Explore every episode of the podcast Gwen and Gretchen Watch Movies
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| Episode 1: Wes Craven's The Serpent & The Rainbow | 31 Oct 2024 | 01:03:40 | |
It has been 5 years in the making, but Gwen & Gretchen have finally done it! It's the inaugural episode of Gwen & Gretchen Watch Movies! G&G talk about Wes Craven's 1988 horror film, The Serpent and the Rainbow. Starring Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield. Inspired by the Wade Davis book of the same name. G&G talk about the story, the production, and the insane ending of the movie. Gwen and Gretchen Watch Movies is written and directed by Gwen Callahan and Gretchen Brooks. Recorded and edited by Martin Vavra at Galaxy Sailor Productions. Find us everywhere you listen to podcasts! Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/gwen.and.gretchen.watch.movies/ and https://www.facebook.com/gwenandgretchen | |||
| Episode 3: Clive Barker's Nightbreed | 08 Jan 2025 | 01:17:11 | |
Gwen and Gretchen discuss the Clive Barker classic, NIGHTBREED from 1990. Written and directed by Barker, based on his novel CABAL. Stars Craig Scheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid, Doug Bradley. Gwen and Gretchen Watch Movies is written and directed by Gwen Callahan and Gretchen Brooks. Recorded and edited by Martin Vavra at Galaxy Sailor Productions. Find us everywhere you listen to podcasts! Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/gwen.and.gretchen.watch.movies/ and https://www.facebook.com/gwenandgretchen | |||
| Episode 2: William Girdler's The Asylum of Satan | 10 Dec 2024 | 00:51:20 | |
Gwen and Gretchen delve into the 1972 B-movie, THE ASYLUM OF SATAN. This wild ride of a B-movie was directed by William Girdler, written by William Girdler and J. Patrick Kelly III. Starring Carla Borelli, Charles Kissinger, Nick Jolley, Louis Bandy, Claude Fulkerson. A concert pianist suffering from a breakdown finds herself an unwilling patient at Pleasant Hill Sanitarium, where the patients are strange and the doctor and staff are even stranger! Gwen and Gretchen Watch Movies is written and directed by Gwen Callahan and Gretchen Brooks. Recorded and edited by Martin Vavra at Galaxy Sailor Productions. Find us everywhere you listen to podcasts! Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/gwen.and.gretchen.watch.movies/ and https://www.facebook.com/gwenandgretchen | |||
| Episode 4: Suicide Club (aka Suicide Circle) | 13 Feb 2025 | 00:59:55 | |
Gwen and Gretchen dive into the 2001 J-Horror classic, SUICIDE CLUB (aka Suicide Circle), written and directed by Sion Sono (Noriko's Dinner Table, Tokyo Vampire Hotel). With it's absurdist imagery, bloody deaths, and at times tongue in cheek look at pop culture, Suicide Club is a seminal work in the wildly popular J-Horror genre of the late 90s/early 00s. Gwen and Gretchen discuss the overt messages and hidden meanings in the film, and debate whether its message is nihilistic, hopeful, or something in between. CW for self harm and suicide. This podcast episode contains occasionally graphic discussion of self harm and suicide in context of the film's content and themes. This podcast discusses suicide and suicidal ideation, and some people might find it disturbing. If you or someone you know is suicidal, please, contact your physician, go to your local ER, or call the suicide prevention hotline in your country. For the United States, the numbers are as follows:
Gwen and Gretchen Watch Movies is written and directed by Gwen Callahan and Gretchen Brooks. Recorded and edited by Martin Vavra at Galaxy Sailor Productions. Find us everywhere you listen to podcasts! Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/gwen.and.gretchen.watch.movies/ and https://www.facebook.com/gwenandgretchen | |||
| Episode 5: Larry Cohen's IT'S ALIVE (1974) | 28 Mar 2025 | 00:31:40 | |
Gwen and Gretchen dissect and discuss (and savor!) the many layers of Larry Cohen's 1974 creature feature It's Alive. An initial bomb at the box office, the sleeper hit was re-released in theaters in 1977. Critics agree that this is a nuanced look at the paranoia and fear of the late 70s, when Roe v Wade established women's right to choose in our cultural code, and family planning was seen as a threat to the American way. It's Alive gives us several iconic cinematic moments - blood and milk, the baby POV cam, and smoking in the father's waiting room in the hospital (actually, smoking EVERYWHERE!) - and Gwen and Gretchen take a moment to appreciate the character driven subtleties of the film, and dispel the notion that it's only b-movie schlock. "๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐๐น๐พ๐๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐ธ๐พ๐น๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐น ๐ท๐. ๐ช๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐น๐ ๐๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ธ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ถ๐. ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐น๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ธ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐๐ถ๐๐ถ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐๐๐ท๐ ๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐๐ท๐ถ๐๐." Gwen and Gretchen Watch Movies is written and directed by Gwen Callahan and Gretchen Brooks. Recorded and edited by Martin Vavra at Galaxy Sailor Productions. Find us everywhere you listen to podcasts! Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/gwen.and.gretchen.watch.movies/ and https://www.facebook.com/gwenandgretchen | |||
| Bonus Throwdown: Megan 2.0 (June 29, 2025) | 05 Aug 2025 | 00:08:19 | |
Things have been a tad chaotic this summer! Here's a bonus episode Gwen and Gretchen recorded on an iPhone after seeing Megan 2.0 in the theater (while being distracted by Gretchen's new kittens, Jordy and Clovis!). It's a hoot, so if you haven't seen it, what the hell are you waiting for?! Gwen and Gretchen Watch Movies is written and directed by Gwen Callahan and Gretchen Brooks. Recorded and edited by Martin Vavra at Galaxy Sailor Productions. Find us everywhere you listen to podcasts! Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/gwen.and.gretchen.watch.movies/ and https://www.facebook.com/gwenandgretchen | |||
| Episode 7: The Howling (1981) | 13 Jun 2025 | 00:50:11 | |
Does the full moon approach? Do you hear something... beastly in the woods? Watch out! It's Joe Dante's werewolf masterpiece, THE HOWLING (1981)! We peel back the many layers of this fascinating slice of early 80s culture, including the tragic, the funny, and the dangerously seductive. Starring Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone, Robert Picardo, Dennis Dugan, Belinda Balaski, John Carradine, a cameo by Dick Miller, and introducing Elisabeth Brooks as the deliciously evil and seductive Marsha! (Marsha! Marsha!) First we recap our madcap spring doing panels at Crypticon Seattle and getting ready for the 10th annual Portland Horror Film Festival! Listen to the end where we reveal what movie we're going to watch next!ย Gwen and Gretchen Watch Movies is written and directed by Gwen Callahan and Gretchen Brooks. Recorded and edited by Martin Vavra at Galaxy Sailor Productions. Find us everywhere you listen to podcasts! Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/gwen.and.gretchen.watch.movies/ and https://www.facebook.com/gwenandgretchen | |||
| Episode 6: John Carpenter's THEY LIVE (1988) | 27 Apr 2025 | 00:57:05 | |
A down on his luck everyman (Roddy Piper) comes to Los Angeles, CA seeking work. He gets a construction job, meets Frank Armitage (Keith David), and stumbles on a pair of sunglasses that reveal the world as it truly is. The IMDB synopsis: "They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live."ย This is John Carpenter's adaptation of a Ray Nelson story and graphic novel, "Eight O'Clock in the morning." Though it is a send up of Reagan era economic policies, this film resonates with today's current economic and socio-political climate. Starring Roddy Piper, Meg Foster, Keith David, myriad other character actors that you'll recognize. Gwen and Gretchen dive into this thrilling sci-fi action horror classic, ponder the pulsing sync and blues soundtrack (by Carpenter and Alan Howarth), marvel at the 5 min long fight scene, and discuss a storyline that transcends the era in which it was made, but also has slightly sexist characters that could only have been made in the 80s! Gwen and Gretchen Watch Movies is written and directed by Gwen Callahan and Gretchen Brooks. Recorded and edited by Martin Vavra at Galaxy Sailor Productions. Find us everywhere you listen to podcasts! Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/gwen.and.gretchen.watch.movies/ and https://www.facebook.com/gwenandgretchen | |||