The Schlock and Awe Podcast

This week on S&A S&A Lindsay and Carlo of This is Film and Luna Red Wedding Films decsend in the land of Dragons. With Rob Bowman's Reign of Fire (2002) & Shane Blacks Iron Man 3 (2013). This is a Double that looks at how each movie treats the mythoical beast of the Dragon. Apocolytic or Comic Book. A fantasy movie made in an era of transition on Hollywood or a movie in a system that i...

This week on S&A Twinning Titles is back. Lindsay & Bede look at Black Sunday and she will have her revenge. Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960) & John Frankenheimer's Black Sunday (1977). These are movies about revenge and slightly under rated film makers who always make their movies interesting. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on...

This week on S&A Lindsay, Preston Mitchell & Carmelita Vadez McKoy share our favourite Discoveries of 2025. Get ready your watch list is going to explode Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to S&A on your favourite Podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay, Matt, Mark & Hayden celebrate the year in movies that was 2025. They create a 25 hour 2025 Movie Marathon. Technically it's more like 28 hours, but who is counting. We love movies. The good, the bad and the bombastic. Come join us. There will be free pop corn. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourit...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Didn't Go Platinum Host Tim explore the world of -symphonic post-apocalyptic reindeer-grinding Christ-abusing extreme war metal. With a Double of Juuso Laatio & Jukka Vidgren's Heavy Trip (2018) & Jason Lei Howden's Deathgasm (2015) . Get your corpse paint and demon on. It's time to rock and roll. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony Ki...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Preston Mitchell celebrate the new year with melodrama. A Double of Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread & Greta Gerwig's Little Women (2019). Both movies draped in yards and yards of fabric, but also use not only in a textural way. But also to define characters. Both of these movies are about the passage of time, whether we sit still to take in the moment o...

This week on S&A a place where we give out hand made presents from Santa. Lindsay & Patrick Vicious dive into the minds of Henry Selick's Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) & Damien Leone's Terrifer 3 (2024). This turns into a discussion on not only the practical elements of these movies, but also on adaption vs full authorial control. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Ant...

This week on S&A - tis the Season. Lindsay and Bede bow to the Christmas Exploitation Queen Lacey Chabert. With a Double of Jerry Ciccoritti's Hot Frosty (2024) & Glen Morgan (2006). This is a Christian and Pagan Double. To how we celebrate to what what lies beneath. Or what is hiding in the attic. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Rachel Marie swoon over the chemistry. It's a Double of George Cukor's The Philadelphia (1940) & Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail (1998). This is not only a Double of some Romantic Comedy with some of the most charismatic actors to grace the silver screen. Honestly we mainly thirst over Cary Grant. But also about the rules of engagment. How the rules of dating, re...

This week on S&A Lindsay, Gabe Bergmoser & Justin Anderson play around with history. With a Double of Gregor Jordon's Ned Kelly (2003) & Justin Kurzel's The True History of the Kell Gang (2019). Who was Ned Kelly and how has been portrayed in film since his death in 1880. He is either one of the great villains or heroes in Australian Colonial History. Also really inventive with putting...

This week on S&A Lindsay and film critic Nadine Whitney take a look at a story of two different film makers. The Journey Man and the Auteur and how they tell the same story. J. Lee Thompson's Cape Fear (1962) & Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991). Two very different versions of the cigar chomping Max Caddy. And not as many Simpson's references as you think. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Blind Spots Host Dan Grima Dream about Cage. With a Nicolas Cage Double of Lorcan Finnegans' The Surfer (2024) & Kristoffer Borglis' Dream Scenario (2023) This a a Double of later era Cage in a weirdo phase. Deconstructing personalities and types of masculinity you would absolutely give side eye to. The desire to be cool and to belong. But doing it all the wron...

This week on S&A Lindsay and film critic Nadine Whitney travel to the land of Guillermo del Toro and his Gothic Castle for a Double of his Devil's Backbone (2001) & Frankenstein (2025). Here we look at a career that loves the gothic, fairy tales, natural vs unnatural and insects - more insects than you think. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock &a...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Co-Host of Imperial Scum Podcast join the Harlin Hive. A Double of Renny Harlin's Cliffhanger (1993) & Deep Blue Sea (1999). This is a Double Renny Harlin in 1990s and how the 1990s changed throughout the decade. Though importantly it is more about Lindsay & Chris trying to figure out the plot to Deep Blue Sea. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Musi...

It is Halloween! Lindsay & Mark Wanner celebrate this All Hallows Eve with a celebration of the Dead and Stephen King. With a Double of Mary Lambert's Pet Semetery (1989) & Oz Perkins' The Monkey (2025). This is a Double of Curses, Animals and Horrific Deaths. Because everybody dies and some times dead is better. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schloc...

On this Schlocktober Kills & Giggles Lindsay, Matt & James head into the forest and what will they find there. Well it's a Double of John Carl Buechler's Friday the 13th Part VII The New Blood (1988) & Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods (2011). This is a Double not only about Sacrifice but why we love this type or horror movie in the first place Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Orig...

On this Schlocktober Kills & Giggles Lindsay and Chainsaw & Claws Patrick Visious enter the cult of Melissa Barrera. It's a Double of Caroline Lindy's Your Monster (2024) & Radio Silence's Scream 5 (2022). This show many sides of the actor all while looking at a Double about the Killer Instinct but also the creation of art in it's many different forms. When art turns into real life. Or...

This time on Schlocktober Kills & Giggles Lindsay and host of Bede vs The Living Dead Bede Jermyn go full Ocker. It's a Double of Ollie Martin & Kendal Flanagan's Houseboat Horror (1989) & Philip Brophy's Body Melt (1989). This is a true blue Double you cannot get more Aussie than this. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your fav...

This episode of Schloctober Kills & Giggles Lindsay and film writer Brian Keiper doom scroll in a Double of Matt Spicer's Ingrid Goes West (2017) & Wes Craven's Scream 4 (2011). This is a double of Psychotic Influencers. Who needs friends when you have fans. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listent o Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

On this Schlocktober we take a break from Kills & Giggles so Lindsay can convince Film Writer Preston Mitchell he likes Horror Movies. With a Candlelight Double of Robert Siodmak's The Spiral Staircase (1946) & Jack Clayton's The Innocents (1961) Oh the gothic nerding out that is about to happen Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Schlock & Awe episodes can be...

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On this Schlocktober Kills & Giggles Lindsay and Chainsaw and Claws Co-Host Robb never pick up the phone. It's a Super Slasher Double of Amy Holden Jones' The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) & Wes Craven's Scream (1996) Both are era defining Slasher Movies both poking holes and loving re-creating and re-inventing the troupes we love in Slashers. All while commenting on the underlying themes...

On this Kills & Giggles we look at Monster Who Kill. Zelda Williams' Lisa Frankenstein (2024) & James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein. Both Comedies. But both movies nail into why we love the freaks and want what is best for them. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app.

And Schlocktober begins! Kills & Giggles where we look at Slashers we love and the Horror Comedy's that show case why we keep going back. To kick off Kills & Giggles Lindsay, Mike Scott & Andy Gorham turn down that dirt road in Hillbilly Country. With a Double of Rob Schimdt's Wrong Turn (2003) & Eli Craig's Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) This is a Double of the troupe of deranged...

On this Quickie Review Lindsay takes a look at a true Masterpiece and it's reinterpretation: Akira Kurosawa's High and Low (1963 & Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest (2025) If you go for the King you only have one shot. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite Podcast App