Saturday Night Freak Show
Each Saturday, the Internet Radio Superstars (Colin, Sean, Holly and Michaela) assemble for some movie watchin' and analysis, with the accent on geek cinema, horror, sci-fi, and action films - chosen round-robin style by the Saturday Night Freak Show! Hosted on Acast.
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Amsterdamned (1988) (opens the original)
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Michaela likes her European travelogue with a side of slaughter and finds Amsterdamned (1988), a movie which finds a grizzled police detective hunting for the slasher-in-a-wet-suit who prowls Amsterdam's canals for victims, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. Listen as we complete our hat trick of films from gonzo director Dick Maas, marvel at the cultural enthusiasm on display, and have thoughts about mysteries that don't play fair, all on this week's exciting episode! Hosted on Acast. See a
Body Heat (1981) (opens the original)
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Holly sets the temperature to sizzling with Body Heat (1981), a sweaty throwback to 40s-era film noir made with 80s-era permissive on-screen sexuality with Kathleen Turner (in her film debut) starring as a smoldering femme fatale ensnaring sleazy lawyer William Hurt in a plot to murder her husband. Listen as we find out what sexual activity is illegal in Florida, learn about female terror at male anatomy, and mourn the lack of modern erotic thrillers on this week's exciting episode! Hosted on Ac
Nightmare Weekend (1986) (opens the original)
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Sean spends spends a Nightmare Weekend (1986) making sense of a flick that combines hot coeds and a killer computer and ends in blood and guts! A telekinetic computer system makes drooling zombies out of visitors who've been invited to a scientist's home for a softcore sex romp. Pet Sematary's Dale Midkiff, NYPD Blue/Babylon 5's Andrea Thompson, and a hand puppet named George, star. Listen as we put in considerable brainwork to untangle a kaleidoscopic parade of strangeness on this week's exciti
Timerider (1982) (opens the original)
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Colin gets zapped back to the Old West on a motocross bike in Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swan (1982), a movie co-concocted, produced, and scored by original Monkee Michael Nesmith. Fred Ward stars as our hero, who wanders into a time travel experiment while racing the Baja 1000, and finds himself fending off gunslinging cowboys when he's transported back to 1875. Listen as we critique pistol grip techniques, puzzle over the early works of Mark Twain, and unravel how you could become your o
Perfect Stranger (2007) (opens the original)
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Michaela resurrects a memory-holed Halle Berry-Bruce Willis erotic thriller called Perfect Stranger (2007), about a disgraced reporter seeking to get close to a philandering murder suspect, a powerful NYC advertising executive, while her friend-zoned cyberhacker buddy snoops around for evidence. Listen as we uncover chatroom melodrama, unravel twisted plot machinations, and try to determine if Bruce Willis wears a hairpiece on this week's exciting episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
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