Tame Aperture

Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.

We talk the 2021 Netflix original out of Korea, by director Kim Tae-Hyoung. With prayer beads in one hand and an axe in the other, a monk hunts down a millennia-old spirit that's possessing humans and unleashing hell on Earth.

We talk the 2006 film "Slither" by director James Gunn. Wheelsy is a small town where not much happens and everyone minds his own business. No one notices when evil slips in quietly but, when people find mutilated livestock and a woman goes missing, Sheriff Bill Pardy (Nathan Fillion) discovers an alien organism that threatens to devour all life on Earth.

We talk the 2007 anthology film, Trick 'r Treat, directed by Michael Dougherty. Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.

We talk Halloween (2018) and dive into Laurie Strode's mission to confront her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. The film is directed by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, Joe) and stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Andi Matichak.We are also joined by Tame Aperture guest Brannon Richardson. Join Allen and Gabe as they walk through this classic horror franchise.

We talk the 2019 film from director Robert Eggers titled "The Lighthouse" starring Wiliam DaFoe and Robert Pattinson. Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.www.tameaperture.com

Comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U Know” present “The Civil War on Drugs” follows two young men who mistakenly believe the Civil War is being waged over the legalization of marijuana. They join the cause and embark on a journey that brings them face to face with the Union, the Confederates, the Pony Express and even Abraham Lincoln.

We talk the 2004 Sundance stunner "Primer" directed by Shane Carruth. Intellectual engineers Aaron (Shane Carruth) and Abe (David Sullivan) build and sell error-checking technology with the help of their friends. But when Aaron and Abe accidentally invent what they think is a time machine, Abe builds a version capable of transporting a human and puts the device to the test. As the two friends obsess over their creation, they discover the dark consequences of their actions

We talk the 2019 Comedy Horror Satire by James Jarmusch titled "The Dead Don't Die" starring Bill Murray and Adam Driver at the forefront of an ensemble cast. The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.

We reach our 50th Episode of the podcast by tackling our first documentary review. Join us as we discuss the 2015 film from filmmaker Jimmy Chin titled "Meru" as we break down the journey of Conrad, Jimmy and Renan; as they suffer to scale one of the most indomitable mountains in the world.

We talk the 1993 directorial debut from Guillermo del Torro titled "Cronos" starring Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman and Claudio Brook. A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.

We talk the 2007 Academy Award winning film "No Country for Old Men" starring Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones, and directed by Joel & Ethan Coen. Allen and Gabe are joined by special guest Anthony Drake live from California.While out hunting, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds the grisly aftermath of a drug deal. Though he knows better, he cannot resist the cash left behind and takes it with him. The hunter becomes the hunted when a merciless killer named Chigurh (Javier Bardem) picks up his trail. Also looking for Moss is Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), an aging lawman who reflects on a changing world and a dark secret of his own, as he tries to find and protect Moss.www.tameaperture.com

We talk the 1971 Stanley Kubrick "cult classic" A Clockwork Orange starring Malcolm McDowell. In an England of the future, Alex and his "Droogs" spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on "a little of the old ultraviolence." But things go from bad to worse and Alex is placed in a new psychiatric program for delinquents and prisoners, and tortured to stop his violent ways.

We talk the 1964 comedy from Stanley Kubrick "Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people.

We talk the 2003 dark comedy "Bad Santa" starring Billy Bob Thornton and directed by Terry Zwigoff.A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.

We talk the 1956 film from Stanley Kubrick titled "The Killing: starring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray and Vince Edwards. Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a band of misfits for one last job before he goes straight and marries his fiancee. But, when key team member, George, tells his restless wife, Sherry, about their scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

In this episode of the podcast, we begin our journey into the mind of Stanley Kubrick and talk the 1987 War/Drama "Full Metal Jacket" starring R. Lee Ermey, Mathew Modine and Vincent D'Onofrio.A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

We talk the 1973 crime drama, "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" starring Robert Mitchum and directed by Peter Yates with special guest Desmond Reddick from the Dread Media Podcast. Summary: After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.tameaperture.com

We talk the 1973 American supernatural horror film "The Exorcist" directed by William Friedkin and produced and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Blatty. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller and Linda Blair.www.tameaperture.com

We talk the 2018 directorial debut from Ari Aster titled "Hereditary" starring Toni Collett, Alex Wolfe, Milly Shapiro and Gabriel Byrne.When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter and grandchildren begin to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry, trying to outrun the sinister fate they have inherited.

We talk the 1982 ghostly adventure directed by Steven...wait directed by Tobe Hooper, starring JoBeth Williams, Heather O' Rourke and Craig T. Nelson.Strange and creepy happenings beset an average California family, -- when ghosts commune with them through the television set. Initially friendly and playful, the spirits turn unexpectedly menacing, and, when daughter Carol Ann goes missing, Steve and Diane turn to a parapsychologist and eventually an exorcist to help get her back from the beast.www.tameaperture.com

We talk the 2003 remake of the American slasher classic "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" starring Jessica Biel, R. Lee Ermey, Andrew Bryniarksi and directed by Marcus Nipsel.After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.tameaperture.com

We talk the 1960 classic "Psycho" by legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, and Vera Miles in this episode of the Tame Aperture Podcast.Movie summary: A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.www.tameaperture.com

We talk the 2016 Independent film "Pushing Dead" from director Tom E. Brown starring James Roday Rodriguez, Robin Weigert, and Danny Glover.When a struggling writer, HIV positive for 20+ years, accidentally deposits a $100 birthday check, he is dropped from his health plan for earning too much. In this new era of sort-of universal care, can he take on a helpless bureaucracy or come up with $3000 a month to buy meds on his own?

We talk the 2010 Korean film "I Saw the Devil" directed by Jee-Woon Kim and starring Byung-hun Lee and Min-Sik Choi. A secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.www.tameaperture.com

We talk the directorial debut from the Coen Brothers titled "Blood Simple" starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, and Dan Hedaya. A rich but jealous husband hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her lover. However, nothing is simple when blood is involved.www.tameaperture.com

We talk the genre bending Western Horror "Bone Tomahawk" from director S. Craig Zahler starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Mathew Fox and Richard Jenkins.In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.

We talk the 2010 film from Yorgos Lanthimos, titled Dogtooth. A controlling, manipulative father (Christos Stergioglou) locks his three adult offspring in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.

We talk the 1993 Comedy/Cult film "So Married an Axe Murderer" starring Mike Myers and Nancy Travis, directed by Thomas Schlamme. A San Francisco poet who fears commitment suspects his girlfriend may have a knack for killing off her significant others.

We talk the 1986 directorial debut from iconic filmmaker Spike Lee, "She's Gotta Have It" starring Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, and John Canada Terrell.Synopsis: Story of a woman and her three lovers.

We talk the 2012 sophomore release from writer/director Martin McDonagh titled "Seven Psychopaths" starring Colin Farrel, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson and Christopher Walken.A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsHR77oQKEYwww.tameaperture.com

We talk the 2010 film "Rubber" from French Filmmaker Quentin Dupieux about a car tyre that comes to life with the power to make people explode and goes on a murderous rampage through the Californian desert. The film stars Gregory Bernard, Kevos Van Der Meiren, and Julien Berlan

In this episode, we talk the wild and crazy film from Yargos Lanthimos "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" starring Colin Farrel, Nicole Kidman and Barry Keoghan.

We discuss the directorial debut from eccentric filmmaker Tim Burton with his 1985 film starring Paul Ruebens "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" so enjoy the discussion...haha.

In this episode of the podcast, we talk the directorial debut of Mike Figgis and his 1995 film "Leaving Las Vegas" starring Nicholas Cage and Elisabeth Shue.

We talk the 1996 directorial debut from Wes Anderson "Bottle Rocket" starring Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson and James Caan.

We discuss the directorial debut "Hard Eight" from director Paul Thomas Anderson starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson.

We discuss the 2015 directorial debut from Alex Garland "Ex Machina" starring Oscar Issac, Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander.

We talk the 2007 feature film debut from Jeremy Saulnier, "Murder Party" starring Chris Sharp, Kate Porterfield, Stacey Rock, William Lacey and Macon Blair.

We talk the modern film classic "Eraserhead" from director David Lynch, starring Jack Nance and Charlotte Stewart.

We discuss the directorial debut of Christopher Nolan and his 1998 film "Following" starring Jeremy Theobald and Alex Haw.www.tameaperture.com

We discuss the 1980 directorial debut from comic legend Harold Ramis "Caddyshack" starring Chevy Chase, Bill Murray and Rodney Dangerfield.   www.tameaperture.com

We discuss the 2008 French Film "Martyrs" from Director Pascal Laugier, about a young woman looking for retribution on those that abused and tortured her as a young child.    www.tameaperture.com

We discuss the 1973 directorial debut "Badlands" from acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick. 

We talk the directorial debut of Kathryn Bigelow and her 1982 film "The Loveless" co-directed by Monty Montgomery, starring William DaFoe.   www.tameaperture.com

We discuss the directorial debut of Spike Jonze and his vision of eccentric writer Charlie Kaufman's "Being John Malcovich" starring John Cusack, Catherine Keener and John Malcovich.

Through the open country and desert lands, two bikers head from L.A to New Orleans, and along the way, meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap they are unaware of. www.tameaperture.com  

We discuss the directorial debut of Quentin Tarantino and his 1992 film "Reservoir Dogs" starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen.

In this episode of the podcast, we discuss legendary filmmaker, Martin Scorcese's directorial debut, "Who's That Knocking at My Door" from 1967.

We discuss the directorial debut of Hollywood Icon and actor turned director, Clint Eastwood.

We conclude 2019 Horror Month with "The Shining" from director Stanley Kubrick.