Rants From The Black Lodge

They say that April showers bring May flowers but tonight we're bringing you something a little less attractive. This episode Brandon and Fat Tony bring the Rant Army a watch-a-long commentary for the red headed step-child of Leatherface known as Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.

This month the Rant Army travel back to World War II Italy, where four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of torture… or maybe it's just April 1st.

The month of March brings to mind many things ranging from Leprechauns and St. Patrick's Day festivities but to sports fans this month is special because of March Madness where Division 1 college teams duke it out for basketball supremacy... Here at the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast we love our heavy metal and in 2024 will continue our new tradition in the style of the famed NCAA single elimination tournament with a hard rockin' twist! Tonight the Rant Army will album by album, song by song whittle down SLAYER'S stellar catalog to decide which head banging anthem will reign supreme and win HEAVY METAL MARCH MADNESS!

It's that special time of year again where love is in the air and we invite all you out there in the Rant Army to spend Valentine's Day with the man of your dreams… or in this case- nightmares! To celebrate the Rant Army are providing a running commentary track for the divisive return of Freddy Krueger to the silver screen in 2010's Nightmare On Elm Street remake.

The Rant Army invite you to listen along as Brandon and Fat Tony watch the beloved rubber little monster movie sequel to end all little rubber monster movie sequels… or a Ghoulie will bite your asshole

Autumn leaves fall to the ground as the smell of oven roasted turkey wafts in the cool November air when suddenly a pilgrim decapitates unlucky youths… that's right it's turkey time again and in this LIVE episode of the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast Brandon and Fat Tony were granted the awesome opportunity to carve up some conversation with the cast of Eli Roth's Thanksgiving courtesy with the folks at Frankencon.

October 31st is here and for your sake we hope you're not a nubile babysitter because Brandon and Fat Tony are headed to Haddonfield to track the exploits of the boogeyman with an in-depth retrospective of the 1978 John Carpenter classic, Halloween.

Tonight we celebrate the (2nd*) holiest of slasher holidays we're gonna be praying at the alter of Jason Voorhees by watching the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th. Specifically the Killer Cut because… why the fuck not!? So, Listen along as Brandon and Tony chat about all things Jason Voorhees, debate the best slasher remakes and rank the top 5 best breasts in the Friday the 13th series.

Pack your bags, load up on bug spray and for the love of god don't engage in any premarital sex because we're celebrating the 7 year anniversary of the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast by heading back to the bloody shores of Camp Crystal Lake with an in-depth retrospective of 1988's seminal slasher, Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back is an adrenaline fueled romantic comedy for the ages about a jacked up soldier of fortune attempting to get her groove back from a technologically advanced alien creature who might be in love with her or something. Blah, Blah, Blah… Happy April Fool's Day.

As we inch closer to the release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire we're gonna satiate our ectoplasmic lust by revisiting the previous entry Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Join Brandon and Fat Tony as they share their love for the Ghostbusters fandom.

The month of March brings to mind many things ranging from Leprechauns and St. Patrick's Day festivities but to sports fans this month is special because of March Madness where Division 1 college teams duke it out for basketball supremacy... Here at the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast we love our heavy metal and in 2024 will continue our new tradi- tion in the style of the famed NCAA single elimination tournament with a hard rockin' twist! Tonight the Rant Army will album by album, song by song whittle down OZZY OSBOURNE'S stellar catalog to decide which head banging anthem will reign supreme and win HEAVY METAL MARCH MADNESS

It's that special time of year again where love is in the air and we invite all you out there in the Rant Army to spend Valentine's Day with the man of your dreams… or in this case- nightmares! This has been a tradition we've held since the beginning but tonight we're also celebrating the 40th anniversary of “A Nightmare Elm Street” with an in-depth retrospective of the inaugural exploits of everyone's favorite dream slasher, Freddy Krueger. Joining us in the Black Lodge this month we have “Razor's Edge” author Blake Best with an ode to his love for Nightmare 1. Not to be out done but we also have star, Jsu Garcia who will discuss his racial struggles in Hollywood and a breakdown of his infamous death scene.

Happy 2024, Rant Army! Here's to another great 365 days, 52 weeks and 12 months. Speaking of 12 months, that's gonna important to what we have going on tonight. I am constantly being asked by you out there in the rant army for movie recommendations and It always gets my brain cells a churning as to what to recommend to our listening audience. It's simply impossible to whittle the cavalcade of excellent possible options so fuck it- why do it when you can over do it instead !?! So, I'm gonna give you not 1 recommendation, I'm gonna give each and every one of you out there in the rant army 12 recommendations and short reviews. One for every month of 2024… but it comes with a cost and that cost will be your precious time because I am ordering the ranks of the rant army to watch all 12 of these movies over the next 365 days.

If you took the surreal nature of a David Lynch film threw it into a blender with a dash Monty Python-esque sketch comedy, a dollop of meta humor ala Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job and copious amounts of mind altering hallucinogenics you might just get a series like we will be discussing this episode- the BBC4 cult classic, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Listen along as Brandon and Fat Tony, dive deep into all six episodes of the award winning but under appreciated series.

Here at the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast we love horror movie, we love heavy metal and we love big breasted women with loose morals and low standards. However, despite that often times its unwatchable crap- we still love professional wrestling. Many a night has been spent in the Black Lodge debating all aspects of the squared circle but one burning question has been debated time and again with no clear answer… that ends tonight. This episode Brandon and the guys from Wrestling Recommendations will wrestler by wrestler whittle down and all-star roster to decide once and for all which wrestler to never hold the world title was the most deserving of a run with the belt in a single elimination tournament we're calling the WRESTLE RANT RUMBLE! Sixteen enter but only one can main event the WRESTLE RANT RUMBLE!

October season bring the anticipation of thrills and chills but rather than watch a bonafide classic the Rant Army are delving deep into the hugely polarizing and controversial Halloween II directed by Rob Zombie. Listen along as Halloween 2 is picked apart, damned and occasionally praised for how bonkers it is. Happy Halloween!

After a 9 month delay Rants From the Black Lodge's long awaited Friday the 13th Part 2 retrospective can finally be unleashed to the masses… and trust us, it was worth the wait. In addition to a highly researched retrospective you'll also be treated to a guest appearance from Lauren Marie Taylor who gives insight to her infamous brown undies.

Months later and we still can't stop raving about Bride of Frankencon so we've decide release our career spanning (and off the rails) Q&A with “The Bad Boy of Production Design” Mick Strawn. Listen along as Mick tells behind the scenes stories about working on Boogie Night, accidentally meeting horror legend Michael Berryman, playing matchmaker between Robert England and his wife and so much more.

This month Brandon and Fat Tony revisited one of the most disturbing films ever made, Lars Von Trier's “Antichrist” from 2009. This episode has been a long time in the making as the film holds the distinction as being the only movie of their adult lives to genuinely shock them. Will “Antichrist” still disturb the Rant Army; listen along and find out!

To celebrate the 6 Year Anniversary of the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast Brandon and Fat Tony pop open a bottle of champagne and toast to the beginning of a brand new year of episodes headlined by an in-depth retrospective of 1976's coming of age classic “Carrie” directed by the great Brian DePalma and adapted from the novel written by everybody's favorite horror author and cocaine aficionado, Stephen King.

With Bride of Frankencon an absolute success but unfortunately in the rear view mirror the Rant Army find themselves unable to let go of 3 of the best days of their life…so FUCK IT! Let's take a trip back to Friday, June 9th 2023 where Brandon and Fat Tony were given the golden opportunity of a lifetime to host a Q&A with the star of the 1990's tale of sluts and bolts, FRANKENHOOKER - the lovely and incredibly talented Patty Mullen!

It's Alive! It's Alive… behold The Bride of Frankencon! The past 365 days have built to this moment, the can't miss sequel of 2023 from the creators of “Frankencon” comes “The Bride of Frankencon.” Two days of fun and terror. Friday June 9th and Saturday June 10th located at the Hilton Knoxville Airport in Alcoa, Tennessee. This episode we'll run down the impressive list of guests including Cult film director Frank Hennenlotter, “Frankenhooker” star Patty Mullen and tons of other silver screen favorites.

Tonight's we've got the pke scanning from an impish metamorph in the season 3 episode “The Copycat” then we'll be crossing the streams on “Busters in Toyland” featuring Louis Tully and his insufferable nephew from season 6. So, listen along as they decide if “Bustin' Makes Them Feel Good” or if these episodes are just plain “Busted!”

During the month of May it's customary to spotlight dear old mom with her very own holiday. Well tonight we're gonna celebrate Mother's Day with an in-depth retrospective of a slasher sequel that should have been aborted, 1989's Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. Don't worry, this episode is not all doom and gloom because we were lucky enough to have a couple of special guests stop by the Black Lodge this month so later on we'll be hearing from the star of the Dream Child, Lisa Wlicox about the evolution of her character Alice from part 4 to part 5 then we'll be hearing from our good buddy Mick Strawn about his work on the teaser trailer and why he left the production shortly after its completion. Lots of great stuff coming up; are you ready for Freddy!?!

This month on Rants After Dark we're getting into the St. Patrick's spirit by watching our favorite gold coveting imp in his second cinematic exploit, Leprechaun 2. Will Brandon and Fat Tony sing this sequel's praise… or damn it to schlock movie hell? Either way, alcohol will be consumed, dick jokes will be told and time will be wasted.

The month March brings to mind many things ranging from Leprechauns and St. Patrick's Day festivities but to sports fans this month is special because of March Madness where Division 1 college teams duke it out for basketball supremacy... Here at the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast we love our heavy metal and in 2023 we continue a new tradition in the style of the famed NCAA single elimination tournament with a hard rockin' twist. The Rant Army, song by song will whittle down the Metallica catalog to decide which head banging anthem will reign supreme. Album by album, each panelist will have 2 minutes to argue their pick for the best song and the tune with the most votes will advance in the tournament. In the event that each panelist picks a different song, there will be an elimination vote and the 2 remaining songs will be voted one with only one moving to the next round. This will continue until there is only one song left standing. Which Metallica song will win HEAVY METAL MARCH MADNESS III?

This episode the Rant Army cross the streams on Sea Fright and Janine Melnitz: Ghostbuster, both from the syndicated second season of The Real Ghostbusters. So, listen along as they decide if “Bustin' Makes Them Feel Good” or if these episodes are just plain “Busted!”

With axe in hand this episode the Rant Army are gonna carve up arguably the 8 greatest slasher and slasher adjacent franchises by pitting them against one another in a single elimination tournament we're dubbing SLASHER SEQUEL SHOWDOWN! The rules are such: Each panelist will be given a two minute period to sing the praises of their respective choices. Based purely off those arguments an impartial official will render a decision on which sequel will advance in the tournament. However, if a good faith decision can not be made strictly on the aforementioned arguments, the official can then invoke a one minute rebuttal round for each competitor that will hopefully force a decision. This episode promises to be a bloody good time slicing and dicing the best of that the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s had to offer in splatter cinema but only one can win SLASH SEQUEL SHOWDOWN!

This episode the Rant Army cross the streams on Hard Knight's Day and You Can't Take it With You, both from the syndicated second season of The Real Ghostbusters. So, listen along as they decide if “Bustin' Makes Them Feel Good” or if these episodes are just plain “Busted!”

November may bring it's share of Thanksgiving cheer but October flew by too quickly for Halloween to be properly celebrated. November be damned it's October in our hearts and we're aiming for a HALLOWEEN HANGOVER with an in-depth retrospective of 1986's supernatural slasher Trick or Treat. The festivities don't end there because we also were lucky enough to have Marc Price stop by the Black Lodge to share his experiences on the hard rockin' cult classic. So, crack open a cold one, crank the volume to eleven and gorge yourself on candy corn and this all new Trick or Treat episode.

“The World is full of kings and queens who blind rise and steal your dreams it's heaven and hell!” If those immortal words are falling upon deaf ears you're probably listening to wrong podcast lol That being said, this episode we're gonna be doing something a little different than normal. Rather than an in-depth retrospective of a cult film we're gonna discuss the new career spanning documentary about the “man on the silver mountain,” the late great heavy metal icon, Ronnie James Dio. There's no script, there's no format- just an impassioned, albeit loose overview of the new documentary, “Dreams Never Die.”

This month on Rants After Dark, the Rant Army dive into the cinematic dumpster that is 2002's coup de grâce- clusterfuck known as Halloween: Resurrection with an running commentary track. The film may be polarizing but this episode won't be- so, please enjoy Brandon, Eddy and Travis rip Michael Myers a well deserved new a-hole.

Tonight we're explore the hellish collaboration between the macabre mind of writer Stephen King and everybody's undead filmmaker George A. Romero with a commentary of 1982's Creepshow. Watch along as Brandon and Fat Tony critique 5 twisted tales, paying homage to the classic horror comics of the 1950- it'll be a scream!

No ordinary movie would suit the monumental occasion of celebrating the 5 year anniversary of the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast so we're headed to the back roads in search of some quality barbecue with an in-depth retrospective of one of the greatest horror films ever made, the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. This near 4 hour epic also includes an awesome introduction from our benevolent mutant overlord, the leader of the last drive-in, Joe Bob Briggs but also features guest appearances from many ranks of the Rant Army ranging from fans, former commentators and much more. So, crack open a cold Lone Star, gas up the chainsaw and get ready for the insanity- this is one you CANNOT miss.

Welcome again to another episode of Rants After Dark, where tonight where we're heading on a cross country trip in search of the world's coolest bicycle by watching a kooky little movie that became a phenomenon- Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Joining along for the chaos (and making his podcast debut) is the long time technical advisor to Rants From the Black Lodge, Jason Davis.

This past May the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast were gifted the opportunity to not only attend Frankencon but also host a live career retrospective and Q&A with Pumpkinhead, Society and Silent Night Deadly Night 5 star, Brian Bremer. This awesome event was thankfully filmed by friend of the podcast Andrea Chandler and after revisiting the footage we made the decision to strip the audio and release it to the awaiting ears of the RANT ARMY! That being said, upfront, the audio quality of this episode is not up to our normal snuff but Brian was such an amazing interview that it would absolutely be a crime not to tough it out and hear him recount his amazing career on the silver screen. He truly was the highlight of Frankencon and now you'll get to hear exactly why!

For the month of June we're going old school and bringing you not 1 but 2 watch along commentaries for Rants After Dark. The second of which being the episode you're hopefully listening to right now- the finale of the Evil Dead trilogy - Army of Darkness. This decision, of choice of film, was made at the request of Phatphuk Scott as a parting gift before he departs the Black Lodge and moves to Ohio were he will be legally required to renounce electronic voice recordings. Let's send Scott off in style by watching this terrifically goofy movie together.

For the month of June we're going old school and bringing you not 1 but 2 watch along commentaries for Rants After Dark. The first of which being the episode you're hopefully listening to right now- the splatter comedy classic - Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn. This decision, of choice of film, was made at the request of Phatphuk Scott as a parting gift before he departs the Black Lodge and moves to Ohio were podcasting is probably illegal.

Join the Rant Army with this watch along commentary for the 1996 seminal slasher, SCREAM. Tony loves Scream. Brandon…not so much so this episode will provide vastly different viewpoints filtered through heavy consumption of alcohol… enjoy.

After 3 spectacularly successful slasher films, Paramont Pictures looked to write the next chapter in the book of Jason Voorhees. A chapter, mind you, that was intended to be the final but little did they know they were just getting started. Speaking of just getting started in addition to bringing you an in-depth retrospective of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter this episode, the black lodge is also gonna be paid a visit by the lovely and very talented, Judie Aronson who is once and for all is gonna dispel the long standing rumors about her iconic and controversial death scene. This Friday the 13th may be unlucky for Jason but its gonna be your lucky day!

Once in a blue moon the stars align and something truly special is birthed from a hearty combination of passion and sheer determination. Saturday, May 14th in Alcoa Tennessee for one day only-passion and determination become a can't miss event known as FRANKENCON. This episode we break down the events of the upcoming Frankencon event including Joe Bob Briggs, Darcy the Mail Girl, a Nightmare on Elm Street 2 reunion screening with director Jack Sholder and stars Mark Patton and Kim Myers among many other incredible events.

Leonard (Bill Cosby) formerly lived a life of danger as a CIA agent. After retiring, he opened a successful restaurant in San Francisco and is now a millionaire. As he revels in the pleasures of luxury and decadence, Leonard entertains little nostalgia for the perilous adventures of his past. But, when a nefarious vegetarian (Gloria Foster) appears poised to take over the world, Leonard resigns himself to saving humanity and takes up battle against the villainess and her army of killer animals. APRIL FOOL'S DAY!