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Jim returns, and we discuss one of Steven Spielberg's greatest films in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and how it was born from Spielberg's desire to make a James Bond film, and John Carpenter's final film, The Ward, starring Amber Heard.

Patrick and special guest Vincent dig into their personal connections to Michael Bay's original 2007 film Transformers, and Mark L. Lester's dystopian exploitation classic Class of 1984.

Could Michael Caine have been James Bond? Is there such a thing as a '50s sci-fi movie that doesn't let you down in the third act monster reveal? All this and much, much more discussed by Jim and Patrick!

Jim and Patrick cover a couple of controversial classics from legendary filmmakers Sam Peckinpah and Lucio Fulci. Rural settings, mysterious outsiders, and the best dummy in film history are featured.

Join Jim and Patrick for the sex- and murder-filled premiere of Season 5, with Eric Freeman's phenomenal performance in Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2, and Russ Meyer's pinup fever dream Supervixens!

Jim struggles with alphabetical order as we hold our awards ceremony to honor the best in kills, acting, etc.

Jim and Patrick pick their movies this time, and Patrick picks a blaxploitation classic starring Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto, while Jim picks a cult Japanese yakuza film in Branded to Kill.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. This is our patrons' pick episode, where we tackle a couple of inferior sequels to excellent films.

Join Jim and Patrick on a harrowing journey into a Manhattan that's been converted to a prison, and then visit a few prostitutes in Frank Miller's Sin City

In an Asian action double feature, Jim and Patrick marvel at Jackie Chan's death defying stunts and disagree over the merits of Takashi Miike's spaghetti western homage. For more, check out our Patreon!

Zombies! Italians! A Freddy Krueger-like killer that punches a rubber glove clean through women's torsos! Drunk drivers sneaking into bathrooms to stalk women! All these things (and many more) are featured in our episode on George A. Romero's classic Dawn of the Dead and the Claudio Fragasso/Bruno Mattei schlockfest Night Killer.

Jim and Patrick discuss Takeshi Kitano's existential yakuza drama Sonatine, as well as a sex comedy that might generously be considered "odd."

Patrick is joined by Godzilla expert Sean to discuss two very different but still memorable sci-fi monster movies. It's Howard Hawks, it's the original clout chaser Nick Adams (not to be confused with Ernest Hemingway's short story protagonist), it's Godzilla, it's Ghidorah (spoilers), it's Rodan, and it's a vegetable monster that requires blood to survive. It's The Thing from Another World and Invasion of Astro Monster aka Godzilla vs. Monster Zero!

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Jim watched the wrong Last House on the Left, so we do a little bit of talking about the remake. But it's an iconic rape and revenge movie paired with a movie about a killer cat attacking George Kennedy, with Jim watching the wrong movies. What could go wrong?