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November 2022 In which your hosts make a pact with the devil by watching The Omen trilogy. We also review the recent horror film ‘Smile', 1980's ‘The Awakening' and discuss one of the worst films we've seen this year.

September 2022: In which your hosts report on dual alien invasion films… the Predator movie ‘Prey' and Jordan Peele's ‘Nope'. They also jump on board ‘Bullet Train' with Brad Pitt and discuss Robert Eggers' ‘The Northman'.

June 2022 In which your hosts celebrate their one hundredth episode with an epic two-part episode. In this second part we discuss trends and changes we've witness in cinema during the last decade – from pop culture to streaming to social media.

June 2022 In which your hosts celebrate their one hundredth episode with an epic two-part episode. In the first part we look back at the ten most significant films of the last decade and discuss their continued influence on cinema.

March 2022 In which your hosts walk the red carpet with this year's Oscars picks. We look back at two of the greatest years for the Academy Awards and review ‘Censor' and ‘Scream 2022'.

February 2022 In which your hosts bond over Bond. They shake and stir their opinions on the latest 007 adventure ‘No Time To Die', discuss their favourite top 5 moments from the Bond series and also review new releases ‘The Matrix Resurrections' and ‘Last Night In Soho'.

December 2021 In which your hosts walk the shadowy streets of film noir. From reviewing 1947's ‘Ride the Pink Horse' to revealing their Top 5 forgotten noir films – this episode is the stuff dreams are made of.

October 2021 In which your hosts review a disturbing Argento film ‘The Stendhal Syndrome', the new Sopranos prequel movie ‘The Many Saints of Newark' and celebrate Halloween by doing a deep dive into the legendary Hammer Horror films – looking back at their origins, their greatest films and their enduring legacy.

THE BEST OF SPOILER ALERT…PART 2 September 2021 In which your hosts conclude their rewind down memory lane and give you their greatest hits from the last 45 episodes of the podcast. We also review recent Polish mermaid horror musical…'Lure' and forgotten 60s war film ‘The Night of the Generals'.

The Best Of Spoiler Alert…Part 1 August 2021 In which your hosts long for ‘Yesterday'…the recent Danny Boyle film and their own history as they compile the best moments from their first 45 episodes. They also sink their teeth into ‘Blood Red Sky'.

May 2021 In which your hosts wander into the wasteland to review ‘Army of the Dead', open up the Book of Saw to take a gander at ‘Spiral', have a peak at the ‘Woman in the Window' before one of the hosts gets slammed for his old fashioned, misogynistic views on the right way to […]

April 2021 In which your hosts celebrate the Oscars with a look back at some largely forgotten Academy Award winners, pay a monster sized visit to the movies and reflect on this years Oscar winners!

March 2021 In which your hosts review ‘Minari', celebrate a masterpiece on its 30th anniversary, get ‘Black and Blue', pay a visit to ‘Rose Island' and enjoy supper with ‘Gretel and Hansel'.

January 2021 In which your hosts review Chadwick Boseman’s last film ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, discuss Danzig’s debut horror ‘Verotika’ and see in the new year by counting down their ten favourite films of the last decade!

November 2020 In which your hosts find gods and demons with a pair of psychological thrillers ‘Saint Maud’ and ‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter’. They review ‘Bill and Ted Face The Music’ and discuss how gullible they’d be if they found themselves in a film noir plot.

September 2020 In which your hosts visit their happy places and review two films dear to their hearts – 1943’s unique ‘I Walked With A Zombie’ and James Bond’s second adventure, 1963’s ‘From Russia With Love’. We also take a look at the NZ Film Festival’s online offering ‘Jesus Shows You The Way To The […]

June 2020: Part 3 In which your hosts look back at the final episode of the prequel trilogy. This is the Spoiler Alert review of Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. Ranking Most Notorious scenes and Best Lightsaber battles. Where we discuss one of our favourite moments of the series and bask in the Sheevil.

June 2020: Part 2 In which your hosts review Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. Including rankings for Cheesiest Dialogue, Best Design and Favourite Sheev Palpatine moments. So get ready for a coarse, rough review that gets everywhere on the middle installment of the Prequel Trilogy.

June 2020: In which your hosts review ‘Thunder Road’ and ‘Midsommar’. And then they search their feelings and start on an epic saga – reviewing the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy – starting with ‘Episode 1: The Phantom Menace’. Fire up your podracer, check your midi-chlorian count and dive into the galaxy far, far away.

April 2020: In which your hosts review the recent Kiwi film starring Daniel Radcliffe, ‘Guns Akimbo’, look back at the 50s Western ‘Seven Men From Now’, take aim at the doco ‘Milius’ and lock in five FREE films you can watch online during lockdown.

March 2020: In which your hosts cast an eye across ‘The Lighthouse’, review ‘Birds of Prey’ and ‘Uncut Gems’, reflect on their woeful Oscar picks and discuss the five definitive Willem Dafoe performances.

January 2020 In which your hosts review ‘The Rise of Skywalker’. We discuss Star Wars Episode 9 in detail, reflect on the trilogy and the series as a whole. It’s an extravaganza of galactic proportions! Yub Nub!

January 2020: The first episode of the new decade in which your hosts review ‘Bad Boys For Life’ & ‘Destroyer’. We talk Oscars and predict the winners (and what we want to win!) and we hand out the far more prestigious ‘Spoiler Alert Awards’ for the last cinematic year including ‘Best Trailer’, ‘Dullest Film’ and […]

November 2019: Part 2 In which your hosts review every single one of the A Nightmare Elm Street films. In part 2 we look at episodes 5 to 8 – from most inventive kills to most annoying adult characters, find out which movie is the worst of the series, which is the most under-rated and […]

November 2019: Part 1 In which your hosts share a laugh with ‘Joker’, have a love-in the H.P Lovecraft inspired ‘Colour Out of Space’ and review every single one of the A Nightmare Elm Street films. So put on your PJs, pull up the covers and drift off to sweet dreams by listening to a […]

September 2019 In which your hosts get a transfusion of Last Blood with the new Rambo film, discuss the forgotten Oscar winning series ‘The Thin Man’, offer you the Top 5 most Ramboesque films ever made and finally, after 8 years and 81 episodes, we talk about the phenomenon that is Chuck Norris.

August 2019 In which your hosts visit Tinseltown with ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, discuss a head hunting horror, a film that lionises lions and revisit the top 5 films that Tarantino ripped off.

July 2019: In which your hosts examine the Palme d’Or winning ‘Parasite’, review the croc thriller ‘Crawl’, reveal their Top 5 cinematic parasites (that are not John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’!) and play you a cannibal themed song that is perfect for your wedding.

Ep 79 – June 2019 In which your hosts enter the Wickiverse to get a degree in Wickology at the Wickiversity. They review the trilogy of Keanu Reeves action blockbusters – John Wick 1 , 2 and the newly released chapter ‘John Wick 3: Parabellum’. Also discuss ‘Godzilla 2: King of the Monsters’ and look back at the […]

Episode 78: May 2019 In which your hosts get buried in a review of ‘Pet Sematary’. Discuss Jordan Peele’s latest ‘Us’, Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and offer you Top 5 Movie Pets from devil dogs to zombie cats.

March 2019 – In which your hosts tag team on ‘Fighting With My Family’, discuss a royal rumble amount of films from ‘First Man’ to ‘Captain Marvel’ to ‘Aquaman’ and apply their patented finishing move on their Top 5 Wrestling Films to Grapple With.

Episode 76: December 2018 In which your hosts review the latest ‘Robin Hood’ incarnation, look back at the year of cinema, hand out the prestigious 2018 Spoiler Alert awards for categories as wide ranging as ‘Biggest Gut Punch of the year award’, ‘Best time in a cinema award’ and ‘Wounding of a behemoth award’. And […]

Episode 75: November 2018 In which your hosts get horrific reviewing the latest ‘Halloween’ film, discuss the ‘Suspiria’ remake, offer the top 5 films to create your very own Horror Movie Marathon Night and we nail titles to the Tree of Woe. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes From the latest news and reviews to […]

Episode 74 (Part 2): FRANK CAPRA In which your hosts perform an exhaustive retrospective on the works of the great American filmmakers – Frank Capra. From his iconic ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ and ‘It Happened One Night’ to forgotten gems like ‘Lost Horizon’. What are his top five films? What is his enduring legacy? Who […]

Episode 74 (Part 1): September 2018 In which your hosts review the Clooney-Damon box-office bomb ‘Suburbicon’ and 1950s horror ‘The Maze’. Surprise ourselves by discussing Adam Sandler in positive terms, wax lyrical about the golden age of VHS and we nail clouds to the Tree of Woe. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes From the […]

Episode 73: August 2018 In which your hosts go to the Auckland International Film Festival and fall in love with ‘Mandy’, discuss ‘Dogman’, talk ‘Three Identical Strangers’, banter about ‘Bludgeon’ and ‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.’ We also review ‘Mission Impossible: Fallout’, show incredible self-restraint by talking about Star Wars for only three minutes and […]

Episode 72: July 2018 In which your hosts review 1967’s new wave noir film ‘Branded to Kill’, marvel at Marvel with ‘Avengers: Infinity Wars’, look back at Lucio Fulci’s 1972 horror ‘Don’t Torture a Duckling’ and nail fans to the Tree of Woe. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes From the latest news and reviews […]

Episode 71 Part 2: May 2018 In Part 2 your hosts dissect the infamous 1978 ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’, nail Robin Hood to the Tree of Woe and enter the Spoiler Zone to discuss all the surprises in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes From the latest news and reviews […]

Episode 71 Part 1: May 2018 In which your hosts offer differing opinions on ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’, talk about controversial filmmakers Lars Von Trier and Todd Solondz, review Ana Lily Amirpour’s ‘Bad Batch’ and reflect on the remarkable silver screen career of Patricia Morison. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes From the latest […]

In the second half we review Part 6: Jason Lives, Part 7: A New Beginning, Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes To Hell and Jason X. We discuss one the best of films in the series and a couple of the worst. Which one is an entertaining meta-comedy, which one is a rabid fever […]

Put down the illicit substances, stop the pre-marital sex and start screaming because your hosts are donning their hockey masks and sharpening their machetes to review every Friday the 13th film.* In Part 1 we review the 1980 original as well as Parts 2, 3, 4: The Final Chapter and Part 5: A New Beginning. […]

Episode 70 – March 2018 In which your hosts review both the 1974 original & 2018 remake of ‘Death Wish’, discuss Italian classic ‘Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion’, can’t stop talking about Star Wars and do their patriotic duty by nailing a poster to the Tree of Woe. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes […]

2018 Oscars Predictions In which your hosts make their picks for what they think will win and what they would like to see win for every single category of this year’s Academy Awards. So follow our form guide and let us know your picks on the spoiler alert website or the facebook page. Subscribe to […]

Episode 69 – February 2018 In which your hosts review Oscar favourites ‘Call Me By Your Name’, ‘The Darkest Hour’, ‘Three Billboards’ and dive into ‘The Shape Of Water’, we discuss the Natalie Wood mystery, two insane 1960s Japanese horror films and nail a golden statuette to the Tree of Woe. Subscribe to the podcast […]

Spoiler Zone #1 – Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi A special episode in which your hosts ramble and review in-depth and with many SPOILERS the latest instalment of the Star Wars Saga – THE LAST JEDI. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes From the latest news and reviews to undiscovered gems – Join […]

Episode 68 – December 2017 In which your hosts visit a galaxy far, far away with their spoiler free ‘The Last Jedi’ review, discuss reboots of everything from Robin Hood to Scooby Doo and recap the year in cinema with the coveted 2017 Spoiler Alert Awards. It’s a porgy of cinema discussion! Subscribe to the […]

Episode 67 – November 2017 In which your hosts push their seats back, fold their tray tables away and plug in their headphones for inflight entertainment. It’s the ‘watching-movies-on-planes’ special episode – From the romantic laughs of ‘The Big Sick’ to superhero antics of ‘Spiderman: Homecoming’ & ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’ through to Guy […]

Episode 66: Part 2 – IDA LUPINO In which your hosts ‘deep dive’ into the works of golden age actress and pioneering film director Ida Lupino. From the toast of 1940s Hollywood, acting opposite Bogart, to carving out a career in the 1950s as a film director handling taboo subjects. From her best performances on […]

Episode 66 – September 2017 In which your hosts review ‘It’, ‘Wonder Woman’, celebrate Harry Dean Stanton, feel a great disturbance in the production of Star Wars Episode 9 and nail the blockbuster patriarchy to the Tree of Woe. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes From the latest news and reviews to undiscovered gems – […]

Episode 65 – August 2017 In which your hosts look at The New Zealand International Film Festival and review ‘The Love Witch’, ‘Lost City of Z’, ‘It Comes At Night’, ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ and Palme d’Or winner ‘The Square’ as well as ‘Dunkirk’, discuss the potential Obi Wan Kenobi film and nail one […]

Episode 64 – July 2017 In which your hosts review ‘Okja’, ‘Split’, Fritz Lang’s 1953 Film Noir Classic ‘The Big Heat’, accept a challenge from a loyal listener to watch 2002’s ‘Kung Pow: Enter The Fist’ and nail a knight to the Tree of Woe. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes From the latest news […]