The Suspense is Killing Us

We cover three Alec Baldwin thrillers in depth, tell some jokes, do some Baldwin impressions and are never sick at sea. You ask us if we have a God complex? Let me tell you something: WE ARE GOD. MALICE (1993, Harold Becker) THE JUROR (1996, Brian Gibson) HEAVEN'S PRISONERS (1996, Phil Joanou)

The boys discuss three "edgy" independent crime movies that were basically targeted directly at them as curse-word loving movie nerd teens in the 90's. ROMEO IS BLEEDING (1993, Peter Medak) KILLING ZOE (1993, Roger Avary) THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995, Bryan Singer)

We take a dark and twisted look inside the dark and twisted minds of some of cinema's most second rate psychopaths! KALIFORNIA (1993, Dominic Sena) COPYCAT (1995, Jon Ameil) PRIMAL FEAR (1996, The Hoblit)

To celebrate our 20th episode (!) we pay tribute to our Patron Saint of Cinematic Sleaze, Michael Douglas. Sleaze, for lack of a better word, is good. DISCLOSURE (1994, Barry Levinson) A PERFECT MURDER (1998, Andrew Davis) DON'T SAY A WORD (2001, Gary Fleder)

We discuss three movies that were clearly inspired by Chinatown. They all take place in mid-20th century LA, deal with morally ambiguous men exploring vast, evil conspiracies, and feature classic cartoon characters. Well, only one has cartoons. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988, Robert Zemeckis) DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995, Carl Franklin) MULHOLLAND FALLS (1996, Lee Tamahori)

We've had ENOUGH with movies that aren't about husbands who DECEIVED their brides into not realizing they were SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY. So we discuss a handful of movies about that particular subject matter. SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (1991, Joseph Ruben) DECEIVED (1991, Damian Harris) ENOUGH (2002, Michael Apted)

The fabulous Amie Simon joins the gang for a JUST AS LONG AS IT SHOULD BE discussion of the early provincial noirs of John Dahl. KILL ME AGAIN (1989) RED ROCK WEST (1993) THE LAST SEDUCTION (1994)

The boys examine three movies beginning with the prefix "UN" and manage to score a 66.6% on the Diane Lane meter! UNFORGETTABLE (John Dahl, 1996) UNFAITHFUL (Adrian Lyne, 2002) UNTRACEABLE (Gregory Hoblit, 2008)

We come out to the coast and have a few laughs discussing the work of the often lazy and always smirking Sir Bruce Willis. STRIKING DISTANCE (1993, Rowdy Herrington) COLOR OF NIGHT (1994, Dick Rush) PERFECT STRANGER (2007, James Foley)

The peculiar charms of MICHAEL KEATON are examined in this whirlwind episode. Specifically in the 1990's, when he was arguably at the peak of his charming peculiarity. PACIFIC HEIGHTS (1990, John Schlesinger) ONE GOOD COP (1991, Heywood Gould) DESPERTE MEASURES (1998, Barbet Schroeder)

The gang does a deep dive into the work of dreamy/creepy legend James Spader, finding one masterpiece, one complete disaster and one somewhere in between. NEW KIDS: (1985, Sean S. Cunningham) JACK'S BACK (1988, Rowdy Herrington) THE WATCHER (2000, Joe Charbanic)

It's getting hot and southern in here, because the gang is talking about SEXY, SEXY neo-noirs that take place in HOT locations in the American south! Hope you don't mind being TURNED ON a whole bunch! BODY HEAT (1981, Lawrence Kasdan) THE HOT SPOT (1990, Dennis Hopper) WILD THINGS (1998, John McNaughton)

Special guest EMALIE SODERBACK joins Matt, Kevin and Travis to discuss some occasionally problematic teen-oriented thrillers. WARNING: LOTS of Mark Wahlberg impressions. Poison Ivy (1992, dir. Katt Shea) The Crush (1993, dir. Alan Shapiro) Fear (1996, dir. James Foley)

Hitchcock's Psycho is one of the most influential thrillers of all time, but we can't cover it because this podcast is about thrillers from the 80's and 90's. Fortunately, they made three more of these things—of VARYING degrees of quality—all starring the great Tony Perkins. Psycho II (1983) dir. Richard Franklin Psycho III (1986) dir. Anthony Perkins Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) dir. Mick Garr...

Inspired by the awesomeness of The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, the guys dedicate a full episode to the (pre-LA Confidential) films of Curtis Hanson. Bedroom Window (1987) Bad Influence (1990) The River Wild (1994)

Matt, Kevin and Travis assess three classic lady stalker films and find them all to be very sympathetic and tasteful portraits of mental illness sufferers. FATAL ATTRACTION (1987, Adrian Lyne) SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (1992, Barbet Schroeder) THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (1992, Curtis Hanson)

The legendary VERN stops by to discuss one of the greatest/craziest/most underrated movies of all time—RICOCHET. Also, we talk about two far less magnificent films. Featuring Matt Lynch, Kevin Clarke and Travis Vogt. RICOCHET (1991) dir. Russell Mulcahy FALLEN (1998) dir. Gregory Hoblit THE BONE COLLECTOR (1999) dir. Phillip Noyce

Our masterfully macabre exploration of the Master of the Macabre concludes with some of his later offerings. Raising Cain (1992) Snake Eyes (1998) Femme Fatale (2002)

Matt, Kevin and Travis try watching three good movies for a change—De Palma's masterfully smutty output from the early 80s! Dressed to Kill (1980) Blow Out (1981) Body Double (1984)

Matt, Kevin and Travis wade deep into the muck of legendary sleazeball writer Joe Eszterhas' work...again...and find some predictably icky stuff. Jagged Edge (Richard Marquand, 1985) Betrayed (Costa-Gavras, 1988) Jade (William Friedkin, 1995)

Kevin, Matt and Travis finally jump in the deep end of the pool as they discuss the near-perfect sleaze-fest BASIC INSTINCT, and the much farther from perfect wannabes SLIVER and BODY OF EVIDENCE. It's hot, hot stuff.

Matt, Kevin and Travis discuss the later work of Alan J Pakula: Presumed Innocent, Consenting Adults and The Pelican Brief. WITH MIXED RESULTS.

Kevin, Matt and Travis discuss the 80's output of director Peter Hyams.