A 4 Out of 12 Christmas

     This week we sing a song of the season but forget most of the choruses. First Tyler brings some French Hens with a French romantic drama in the shape of 2013's Blue is the Warmest Color. 

     We take aim at a dozen or so lords a-leaping using the best of all English traditions, murdering an extended family for power. Original Obi Wan won't know what hits him... again and again and again in the search for Kind Hearts and Coronets.

     Nick Cannon is in Drumline. It's a movie about a drumline which is what you call a group of drummers drumming.

     Finally, we learn that Craig is not in the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and believes that chickens are geese or calling birds maybe? I don't know. It's a flimsy excuse to force Death Laid an Egg on us. There is no bitterness over this. Nope. None at all.

     All that and Tyler feels the Force, Kevin takes a very special Hallmark star hostage until they love him, and Dave faces his midlife crisis with much whimpering. Join us, won't you?


Episode 134- A 4 Out of 12 Christmas

Terror in Albion

     T'was the week before RotP's year end holiday special and all through the Neon Purple Trailer not a creature was stirring... except us and designated hitter Anna. And loud they were, with frivolity and stuff and junk and I am ashamed I couldn't keep that thing going.
     First up, a trip to the past based on a beloved UK TV series that is based on a book series which probably isn't nearly as beloved or the author/rights holder wouldn't have let them make this. It is the early days of the reign of Nero and Rome is having a minor headache from a very troublesome Celt and her army. Too bad we won't focus on that, except for some painful musical numbers. No, instead we were shown a connected story about boy Roman meets girl Celtic Chieftain's Daughter and their disgusting and drawn out mating ritual. I made that sound better than it is, sorry about Horrible Histories: The Movie- Rotten Romans.
     Then in the only actual exercise of holiday cheer we take a gander at an early slasher when they occasionally did more than just murder buxom teens near lakes. Back to the days when there could be a little room for more going on than Famous in the Future people getting lost on canoes or arrows through the throat. Back to the days when someone said "I want to make a movie about a man's descent into Santa Psychosis". Christmas Evil might just be the yule log we all need in these dismal days. It might not.
     All that and Dave spoils three movies with the same title, Anna hides behind a small voice so no one notices her bullying, Kevin channels us from the other side, Tyler's heart grows three sizes larger and we all take him to the hospital because that is a bad thing. Join us, won't you?

Episode 133- Terror in Albion

Mean-ish Streets

     The Holiday Cheer just keeps spreading! Like a fungus or sexy time communicable disease!

     First up, Andrea Arnold's feature debut, Red Road. Made as the first film in the Advance Party series, a planned trilogy where each film was to be made by different first time directors and producers using the same cast and characters, the film focuses on Jackie Morrison (Kate Dickie) a Glasgow CCTV operator. One day a man from Jackie's past, one she never thought she would see again, appears on her monitors and kicks off a spiral of obsession and revenge. 

     Next up, brilliant documentarian Barbara Kopple's only fictional feature- Havoc. When bored, unaffected, culturally appropriative rich kids venture into the poorer areas of East LA a run in with a drug dealer will give one a taste for danger. Allison Lang (Anne Hathaway) reaches out for some connection, when she can't find it with her father or her boyfriend or the strange dude filming her as much as possible (no, seriously, the fuck was that all about???) and thinks she may have found it with Latino dealer Hector (Freddy Rodriguez). 

     All that and Tyler finds his inner voice just in time for the Carol Competition, Kevin becomes a disembodied time travelling voice, and Dave is very disappointed with some social aspects of both films.

Join us, won't you?
Episode 132- Mean-ish Streets

   

Infantile Adversary

This week we kick off the season of giving with a pair of stone cold classics... of varying recognition. First up, Ted Post finished his stellar 1973 with one of the greatest reveals in film history with the terrible tale of The Baby. A young, recently bereaved social worker is assigned to the case of Baby, the family is not happy with this meddlesome busybody, and her mother-in-law just wants her new pool finished.
Then we discuss one of cinema's most charismatic performers, James Cagney, in his breakout role. Tom Powers has a very Dickensian childhood, so who could blame him for growing up to be The Public Enemy.
All that and Dave just doesn't remember the 48-hour worst movie marathon, Kevin subjects his wife to cruel pictures, and Tyler plots from the shadows... from some VERY French shadows. Join us, won't you?

Episode 131- Infantile Adversary

Eight Legs, Three Breakdowns

     We bring November to a close with a focus on movies about webspinners not obsessed over by J. Jonah Jameson. Three guys terrified of small eight legged pests watch four movies where they destroy the world and confirm all our worst fears. It was a fun week...

     To kick this torture festival off, we take a look at the spider movie from the production company that made the most nightmares for children of the 80s and 90s... Arachnophobia. When a big city doctor, who is highly terrified of spiders, moves out to a small country town, because those places aren't full of little death dealing arachnids, to take over a medical practice. He just happens to bring his family at the same time as a newly discovered and highly lethal species of spider shows up.

     Next a pair of 1970s b-movie creature features. Strange things are afoot as a normally harmless and solitary species starts to bring down bovines in a swarm. Only William Shatner and a beautiful expert from out of town stands between the evolving menace and a town full of tasty people. Can they bring down a Kingdom of the Spider?

     Then our very reality is under attack from geode riding interdimensional spiders of unusual size. Can The Skipper and Della Street save us? No, of course they can't! We discover out how horrible the end of humanity will be with The Giant Spider Invasion.

     To put the final touch on our communal suffering, David Arquette returns to his hometown after a decade of being away to romance the sheriff and strike it even richer as long as he can survive the 200 giant Eight Legged Freaks. I can only suspect that filming this broke costar Scarlett Johansson on some level as her career keeps going back to the spider theme... Not just the obvious Black Widow joke but also a wink to Under the Skin where she's pretty damn spider-like. We are multi-layered like that here.
     All that and three grown men have multiple terror induced crying fits. Join us, won't you?

Episode 130- Eight Legs, Three Breakdowns

Dragged Across Dog Park

     Kieran joins us again and brings the beaten, bloated, slightly smelling of certain cheese Mel Gibson of today with him. Mel lends a certain cred to the most recent film by S. Craig Zahler, Dragged Across Concrete. Then we finally deliver a message of "suck it you little shit" from a father to his son with the manipulative as hell Marley & Me.

     All that and Tyler ugly cries, Kevin gets digital, Kieran side eyes a razor, and Dave rants (okay, that last one isn't a surprise at all). Join us, won't you?

Episode 129- Dragged Across Dog Park

Cello Graffiti

     This week a new guest, one without the stink of hopelessness we have put on the usual suspects, joins us. In the naive hope that we could go easy on them in kind, Lucas Wagoner submits South Korean gangster action drama A Bittersweet Life for our viewing pleasure. Very pleased we are. It was a good gamble. Tragically the film gods RotP make sacrifices to are vicious in the demanda for blood and pain. So to appease SisBert the UnMaltined, we rebut with the most Tyler of Tyler picks. A film of single dim vision from the creative force that is Mickey Rourke, Bullet.
     All that and Dave suffers at the hands of a mouse, Kevin learns the joys of wait listing, and Tyler tries to answer the unanswerable question of "Who is the greatest rapper turned actor". Join us, won't you?

Episode 128- Cello Graffiti

Noirvember Anemoia

     It's a Raymond Chandler evening as we get deep into the cold heart of the wicked city in all it's rainy, dark, fatalistic glory. 

     First up, DMX and Ernest Dickerson team up for Never Die Alone, a modern take on a classic Donald Goines novel. Then we take a sci-fi detour to the tragically overlooked precursor to The Matrix and follow up to The Crow, Alex Proyas' last film before he went absolutely Uwe Boll- Dark City. Finally we end with a pair of quintessential classic noirs Out of the Past, a former private eye turned gas station owner's past catches up with him, and The Killers, a former boxer turned gas station attendant's past catches up with him. They aren't nearly as similar as that summery sounds.

     All that and every Tyler has his day, Dave gets his art film on, and Kevin goes to the theater. Join us, won't you?

Episode 127- Noirvember Anemoia

Please Won't You Be My Reporter?

     This week we wonder into the bayou of our own journalistic integrities or get our veal kink on? I'm still not sure but I assure you that both movies this week are very telling about all our mental states. Probably. Not. But that sure does sound better.
     First up is a harrowing trek through the sultry, sticky, sweaty, campy, melodramatic that is life in Florida but this time with a pair of journalists trying to free a convicted killer at the behest of his prison pen pal who is really ready to jump his funny bone (funny because it's inverted) while a recent college washout looks on. Lee Daniels gets all over the top style and a performance that nabbed his star the coveted Alliance of Women Film Journalists "Actress Most in Need of a New Agent" award... The Paperboy.
     Visiting on sweaty Southern state isn't enough. So we make a detour to Cutter, Mississippi... a town where everyone is either working for the local drug distribution network, the state police, or Troy's Meat Packing and Exotic Safaris. After returning from the military to his boring old job loading cars with coke and hot swapping plates, John, played by The Collector's Josh Stewart, is desperate to get away. Tragically, his wife Rosie, played by Alex Essoe of Starry Eyes, makes the really stupid mistake of watching their neighbor, Bill Engvall channelling all his anger at not being the break out Blue Collar Comedy star, shoot someone he was going to butcher for hungry New Yorkers with a taste for redneck flesh. Written and directed by the team behind The Collection, beware of The Neighbor.

     Plus... Dave gushes about a True American Hero, Tyler hits triple digit views of a very special film, Kevin makes a choice, and Chris gets served with a protection order by his favorite West Virginia native. Join us, won't you?
EPISODE 126- Please, Won't You Be My Reporter?

What an Excellent Day for an Exorcist Special

     This week we don our collarini and cassocks and take a long hard look into the abyss which glares back. That's right, it's finally time for Raiders to entrench deeply in the war against Pazuzu and watch all five Exorcist films. From the grand kickoff for the soul of young Regan to James Earl Jones in the latest cricket inspired loungewear to the imperator's return to the streets of Georgetown to Renny Harlin's scrabble to rebuild on the scorched and salted Earth that is his career to the limp Charlie Brown football gag played on Paul Schrader! We take that Super Soaker of Holy Water to the eye so you don't have to. Though you probably already have... so I guess we are here to commiserate? Why not!
     All that AND... Dave digs through sentient and aggressive mold with a toothbrush and bleach for a friend! Kevin goes full Freakin' Friedkin multiple times! Tyler's head spins and recites my account numbers backward! Anna takes a long dark tour through the side streets of her sanity!
     Join us, won't you?


EPISODE 125- What an Excellent Day for an Exorcist Special


   

You're So Vein

     The Horror... the...horror... the... Wacky Vampy! This week we take a look at some creatures of the night who don't quite fit in the standard Nosferatu casket. 
    First up, Abel Ferrara shows he has a copy of Famous Philosopher Quotes Abridged on his nightstand with his vampire as addict parable... The Addiction.

     Next, we listen to the beautiful music they make, learn how fast a vampiric infestation can take over a small town, and struggle with our group lust for 1980s Karen Black with Children of the Night.

    The Cryptkeeper reminds us why he's still our One True Love, even when delivering lesser tales of annoying Dennis Millers, because he makes amends in a very special way in Bordello of Blood. 

     Finally we finish up with a movie that has long been threatened and finally delivered... George Romero's first delivery of Tom Savini as BEEFCAKE... Martin.
     All that and Dave has a crisis of faith, Kelly discusses the finer points of emotional scarification for children, Kevin thinks his cape and kilt ensemble is all the rage, and Tyler causes a splash to prove that EVERYONE loves trash and gingers. Join us, won't you?
Episode 124- You're So Vein

Episode 124- You're So Vein

Rolly Polly Fish Heads

    The October Horror Death March continues through some watery graves.
    A neat monsters, a lot of boredom, and a fierce woman called Jeff, and a stupid man called Erin all come together to fight a new radiation created abomination in Spawn of the Slithis (aka just plain old, not nearly as dramatic, Slithis). 
    The least disciplined crew of an underwater Navy research station awakens a horror from the depths. If you take any lesson from it, learn that more movies needed more Miguel Ferrer. A lesson learned too late by the crew of DeepStar Six.

    We finally draw to a close Universal's shark franchise with Jaws 3. I would make a joke but there's really not much to say. Dennis Quaid and the rest of the cast and crew were doing a lot of cocaine. It shows. 

    Finally, we try our hand at starting another band but this time fronted by naked, Polish mermaids. That doesn't go so well, since they like to eat people's hearts. We had to go our separate ways for Tyler's safety. Good luck to The Lure.
    All that and Tyler invents a new cooking spray, Dave got really sick and couldn't do a proper edit... he is sorry and he will pay for it, and Kevin weeps for us all. Join us, won't you?

Episode 123- Rolly Polly Fish Heads

Look to the Skies!!!

     We kick off October with a four pack of Aliens from Space (not other countries) horror! First up, there's something strange with the staff of Herrington High, they have all been body snatched by aquatic parasites. What can a handful of stereotypical 90s teens do against The Faculty? Then the circus comes to the planet. Don't worry, there's enough cotton candy and wacky mayhem to go around because this particular circus is full of Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Next a Columbian ship exporting coffee's crew vanishes as it floats into a harbor that is TOTALLY New York and DEFINITELY NOT in Italy somewhere. Anyway, there are eggs and people explode and it's all probably a Contamination. Finally, we get our deep space freak on with a small expedition exploring a frozen dead planet. While looking for artifacts they find Inseminoid and that name might be the most fitting ever.
     All that and Dave makes the Horror Trifecta, Tyler sings the Doom song, and Kevin robs us all of a tiny portion of our childhoods. Join us, won't you?
Episode 122- LOOK TO THE SKIES!!!


              

Life is a Highway- Pedal to the Metal Special

     This week we attempt to set a land speed record in car movies. First up, the Grandpapa of all chase flicks, Steve McQueen's Bullitt. We take another trip up the Walter Hill with The Driver, starring the always brilliant Bruce Dern and the always Ryan O'Neal-like Ryan O'Neal. Then we settle in for a long afternoon's chase with Steven Spielberg's first feature length directorial effort, Duel. Finally, we watch Mad Max: Fury Road... which was robbed at the Oscars but whatever. You know, happens all the time. 
     All that and Kevin prepares for a fall hibernation, Tyler gets his Rob Zombie on, and Dave sits at the feet of a Master.

EPISODE 121- Life is a Highway: The Pedal to the Metal Special

Invisible Serum, Would You Like to Know More?

     This week we battle some bugs and get strangled by a breeze. First up, James Whale's third classic horror for Universal which introduced one of the era's most versatile character actors to the world at large and currently riding the reboot fast track as a last ditch effort to save the Dark Universe Cinematic Universe project... The Invisible Man. Would you like to know more?
     Then we take up janky underpowered firearms to become citizens and stop the Arachnid threat with Rico's Roughnecks. We are doing our part with Starship Troopers. Would you like to know more?
     All that and Dave does a White Trash training in Florida, Tyler might explode in orgasmic joy as he ascends to the Rob Zombie Astral Plane, and Kevin stands alone, a shining beacon of art and culture, against the crushing tide. Would you like to know more?

Episode 120- Invisible Serum, Would You Like to Know More?

Sea Monkeys

This week, the Raiders crew head back to 1995 for that double feature of Kevin Costner & Michael Crichton you’ve all been waiting for!
Kevin grows a pair of gills, gets us all wet and delivers that Kevin Costner/Kevin Reynolds post-apocalyptic team-up of “WaterWorld” based off an email from one of our loyal listeners! Then Craig decides to spank the monkey & bring us that Dylan Walsh lead, Michael Crichton adaptation of “Congo” All the eye-patch wearin’ Dennis Hoopers, Gorillas, and laser gun rockin’ Laura Linneys you can handle in a single episode! Episode 119- Sea Monkeys

Smells Like Mean Spirit

     This week two sets of people who could use some serious therapy do their things in small towns. First up, Wes Craven's directorial debut, a legend of grindhouse horror exploitation and grandpappy of the Video Nasty era. Often imitated but never duplicated, just remember to keep telling yourself it's only a movie... The Last House on the Left.
     Then we take a trip down an overlooked path of blackest comedy and neo-noir. When Dennis Pitt is released from a mental institution he takes on teenage Sue Anne to back him up on his imaginary missions for the CIA. But who is using who and where does the real danger lie? Will they fall victim to some Pretty Poison?
     Also- Tyler ends up on empty, Kevin watches every entry in the Maltin Guide, Anna hosts disastrous parties, Dave gets his heart broken, and Craig returns in all his pantsless canine covered glory. Join us, won't we?
EPISODE 118- SMELLS LIKE MEAN SPIRIT

Be Wery Wery Quiet, We're Hunting Humans

To celebrate the end of August heat we watch four very special movies about people hunting their own kind. First up, the classic Ozplitation film Turkey Shoot. Next we gaze upon one of cinema's longest shadows and cower at The Most Dangerous Game. Then a film with more nudity than the porns we have had to watch, and Tyler's sly attempt to stack the deck in his favor, Naked Fear. Finally we take a look at yet another dystopian future Japan, they have more than most places, and watch old school chums butcher each other in a Battle Royale.

Episode 117- Be Wery Wery Quiet, We're Hunting Humans

Murder Up

     This week RotP a mostly rightly forgotten Italian slasher from a surprise merging of the minds of Claudio Fragasso and Bruno Mattei, if only Fragasso had known it might be a better movie. A cheap dollar store masked killer is punching his way through the ladies of Virginia Beach, Virginia and absolutely no one has any plan to stop him. A town full of incompetent cops and illegally talkative doctors find their only possible chance to catch the killer is to release his only known surviving victim back out into the world, unsupervised and with a case of total amnesia. 
     Then we take a look back at the last week of 1959, almost two decades before any of us would be born, to wax nostalgic about the old days and witness the rise of kitchen sink comedy later popularized by a certain sitcom and the '90s indie film scene. A group of friends are struggling to find their places in the world, hanging out at the local diner, in the days before one's wedding. 
     All that and Dave limits his tangents to a reasonable number, Tyler might have had the time of his life, and Kevin takes in a couple of stage productions to preserve his classy persona from crumbling under the weight of his late night peeping.

Episode 116- Murder Up!

More Kung-Fu Shark Than Human

    This week Chris steps off the bench to give us Jaws 2. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, another too far north Great White shows up to ruins the day of the Brody family. Why didn't they move to Nebraska after this? Then Dave forces a whole truck load of 70s Hong Kong Wonderful down throats with Fist of Fury. The legendary Bruce Lee's second major feature where he reinvents and forever owns the role of Chen Zhen, modern mythical Chinese folk hero. Finally, Tyler reclaims his title with Blade Runner. In three months we will have flying cars, interplanetary colonization, and sex bots. Fuck, I love the future!

All that and other stuff... and even junk. Join us, won't we?


EPISODE 115- More Kung-Fu Shark Than Human

Korean BBQ Mason Pills

     This week Anna steps up to offer us a James Mason classic about mental illness and addiction  with the Nicholas Ray's brilliant Bigger Than Life. Then Kevin ups the pressure to keep it classy with Lee Chang-dong's 2018 adaption of Haruki Murakami, Burning. 
Episode 114- Korean BBQ Mason Pills

Ain't No Party Like A Larry Clark Party

     This week, Tyler's long held dream of a Teens Gone Wild special is finally realized! Of course, like all the best laid plans, it didn't work out exactly as hoped. First up is Larry Clark's third feature, 2001's Bully, as a group of teens plot to murder their abusive friend. Next we take a trip to Inglewood for Rick Famuyiwa's 2015 coming-of-age comedy with a truly unique voice, Dope. Then Larry Clark returns to make Tyler's dream even better with Marfa Girl. It's all of Clark's kinks in one place... poor kids who look like they escaped from a 90s Calvin Klein ad being naked and not doing or saying anything but they are naked and holding skateboards. I guess that's enough to make a dozen movies about? Sure. Finally, Craig's spanner in the works, Wes Anderson's sophomore feature Rushmore arrives to make T weep and ruin his perfect week. Ha. Serves him right.

Join us, won't we?

Episode 113- Ain't No Party Like A Larry Clark Party. A Teens Gone Wild Special

Frankenstein's Monster's Unusual Stuff and Junk

Due to life stuff and junk we take a detour from our previously scheduled Teens Gone Wild special. We instead mind flay ourselves with some Stranger Things season 3 and Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein. Plus we dissect the Cats trailer and despair for the future.
Also Dave is generally confused, Kevin fights a food coma, and Anna proves the title of Most Vicious Dungeon Master was hard earned.
Join us, won't we?

Episode 112- Frankenstein's Monster's Unusual Stuff and Junk

Spies Lies and a RoboPoe

First up, Fortress, a 1992 American-Australian Sci-Fi coproduction... In a dystopian 2017 Christopher Lambert is sent to prison for trying to have a second child in Canada. Fortunately, he is incarcerated in a cell stuffed full of Stuart Gordon stock actors like a clown car in an orgy. Will Lambert escape? Will he save his lady from the creepy advances of Kurtwood Smith? Probably.
Then the second attempt to adapt one of John le Carre's most popular Cold War thrillers, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. There is a Russian mole hidden somewhere high up in Britain's Intelligence Service. Can George Smiley run the mole to ground before their schemes can reach full fruition? Why did Tomas Alfredson make The Snowman instead of find a way to make The Honorable Schoolboy? In a battle to the death which actor made the best George Smiley?

Plus- Dave gets so edgy he bleeds out. Kevin teaches us all a valuable lesson about life and love. Tyler discovers that even his best laid plans can be worked against him. And Craig brings about wrathful havoc with surgical precision from a safe distance. Join us, won't we?

Episode 111- Spies, Lies, and a RoboPoe

Cutlasses and Cages

First we take to the high seas with a swashbuckling tale of not very daring do and a pairing with the least amount of chemistry ever placed on screen... a movie that derailed the careers of both it's director and star, 1995's largest bomb of the year, Cutthroat Island. Because we are gluttons for punishment we follow that up with another in the ever growing list of Vin Diesel movies where he desperately tries to prove that he's cool and no longer that picked on geek who turned to steroids to defend himself from bullies in XXX: The Return of Xander Cage.

Plus Tyler gets a gift, Dave shocks us all, and Kevin gives out 7s like it was going out of style. Join us, won't we?

Episode 110- Cutlasses and Cages

Here's to Killin with Bow-Legged Robots

This week robotic men vs a robotic shark vs a robotic monster! Well... some of those are accurate. First up, we take a short but loving and gushing with love look at the father of BOTH the summer blockbuster and don't go in the water movies. 1975's great white fight! The classic often imitated but never duplicated or surpassed... Jaws. Next up we see what Hollywood does when they get the title of one of the most important and groundbreaking works in science fiction by on of the last century's most prolific and brilliant author with I, Robot. Hint- it's not very nice at all when looked at in some views. Finally we dodge a thresher only to get shoved in a red box trunk and wake up in the twisted tower that houses The Collection.
All that and Kevin breaks, Tyler schemes, Dave cries, and Chris escapes. Join us, won't we?

Episode 109- Here's to Killin' with Bow-Legged Robots

Teeth, Scales, Claws, FUN!

     This week- Giant Monster Fights! Panic induced but well organized evacuations! Angry New Yorkers! Collapsed landmarks! Gojira! Gamera! Gwoemul! GINO!
     First up, those pesky 3rd Planet Aliens try to conquer Tokyo for colonization through the Terror of Mechagodzilla! When a ship carrying uranium crashes into an atoll the stage is set for Gyaos to re-emerge and terrorize humanity. Only friend to children everywhere Gamera: Guardian of the Universe can come to humanity's rescue! After the success of Independence Day, Devlin and Emmerich decided to remake Jurassic Park but they couldn't get the rights to that... so instead they created a new creature with an old name to unleash the embarrassed horror that is Godzilla (USA, 1998). Finally, South Korea takes inspiration from a real event to ruminate on the consequences in The Host.
     All that plus...
     Anna ponders the greater questions of maximizing shelf space! Kevin continues his deplorable secret brainwashing experiments on his unsuspecting spouse! Dave wonders if the only way to find peace is to just end a certain breathing mannequin! Tyler has a great personal growth moment that surprises everyone which renews hope that all just might be all right with the world someday. What a start to the Reiwa Era! Join us, won't we?

Episode 108- Teeth, Scales, Claws, FUN!!

Unctuous Innings

Get good and covered until you can feel it squishing between your toes, pop open the Cracker Jack, and get ready for a whole afternoon just kinda sitting there while sliding uncomfortably all over the seat... This week we do a double feature of The Greasy Strangler and A League of Their Own. First Big Ronnie runs a walking disco tour by day and covers himself with grease and strangles people by night. Sure, other things happen but, let's be honest, no one really cares about that stuff. Then a fictional movie about an interesting true story where all the flavor and personalities of those actually there are drained for your easy viewing consumption.... There's always been lots of crying in baseball and to say otherwise is a denial of reality that even Tom Hanks' alcoholism can't explain away.

Our last two kaiju flicks are unveiled, Dave is bored out of his gourd, Tyler shocks everyone again, and Kevin brings threats of new dangers and unknown mental anguish. Join us, won't we?


Episode 107- Unctuous Innings

Mad About Foxy Redheads

In a fierce head to head of dystopian nostalgia we pit mad Max 2: The Road Warrior against Hardware. First, drifter clad in leather biker gear gets caught up in some shenanigans over some guzzolene against other drifters in leather fetish gear. Then a third totally unconnected drifter brings a killer robot head to the agoraphobic girlfriend he ran out on because nothing says "I love you, Pumpkin Spice" like hot death delivered by military grade stuff.

Kevin wonders if his kaiju is kaiju enough, Dave has a minor stroke over his fellow older honky geeks, while Tyler makes jokes and a difficult decision. Join us, won't we?

Episode 105- Mad About Foxy Redheads

A Stab of Amenity

This week, Anna steps off the bench, shows some serious swagger, and unleashes more Walter Hill. When a group of Louisiana Army National Guard get lost in the backwaters of the bayou they find their lives in jeopardy when a group of faceless trappers hunts them. All the great qualities of Hill's previous efforts with all their issues in a Vietnam in the States odyssey that finds no Southern Comfort. Then Kevin tries to make us laugh with the second adventure of Inspector Jacques Clouseau, A Shot in the Dark. Widely considered the best of the series, this installment brings on favorites Cato and Commissioner Dreyfus.

All that and Dave loses his last peaceful resort and Tyler plots. Join us, won't we?

Episode 105- A Stab of Amenity

Fuck Dave

This week we fully embrace audience baiting. Tyler shows us the greatness of cheap sci-fi action with Death Machine. When a group of weapons manufacturing executives get trapped in the building with a mad designer and his stop motion kill machine there can never be enough stage corridors to run down. Then Dave would like to formally apologize to almost everyone he has ranted against and ask for their forgiveness. Be it the jerk whose high horse urinated on him in Interstate 60 or the pretentious maker of Adrenochrome. Dave is sorry he insulted you so much. This change of heart brought to you be Loqueesha, a movie made by a racist prick who can only get sexually aroused when being degraded by others publically. I hope you enjoy the jerk sessions before you disappear, Jeremy, you fuckstain.

All that plus Chris gets a restraining order from Brad Dourif, Kevin cries his own tears, and Craig tosses a classy classic bomb in our laps for next week. Join us, won't we?

Episode 104- Fuck Dave

Holmes for Days

This week RotP is joined by Stone Rockhouse, who once inflicted pain on us all, as he tries to make amends with Arnie at his Arniest, the horniest devil ever, and End of Days. Then Dave force marches us on our first steps through a long and winding tour of Baker Street with Sherlock Holmes, the highly divisive Guy Ritchie attempt to modernize the Victorian consulting detective. 
All that and Kevin destroys some evidence, Tyler's faith in porn is shaken, and Anna wears Norman Lear's skin!John Snow us, won't we?

Episode 103- Holmes for Days

If You Wannabe My Tenant

This week we were supposed to have a very special guest from London but they decided instead to take a magical day trip with their old nanny. Left in the lurch and still having to watch her pick, The Florida Project, a slice of wonderfully performed indie drama with some pretty heavy issues that don't stem from anything on screen. Then Tyler makes us watch Spice World, because of wicked plotting in the night, which has different kinds of issues stemming from our evolving cultural understanding and perceptions. Sometimes looking back just makes you forever cringe.
All that and Kevin forces someone he claims to love down a dark path, Chris admits to pricing out how much he can sell his middle child for, and Dave has to put down his high horse after it broke a leg jumping over one of his wide gaps in reasoning. 
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EPISODE 102- IF YOU WANNABE MY TENANT

Two Kinds of Ghastly Love

This week a pair of necrophiliac dream. First up Johnny X is banished to Earth for being a naughty 1950s biker gang leader and stealing the Resurrection Suit, when an unscrupulous concert promoter approaches him with an offer he can't refuse.... shenanigans ensue in this throwback homage to a vintage time. Then, inspired by a real case, The Man takes to the local mortuaries to get his sexy time on and deal with his feelings for the neighborhood hippie... shenanigans ensue in this Swiss product that isn't a pocket knife or cocoa mix.
A new guest emerges from the mists and more as RotP tackles The Ghastly Love of Johnny X and Bloodlust (aka Mosquito the Rapist)!

Episode 101- Two Kinds of Ghastly Love