They Called This a Movie

This week, we take a break from watching a movie so we can say goodbye to 2023. We look back on the year of the podcast, talk about our favorite movies we've watched, and discuss what we hope 2024 brings to the show. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_production...

Merry Christmas from They Called This a Movie! For our special Christmas episode, Mark and Dan are watching Last Christmas from 2019. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions. Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledth...

We continue to punish ourselves this holiday season with some of the worst Christmas movies we've ever watched. This week, we're watching Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa , an animated film so bad that it has to be a scam. Join us as we discuss the improbable cast of voice actors, the terrible animation even by early 2000s standards, and a great grandma that shouldn't be the guardian of a y...

We head back to the late 2000s/early 2010s as we spend Christmas in a Hollywood obsessed with shaming it's young starlets. And a Hollywood in which Christina Milian was relevant. It's Christmas Cupid on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. Join us as we discuss the unlikable leads, the lack of any real lessons learned, and once again come to terms with the lack of Christmas. Find us on...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in TCTAM world as we once again celebrate Christmas movies all December long. And this year, we kick it off with an absolute doozy. Suffice it to say: nothing quite prepared us for A Karate Christmas Miracle . Join us as we discuss the incoherent ramblings of a drunken psychic law professor, the lack of any real karate, and uncover a lot about the actual...

We're celebrating Thanksgiving this week, as this is the last episode before the holiday. And we're not watching Blood Rage this time! This year, we decided to spend the holiday with the Camden's as we watch the first season Thanksgiving episode "Last Call For Aunt Julie". Join us as we discuss how hard Julie hits the bottle, Mary's complete lack of compassion for her aunt struggling with addictio...

We're heading to the woods this week in search of sexy cryptids, as we watch the animated film, The Son of Bigfoot . Join us as we discuss Bigfoot laying pipe, inexplicable Sasquatch powers, and whether or not being bald can turn you into a villain. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be fo...

We're headed back to school this week with Scott Baio and Willie Aames, as we watch the 1982 teen sex comedy, Zapped! Join us as we discuss the weird middleground between coming-of-age story and sex comedy this movie tries to exist in, that odd Carrie- like ending, and Scott Baio. NOTE: This episode was originally recorded as our September Movie of the Month. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTA...

We wrap up another spooky season with our October Movie of the Month. This year, we close out the month with Cabin Fever , diected by Eli Roth. Join us as we discuss the comedy, sitting next to Dennis, and the fact that Marcy is always making chili. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be fo...

We get down and dirty with Rob Zombie this week, as we take a look at his first foray in the directing chair, as we discuss 2002's House of 1000 Corpses . Join us as we discuss Sherri Moon Zombie's screechy performance, the unlikable protagonists, and try to figure out who or what is a Dr. Satan. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme music was wr...

We're back to celebrate Friday the 13th in October. After a couple of weeks of hiatus due to some personal reasons, we're back to kick off our full month of horror episodes. Appropriately enough, we're ringing in Friday the 13th with the second sequel in the Jason Voorhees series, Friday the 13th Part III . Join us as we discuss the unmemorable characters, the artifacts of the 3D craze of the 80s,...

Gymnastics-based martial arts mixes with Cold War-era espionage as we watch Kurt Thomas infiltrate a 900-year-old game of endurance in Gymkata . We're joined by Matt Singer ( @mattsinger ), Editor from Screen Crush, to discuss this cult classic film from the director of Enter the Dragon . Join us as we try to figure out the rules of "The Game", discuss better alternatives to this secret operation,...

Hollywood let Tom Green run amok in the early 2000's, which ultimately led to this week's film and possibly 9/11. We endured the infamous Freddy Got Fingered for this week's They Called This a Movie. Join us as we discuss Tom Green's rise to prominence, the renaissance this film has received over the years, and try to figure out what Green was trying to accomplish with this movie. Find us on Twitt...

Romantic fantasy mixes with MMA when Olivia Thirlby becomes invisible and continues being a terrible person in the 2019 film, Above the Shadows . Join us as we discuss the rules of being invisible, what would happen if she became pregnant, and scratch our heads about the whole mixed-martial arts of it all. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme mu...

We head to the future with Emilio Estevez. That's right: we're headed all the way to 2009 to discuss the sci-fi action film Freejack . Join us as we discuss how we've never heard of this movie before, the impressive cast, and the twists on top of twists. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can...

We kick back and knuckle up this week, as we watch tiny child ninjas take on domestic terrorists in 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain . Join us as we discuss the lean, but still bad at acting Hulk Hogan, the complete lack of character arcs, and how we'd prefer to watch a 3 Ninjas/Ernest P Worrell crossover movie. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Ou...

This week, Mark is back from his trip overseas and he brought violence with him, as he forced us to watch D.C. Down , a Tubi Original mockbuster of a 10-year-old movie made by The Asylum. Join us as we discuss Eric Roberts, threads that go nowhere, and just how brutal this movie was to get through. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme music was...

With Mark away this week, we decided to change things up a little and cover something we don't usually cover: syndicated television. That's right: this week, we decided to put on some red swimsuits and hit the beach as we watch WCW's biggest stars rub elbows with the babes of Baywatch in the season 6 episode titled "Bash at the Beach". Join us as we talk about Hulk Hogan creeping on the girls, the...

We can't help staring at Robert Z'Dar's jawline this week, as we watch him terrorize a family in Killing American Style . Join us as we discuss our useless hero, a bored Jim Brown, and the sleaze of a good Amir Shervan movie. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_p...

We are here for the tea this week as we go headlong into classic teenage drama with Deadly Cheer Mom. Director Doug Campbell brings us a mystery involving cheerleaders, overbearing moms, and deepfake technology. So join us as we discuss the twist and turns, the confusing lessons learned, dips with far too much celery. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie....

We're heading to the Amazon and dealing Jon Voight's terrible accent this week, as we talk about the mainstream creature feature, Anaconda , on this week's episode. Join us as we talk about all thing Voight, bad 90s CGI, and try to unravel the villain's plan. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He...

Box office poison! We're talking about the ill-advised attempt to make Carrot Top a movie star this week, and he's dragging Courtney Thorne-Smith down with him in Chairman of the Board . Join us as we discuss Larry Miller putting the movie on his back, the terrible inventions, and the absolute lack of laughs. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme...

We're joined by Steve from Halloween is Forever this week as we head to the gym to work on our beach bods as we talk about Death Spa on this week's episode. Join us as we talk hi-tech gym equipment, weird twin relationships, and erotic asparagus foreplay. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can...

We're heading into the holiday weekend with some rocking tunes, bodacious babes, and some glowing green orbs, as we watch our June Movie of the Month Heavy Metal , as voted on by our Twitter followers. Join us as we discuss the horniness, the sometimes ugly animation, and the thread-bare connective tissue of this cult classic anthology film. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @TCTAMPod and on TikTok...

It's time for our annual check-in with the one and only Breenius himself, Neil Breen. We welcome back Alyx and Pete from the BingeCast ( @BingeMedia ) to discuss Breen's second film, I Am Here....Now . Join us as we occasionally give Neil too much credit, discuss the extra dot in the ellipses, and try to figure out why Neil has such an axe to grind. We then discuss which movies we think would be m...