"The Fog" (1980) with Nicholas Pepin & Laramy Wells
Leave your flashlights behind, double bolt your coastal windows, and listen closely to the radio tower. In this spooky season episode, we’re heading to Antonio Bay for The Fog (1980), John Carpenter’s eerie, low-budget ghost story about undead pirates, a glowing vengeful cloud, and a town celebrating its centennial at exactly the wrong time. It’s the movie horror fans often overlook between Halloween and The Thing, and it earned about 20 times what it cost to make.
Joined by Nicholas…
"They Live" (1988) with Laramy Wells
Long before algorithms decided what we buy and saturation marketing invaded every corner of our lives, one horror master looked at 1980s consumerism and asked a wild question: what if the ruling class were actually blue-faced alien ghouls hiding in plain sight? In this episode, we dive into They Live (1988), John Carpenter's subversive sci-fi action classic — and yes, we've got our sunglasses, our backpack of tools, and plenty of bubblegum ready.
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"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai" (1984) with Gerry D & Chad Sheppard
Long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe made "drop viewers into a world already in motion" a household strategy, one wildly weird 1984 cult classic did it first — and audiences had no idea what hit them. In this episode, we dive into The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, the pulp-comic-come-to-life that bombed in theaters, then found new life on HBO reruns and video store shelves, eventually becoming one of the most beloved cult sci-fi movies of the 1980s.
"Terms of Endearment" (1983) with Ben Carpenter
Long before an entire generation of moviegoers learned that six words — "give my daughter the shot" — could completely wreck them, James L. Brooks crafted one of the most emotionally seismic mother-daughter dramas ever put on film. In this episode, we dive into Terms of Endearment (1983), the Best Picture-winning classic that somehow makes you laugh hysterically one minute and sob uncontrollably the next.
