The Swampflix Podcast

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the 2019 Netflix psych-thriller Fractured, starring Sam Worthington as a heavily concussed dad in crisis. https://swampflix.com/2022/03/14/movie-of-the-month-tatie-danielle-1990/ 00:00 Welcome 00:55 Tatie Danielle (1990) 05:45 The Frog Prince (1971) 08:55 Licorice Pizza (2021) 14:15 Nightmare Alley (2021) 16:45 Encanto (2021) 21:30 The Woman in the Window (2021) 2...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the films & career of Austrian button-pusher Michael Haneke, starting with his 1989 debut The Seventh Continent https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 05:17 Jeen-Yuhs (2022) 11:30 The Batman (2022) 16:16 Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022) 21:44 Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (2021) 23:40 Sister Act (1992) 29:35 The Seventh Continent (1989) 52:00 Benny's Video (1...

Lagniappe: Viy (1967) https://swampflix.com/ Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Viy (1967), cited as the first horror film officially released in the Soviet Union, and its place in the folk horror canon as established by the recent documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (2021) 00:00 Welcome 00:46 Little Joe (2019) 05:49 Dragonwyck (1946) 09:34 Kidz Klub (2022) 13:41 Alien³ (1992) 19:41 No Ex...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss movies about miserable vacations, starting with the hypnotic headscratcher Last Year at Marienbad (1961) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:30 Moonfall (2022) 04:47 Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) 15:42 Ema (2021) 20:30 Donkey Skin (1970) 28:11 Last Year at Marienbad (1961) 50:20 Vegas Vacation (1997) 1:14:03 Force Majeure (2014) 1:34:53 The Lost Daug...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the 2019 documentary Memory, an academic evaluation of the cinematic, literary, and philosophical influences on the landmark creature feature Alien. The conversation includes a lengthy debate about how various Alien sequels rank against each other, especially focusing on the merits of Prometheus. https://swampflix.com/2021/04/26/the-alien-movies-rated-and-ranked/...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss movies about murderous women, starting with the classic noir-flavored melodrama Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2022/02/10/jackass-forever-2022/ 00:00 Welcome 03:10 Jackass Forever (2022) 07:20 Bad Grandpa (2013) 09:27 Bad Words (2013) 11:46 Parallel Mothers (2022) 16:33 Leave Her to Heaven (1945) 38:35 Lady Snowblood (1973) 55:33...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss John Huston's 1979 adaptation of the Flannery O'Connor novel Wise Blood, starring Brad Dourif as an atheist street preacher https://swampflix.com/2022/01/27/swampflixs-top-10-films-of-2021/ 00:00 The Top 10 Films of 2021 08:35 The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) 15:30 The House (2022) 19:13 Encanto (2021) 22:05 Ratatouille (2007) 22:40 Code 8 (2019) 24:12 Afterm...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna continue our discussion of the Top Films of 2021 with some honorable mentions, starting with the anti-romantic rock opera Annette. Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:15 Jack and Jill (2011) 07:30 Jack (1996) 11:03 Secrets and Lies (1996) 14:40 I'm Your Man (2021) 17:07 Annette (2021) 36:20 False Positive (2021) 56:40 Shiva Baby (2021) 1:13:13 The Map...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg (2007), a "docu-fantasia" homage to the director's Canadian home-city Winnipeg https://swampflix.com/2022/01/08/allis-top-5-movies-of-2021/ 00:00 Welcome 07:44 Together Together (2021) 09:50 The Dry (2021) 11:10 Flashback (2021) 14:10 Rare Beasts (2021) 16:50 The Matrix Resurrections (2021) 21:08 The French Dispatch (2021) 24:40 Spider-Man...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss their favorite films of 2021 https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 06:00 Gaia 13:13 Summer of Soul 14:04 Ema 17:40 The Green Knight 23:03 Zola 29:25 The Woman in the Window 38:10 Benedetta 42:43 Pvt Chat 46:55 Swan Song 54:48 Beast Beast 1:00:45 Lapsis 1:05:10 Bo Burnham: Inside 1:10:00 The Killing of Two Lovers 1:15:05 The Night House 1:20:30 Malignant 1:...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Julia Ducournau's Titane, a distinctly macho, thematically elusive nightmare about a serial killer who learns how to love a fellow human being as much as she loves cars. https://swampflix.com/2022/01/03/brandons-top-20-films-of-2021/ 00:00 Welcome 04:55 Midnight Mass (2021) 06:45 The Medium (2021) 09:05 Pig (2021) 11:17 Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) 15:01 Will...

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss the often-ignored art of the short film, starting with the existential nightmare La Cabina (1972) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:55 West Side Story (1961) 04:05 Benedetta (2021) 07:47 Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) 10:52 Nic Cage's 2021 Report Card 17:54 La Cabina (1972) 26:45 A Trip to the Moon (1902) 36:16 The Dancing Pig (1907) 41:00 Meshes of...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the psychedelic sci-fi horror The Visitor (1979), a chaotic mix of psychic space aliens, killer birds, and Satanic blood cults https://swampflix.com/2021/12/20/3615-code-pere-noel-aka-deadly-games-1989/ https://swampflix.com/2021/12/21/into-the-dark-a-nasty-piece-of-work-2019/ 00:00 Welcome 01:11 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 03:24 Don't Hang Up (2016) 05:...

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four semi-autobiographical films based on their directors' own lives, starting with Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory (2019) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:12 Dune (2021) 12:22 Love Hard (2021) 16:45 Old (2021) 24:17 Pain and Glory (2019) 46:00 The 400 Blows (1959) 1:03:30 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 1:25:30 I Blame Society (2021)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the psychedelic sci-fi anime Paprika (2006), an explosively imaginative movie about shared dreams from the genius Satoshi Kon https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:40 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) 05:15 #swampboox 11:52 Pig (2021) 14:10 There's Something Inside Your House (2021) 17:24 The MCU 19:02 The Paper Tigers (2021) 24:30 We Need to do Something (20...

Brandon is joined by local film critic Bill Arceneaux to review the films they caught at the 32nd annual New Orleans Film Festival (which Bill also covered for The Bayou Brief), starting with the eating disorder-themed body horror Shapeless. Enjoy! https://www.billarceneaux.com/ https://www.bayoubrief.com/2021/11/22/two_shorts/ 00:00 Welcome 10:45 Shapeless 26:40 17 Year Locust 38:04 Blue Country...

Britnee and Brandon discuss A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992), a three-hour, two-movie "event" that earned notoriety through frequent re-run broadcasts on the Lifetime network. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:00 Fatal Charm (1990) 07:30 The Deadly Look of Love (2000) 14:30 Censor (2021) 18:35 The Mad Women's Ball (2021) 22:05 A Woman Scorned (1992) 39:32 Her Final Fury (199...

Britnee & Brandon are joined by Aaron Armstrong & Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch podcast to discuss the melodramatic rat-revenge horror Willard (1971), its sequel Ben (1972), and its 2003 remake starring Crispin Glover. Enjoy! https://www.wltwpodcast.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:12 Spooktober recaps on the We Love to Watch podcast 13:43 The Seventh Curse (1986) 16:50 Over the Garden Wall (2014) 18:37...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss The Great Satan (2018), Everything is Terrible!'s retelling of the story of the fallen angel Lucifer, conveyed in a hyperactive mixtape of obscure VHS clips.  https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:40 The Black Cat (1934) 02:52 The Lure (2017) 05:10 StageFright: Aquarius (1987) 08:30 Landscape Suicide (1987) 10:25 Into the Inferno (2016) 14:45 End of Evangelion (...

Britnee and Brandon discuss New Orleans’s mad-scientist horror host Morgus the Magnificent and his unlikely influence on the original Batman movie. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:35 Gaia (2021) 07:00 Valentine (2001) 12:00 The Night House (2021) 15:40 The House of Exorcism (1975) 21:05 The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus (1962) 41:47 Batman: The Movie (1966)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the lycanthropic puberty horror Ginger Snaps (2000) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:50 We Need to Do Something (2021) 10:40 Ghost Stories (2018) 13:30 Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988) 15:25 Possession (1981) 20:20 In the Earth (2021) 23:00 The Langoliers (1995) 26:00 Lifeforce (1985) 29:45 Candyman (2021) 36:15 Lamb (2021) 40:00 Ginger Snaps (2000)

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four classic horror movie musicals, starting with Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:00 Picture Mommy Dead (1966) 04:20 The Wicker Man (1973) 07:00 The Amityville Horror (1979) 14:00 A Cat in the Brain (1990) 18:00 Phantom of the Paradise (1974) 42:24 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 1:07:00 Little...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the menacingly ambiguous Korean horror epic The Wailing (2016) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:20 Frenzy (1972) on the Horror VS Reality podcast 06:06 Til Death (2021) 09:55 Scare Package (2020) 19:19 Rose Plays Julie (2021) 23:15 Zola (2021) 26:26 The Wailing (2016)

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss the heyday, return, and possible retirement of TV's all-time greatest horror host: Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:00 Malignant (2021) 09:55 White of the Eye (1987) 13:45 Titane (2021) 18:15 Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) 22:33 Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special, Especially for You (202...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss William Grefé's public domain horror curio Impulse (1974), in which William Shatner models leisure suits & strangles women in the blinding Florida sunshine swampflix.com/2021/09/30/hallowe…ommendations-2021/ 00:00 Welcome 02:20 Mars Attacks! (1996) 06:20 Spell (2020) 08:35 Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020) 10:40 The Wind (2018) 13:32 Grim Prairie Tales (1990) 15:...