The Really Awful Movies Podcast

This week, a look back at the Wes Craven classic from 1977, The Hills Have Eyes. The Carter family takes a detour to check out a silver mine in the remote, Nevada desert. Soon, they find themselves at the mercy of…well…a nuclear family. Tune into the show, and don’t forget: new episodes are uploaded every Friday.

This week on the show, some Euro horror in the form of Yummy. Medical tourists venture to some sketchy hospital in Eastern Europe for some cosmetic procedures only to find out…the surgeries are far from routine. What lurks inside the institution is…well…tune in and find out. If you’re into body horror, laced with zany comedy, this Belgian production is for you.  

This week, we turn our attention to Bela Lugosi and the 1930s hit, White Zombie. Set in Haiti, this one was the first zombie film ever committed to celluloid, featuring the incredible Hungarian actor, Lugosi, in an iconic role.

This week on the podcast, an atypical 80s slasher: Fatal Games. In advance of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, we turn our attention to sports-related horror on the show. This shoestring effort dials back the gore, and dials up the eye candy. It’s a spirited effort that benefits from strong performances and notable character actors like Sally Kirkland (The Sting) in lead roles. So, subscribe,...

This week on the podcast, we venture into the 2000s for a film which has no right to be as good as it is, The Ruins. With a tepid description on Netflix, this is a film that resembles a typical stalk-and-slash tourism-related horror with central casting interchangeable college kids. But DO NOT sleep on this one. Tune into the show for a wide ranging discussion of tourism-related horror, the Italia...

This week on the show, The Rejuvenator aka, Rejuvenatrix. But who are we kidding? This is basically Re-Animator! (which is basically Frankenstein). Anyway, this is a cult regional horror from New Jersey, which made few waves upon release in 1988. The plot? An ambitious scientist is mucking about with a brain serum anti aging agent. And one of his patrons, some Old Hollywood-styled dowager, insists...

A mom smothers her disabled daughter in a remote, Washington farmhouse. Run is unique in the thriller/horror realm in that a character confined to a wheelchair, is the protagonist. Tune in this week for a discussion of this popular and often very capable Hulu flick, later acquired for international distribution by Netflix.

This week on the show, the stellar and oft-talked about period horror, Late Night with the Devil. If you’re a fan of Johnny Carson, David Letterman and company, this is one for you. But even if you’re not, there’s enough meat in this one to satiate any horror fan, even if the 70s references can be a bit ham-fisted. Tune in for a discussion of this solid talk show-centric horror....

This week on the podcast, add another critter to the list of creature features/nature run amok flicks. If you thought rabbits in Night of the Lepus was pushing the envelope, well…here…we’ve got beavers. Zombeavers is from the producers of American Pie, so there are of course lots of the expected jokes. This one debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival of all places, and is a bit smar...

This week, we examine the quirky action film and Bob Odenkirk starrer, Nobody. Odenkirk, of course, is best known for two exemplary shows, Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, and is hardly the first actor to spring to mind when you think “action.” But he acquires himself wonderfully here as a supposed family man with a shady shady past who crosses wires with some Russian goons. On this...

This week on the show, Alice, Sweet Alice – a classic horror from the 1970s. A young girl, Karen (played by Brooke Shields) meets an untimely end in this religious-themed regional slasher by director Alfred Sole. Karen is murdered by an unknown assailant in a yellow raincoat and creepy translucent mask. And speaking of yellow, this one bears some of the hallmarks of giallo films from that er...

This week, a shortened version of the podcast, as befits a shortened week: Dolly Dearest. A few short years post-Child’s Play, another sentient doll movie nearly graced cinemas. Well, some cinemas as this got minimal distribution. It features a cast that includes Denise Crosby and Rip Torn, so there’s that. And the poster art is quite nice.  

On this episode, pain don’t hurt. Here’s a reboot of the Patrick Swayze 80s action film. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Dalton in this, a more comedic approach to the source material. It’s set in the unlikeliest of locales, the Florida Keys, and has a twist that’s based around the UFC. Tune in, check out the latest episode.  

This week on the podcast, some sword and sandal fun and games courtesy of Deathstalker. It combines the tournament conceit of something like Enter the Dragon, with the standard jerkin / fur / broadsword / wrist band aesthetic of Conan the Barbarian. Apparently, this one is getting a remake too! Anyway, this joint Argentinian American production is pretty wild and pretty exploitative. Tune in, and...

This week on the podcast, a trip back to arguably the greatest decade in cinema, the 70s, for the caper, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. A Tokyo transit delegation is visiting the Big Apple, getting a tour of the MTA headquarters, and learning how the city runs its transit. Against this backdrop, Hijackers commandeer a New York City subway train near Central Park, and threaten to kill a passen...

On this episode of the podcast, the killer monkey movie, Shakma! We turn our gaze to the 90s, and to this animal / nature run amok flick, which, all things considered, remains a lesser known sub genre entry. Roddy McDowall plays a research scientist, and he’s working at a facility doing strange experiments. All the while, his colleagues are obsessed with live action role play and some elabor...

Stuck in a theatre and being attacked by…DEMONS! This week on the podcast, a look back at the inestimable Lamberto Bava classic, and all its weirdness. And there’s no time like the present to tackle this one, especially on the heels of Demons 3. Tune in, subscribe, and enjoy the show.      

This week on the podcast, an unheralded “sequel” to the first two Demons, which Demons 3 has nothing to do with. Oops. At least Lamberto Bava is in the director’s chair. We’re in Southern Italy. An American family is coming down from Milan on vacation, and they have rented a sprawling castle. What could possibly go wrong? Turns out, a lot. Demons III: The Ogre contains no d...

This week on the podcast, Justin Long stars in the Kevin Smith-directed, Tusk. Wallace (Long), one half of a podcast duo, flies up to Winnipeg to interview a Lolcow to make fun of him. Unfortunately, the kid’s got other plans so Wallace does as well. Needing content for his show, Wallace comes across a strange message in the men’s room and decides to pursue the lead. And does so..AT HI...

On today’s episode, we turn to blood suckers and Hammer Horror for the criminally underappreciated and underrated, Kiss of the Vampire. Newlyweds find themselves in the company of a suave, debonair family in their ornate, stately home. You know the drill! That’s always what happens. What makes this one interesting is neither Peter Cushing nor Christopher Lee is present, plus their are...

Meatcleaver Massacre, AKA, Hollywood Meatcleaver Massacre! This is a 70s affair, with an intro by none other than Christopher Lee. Unbeknownst to the legend, he was to shoot an intro for a different movie, and ended up in this – resulting in a lawsuit. All said and done, however, this one is an interesting curiosity and more fun than it had any right to be!

This week on the podcast, Michele Soavi’s Stage Fright AKA Deleria. This is an 80s Italian horror that’s based around a theatrical production all about, you guessed it, a murderer on the loose. Does art imitate life? Is the Pope Catholic? This is a super fun flick from a protégé of Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, who is of course, the masked quasi star of the excellent Demons. Genre fan...

We turn our eyes to Sweden on the podcast, and check in on the spirited and gory horror-comedy, The Conference. More accurately a corporate retreat, the folks behind a contentious shopping mall development head out to some rustic cabins to brainstorm and team-build and all that fun stuff. They do some zip lining, eat and drink, question a few barriers/headwinds the real estate development project...

A New Year’s horror as we enter 2024. On this episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, the Canadian tax shelter horror, Ghostkeeper. This is a low budget affair about three snowmobilers caught in a blizzard in the Alberta Rockies, the most Canadiana plot ever for any horror film. The trio takes refuge in a seemingly abandoned ski lodge and encounter a strange occupant. Tune in, and don&#8...

Merry Christmas, and happy holidays to everyone. Today on the podcast, the 70s horror curiosity, Silent Night, Bloody Night. The mansion. The madness. The Maniac. No Escape. A lawyer and his paramour are tending to an estate, converting a sprawling mansion into equity. The scion of the Butler family, Jeffrey, meanwhile, leaves California for New England to help settle the family matter as well. He...