’Connell with us again baybay! This time with more mummies and even more scorpions of royalty. If there is one thing Rick O’Connell is used to, it’s the city of the dead and fighting resurrected bad boys who are after his neck. Who’s trying to go neck deep? None other than Jimmy Bones, from 2001’s BONES (sorry Emily Deschanel and...

FEAR STREET, you dirty lemons. Action packed horror with a heavy hint of nostalgia. Unfortunately, no Brendan Fraser, but fret not. We got malls. We got the Offspring. We got bread slicers. We got good ole American murders, baby! 3 movies condensed into one episode? What more could anyone ask for! Someone tell that cat they’ll always be a SHADYSIDE podcaster.

Finally! The rose boys get to cover a new Brendan Fraser release! NO SUDDEN MOVE, BAYBAY! Bfraze plays Doug Jones (no, not that Doug Jones from the 2000 direct-to-video release JACK FROST 2: REVENGE OF THE MUTANT KILLER SNOWMAN), Ray Liotta’s goon for hire. He’s a plump and angry tomato in this one! But is he angry enough to be a fellow purger? Can he yell his way through the Purge Purification Fo...