Sleeper Hits and Midnight Misses Peter and Jordan cover humanity's finest films, and a fair share of flops. New episodes every Monday.
Traditional Family Values! This week we're on the hunt for the perfect family with THE STEPFATHER! Terry O'Quinn shines in this psychological horror as the wanna be family man Jerry Blake, or is that really his name? Well, whatever it is you won't want to miss it. Lock the doors, set the table and don't ask too many questions if you know what's good for you. Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Absolute_trash @SlenderJames
There's No Reason! This week we're rolling into telekinetic madness and keeping our heads from exploding with RUBBER! This dark comedy follows the journey of a tire - yes, a literal tire - Its psionic powers, unrelenting bloodlust, and a vague journey of self discovery. Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Absolute_trash @SlenderJames
Now That's What I Call A Brain Freeze! Stick a leaf in your bike spokes and grab a push pop from the ICE CREAM MAN! This summer time snack features Clint Howard in the Ice-tacular role of Gregory, our ice cream man. Can he live up to the Ice Cream King Dream or will the last shreds of his sanity finally snap? Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Absolute_trash @SlenderJames
It's a Brotherhood of Steel! This week we're thrashing to DEATHGASM, where the power of metal actually can summon demons! Expect heavy riffs, buckets of blood, and headbanging mayhem. Hope you brought your corpse paint… but leave your church stuff in the closet. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
How the Hell do we get Outta Here?! Set your watches because this week we're crawling, climbing and defying logic with CUBE 2: HYPERCUBE. This sci-fi mystery is held together by sheer confusion, questionable physics and an endless need to fill the silence. It will have you questioning your own intelligence, the intelligence of the characters, and leave you shouting “PLEASE STOP EATING JERRY!” Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Fill up your tank, and don't forget your shotgun! This week, we're tearing through the sun-scorched highways of MAD MAX. George Miller kicks off his apocalyptic saga with a baby-faced Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a lawman in desperate need of a vacation. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Dios mio! It's May 5th and you know what that means… It's Cinco de Masko! Join us on a nostalgic, and quite romantic, deviation this week with MASK OF ZORRO. Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins bring a Tornado of swashbuckling action! In this, our highest budget blockbuster yet! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Pocket marbles! Fire up that police scanner and get your duct tape cuz we're hitting the streets vigilante style this week with DEFENDOR. It's a surprisingly heartwarming tale of a man trying to do the right thing, in a misguided way. Also Woody Harrelson throws jars of hornets at bad guys, which kind of rules. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Locked up! Come undercover with us this week as we take on another b movie trope: women's prison films. Sure there's lots of nude scenes, but this one has a little something more about it. Has anyone seen my shank? I know I left it somewhere… Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Spring Break is here! This week we're traveling down to Florida for nationals with BIKINI SPRING BREAK. Lots of antics with one as we talk about yet another member of the Carradine family. Will We make it there in time? Probably not, but Pete wants to compete in the wet t-shirt contest, so we'll try our darnedest. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Liftoff! This week we're experiencing some extra G's in the centrifuge with PROXIMA. A story told from the perspective of a mother facing astronaut training in preparation for a mission to the ISS. The winding emotional arc here really took us by surprise, and of course it was a good week for Jordan because his one true love Eva Green takes center stage, and weirdly changes on camera like a bunch of times. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Heist time! MONEY PLANE brings us a classic professional-thief-redemption plot, and who better to lead this ragtag group of high stakes thieves than the Rated-R Superstar himself, Edge? And you know what, throw in Fraiser Crane smoking cigars and threatening everyone just for the hell of it. Truthfully, this one was a rough watch, but we had fun tearing it apart and we think you will too. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Chock! We're delivering the killing blow to Marchial arts this week with FIST OF FURY. Finally, a Bruce Lee movie. I mean, it took us long enough... This Hong Kong film has a whole lot of artistry scattered amongst its 100 minutes, and a fair shake of dry exposition. So grab your snack paper and enjoy the satisfying sounds of nunchucks hitting knees. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Kachow! What happens when you mix high-octane gunfights with neck breaking martial arts? THE RAID: REDEMPTION. This Indonesian feature takes action to a whole new level with nonstop intensity and some killer editing. Also what's with all the knives to the neck? Seems like this movie really centers around how much damage a neck can take before a guy dies... Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Hi-ya! Let's travel to Hong Kong this week and take party in the deadly Kumite with BLOODSPORT. Jean-Claude Van Damme serves up splits, smiles, and some slick kicks in this classic 80s flick. Wait a sec, is that Mick Foley? Nope, I wish. But it does have a young Forest Whitaker which is pretty cool. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Pow! It's the first week of Marchial Arts and we're kicking off with the cult classic KUNG POW! ENTER THE FIST. Steve Oedekerk serves up this wickedly zany satire of classic martial arts movies, complete with groundhog nunchucks, fighting cows, and a tongue that just won't quit. Choose your fighter and keep your hands up to block the beatdown that's coming your way. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
We're going back…to the swamp! It's time to put a cap on our hatchet series with VICTOR CROWLEY. Parry Shen makes a return, starring this time alongside an almost completely new cast, a pretty classic Adam Green move if you ask me. Join us for one last bloodbath and keep an eye out for Canada geese, we don't want any bird strike taking this plane down. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Lovers beware! It's that time of year again. It's time for the big Valentine's Day party, and everyone in town is invited…Wait, Did someone just mail the mayor a human heart in a candy box?? MY BLOODY VALENTINE is here to deliver hugs and kisses and shock and awe! Who's your valentine this year? Ours is Harry Warden… Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers! Time for some more science fiction horror this week, C.H.U.D takes us to the seedy underbelly of New York City, and a toxic truth that will shake the foundation of the city... Another cool thing about this movie is that for about 3 minutes we get to see a young John Goodman in his first movie playing a New York cop. Honestly, for an 80s movie, this one aged pretty well. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Animation!? Yes, we have waited long enough, it's time to do an animated flick, and who better to start with than Ralph Bakshi? WIZARDS takes us thousands of years into the future, where things look very different, but there is something all too familiar about this story's big bad guy. Take a stroll down this very trippy hand-drawn avenue with us, and fear not if this isn't your favorite, because we are most definitely coming back to Bakshi. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
We're slashing prices on these pants! No…wait, the pants are trying to slash us! The boys are gearing up for Monday Madness with this unconventional flick about, you guessed it, killer pants. Pop on your favorite dungarees and buckle up because this one will have you in stitches. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Did you see that!? I could have sworn I saw that doll move… Maybe it's just my imagination, or maybe it's time for PUPPET MASTER II! Join the boys and our friend and yours Chandler for a good ol fashioned teardown of this not-so-classic classic. There's more gore than you might expect, and you'll just have to listen to find out about the most important contributions that were made to this flick. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
Watch your six! This week we're diving back into the fray with NAVY SEALS VS. ZOMBIES. The former NBA player-turned vice president is in Baton Rouge and what do you know, it's a zombie outbreak. Stay close and keep your head down, civvy, and you just might be able to help us answer the question: can Navy SEALs be fat? Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
The beatdown is back!! And right out of the gate we're bringing you RE-ANIMATOR to kick off season 2. That's right folks, ooey gooey practical effects, full frontal nudity, and the always lovely Barbara Crampton are here to help us ring in the new year! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com Letterboxd: @Petedown @SlenderJames
The time has finally come! Join us for a very special episode of the B Movie Beatdown… THE FIRST ANNUAL BEATYS. You'll laugh, you'll cry, friends will become enemies, and enemies become friends. Come along with us and honor the best and worst of our movies this year. Remember, black tie is optional! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Goblins! Wait no, we already did that one… GREMLINS is this week's movie, and our last flick of 2024! Join us on this Christmas adjacent adventure and try not to get too scared, they're just puppets after all. P.S. Whatever happened to the inventor father stereotype? Find us online:Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Clowns! I mean, Klowns! That's right folks, we're rounding out the first year of B movies with KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE. This movie was such a treat. In fact, we both watched it twice. So get some popcorn, stay away from the cotton candy machine, and we'll meet you under the big top! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Victor Crowley! Again? I guess we keep coming back because the well isn't dry yet. Join us this week as we bring you HATCHET 3, bringing some new faces, some returning ones, and some that are completely detached from their bodies. Your rocket launcher won't save you this time, so buckle up for a third night in Honey Island Swamp. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Its that time of year again! No not the holidays, its awards season... at least here at the Beatdown it is. We are inviting you, our lovely listeners, to help us pick some of the best and worst movies from our first year of episodes in what we are calling The 12 Days of Beatdown. Here is how it works: From Dec 1-12, head on over to our instagram: @bmoviebeat Find the most recent post and vote on the poll inside that post When the results are all in, we will tally them up and bring them to you in a very special episode at the end of the year. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Turkey time! What are you thankful for? Here at the Beatdown we're thankful we only had to watch THANKSKILLING once. With a large helping of bad acting, a scoop of shaky camera work, and a slice of senseless violence, this might be the budget conscious feast you're looking for. Or not. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Andy Sidaris strikes again! Is it possible to capture lightning in a bottle twice? Maybe, but this isn't one of those times. This week we're getting hard once more with GUNS: starring a slew of playmates, and a young Danny Trejo. Fans of Hard Ticket to Hawaii, this is one you're not gonna want to miss. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
It's moving day! We got this house for a steal, but why was it so cheap? Just a few murders, demonic possession, and nosey neighbors. Nothing the beatdown gang can't handle. This week we're tackling HELL BABY. So get your octopus placenta oil, scarf down a po'boy, and help us get to the bottom of this supernatural horror comedy. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Aliens, spies, and buttholes oh, my! This week we take an intergalactic detour to the deadly planet Morganthus, where nothing is as it seems and everything tries to kill you. GALAXY OF TERROR doesn't just bring us blood and guts and boobs, but it brings together decades of sci-fi tropes and calls upon some of our favorite movies in the process. Get your affairs in order, because this week we're taking a dangerous dive into another epic, low-budget Corman extravaganza. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Pack a snack for Packanack! This week we're doing FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2. The real start of the franchise if you ask us. So join the other counselors, pack your bathing suit, and watch out for Jason! Because we'll see you, and probably him, at Camp Crystal Lake! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
You're on the Radio! It's week three of Spooktober and we're cruising the midnight air waves this week, with DEAD AIR. Guess what? It's not really scary, like at all. It does, however, star Bill Moseley, of Evil Bong fame. So barricade your door, and don't touch that dial, because we're going to be here all night. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Kazaam! No, that can't be right. That's a different movie. No this week is all about WISHMASTER, a much better film. If you had a genie grant you three wishes what would you choose? World peace? X-ray vision? Something else that's not as cool? You can find out what we wished for and why this movie rules and/or drools, so come rub your lamp with us this week on the B Movie Beatdown. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Bust out your abacus and a notepad because this week we're doing CUBE! This high-concept Canadian flick has us trapped with you this week dear listener. Will we succumb to our environment? Will madness overtake us? Who knows? Maybe we just need to think outside The box… to escape the Cube. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Bamboozled again! Did we just trick ourselves into watching softcore porn? We sure did! Fred Olen Ray AND Jim Wynorski return to us as directors this week. So stay tuned as we find out why those two make such a lethal combo for boobs, crappy special effects, and a whole lot of laughs. This week it's DINOSAUR ISLAND! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Yikes! That seems to be an appropriate description for this week's movie, WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY. That's right folks, it's time to ruin our collective childhoods as we dive into this sick and twisted take on A. A. Milne's beloved characters. This one is all about doing something because you can, and not thinking about whether or not you should, so come along and see who survives in the 100 Acre Wood. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Brace for impact! Who thought it was good storytelling to have an American football team fly over the Himalayas, crash land, and get attacked by a Yeti? Does it even sound good on paper? Well buckle up and stash some emergency chocolate, cuz this episode is going down and you're gonna need your wits about you to survive YETI: CURSE OF THE SNOW DEMON. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Totally tubular! This week the Beatdown gang is carving up some waves with SURF II. This one was a fan request, and it also happens to be a movie neither of us knew anything about. So grab your board and meet us down at the beach, because we might be in for some serious chop! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Hey! When's the next Blockbuster Beatdown? It's right now! That's right folks we're selling out once again, this time to talk about THE KARATE KID. We grapple with some 80s tropes and duke it out between nostalgia and criticism. Learn why Pete would be a great Miyagi-Do student, and why Jordan would make a great Cobra Kai and we'll see you at the All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
The last day of camp is here! So get ready for an itinerary of absurdity as we dive into WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER. Where do you want to start? Should we play capture the flag with Coop? Do science with Henry and the indoor kids? Or maybe we should go down the river with Victor and Neil? In the end it doesn't matter, because we'll cover it all. So pack up your gear, find your questionably-aged counselor, and let's have some fun! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Ok! How are we feeling campers? Week three of Summer Camp is here and SLEEPAWAY CAMP II: UNHAPPY CAMPERS is back from the asylum, fresh off a full-on sex change. This time the Angel of Death is drunk with power so if you head into the bushes with your camp crush, don't get caught! You might get sent home…or worse. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Good morning, campers! This week we're bringing you MEATBALLS, the Ivan Reitman classic starring Bill Murray as goofy lead counselor Tripper Harrison. Of course, with Bill and Ivan at the wheel we'll be lucky if this bus ever makes it to the big basketball game. So gather around the bonfire for week two of Summer Camp, and just pray you don't wake up floating in the middle of the lake! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Summer Camp is here! For our first week of activities, we'll be covering 1981's THE BURNING. Have you ever seen a young Jason Alexander with a head full of hair? No? Turns out he's a hunk. What can you expect? Well it starts with a pretty cool fire walk, then there's questionable nudity, and finally the whole thing is sprinkled with some top notch Tom Savini special effects. So check it out! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Ho Ho Ho, it's Christmas!! ...in July? This week we decided to get festive with a holiday pick that's only slightly preferable to a lump of coal. SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 isn't what we asked for from Santa, but it's what we deserved. Did we watch the first one? Not at all. Turns out, it doesn't make a lick of difference. So strap in, check your list twice, and get ready for gaRbAgE dAY!! Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
What's this! HATCHET 2! Sure, why not. The BMB boys continue the franchise with another backlog episode. With that, this flick brings more violence and gore in the same kind of way that makes the first Hatchet so endearing to us. So lets strap in, take another swamp tour, and maybe we'll survive another Thursday night... Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
It's Mardi Gras! Oh wait no that can't be right... Ah, I see here in my notes is says this week we have another backlog episode for you. HATCHET takes us on a tromp through the swamp with a conga line of horror movie alumni. There's something about a movie like this that makes you wanna curl up on a Thursday night and binge some b horror, you know what I mean? Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Holy dinosaurs! That's an expression right? Well, it is now... Why am I excited? Because this week we have our second ever guest episode! Our good friend Sam joins us to discuss THE VELOCIPASTOR. This flick has been requested for some time now so we're bringing it to you live, and in front of a studio audience! Not really, but let's pretend it is just for funzies. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
Oh hi Mark! Well, I guess this was inevitable. You can't have a B movie podcast and not talk about THE ROOM. Tommy Wiseau's magnum opus, if you can call it that. In this episode, we try to psychoanalyze Tommy, and get inside his mind. We wanted to figure out just what the hell he was going for with this movie. I guess that was our first mistake. Find us online: Instagram: @bmoviebeatFacebook: The B Movie BeatdownEmail: thebeatmoviebeatdown@gmail.com
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