Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, in honor of the holiday season and the release of Eli Roth's "Thanksgiving," Ryan and Chris dive into three Thanksgiving-set slashers. We start with 1987's (though filmed in 1983) "Blood Rage," an all-killer, no-filler Florida-set slasher that is light on plot but heavy on carnage. Then, we move into 2019's "Pilgrim," which was a part of Hulu and Blumhouse's "Into the Dark" series. Somewhere in it is a cool premise, but it's too hampered but illogical plot decisions (even for this kind of movie) and cheap production values to enjoy even in the slightest. Finally, we move into 1981's "Home Sweet Home" in which "Bodies by Jake" stars as a PCP-addicted psychopath and a guy with facepaint and an electric guitar annoys everyone in his neighborhood. It's not good, but it's weird, and in this subgenre, that goes a long ways. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts,⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Stitcher⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeartRadio⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Google Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat⁠⁠⁠⁠. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠. Our logo comes from ⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Parkos⁠⁠⁠⁠, and our theme music comes from ⁠⁠⁠⁠Paco⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into the niche comedy category of "Saturday Night Live" sketch adaptations! We start with 2010's "MacGruber," which has fortunately got its flowers in the last thirteen years (including a sequel series on Peacock) because every moment of this absurdist action-comedy is gold. Then, we move into the antithesis of comedy gold (though at least within our limited perspective as cisgender males, not quite as problematic as we anticipated) with 1994's "It's Pat: The Movie." Its biggest crime is that it is antagonistically unfunny. Finally, we move into a weird one with 1995's "Stuart Saves His Family," a film that is not particularly funny, but is actually kind-of good, strangely somber, and directed by none other than Harold Ramis. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on ⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Stitcher⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠iHeartRadio⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Google Podcasts⁠⁠⁠, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat⁠⁠⁠. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠. Our logo comes from ⁠⁠⁠Michelle Parkos⁠⁠⁠, and our theme music comes from ⁠⁠⁠Paco⁠⁠⁠.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, to get back on track after a life-changing event and a vacation, respectively, Ryan and Chris discuss a wide spectrum of 2023 Horror Movie offerings, discuss the state of the genre at large. We talk at-length about a few we've both seen, including "Talk to Me" (Spoilers from 11:40-23:00), "Five Nights at Freddy's," "No One Will Save You" (Spoilers from 55:53-1:05:10), "Totally Killer," and "V/H/S/85." We also squeeze in some brief thoughts on "The Nun II," "Saw X," "The Exorcist: Believer," "Pet Sematary: Bloodlines," "The Boogeyman," "When Evil Lurks," and "Suitable Flesh." You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Stitcher⁠⁠, ⁠⁠iHeartRadio⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Google Podcasts⁠⁠, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at ⁠⁠patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat⁠⁠. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠. Our logo comes from ⁠⁠Michelle Parkos⁠⁠, and our theme music comes from ⁠⁠Paco⁠⁠.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into three films all centered around trips to haunted houses that turn deadly! First, we start with 2019's small-scale gem "Haunt," a taught, nasty slasher that does this concept exceedingly well. Then, we move into 2018's "Hell Fest," which has an amazing setting for a slasher (think Universal Horror Nights), terrific production and set design... and they don't do anything with it. Finally, we go back to 1981 for Tobe Hooper's "The Funhouse," a surprisingly downbeat slasher given the location, though perhaps not for Hooper, which the film plays out like "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" at a carnival (and is supposedly the film that landed him the gig directing 1982's "Poltergeist"). You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on ⁠Apple Podcasts,⁠ ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Stitcher⁠, ⁠iHeartRadio⁠, ⁠Google Podcasts⁠, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at ⁠patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat⁠. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on ⁠Facebook⁠. Our logo comes from ⁠Michelle Parkos⁠, and our theme music comes from ⁠Paco⁠.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, in lieu of a normal episode (though this week it's a twofer as we were late. Sorry!), Ryan and Chris have decided to bring their most recent Patreon episode from behind the paywall to make up for the lack of new main feed content. With Chris on vacation and Ryan having welcomed a new life into the world, we've been a bit busy. This is our episode about all six of George A. Romero's "Dead" films, and if you like what you hear, kick us some pocket change at Patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Only $1 to subscribe, and you get an episode like this every other week. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on ⁠Apple Podcasts,⁠ ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Stitcher⁠, ⁠iHeartRadio⁠, ⁠Google Podcasts⁠, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at ⁠patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat⁠. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on ⁠Facebook⁠. Our logo comes from ⁠Michelle Parkos⁠, and our theme music comes from ⁠Paco⁠.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris discuss three grisly, horror-tinged procedurals that all mine their influence (some more shameless than others) from the success of David Fincher's 1995 iconic "Se7en." We start with "Saw" from 2004, since the franchise is back in the conversation with the release of the (surprisingly well-received) tenth entry last month, and talk about how the film managed to be a trendsetter in its own right, for better or worse. Then, we move into 2009's bonkers "Law Abiding Citizen," which certainly apes "Se7en" (as well as "Death Wish," "The Dark Knight," and many others), but does its own thing in regards to the social commentary regarding the justice system (even if you don't buy a cent of it). Finally, we move into the most egregious - and hilariously entertaining - "Se7en" clone with 1999's shot-in-Canada "Resurrection," which sees Christopher Lambert in the Sommerset role, and it goes about as well as you can imagine. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into three films in a niche subgenre of horror (or horror-adjacent) films in which a soldier returns home, though are not who they claim they are. We start with Adam Wingard's contemporary cult-classic "The Guest" from 2014, a film that both wears its genre pastiche on its sleeve and elevates it above being a string of references with an assured tone, excellent performances, a banger soundtrack, and a palpable sense of loss. Then, we move into a bonkers VHS oddity from 1992 with "The Divine Enforcer," a incredibad experience in which the two top-billed actors (Erik Estrada and Jan-Michael Vincent) never get up from their chairs. Finally, we move into Bob Clark's second feature with 1974's "Deathdream" aka "Dead of Night," that at times feels like a Made for TV drama, but a damn good, eerie one. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three high-profile critical and commercial disasters (at the time of their respective releases) by notable filmmakers that have gone on to garner critical re-appraisal in the last decade or more. We start with 1995's "Showgirls," Paul Verhoeven's great American showbiz satire that garnered notoriety upon its release for being the first wide release NC-17 film. It was not perceived as the masterpiece it is at the time, but in the years since, viewers have quickly caught on. Then, we move into 2006's "Southland Tales," Richard Kelly's anticipated-at-the-time follow-up to "Donnie Darko." The film is packed with ideas and is rightfully angry at the sociopolitical climate circa 2006 (and has become somewhat prophetic), but none of them cohere in a satisfying way (at least to us, but it's got its fans). Finally, we move into David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of "Dune," a film that Lynch has disowned entirely but has a ton of merit, most specifically the rockin' Toto score, the Carlo Rambaldi effects, beautiful big sets and locales, and some of that Lynchian trademark absurdism that wasn't sanded off entirely. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into three films that feature two franchises with storied histories coming together for an all-out brawl. We start with 2003's "Freddy vs. Jason" for its 20th Anniversary. Both of us our big fans of each respective franchise, so we examine the long, hard road that led to this film and if it was worth the effort. Then, we move into 2004's "AVP: Alien vs. Predator," a film that is not as bad as you remember but still not successful, specifically in regards to the titular fight. Finally, we go all the way back to 1962 to discuss "King Kong vs. Godzilla," a total oddball in both of those series, yet holds a ton of charm. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris celebrate their 100th full GBW episode with three films centered around the U.S. Bicentennial of 1976. Same as it ever was, our country is facing tumultuous times, and we look at our past to find out how we've gotten here and where we're headed. We start with Robert Altman's 1975 masterpiece "Nashville," the intersection between celebrity and politics (also ever-prescient), and the nonstop hilarity and sadness in one of the greatest American films ever made. Then, it just so happens for our 100th that we have an "Oops, All Bangers" episode as disaster movie spoof "The Big Bus" from 1976 - while scattershot - turned out to be a ton of fun. Finally, also from 1976, we sing our praises about the sh*tkicker brawler that is surprisingly thoughtful, "Vigilante Force." You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Thank you all for taking this journey with us through 100 episodes (and 300 movies), and cheers to 100 more!

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into three horror films that all involve a summer vacation that goes south very quickly. We start on a high note with one of the greatest horror films of all-time (arguably *the* greatest), Tobe Hooper's 1974 masterwork, "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre." Not much else can be said that hasn't been, only that we argue that it's that rare film that each time feels like the first time. Then, we pivot into 2003's "Wrong Turn," a film that has its fans, but we're not among them, and find little to grasp onto outside of the Stan Winston effects. Finally, we go back to the '70s with 1979's bonkers-yet-effective "Tourist Trap." You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris discuss three sci-fi hybrid films that all have a different merging genre (horror, thriller, and action, respectively), but all involve mental and bodily hijacking. We start with "Possessor," the 2020 breakout film from Brandon Cronenberg (son of David) that is a phenomenal sensory experience that is both straightforward yet incredibly dense (and bleak). Then, we move into a movie that isn't straightforward or phenomenal in "Hypnotic;" a brand-new, 2023 release starring Ben Affleck and directed by Robert Rodriguez that limped into theaters and few (including Chris until two weeks ago) have heard of. Finally, we revisit Neveldine/Taylor's maligned-at-the-time "Gamer" from 2009, and while not perfect, we both agree that the film has aged incredibly well. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan take a trip up to Amity and dive into the three oft-maligned "Jaws" sequels. We start with 1978's "Jaws 2," which at least tries to maintain some of the goodwill and craft from the original film. Then, we move into 1982's "Jaws 3-D," which maintains none of the craft of the original, but gets points for doing something completely different. Finally, we discuss 1987's "Jaws: The Revenge," one of the most baffling horror sequels ever. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three action-thrillers that revolve around surfing culture and serious consequences. We start with the 1991 Kathryn Bigelow masterpiece "Point Break" and break down why it's one of the most subversive action films ever made. Then, we move into the low point of Troma's oeuvre with 1987's "Surf Nazis Must Die," a movie where nothing happens and the characters are miserable yet it somehow runs for 80 minutes. Finally, we move into 1989 oddball "Red Surf," starring a young George Clooney, that is great from a casting perspective but a bit uneven in the script department. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three slasher films that revolve around the setting of a movie theater or stage theatre. We start with 1987's "Stage Fright," a gnarly Italian slasher from Dario Argento protégé Michele Soavi that continuously up's the ante, keeps you guessing, and uses its setting to its advantage. A film that does not use its setting to its advantage is 1984's "Blood Theatre," an amateurish horror/comedy from Rick Sloane ("Hobgoblins") that's light on horror and even lighter on laughs. Finally, we pivot back to Argento (who produced and co-wrote) and Michele Soavi (who directed "additional scenes") with Lamberto Bava's 1985 film "Demons," which keeps the goopy gore and Claudio Simonetti score pumping but makes almost no sense narratively. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three exhaustive, polarizing, auteurist satires about the heart of America, American pop culture, and American media. We start with Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers" from 2013, which one of us named as their #1 film of the 2010's and believes it's a stone-cold masterpiece in the way it depicts a generation callously raised on popular culture. Then, we move into Terry Gilliam's 1998 now-cult-classic "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," a film that has fun in fits and starts and two firecracker leads, but its point is muddied and is ultimately more numbing than exhilarating. Finally, we move into Oliver Stone's 1994 no-holds-barred media satire "Natural Born Killers," a film that is undeniably bold, superbly acted, yet deeply scattershot. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, in honor of "Evil Dead Rise" (currently in theaters and available for rent or purchase on PVOD), Chris and Ryan dive into three cabin-bound creature features inspired by Sam Raimi's original masterwork. We start with 1988's "Pumpkinhead" from the late VFX maestro Stan Winston. While the story wobbles a bit in the back half, it has an impenetrable atmosphere, genuine sorrow, beautiful cinematography, a stellar creature, and a great lead turn from Lance Henriksen. Then, we move into a 2017 piece of DTV junk called "Creature Cabin" aka "Tarnation." It's no fun knocking on a no-budget film, but we argue that in the realm of "Evil Dead" knock-offs that it misses the mark entirely. Finally, we discuss the adorable 1995 Troma flick "Frostbiter: Wrath of the Windigo" which, like previous GBW "What?" film "Winterbeast," was shot over multiple years, has amazing stop-motion creatures, and just got a new Blu-ray release courtesy of Vinegar Syndrome. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, in honor of “Peter Pan & Wendy” (now on Disney+), Ryan and Chris dive into the realm of live-action Disney remakes. We start with 2016’s “Pete’s Dragon” from “Peter Pan & Wendy” director David Lowery; a tender, Spielbergian retelling of the not-so-well-received 1977 original that is unbothered, unhurried, and beautifully told. Then, we move into perhaps the most cynical of these retreads with 2019’s “The Lion King.” What Jon Favreau and the VFX team pull off is undeniably impressive, but from a creative standpoint, it’s as bankrupt as they come. Finally, also from 2019, we discuss Tim Burton’s retelling of “Dumbo,” which while not entirely successful, is a Trojan horse about the Disney/Fox merger and contains a flicker of that old Burton subversiveness that we all remember fondly. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into three vampire films - all different in tone and approach - that are each directed by beloved auteur horror filmmakers. We start with George A. Romero's long-inaccessible "Martin" from 1976, which just received a new 4K UHD release from Second Sight. The disc is gorgeous, but the film itself, we argue, is the antithesis of what people expect of a vampire film and is more of a bleak character study. And it's incredible. Then, we move into "Vampires" from 1998 from Master of Horror John Carpenter. We have some nice things to say about it, particularly the look, the western vibes, Carpenter's score, and the makeup and VFX, but we knock the core casting as well as the pacing. Finally, we move into a fascinating mess with 1995's "Vampire in Brooklyn," the last Eddie Murphy feature under his Paramount contract and directed by Wes Craven. Craven's sensibilities are present, and so are Murphy's, but do they mesh well? You'll have to listen to find out. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Timecode: 0:00-52:01: "Martin" 52:02-1:26:21: "Vampires" 1:26:22-2:05:34: "Vampire in Brooklyn"

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three films of varying tones, but all revolve around an opportunity to make a wish, but with deadly consequences. We start with 1999 Hong Kong oddity “Erotic Nightmare,” recently released in a new box set courtesy of Vinegar Syndrome. It’s a bizarre mix of softcore and horror, but it largely works. Then, we move into 2017’s enjoyable disaster “Wish Upon,” that attempts to be the PG-13 teen movie version of this kind of formula (with a little “Final Destination” thrown in) and fails spectacularly. Finally, we discuss Richard Kelly’s 2009 Richard Matheson adaptation, “The Box,” which has a lot of merit but doesn’t quite come together.You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.Timecode: 0:00-35:44: "Erotic Nightmare" 35:44-1:14:45: "Wish Upon" 1:14:45-1:59:46: "The Box"

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into a trio of indie sci-fi films that all factor in a time loop element. We start with 2013's "Coherence," certainly one of the more unique films in this subgenre, though the hosts have a bit of a disagreement on the film itself. Continuing the disagreements, they move into "Triangle" from 2009, in which one of us thinks it doesn't use its time loop element to its full potential, and the other was able to roll with it in its raw horror/thriller genre elements. Finally, we move into 2007's "Timecrimes," where we finally find some common ground in praising its minimal, lo-fi approach, beautiful cinematography, and sturdy performances. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Timecode: 0:00-36:40: “Coherence” 36:40-01:11:53: “Triangle” 01:11:53-01:54:16: “Timecrimes”

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three spoof comedies that each tackle a niche genre of filmmaking. We start with 2009's laugh-a-minute "Black Dynamite;" a loving tribute to the blaxploitation genre as well as the best spoof since the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker days. And like "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun," we argue that the gags are so well-constructed that it's still funny even if you have no familiarity with the blaxploitation genre (but it's even funnier if you do). Then, we move into David Gordon Green's infamous 2011 stoner "sword and sorcery" bomb "Your Highness;" a film that admittedly mimics the genre lovingly and knowledgeably, but has no real, what are they called? *Checks notes* Oh yeah, jokes. Finally, we discuss the 2014 microbudget Canadian giallo spoof "The Editor" from Astron-6, which is dead-bang accurate with its skewering of Italian horror films... but likely will only be funny to those with genre familiarity.   You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Timecode: 0:00-7:10: Intro 7:10-37:19: Black Dynamite 37:19-1:05:06: Your Highness 1:05:06-01:48:35: The Editor

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, in honor of the release of "Cocaine Bear," Chris and Ryan dive into three films about killer bears. Before the traditional GBW structure, we start with a mini-review of "Cocaine Bear." Then, we move into 1997's "The Edge," the David Mamet-penned "men vs. nature" turned "man vs. man" thriller that's gripping, has great set pieces with the late Bart the Bear, and is a better treaty on class than a lot of its contemporaries like "The Menu" or "Triangle of Sadness." Then, we move into blatant "Jaws" knockoff "Grizzly" from 1976, which sports some terrific gore and bear attack sequences, and a not-so-terrific *gestures broadly at everything.* Finally, we move into what is most likely an alien transmission from outer space with 1977's "Claws." You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. 0:00-15:37: “Cocaine Bear” Review 15:37-57:22: “The Edge” 57:22-1:27:17: “Grizzly” 1:27:17-End: “Claws”

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into three mind-bending sci-fi films from the '90s that all reside on the stepping stone to 1999's groundbreaking "The Matrix." We start with Alex Proyas' 1998 dystopian flick "Dark City," which was shot on the same soundstage as "The Matrix" (which reused some of this film's sets), and is a film that some people prefer to the Wachowski's film. We make a case to praise the film on its own terms, to which there are many things to praise, and argue that no film ripped off the other; just a case of parallel thinking. Then, we move into 1995's "Virtuosity," directed by Brett Leonard of "The Lawnmower Man" fame and starring Denzel Washington, an off-the-chain Russell Crowe, and a slew of character actors. While the film has some high points, we argue that it's not as fun or as inventive as it could be, given the premise. However, what is as fun and as inventive as it could be is the peak of PM Entertainment, 1995's "Hologram Man," to which the two of us gush endlessly about. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, as the NFL season winds to a close after the Chiefs narrowly defeated the Eagles in the Super Bowl, Ryan and Chris dive into three different detective films that involve football in some way, whether directly or indirectly. We start with Arthur Penn's vastly underrated 1975 gem "Night Moves," in which Gene Hackman plays an ex-Oakland Raider turned private eye. The melancholy, tight screenplay, and God-tier Hackman performance make it essential viewing. Then, we do a 180 in tone with 1994's "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," yet sports baseline similarities (gumshoe detective, Florida locales, football). Neither Ryan or Chris grew up with this film, so there is no rose-tinted glasses in discussing the film that put Jim Carrey on the map. Finally, we discuss a film that has no football in the plot, but stars former Seattle Seahawks linebacker Brian Bosworth, which is 1991's bluntly-stupid and glorious "Stone Cold." You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan return to the well of holiday-themed slasher movies with a trio of Valentine's Day carnage that's sure to rip your heart out! First, we discuss 1981's "My Bloody Valentine," which came out just under a year after "Friday the 13th" hit paydirt (also distributed by Paramount), yet is superior in every conceivable way. After gushing over the 1981 classic, we go more contemporary with 2001's "Valentine," a film that the two of us are split on (one of us surprisingly went for this retrograde slasher that seems like it's going to be another SCREAM knockoff, but isn't). Then, we do our best to make heads or tails of the 1982 Cannon Films, Playboy Playmate Barbi Benton-starring bizzaro slasher "X-Ray" aka "Hospital Massacre." You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into a trio of adaptations of popular '80s Saturday morning cartoon shows. First, we start with 2016's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows," which is probably the most accurate adaptation of the popular cartoon, and is the second-best TMNT film since the 1990 original. It's unfortunate that its box office haul paid for the sins of its nearly-unwatchable 2014 predecessor. Then, speaking of nearly-unwatchable, we move into 1999's "Inspector Gadget," a film plagued with a long pre-production history, poor test screenings, a hacked-to-the-bone final edit, and the result is a weak adaptation that's too juvenile for adults but too adult for children and therefore is a movie for no one. Finally, we talk about 2021's massive bomb "Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins," which has a frustrating approach to shooting the action, but is the best of the three live-action "G.I. Joe" films, largely because it attempts to be its own thing. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into a set of films where the protagonist(s) must make a potentially life-threatening delivery underneath a ticking clock. We start with William Friedkin's 1977 masterwork "Sorcerer," a film labeled as a disaster in its time but has sense been re-appraised as one of Friedkin's best works (which we heartily agree with). Then, while we acknowledge it's an apples-and-oranges comparison in tone, it still doesn't offset the fact that 2011's would-be dark comedy "30 Minutes or Less" is light on thrills, laughs, and uses a real-life true crime case rather distastefully as its launching point. Finally, we discuss 2012's earnest-but-goofy high-stakes bike courier thriller, "Premium Rush." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris take a look at sci-fi noirs, a perfect peanut-butter-and-chocolate genre blend when done right. We start with one of the best to do it, which is Paul Verhoeven's bold, bloody classic, 1990's "Total Recall." Yes, it is an action-adventure as well, but the mind games, world-building, and sleuthing make it a contender, and we gush endlessly about it. Then, we move into 2021's "Reminiscence," which has a great concept that's unfortunately squandered and ends up feeling like a long TV pilot (fitting that the film comes from the creators of HBO's "Westworld"). Finally, we discuss a movie that is out-of-this-world - both literally and figuratively - in 1989's oddball "Alien Private Eye." This movie has everything: sci-fi, mystery, ambition, dancing, drugs, bad Peter Lorre impersonators, and more! You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive back into their mutually-favorite subject in Nicolas Cage for the third iteration of "Cage Match." In this edition, we discuss films that hinge on the famous Nicolas Cage "freakout" moment. We start with Panos Cosmatos' 2018 doom metal mood piece "Mandy," with both hosts noting that it was one of their respective favorite moviegoing experiences, specifically for the "freakout" moment, which showcases some of the best acting of Cage's career. That and it's just one beautiful, brutal picture. Then, we move into the 2021 stinker "Willy's Wonderland," which clearly never made it past the cocktail napkin pitch of "A mute Nicolas Cage fights animatronics." Finally, we move into what was perhaps the start of the meme-ification of Nicolas Cage, which is Neil LaBute's 2006 remake of "The Wicker Man." While neither of us will go to bat for the film as being a misunderstand gem, we both agree there's at least a bit more going on than just the infamous "NOT THE BEES!" tirade. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, to ring in the New Year, Chris and Ryan dive into three New Year's horror films, rounding out our tour of holiday horror films (for now). We start with 1980's "New Year's Evil," a movie with a fun premise and uses the New Year's holiday well, but has its fair share of lulls. Then, also from 1980, we discuss "Terror Train," in which the New Year's holiday is completely inconsequential and we're left with a pretty limp slasher. Finally, we discuss 1987's incomprehensibly bonkers time-warp horror film, "Bloody New Year." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, to close out the Christmas season, Ryan and Chris pivot out of the holiday horror flicks to discuss the three adaptations of Dr. Suess' beloved "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Given that all three films are based on the same source material, the episode runs shorter and is more intertwined than our traditional structure, but needless to say, the 1966 Chuck Jones classic is our launching off point, followed by the misrerabilist 2018 version from Illumination, and then finally the nightmarish-but-at-least-interesting live-action version from 2000, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey at his most manic.   You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan continue their Christmas carnage with holiday creature features. We start with the all-time classic in this arena with Joe Dante's 1984 "Gremlins." Yes, we know it's ubiquitous, but we still gush over how great it is. Then, we move into 1998's holiday-themed SOV alien invasion sequel "Feeders 2: Slay Bells" from the Polonia Brothers. We acknowledge there is some charm, but even Ryan the SOV apologist says you should skip it. Finally, we discuss the bonkers, infamous, must-be-seen-to-be-believed 1989 VHS oddity, "Elves." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris kick off the holiday season the only way they know how with three trashy Christmas-set slasher films. We start with 1984's "Don't Open Till Christmas," which just received a spectacular new Blu-ray courtesy of Vinegar Syndrome. We discuss the film's wild behind-the-scenes woes and argue that it still turns out to be a solid and surprisingly downbeat slasher. Then, we move onto 1997's "Jack Frost," a film whose VHS cover is forever burned into the brains of elder millennial video store dirtbags, but for the film itself? Not so much. Finally, we arrive at "GARBAGE DAY!" for 1987's infamous, haphazardly-constructed, yet still highly entertaining "Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan regrettably take a turn into what they believed to be films about killer turkeys for Thanksgiving, but turns out, only one of them actually fits the bill (though to be fair, one of them advertised on the poster a killer turkey and it turned out to be... something else entirely). We start with a return to Tromaville since Episode #1 with Lloyd Kaufman's 2006 anti-capitalist satire "Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead." Neither of us particularly loved the film, but was respect Kaufman's anything-goes attitude. Next, we discuss the infamous 2008 turkey flick "Thankskilling," which has garnered a reputation as being a "so bad it's good" romp, but we'd argue it's just so bad it's bad. Finally, we dive into whatever the hell 2022's "Amityville Thanksgiving" is. All we have are questions, but no answers. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three films that explore Stockholm Syndrome. We understand that this may be a tricky topic for some, so we want to acknowledge it up front. We start with Pedro Almodóvar's provocative 1990 dark comedy "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!", a tightrope of a premise that shouldn't work, yet largely does due to Almodóvar's grasp of the tone and terrific work from Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. Then, we move into a film that has the opposite of assured tone and terrific performances with Guy Ritchie's toothless 2002 remake of Lina Wertmüller's incendiary 1974 film "Swept Away." We acknowledge that the knives were probably out from critics at the time, but also concede that it deserved every bit of scrutiny it got. Finally, we end with Umberto Lenzi's 1989 direct-to-video oddity "Hitcher in the Dark." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into the weird, niche category of family-friendly Bigfoot films. We start with 1987's "Harry and the Hendersons," which doesn't quite hit the bar for an Amblin film of this ilk, but it's charming and does a lot of things right (especially Rick Baker's Oscar-winning makeup). Then, we move onto a film that is the antithesis of charming, the shrill 1997 direct-to-video nightmare that is "Little Bigfoot." Finally, we talk about the 1995 bonkers, unhinged made-for-TV movie, "To Catch a Yeti." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, as a palette cleanser to our horror-heavy October, Ryan and Chris dive into the very niche category of films that involves actors interacting with footage from older films, dubbing the footage, or both. We start with Carl Reiner's 1982 film noir spoof "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid," which sees Steve Martin assume the role of a gumshoe detective who interacts with Humphrey Bogart, Ray Milland, Bette Davis, and more from archival footage. The result is well-crafted and often very funny. Then, we move into 1993's "Hercules Returns," an Australian film in which an Italian version of Hercules is dubbed for most of the movie. A movie in which your mileage may vary on the comedy. Finally, we move into a Ryan and Chris favorite (and seemingly a favorite of many as time has been kind to the film), 2002's "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, to put a cap on this year's spooky season, Ryan and Chris catch-up with the glut of (mostly very good) new horror films that came out in September and October. The film's discussed without spoilers are "Barbarian," "Pearl," "Smile," "Terrifier 2," "Dark Glasses," "Deadstream," and "V/H/S/99," concluding with a SPOILER discussion of "Halloween Ends." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into remakes of classic horror films from the '50s and '60s. We start with Chuck Russell's 1988 version of "The Blob," which pays respectful homage to the 1958 version while carving its own path forward and is arguably a superior film to its originator. Then, we move into Gus Van Sant's 1998 shot-for-shot remake of Hitchcock's "Psycho;" a handsomely-made movie that managed to only put a single thought through our heads, and that is "...why?" Finally, we move into the very-much-made-in-2001 "Thir13en Ghosts," a loose remake of the 1960 William Castle film. Both of us were fond of this film when we were younger, but has that fondness remained or changed? Listen to find out. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, with the new version of "Hellraiser" now out on Hulu, Ryan and Chris take this time to look back on the adaptations of Clive Barker's work. We start with 1988's "Hellbound: Hellraiser II" a sequel that, while not as groundbreaking as the first film, we argue is as every bit an equal to the first film in terms of craft and genuine nightmare imagery (we also spend a little time talking about the "Hellraiser" series as a whole, including the new film). Then, we move into the 2020 iteration of "Books of Blood," a generic TV horror anthology in which only one of the segments is based on a Barker story, but it doesn't matter because the whole thing is misguided. Finally, we move into another misguided movie based on a short from Barker's Books of Blood, albeit a very fun one (and has been a long-time coming since it appears on our podcast logo): the 1986 creature-feature, "Rawhead Rex." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into the weird, wild world of shot-on-video (SOV henceforth) horror movies. While mostly cheap, trashy, and more, SOV horror films are an important stepping stone not just in the evolution of horror, but in cinema as a whole (the precursor to digital filmmaking), so we're here to dive into the dumpster and pay our respects! First off is the OG SOV horror, 1982's "Boardinghouse." The film is also the only one to be blown up to 35mm and shown theatrically, and the experience is a sight to behold. Then, we move into the first SOV horror film made for the VHS market, 1983's "Sledgehammer." The late David A. Prior would go on to have a successful low-budget career after this, and we know the film is beloved in video dirtbag circles, but it's just too dull for our tastes (or lack thereof). Finally, we swing into the extreme German underground anthology flick, 1992's "The Burning Moon," with some of the most disturbing, yet charming homemade gore effects you will ever see! If you want a great primer on the world of SOV flicks, check out Bleeding Skull's list of the 50 Best SOV Films (which includes the three films we discuss on this episode). You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris' brief hiatus comes to a close sooner than expected, and also with that begins our trek into Spooky Season! (Yes, we know it's technically still September, but whatever!) With our first in a string of horror-themed episode, we dive into post-Romero zombie films, films that specifically came in the wake of the massive success of 1968's watershed film "Night of the Living Dead" (and one from 1978's "Dawn of the Dead). We begin with 1974's "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" or most commonly known in the states as "The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue." We discuss the film's ominous tone and general uniqueness in the zombie sub-genre, which is rare. Then, we move into 1988's "FleshEater: Revenge of the Living Dead," which was directed by Bill Hinzman, the lead zombie from "Night of the Living Dead," in this "spiritual sequel" meets "weird Pennsylvanian regional horror" mash-up (one of us liked this and the other not as much). Finally, we move into one of the most iconic zombie movies outside of Romero's films: Lucio Fulci's "Zombie" aka "Zombi 2" aka "Zombie Flesh Eaters." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into contemporary musical adaptations, as the last few years has seen the Golden Age of Hollywood favorite come roaring back, due to the combined success of 2016's Oscar-winning "La La Land" and Broadway smash "Hamilton." We start with Steven Spielberg's incendiary adaptation of "West Side Story," that was one of 2021's best films, Spielberg's best film since the mid-2000's, and finds freshness in a story that's well-worn at this point. Then, we swing into one of 2021's worst films, the adaptation of another Broadway smash, "Dear Evan Hansen," a movie that is earnest to a fault, shamelessly manipulative, and worst of all, has terrible musical numbers. Finally, we move into a film that's also probably objectively bad, but one of us has a bizarre affinity for, Tom Hooper's 2019 nightmarish adaptation of "Cats." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, as the 2022 Summer Movie Season comes to a close and we have one more episode before we take most of September off for life and work obligations, Ryan and Chris look back on the summer season, talk a little bit about the state of the industry, and go in-depth (but non-spoiler-y) on the movies they both saw, including "RRR," "The Bob's Burgers Movie," "Crimes of the Future," "The Black Phone," "Lightyear," "Prey," and "Nope," as well as a couple movies that just Ryan saw, including "Jurassic World Dominion," "Elvis," "The Princess," "Marcel the Shell With Shoes On," "Thor: Love & Thunder," "Bodies Bodies Bodies," and "Orphan: First Kill." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan put on a nu metal album and travel back to the early 2000s to discuss movies that were inspired by the runaway success of "The Matrix." First, we start with 2001's "The One," a high-concept martial arts extravaganza that's silly but highly entertaining. Then, we move into the infamous 2002 box office bomb "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever," a film that maybe isn't quite as bad as its reputation, but no "secret success" either. Finally, we move onto 2002's "Equilibrium," a movie whose creative spearhead has a spotty history of quality filmmaking, which plays into just how much better this film is than it has any right to be. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive back into the world of regional horror films, specifically with three California-set, not-LA-based trashy slashers. We start with 1983's "The Prey," which finds our hosts overall divided on this regional oddity with a strange production history, but both agree it's more ambitious in what it's trying to do than most slashers of its ilk. Then, they move into the high-body-count, yet strangely boring "The Freeway Maniac," a VHS dirtbag flick from 1989, before ending with another flick from 1989, albeit one that is much more fun, "Memorial Valley Massacre." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, to coincide with the recent release of Jordan Peele's "Nope" (now out in theaters), Chris and Ryan look at three tales of alien abduction, specifically ones that are based on what are claimed to be "real events." We start with 1993's "Fire in the Sky," a film that gets a lot of mileage out of a nuanced Robert Patrick performance and one of those most terrifying depictions of an alien abduction ever committed to film. Then, we move into 2009's "The Fourth Kind," an admittedly fascinating experiment in regards to its structure and presentation, but squanders it at every turn. Finally, we end with 1989's "Communion," a film that in its bones tries to mimic the family drama of Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," and is hugely unsuccessful, but makes up for it with a totally committed and unhinged Christopher Walken performance. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.