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This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris take the stage with Vincent Price to discuss the 1973 cult classic Theatre of Blood, as another killer actor debuts in theaters in Clayface. Price stars as Edward Kendal Sheridan Lionheart, a Shakespearean actor who plots elaborate revenge against the critics who gave him negative reviews and refused to present him a prestigious award.  Lionheart stages murders to mirror murders and deaths from Shakespeare and begins to pick off the critics one by one.  Zach and Chris discuss the mix of macabre gore and dry British humor, Price's various alter egos and costume changes, the gymnastic fencing duel, the not-so-secret identity of Lionheart's assistant, and more. You can watch Theatre of Blood on Tubi, Prime Video, and more.  Next week, we're closing out the spooky season with Thir13en Ghosts as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris head to Crystal Lake to discuss the seventh entry in the Friday the 13th series, The New Blood, as the new prequel series debuts on Peacock. Seven years after Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) sinks Jason Voorhees to the bottom of Crystal Lake in Part VI: Jason Lives, two new groups arrive at Crystal Lake.  One is a group of "teens" planning a surprise birthday party for one of their friends, and the other is Tina Shepard (Lar Park Lincoln), a girl with telekinetic and psychic powers, her mother, Amanda (Susan Blu), and psychiatrist Dr. Crews (Terry Kiser).  Dr. Crews believes being in the same place where she accidentally killed her father with her powers may cause them to become more powerful.  Tina accidentally frees Jason (Kane Hodder), believing she's sensing her father under the water of the lake, and the undead killer goes on another killing spree.  Zach and Chris discuss why Amanda didn't try to rescue her husband, what ulterior motive Dr. Crews may have, the odd friend group attending the birthday party, some of the best kills (like the sleeping bag against a tree), the "Carrie vs Jason" finale showdown, and more. You can watch Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood on Paramount+ or AMC+.  Next week, with Clayface hitting theaters, we're discussing another killer actor Vincent Price played in the cult classic Theatre of Blood. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris unlock the Lament Configuration and discuss 1992's Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth as the new game, Hellraiser: Revival, is out, and the franchise is one of the headliners at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights. Picking up from the events of Hellraiser II: Hellbound, Pinhead (Doug Bradley) was separated from the soul of his former human form, Captain Elliot Spencer, and sealed into the Pillar of Souls.  When the douchebag owner of an NYC club, JP Monroe (Kevin Bernhardt) purchases the Pillar for his art collection and makes a bargain with Pinhead to feed him souls with the promise of power and pleasure like he's never known.  Meanwhile, up-and-coming reporter Joanne "Joey" Summerskill (Terry Farrell) witnesses a man being ripped apart by chains in a hospital ER and starts to investigate.  Zach and Chris discuss Monroe's insane club, the new gang of Cenobites, the focus on dreams and the dream world, strange one-time-use Pinhead powers, and more. You can watch Hellraiser III on MGM+, Philo, or Fubo.  Next week, with Crystal Lake debuting on Peacock, we're revisiting Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris kick off the spooky season with the 80s cult classic Pumpkinhead. Special effects legend Stan Winston makes his directorial debut, and Lance Henriksen stars as Ed Harley, a widowed father who runs a small country store with his son, Billy (Matthew Hurley).  When a bunch of teenage(?) campers arrive at the store on their way to a remote cabin, Billy is mortally wounded when brothers Joel (John D'Aquino) and Chris (Jeff East) decide to ride dirt bikes nearby, and Billy is struck by Joel's bike.  Looking for revenge, Ed goes to a local witch, Haggis (Florence Schauffler), who conjures the demonic Pumpkinhead to kill those responsible.  Zach and Chris talk about the wide range of environments in this small area, if Billy's accident would have actually been that bad, Pumpkinhead's growing increasingly more devious as the movie goes on, Joel fleeing and literally kidnapping people and more. You can watch Pumpkinhead on Prime Video, AMC+, and Philo.  Next week, with the new game, Hellraiser: Revival out and massive mazes at both Halloween Horror Nights, we're revisiting 1992's Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris watch out for The Feather Men and discuss 2011's Killer Elite, which turned 15 this week. Jason Statham stars as Danny Bryce, a mercenary/assassin in the 1980s who hits his limit and retires to Australia.  When his mentor Hunter (Robert De Niro) is kidnapped by a disgraced Sheikh (Rodney Afif) and forces Danny to kill the three SAS soldiers who killed his sons during the Dhofar Rebellion, making them look like accidents and filming confessions before they die, he reunites with his team, Davies (Dominic Purcell) and Meier (Aden Young), and plots and executes the hits, which draws the attention of a secret society of former SAS soldiers, The Feather Men, who dispatch Spike Logan (Clive Owen) to stop the attacks.  Zach and Chris discuss the similarities to Statham's The Mechanic (which came out the same year), Statham fighting while tied to a chair, how much travel Statham is doing, the author of the book the movie is based on being a character in the movie, and more. You can watch Killer Elite on Peacock, Tubi, PlutoTV, The Roku Channel, YouTube, and more.  Next week, we're kicking off October with a cult horror favorite: 1988's Pumpkinhead. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

For the latest Everything Action Commentary, Zach and Chris are in back-to-school mode with the 1997 movie Masterminds. Vincent Kartheiser stars as Oswald "Ozzie" Perkins, a hacker expelled from private school for his various activities.  Forced to bring his stepsister to school after getting caught trying to download an illegal copy of Scream 2, Ozzie gets caught inside when a group of armed criminals, posing as security consultants, take over the school.  Led by Rafe Bentley (Patrick Stewart), the group holds the children of the 10 richest parents hostage, demanding millions in exchange for their release.  Ozzie must use his wits and skills to outsmart the criminals and rescue his stepsister and the other kids. While watching the movie, Zach and Chris discuss the absurd "hacking" sequence that opens the movie, the movie's constant assurances that no one is being killed, the plot beats similar to Die Hard, the oddly complicated corporate-takeover sideplot, and more. You can watch Masterminds on The Roku Channel or sync up the version from YouTube below and watch along. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOibonwPMTQ We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris try to avoid getting infected by the T-Virus and discuss 2002's Resident Evil as Zach Cregger's spin on the franchise hits theaters. Written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, Resident Evil stars Milla Jovovich as the amnesiac Umbrella operative Alice.  When an outbreak of the T-Virus infects The Hive, the facility's AI, The Red Queen (Michaela Dicker), locks it down and kills everyone inside.  Umbrella dispatches a special ops team to take the Red Queen offline, believing she's gone haywire, but they soon learn the virus turned everyone in the complex into zombies, and they're fighting for their lives to escape.  Zach and Chris discuss how Umbrella didn't know that a virus was unleashed in their secret lab, why part of the security protocol is drugging your guards protecting the secret entrance, the ridiculous amount of bites that Michelle Rodriguez takes, the iconic laser sequence, and more. You can buy or rent Resident Evil on Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango.  Next week, we're watching out for The Feather Men and discussing 2011's Killer Elite, which is turning 15. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris hunt down 1986's Avenging Force for its 40th anniversary. Michael Dudikoff stars as Matt Hunter, a former Secret Service agent who finds himself up against a far-right extremist group known as The Pentangle.  Hunting humans for sport, The Pentangle targets Matt's friend Larry Richards (Steve James), who is running for Senate, and ultimately kidnaps Matt's sister Sarah (Allison Gereighty) to force Matt to participate in one of their hunts.  Zach and Chris discuss whether The Pentangle looked to GI Joe for their hunting outfits, whether this is a younger version of Matt Hunter from Invasion USA, the movie's ruthless killing of main characters, how horrible shooting in the middle of a swamp must have been, and more. You can watch Avenging Force on Tubi or MGM+.  Next week, with Zach Cregger's version of Resident Evil hitting theaters, we're revisiting the original 2002 movie from Paul WS Anderson. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris make sure they have plenty of ice on hand to discuss 1992's Universal Soldier as a new group of government super soldiers hit theaters in Onslaught. Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren co-star as Luc Devereux and Andrew Scott.  In Vietnam, Scott goes psychotic and slaughters his squad and civilians, and he and Devereux kill each other after a fight.  The men are put on ice and resurrected as Universal Soldiers, genetically modified super soldiers who conduct counter-terrorism operations.  When a reporter, Veronica Roberts (Ally Walker), gets caught trying to photograph evidence in a restricted area, her cameraman is killed by Scott, and Devereux's memories start to come back, causing him to rescue Veronica and go on the run with her while the rest of the unit tracks them to keep the details of the project classified at any cost.  Zach and Chris talk about the seemingly glaring weaknes of the UniSols constantly overheating, Jerry Orbach's lack of any explanation of how he created the UniSols, the massive destruction of mom and pop businesses, Dolph's love of grenades and more. You can watch Universal Soldier on Pluto TV, MGM+, FuboTV, or Sling.  Next week, we're discussing Cannon's spin on The Most Dangerous Game, Avenging Force, as it turns 40. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, with Coyote vs. Acme finally hitting theaters, Zach and Chris discuss another Looney Tunes movie, 2003's Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Brendan Fraser stars as DJ Drake, the son of actor Damian Drake (Timothy Dalton), who plays a spy in movies and turns out to be a secret agent in real life as well.  Captured by the sinister CEO of ACME, Mr. Chairman (Steve Martin), DJ is tasked with finding the legendary "Blue Monkey" diamond that has the power to turn people into monkeys.  DJ has the recently fired Daffy Duck (Joe Alaskey) tagging along, and the pair are followed by Warner Bros. executive Kate Houghton (Jenna Elfman) and Bugs Bunny (Alaskey), who want Daffy to return to their in-production movie.  Zach and Chris try to figure out what Steve Martin is doing in his villain role, Yosemite Sam's awesome Las Vegas casino, the alien cameos in Area 52, and whether it would have been better as more of a Hollywood satire instead of a spy/action movie parody. You can buy or rent Looney Tunes: Back in Action on Prime Video, Apple TV, or Fandango.  Next week, we're getting ready for Onslaught by discussing a movie it may have taken some inspiration from: Universal Soldier. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

For the latest Everything Action Commentary, with two dinosaur-based movies in theaters this past month, The End of Oak Street and Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, Zach and Chris watched another prehistoric favorite, 1993's Carnosaur. Produced by Roger Corman and hustled quickly into theaters to come out before Jurassic Park, Carnosaur stars Diane Ladd as mad scientist Dr. Jane Tiptree.  She is fed up with humanity and has engineered a way for dinosaurs to return to repopulate the Earth after humans are eliminated by a lethal virus.  Alcoholic night watchman Doc Smith (Raphael Sbarge) gets caught up in her scheme when deadly dinosaurs start killing people near the quarry he protects.  While watching the movie, Zach and Chris discuss how Diane Ladd is delivering a feature-length villain monologue, the bizarre DARPA Bond villain set, whether Doc is the worst night watchman in history, the constantly shifting size of the dinosaur puppets, and more. You can sync up the version of Carnosaur we watched on YouTube below to our commentary track and watch along with the Everything Action crew. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9qNr7YQgIY We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris are a couple of working stiffs discussing 2025's A Working Man as a new Jason Statham movie, Mutiny, hits theaters. Statham stars as Levon Cade, a former Royal Marine commando who is trying to live a quiet life in Chicago as a construction foreman.  When his boss's daughter Jenny (Arianna Rivas) is kidnapped, Levon has to dust off his old skills and work his way up the chain of a human trafficking ring to rescue Jenny and bring her home.  Zach and Chris discuss how often Levon has to break up fights at the construction site, his side mission of pretending to be a meth distributor, the absurd bad-guy fashion, the distractingly gigantic moon in the third act, and more. You can watch A Working Man on Amazon.  Next week, with Coyote vs Acme hitting theaters, we're discussing another live-action/Looney Tunes hybrid, Looney Tunes: Back in Action. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris enter the telepods and discuss 1986's The Fly, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Jeff Goldblum stars as Seth Brundle, an eccentric but brilliant scientist who has been working on creating a way to teleport matter between "telepods".  When he impulsively decides to test transporting organic matter on himself, he doesn't realize that a fly has flown into his pod, fusing their DNA and causing Seth to begin a horrifying transformation.  Zach and Chris discuss the incredible special effects and makeup, other potential issues with the pods combining matter, whether Seth could have monetized his computer system, the late face turn of Stathis (John Getz), and more. You can buy/rent The Fly on Amazon, Apple TV, Fandango, and more.  Next week, we're discussing a recent Jason Statham movie, A Working Man, as a new Statham movie hits theaters with Mutiny. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for us to discuss. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris have the urge to Purge and discuss 2014's The Purge: Anarchy as the romantic comedy version of the concept, One Night Only, hits theaters. The second film in the franchise, The Purge: Anarchy takes place during the 2023 Purge as Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) gets ready to hunt down the man who killed his son but gets sidetracked rescuing several characters caught on the streets during the chaos; estranged couple Liz (Kiele Sanchez) and Shane (Zach Gilford) and single mom Eva (Carmen Ejogo) and her daughter Cali (Zoë Soul).  The group makes their way through downtown Los Angeles, dodging psychotic Purgers and government kill squads.  Zach and Chris discuss how this movie realized the full potential of the concept set up in 2013's The Purge, how Leo is basically The Punisher, why anyone would choose a melee weapon for The Purge, the surprisingly solid USA TV series, and more. You can rent The Purge: Anarchy on Amazon, Apple TV, YouTube, and Fandango at Home.  Next week, we're celebrating 40 gooey years of David Cronenberg's The Fly. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for us to discuss. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris web-swing back to 2004 to discuss Spider-Man 2 as a new Spider-Man movie, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, hits theaters. Tobey Maguire returned as Peter Parker, who is struggling in his personal life while continuing to protect New York City as Spider-Man.  When Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina), one of Peter's science heroes, has a catastrophic accident trying to stabilize a fusion power reactor he's designed, he has four mechanical tentacles fused to his body, and their AI influence convinces him to try the experiment again, only bigger and more dangerous.  Zach and Chris discuss all the famous faces who pop up in tiny roles, the comic origins of Doc Ock, the additions to Spider-Man 2.1, the iconic subway sequence, and more. You can watch Spider-Man 2 on Disney+.  Next week, One Night Only is hitting theaters and is basically "The Purge for sex," so we're revisiting the best entry in The Purge franchise, The Purge: Anarchy. We want to hear your comments and feedback.  Send them all to [email protected].  Also, let us know your movie suggestions for us to discuss. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.  You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).