The Film Effect Podcast is a weekly show that’s 100% dedicated to the art & history of film. It’s the culmination of one’s love for cinema…
Each week, we take a particular film and give it “The Film Effect Treatment”: our version of a deep-dive that goes above & beyond to cover additional areas you typically wouldn’t get on a regular movie podcast (such as complete box office info, our first time experiences, changes we’d make with a crystal ball, ounces of trivia, and more!)
Get to know the films you adore, a little more, with The Film Effect Podcast: Deep Dives/Top Fives/Good Vibes
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It's time for an all new Halloween Horrorthon edition of the podcast where on this episode, we're revving up our engines and giving John Carpenter's Christine the Film Effect Treatment!!
In Christine, a nerdish boy buys a strange car, with an evil mind of its own, and his nature starts changing to reflect it..
Episode Directory:
*Introductory 00:00
*Act One: The Five W's 05:43
*Second Act: Plot Breakdown/Discussion 24:56
*Final Act: The Full-Film Effect Treatment 01:07:48
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Season 6 · Episode 190
Monday, October 6, 2025 • Duration 01:39:36
"YOU ARE ALL MY CHILDREN NOW."
We're back from hiatus to kick off our fifth annual Halloween Horrorthon event with a 40th anniversary celebration as A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 receives the patented Film Effect Treatment!!
In Elm Street 2, a teenage boy is haunted in his sleep by the dream demon Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world..
Episode Directory:
*Introductory 00:00
*Act One: The Five W's 09:02
*Second Act: Plot Breakdown/Discussion 26:56
*Final Act: The Full-Film Effect Treatment 01:19:30
"FASTEN YOUR DROOL CUPS AND READY YOUR VOMIT BAGS...WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES! FRIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION...I CALL THIS ONE, DEMON KNIGHT."
Ed & Andrew are tapping into their childhood for this edition of the podcast as they're celebrating the 30th anniversary of Tales From the Crypt's feature length debut by giving Demon Knight the Film Effect treatment!!
In Demon Knight, a stranger in possession of an ancient key (who's also on the run from a charming but demonic collector) hides at a boarding house in New Mexico where...with the help of its residents...he plans to face off against the collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from seizing the key and starting the apocalypse..
Episode Directory:
*Intro 00:00
*Current Events 06:00
*Last Time On The Podcast... 16:16
----------The Film Effect Treatment----------
*Pre-Dive Top Five 20:37
*First Time Viewings 25:19
*Cast & Crew Run-Through 28:15
*Story Time (How It All Came Together) 31:05
*The Main Course 46:49
*What Works 01:23:52
*What Doesn't Work 01:26:42
*Finger-Lickin' Good Moment 01:30:05
Den of Thieves (2018)
Season 5 · Episode 188
Thursday, January 16, 2025 • Duration 01:48:58
"WE'RE COP KILLERS NOW."
On this edition of the podcast, Ed & Andrew are heading straight into the line of fire as they give the underrated Den of Thieves the Film Effect treatment, in conjunction with the release of the sequel!!
In Den of Thieves, an elite unit of the LASD and the state's most successful bank robbery crew clash as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank..
Episode Directory:
*Intro 00:00
*Current Events 03:51
*Last Time On The Podcast... 09:44
----------The Film Effect Treatment----------
*Pre-Dive Top Five 15:39
*First Time Viewings 19:43
*Cast & Crew Run-Through 20:31
*Story Time (How It All Came Together) 24:12
*The Main Course 31:14
*What Works 01:05:46
*What Doesn't Work 01:12:37
*Finger-Lickin' Good Moment 01:18:57
*Trivial Pursuit 01:24:42
*Box Office Receipts 01:31:32
*Critic's Corner 01:33:34
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Season 5 · Episode 187
Thursday, January 16, 2025 • Duration 01:39:33
"I DON'T WANNA SCARE ANYONE , BUT I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU STRAIGHT ABOUT JASON. HIS BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM THE LAKE AFTER HE DROWNED. AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THE OLD-TIMERS IN TOWN, THEY'LL TELL YOU HE'S STILL OUT THERE..."
Ed & Andrew are back for another installment in our "Friday the 13th 45th Anniversary Retrospective", where this month they're talking about Jason's introduction as they give Friday the 13th Part 2 the full Film Effect treatment!!
In Friday the 13th Part 2, five years have passed since the events of the first film when a summer camp, next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake, is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings..
Episode Directory:
*Intro 00:00
*Current Events 04:39
*Last Time On The Podcast... 07:54
----------The Film Effect Treatment----------
*Pre-Dive Top Five 12:26
*First Time Viewings 17:49
*Cast & Crew Run-Through 19:41
*Story Time (How It All Came Together) 21:34
*The Main Course 34:36
*What Works 58:46
*What Doesn't Work 01:02:25
*Finger-Lickin' Good Moment 01:08:10
01:11:50
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Season 5 · Episode 186
Saturday, January 11, 2025 • Duration 02:16:37
"IF I KNOW MARY AS WELL AS I THINK I DO, SHE'LL INVITE US RIGHT IN FOR TEA AND STRUMPETS."
Jocelyn joins Ed for this edition of the podcast to discuss buddy comedies & Jim Carrey's breakthrough year of 1994 while giving Dumb and Dumber the Film Effect treatment for it's 30th anniversary!!
In Dumb and Dumber, after a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it..
Episode Directory:
*Intro 00:00
*Current Events 08:16
*Last Time On The Podcast... 13:40
----------The Film Effect Treatment----------
*Pre-Dive Top Five 30:35
*First Time Viewings 35:25
*Cast & Crew Run-Through 39:46
*Story Time (How It All Came Together) 43:24
*The Main Course 52:20
*What Works 01:39:27
*What Doesn't Work 01:45:29
*Finger-Lickin' Good Moment 01:48:37
*Trivial Pursuit 01:53:10
*Box Office Receipts 02:03:31
02:05:32
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Season 5 · Episode 185
Monday, January 6, 2025 • Duration 02:20:04
"THEY'RE NOT JUST REGULAR COPS, OK? THEY'RE SUPER COPS."
With the first official episode of 2025, Ed & Andrew are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Axel Foley a month late, but that's not stopping them from giving Beverly Hills Cop the full Film Effect treatment!!
In Beverly Hills Cop, a freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills..
Episode Directory:
*Intro 00:00
*Current Events 06:04
*Last Time On The Podcast... 19:18
----------The Film Effect Treatment----------
*Pre-Dive Top Five 26:38
*First Time Viewings 36:36
*Cast & Crew Run-Through 40:01
*Story Time (How It All Came Together) 53:31
*The Main Course 59:51
*What Works 01:49:54
*What Doesn't Work 01:53:04
*Finger-Lickin' Good Moment 01:55:41
*Box Office Receipts 01:57:22
*Critic's Corner 02:06:44
*Movie MVPs 02:12:39
Friday the 13th (1980)
Season 5 · Episode 184
Friday, December 13, 2024 • Duration 01:22:49
"THIS PLACE IS CURSED...CURSED...IT'S GOT A DEATH CURSE!"
On a very special "Friday the 13th" edition of the podcast, Ed & Andrew are kicking off the upcoming 45th anniversary of the Friday the 13th franchise by giving the original 1980 film our signature treatment!!
In Friday the 13th, a group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer..
Episode Directory:
*Intro 00:00
*Current Events 02:56
*Last Time On The Podcast... 05:25
----------The Film Effect Treatment----------
*Pre-Dive Top Five 11:19
*First Time Viewings 13:40
*Cast & Crew Run-Through 15:08
*Story Time (How It All Came Together) 19:21
*The Main Course 32:09
*What Works 01:00:12
*What Doesn't Work 01:03:29
*Finger-Lickin' Good Moment 01:08:29
*Trivial Pursuit 01:09:15
*Box Office Receipts 01:13:36
*Critic's Corner 01:14:04
Thanksgiving (2023) w/ Stew from Stew World Order
Season 5 · Episode 183
Thursday, December 12, 2024 • Duration 02:00:40
"THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE...NO LEFTOVERS!!"
For this belated-"Thanksgiving Hangover" edition of the show, Stew from Stew World Order returns to join Ed in giving thanks as they give Eli Roth's holiday horror film Thanksgiving our signature Film Effect Treatment!!
In Thanksgiving, after a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the infamous holiday..
Episode Directory:
*Intro 00:00
*Current Events 04:49
*Last Time On The Podcast... 09:07
----------The Film Effect Treatment----------
*Pre-Dive Top Five 12:54
*First Time Viewings 17:07
*Cast & Crew Run-Through 18:59
*How It All Started... 41:37
*The Main Course 43:41
*What Works 01:28:44
*What Doesn't Work 01:32:12
*Finger-Lickin' Good Moment 01:37:12
*Trivial Pursuit 01:40:36
*Box Office Receipts 01:44:58
01:45:56
The Guest (2014)
Season 5 · Episode 182
Friday, November 29, 2024 • Duration 02:00:22
"BLOWJOB SHOTS FOR THE LADIES AND A COSMOPOLITAN FOR EACH OF THE GUYS."
On this edition of the podcast, Ed's joined by a returning Corey to break down & give Adam Wingard's The Guest our patented Film Effect Treatment!!
In The Guest, a string of mysterious deaths leads a teenager to become suspicious of a soldier who showed up on her family's doorstep and claimed to be a friend of her dead brother..
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