Video Monsters

We think it is safe to say that, due to recent events, many of you out there are probably feeling a bit anxious about the future right now. We certainly are here at Video Monsters. We have always strived to make this silly little podcast a positive place to celebrate not just movies, but the sense of community that comes out of making, watching, and discussing films. Movies are a refuge; a safe pl...

I see seas of blue, blue water too. The bright burning sun. The dark sacred soil. And I think to myself.... what a Waterful World That’s right! The time has come for us to venture off into the aquatic wasteland of the far future known as WATERWORLD; the notoriously expensive flop that was (mostly) directed by Kevin Reynolds! So grab a glass of Hydro, gulp down some grilled sea monster that tastes...

The Video Monsters continue their discussion on the work of Kevin Costner with an under-the-radar, late-career gem: Thomas Bezucha’s LET HIM GO (2020). This is a tense, lean neo-western thriller with a huge heart and some excellent performances from a fiery Diane Lane and the Cos’ as her steady-hand husband who embark on a road trip across the 60s midwest to find their kidnapped grandson. So grab...

Director Kyle Kuchta and writer Jeanette Wall join the Video Monsters to talk about their new short film, OUCHIE, which recently screened at the Chattanooga Film Festival and is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit. After a discussion of the short, we each make our picks for a round of Mirror Movie Madness, discussing the best uses of mirrors in film! So grab your bandages and watch...

Cancel the kitchen scraps, stop all merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas because it’s time to bow down before the almighty villainy Alan Rickman. Everything we do, we do it for him… and for the joy of catapulting ourselves into the castle of campy fun, crafty adventure, and questionable casting of Kevin Costner in the role of ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (1991)! If you enjoy this episode,...

The Video Monsters saddle up with special guest Robert Woods (filmmaker, An Ideal Host) for a Western-style showdown in tonight’s Kevin Costner Popcorn Punchout, where we assemble our Video Rack Attack Bracket and duel our way down to the line to decide which three Costner films will get the in-depth Video Monsters analysis. Will we find ourselves in A Perfect World? Or maybe a Waterworld? Rooting...

Grab your baseball bat, put on your cowboy hat, and prepare yourself for questionable accents/narration because the Video Monsters are about to rundown the career of maybe the most quintessential All-American leading man of the modern era*. Nathan, Eric, and Dan will make ten picks each to bring you our 30 recommendations in tonight’s Kevin Costner Monthly Movie Madness! *episode description writt...

Grab your animal crackers, queue up Hurdy Gurdy Man, and meet us in a California basement because it’s time to finally close the book on our Journalism series with David Fincher’s ZODIAC (2007). If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Dis...

Grab a cigarette filter, strap on your tape recorder, and meet us at the carousel bar because it’s time to buy the ticket and take the ride through bat country with Terry Gilliam’s FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod f...

Unplug the phone, lace up your boots (but only if you want), dab the sweat off your brow, and put away that hefty shadow puppet because it’s time to listen closely as the Video Monsters broadcast their views on James L. Brooks’ BROADCAST NEWS! If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to...

Extra! Extra! Read, er…. hear all about it! Tonight we’ve got a Punchout poppin’ on pictures about the press, and we’re gonna shout it! Well, Eric will take care of most of the shouting as the Video Monsters raise Hell over which Journalism films are Deader than the rest! So Fletch yourself a Shattered Glass of Medium Cool Candy, man, because it’s time to Network with The Insider, uncover what She...

Grab your (catchy newspaper headline to be added by the editor after they decide if this will make it to the front page), put on your (stereotypical journalist accessory that you always see in the movies but rarely ever actually see in real life), and get ready to (exaggerated action sequence to spice up the facts for a movie - to be added in post) as the Video Monsters bring you their 30 recommen...

Grab a case of Faygo, put on your Gogo boots, and pick out your finest masque before joining us in a dimension of cinematic sight and sound to melt your mind as we have a devil of a good time with Chris Dortch and Dustin Kramer discussing the Chattanooga Film Festival…where the Fest is family!! Special guests: Christ Dortch & Dustin Kramer - Chattanooga Film Festival If you enjoy this episode, com...

Grab your lucky coin, open you blue letter, and don't forget your hat as we tunnel our way through humor, action, and existentialism in tonight's Ranking Popcorn Punchout: Video Rack Attack Bracket of the Coen Brothers' filmography! Special guest: Matt Mercer - Contracted, Dementia: Part II, Bliss, Beyond the Gates If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part...

Grab your rotting apples, take a look in the mirror, and work on your sewing skills as we sing the praises of John Adams and Toby Poser in our interview and analysis of Where the Devil Roams!! Special guests: John Adams & Toby Poser - Hellbender, The Deeper You Dig Stay up to date with all Adams Family news at https://wonderwheelproductions.com Order your bluray copy of Where the Devil Roams f...

Top off your white lightning, refill your mega-sized popcorn bucket, and remember that wherever you go to listen to your podcast...there you are! Swap out the tapes because tonight is part two of our Popcorn Punchout to pick our main themes for the year - in the end, there can be only one....er.... eight. If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the di...

Grab your freeze dried ice cream, a mega-sized popcorn bucket, and try to keep your sanity as three good fellas roll the dice and sink their jaws into tonight's mega-sized Popcorn Punchout as we work from 32 themes down to our final 8 for the year!! And get ready to change the tapes midway through, because tonight is only part 1 of this two-part episode.... If you enjoy this episode, come join the...

Grab your breadless bread, cozy up to the fire, and don't just listen....savor. Savor our analysis of THE MENU as we podcast on the edge of the abyss (which is where god works too)! Special guest: Sarah Stubbs - Geeks Who Eat, Final Girls Feast If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go t...

Grab your trash cheese, put on your tiny chef's hat, and strike your best freeze frame pose as you let the combination of our cinematic tastes swirl around your head in our analysis of RATATOUILLE!! And remember, anyone can be a podcaster... but it takes true passion to be a Video Monster. If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and lis...

Grab your best bottle of crypt wine, take down the curtains, and fry up some bacon because the timer is running for us to deconstruct our thoughts in tonight's analysis of PIG! If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials,...

The most OK-est of annual holiday traditions is finally upon us! And, as usual, it’s going to be SPECT....adequate (it’s fine. Totally fine.) This year the Video Monsters are going to do a ranking mini-POPCORN PUNCHOUT: Video Rack Attack Bracket to decide which three Christmas (or Xmas-adjacent) films we recommend you watch this holiday season. And much like Great Uncle Lewis lighting a cigar next...

It's a Big Night for the Video Monsters because it’s time for another POPCORN PUNCHOUT: Video Rack Attack Bracket, this time to decide which three Food Service movies we get to feast on over the next few weeks. As usual with these episodes, the game eventually reaches a Boiling Point as beloved films are eliminated, and none of us make it to the end without getting a little Burnt in the process, b...

The Video Monsters are bringing you even more Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 goodness with tonight's discussion of SOUR PARTY - a feminist, punk, one crazy day, buddy comedy, with just a dash of magical realism that highlights how truly bizarre the world can be! Special guests Michael Drexton, Amanda Drexton, and Samantha Westervelt (all of whom wore many hats in the making of Sour Party) join us...

The Video Monsters have prepared a feast for your ears with tonight's Food Service Monthly Movie Madness!! The Monthly Movie Madness episodes are a recent addition to our lineup in which Nathan, Eric, and Dan pick 10 movies each for the monthly theme, resulting in a curated list of daily recommendations of themed movies. We also use these 30 movies to compose the audience survey for our Popcorn Pu...

To celebrate the release of Blow Up My Life (2023) on VOD, the Video Monsters are blowing the whistle of praise and releasing from the vault our Q&A with Abigail Horten and Ryan Dickie from Chattanooga Film Festival 2023! Blow Up My Life has a great balance of humor and corporate thriller, great actors that really bring you into the movie, and some very artful technical skills on display - so if y...