Movie City Maniacs

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our third annual Noirvember series concludes as we investigate a car bomb at the U.S./Mexico border that puts us in the path of a corrupt Captain in Orson Welles' Touch of Evil (1958). If dirty cops, drugged women, and car explosions aren't your thing we also […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our third annual Noirvember series continues as use our mentalist act to rise from a seedy carnival to expensive night clubs in Nightmare Alley (1947). If geeks eating live chickens, shotgun weddings, and double crosses aren't your thing we also chat about: Dutch (1991), The Killer […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our third annual Noirvember series continues as we investigate the unresistant murder of a former boxer by professional hitmen, an infamous heist and a beautiful woman who may have been behind it all in The Killers (1946). If contract killers, femme fatales, and double-crosses aren't your […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our third annual Noirvember series begins as we become entangled in a dangerous web of crime and intrigue involving a priceless statuette in The Maltese Falcon (1941). If eccentric criminals, femme fatales, and a hard-boiled detective aren't your thing we also chat about: Green for Danger […]

Welcome trick or treaters! On tonight's episode our seventh annual Shocktober series comes to a close, as we cover everything we've watched from October 26th to the 31st. We also finally bestow the crown upon the King of Halloween! Will Adam “Man of the Hour” Bentley sneak into the top spot with his reign of […]

Welcome little demons! On tonight's episode our seventh annual Shocktober series continues, as we cover everything we've watched from October 19th to the 25th! Movies / TV covered include: Svengali (1931), The Black Room (1935), Gabby's Dollhouse S5 – Happy Cat-O-Ween!, Dashcam (2021), Monsters (2010), The Real Ghostbusters S1 – When Halloween Was Forever (1986), […]

Welcome creatures of the night! On tonight's episode our seventh annual Shocktober series continues, as we cover everything we've watched from October 12th to the 18th! Movies / TV covered include: The Skeleton Dance (1929), Trick or Treat (1952), What We Do in the Shadows S3 – The Escape + The Siren (2021), Frasier S10 […]

Welcome boils and ghouls! On tonight's episode our seventh annual Shocktober series continues, as we cover everything we've watched from October 5th to the 11th! Movies / TV covered include: Cocaine Bear (2023), What We Do in the Shadows S2 – The Return + Collaboration (2020), Mausoleum (1983), Knucklebones (2016), House By the Cemetery (1981), […]

Welcome ghosts and goblins! On tonight's episode our seventh annual Shocktober series officially begins, as we cover everything we've watched from October 1st to the 4th! Movies / TV covered include: Grimm S5 – The Grimm Identity (2015), Threads (1984), The Cat and the Canary (1939), House on Haunted Hill (1959), The Addiction (1995), A […]

Welcome Halloweeners! It's that time of the year again when the nights grow longer, decay is in the air, pumpkin spice flows through our veins, and we're all entitled to one good scare! Of course, that also means Shocktober 2023 is upon us! On tonight's episode our seventh annual Shocktober series begins with our Shock […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we are extraordinarily excited and honoured to share a Moosehead in the studio with George Mihalka, the director of the classic Canadian slasher My Bloody Valentine! A master storyteller with forty plus years in the business, George takes us on a journey through his varied career, […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we crack some beers and toss up some confetti in celebration of our 200th episode with the finale to our Top 100 Slasher Films of All Time list, the top 25! This series was a massive undertaking, with each of us going on the slasher movie […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we slice and dice our way one step closer to our 200th episode as our Top 100 Slasher Films of All Time list continues with films 50-26. This series was a massive undertaking, with each of us going on the slasher movie diet for well over […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we hack and slay our way one step closer to our 200th episode as our Top 100 Slasher Films of All Time list continues with films 75-51. This series was a massive undertaking, with each of us going on the slasher movie diet for well over […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we begin our countdown to our 200th episode with buckets of blood and mayhem as we start our Top 100 Slasher Films of All Time list with films 100-76. This series was a massive undertaking, with each of us going on the slasher movie diet for […]

Welcome practitioners of witchcraft to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we close the spell book and end the curse with the last film in the Warlock trilogy, Warlock III: The End of Innocence (1999). If old abandoned stone manors, haunted visions, cruel mind games, mental time loops, and women turned to glass and […]

Welcome practitioners of witchcraft to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we dig into our spell book and curse you with the second film in the Warlock trilogy, Warlock: The Armageddon (1993). If women birthing adult men during a lunar eclipse, maps made out of human skin, psychics thrown into Funhouse iron maidens, and […]

Welcome practitioners of witchcraft to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we dig into our spell book and curse you with the first film in the Warlock trilogy, Warlock (1989). If Satan possession, compasses made out of eyes, blessed hammers, stolen youth, and confrontations in graveyards are not your bag of tricks, we also […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we finish off our Best of 2007 series with our Top 10 Favourite Films of the Year! In our second annual Back in Time – Best of the Year series, we tackle 2007, arguably one of the best years in recent memory (That is actually 16 […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's long awaited episode, we begin our Best of 2007 series with our Top 10 Favourite Horror Films of the Year! In our second annual Back in Time – Best of the Year series, we tackle 2007, arguably one of the best years in recent memory (That is […]

Good morning listeners. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join us as we conclude our coverage of the Mission: Impossible franchise with the most recent Christopher McQuarrie film in the series, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). If Tom Cruise facing off against an evil AI, racing through the […]

Good morning listeners. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join us as we continue running through the Mission: Impossible franchise, moving onto the Christopher McQuarrie phase with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) and Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018). If a Tom Cruise twofer containing Hunt hanging from the side of […]

Good morning listeners. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join us as we continue racing through the Mission: Impossible franchise, moving onto J.J. Abrams feature directing debut Mission: Impossible III (2006) and Brad Bird's live action debut Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011). If a Tom Cruise twofer containing a sinister […]

Good morning listeners. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join us as we dive into the blockbuster franchise Mission: Impossible, starting with the the Brian De Palma thriller Mission: Impossible (1996) and finishing off with the John Woo actioner Mission: Impossible 2 (2000). If a Tom Cruise twofer containing exploding fish […]

Welcome adventurers! On tonight's episode our Indiana Jones series comes to an end as we become entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover a mysterious artifact which has supernatural powers related to the mystical Lost City of Gold in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). If nuclear explosions, multiple waterfalls, swinging […]

Welcome adventurers! On tonight's episode our Indiana Jones series continues as we head out on a journey for the Holy Grail, this time joined by our Father as we race against the Nazis in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). If chases by land, sea, and air, graves in catacombs, and trials of God […]

Welcome adventurers! On tonight's episode our Indiana Jones series takes a darker turn as we travel to Pankot Palace in search of the Sankara Stones in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). If monkey brains, human sacrifice, and child slavery aren't exciting enough for you, we also plan our next big heist with […]

Welcome adventurers! On tonight's episode our Indiana Jones series begins as we don our fedora and bullwhip and travel around the world in a race to beat the Nazis to the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). We also pursue basketball legend Michael Jordan to create a shoe that will […]

Welcome campers! On tonight's episode our Backwoods Horror series comes to a close as we try to survive a feral killer in the Northern California wilderness in The Final Terror (1983). We are also wrongly accused of being accomplices in a hold-up and flee to The Haunted House (1921), are stalked by a masked killer we […]

Welcome campers! On tonight's episode our Backwoods Horror series continues as we inherit property on the mountainous region of Oregon only to be hunted by a hulking, machete-wielding psychopath in Just Before Dawn (1981). We also join a who's who in Hollywood to pull off the most elaborate heists in history in Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's […]

Welcome backpackers! On tonight's episode our Backwoods Horror series continues as we are stalked through the forested mountainside by a murderous woodsman in Don't Go in the Woods (1981). We also become involved in a small town bank robbery in The Lookout (2007), investigate hundreds of videotapes showcasing a serial killer's decades of work in […]

Welcome nature enthusiasts! On tonight's episode our Backwoods Horror series begins as we are stalked through the deep wilderness of Northern Ontario by a crazed killer in Rituals (1977). We also discuss the recent passing of Jerry Springer and Gordon Lightfoot, follow a long and winding road to music stardom in Walk Hard: The Dewey […]

Welcome Deadites to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our Evil Dead series concludes as we fight off flesh-possessing demons with cheese graters in our condemned apartment complex in Evil Dead Rise (2023). We also head out on a last ditch effort to revive the sun and save Earth in Sunshine (2007), try to […]

Welcome Deadites to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we head to a remote cabin to deal with our Bruce Campbell withdrawal where we discover the Book of Dead and unwittingly unleash an evil force of demons in Evil Dead (2013). We also search for Bunny's killer in hopes of exonerating ourselves in Only […]

Welcome Deadites to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we lock in our chainsaws and head back to the medieval times where we retrieve the Necronomicon and accidentally awaken an army of deadites in Army of Darkness (1992). We also go on an epic quest to retrieve a long lost relic in Dungeons and […]

Welcome Deadites to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we return to the cabin in the woods where we once again unleash a demonic force in The Evil Dead II (1987). We also search for a killer who is mutilating university coeds and using their body parts for a human jigsaw puzzle in Pieces […]

Welcome Deadites to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we vacation in a cabin in the woods where we do some light reading of the Book of the Dead and unwittingly unleash a demonic force in The Evil Dead (1981). We also smuggle a young girl out of an oppressive quarantine zone in The […]

Welcome baseball fans to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our spring training comes to a close as we prepare the rookie pitching prospect “Nuke” Laloosh for the major leagues and fall for the team groupie in Bull Durham (1988). We also build a baseball diamond in our cornfield in hopes that they will […]

Welcome baseball fans to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our spring training series continues as we take a payoff to throw the 1919 World Series in Eight Men Out (1988). We also deal with a 500 pound black bear on a drug fueled rampage in Cocaine Bear (2023), become stranded in the Canadian […]

Welcome baseball fans to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our spring training series continues as we head to the plate with the mysterious Roy Hobbs and his legendary bat dubbed “Wonderboy” in The Natural (1984). We also build a baseball diamond in our backyard in Field of Dreams (1989), invent a formula that […]

Welcome baseball fans to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our spring training series begins as we head out onto the diamond with the beer guzzling Buttermaker and his crass team of misfits in The Bad News Bears (1976). We also go nightclub hopping and make Gretzky's head bleed in Swingers (1996), fall in […]

Welcome to part two of our sixth annual Maniac Awards! On tonight's episode our Best of 2022 concludes with our Top 10 Favourite Films of the Year, from any genre. This year we saw the box office finally start to show some life again with several films breaking into the records books. Whether you were […]

Welcome to part one of our sixth annual Maniac Awards! On tonight's episode our Best of 2022 begins with our Top 10 Favourite Horror Films of the Year! This year we saw the box office finally start to show some life again with several films breaking into the records books. But it wasn't just the […]

Welcome lovers to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode we grab a 24 of Moosehead and head to the sleepy mining town of Valentine's Bluff where we are stalked by a murderous maniac in mining gear in My Bloody Valentine (1981). We also discuss Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), Scream (2022), Hustle (2022), Dark Glasses […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our first annual Gialloary series comes to an end as we have strange hallucinations related to a suicide from our past in The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974). If you like beautiful women, intoxicating lounge numbers, manly ‘staches, slap fights, and gloved killers, then […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our first annual Gialloary series continues as we are stalked by a masked serial killer with psychosexual issues in Torso (1973). If you like beautiful women, intoxicating lounge numbers, manly ‘staches, slap fights, and gloved killers, then this is the month for you! We also try […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our first annual Gialloary series continues as we are stalked by the murderous Red Queen who claims lives every 100 years in The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972). If you like beautiful women, intoxicating lounge numbers, manly ‘staches, slap fights, and gloved killers, then this […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! On tonight's episode our first annual Gialloary series begins as we investigate murders connected to a spa where the victims are paralyzed with deadly venom dipped needles and then dissected alive in Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971). If you like beautiful women, intoxicating lounge numbers, manly ‘staches, slap […]

Welcome to the Movie City Maniacs! Continuing our annual tradition, we are starting the year off with our our most anticipated films releasing this year. Whether you're into 1920s crime epics, impossible missions, mushroom chomping plumbers, atomic bombs, assassins with a conscience, vampires outside your windows, monsters stalking cornfields on Halloween, time altering superheroes, surreal […]

Welcome film explorers! On tonight's episode we count down our top ten favourite films we discovered in 2022. Whether you're into elaborate heists, haunted carnivals, road trips across America in a Winnebago, tenacious paperboys, monster towns, murder mystery scavenger hunts, geysers of blood, film gimmicks, jazzy romances, thwarted dinners, gothic mansions, filmmaker impersonations, lethal iron […]

Happy New Year to all the Movie City Maniacs out there! On tonight's episode we receive phone calls from a psychotic killer who plans to murder someone at the stroke of midnight in each time zone in New Year's Evil (1980). We also send off 2022 with bizarre and frightening occurrences in Smile (2022), head […]