Caustic Content

This week, Steve trudges through familiar trash territory by going to the Sasquatch well once again with Bigfoot: The Conspiracy. Miros looks to deal a season two death blow by countering with The 90 Day Rule; a shot-on-a-cell-phone, Atlanta-based rom com. Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Two titans of Hollywood square off when Miros pits a late-career, trashy no-budget Ted V. Mikels film (Astro Zombies: M3 - Cloned) against Steve's choice, the slick Hollywood magical realism mindfuck from Stuart Paul: Deadly Lessons. Plus, for the first time in Caustic Content history, we watch a film featuring an Oscar award winning actor. Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Just when we think we've found rock bottom, we find a way to dig deeper and unearth the most abhorrent trash cinema buried in the bowels of the internet. This week, Steve forces everyone to watch a deranged, three-hour, one-man show that lands somewhere between shitty Tom Clancy novel and lunatic/conspiracy theory YouTube rant. Miros counters with what we can only assume is a CIA PsyOp. Or maybe it's just an hour-long video of a couple of Ukrainian guys banging toy dinosaurs together and mumbling. Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Caustic Content wades into uncharted territory, abandoning our usual trash films this week in favor of the worst streaming stand-up comedy we could dredge up. Steve goes to bat for the self-proclaimed "Queen of Clean" Chonda Pierce and Miros counters with low-rent shock comic, Donzilla. Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

COVID-19 cinema has officially established itself as its own genre, flooding various streaming services with extended Zoom calls sprinkled with bits of stock footage. And, as everyone knows, you can only make a film during the coronavirus pandemic if it's about a global pandemic. What else is there in the world? This week, we're pitting two Covid flicks against each other. For the first time in Caustic Content history, Steve chooses a direct sequel to a film he's never seen (Save Rosemary Too) and begs the question, "What if Orphan Black was completely unwatchable?" Miros counters with the only Covid-inspired faux-documentary that dares to dream of a world run by the Yang Gang (SARS-29). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

This week, Steve channels the power of THE TROOPS and tries to stop his unprecedented losing streak with A Warm Wind, a heartwarming tale about how we all need to believe that the Iraq War kicked ass. Miros counters with Sex, Drugs, and Nasty Nell's; The only movie that dares to ask "What happens when you get a half dozen porn stars, two aging pickup artists, and a few Sunset strip burnouts and then film them without a script?" Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Maybe patience is rewarded, or maybe a broken clock is just right twice a day. Either way, Caustic Content may have unintentionally stumbled onto a pair of completely fine examples of microbudget independent cinema. Or maybe they're still shit. It's impossible to tell what's actually good anymore. This week Steve heads back to the show's old standby (cheaply made midwestern horror) with the Wisconsin Northwoods slasher, Attack of the Tattie-Bogle. Miros counters with a Canadian puppet-driven interspecies rom com, Divorcee at Large. Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

In the spirit of podcast variety and keeping our brains from melting out of our skulls, we've temporarily banned films from Amazon Prime Video. Both Steve and Miros found refuge in trash cinema from Tubi, a free streaming service that breaks up your film-watching experience commercials so you can take a moment to think about the choices you've made. This week, Steve chose Sex Pot (2009), a self-proclaimed comedy and our first film from the legendary film distributor, The Asylum. Miros counters with the ultra-high contrast sci-fi/horror/action/exploitation head-scratcher, Powerplegic (2013). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

This week, the magic of animation comes to Caustic Content. Join us for a head-to-head battle between a deranged CGI nightmare (Wizard So So) and what we can only assume is a cult recruitment tool created in PowerPoint (The First Armageddon). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Can we get any lower than rock bottom? Sure, why not. This week we pit a self-proclaimed INTERACTIVE court drama (We the Jury) against a "documentary" about a meth addict grotesquely eating french fries at a local McDonalds (Nutty's Cheeseburger & A Nap). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

This week, a christian psychological thriller made for $20 in an abandoned house (The Curse of Eve) tries to beat out a hyper-conservative "comedy" from a humorless narcissist (Zidane Adams: The Black Blogger). Arguably the worst double feature we've covered! Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

In our first short film showdown, we pit the Christian megachurch answer to Joker (Infidel) against the wild pseudo-horror/thriller with the greatest soundtrack in Caustic Content history (Rivershine). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

We've watched films full of copyright infringement that seemed like they were made by children, but this is the first time we've watched one that was ACTUALLY made by children. This week it's going head-to-head against first-time filmmaker Jo Blanco's distinctly Floridian take on a Voodoo love story edited with a rusty hacksaw. Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Renowned arbitrator Stephen Kohlmann returns to cast the deciding vote in the battle of a maybe Christian, maybe vampire film (Blood Type: Unknown) against no-budget vaporware Constantine (Despiser). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

What's that? Christmas was last week? Sounds like someone could use a little booster shot of holiday cheer. We're kicking off season 2 of Caustic Content with a ferocious battle between a Z-grade morality tale (Christmas Tears) and a cut-and-paste cinematic Frankenstein (A Wrestling Christmas Miracle). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

It's the FINAL episode of Caustic Content Season 1. Steve and Miros are all tied up heading into the finale, so it comes down to a ferocious battle between a clown horror standup special, The Tales of Strango the Clown (2020), and the pulpy melodrama of Vanished (2014). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

This week, it's the boobs, blood, and butthole of Strip Club Slasher (2010) up against the fucked up British Shrek, Fungus the Bogeyman (2006). Will an ugly adaptation of a classic children's book topple a charmless rural strip club horror romp? Or will we just finally break the will of one of our co-hosts? Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Caustic Content returns with an international horror throwdown. This week, it's the ultra-low budget regional shocker from upstate New York, Return to Clark County (2019), against the proudly (and politely) Canadian possession film, The Ghost Knows (2017). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Stephen Kohlmann makes his triumphant return to Caustic Content to cast the deciding vote in a battle between an animated sci-fi abomination, The Misty Green Sky, and a northwestern Wisconsin no-budget slasher, This Book is Cursed. Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Stephen Kohlmann is vacationing deep in the northwoods of Wisconsin, so this week we're abandoning the usual format to celebrate the movies of the prolific, no-budget, christian filmmaker, Doug Phillips. We're covering a trio of classics: Remake (2012), Journey to the Docile Pink Planet (2018), and Weightier Matters (2019). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Special guest Jack Eason joins Steve and Miros to cast the deciding vote in a battle of garbage titans. This week, a questionably Christian riff on I Am Sam (The Open Door) goes head-to-head with the latest film from Z-grade gutter auteur, Mark Polonia (Amityville Island). Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine Support this podcast

Miros and Steve are joined by Stephen Kohlmann to answer the burning question of whether Aliens: Zone-X, a high concept/no budget indie sci-fi slog is better than a rom-com featuring flip phone puke footage (The University Player). A true clash between cinematic titans! Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930) Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine (https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine) Support this podcast

Can you hear that sound? It's the sweet, dulcet tones of the shofar echoing around the world. It can only mean one thing: Steve and Miros, with special guest Colin Tanner, have watched the 2018 christian pseudo-docudrama propaganda film, The Trump Prophecy. While a psychotic QAnon Triumph of the Will might seem impossible to beat, The Trump Prophecy is facing stiff competition this week from Confessions of a Producer. It's probably the only single room sci-fi Sasquatch rom com released in 2020, and that has to count for something. Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930) Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine (https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine) Support this podcast

Max from http://www.goodbrewsbadviews.com/ (Good Brews Bad Views) joins Steve and Miros in a trash film slugfest between the faith-based Road 2 Damascus and the no-budget slasher, Evil Has a Grin. Rate and review Caustic Content on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caustic-content/id1521499930) Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine (https://www.patreon.com/optimismvaccine) Support this podcast

Caustic Content swerves into unknown territory with a special episode stipulation: Each film must have a well known (or well known-ish) actor. This week, master thespian and leading man in Iron Soldier, Joe Estevez, takes on the star-studded cast of Show Dogs. One film is terminally Canadian the other might be an indoctrination film for a secret Jeffrey Epstein Hollywood sex cabal. Tune in to find out which is which! Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

This week Terror at Blood Fart Lake from seasoned trash auteur Chris Seaver goes head-to-head against first time director James Travers’ no budget, CGI-heavy, waking nightmare—The Omnipotence of Dreams. Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

Caustic Content returns with a classic animal themed episode. This week, we’re pitting the sub-Disney Channel dancing dog flick, Doggie B, against the surreal monkey assassin mockumentary, Chop Chop Chang: Operation CHIMP. Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

Steve tries to melt Miros’ brain with a zero budget dark superhero comedy. Miros counters with one of the greatest faith-based films ever: Doug Phillip’s Not Quite Lyin’ Eyes. Well, at the very least, it’s the best faith-based film featuring underage prostitutes and sexy indoor fireworks. Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

Who needs Boyz n the Hood when you’ve got several boys in The Park? Steve brings this new gang life morality tale from Richard Givens to face off against a classic from everyone’s favorite no-budget sub-genre—People in a small space doing absolutely nothing. This time, it’s Larry Rosen’s horror thriller The Last Apartment Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

Mountain Devil, a faux-documentary (mockumentary? pseudo-found footage film?) about the Sasquatch scourge of rural Pennsylvania faces off against the (not so) classic shot-on-video haunted house tale, Evan Straw. Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

Steve and Miros veer slightly off course to explore the career of schlock auteur and first ballot Caustic Content hall of famer, Stephen Groo. LET THE GROO-OFF BEGIN! Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

This week on Caustic Content, Miros tries melt Steve’s brain with Kracker Jack’d, a Friday meets Friday the 13th blaxploitation horror comedy. Steve taps into the current political climate by forcing Miros to watch The Remedy—the self proclaimed “smartest indie movie ever made,” and a hodgepodge of banal centrism, stoner humor and moralizing. BONUS: Miros interviews the director of Blood Dynasty, Chris Alexander Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Additional music for this episode courtesy of Chris Alexander. Visit https://www.chrisalexanderonline.com/ to learn more Support this podcast

Caustic Content returns with another episode to test the willpower and mental fortitude of Steve and Miros. This week, it’s Da Pinche Code a manic action comedy up against an insufferably pretentious art film titled Antlers of Reason. Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

his week, Jake Tropila joins Steve and Miros as the very first Caustic Content guest. We’re also going big budget (well, by our standards) for the first time. Miros unleashes the Troma-endorsed butthole horror classic, Hellitosis: The Legend of Stankmouth. Steve counters with an art house edge lord slice of extreme horror, Tempus Tormentum. Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

A faux-documentary pick from Steve collides with Miros' self-important, ELEVATED HORROR art house choice in a head-to-head battle between awful vampire films. Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

Film has a long and storied history of iconic, acclaimed musicals so why not subject yourself to the worst the genre has to offer? This week, Miros subjects us to the ultra low-budget punk rock space opera, Psycho Bettys From Planet Pussycat and Steve counters with the self-proclaimed "first gay steampunk musical," Prof. Tomfoolery Saves the Planet! Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast​​​​​​​ Support this podcast

Four episodes in and it's finally happened. Steve and Miros have found the worst film ever made. Is it Carrie Cain-Sparks James Bond parody, The Spy Who Boned Us or Z-grade horror/thriller, Fire Worms? Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

On this episode of Caustic Content, Steve discovers a new sub-genre of films that rely entirely on green screen and antiquated CGI for EVERY. SINGLE. SCENE. This one also happens to be a super hero parody called The Amazing Bulk. Adam counters with an ostensibly erotic thriller called SheChotic that hates women almost as much as the director hates proper lighting and developing characters. Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

The cinematic trash train rolls on with two zero budget oddities. Steve subjects Miros to Love on a Leash, the story of a sassier, sexier Air Bud looking to get to the bone zone with a deeply disturbed woman so he can convince a magical fountain to turn him into a human. Miros counters with Revenge of The Animals; an AWARD-WINNING comedy (?) from Adam Griswold about murder, fame, camping and animal liberation...or something. God help us. ​​​​​​​Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast

Netflix, Amazon and Hulu might boast an impressive collection of films, but there's a lot of trash to wade through to get to the classics and hidden gems. So what happens when two friends ignore the good stuff, travel to the heart of darkness and seek out the absolute worst of the worst streaming online to pit them against one another in head-to-head competition? Pain. Suffering. Hopefully a mildly entertaining podcast. Up first, a completely incoherent Godfrey Ho film called Counter Destroyer... or maybe The Vampire is Still Alive...wait, maybe it's Robo Vampire 3 takes on The 13th Friday: A movie that struggles to find an original idea and a way to master the auto focus on the camera. Dig the podcast? Support Optimism Vaccine by rating and reviewing us on iTunes - http://bit.ly/OpVacCast Support this podcast