The Matt and Mark Movie Show

The Horror Show returns this week with a Halloween must-watch: 1988’s PUMPKINHEAD. Stan Winston’s under-seen monster movie masterpiece turns 36 years old this week, and to celebrate, we go in-depth on its legacy. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our guest-in-residence, Tommy Nuggetz. We had plenty to discuss this episode, including: what any of this has to do with Michael J...

We’re so back. We survived another Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood and lived to tell the tale. So put your babies away, it’s time for the grown men… TO SCREAM LIKE LITTLE GIRLS. Hear our pulse-pounding play-by-play of every haunted house and scare zone at this year’s event: we take you through the Blumhouse Terror Tram, the demonic gauntlet of Insidious: The Further, t...

We’re on the road to HHN Hollywood this week, but The Horror Show must go on! So we’re unearthing another Full Horror Rec’s special to satisfy your spooky fix. That’s right, boils and ghouls, we’ve got 9 MORE horror movie mini-reviews guaranteed to chill your old Activia bones… or your young Gen Z bones. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our guest-in-residence an...

The Horror Show is here! And to kick off the season, we’re dedicating an entire full-length special to Horror Rec’s ONLY. Not sure where to start your watchlist this spooky season? We’re gonna help you out with mini-reviews of NINE picks guaranteed to send shivers up your spine… or up your pooper. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our guest-in-residence, To...

Day-Oooooo! Me say Day-Ohhhh! Daylight come and here’s your SPOILER WARNING-O. Okay, you’ve been warned. We’re chatting BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE on the show this week, with special guest and friend-of-the-show, Dasein ! Is Tim Burton back?! We discuss the man’s triumphant return to the cineplex in all his gothy, practical FX glory. There are sandworms, stopmotion, and a very polarizing...

While you’re out there saying his name three times, Mark is experiencing it all… FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. Believe it: Mark has never seen Beetlejuice, so we decided to give it a watch before the hotly anticipated sequel comes out in a few days. Did Mark like it? Did he find it “strange and unusual?” You’ll have to tune in to find out! Along the way, we also rank our f...

As you may (or may not) have heard, our Patreon is dead and dusted. So, as a fun bonus for ALL OF OUR LISTENERS, I’m releasing some of those subscriber exclusives as bonuses here on the main feed. Enjoy!  Sit back and listen to us gab about one of our favorite 80s fantasy movies ever made, 1988’s Willow, directed by one of our fav’s, RON HOWARD. Listen to two grown men cackle wit...

Oddity is a movie where the less you know going in, the better. I’ll tell you this… it’s scary enough that it made Mark and I punk out halfway through for a 5-minute break so we could text each other about how scared we were. Then, we manned up and finished it and now we sleep with the lights on. LIKE MEN. To skip directly to our main ODDITY review, scrub ahead to 13:03 , but if...

SPOILER WARNING. Okay, you’ve been warned. Grab your Tums and Xenomorph popcorn buckets because we’re chatting ALIEN: ROMULUS on the show this week, with special guest Tommy Nuggetz ! We dive in to Fede Alvarez’s entry into the Alien franchise, discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly (YOU KNOW WHO WE MEAN). Disney hits us again with another deepfaked actor and we’ve got...

Matt and Mark, Matt and Mark, whatchu gonna do? Whatchu gonna do when they pod for you? This week, we play a little Summer Movie Catch-Up with Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the surprise hit 4th movie in the Bad Boys franchise. We missed it in theaters during its initial run, but wanted to circle back with our Bad Boys since we did a big franchise rewatch earlier this year. We review the film, discuss the...

SPOILER WARNING. (Okay, you’ve been warned.) It’s the biggest movie of the summer and catnip for millenials, so of course, we’re talking DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE this week! Yes, we lifted our “no MCU rule” temporarily to bring you this spoiler-stuffed discussion of what is now the biggest R-rated opening weekend of all time. You’re welcome. What did we love? What did...

WHERE WERE THE COWS???! That’s the question on our minds as we review TWISTERS, the sequel (?) follow-up (?) to one of our favorite summer blockbusters of old. How does it compare to the original? Don’t we worry, we answer that… and also try to understand this new movie’s storm science, get our first look at our new Superman from Superman: Legacy, and speculate why none of...

SPOILER WARNING. (Okay, you’ve been warned.) Friend-of-the-show Tommy Nuggetz is in the house to help me review A24’s MaXXXine!  If you want to get straight to the review, scrub ahead to 12:30 , but if you do, you’ll miss us talking about the best way to now watch the X trilogy in its entirety – chronological order or release order? We do a deep-dive on MaXXXine, discuss wh...

SPOILER WARNING. Okay, you’ve been warned. A not-so-quiet guest joins me this week to talk Day One in the Quiet Place universe… it’s our buddy, Jeff, from The Love of Cinema Podcast ! We had A TON to catch up on, so if you want to Fast Forward straight to our review, head to 9:40 . Prepare your ear drums for a deep-dive on A Quiet Place: Day One and hear us heap praise on the mov...

Spoiler: we would definitely NOT survive life in the Quiet Place universe. Before we all head out to see DAY ONE, join us as we revisit the first two A Quiet Place movies. We’ve got all the recaps you need (in case you need a refresher) in this double feature review episode, plus deep-dive reviews of each film. Along the way, we chat about this movie’s unusual connection to Michael Bay...

We’re back for an old school style, free-flowing catch-up episode. If you want to SKIP AHEAD to the reviews, jump to 20:24 . But if you do skip ahead, you’ll miss us chatting about the Alamo Drafthouse / Sony Pictures deal, Bad Boys 1-3, watching the Olympics, and high school horror stories. You’ll also miss an epic voicemail from Jeff from The Love of Cinema. It’s a free-f...

IT’S THE EXTREME! This week, a storm’s-a-brewing… when TWISTER hits the podcast! Grab your storm chasing gear and some steak & eggs because we’re getting prepped for the upcoming TWISTERS with a Retro Review of the classic summer thrill ride movie from 1996. How much storm lingo can you make up? What is Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s character’s job in this movie exact...

SPOILER WARNING. Okay, you’ve been warned. It’s a wasteland. And we’re not just talking about Hollywood’s box office… hey-o! We return to George Miller’s vision of the wasteland with his latest apocalyptic offering, FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA. Join us for a spoilery discussion wherein we ask: does it live up to the mastery of Fury Road? Who’s in charge of nam...

Enter the mind of a serial killer… with J. LO! We rewind to the year 2000 this week for a Retro Review of The Cell, a visionary sci-fi horror film from music video director Tarsem Singh. Along with discussing the film, we also chat about Jennifer Lopez’s butt, remember the glory days of New Line Cinema’s InfiniFilm DVDs, and try to pinpoint exactly when Tarsem stopped going by Ta...

First, came Dracula Untold. Then, came Renfield. And now, Universal returns with a third attempt to cash in on the Dracula mythos in the modern age: ABIGAIL. Is the third time the charm? Let’s sink our teeth in and find out! We spoil the film pretty early on, so you’ve been warned. Along the way, we also chat about Matt’s trip to the beach, whether or not we’d visit a nude...

Who’s your favorite late night host? Leno? Letterman? SATAN? (I’m partial to Conan myself.) This week, we review the buzzy arthouse horror movie, LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL, starring horror icon David Dastmalchian in his first-ever leading role. And Matt asks the question: who is the real devil here… AI? Or the people acting like using AI is no big deal? We don’t just talk a...

Mark and I were minding our business, drinking butterbeer and burping, and having a fully frank discussion about politics and Alex Garland’s CIVIL WAR, when we decided… hey, we should release this as a full-on bonus episode. Let the people hear us speak on these culturally sensitive topics! So, here we go. SPOILERS ABOUND in our review of the new A24 film – you have been warned....

Return with us to HAMUNAPTRA, the city of the dead! To celebrate its 25th anniversary this week, we’re reviewing Stephen Sommers’ popcorn classic, THE MUMMY. And as usual, in case you’ve been living in a sarcophagus for the last 25 years and somehow missed the movie… we talk spoilers pretty much right away. You’ve been warned! Joining this podcasting adventure is none other...

The Outback – it’s not just a chain steakhouse your parents love. It’s also a godforsaken wasteland filled with sickos, spiders, and a monster deserving of its own creature feature… the RAZORBACK! We rewind back to 1984 to review this mean little movie directed by Russell Mulcahy, the visionary behind some of our favorite cult movies like Highlander and The Shadow. Braving...

This ain’t no April Fool’s joke. MARK HAS RETURNED TO THE POD. The boys are back in classic, two-hour OG episode form with this New Movie Round-Up special! On the docket: all the new movies making the rounds right now, on streaming and in theaters. We cover the product placement of Madame Web, the snooty Letterboxd reactions to Road House 2024, the PG-ness of the violence in Dune Part...