Synopsis
Join Lucas and Dave as they review the strange, cult, B, and just plain bad movies to have ever crossed a camera lens. Listen in each week for their insightful, inspiring, and hopefully entertaining commentary.
Episodes
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Wheels on Meals [+Black Angel & Mad Max Fury Road]
27/05/2015Duped into viewing this horrendously dubbed early Jackie Chan comedy we quickly move on to discussing more interesting and worthwhile subjects. Never again to set Wheels on Meals! This Week's Topic: Dubbing Comedy! Other Movies Mentioned: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back/ Skyfall/ Bladerunner/ Frankenstein (1931)/ Army of Darkness/ Lord of the Rings (franchise)/ Willow/ Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi/ MAD MAX: FURY ROAD/ The Dark Crystal/ Mad Max (franchise) Movies Mentioned From Our Past Reviews: The Room/ Snowpiercer/ Ong-bak/ Metropolis If the link is still active (it should be till the first of June) then you can see Black Angel HERE! Check out behind the scenes footage for Mad Max Fury Road right HERE! See how the Mad Max franchise influenced the video game series Fallout right HERE! If you missed it last week, then see Lucas' hilarious "Butter" video right HERE! Next Week: Ip Man!
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Ong-bak
19/05/2015With Special Guest: Matt Buckley! Matt return to broaden our perspective on the Martial arts genre as we dropkick into the modern classic Ong-bak! This Week's Topic: MacGuffin Device Tropes: The High Kicking Education Continues! Other Movies Mentioned: Pitch Perfect 2/ Furious 7 / The Fast and the Furious (franchise)/ Expendables (franchise)/ Crank (franchise)/ Rumble in the Bronx/ The Bourne (franchise)/ Oldboy/ The Maltese Falcon/ The 39 Steps/ Kill Bill/ Batman Begins/ Citizen Kane/ 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag/ Observe and Report/ Brazil/ Monty Python's Holy Grail/ The Protector/ The Quiet Man/ Zardoz/ Speed/ Die Hard/ Ong-Bak (franchise)/ The Blues Brothers Movies Mentioned From Our Past Reviews: Master of the Flying Guillotine See the best Butter video online HERE! Next Week: Wheels on Meals!
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Master of the Flying Guillotine
12/05/2015Special Guest Appearance by Eric Knapp! He is Deadly! He is Unforgiving! He has his own Theme Song! He inspired most of the fighting video games you played in the 90s! He is the one and only Master of the Flying Guillotine! This Week's Topic: Intro To Martial Arts Movies 101 Other Movies Mentioned: The One Armed Boxer/ Crippled Masters/ Highlander/ The Avengers/ Batman Begins/ Kill Bill Vol. I/ Godzilla (Japanese Franchise)/ The Creature from the Black Lagoon/ Man of Steel/ Dawn of the Dead (1978)/ The Shining/ 300/ Pacific Rim/ Reservoir Dogs/ Pulp Fiction/ Inglorious Basterds See the Master in actiion right HERE! Next Week: Ong-Bak!
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The Babadook
05/05/2015Have you been depressed for, oh say, the past 6 years? Somewhere in that time you decided to paint everything in your house grey, which might not have helped. Seems like they only play silent movies when you're watching TV. This is what happens when you don't feed The Babadook! This Week's Topic: Meanings and Metaphors and Messages! Other Movies Mentioned: Halloween (franchise)/ Footloose/ District 9/ Poltergeist/ Avengers: Age of Ultron/ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)/ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2/ The Thing/ The Shining/ Let the Right One In/ Rosemary's Baby/ Dawn of the Dead (1978)/ Home Alone/ Bye Bye Birdie/ Scream (franchise)/ Evil Dead/ The Exorcist/ The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari/ Edward Scissorhands/ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/ Creepshow/ Alien/ The Descent/ The Exorcism of Emily Rose/ Enter the Dragon/ The Street Fighter (1974)/ Return of the Street Fighter/ Crippled Masters/ Ong-bak (franchise)/ Ip Man (franchise)/ Oldboy/ John Wick Movies Mentioned From Our Past Reviews: John Dies at the
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Nightmare Castle
28/04/2015When will those 60s Italian films ever learn? If you kill Barbara Steele she'll just come back to get her ghostly revenge. No stranger to playing multiple roles in a picture, here we get the rare Blonde Barbara Steele; or Blondera Steele. Don't fall asleep on this one, or you might end up in a Nightmare Castle! This Week's Topic: Is Gothic Horror In Your Wheelhouse? Other Movies Mentioned: She Beast/ Dracula (1931)/ Frankenstein (1931)/ The Wolf Man (1941)/ Indiana Jones (franchise)/ The Babadook/ Paranormal Activity/ Let the Right One In/ Jaws/ Psycho/ Lord of the Rings (franchise)/ Star Wars (franchise)/ Gone Girl/ The Driller Killer/ Hellraiser/ The Grey/ The Exorcist Movie Mentioned From Our Past Reviews: The Long Hair of Death/ Black Sunday/ The Manster/ The Hunchback of Notre Dame/ Metropolis/ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde See this movie right HERE! Next Week: The Babadook!
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John Dies at the End
21/04/2015With Special Guests: Charity Buckbee and Evan Jones! You get a phone call from your friend, but, as they explain in rushed tones, they are not as you know them now. Your friend is in fact speaking to you from the past, yet at the time they have knowledge of the future and were able to call you at this moment to tell you it's very important that you listen to psychojellyfish podcasts. To prove this isn't a prank they predict seceral near future events and speak to you not through just the phone, but through a hotdog! You are completely confused, but they say not to worry about that for now, and the last thing they tell you is John Dies at the End! This Week's Topic: Future Thoughts on Non Sequitur Horror! Other Movies Mentioned: Phantom of the Opera/ Haxan/ Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens/ Phantasm/ Bubba Ho-Tep/ Beastmaster/ Big Trouble in Little China/ Interstellar/ The Green Mile/ Dude, Where's My Car?/ Mulholland Drive/ Blue Velvet/ Old Yeller/ Eyes Wide Shut/ Ghost Busters/ The Princess Bride/ Mi
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The Long Hair of Death
14/04/2015With Special Guest: Aaron Spadaro! You feel like you've seen this movie before. It's 60s Italian horror, there's castles and witches and skeletons, and it stars Barbara Steele. Why of course! This is just like Black Sunday! Only it isn't. It's different. Some of those differences are more significant than others. The Shakespherean-like gothic melodrama lures you in slowly, and before you know it you're caught up in The Long Hair of Death! This Week's Topic: Historical Context for Horror Films Other Movies Mentioned: 2001: A Space Odyssey/ Dracula (1931)/ Frankenstein (1931)/ The House of Dracula/ Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein/ Les Diabolique/ Psycho/ The Horror of Dracula/ Rosemary's Baby/ The Exorcist/ Godzilla (Japanese franchise)/ Crimson Peak/ Fantasia/ Dark Shadows/ Austin Powers (franchise)/ Phantasm/ Bubba Ho-Tep Movies Mentioned From Our Past Reviews: Black Sunday/ Blackmail See this movie HERE! Next Week's Movie: John Dies at the End!
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Dungeons and Dragons
07/04/2015With Special Guest: John Armitage! You roll the dice to begin your adventure. But from behind you you hear a strange hissing cackle. Turning around you see Jeremy Irons dressed in a red cloak. Taking your dice from the table he places a dvd in front of you and screams, "YOU CAN PLAY IF YOU WANT, PRINCESS, BUT YOU'LL NEVER HAVE AN ADVENTURE QUITE LIKE THIS!" More than a little unsettled wondering how Jeremy Irons got into your house and why he's screaming at you, your eyes fall to the cover of the dvd. "Oh, no!" you exclaim. "It's Dungeons and Dragons!" This Week's Topic: Generic Fantasies of Better Movies! Other Movies Mentioned: Super Mario Bros./ Aladdin/ Star Wars (franchise)/ Gamers/ Battleship/ Mortal Kombat/ Avatar/ Indiana Jones (franchise)/ Battlefield Earth Movies Mentioned From Our Past Reviews: Black Sunday See this movie right HERE!
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I Don't Care, I Love That Movie
27/03/2015With Special Guest: Aaron Spadaro! The credits roll and the lights come up as you sit there with a big smile on your face. Then you hear something strange. Grumbling, unsatisfied voices surround you. What could be wrong? Surely they saw the same movie you did. Or did they? No, you haven't slipped into The Twilight Zone, you've simply found an appreciation for a movie others find no value in. How could this be? you ask yourself. You may even be afraid to mention your appreciation for this film to friends or family member, lest you face their glaring, bewildered eyes and compulsory ridicule. Well, fear no more Jellyheads, for you are not alone! We understand! We are hear to say what you cannot! Hear our words so that you too may find the courage to get up and shout, "I Don't Care, I Love That Movie!" This Week's Topic: Star Wars Prequels, Jurassic Park Sequels, Grindhouse, and Joe Versus the Volcano! Other Movies Mentioned: Pulp Fiction/ Snakes on a Plane/ King Kong/ Transformers (Franchise)/ You've Got Mai
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Leprechaun
17/03/2015With Special Guest: Lucas Cotterell You were never one to believe in fairy tales, of course. But as the bodies and polished pile up you just might find yourself facing off with a Leprechaun! This Week's Topic: Intentionally Funny Practical Effects Face Off Other Movies Mentioned: Ferris Bueller's Day Off/ M.A.S.H./ Pumpkinhead/ Leprechaun 4: In Space/ Leprechaun: In the Hood/ Sharknado/ District 9/ JAWS/ Alien/ Underworld: Rise of the Lycans/ Total Recall (2012)/ Forrest Gump/ Willow/ Child's Play (Franchise)/ Cabin In the Woods/ Drag Me To Hell/ Nightmare on Elm Street (Franchise)/ Friday the 13th (Franchise)/ Leprechaun 2/ Carnosaur/ Jurassic Park/ Masters of the Universe/ Ed Wood/ Office Space/ Big Hero 6/ Chappie/ Automata/ Ex Machina/ Transcendence/ Edge of Tomorrow/ Pacific Rim Movies Mentioned From Our Past Reviews: Troll 2/ The Room/ Sharktopus/ Birdemic: Shock and Terror/ Ladyhawke/ Ewoks: The Battle for Endor/ Evil Dead 2 As of the time of this posting you can see this holiday treat on Netflix!
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Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
10/03/2015With Special Guest: Lynn Stefani After struggling the entire previous movie to save your parents they are instantly killed before your eyes. As you are only 6 years old there's nothing you can do but run, and almost get eaten by a pterodactyl, until you are found, and taken in, by Wilford Brimley. Then managing to get get your genius self captured for the second time, the disgruntled, likely half insane from prolonged isolation Wilford Brimley must storm the castle and take out the He-Man villain rip-offs to save you in Ewoks: The Battle for Endor! This Week's Topic: Continuity Conundrums Other Movies Mentioned: STAR WARS (Franchise)/ Spaceballs/ Alien (Franchise)/ Planet of the Apes (2001)/ Swamp Thing/ Hocus Pocus/ JAWS/ Jurassic Park (Franchise)/ The Thing/ Super Mario Bros./ The Dark Crystal/ Harry Potter (Franchise)/ Willow/ Leprechaun/ Kick-Ass/ Godzilla (2014)/ Looper/ Chronicle/ Guardians of the Galaxy/ Monsters/ District 9 Movies Mentioned From Our Past Reviews: The Ewok Adventure Other Links Include
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Blackmail
03/03/2015With Special Guest: Lydia Nightingale Last night someone was murdered. You seem particularly upset about this, though your family can't understand why. Someone else knows though, and their silence comes at a price. Fortunately you were completely justified in your actions and the police are on your side. No one's getting away with Blackmail! This Week's Topic: Violence in Movies and Sex on TV Other Movies Mentioned: Amazing Grace/ Atonement/ Survival of the Dead/ Singing in the Rain/ A Clockwork Orange/ Inglorious Basterds/ The Jazz Singer/ Lord of the Rings/ The Green Hornet/ The Blue Angel/ King Kong (1933)/ Disney's Hercules/ JAWS/ Cannibal Holocaust/ Schindler's List/ Ferris Bueller's Day Off/ A Kid in King Arthur's Court/ Harry Potter (Franchise)/ Star Wars (Prequels)/ Jurassic Park (Sequels) Movies Mentioned From Our Past Reviews: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/ The Lodger/ Metropolis/The Lost World/ Maciste in Hell/ Ladyhawke See this movie HERE! http://visitharju.com/instant-loans-direct-payday-loan
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Nomads
24/02/2015With Special Guest: Chris Stefani You're trying to settle down, but you have a restless spirit. When an odd group of street punks vandalize your new home you think it will be more exciting to follow them than call the police. Well, like the old saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for." These punks are more than they seem, and once you're in their world they may never let you leave. This is no dream! You're being hunted by Nomads! This Week's Topics: Unconventional Ghost Stories and What the French? Other Movies Mentioned: Super Mario Bros./ James Bond (Franchise)/ Burn After Reading/ Syriana/ The Men Who Stare at Goats/ O Brother, Where Art Thou?/ The Lion King/ The Lion King II: Simba's Pride/ Good Will Hunting/ Jumanji/ Predator/ Die Hard/ The Hunt for Red October/ There Will Be Blood/ The Stepford Wives (2004)/ Children of the Corn (Franchise)/ The Omen/ The Good Son/ The Babadook/ Near Dark/ The Hurt Locker/ Zero Dark Thirty/ Jurassic Park/ Star Wars (Franchise)/ Batman Forever/ Batman and Robin Movies
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Ladyhawke
17/02/2015With Special Guests: Charity Buckbee and Aaron Spadaro! A love forced apart be magic. Can an irritating little theif lead the lovers to undo the curse that seperates them? Find adventure and love in Ladyhawke! This Week's Topic: An Unlikely Likability Other Movies Mentioned: Lord of the Rings/ The Princess Bride/ The Hobbit/ The Hobbit (1977)/ Superman/ Superman II/ Leathal Weapon (Franchise)/ The Omen/ The Goonies/ Ferris Bueller's Day Off/ Escape from New York/ Escape from LA/ Bladerunner/ Hobo with a Shotgun/ The Hitcher/ Tropic Thunder/ Grindhouse/ Machete/ Back to the Future/ The Stepford Wives/ Monty Python's Holy Grail/ 2001: A Space Odyssey/ Apocalypse Now/ Ben-Hur/ The Godfather (Franchise)/ Frozen/ The Grand Budapest Hotel/ Amadeus/ The Family/ Dark Shadows/ People Like Us/ New Years Eve/ Personal Effects/ Batman Returns/ Catwoman/ The Dark Knight Rises/ Willow/ Babe/ LA Confidential/ The Artist/ Godzilla (1998)/ The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)/ Underworld Movies Mentioned From Our Past Reviews:
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
10/02/2015With Special Guest: Charity Buckbee! A killer is at large. Tageting beautiful blond women in the streets of London and leaving his calling card behind. You lock your doors at night, but what if the killer is already inside? That odd young man you're renting a room to is always out when the killings take place. Could the mad murderer actually be The Lodger!? This Week's Topic: Experiments in Intentional Imagery Other Movies Mentioned: Spider-man 2/ Raiders of the Lost Ark/ Nosferatu/ The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari/ Shrek/ Robin Hood: Men In Tights/ Ladyhawke/ Beastmaster/ Bubba Ho-Tep/ Phantasm/ John Dies at the End/ The Birds/ Cinderella/ The Crucible/ Superman Returns/ Man of Steel/ Superman/ Superman II/ Captain America: Winter Soldier/ Guardians of the Galaxy/ The Avengers/ The Number 23/ Psycho/ Iron Man 2/ Dick Tracy/ The Omen/ Nomads/ Bladrunner/ The Hitcher Movies Mentioned From Our Past Reviews: Metropolis/ MMPR: The Movie/ The Lost World/ The Terror See this Movie HERE! (or if looking elsewhere for this
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Little Shop of Horrors
03/02/2015With Special Guest: Evan Jones! When a strange new plant causes a local sensation people gather to see it, only some of those people are never seen again. As the flower devours it's unsuspecting victims it also increases it's hold on the nebbish store clerk who must continue to prepare it's grisly meals. All this and more takes place in an innocent little shop the world would come to know as The Little Shop of Horrors! This Week's Topic: Funny Names for Derailing Dialog Other Movies Mentioned: Audition/ Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer/ The Changling/ Hardcore/ Taxi Driver/ Cat People (1982)/ The Canyons/ The Theory of Everything/ Death Race 2000/ Death Race/ The St. Valentine's Day Massacre/ Robin Hood: Men in Tights/ X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes/ The Wicker Man (2006)/ Marathon Man/ The Departed/ The Dirty Dozen/ The Muppet Movie/ Gremlins/ The Terminator/ The Black Dahlia/ Body Double/ Dressed to Kill/ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button/ Critters/ Rope/ The Farmers Wife/ The Ring (1927)/ Nosferatu/ The Ca
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The Bat
27/01/2015You find yourself in a spooky mansion where a treasure has been hidden. Everyone seems suspicious when suddenly you realize that you know longer care how this turns out. Because Vincent Price is not The Bat! This Week's Topic: Killing Off the Only Character the Audience Cares About Talking Points: Disney's Cinderella/ Batman/ George Clooney/ Johnny Depp/ Mickey Rourke/ The Little Rascals/ Freddy Krueger/ House of Wax (1953)/ The Fly (1958)/ Return of the Fly/ The Fantastic Mr. Fox/ Star Wars/ Jurassic Park/ The Avengers/ Mad Max Fury Road/ Scooby-Doo/ Edgar Allen Poe/ Castle (TV)/ Boris Karloff Frankenstein/ Woody the Woodpecker References To Past Episodes: The Killer Shrews/ The Last Man on Earth See this movie HERE!
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The Last Man on Earth
20/01/2015With Special Guest: Ulisses Gonsalves! In a world populated only by the living dead. . . and you. . . or Vincent Price-stache, as The Last Man on Earth! This Week's Topic: When Vampire Zombies Bite Back Talking Points: Alan Rickman/ Morgan Freeman/ Miley Cyrus/ Corey Feldman/ Justin Beiber/ Butch Patrick/ The Munsters(TV)/ Macaulay Culkin/ Uwe Boll/ I Am Legend/ Will Smith/ The Omega Man/ Charlton Heston/ Denzel Washington/ The Last Airbender/ The Last Man on Earth(TV)/ Harrison Ford/ Presumed Innocent/ The Fugitive/ George Romero/ Land of the Dead/ Dennis Hopper/ Shaun of the Dead/ The Walking Dead(TV)/ Twilight/ Daybreakers/ Willem Dafoe/ Fallout 3(Video Game)/ Transformers/ Alien 3/ Resident Evil(Video Game)/ Spores/ The Expendables/ The Brady Bunch(TV)/ Hocus Pocus References To Past Episodes: Night of the Living Dead/ Village of the Damned Check out Ulisses in THE HIGHWAYMEN and Mix and Master! See the Crazy Trailer See the whole movie In Color right HERE!
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The Bad Seed
13/01/2015With Special Guest: Aaron Spadaro! Mysterious deaths surround an adorable little girl. They must be accidents, of course, but you catch yourself wondering. Children misbehave all the time, sure, but murder? No, it's too absurd. No one's born evil, right? Still, there are always exceptions. Out of all the innocent children you know perhaps this little girl is The Bad Seed! This Week's Topics: 1950s Sensibilities and Black Comedy with Teeth. Talking Points: Elvis Presley/ King Creole/ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds/ Arsenic and Old Lace/ Children of the Corn/ The Trouble with Harry/ We Need to Talk about Kevin/ Psycho/ Stephen King/ The Twilight Zone/ I am Legend/ Will Smith References To Past Episodes: Tormented/ Embryo/ MMPR The Movie Find this movie HERE!
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Village of the Damned
06/01/2015You inexplicably fall asleep in the middle of the day, even though you weren't tired. When you wake you find the same thing has happened to everyone else, and the military are running through town questioning and examining people. Are you in an episode of the Twilight Zone? You begin to wonder what will happen next. Some unknown force is turning your peaceful hometown into a Village of the Damned! This Week's Topic: It's Unexplained. Other Talking Points: Children of the Corn/ Stephen King/ Day of the ATriffids/ The World's End/ The Jungle Book/ Doctor Who/ John Carpenter/ Christopher Reeve/ Mark Hamill/ Baby Geniuses/ The Twilight Zone/ Orphan/ The Orphanage/ Insidious/ The Omen/ The Shining/ The Exorcist/ Rosemary's Baby/ John Waters. Links to Past Episodes: Embryo/ The Hunchback of Notre Dame