Three Geeky Dads

This week, we're taking a look at Longlegs. FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer who calls himself "Longlegs" (played by Nicholas Cage). As the case takes many complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and now she must race against time to stop him before he clai...

HAMMER has a brand new film out and as it just so happens, we love us some HAMMER so we decided to check out 2024's Doctor Jekyll, starring Eddie Izzard as the titular tortured doctor with a dark secret. Tune in and find out what we all thought of it.

It's September and Halloween is one month away so, it's the perfect time to start looking back at some of our favorite HAMMER films. This week, we're taking a look at Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. This 1968 Hammer Dracula sequel again stars Christopher Lee as Dracula, Rupert Davies as the Monsignor, Veronica Carlson as his niece, Maria. In the film, Davies' Monsignor performs an exorcism on Dr...

So last week, we had the pleasure of being invited back, by friend of the show Josh Dahlin, to record at his 2nd annual Dark Arts Festival. We had a blast there, talking to, and interviewing Nick and Matt, the creative team behind the independent horror film, Curse of the Were-beard. We also talked again with our friend Harley Bean of Rhode Island's RKO Army and we had the pleasure to chat with Br...

This week, we bring you our look at the hit MCU movie, Deadpool & Wolverine! Yes, you read that correctly, Deadpool and Wolverine are now part of the Disney/MCU family. And while you may think that this movie takes a big old dump all over their former FOX masters, you're mistaken...it's actually a love-letter to the FOX films of the past while making us look forward to an MCU filled with marvelous...

Hey dear listeners, we're back from our summer break and we had a lot to talk about. We get caught up on what we've been doing while away from the mics this past month, where we've been and what we've watched. Most importantly, we're also joined by our good friend, Josh Dahlin who brought to us the latest independent horror film he had a hand in making...Graveyard Shark. Josh was also here with us...

This week (by request) we will be taking a look at Uncle Buck, the John Hughes directed comedy from 1989 is about a laid back, unemployed bachelor named Buck who is forced to babysit his brother's 3 kids after a family emergency pulls their parents out of town. He wasn't their first choice to watch over the kids but, with a little bit of luck and a lot of tough love, he manages to win over everyon...

Listen up, Bub! This week, we're taking a look at the new Disney+ animated series, X-Men '97. It is a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997), continuing the story of Marvel's mutant X-Men who face new challenges following the loss of their leader, Professor X. What did we all think? You won't need Cerebro to read out minds...just tune in and find out! 

This week we take a look at the hit film, Godzilla Minus One. The movie is set in the waning days of WWII and tells the story of Shikishima, a surviving Kamikaze pilot, who was attacked on Odo Island, along with a company of fighter plane mechanics, by a gargantuan monster. After the mechanics die because of Shikishima failing to shoot the monster, an overwhelming amount of guilt weighs on him, es...

This week we have a new episode where we take a look at the new hit horror film, Late Night With The Devil! The movie is shot documentary style and tells the story of Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) who hosts a syndicated talk show 'Night Owls' that has been perpetually trailing Johnny Carson's 'Tonight Show' in the ratings. A year after the tragic death of Jack's wife, ratings have plummeted. So...

This week, we return to the wastelands with a look at the new film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga! Again, written and directed by visual genius, George Miller, it tells the back story of young Furiosa and how she was snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and fell into the hands of the Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they came across the Citadel presided ov...

This week, we conclude our series of 4's (where we take a look at the, usually bad, 4th entry in a film franchise!) However, this week we bring you another good one! This week, we brave the post-apocalyptic wastelands as we venture through 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road! This film, directed by the genius, George Miller, tells the tale of Imperitor Furiosa as she rebels against the tyrannical Imortan Jo...

This week we have a new episode, the latest in our annual series where we take a look at the (usually bad) 4th entry in a film franchise! This week, however, is different, for this time we're looking at John Wick: Chapter 4!

Hey now, we have a new episode coming your way, this week we are going to take a look at Expendables 4...it's the latest movie in the franchise that features half of the original cast, half the action and (apparently) half the effects budget as well. It also asks the question, "Why the hell didn't they stop after the 3rd one?"

We have a special Escape Pod episode for you all...it also happens to be our 250th episode!!! Quinn, geek-dad Brien's daughter, really wanted to get behind the mic and talk all about her new, favorite movie, Lisa Frankenstein! It's the story of a misunderstood teenager (Kathryn Newton) and a reanimated corpse (Cole Sprouse) as they embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness and a few mi...

This week, we're kicking off our annual "series of 4s" where, in honor of May the 4th, we take a look at the (usually bad) 4th entry in a film franchise. This week, we're looking at yet another of SONY's abysmal attempts to hang on to their Spider-Man rights by giving us, yet another Spider-Man villain film that does not feature Spider-Man (after Venoms 1 & 2, and Morbius)! It's boring, it makes n...

Ok...this week, we wrap up the month of April (and our April fools series of episodes) with a look at a film that features Captain America and Spider-man on opposing sides...if you're thinking of Marvel's Civil War, you're mistaken because, this week, we have a real treat! Friend of the show, Josh Gravel, brings to us a film we've only heard rumors about, a film that exists only to be remembered i...

It's another week in April so that means that we may or may not be looking at Romancing the Stone. What we can tell you is that it's a movie about a couple of people trying to track down an ancient treasure. What did we really watch? Listen in and find out!!!

OK...April Fool's month continues as we take a look at Bruce Lee's Enter The Dragon...or do we? By now, you should know the drill. Tune in to find out what movie we're REALLY talking about!

This week we're taking a look at a classic movie where a man has to make some tough life choices. The fact is, in order to be truly happy, he resorts to dressing as a woman...secrets and lies keep piling up and his life begins to spin out of control...when his secret is revealed at the end, will the people he loves still accept him? Find out what we all thought by listening in on the conversation!

We have a new ESCAP3 POD episode for you to enjoy! Marc and Dean return (after a long absence) to the screening room to bring you another double-feature of horror highlights! This time they're talking up werewolves as they bring you In the Company of Wolves and Late Phases! Listen in and find out what they thought of these two hair-raising howlers!!!

In this episode, we wrap up our In The March Of Madness series with a look at Donnie Darko, the 2001 film starring Jake Gyllenhall as the troubled Donnie who has visions of a large hideous bunny rabbit named Frank who informs him that the world will end in 28 days. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys Donnie's bedroom, the accident seems to have set supernatural events in motion that effe...

This week, we continue our In The March Of Madness series with a look at the 2000 horror/comedy film, American Psycho. It tells the story of Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), a young, wealthy, New York investment banking executive who tries to hide his murderous, psychopathic tendencies from his friends and co-workers. What did we all think? Tune in and find out!!!

In the March of Madness month continues as, this week, we take a look at 1989's The Burbs. It tells the story of Ray (Tom Hanks) who just wants to spend his week off from work just hanging around the house, doing nothing. However, after one of his neighbors goes missing, the other neighbors on the street begin to suspect the Klopeks, a strange family who had just recently moved next door to Ray. A...

In the March of Madness continues as, this week, we're taking a look at Universal Studio's malevolent, maniacal monster...The Invisible Man. After Dr. Jack Griffin discovers a way to turn himself invisible, he runs off to a small isolated English village to find a quiet place to conduct his research into finding a way back to normal. But, he soon finds that the overly curious townsfolk, with their...