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TRASH ON THE TUBE: LIFE WITH LUCY After deciding they don’t get enough punishment in the world of film, Eric and Wright are now diving into the bottomless pit of lousy television. Join the boys for the first bite-sized episode of Trash on the Tube! They kick things off with Life with Lucy, starring the […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: THE KINDRED Are you ready to have a Rod Steiger inspired slime fetish? This is just the episode for you! Travis Patten returns once more for a squirmy, wiggly, creature feature starring watermelon tentacles, the world’s angriest fetus, and the Rod Steiger tentacle bukkakke you’ve been waiting for! We watched 1987’s […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: DEF BY TEMPTATION This week, we finally feature a movie with the third James Bond. No, not Roger Moore. We mean the charmless writer, director, and chap-lipped star of Def by Temptation, James Bond the third! Kim Brown joins the boys for layaway abortions, way too titillating feathers, and Sam Jackson […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: SURVIVAL ISLAND You’d assume a movie featuring middle aged college co-eds led by the guy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the girl from Poison Ivy 3 hunted by an evil pinata would be chock full of nudity, right? Well, prepare to be disappointed as guest Marco Noyola and the boys […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: GETEVEN What better way to celebrate our 100th episode than with two Trash in the Can all-star guests and an explosion of vanity, iced nipples, and terrified karaoke! One of Us founder Chris Cox and gross storyteller Caroline Sulek (and a few surprise guests) return to discuss Wings Hauser’s improv skills […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: ROCKULA Imagine the greatest musical supergroup of all time starring in a musical that leaves you humming the tunes on the way home. Now, forget all that and you’ve got 1990’s Rockula! Join guest Rhett O’Hara and the boys for Devo babies, Wright’s alphabet lesson, and ESL classes led by Hilaria […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: RICH LITTLE’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL Celebrate the holiday season with a star-studded holiday special that could only afford one star! Baylor Johnson returns for a retelling of A Christmas Carol as only a borderline talented Canadian impressionist can deliver. Come for Liza Minnelli having a seizure and stay for the Kennedy […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: GRAMPS GOES TO COLLEGE ‘Tis the season for “God” awful movies. Aggressively Christian viral filmmaker and bigoted elf-on-a-shelf, Donald James Parker, helps us ring in the holiday season with a story about the evils of critical thinking! Samia Abu-Shawish returns for the whitest Christmas yet. We watched the first chapter in […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER This Thanksgiving, we focus on a kind of family love you don’t usually see outside of an incognito browser! Mission Impodible host, Nathan Flynn, joins the boys for an exploitation flick with a movie-of-the-week soul. Come for the incest and decapitation, stay for a performance that can […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: ALONE IN THE DARK Filmmaker and author, Paul Gandersman, joins us this week to discuss his new novel, The Dead Friends Society, and kissing Donald Pleasence. Watch as Jack Palance goes punk, Martin Landau goes firestarter, and A-Team star Dwight Schulz goes bald in 1982’s Alone in the Dark! Featuring elderly […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: THE LAUGHING DEAD What happens when you throw The Thorn Birds, Apocalypto, and The Harlem Globetrotters into a blender? Danni Danger returns for Andrew Dice Clay as a child, Eric and Wright’s dream roles, and of course, porn. Join us for this week’s splatter cheese-fest, The Laughing Dead!   YOUR HOSTS […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: THE MUNSTERS What happens when you remake a beloved sitcom but forget to write jokes or cast anyone funny? You guessed it! This week, we’re piling on with the rest of the internet to discuss Rob Zombie’s latest Mun-strosity, The Munsters. Rhett O’Hara returns to talk about literally anything besides this […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: ALIEN PRIVATE EYE Overacting, bad impressions, and extremely horny – all words that can be used to describe an average episode of our show AND this week’s movie. Tessa Thompson impersonator, Tessa Morrison, returns for elf pimps, surprise Hitlers, and some of the dumbest character names ever conceived. Join us for 1989’s […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: DOUBLE DOWN We once again travel into the Neil Breen Cinematic Universe and live to regret it. To discuss this aging independent filmmaker, we’re joined this week by aging independent filmmaker Travis Patten! Join us for nuts, butts, nonsensical everything, and a lot of irritation from one of our hosts over […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: GIRLFRIEND FROM HELL The greatest trick the Devil ever played was convincing the world they weren’t a leggy 80s rocker chick. Danni Danger joins the boys this week for some serious “soul” sucking, broad-on-bro violence, and nuns with guns. They watched 1989’s horny Devil romp, Girlfriend from Hell. You can subscribe […]

TRASH IN THE CAN – THE PLUG LADY Do you love the Torch Song Trilogy but wish it was written by someone with a traumatic brain injury? Trash in the Can celebrates Pride month with guest Frank Calvillo and a slice of queer cinema starring the worst drag queen since J. Edgar Hoover. We watched 1999’s catchphrase […]

TRASH IN THE CAN – BRIDE OF BOOGEDY Some stories deserve a second chapter. This is not one of those stories. Returning guest and UIL Honorable Mention Cast winner, Jarred Schiff, joins Eric and Wright for the worst thing to come out of Disney since that girl was killed at Disneyland in the 70s. They […]

TRASH IN THE CAN – THE MYSTICAL ADVENTURES OF BILLY OWENS Imagine the Harry Potter franchise but as a Canadian public access show with visuals from a Windows 95 screensaver and you’ve got this week’s movie. Come for Rowdy Roddy Piper’s incomprehensible accent and stay for Eric’s gym class trauma. Guest Baylor Johnson joins the […]

TRASH IN THE CAN – BODY MELT This week, witness the most disgusting thing to come out of Australia since vegemite. Guest Liz Rische returns for body horror from down under featuring 90s house music, a peeping parrot, and at least one exploding penis. The only thing grosser is our attempt at Australian accents. Join […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: WALKING ON SUNSHINE Mamma mia! All your favorite background noise grocery shopping hits are now in your favorite movie playing in the empty hospital waiting room! Caroline Sulek returns for soul patches, the worst bangs in Italian history, and a leading man so generic we thought it was a different guy […]

TRASH IN THE CAN – SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT If you’ve ever wanted to see beloved character actor/presumed alcoholic M.Emmet channel the Kool-aid man, have we got a movie for you! Brendon K. O’Grady returns this week for breaded bats, high school theater sets, and a performance by David Carradine that really grabs you […]

TRASH IN THE CAN – NEW YORK NINJA This week Eric and Wright tackle literal trash in the can in the form of an abandoned movie found and finished after 37 years! Was it worth the wait? Hell no! Chris Cox joins the boys for roving gangs of Village People, radioactive boners, and wigs galore. […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: BOARDINGHOUSE Do you like The Amityville Horror but think it’s too easy to follow and doesn’t include enough James Carville in a Speedo? Then join the boys and their guest, local filmmaker Travis Patten, for a horror movie so confusing even the Wikipedia page is no help. Come for the totally […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: MAD DOG TIME Picture Jacob’s Ladder but replace Vietnam with boredom. This gives you a pretty good idea of what’s in store for guest Marco Noyola when he joins the boys for Gabriel Byrne’s wandering accent, Paul Anka’s Apollo debut, and more incoherent monologuing this side of a Trump rally. We […]