Torture Cinema

Hairy children herders, orgasm machines, and sexy hands, oh my! In this sadly late edition of Torture Cinema, the Skiffy and Fanty crew tackles the infamous 1968 sexploitation film, Barbarella.  We cover the film’s legacy, the strange imagery and sexploitation elements, hairy guys, orgasm machines, and so much more! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If […]

Zombie mausoleums, DGNF grandmas, and cursed jewels, oh my!  Skiffy and Fanty officially becomes meta in this special (late) Halloween “Middleman Special” edition of Torture Cinema about Zombies of Mora Tau!  Prepare yourselves for a zombitacular festival of torture! Art crawl! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, […]

Giant bacon, gorillas, and evil corporations, oh my!  In our last Childhood Destruction edition of Torture Cinema, we tackled Julia’s childhood love, The Incredible Shrinking Woman.  Some of us, it turns out, were a bit bitter about having to watch this one.  You’ll have to listen to find out who! We hope you enjoy the episode! […]

Space cats, liver, and pratfalls, oh my!  In our second-to-last Childhood Destruction edition of Torture Cinema, Shaun, Julia, Rachael, and Paul join forces to tackle Disney’s The Cat From Outer Space!  From talking cats to hustling mafiosos to bumbling military men, this one’s got plenty of blurg to talk about! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: […]

The Post Office, mules, and Shakespeare, oh my!  In our fourth edition of the Torture Cinema Childhood Destruction feature, we take a stab at the infamous Costner vehicle, The Postman.  This is Mike’s movie, so we make sure to make him feel very welcome.  Oh, hell.  Who are we kidding?  Someone suffers during this episode, but […]

Glaives, cosmic monsters, and flaming Clydesdales, oh my!  The Childhood Destruction editions of Torture Cinema continue with Krull.  Mike Martinez is the “victim” this week, but you may be surprised to know who really gets it good in this monstrous episode of epic fantasy glory! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes […]

Jet skis, trimarans, and Dennis Hopper, oh my!  The crew joins forces to destroy Jen’s childhood movie love, Waterworld.  From gross urine water to Kevin Costner Fish Bait to explosions galore, we had much to say!  Also joining us:  Geoffrey Pelton and audio recordings from the infamous Kevin Lux! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: […]

(I’ve temporarily disabled comments on this post because of an excess number of irritating spam.  I’ll enable comments again in the future.  If you’d like to get in touch about the episode, send us an email.) Carousels, Popsicle people, and protein from the sea, oh my!  In this very special “Childhood Destruction” edition of Torture […]

Robot blenders, mad scientists, and snarky companions, oh my!  In this special “childhood destruction” edition of Torture Cinema, the crew tackles one of Paul’s favorite childhood movies, The Black Hole. We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel […]

Robot babies, creepy babies, and just babies, oh my!  Shaun, Julia, Paul, and Rachael join forces to talk about 1999’s Baby Geniuses, which one critic described as “about as endearing as unanesthetized gum surgery.”  You can guess how we all felt about it… We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like […]

Stretchy arms, corny dialogue, and creepy relationships, oh my! For our 50th iteration of Torture Cinema, we tackle our first Roger Corman production:  the unreleased 1994 “classic,” The Fantastic Four.  And do we have a lot to say on this one! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, […]

Bad driving, failed children’s television, and Varney, oh my!  Shaun, Julia, Mike, Rachael, Paul, and David join forces for this very special holiday edition of Torture Cinema, featuring the listener-selected flick, Ernest Saves Christmas (1988).  We watched it so you don’t have to suffer through it for Christmas (because you were totally going to do that, right?). […]

McDonald’s Dance Parties, alien vacuums, and Paul Rudd’s pranks, oh my!  The crew assembles to discuss the childhood classic, Mac and Me (1988), putting Shaun in the awkward position of having to defend his childhood!  Also:  we have a dance party (maybe). We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please […]

Vampire zombies, angry aliens, and tin saucers, oh my!  Recorded live on Google+, Shaun, Rachael, Paul, and Julia discuss Plan 9 from Outer Space.  What more could you ask for to celebrate the scariest time of the year? We hope you enjoy the episode! (This episode was recorded live.  The audio in the podcast is slightly […]

Cultists, motorcycles, and Jesus metaphors, oh my!  The crew joins forces to take a stab at The Omega Man, the second adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic, I Am Legend.  Needless to say, this episode went in some really strange places, including a long discussion about cadavers. We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and […]

Repeating magic crossbows, emotionless heroes, and gentle giants, oh my!  You voted for it.  We watched it, and then we got intoxicated and talked about it.  Feel our pain in this special LonCon3 editions of the British-produced Hawk the Slayer (1980)! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, […]

Trees, wind, and Marky Mark, oh my!  You picked it, and here we are talking about one of the worst horror films ever made — assuming, of course, we can classify it as horror.  Hell, it’s probably a better idea to call it a science comedy.  Or anti-science comedy.  Or just a crappy film.  You […]

Dinosaur wrestling, wife-swapping, and lasers, oh my!  Through an extraordinary feat of bribery, Shaun, Julia, Paul, and David tackle the 1983 Academy Award-snubbed classic, Yor, the Hunter from the Future.  This one is for John Stevens, who has nothing better to do than to make us watch ridiculous movies released the same year Shaun was born. […]

Go go Gadget helicopter!  Shaun, Paul, and Julia sacrifice our childhood’s to tackle the infamous 1999 adaptation of Inspector Gadget.  Justin Landon makes a brief appearance, but manages to save himself from a full torture… We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on […]

Immortal weirdos, amazing suits, and hoverboard sword battles, oh my!  Shaun, Jen, and Julia are joined by special guest, Michael J. Martinez, to discuss Highlander II: the Quickening, the officially forgotten Highlander sequel…about which we’re now going to remind every Highlander fan via this episode. Note:  This episode was recorded live.  However, viewers of the video […]