Psychotronic Coast to Coast

We're back with a mega shark movie marathon! Shark in Venice, Shark Attack 3: Megalodon, Malibu Shark Attack, and Jaws 3D!

Skinslip & Owen tackle some movies staring wrestlers! Are they dookie? No Holds Barred (1989): When world wrestling champion Rip Thomas refuses to join a competing network, an evil executive creates a new program, "The Battle of the Tough Guys," where rules don't exist and men engage in an all-out brawl for money. Director: Thomas J. Wright Writer: Dennis Hackin Stars: Hulk Hogan, Joan Severance, Kurt Fuller Terminal Rush (1996) A local cop tries to save his father and several others who have been taken hostage by terrorists at Hoover Dam. Director: Damian Lee Writer: Mark Sevi Stars: Don Wilson, Michael Anderson Jr., Roddy Piper

Owen & Skinslip dive into the world of serial killers with 1985’s MURDERLUST and 1988’s 555! MURDERLUST (1985): A serial killer, who is actually a handsome Sunday school teacher, abducts young women and disposes their bodies in the Mojave Desert. Directed by: Donald M. Jones Written By: James C. Lane Starring: Eli Rich, Rochelle Taylor, Dennis Gannon 555 (1988): A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of the year, for five consecutive days, the same type of killings have occurred, and the few descriptions of the suspect always match: he’s dressed like a hippie. As the detective searches for the killer, he begins to have suspicions about his superior, an older man who is haunted by memories of his military service in Vietnam. Directed by: Wally Koz Written By: Roy Koz, Wally Koz Starring: Mara Lynn Bastian, Charles Fuller, Greg Kerouac

It’s post-apocalyptic madness with Owen & Skinslip! BATTLETRUCK (1982): A biker (Michael Beck) running on chicken-made methane fights an outlaw (James Wainwright) whose battle-truck guzzles fuel. Directed by: Harley Cokeliss Written By: Michael Abrams (story), Irving Austin (screenplay) Starring: Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright AMERICA 3000 (1986): One man (Chuck Wagner) leads others enslaved by a warrior (Laurene Landon) and her desert clan 900 years after a nuclear war. Directed by: David Engelbach Written By: David Engelbach Starring: Chuck Wagner, Laurene Landon, William Wallace

Owen and Skinslip dive into some crazy relatively newish (compared to their standards, anyway) flicks! BIGFOOT: THE MOVIE (2015): Three residents of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, team up to track down Bigfoot. Directed by: Jared Show Written By:  Jared Show, Curt Wootton Starring: Curt Wootton, Joanie Dodds, Jared Show DEAR GOD NO! (2011): A gang of outlaw bikers pull a home invasion on a disgraced Anthropologist hiding a secret locked in his cabin basement. Directed by: James Bickert Written By: James Bickert Starring: Jett Bryant, Madeline Brumby, Paul McComiskey

It’s cold outside, so Skinslip and Owen make some hot chocolate and discuss some snowy slashers! BLOOD TRACKS (1985): Members of a crazed family stalk rockers and models in the snowy mountains of Colorado. Directed by: Mats Helge Olsson (as Mike Jackson), Derek Ford(uncredited) Written By: Mats Helge Olsson (as Mike Jackson), Anna Wolf Starring: Jeff Harding, Michael Fitzpatrick, Naomi Kaneda ICED (1988): Teens (Debra DeLiso, Doug Stevenson, Ron Kologie) take advantage of a free ski trip, courtesy of a killer. Directed by:  Jeff Kwitny Written By: Joseph Alan Johnson Starring: Debra De Liso, Doug Stevenson, Ron Kologie

While you’re taking down the lights and setting the tree out on the curb, take some time for one more little dose of Holiday Horror with Skinslip and Owen! CHRISTMAS EVIL (1980): Comical festive frights. A toy-maker who revels in the Christmas spirit suffers a mental break when his work is met with hypocrisy and cynicism and goes on a yuletide killing spree. Directed by: Lewis Jackson Written By: Lewis Jackson Starring: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull DON’T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS (1984): A Scotland Yard inspector (Edmund Purdom) hunts a killer of Santa Clauses around London. Directed by: Edmund Purdom Written By: Alan Birkinshaw Starring: Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne

Teased hair! Mullets! Bulging muscles! Crop tops! It’s everyone’s favorite dynamic muscly duo: The Barbarian Brothers! Your Psychotronic Duo Owen and Skinslip dive into THE BARBARIANS, DOUBLE TROUBLE, TWIN SITTERS & THINK BIG. THE BARBARIANS (1987): Medieval Kadar (Richard Lynch) orders muscle-bound slave twins Kutchek (Peter Paul) and Goro (David Paul) to fight each other to the death. Directed by: Ruggero Deodato Written By: James R. Silke Starring: David Paul, Peter Paul, Richard Lynch DOUBLE TROUBLE (1992): Brawny burglar Peter Jade (Peter Paul) is an infamous criminal who manages to gain access to a huge stash of diamonds. He also happens to have an equally muscular twin, David (David Paul), who, unlike his thieving brother, is an upstanding police officer. Despite their differences, Peter and David must work together to take down the devious Philip Chamberlain (Roddy McDowall), an unrepentant villain set on getting the diamonds at any cost, even if it means resorting to murder. Directed by: John Paragon Written By: Jeffrey Kerns Starring: Peter Paul, David Paul, Roddy McDowall TWIN SITTERS (1994): Out-of-work identical twin bodybuilders Peter (Peter Paul) and David (David Paul) save young brothers Steven (Joseph Cousins) and Bradley (Christian Cousins) from the crossfire of a mob gunfight. The boys’ wealthy father, Frank (Jared Martin), who is scheduled to testify against local organized-crime boss Leland Stromm (George Lazenby), makes the twins an offer: Protect his kids for one week, until his deposition is over, and Frank will bankroll the restaurant they want to open. Directed by: John Paragon Written By: John Paragon Starring: Peter Paul, David Paul, Christian Cousins THINK BIG (1989): Dense twin truckers (Peter Paul, David Paul) hit the road with toxic waste and a brainy girl (Ari Meyers) fleeing with a secret weapon. Directed by: Jon Turteltaub Written By: Edward Kovach Starring:Peter Paul, David Paul, Martin Mull

We have time for one more Halloween flick! Owen and Skinslip dive into Hack-O-Lantern (1988) & All Hallows Evil: Lord of the Harvest (2012)! HACK-O-LANTERN (1988): A kindly old grandfather is actually the leader of a murderous satanic cult which sacrifices its victims on Halloween. Directed by: Jag Mundhra Written By: Carla Robinson Starring: Hy Pyke, Gregory Scott Cummins, Katina Garner ALL HALLOWS EVIL: LORD OF THE HARVEST (2012): An Evil force is summoned on All Hallows Eve, and now the sleepy town of Hallowed Hill will endure the dark Lords vengeance. Directed by:  Ron McLellen Written By:  Ron McLellen Starring: Ian Isaksson, Alyssa Lewis, Rusty Smith

It’s time for The Psychotronic Spooktacular! What better way to celebrate October and all things spooky than to binge on TRICK OR TREATS (1982), JACK-O (1995), THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (1985) and SCARY MOVIE (1991)! TRICK OR TREATS (1982): An escaped madman (Peter Jason) comes home at a time when his son (Chris Graver) is playing sick jokes on the baby sitter (Jackelyn Giroux). Directed by: Gary Graver Written By: Gary Graver Starring: Jacqueline Giroux, Peter Jason, Chris Graver JACK-O (1995): A long long time ago a wizard was put to death, but he swore vengeance on the townsfolk that did him in, particularly Arthur Kelly’s family. Arthur had done the final graces on him when he came back to life as Mr. Jack the Pumpkin Man. The Kellys proliferated through the years, and when some devil-may-care teens accidentally unleash Jack-O, young Sean Kelly must stop him somehow as his suburban world is accosted and the attrition rate climbs. Directed by: Steve Latshaw Written By: Brad Linaweaver Starring: Linnea Quigley, Maddisen K. Krown, Gary Doles THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (1985): Teenage Halloween pranksters (Shari Belafonte-Harper, LeVar Burton, Lee Montgomery) revive a 300-year-old witch and some of her ghoul friends. Directed by: Jack Bender Written By: William Bleich Starring: Lee Montgomery, Shari Belafonte, LeVar Burton SCARY MOVIE (1991): A paranoid young man gradually comes to believe that an escaped lunatic may be hiding in the neighborhood Halloween house of horrors. Directed by: Daniel Erickson Written By: Daniel Erickson, David Lane Smith Starring: John Hawkes, Suzanne Aldrich, Ev Lunning

As things start to cool down, Owen and Skinslip have time for one more camping trip! This time they discuss 1984’s ODDBALLS and 1988’s STATE PARK! ODDBALLS (1984): A Canadian sex comedy about saving a summer camp from becoming a shopping mall. Directed by: Miklós Lente Written By: Ed Naha Starring: Foster Brooks, Mike MacDonald, Konnie Krome STATE PARK (1988): NO ONE WILL BE ADMITTED AFTER THE BEAR STEALS THE BULLDOZER. A business man plans to dump toxic waste on a city park, but it doesn’t go according to plan. Directed by: Kerry Feltham, Rafal Zielinski Written By: Darrell Fetty Starring: Kim Myers, Isabelle Mejias, James Wilder

It’s a killer crocodile and killer alligator double feature! On this episode of Psychotronic Coast To Coast, Owen and Skinslip make sure it’s safe to get into that water before discussing BLOOD SURF (2000) & THE GREAT ALLIGATOR (1979)! BLOOD SURF (2000): A sleazy producer (Joel West) develops a concept he dubs “blood surfing” — tossing bloody fish remains into the water to lure sharks and then surfing through the animals as they chomp about. Along with his camerawoman (Kate Fischer), the producer brings two thrill-seeking surfers (Dax Miller, Matt Borlenghi) to the coast of Florida to capture some gnarly footage. But, as they blood surf, they encounter something even more deadly: a colossal prehistoric crocodile intent on devouring them. Directed by:  James D.R. Hickox Written By: Sam Bernard, Robert L. Levy Starring: Dax Miller, Tziporah Malkah, Duncan Regehr THE GREAT ALLIGATOR (1979): Tourists (Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli) flee from a tribally significant alligator at an entrepreneur’s (Mel Ferrer) African resort. Directed by: Sergio Martino Written By:George Eastman Starring: Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer

Owen and Skinslip head deep into the woods for a nice relaxing camping trip where nothing bad ever happens. Right? On this episode of Psychotronic Coast To Coast, your gracious hosts sit around the campfire and discuss Hunter's Blood (1986) and Rituals (1977).

Owen & Skinslip devour TWO batshit action flicks! First, they discuss the 1995 Taiwanese actioner ANGEL ON FIRE then they move on to 2012's KILL 'EM ALL. 

It's summer, so it's friggin' HOT outside, but you can cool off with Owen & Skinslip because monsters and snow are this episode's running themes! First up, the duo cover Ryan Schifrin's 2006 REAR WINDOW meets BIGFOOT flick ABOMINABLE. Then, we head back into a 1977 winter as your fearless hosts cover the made-for-tv movie SNOWBEAST! 

This episode it's all sun tan lotion, hot bods and endless sand as Owen and Skinslip put on their mankinis and head to the beach! Up for discussion is a couple 80's summer gems: HARDBODIES and PRIVATE RESORT.

Mandroids, Christina Applegate, Rock and Roll! This week Owen and Skinslip discuss the 1996 film VIBRATIONS and the 1986 insane sci-fi flick ELIMINATORS!

Owen and Skinslip dive into a couple mid-80s gems! First up is the splatterific THE MUTILATOR followed a film with the reputation as the first "shot on tape" slasher: SLEDGE HAMMER!

Owen and Skinslip feast on a couple low budget snacks! First up is 1989’s Super 8 opus THINGS, then the move on to Greydon Clark’s 1980 film that we’re positive inspired 1987’s PREDATOR: WITHOUT WARNING. THINGS (1989): An impotent husband, driven by a fanatical desire to father children, forces his wife to undergo a dangerous […]

Owen and Skinslip dive into two insane action film. First up is Death Force (1978) by Skinslip's favorite director Cirio H. Santiago. Then the guys dive into an insane action fest by director Arizal: Final Score (1986). Join the boys as they lose their minds over these action fests!

Owen and Skinslip return! This is the first episode on The Screaming Pods Network and the guys cover the Action/Comedy SLINGSHOT COPS (2016) and Splatter Comedy TEDDY BOMB (2014).

Owen and Skinslip take the holidays by storm and cover two of the very few films that take place on or around Thanksgiving. Will they survive or will their be consumed by the very films they crave!

The boys dive into a classic of Psychotronic Film with Street Trash and then dive directly into another film clearly influenced by Street Trash!

Owen and Skinslip are back to punishing themselves as they watch two WWE Studios films starring wrestlers (their favorite kinds of actors).

Owen and Skinslip wander into the woods and find themselves face to face with two Bigfoot films, one a newer film and the other a veritable classic of the subgenre

We lovingly dive into this pair of alien invasion shot on video flicks (One from Intervision and one from Massacre Video) and we come out the other side with two Psychotronic Coast to Coast Hall of Fame entrants!

We trudge through two very hard to watch films but we persevere despite our very own reservations.

We dive into 2 modern classic films by our friends over at Motern Media. We had a lot of fun watching this pair of hilarious exploitation films and we look forward to future films by Motern Media.

The boys dive into a double bill of Rowdy Roddy Piper films and lose a bit of sanity on the way through.

Skinslip subjects Owen to his 4 favorite So-Bad-It’s-Good films with varying results.

First the boys tackle an Italian post-nuke classic heavily influenced by The Warriors! They take a quick trek to the Philippines for a Cirio H. Santiago leather fest!

The boys first outing and of course it’s a killer creature double feature! First up is a veritable dick ripping classic Night of the Demon! Followed up with a modern film inspired by such classics, The Bloody Ape!