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59b. Bonus: The Satanic Panic.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 86:33


The Fiasco Family is joined by Bill Smiley to talk about moral panics, evidence of satanic rituals, and why Sean still holds a grudge against Tom Hanks.

59b. Bonus: The Satanic Panic.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 86:33


The Fiasco Family is joined by Bill Smiley to talk about moral panics, evidence of satanic rituals, and why Sean still holds a grudge against Tom Hanks.SHOW NOTES.Note: Pat Robertson was still alive when this episode was recorded.Law Enforcement Guide to Satanic Cults.Mazes and Monsters (1982).Support The Fiasco Family on Patreon and hang out with them on Megaphonic's friendly Discord!

59. Ernest Borgnine's Goatsona: The Devil's Rain.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 61:42


The Fiasco Family ponders the Devil's Yearbook as they discuss the 1975 horror flop The Devil's Rain.SHOW NOTES.The Devil's RainHost RecommendationsDemon Knight (1995)Doctor Strange (2016)Evilspeak (1981)The Haunted Palace (1963)Trick or Treat (1986)The Wicker Man (1973)Listener RecommendationsArt of the Devil (2004)Clash of the Titans (1981)Crash! (1976)Cronos (1993)Dagon (2001)Death Becomes Her (1992)Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)The Evil Dead (1981)Evil Dead II (1987)The Evil Down the Street (2019)Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)The Gorgon (1964)Hellraiser (1987)Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)The Mask (1961)Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)Night of the Demon/Curse of the Demon (1957)Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Star Wars (1977)Also Mentioned2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)The Making of ‘...And God Spoke' (1993) Blow Out (1981)Body Melt (1993)Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)The Exorcist (1973)The Food of the Gods (1976)Grease (1978)The Hitch-Hiker (1953)Incubus (1966)Roar (1981)Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness (1986)Our episodes on Demon Knight, The Making of ‘...And God Spoke', The Hitch-Hiker, Roar, and Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness.A Part of Our Scare-itage's episode on The Mask.Support Megaphonic FM on Patreon. Thanks!

58b. Bonus: Mike Bockoven on Starship Troopers.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 56:36


Mike Bockoven returns to help the Fiascos determine how improbable it is that Starship Troopers turned out to be brilliant satire.

58b. Bonus: Mike Bockoven on Starship Troopers.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 56:36


Mike Bockoven returns to help the Fiascos determine how improbable it is that Starship Troopers turned out to be brilliant satire.

58. Would You Like to Know More?: Starship Troopers.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 63:46


The Fiascos sign up to earn their citizenship and tour the healing tank facilities as they contemplate Paul Verhoeven's upside-down adaptation Starship Troopers (1997).SHOW NOTES.Starship TroopersHost Recommendations:Infra-Man (1975)Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, aka The Great Yokai War (1968)Listener Recommendations:Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)Alien vs. Predator (2004)Alien vs. Predator (2007)The Black Scorpion (1957)Clash of the Titans (1981)Destroy All Monsters (1968)Ghoulies II (1987)In the Mouth of Madness (1994)King Kong Escapes (1967)Night of the Creeps (1986)Night of the Lepus (1972)Pacific Rim (2013)Support The Fiasco Family on Patreon.

57b. Bonus: Melissa Kaercher on Hudson Hawk.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 43:57


The Fiascos bring back Melissa Kaercher to talk more about the making of a flop. Buckle up for more discussion of Hudson Hawk!

57b. Bonus: Melissa Kaercher on Hudson Hawk.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 43:57


The Fiascos bring back Melissa Kaercher to talk more about the making of a flop. Buckle up for more discussion of Hudson Hawk!

57. A Pie Chart Instead of a Pie Fight: Hudson Hawk.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 56:46


The Fiascos understand hubris, and sometimes they even admire it. This time they chase the hawk--Hudson Hawk (1991)--and try to uncover what went wrong… and what went weirdly right!

56. A Real Incoherent Breakdown of Reality: Waxworks.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 61:41


Paul Leni and Leo Birinsky's Waxworks (1924).

56. A Real Incoherent Breakdown of Reality: Waxworks.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 61:41


Paul Leni and Leo Birinsky’s Waxworks (1924).

55. Agatha Christie is Kind of Like Taco Bell: Witness for the Prosecution.

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 58:57


The Fiascos watch the proceedings in a sensational courtroom drama, in Billy Wilder's Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution (1957).

55. Agatha Christie is Kind of Like Taco Bell: Witness for the Prosecution.

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 58:57


The Fiascos watch the proceedings in a sensational courtroom drama, in Billy Wilder's Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution (1957).

54. Nuclear Family Fission: Panic in Year Zero.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 61:14


The Fiascos detect radioactivity from the breakdown of the American family in Ray Milland's 1962 apocalyptic film Panic in Year Zero. It's the perfect cheery note to start off our 3rd season!

54. Nuclear Family Fission: Panic in Year Zero.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 61:14


The Fiascos detect radioactivity from the breakdown of the American family in Ray Milland’s 1962 apocalyptic film Panic in Year Zero. It’s the perfect cheery note to start off our 3rd season!

53b. Special Episode: Announcements, Questions, and Answers, Oh My!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 53:51


The Fiascos have some announcements about changes for their 3rd season! They also spend considerable time answering a few questions from listeners.

53b. Special Episode: Announcements, Questions, and Answers, Oh My!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 53:51


The Fiascos have some announcements about changes for their 3rd season! They also spend considerable time answering a few questions from listeners.

53. I Can’t Bleep All This Cussing: God Told Me To.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 77:39


The Fiascos are joined by Melissa Kaercher to end their second season by discussing Larry Cohen’s 1976 alien messiah movie God Told Me To. It’s going to get a little grind-housey.

52. Sean Has a Yarn Board: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 59:43


The Fiascos try to unravel the place of the evil Dr. Mabuse in the history of masterminds, as they cover the banned 1933 film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.

52. Sean Has a Yarn Board: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 59:43


The Fiascos try to unravel the place of the evil Dr. Mabuse in the history of masterminds, as they cover the banned 1933 film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.

51. Hold Your Horses, Warts and All: Witchfinder General.

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 88:10


Michael Reeves' Witchfinder General (1968): It's not the Vincent Price performance you want; it's the one you didn't know you needed.

51. Hold Your Horses, Warts and All: Witchfinder General.

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 88:10


The Fiascos enjoy a nice period piece as much as anybody. The splendid manors, the elaborate dresses, the fetters of mannered company. But that’s the sort of movie we watched this time. Instead, it’s that sordid and barbaric look at a time of very uncivil acts, Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General (1968). It’s not the Vincent Price performance you want; it’s the one you didn't know you needed.

50. Twilight of the Gods: The King of Kong.

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 89:07


Two players vie for the lowest stakes imaginable in the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.

50. Twilight of the Gods: The King of Kong.

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 89:07


The Fiascos come to grips with the fact that their quarters stacked on the arcade cabinet aren't going to be used any time soon, as they watch two player vie for the lowest stakes imaginable in the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.

49. Like Criterion But Weird: The Love Witch.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 75:14


The Fiascos take afternoon tea to chat about Anna Biller's magical 2016 film, The Love Witch.

49. Like Criterion But Weird: The Love Witch.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 75:14


The Fiascos take afternoon tea to chat about Anna Biller’s magical 2016 film, The Love Witch. If you find the movie challenging, think about poor Elaine, who just wants love on her own terms.

48. Looking Fabulous and Killing Fabulous: Sugar Hill (w/ Hilary Braley).

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 65:09


Hilary Braley joins the Fiascos to talk about voodoo and vengeance in the high octane zombie film Sugar Hill.

48. Looking Fabulous and Killing Fabulous: Sugar Hill (w/ Hilary Braley).

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 65:09


Hilary Braley joins the Fiascos to talk about voodoo and vengeance in the high octane zombie film Sugar Hill.

47. Rube Goldberg Machine of Despair: Brand Upon the Brain!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 80:38


Tim Gerolami guests as the Fiascos discuss Guy Maddin's 2006 film Brand Upon the Brain! It's 97% true! Emotionally.

47. Rube Goldberg Machine of Despair: Brand Upon the Brain!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 80:38


Tim Gerolami guests as the Fiascos discuss Guy Maddin’s 2006 film Brand Upon the Brain! It’s 97% true! Emotionally.

46. When Pods Collide: Roar.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 62:26


The Atomic Weight of Cheese crew joins the Fiascos to try to make sense of the cinematic debacle Roar, a film that proved that maybe you should not film with untrained animals or filmmakers.

46. When Pods Collide: Roar.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 62:26


The Atomic Weight of Cheese crew joins the Fiascos to try to make sense of the cinematic debacle Roar, a film that proved that maybe you should not film with untrained animals or filmmakers.

45. For the Next Hour: F for Fake.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 67:50


Fact is fiction and fiction may as well be truth in this documentary about deception by Orson Welles.

45. For the Next Hour: F for Fake.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 67:50


Fact is fiction and fiction may as well be truth in this documentary about deception by Orson Welles. F for Fake uses the stories of two notorious frauds, told by a master hoaxer, to expose the lies that all stories are built upon—even documentaries.

44. Well-Intentioned: The Legend of Hillbilly John.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 74:25


The Fiasco Brothers pile into their bus and head to the Appalachians for the anthology film about the cult fiction hero, The Legend of Hillbilly John!

44. Well-Intentioned: The Legend of Hillbilly John.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 74:25


The Fiasco Brothers pile into their bus and head to the Appalachians to stomp around the back woods and talk about folklore, low budgets, and Silver John. Get ready for the anthology film about the cult fiction hero, The Legend of Hillbilly John!

43. The Cake Is the Spaceship: Good Bye, Lenin!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 83:02


The Fiasco Brothers cross the Iron Curtain to learn about the bittersweet reunification comedy Good Bye, Lenin!

43. The Cake Is the Spaceship: Good Bye, Lenin!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 83:02


The Fiasco Brothers cross the Iron Curtain to learn about the bittersweet reunification comedy Good Bye, Lenin! What do Coca Cola, Stanley Kubrick, and pickles have to do with life and death in East Berlin after the wall came down? All will be revealed in this episode of The Fiasco Brothers Watch A Movie.

42. That Ain't Me: Street Smart.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2019 69:26


A long overdue Hollywood break, an Oscar nod for Cannon films, and a super-Faustian bargain are discussed when The Fiasco Brothers watch Street Smart.

42. That Ain’t Me: Street Smart.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2019 69:26


The Fiasco Brothers cover a movie that proves that you can't make this stuff up! Or, at least, that if you do you need to be prepared for consequences. A long overdue Hollywood break, an Oscar nod for Cannon films, and a super-Faustian bargain are discussed when The Fiasco Brothers Watch Street Smart.

41. Reasonable Facsimile: Streets of Fire.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2019 81:08


In 1984, history was made. A Walter Hill film flopped. With the assistance of Chad Plambeck of The Atomic Weight of Cheese, we take a tour of the Streets of Fire and discuss what went wrong, what went right, and why we love it.

41. Reasonable Facsimile: Streets of Fire.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2019 81:08


In 1984, history was made. A Walter Hill film flopped. With the assistance of Chad Plambeck of The Atomic Weight of Cheese, we take a tour of the Streets of Fire and discuss what went wrong, what went right, and why we love it.

40. Emmett Myers Eyes: The Hitch-Hiker.

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 65:38


The Fiasco Brothers pack up their fishing gear and pick up a stranger for a tense ride through the desert as they discuss Ida Lupino's 1953 noir classic The Hitch-Hiker.

40. Emmett Myers Eyes: The Hitch-Hiker.

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 65:38


The Fiasco Brothers pack up their fishing gear and pick up a stranger for a tense ride through the desert as they discuss Ida Lupino’s 1953 noir classic The Hitch-Hiker. It’s ripped from the headlines and delivered to you, the viewing (and presumably driving) audience as a warning to always follow your itinerary.

39. Purple Punisher: The Phantom.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2019 58:49


It's the box-office disaster that you'll welcome onto your screen, The Phantom.

39. Purple Punisher: The Phantom.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2019 58:49


With a superhero blockbuster around every corner, The Fiasco Brothers take a look back at a more innocent time, the 1990s—when a handsome man in a purple suit tried to make a difference, armed only with a dog, a horse, 2 pistols, a loyal taxi driver, and a winning smile. It's the box-office disaster that you'll welcome onto your screen, The Phantom.

38. Mostly Armless: The Unknown.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 79:01


The Fiasco Brothers are always up for some ill-advised plans, and there are plenty to be had in Tod Browning's silent classic The Unknown, starring Lon Chaney.

38. Mostly Armless: The Unknown.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 79:01


The Fiasco Brothers are always up for some ill-advised plans, and there are plenty to be had in Tod Browning’s silent classic The Unknown, starring Lon Chaney. Come for the side-show attractions; stay for the mind-bending!

37. Working Together: Sneakers.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 67:55


Pay attention to the sounds around you, and don't bend any rules. Everything's vulnerable when the Sneakers are around!

37. Working Together: Sneakers.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 67:55


Pay attention to the sounds around you, and don’t bend any rules. Everything’s vulnerable when the Sneakers are around! The Fiasco Brothers discuss the 1992 film’s ensemble cast and the joys of a non-action thriller.

36. The Pursuit of Humanity: The Brother from Another Planet.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 93:16


Trim your toenails and bring out your broken appliances! This time The Fiasco Brothers watch John Sayles' 1984 low-budget science fiction exploration of humanity The Brother from Another Planet.

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