The Swampflix Podcast

Boomer & Brandon discuss the first major theatrical release of the year: Johannes Roberts's killer-chimp horror pic Primate (2026) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 03:06 The Islands of Yann Gonzalez (2006 - 2017) 07:51 The Wild Boys (2017) 12:10 Café Flesh (1982) 17:26 Star Trek - Section 31 (2025) 19:59 Rachel Getting Married (2008) 26:00 The Housemaid (2025) 32:00 Paris, Texas (1984) 36:10 Th...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss their favorite films of 2025 https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 04:00 Honorable mentions 29:30 KPop Demon Hunters 39:00 Rats! 46:00 Weapons 53:00 Misericordia 1:02:08 The Ugly Stepsister 1:10:00 The Plague 1:22:00 Eephus 1:28:40 Marty Supreme 1:44:55 When Fall Is Coming 1:52:22 No Other Choice 2:04:22 The Phoenician Scheme 2:13:25 One Battle After Anothe...

Boomer & Brandon discuss the Southeastern Film Critic Association’s awarded films of 2025, starting with Kleber Mendonça Filho's period-piece political thriller The Secret Agent https://www.sefca.net/winners#/2025 https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 SEFCA's Top 10 Films of 2025 15:30 The Secret Agent (2025) 43:35 Best Actor 57:33 Best Actress 1:10:13 Best Supporting Actor 1:16:52 Best Supporting Actress...

Brandon is joined by Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch to investigate the paranormal British tradition of broadcasting ghost stories on Christmas, courtesy of the BBC https://swampflix.com/ https://soundcloud.com/welovetowatch 00:00 Merry Spooky Christmas 23:49 Ghost Stories for Christmas (1971-1978) 1:04:54 Other BBC ghost stories (2005-2025)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Powell & Pressburger's Technicolor opera The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:15 The Suspect (1944) 06:18 The King of Comedy (1982) 15:38 Marty Supreme (2025) 22:31 For Your Consideration (2006) 29:00 Abigail (2024) 37:12 Rabbit Trap (2025) 44:00 The Headless Woman (2008) 48:36 The Asphalt Jungle (1950) 52:24 America - Everything You've Ever...

Brandon & Boomer catch up with older movies from some of this year's best directors, starting with Park Chan-wook's infamous gross-out revenge thriller Oldboy (2003) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 The year in review 39:18 The Colors Within (2025) 50:14 Resurrection (2025) 55:38 Hamnet (2025) 1:03:05 Oldboy (2003) 1:31:00 The Twentieth Century (2019) 1:49:00 Straight Up (2019) 2:13:33 Liz and the Blu...

Boomer & Brandon discuss the deadpan arranged-marriage horror comedy Sister Midnight (2025) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 New Orleans Bookfair 02:40 Star Trek 06:06 Went the Day Well? (1942) 09:00 Black Angel (1946) 11:04 Angel's Egg (1985) 15:00 Universal Language (2025) 23:00 Wicked - For Good (2025) 29:45 Friendship (2025) 34:11 The Running Man (2025) 40:30 Boys Go to Jupiter (2025) 46:06 Die My...

Brandon, James, and Britnee test the murky waters of made-for-Tubi movies, starting with the star-packed cult horror Hellblazers (2022) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:27 Basket Case (1982) 04:36 Materialists (2025) 06:47 28 Years Later (2025) 08:18 Boys Go to Jupiter (2025) 10:14 Demon Pond (1979) 16:18 Hellblazers (2022) 38:16 Love and Penguins (2022) 53:02 Unborn (2022) 1:01:07 Match (20...

Boomer & Brandon discuss two different films that share the same title and director: Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and its loose remake The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 The Soup 02:50 KPop Demon Hunters (2025) 8:02 The Blue Gardenia (1953) 13:25 Erica's First Holy Sh!t (2022) 20:06 Cloud (2025) 26:40 The Mastermind (2025) 30:54 Eephus (2025) 37:00...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna prepare for Thanksgiving by discussing movies about eccentric relatives, starting with Bill Forsyth's quirky-aunt period drama Housekeeping (1987) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:54 Dead of Winter (2025) 06:23 Halloween hangover 12:44 Sorry, Baby (2025) 20:09 Masters of Horror (2005-2007) 24:04 Orgy of the Dead (1965) 28:07 Arabella - Black Angel (1989) 33...

Boomer & Brandon discuss the erotic alien-invasion horror Species (1995), starring Natasha Henstridge https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:20 Bugonia (2025) 17:08 Battle Royale (2000) 22:55 Death Metal Zombies (1995) 27:11 Interview with the Vampire (1994) 30:27 Corpse Bride (2005) 33:55 Frankenstein (2025) 36:00 The Plague (2025) 39:56 Frank Henenlotter 42:41 Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) 44:21 R...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of sci-fi horror relics inspired by the H.G. Wells novel The Invisible Man, starting with James Whale's classic 1933 adaptation, starring Claude Rains https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:08 Prince of Darkness (1987) 08:25 Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) 11:50 Bring Her Back (2025) 14:23 The Perfect Neighbor (2025) 22:55 The Mummy (1932) 29:25 Th...

Boomer & Brandon discuss a double feature of high-style Gothic horror stories: John Brahm's The Undying Monster (1942) and William Castle's 13 Ghosts (1960) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Freaky Fridays at Double Trouble 10:00 Friday the 13th Part VIII - Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) 16:53 Video Diary of a Lost Girl (2012) 23:45 Dial M for Murder (1954) 32:12 The Undying Monster (1942) 55:35 13 Ghost...

Brandon is joined by Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch podcast to discuss all things Toxie, the first superhero from New Jersey https://swampflix.com/ https://soundcloud.com/welovetowatch 0:00 Welcome 05:50 Troma 19:50 The Toxic Avenger (1984, 2025) 1:11:50 The Toxic Avenger II-IV (1989-2000)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the alien-invasion conspiracy comedy Save the Green Planet! (2003), recently remade by Yorgos Lanthimos https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Freaky Fridays at Double Trouble 09:33 Starchaser (1985) 14:15 Child of Peach (1987) 20:24 Nothing But Trouble (1991) 25:01 Linda Linda Linda (2005) 34:31 Him (2025) 38:28 The Smashing Machine (2025) 45:56 Animation Mixtape (2025) 50:22 One B...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of creature features about body-invading parasites, starting with the sci-fi action horror The Hidden (1987), starring Kyle MacLachlan https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Spooky season 06:16 The Long Walk (2025) 12:12 Robert Altman 16:46 Queens of Drama (2025) 21:07 The Hidden (1987) 36:20 The Tingler (1959) 52:23 Brain Damage (1988) 1:04:15 PussyCake...

Boomer & Brandon discuss Alain Delon's star-making crime thriller Purple Noon (1960), adapted from the Patricia Highsmith novel The Talented Mr. Ripley 00:00 Welcome 06:30 Day of the Dead (1985) 14:24 The Lovers on the Bridge (1991) 21:58 Leila and the Wolves (1984) 27:35 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors (1987) 35:39 The Long Walk (2025) 48:20 Twinless (2025) 55:52 Lurker (2025) 1:04:4...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of nunsploitation thrillers from around the globe, starting with the Mexican production Alucarda (1977) 00:00 Welcome 02:19 Bunny Yeager's Nude Camera (1963) 07:31 The Idiots (1998) 15:20 Ariel (1988) 22:11 Troop Beverly Hills (1989) 28:26 Alucarda (1977) 56:30 School of the Holy Beast (1974) 1:14:33 Killer Nun (1979) 1:25:48 Dark Habits (1983)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's laidback stoner noir Inherent Vice (2014), adapted from the novel by Thomas Pynchon 00:00 Welcome 04:56 The Roses (2025) 12:58 Throw Momma from the Train (1987) 18:36 The Fantastic Four - First Steps (2025) 27:27 A Room with a View (1985) 41:13 One, Two, Three (1961) 49:11 Lady Vengeance (2005) 54:22 Night of the Juggler (1980) 58:28 High and Low (19...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of Merchant Ivory costume dramas, starting with the company's 1992 hit Howards End https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 KPop Demon Hunters (2025) 08:17 Boys Go to Jupiter (2025) 10:52 Salt of the Earth (1954) 16:18 Weapons (2025) 27:09 Howards End (1992) 56:10 Savages (1971) 1:11:26 Quartet (1981) 1:23:04 The Remains of the Day (1993)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the 1943 suburban noir Shadow of a Doubt, which Alfred Hitchcock described as his personal favorite of his own films 00:00 Welcome 03:03 Stigmata (1991) 09:15 Manda Bala (Send a Bullet, 2007) 14:15 DEVO (2025) 20:46 Naked Ambition (2025) 25:53 The Naked Gun (1988 - 2025) 35:40 Freakier Friday (2025) 42:30 The Aviator (2004) 48:09 The Game (1997) 51:21 Mauvais Sang (1986) 5...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of Roald Dahl adaptations, starting with the Wes Anderson anthology film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:45 Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996) 07:12 Napoleon Dynamite (2004) 13:52 Peter Pan (1960) 16:55 The Legend of Ochi (2025) 24:04 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three...

Boomer & Brandon discuss Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1959 adaptation of the Tennessee Williams-penned Southern Gothic stage play Suddenly, Last Summer, starring Katherine Hepburn & Elizabeth Taylor https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:31 The Naked Gun (2025) 06:35 Together (2025) 14:40 Freaky Tales (2025) 23:26 Weapons (2025) 41:04 I Confess! (1953) 46:01 The Phantom Lady (1944) 47:42 Stage Fright (...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of films from The Australian New Wave, starting with the beer-soaked 1971 thriller Wake in Fright https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:13 Eddington (2025) 11:21 Opus (2025) 15:40 We Won't Grow Old Together (1972) 20:30 Queens of the Stone Age - Alive in the Catacombs (2025) 22:08 The Running Man (1987) 24:26 Visiting Desire (1996) 29:01 Wake...

Boomer & Brandon discuss two detective stories from the earliest and latest extremes of Rian Johnson's career: the 2005 high school noir Brick and the ongoing human-lie-detector TV series Poker Face https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Foreign Correspondent (1940) 04:14 Topaz (1969) 11:00 Play It as it Lays (1972) 15:11 Muriel's Wedding (1994) 16:56 Pink Narcissus (1971) 30:23 A History of Violence (2005)...