TotalCultZone Presents

When did you first watch the Texas Chain Saw Massacre? If the first time you saw it, it was in 4K, we're gonna sound like dinosaurs but, so is everyone else in this "documentary" about the legendary film Chain Reactions is an exploration of Tobe Hooper’s cult-classic, featuring never-before-seen outtakes and interviews with  Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephe...

Gleaming the cube, more like... Skateboarding and getting off with your dead adopted brothers girlfriend while anti communist propaganda makes you wear chinos  ThatFkingGuy and Sunset Skip (Rich) meet up and talk about a movie, but not just any movie, it's Skips all time favourite movie of ALL TIME!. "A young avid skateboarder uncovers a conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brothe...

We get a little bit political with this weeks entry for DOCtober. That's right, instead of spooky stuff were talking documentaries, but this shows entry does feature the scariest monster that ever lived. Thankfully despite still haunting peoples dreams like Freddy she hasn't risen from the dead like Jason or that Myers fella THE IRON LADIES The inspiring story of working-class women who, during th...

Me and J watch a film about a hecking good doggo This game-changing supernatural horror is told from an entirely new perspective, that of man's best friend. Star of the movie, Indy, has already received acclaim for his gripping performance, winning SXSW Film Festival's coveted "Howl of Fame Award".   Directed by Ben Leonberg ( The Fisherman's Wife ) and produced by Kari Fischer, who are both...

Are you a virgin? This might be the film for you Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror is set for a UK release, with an exclusive first look at the new artwork.    The film will celebrate its UK Premiere at Sheffield DocFest on 19th June, screening at SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival on 22nd June, before having its Irish Premiere at GAZE on August 3rd, with additional previews and festiv...

In this show Nona Tells us about her love of KPop Demon hunters and talks general cinema love... also we talk about a bucket... A LOT! We break the record on the banter part of the show essentially, with the review of the actual film we were supposed to cover starting about the 17:30 mark. If you're one of those folks who want to get right to the subject podcasts are supposed to be talking about S...

Welcome to film titles that conjure much different images on different sides of the sea. Nona is back to cover another "proper film with real actors" in. and for the third show running it's "based" on a true story. THE MAN IN THE WHITE VAN , will be available on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital from 29th September.    Delving into the eerie underbelly of a seemingly idyllic 1974 Florid...

1 Film 2 Reviews from 2 Bad Men! Part.2 This episode I'm talking to "Lovely" Rob Jones, who's turned heel while covering this straight to video action comedy. Bad Man stars Sean William Scott ( American Pie ), Rob Riggle ( 21 Jump Street ), Johnny Simmons ( The Perks of Being a Wallflower ), Lovi Poe ( Chelsea Cowboy ), Andre Hyland ( Barry ), and marks the final film of the late Chance Perdomo (...

1 Film 2 Reviews from 2 Bad Men! Part.1 In this episode I catch up with Philip Bedwell a friend who's current acting career has led him to some interesting roles that help shed some light on what it means to be evil Bad Man stars Sean William Scott ( American Pie ), Rob Riggle ( 21 Jump Street ), Johnny Simmons ( The Perks of Being a Wallflower ), Lovi Poe ( Chelsea Cowboy ), Andre Hyland ( Barry...

Lie Down on the couch and tell me about the vegetables. Captain J joins me for a dark comedy and spills some home truths about a soup Keane, struggling with writer’s block, watches his marriage to Suzie fall apart. After she announces she wants a divorce, a bizarre man claiming to be Keane’s biggest fan – and a retired serial killer – enters their lives. When a misunderstanding leads Suzie to thin...

This podcast is scheduled for 2 fools. ThatFKingGuy and Oodles from Modern Escapism and Do Dragons Dream of Scorched Sheep, a man well known for his love of the art form known as professional wrestling. This week we're talking about the lady wrestler Mildred Burkes Biopic "Queen of the Ring". A film Oodles is shocked to find out is about REAL PEOPLE. Queen of the Ring  has an all-star&nb...

On this show we take on one about a folk-ing cult... Insert obvious joke here I'm joined by Captain J Spaulding to take on a Dirty Boy This episode will also be available in video format over on youtube, because what the world wanted was our faces on your big telly talking about films DIRTY BOY , is coming to select UK cinemas from 10th September before hitting digital platforms on 15th Octob...

Borderline stars Samara Weaving, Which for Dean is enough of a recommendation, Nona just want's you keep an eye out for that meat thermometer. Also Who knew that Celine Dion song was such a banger? Borderline , the directorial debut from Cocaine Bear writer Jimmy Warden , on Digital platforms in the UK from 8th September .   Starring Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) , Ray Nicholson (Smile 2) , E...

In this episode as well as both of us being ill, we're also a little tired... but as we find out, that's not always a bad thing. SOMNIUM will be released in the UK & Ireland from 8th September.   Written and directed by Racheal Cain, the science-fiction thriller stars Chloe Levine (The Sacrifice Game, Transfiguration) , Will Peltz (Unfriended) and Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things) . &...

Time to have a look at what we could have won as we watch new game show themed horror movie "Your Host" Your Host , is set to have its World Premiere at this year's FrightFest on 22nd August. Four 23-year-old friends go on a birthday retreat to a luxury cabin, while partying, they find a VHS Camcorder filming them from the woods. During the night they are drugged in their sleep by a man in all bla...

Time for me and Mark Plant from 100 things we learned from film to call up Roy Castle and tell him about our world record attempt to do the most banter in a podcast, certainly safer and easier than traversing a large body of water in the smallest boat known to man. It's been a while! I've not had any time off, it's just that everything has been under an embargo and we've not been able to actually...

It was at this point Dean realised he’d f***ed up Nona found an advert for this film online, SWERVE!!! turns out the advert WAS the film. Join us as we fall down a rabbit hole of bizarre micro “films” that make us yearn for the days when Heather Graham was telling us about her sister being a drug addict. Also includes a little wrestling talk. Apparently Rhea Ripley looks like she can carry a sofa...

A little summer break and the worst of the heat has passed, not enough that Myself or Captain J want a laptop on our actual laps to watch an entire film though. We rage a little about a screener app, talk coffee and tea, then disagree on Bloodsports status as a legendary film before talking about 40 Acres… this film Monday 7th July, London, UK: Vertigo Releasing is pleased to announce that they wi...

Boo is back and were talking about the same film as last time. Well… not really but we may as well be. A comedy western featuring a large beloved actor who died before the release of the film (in this case before it was finished) and a Co-Star that died in 2024. Wagons East! In the 1860s Wild West, a ragged bunch of misfit settlers decides they cannot stand living in their current situation and th...

On the hotline today, Nona and myself try to get sponsored by Relentless Energy drinks… if they do a sugar free version, deny Tiktok trends, eat knockoff kit kats, Bing things and attempt to sneak jammie dodgers in between talking about some other famous little monsters. Oh, and we also review a movie called Frankie Freako Monday 9th June London UK: Lightbulb Film Distribution is pleased to announ...

The council of crappy movies congregate and convein once more to watch another terrible movie in the hopes that it’s not as bad as everyone says it is. this time around Joe, Ian and Dean are joined by fellow trash movie sufferer Mark to slog through 90 minutes of awkward Fish paste and jam sandwich jokes. Featuring the gameshow “Spud or Sex act” not hosted by Adrien Chiles Potato salesman Dave is...

Time to have a look at a film from the 90’s we’ve never heard of, which for Farley fan Boo Lemont is kind of shocking. That it’s a Christopher guest directed movie starring Matthew Perry , a man on the rise at the time makes it even more weird that it past us by. A madcap, screwball, laugh riot and a whole bunch of other 90’s standard tags Comedy that will have you rolling in the aisle with laught...

Nona is back and were talking Bagels, Lidl, Aldi Cherry flavour relentless and making a coffee in a jar of peanut butter… also we talk about a film we watched called Cannibal Mukbang Starring Nate Wise, April Consalo & Clay von Carlowitz CANNIBAL: "Any animal that eats its own kind" MUKBANG: "A video, usually posted online, featuring a person eating large quantities of food, often while talking to...

Nona joins me again this week and we were supposed to just be talking about coffee, cake and the “scary nuns” in consecrated, but then I mentioned I had been given another film which had to be included as well… What is that you may ask? Not Sponsored by Algerian Coffee but I wouldn’t say no to a free bag So new it hasn’t got a trailer or a press release Here is the Indiegogo page Manatee Party You...

Robbies back and this time it’s for a film that just his speed, trekking down the west coast of the Americas for a new documentary film about pooping in a hole in the ground… I mean hiking. Totalcultzone presents… The Road to Patagonia TOTALCULTZONE.COM JUST UP THE TRAIL Rob Jones on Substack Links for hiking and conservation type things Rob suggests Watching/Listening Mile Mile and a half - Free...