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!

Episode 113: Thir13en Ghosts featuring Jesse Black

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 Donald Pleasence as an evil psychologist or doctor of some nature who goads man-baby villain John Sharp into the real estate game.  It’s either playing it cool or swinging for the fences and succeeding at both.  There’s also one song that will play over and over and over, and we’ve all got thoughts on that.  We’ve got thoughts about the whole crazy ride, honestly, so tune in!

Episode 112: Watch Out, We're Mad! featuring Larry Brown

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’s a wild, gory ride with, maybe, the only instance of a love triangle that involves a corpse but at least is ridiculous and committed.  Any way you slice it, it's got us in stitches and it offers up the kinds of questions that can’t help but make us laugh.  That’s right, despite all the entrails and weird sexual practices we’re having a very good time with this one and you can too, tune in!

Episode 111: Beyond the Darkness featuring Mark Hensley

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, rolls into town and needs her husband dead.  Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou and Jason Clarke are also present in this tale of fishing, death, sex and physical abuse, but is this film worthy of being a bad film classic?  The panel can all agree that it’s bad, and they can all agree that it’s stupid, but the currents of the sea have them all in different places.  Tune in!

Episode 110: Serenity

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, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson or Peter O’Toole deliver a monologue then you’ve got a banger on your hands.  Also Diane Kruger is Helen of Troy and she’s important for reasons, along with some horse.  Oh, there’s also a lot of fighting. We get into all the plot holes and have a pretty good time while doing so.  Who knew that swords and (lack of) sorceries films could be this much fun?  Tune in!

Episode 109: Troy featuring Alice Ebenhoe

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 least feel okay about all the “violence” and “nudity” they just showed us.  Directed by Paul Dertano and hailing from the teen delinquent genre, it’s a blast from the past and a pretty good time for the curious.  We’ll also get into just what the genre is and its place in the greater cinematic canon.  It’s a trip down culture’s memory lane and you can join us, just tune in!

Episode 108: Gun Girls featuring Ross Lennon

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 little film about topless people hanging out in a very fascinating structure, Coral Castle. We’ve even going into the history and the mystery of that very castle itself as we explore another piece of Florida cinema. It’s a lot of lounging and a lot of laughter, so tune in!

Episode 107: Nude on the Moon featuring Preston Spurlock

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 spy.  Full of gross out/extreme humor, this Louis Leterrier comedy did better outside of the US upon release, but it didn’t really light any fires, except in the hearts of the few who have enough sense to just laugh at fake genitals, human or non-human.  Certainly a film that has made strong choices that causes strong reactions, we’re getting into it all today, so tune in!

Episode 106: Grimsby featuring Al Bates

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 too much, not explaining itself and occasionally getting pretty weird.  Still, Bryan Brown has charms aplenty and Elizabeth Shue is also there along with Gina Gershon.  Come for the drinks, stay for the stories and cheer every time Tom Cruise gets punched for good reason.  It’s just a good time and you can have one too, so tune in!

Episode 105: Cocktail featuring Bryan Quinby

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 you’d want: a software company merger, a successful start to a relationship and a strong focus on the environment.  Also, eventually people are attacked by poorly animated birds.  It has so much that we recall, and so many things that we forgot.  It’s a trip down memory lane and you can go there too, even if it’s your first time, so tune in!

Episode 104: Birdemic: Shock and Terror

Join your hosts Chris, Anna, and Greg as they dare to ask the question, "If this movie is so bad, why do you like it so much?". Special guests bring us their own personal favorite bad movies and we figure out what is up with the movies we love to hate and hate to love. 



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