Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Two drippy knuckleheads go on stiltingly at length about a movie about a variety of drippy knuckleheads doing stuff? Nah, just kidding! It's another scholarly deep dive into the overlooked marginalia and mise-en-scène hidden behind every frame of every shot of every horror film pretending not to be an exemplar of high art. That's right, it's Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast, and this time we're covering Macon Blair's 2023 remake of The Toxic Avenger, starring Naomi Watts!

What happens when a spoiled no-talent musician is told by his paid support network that he'd be great at making movies despite not actually being very familiar with cinema? You can a the Durstiest of all episodes of Loathsome Things: A Biscuit-limpening podcast wherein two old fat white dudes pretend to operate a podcast while complaining about things of no interest to listeners and also maybe talking about horror movies or something and somehow managing to be very insulting to everyone along the way while also forgetting to make a joke about how much better this movie would have been if Jonathan Davis directed it. That's right, take your green pill, mutha funkees, it's time to go American all over nobody's butt cheeks! Oh, and also read this award-winning poem by ICE-murdered poet and former human being Renee Good: On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

One step forward, two steps back for humanity, here we go! It's Lucky McKee's greatest sequel, full of ooey, gooey masculinity troubles, lady troubles, and socket troubles. Everything's problematic on this episode of Loathsome Things: the best podcast to listen to if you're sad.

A movie about people saying “La Fin Absolue Du Monde” as many times as possible in 59 minutes while a baby-faced Norman Reedus has a Eurotrash adventure across beautiful Vancouver, Canada, at the behest of Udo Keir’s poorly-decorated ambitions! Meta-commentary about the film business abounds in this gory movie-about-a-movie-that’s-more-than-a-movie. And for our Star Trek fans, there a special appearance from none other than B'Etor/Chief Examiner Nimira’s own Gwynyth Walsh. Join us as we review this episode of Masters of Horror in the latest installment of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast! NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, today we’re bringing you one of our bank episodes recorded in 2021. If you notice some differences in format and style, or overhear some outdated references, that’s why!

If you would like to recommend a movie, suggest a sign-off phrase, or ask us horror movie-related questions, you can do so by reaching out to us on Twitter: @LoathsomePod Instagram: @LoathsomePod Facebook: @LoathsomePodcast Email: LoathsomeThings@gmail.com

The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)

(1) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) (2) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) (3) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999) (4) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974) (5) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020) (6) Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982) (7) Nicolas Roeg’s Don't Look Now (1973) (8) José Mojica Marins’ At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (1964) (9) Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth (2021) (10) David Bruckner's The Ritual (2014)

Honorable Mentions: Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!

We watched the absurdist masterpiece and reputed first horror film from Brazil, both directed by and starring the big, strong man himself, Coffin Joe. Beware, brave listener, for this film warns you it is not for the faint of heart, and then completely delivers on that promise. An early example of a director that grew up watching horror movies, then going on to make the horror movie he wanted to see. Join us for this breath of foamy air on the latest episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast!

If you would like to recommend a movie, tell us who you’d like to try out for the role of coffin Joe in the American remake of this film, share your thoughts on who would be the worst horror movie director and what their movie would be like, or ask us horror movie-related questions, you can do so by reaching out to us on Twitter: @LoathsomePod Instagram: @LoathsomePod Facebook: @LoathsomeThings Email: LoathsomeThings@gmail.com

The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)

(1) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) (2) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) (3) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999) (4) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974) (5) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020) (6) Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982) (7) Nicolas Roeg’s Don't Look Now (1973) (8) José Mojica Marins’ At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (1964) (9) Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth (2021) (10) David Bruckner's The Ritual (2014)

Honorable Mentions: Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!

We got giggly and dark while reviewing this MK Ultra meets Numbers Stations spooky mash-up starring Ted Levine. We mentioned the secret ending of this movie before the spoilers… and then forgot to talk about it at the end… because we’re good at this. Join us on a fun romp through scariest movie about being friend-zoned in this, the latest episode from America’s best horror movie podcast!

If you would like to recommend a movie, pose a horror movie trivia question, or ask us horror movie-related questions, you can do so by reaching out to us on Twitter: @LoathsomePod Instagram: @LoathsomePod Facebook: @LoathsomeThings Email: LoathsomeThings@gmail.com

Please rate and review if you think other people would enjoy our show, or if you feel they should be warned!

The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)

(1) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) (2) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) (3) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999) (4) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974) (5) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020) (6) Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982) (7) Nicolas Roeg’s Don't Look Now (1973) (8) Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth (2021) (9) David Bruckner’s The Ritual (2017) (10) Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Black Mountain Side (2014)

Honorable Mentions: Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!

Gareth Evans told us to try a new recording software, so the audio sounds a bit like we travelled to a low-tech island where the good Lord has been usurped by some kind of gauzy vineyard witchiness. Wait, maybe I’m getting some details confused. Dan Stevens, Kristine Froseth, Mark Lewis Jones, Lucy Boynton, Michael Sheen star in this long, complex horror film about the aforementioned actors having to band together to prevent Iko Uwais from getting to the top of the fertility goddess’ high-rise… wait… Ok, I think I got confused again, either that or I just came up with a great movie pitch guest-starring Tony Jaa! Either way, give yourself a listen to the newest episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast!

If you would like to recommend a movie, pose a horror movie trivia question, or ask us horror movie-related questions, you can do so by reaching out to us on Twitter: @LoathsomePod Instagram: @LoathsomePod Facebook: @LoathsomeThings Email: LoathsomeThings@gmail.com

Please rate and review if you think other people would enjoy our show, or if you feel they should be warned!

The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)

(1) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) (2) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) (3) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999) (4) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974) (5) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020) (6) Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982) (7) Nicolas Roeg’s Don't Look Now (1973) (8) Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth (2021) (9) David Bruckner’s The Ritual (2017) (10) Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Black Mountain Side (2014)

Honorable Mentions: Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!

This harbinger of the folk-horror renaissance won several FX awards and is a source of hope for the bright future of non-practical creature effects in cinema. Spoiler alert: if you love movie monsters, you should watch this movie immediately. Is that a spoiler? Who cares! Listen to the best podcast about horror movies, and also listen to us as we discuss the newest addition to our Top 10 list!

If you would like to recommend a movie, tell us about your favorite movie monsters, or ask us horror movie-related questions, you can do so by reaching out to us on Twitter: @LoathsomePod Instagram: @LoathsomePod Facebook: @LoathsomeThings

Please rate and review if you think other people would enjoy our show, or if you feel they should be warned!

The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)

(1) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) (2) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) (3) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999) (4) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974) (5) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020) (6) Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982) (7) Nicolas Roeg’s Don't Look Now (1973) (8) Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth (2021) (9) David Bruckner’s The Ritual (2017) (10) Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Black Mountain Side (2014)

Honorable Mentions: Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!

Just after adapting Salem’s Lot for television and just before directing the music video for Billy Idol’s Dancing with Myself, Tobe Hooper returned to the fringes of Southern Gothic-in-retrograde murdery wetness with this solid update on the Quasimodo/Frankenstein’s Monster story by way of David Lynch’s The Elephant Man. Clean the cotton candy off your fingers and join us for a drippy dive into the schlocky wonder of Dennis Hopper’s… I mean, Tobe Hooper’s The Funhouse (1981), possibly most-popular among folks image-searching “Elizabeth Berridge nude.”

If you would like to recommend a movie, tell us what horror movie setting you think hasn’t been explored to its fullest potential, or ask us horror movie-related questions, you can do so by reaching out to us on Twitter: @LoathsomePod Instagram: @LoathsomePod Facebook: @LoathsomeThings

Please rate and review if you think other people would enjoy our show, or if you feel they should be warned!

The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)

(1) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) (2) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) (3) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999) (4) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974) (5) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020) (6) Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982) (7) Nicolas Roeg’s Don't Look Now (1973) (8) Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth (2021) (9) Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Black Mountain Side (2014) (10) Howard Hawks/Christian Nyby’s The Thing from Another World (1951)

Honorable Mentions: Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!

John and Josh wax poetic about George A Romero, zombie movies, and how these topics played a role in each of us becoming fans of Horror movies as a genre. In honor of the brilliance that is Night of the Living Dead, we’ve recorded this episode with minimal scripting and editing. If you haven’t seen it yet, watch it. It’s a great movie!

If you would like to recommend a movie, tell us which director you’d like to see make a zombie movie, or ask us horror movie-related questions, you can do so by reaching out to us on Twitter: @LoathsomePod Instagram: @LoathsomePod Facebook: @LoathsomeThings

Please rate and review if you think other people would enjoy our show, or if you feel they should be warned!

The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Zombie Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)

(1) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)

The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)

(1) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) (2) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) (3) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999) (4) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974) (5) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020) (6) Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982) (7) Nicolas Roeg’s Don't Look Now (1973) (8) Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth (2021) (9) Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Black Mountain Side (2014) (10) Howard Hawks/Christian Nyby’s The Thing from Another World (1951)

Honorable Mentions: Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!