Post-apocalyptic worlds are often scary, dangerous, and wild places. But what if you could visit a post-apocalypse that took place entirely in a verdant Canadian park? Why, then you'd have poutine, all-dressed chips, and this week's movie! Join Tom and Ryan as they chat about a polite and gentle end-times, review the effectiveness of cloning, and take a long look at the commodification of women in our review of Survival Earth!
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0:03:38 - Background
0:15:35 - Film Summary
0:38:38 - The Good
0:42:35 - The Bad
0:53:10 - The Ugly
1:03:30 - Improvements
Polar Vortex have you on ice? Need to warm up a little? Then come to the island where the temperature's hot and the aliens are gloopy! Join Tom and Ryan as they review a strange little 60s sci-fi horror film with some of the biggest names in British acting! Along the way we'll discuss infidelity, solving problems by blowing them up, and, of course, radioactive cauliflower. Things are heating up as we review Island of the Burning Damned!
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0:04:15 - Background
0:30:45 - Film Summary
0:56:00 - The Good
1:03:32 - The Bad
1:11:55 - The Ugly
1:23:28 - Improvements
Cryogenic freezing has been a sci-fi staple for a while, and it's easy to see why. Someone from our time is frozen and wakes up in the distant future of...one day later. And that's about all that happens in the 60s soap opera snoozer dressed up like a sci-fi film! Join Tom and Ryan as they watch scientific lectures, forget about the bullet in the chamber, and make a series of temperature-based puns! This isn't just Netflix and chill, this is Frozen Alive!
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0:04:55 - Background
0:21:05 - Film Summary
0:45:40 - The Good
1:00:44 - The Bad
1:16:35 - The Ugly
1:26:05 - Improvements
An icy tundra. A horrible monster. Paranoia and fraying relationships. No, it's not The Thing, no matter how much we wish it was! A giant beast is prowling the Swedish hills, and no one knows how to stop it. Tom and Ryan watch as the film wanders from genre to genre; in the meantime, they discuss American re-cuts, filming a twenty-foot-tall monster, fake Frank Sinatra, and the absence of John Carradine. It's our review of Terror in the Midnight Sun!
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0:03:50 - Background
0:19:25 - Film Summary
0:36:15 - The Good
0:47:35 - The Bad
0:57:30 - The Ugly
1:08:55 - Improvements
There are a small handful of B movies that can claim a real cult following and true cinematic infamy. Perhaps the greatest and worst of all of these is none other than Plan 9 From Outer Space. Join Tom and Ryan as they discuss one of the most famously terrible movies of all time for their special 50th episode! You'll hear all about the future, the tragic end of Ed Wood, the future, beating off aliens, and the future! All this and more in our review of Plan 9 From Outer Space!
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0:03:10 - Background
0:38:25 - Film Summary
1:08:25 - The Good
1:12:10 - The Bad
1:28:06 - The Ugly
1:32:04 - Improvements
Four scientists have crash on Mars and have to survive the barren alien landscape, but if you come to this film expecting The Martian, just click your heels three times and go home! We watch this plodding movie where nothing happens while discussing why nothing happens; we also talk about Martian lectures, a cabal of vending machine operators, and the use of this film as a safe, non-addictive sleeping aid. There's no place like home, and there truly is no movie quite like The Wizard of Mars!
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0:04:35 - Film Summary
0:13:20 - Background
0:28:23 - The Good & The Bad (Mostly the Bad)
0:46:35 - The Ugly
1:05:30 - Improvements
Adorable, furry parasites from parts unknown are out to conquer the human race via mind control, and Tom and Ryan have to watch this poorly-plotted piece of sci-fi dreck to find out how to stop them! Along the way they discover a missing group of scientists, find out how to make monsters out of pipe cleaners, and uncover a role played by a future titan of science fiction cinema. You don't need to spend forever searching for clues; just listen to our review of The Brain Eaters!
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0:03:23 - Film Summary
0:31:05 - Background
0:51:58 - The Good
0:59:18 - The Bad
1:11:52 - The Ugly
1:27:10 - Improvements
Buck Rogers in the 25th century! If that's a phrase you recognize, then you're the target market for this 1953 recut of a bunch of 1930s sci-fi serials. Join Tom and Ryan as they watch Olympians, ponder round-trip flights to Saturn, and encounter the person who may be the most prolific actor in the history of Hollywood! So put down that Encyclopedia of Dirigible Accidents and enjoy this review of Planet Outlaws!
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0:05:00 - Film Summary
0:21:35 - Background
0:43:20 - The Good
0:49:30 - The Bad
1:00:05 - The Ugly
1:16:20 - Improving the Film
When women a group of women are irradiated and have their DNA mixed with that of bees, what is it that they want? Apparently the answer is lots of sex! Join Tom and Ryan as they are subjected to a terrible softcore sci-fi film that prompts discussions about press conferences, bad lighting, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Try as you might, you won't soon forget Invasion of the Bee Girls!
Episode Time Stamps:
0:03:39 - Plot Summary
0:33:35 - Background
0:55:05 - The Good
0:59:13 - The Bad
1:09:10 - The Ugly
1:31:03 - Improvements
What do you do when a monster from space is threatening Japan? Why, you send in Tom, Ryan, and the most adorable kaiju you can find to take care of it! We review this family-friendly, super 70s Japanese monster film, and along the way get into discussions about theme songs, marvel at the artistic might of Toho, and put on our worst Boston accentsfor a boardroom presentation. Ride along with us on our exploding aerobikes as we review Daigoro vs Goliath!
Episode Time Stamps
0:03:00 - Film Summary
0:34:05 - Film Background
0:47:46 - The Good
0:51:58 - The Bad
0:58:20 - The Ugly
1:07:42 - Improving the Film
Science tells us that Venus's idyllic oceans are practically littered with blonde women and dinosaurs! Join Tom, Ryan, and special guest Claudia as they watch rockets blast off, drag rubbery pterodactyls around a beach, and use their robot John to dig deep into the volcano of masculine fantasy that is Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women.
Episode Time Stamps:
0:03:13 - Film Summary
0:13:48 - Film Background
0:21:43 - The Good
0:33:04 - The Bad
0:43:25 - The Ugly
1:02:54 - Improving the Film
Everything's bigger in Texas, especially the gila monsters! We try not to get eaten, tune up our hot rods, and drive around with bottles of nitroglycerin. And of course we never want to forget to strum our toy guitars and laugh, children, laugh. Laughing's important, isn't it?
Episode Time Stamps:
0:02:39 - Film Summary
0:37:48 - Film Background
0:49:24 - The Good
0:57:27 - The Bad
1:05:20 - The Ugly
1:14:52 - Improving the Film