Criterion Creeps

In our 133rd episode we're talking spine #152 in the Criterion Collection: David Gordon Green's GEORGE WASHINGTON from 2000. First RJ talks about THE CREMATORS and MID 90s, and Jarrett talks about VELVET BUZZSAW, and PINEAPPLE EXPRESS. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.com/releases Like us on Faceb...

In our 132nd episode we're talking spine #151 in the Criterion Collection: Steven Soderbergh's TRAFFIC from 2000. First RJ talks about The Royal Rumble 2019, axe throwing, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, and STRIPPED TO KILL. Jarrett watched MOEBIUS REDUX because he had to watch all six hours of TRAFFIK (1989). Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her...

In our 131st episode we're talking spine #150 in the Criterion Collection: Jean-Pierre Melville's BOB LE FLAMBEUR from 1956. First, RJ talks about UNBREAKABLE, ROBOT MONSTER, and HARD EIGHT, and Jarrett talks about some more noir and the Netflix FYRE documentary. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.c...

In our 130th episode we're talking spine #149 in the Criterion Collection: Federico Fellini's JULIET OF THE SPIRITS from 1965. First RJ watched PADDINGTON 1 & 2, and CHRISTINE, and Jarrett runs down a bunch of film noir he watched (a standout being GASLIGHT from 1944). Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.band...

In our 129th episode we're talking spine #148 in the Criterion Collection: Grigori Chukhray's BALLAD OF A SOLDIER from 1959. First, RJ gets caught up with some last year horror, like THE RITUAL, BLAIR WITCH, A QUIET PLACE, and BIRD BOX. Jarrett watched PADDINGTON, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, SORCERESS, and ATOR, THE FIGHTING EAGLE. Hot diggity dog. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps...

In our 128th episode we're talking spine #147 in the Criterion Collection: Wong Kar-Wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE from 2000. First, and for just two hours, Jarrett, and RJ, and Patreon Perk Pal Frank Solano discuss all the movies they've seen the last week. First RJ recaps SORCERESS, infamous RIDING THE BUS WITH MY SISTER, and legendary TIPTOES. Frank talks about THE THING, ANNIHILATION, and AQUAMAN....

In our 127th episode we're talking spine #16 in the Criterion LASERDISC Collection: Frank Capra's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE from 1946. First RJ finishes watching the LETHAL WEAPON franchise, and Jarrett runs through some Christmas flicks, including some hot takes on the seemingly maligned THE FAMILY MAN. And before we get into the review proper we do our Top 5 movie discoveries of the year. Hot dog! P...

In our 126th episode we're talking spine #146 in the Criterion Collection: Mikhail Kalatozov's THE CRANES ARE FLYING from 1957. First RJ talks about LETHAL WEAPON, Jarrett and RJ share their experiences with THE GALAXY INVADER and ERNEST BORGNINE ON THE BUS, and Jarrett continues catching with 2018 movies like SUPPORT THE GIRLS, UPGRADE, LIZZIE, and 2015's CAROL. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come th...

In our 125th episode we're talking spine #144 &145 in the Criterion Collection: Milos Forman's LOVES OF A BLONDE (1965) and THE FIREMEN'S BALL (1967). First RJ wraps up rewatching the HARRY POTTER films, strongly recommends OUT COLD (2001), and Jarrett continues getting caught up on 2018's "best films", like BLACKKKLANMAN, FIRST REFORMED, SEARCHING, THOROUGHBREDS, and SATAN'S SLAVES. Podcast's int...

In our 124th episode we're talking spine #143 in the Criterion Collection: Luis Bunuel's THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE from 1977. First RJ regales us with tales of Christmas movie watching, the first half of a HARRY POTTER rewatch, and Jarrett is getting caught up with 2018 movies like HEREDITARY (spoilers ahead!), CAM, UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB, POSSUM, and the actually excellent THE SISTERS BROTHERS....

In our 123rd episode we're talking spine #16 in the Criterion LASERDISC Collection: Richard Lester's HELP! from 1965. Technical hijinks as Jarrett steers the ship through software failures and learning a new recording platform on the fly, and RJ is along for the ride! But we get the job done, and talk a bunch of Netflix randomness, BALLAD OF BUSTER SKRUGGS, insta-classic GWILLIAM on Vimeo, and the...

In our 122nd episode we're talking spine #142 in the Criterion Collection: Peter Weir's THE LAST WAVE from 1977. First RJ talks about some bad movies, movies that have DINGUS in the title, EMPIRE RECORDS, and HUNTER KILLER. Jarrett just watched HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, so a spoilerific discussion proceeds. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossomin...

In our 121st episode we're talking spine #141 in the Criterion Collection: Marcel Carne's CHILDREN OF PARADISE from 1945. RJ talks about Netflix's HAUNTING ON HOUSE HILL and THE BFG, and Jarrett talks about a bunch of haunted house movies, as well as THE LOST PATROL. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandca...

In our 120th episode we're talking spine #140 in the Criterion Collection: Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 from 1963. First RJ finishes his Creeptober viewing by talking about NIGHT OF THE WEREWOLF, STREET TRASH, and FUNNY GAMES, while Jarrett talks about some '70s British made-for-tv horror he found on YouTube called MURRAIN and DEAD OF NIGHT: THE EXORCISM and this little indie thing called PIECES OF TA...

Creeptober 2018 is in the books, and we're a couple days late, but fuck it, here's that Ghoul School you love (or just don't listen to). We cover way too many movies, and get hilariously more tired as we just kept talking and sitting, sitting and talking... MOM & DAD, EVILSPEAK, FRANKENHOOKER, THE KEEP, BONE SICKNESS, NIGHTBEAST, A DARK SONG, all sorts of stuff.

In our 119th episode we're talking spine #139 in the Criterion Collection: Ingmar Bergman's WILD STRAWBERRIES from 1957. First RJ gives the lowdown on that new HALLOWEEN, then they talk some Creeptober festivities. Skip next week due to Halloween/Jarrett moving into a house (though hopefully a Ghoul School will find its place). Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can...

In our 118th episode we're talking spine #138 in the Criterion Collection: Akira Kurosawa's RASHOMON from 1950. First RJ talks about FIRST MAN (some caveman movie about Lance Armstrong going to the moon?), and they both talk about their Creeptober viewings. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.com/rel...

"Class is back in session" We're halfway through the month, and we're here to hit you with another monstrous serving of horror meat and death. What did they watch? What did they love, what did they hate, what were they indifferent to? FIND OUT!

In our 117th episode we're talking spine #137 in the Criterion Collection: Alfred Hitchcock's NOTORIOUS from 1946. CREEPTOBER continues first, with RJ recapping that VENOM, and they both cover a bunch of horror-y stuff for an hour twenty. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.com/releases Like us on Fa...

In our 116th episode we're talking spine #136 in the Criterion Collection: Alfred Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND from 1945. It's been a while, but first: it's CREEPTOBER! So RJ and Jarrett both talk about a whole bunch of other movies they watched first... like for an hour and a half or something. October, baby! Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming...

In our 115th episode we're talking spine #135 in the Criterion Collection: Alfred Hitchcock's REBECCA from 1940. First RJ talks about Big City Burrito in Colorado, SUNSHINE CLEANING, and THE INCUBUS (1982). Jarrett talks briefly... nothing. Good thing RJ watched THE INCUBUS. As you should. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work h...

In our 114th episode we're talking spine #134 in the Criterion Collection: Benjamin Christensen's HAXAN from 1922. First RJ talks about CASTLE ROCK, and BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2. Then Jarrett talks about ONE MAN METAL and MANDY. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.com/releases Like us on Facebo...

In our 113th episode we're talking spine #133 in the Criterion Collection: George Sluizer's THE VANISHING from 1988. First RJ talks about YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY, THE HOLLARS, UNDERCOVER BROTHER, then Jarrett talks about THE LAST MOVIE STAR. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandc...

In our 112th episode we're talking spine #132 in the Criterion Collection: Peter Medak's THE RULING CLASS from 1972. First RJ talks about NEIGHBORS 2, MUST LOVE DOGS, and MANHATTAN. Jarrett talks about FIVE LOOSE WOMEN. Oh, also backwards baseball caps and their verboten status in pubs. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here...

In our 111th episode we're talking spine #131 in the Criterion Collection: Jiri Menzel's CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS from 1966. First RJ talks about MILE 22, DAGON, THE INCIDENT, and OGROFF: THE MAD MUTILATOR, and Jarrett watched THE TELEPHONE BOOK. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.com/releases Like us...