That's it folks!
After 10 excellent, fun-fueled years, I have decided to hang up my cleats (or rather, turn off the mic) and put this show to rest.
Really appreciate everyone listening!
Episodes will remain online for at least a year or so.
All the best...
Really Awful Movies: Ep 490 – Longlegs and Halloween Ends
Friday, January 24, 2025 • Duration 19:36
On this episode of the podcast, two films that represent two of the three archetypes of the modern horror film, Longlegs and Halloween Ends.
Tune in and sub!
Really Awful Movies: Ep 481 – Mr. McMahon
Friday, October 4, 2024 • Duration 23:56
This week, the Netflix doc, Mr. McMahon.
If you're not a fan of wrestling, maybe pass on this one? Or better yet, give it a shot.
It's about the brains (so to speak) behind pro wrestling and his seedy background promoting the enterprise which fused sport and entertainment, the WWF / WWE.
So, brother...step into the squared circle, and throw yourself off the top turnbuckle.
Tune in, and don't forget to sub.
Really Awful Movies: Ep 391 – Head of the Family
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Head of the Family!
Who doesn't like a low budget exploitation horror? Especially one with an obvious double entendre like that.
This episode of the podcast is all about the legendary Charles Band, a man responsible for a huge swath of the movies we've binged for years and years, and who directed this cheap and cheerful mid-90s hybrid sci fi zombie horror.
On this episode, a breakdown of disembodied head movies from The Brain that Wouldn't Die to Re-Animator, Full Moon Features, the name "Otis" and its prominence in horror, particularly among trashy hicksploitation villains, the home movie scene in the 80s, the changing nature of how we consume films, and much, much more!
Really Awful Movies: Ep 390 – This is Gwar
Friday, August 5, 2022 • Duration 25:39
This week, a documentary turn: This is Gwar chronicles the three decades-long history of the infamous rock band, though countless iterations and many a rubber monster suit.
A Shudder exclusive, the movie is must-see material for fans of Some Kind of Monster, Anvil: The Story of Anvil, and This is Spinal Tap.
Truly inspirational filmmaking.
Subjects discussed in this episode:
"Gimmick" bands like Gwar, Alice Cooper and KISS, plus local novelty acts like White Cowbell Oklahoma, etc
The life of a touring band especially in an era of decreased prominence of music culturally and a plethora of entertainment options
Misconceptions about Gwar's musicality
The band's two seminal members and their influence on its direction
Tales of wanton self destruction
Disaffected art school brats and the connective thread through rock music and pop culture, with David Byrne, David Bowie and Seth MacFarlane,
and the excellent podcast, Your Favorite Band Sucks
Join us, subscribe to the show, and thanks for listening.
Really Awful Movies: Ep 389 – Summer Camp Nightmare
Friday, July 15, 2022 • Duration 25:44
On today's episode of the podcast, Summer Camp Nightmare. Don't be fooled, folks. This is not a stalk-and-slash 80s horror.
In fact, it's got smarts. There's a wack of political/historical context, and it punches above its weight for what you'd expect from a small, largely overlooked film.
A bunch of counsellors in training (CITs) and the usual cadre of summer camp wimps, jocks, misfits and troublemakers, attend a summer camp. And after some time, the kids take umbrage with their overlords and turn the tables on 'em.
And bonus. Chuck Connors! The western star, and also the lead in Tourist Trap, plays the disciplinarian summer camp head.
Really Awful Movies: Ep 388 – The Barge People and Daughters of Darkness
Friday, June 24, 2022 • Duration 18:40
Two very different movies on the podcast this week. The first, is a low budget British horror called The Barge People. It's about, of all things, creatures that lurk about near canals and torment canal boaters. Hey, there's something for everyone in horror, apparently.
Two couples get together for a weekend getaway...floating down canals in the English countryside in what's known as a narrow boat. Apparently, 8500 or so people in the UK have registered these vessels as permanent homes. Weird.
Anyway, things begin to go a bit awry, as this is, after all, a horror movie. A series of murders takes place nearby and adjacent to the canals the couples are travelling on. And they eventually encounter....well, look at this poster!
Daughters of Darkness, by contrast, is a brooding, slow burn, vampire flick that's set in Belgium. It's very um...deliberately paced, but also visually very appealing.
Stefan Chilton, raised in the US, is the scion of an upper crust aristocratic British family.
He is traveling with his newly-wed wife, Valerie, through Europe and by all accounts is having a great old time.
The couple check into a grand hotel on the Belgian seaside, intending to catch the cross-channel ferry to England, where Stefan's mother lives. As it's off-season, the hotel is empty. At nightfall, however, a mysterious Hungarian countess, Elizabeth Bathory, arrives, driven by her "secretary," Ilona.
Really Awful Movies: Ep 387 – Hayride
Friday, June 17, 2022 • Duration 22:56
We have covered regional horrors here, Offerings, Unhinged, The Legend of Boggy Creek, etc. And now, Hayride, lensed in Alabama on a shoestring budget.
This one featured an escaped lunatic on the loose, unsuspecting townies, and of course, a hayride. This is a Halloween-set flick, spirited, amateurish, somewhat fun...
Tune in, folks. And subscribe!
Really Awful Movies: Ep 386 – Creep 2
Friday, June 10, 2022 • Duration 24:25
On this episode of the podcast, the sequel to the excellent POV horror, Creep - Creep 2.
This flick is a 2017 found footage psychological horror film directed by Patrick Brice and co-written by Brice and Mark Duplass, also the co-star.
The film follows Aaron, the eponymous creep, and his efforts to get his story told by a struggling documentary filmmaker, Sara.
On this episode of the show, the perks and pitfalls of POV-style horror, suffering for one's art, the importance of character development as opposed to narrative structure in horror, the humorous elements of horror, Blumhouse productions, and straight-ahead slashers.
Also part of the discussion: documentary filmmaking as an art form, and the exemplary Canadian documentary, A Better Man, by Attiya Khan, as well as When we Were Kings.
Really Awful Movies: Ep 385 – Dolls and variety in horror
Friday, June 3, 2022 • Duration 24:06
On today's episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, Stuart Gordon's Dolls. On today's show, delving into the director's work, including From Beyond and Re-Animator. Also, the global village of horror. Hotbeds of horror from around the globe, including Poland, Japan, Germany, France, Asia.
