The Swampflix Podcast

Brandon, James, and Britnee ease into spooky season with a discussion of the meta-slasher franchise Scream (1996 - 2022) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:56 Breathless (1983) 05:57 Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981) 09:50 The Burning Bed (1980) 12:45 Orphan: First Kill (2022) 16:08 Scream (1996) 33:13 Screams 2 - 5 (1997 - 2022)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli celebrate Alli's birthday with the historically-set Predator prequel Prey (2022) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:00 Inside the Mind of a Cat (2022) 03:24 Niagra (1953) 06:06 Hail, Caesar! (2016) 12:30 Estate sales 18:20 Creepshow (1982) 24:05 Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) 28:05 Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) 32:11 Prey (2022)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of political propaganda films, starting with Dinesh D'Souza's anti-Democrat screed Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:00 Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) 06:23 Switch (1991) 11:11 Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) 14:00 Inu-Oh (2022) 17:30 A Kiss Before Dying (1956) 23:15 Hillar...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss George Romero's Monkey Shines, a psychological horror about a super-intelligent, super-murderous service monkey https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 10:30 Jawbreaker (1999) 19:45 The Coen Brothers 23:55 Nope (2022) 33:45 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) 38:15 Fire of Love (2022) 41:30 Monkey Shines (1988)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of movie remakes, starting with the 1981 erotic thriller version of the classic noir The Postman Always Rings Twice https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:31 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) 07:17 Menace II Society (1993) 12:45 Mad God (2022) 18:25 Gigli (2003) 25:25 The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) 47:05 Scarface (1983) 1:05:00 Father of...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the coming-of-age fairy tale creature feature Hatching (2022) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:30 Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (2022) 11:11 Night of the Comet (1984) 17:11 Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) 22:39 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022) 26:34 Looop Lapeta (2022) 30:00 Incantation (2022) 34:04 Love and Leashes (2022) 37:00...

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2022, starting with S.S. Rajamouli's ahistorical action epic RRR https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:00 Nope (2022) 05:00 Alexandra's Project (2003) 08:00 Elvis (2022) 18:00 Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) 23:45 RRR (2022) 52:33 Fresh (2022) 1:11:11 We're All Going to the World's Fair (2022) 1:27:11 V...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss David Lean’s 1955 Venetian melodrama Summertime, starring a lovelorn Katharine Hepburn https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:17 First Blood (1982) 07:04 Dirty Dancing (1987) 08:56 Speed (1994) 10:00 Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 12:05 Angus T. Ambrose, Jr. 17:35 The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 19:40 Bad Ronald (1974) 26:00 The Sandlot (1993) 30:22 Downton Abbey: A New...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss four classic comedies directed by Charlie Chaplin, starting with the anti-fascist satire The Great Dictator (1940) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:57 Elevator to the Gallows (1958) 05:25 Last Night in Soho (2021) 09:45 Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) 13:05 Studio 666 (2022) 18:50 The Great Dictator (1940) 38:30 City Lights (1931) 47:00 Modern Times (...

Brandon and Boomer discuss the farcical, anti-capitalist body horror How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), starring Richard E. Grant https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:00 Miller's Crossing (1990) & Barton Fink (1991) 12:00 Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997) 15:45 The Conjuring 2 & 3 (2016, 2021) 26:00 Morbius (2022) 32:40 After Yang (2022) 36:50 Gagarine (2022) 43:15 Neptune Frost...

Brandon, Britnee, and Hanna discuss Jacques Demy's anti-incest fairy tale musical Donkey Skin (1970) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:07 Exotica (1994) 08:50 Sling Blade (1996) 16:00 Demon Seed (1977) 21:50 Donkey Skin (1970)

Boomer, Brandon, and guest Bill Arceneaux discuss a selection of high-style, high concept horror films that screened at this year's Overlook Film Fest, starting with Phil Tippett's psychedelic stop-motion nightmare Mad God (2022) https://www.moviegoing.rocks/ https://swampflix.com/2022/06/15/the-overlook-film-festival-2022-ranked-reviewed/ 00:00 Welcome 01:50 Mad God (2022) 29:15 The Overlook Film...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss their dads' favorite movies, starting with the Kevin Costner baseball fantasy Field of Dreams (1989) https://swampflix.com/2022/06/15/the-overlook-film-festival-2022-ranked-reviewed/ 00:00 Welcome 01:40 Crimes of the Future (2022) 08:22 Flux Gourmet (2022) 14:42 Brahms: The Boy II (2020) 19:56 The Shout (1978) 26:26 Field of Dreams (1989) 56:56 Seven Samu...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss last year's Japanese remake of the classic Canuxploitation sci-fi thriller Cube (1997) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:55 Drag Me to Hell (2009) 04:45 Evil Dead (2013) 10:30 Being John Malkovich (1999) 13:40 Madame X: An Absolute Ruler (1978) 19:30 Interview with a Vampire (1994) 26:00 The Overlook Film Festival 31:37 Spider-Man 3 (2007) 38:00 Beyond the I...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of genre spoofs, starting with the erotic thriller send-up Fatal Instinct (1993) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:10 Inland Empire (2006) 06:50 The Northman (2022) & Men (2022) 18:45 Pleasure (2022) 24:30 Fatal Instinct (1993) 49:25 This is Spinal Tap (1984) 1:04:00 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) 1:19:05 Black Dynamite (2009)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss H.G. Clouzot's widely influential horror-noir Diabolique (1955) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:58 The Matrix Resurrections (2021) 03:50 The Blair Witch Project (1999) 07:55 Firestarter (1984) 12:32 The Dark and the Wicked (2020) 14:25 Candyman (2021) 16:50 RRR (2022) 21:00 Blood Simple (1984) 25:37 Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 32:00 Men (2022) 40:11 Turning...

Brandon, James, and Hanna discuss movies that cast Nicolas Cage as a heartthrob leading man, starting with David Lynch's Wizard of Oz homage Wild at Heart (1990) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:08 Here Before (2022) 04:45 Field of Dreams (1989) 11:50 John Wick (2014) 20:50 Wild at Heart (1990) 40:10 It Could Happen to You (1994) 56:25 City of Angels (1998) 1:12:49 Captain Corelli's Mandoli...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the recently restored cult curio Arrebato (1979), a trippy not-quite-horror picture about addiction to movies & heroin https://www.neworleansabortionfund.org/donate 00:00 New Orleans Abortion Fund 07:05 The Devil's Backbone (2001) 09:05 Scream (1996) 14:55 Movie of the Month 18:05 Intermission 25:15 The Batman (2022) 32:45 Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (2022...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of classic concert films, starting with Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same (1976) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:23 The Northman (2022) 06:01 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) 08:34 Con Air (1997) 12:37 Bullshit 13:54 Smooth Talk (1985) 18:53 The Song Remains the Same (1976) 34:49 Sign O The Times (1987) 47:25 Depech...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Copycat (1995), a post-Silence of the Lambs serial killer meta-thriller starring Holly Hunter & Sigourney Weaver https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:48 Swampboox 06:57 Murder She Wrote 10:04 Malignant (2021) 11:27 Stories We Tell (2012) 15:48 Our Flag Means Death 17:50 The Batman (2022) & 2The Northman (2022) 21:55 You Won't Be Alone (2022) 25:47 The Pink Clou...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of classic anime films, starting with Satoshi Kon's technophobic psych thriller Perfect Blue (1997) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:48 Ambulance (2022) 04:40 Aline (2022) 15:40 The Fear (1995) 20:40 Catwoman: Hunted (2022) 23:40 Perfect Blue (1997) 48:40 Princess Mononoke (1997) 1:04:46 Akira (1988) 1:17:50 Vampire Hunter D (1985)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Guillermo del Toro's debut feature, the revamped vampire myth Cronos (1993). https://www.sefca.net/members#/brandon-ledet 00:00 Welcome 01:56 Morbius (2022) 03:34 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) 13:28 Scream 4 (2011) 15:35 Crimewave (1985) 18:09 Darkman (1990) 22:24 Cryptozoo (2021) 25:05 The Night House (2021) 27:33 The French Dispatch (2021) 30:47 Death on the...

Brandon and Britnee discuss all things Denise Richards, from her early roles as cheerleaders to her recent roles as cheerleaders' moms to her iconic run on the reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:30 Barry Munday (2010) 05:40 The Girl Can't Help It (1956) 08:40 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) 14:12 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 5...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the post-Scream teen slasher Cherry Falls (2000), starring a very gothy Brittany Murphy https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:42 Psycho Ape (2020) 02:55 X (2022) 07:17 RRR (2022) 11:50 Bridgerton 15:33 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) 17:10 Josie and the Pussycats (2001) 18:49 Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened (2019) 19:36 What Happened to Mo...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of genre films from this year's Best Director Oscar nominees, starting with Jane Campion's 2003 erotic thriller In the Cut. Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2022/03/23/quick-takes-2022-oscars-catch-up/ 00:00 Welcome 00:38 Oliver Twist (2005) 04:10 Radhe Shyam (2022) 07:00 Turning Red (2022) 10:45 Master (2022) 15:10 Deep Water (2022) 21:00 Parallel...