Your Favorite Bad Movie Podcast

This week we're joined by the one and only Jesse Black, co-host of Savant Garde to talk about the baker's dozen of ghosts in this week's movie, Thir13en Ghosts. There's a Black Zodiac, a house made entirely out of glass, and Mr. Monk himself, Tony Shalhoub. All that, and Matthew Lillard joins the four timer's club. We go long, but only because there's so dang many ghosts! Don't miss it!

Larry Brown is back and they’ve brought a European romp: Watch Out, We’re Mad (1974).  This action comedy stars the classic duo of Terrence Hill and Bud Spencer who must find a way to figure out which of the two gets to keep a dune buggy they’ve won in a race.  What ensues is full of madcap action scenes, demure reactions, comedy routines and lots of wild stunts.  It’s even got Dona...

Mark Hensley is back and they’ve brought a recent discovery with Beyond the Darkness (1979).  Prolific Italian filmmaker Joe D’Amato sends us down a psycho-sexual path through taxidermy and lost love. After the death of his girlfriend, a man preserves the body forever and this upsets his “wet nurse” who placates her anger by offering him sexual favors and cleaning up his messy kills.  It...

We’ve got another installment of Your Favorite Bad Movie Podcast Classics, and it’s a whooper of a tale with Serenity (2019).  This Steven Knight neo-noir/thriller is a more recent film, but it made quite a stir for its very gutsy and, frankly, bizarre twist.  Matthew McConaughey is an unhinged sea-boat captain who’s in search of a tuna named Justice when his ex-wife, Anne Hathaway, roll...

Alice Ebenhoe is returning once again for another look at a “historical document” with Troy (2004).  It’s in quotes because this epic poem adapted by Wolfgang Peterson is not exactly what you’d call accurate: it’s largely full of heterosexual atheists who will absolutely STOP fighting at the drop of a hat.  And boy do they talk.  If you want to hear Brad Pitt, Brian Cox, Eric Bana,...

Ross Lennon, film historian and host of The History on Film podcast, has got something enticing for us to fence: Gun Girls (1957).  Do you want to see powerful young women commit crimes, push people around and flaunt their figures?  Well, will you settle for feisty 30-year-olds poorly executing crimes and changing their blouses?  Don’t worry, there’s a moral at the end so we all at...

Artist and musician Preston Spurlock is back again with a real charmer, it’s Nude on the Moon (1961).  A nudist film directed by famed nudist director, Doris Wishman, it supposes, “What if we went to the moon, and there was a nudist colony there?” With its silly dialogue, quaint state of undress and the wonderful costumes on those that are clothed it’s a winner. After all, it’s just a nice li...

Al Bates is back and he's brought something that left a real impression the first time, Grimsby (2016) a.k.a. The Brothers Grimsby.  Sacha Baron Cohen isn’t doing his usual routine of playing an exaggerated caricature around real people attempting to get heightened reactions, this time he’s just a soccer hooligan that teams up with his long-lost brother (Mark Strong) who happens to be an MI6...

Bryan Quinby, host of Guys: A Podcast About Guys, is in the studio and they’ve mixed up something very tasty with Cocktail (1988).  This Roger Donaldson directed film was a hit at the time and an early win for lead Tom Cruise, but critics were not fans.  It’s not hard to see both sides as it’s charismatic, energetic, sexy and having nothing but a good time while also being angry, doing t...

Welcome to the first installment of Your Favorite Bad Movie Podcast Classics, a series in which we let viewers decide what we’re watching from a choice of classic bad films. Today’s “winner” is Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010).  This James Nguyen directed, independent horror film had a hard start, but immediately made waves with viewers upon its eventual release.  It’s got everything yo...

Justin Remer, author of the upcoming 33 1/3rd of “Weird” All Yankovic In 3D, is back and they’ve brought a recent discovery: Stunt Rock (1978).  We’ll call it an Ozploitation film for reasons.  Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, it stars Grant Page as Grant Page, a stuntman (as he is in real life), and Monique van de Ven as Monique van de Ven, an Undercover Girl (which she is not in real...

Melissa Louise, the artist behind emoseal.com , is surprising everyone, including themselves, with The Good Girl (2002).  Miguel Arteta directs Jennifer Aniston and a young Jake Guyllenhaal in this romantic drama/comedy that’s written by Mike White.  We’ve also got White, Zooey Deschenal, John C. Reily, Deborah Rush and Tim Blake Nelson all fliting about as smalltown yokels bearing witne...

Charles Star, host of No Homework Podcast, ALAB Series and City Saint/Country Saint, has sauntered into town to propose a bet that we can’t turn down: Diggstown (1992).  This Micheal Ritchie directed sports con film stars James Woods and Oliver Platt teaming up to trick Bruce Dern into a ludicrous bet that Lou Gosset Jr. can take on 10 Diggstown’s boxers in a day.  Will Heather Graham ki...

It’s our 100th episode and we have very special guests, Stefa Nunes and Gloria Yip are back and they have a fun surprise: they have attended the premiere of the film we’re talking about.  It’s Little Italy (2018), the romantic comedy that was mostly known for Emma Roberts and Hayden Christiansan having a sad time on a moped.  The collective talents of Allysa Milano, Adam Ferrera, Andrea...

Róan Robles, friend of the show, has us in the operating theater and on the table for Nurse 3D.  This Doug Aarniokoski directed Horror film stars Paz de la Huerta as a nurse who falls into an obsession with mentee Katrina Bowden while at the same time killing as many cheating men as she can.  Corbin Blue, Judd Nelson, Neicy Nash, and Boris Kodjoe are there as well, but it’s hard to take...

Kyle McLachlan, host of the podcast Combat Chronicles, appears to be leaping off the screen and into the studio with the horror comedy Piranha 3D.  This Alexandre Aja remake of an 80s horror classic promises all the joys of skinny dipping + piranhas, and it delivers whole-heartedly.  A packed cast of known names (Elizabeth Shue, Jerry O’Connel, Adam Scott, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd,...

Shelly Walston, host of the podcast Your Roots Are Showing, is back and is further exploring her past with Weird Science (1985).  For those who haven’t seen this John Hughes directed sex comedy, it’s about two young dweebs (Anthony Micheal Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith) who want to have sex so badly that they invent a whole person to do it with.  It’s less about plot and more about growin...

Baker, musician, and artist Angela Carlucci is in the studio today and there’s taking us someplace dark with The Pit (1981).  This Canadian chiller is the story of a sexually-deviant 12-year-old boy, the long-term babysitter he lusts after and the sentient teddy bear who tells him to throw his enemies into a pit of trolls. The first two details make sense together, that bear and the titular p...

Podcaster and sex therapist Julie Setting is back, and they’re taking us through a pipe to the dystopian urban jungle of Super Mario Bros. (1993).  Be warned, this ain’t your kid’s Super Mario Brothers… which is probably why is maligned/ignored at the time.  This dark, sci-fi interpretation sees Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as the titular plumbers saving Samantha Mathis’s Princess Dais...

Friend of the show Ryan Meyers has got our panel going because they’ve brought in almost literally a bang; it’s the cult classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!(1965). This Russ Meyer directed exploitation film sees a trio of go-go dancers off on a spree of crime and sexy situations across the California desert. It’s got violence, sex, kidnapping, drag racing, wrastlin’ and all the good stuff, yet w...

Discord Dawg Mack Eochada sits down with us and they’ve brought their horny friend, Zandalee (1987).  This erotic drama combines the raw sexual energy of Judge Reinhold, Nicholas Cage and Erika Anderson along with his production chops, his acting skills and her body, respectively.  It’s weird, not sexy, but absolutely sexual and follows a relatively basic story arc: One is impotent, the...

Podcaster Dylan Roth (The Pod Universe with Dylan and Dalton) is back and this time they’ve brought a returning director, M. Night Shyamalan and his film Old (2021).  That’s right, we’re going to the beach that makes you old with Gael García Bernal, Rufus Sewell, and Ken Leung on the sand with us.  Adapted from the graphic novel Sandcastle, it manages to bulldoze over the existential hor...

Our good friend Pete Speer is back and he’s got a mission for us, it’s MegaForce (1981).  After a string of successes, Hal Needham could not land a hit with this action film, even with Barry Bostwick and Michael Beck to help.  It’s about a crack team of super soldiers from around the world as they proceed to get into at least 4 minutes of action (it’s timed), a mission they don’t complet...

It’s our second annual Your Favorite Bad Reality Competition Show Special, and this year Chris and Anna are looking at Hell’s Kitchen.  Ostensibly a show about finding a chef to work in one of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants, it’s often more an excuse to watch people crack under pressure and to hear Gordon’s trademark creative expletives.  There’s never a dull moment to be had and we’re intr...

Sharon Cunningham, a friend of the show and Chris’ first date, along with the crew are caught in a case of signing the contract before reading it and, unfortunately, we’re all watching Powder (1995).  This film stars Mary Steenburgen, Jeff Goldblum, Lance Henriksen, and Sean Patrick Flannery and it’s been buried due to reasons that can be googled (but don’t do that).  The attempt was to...