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Kevlar C


    • May 28, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 2h 30m AVG DURATION
    • 171 EPISODES

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    The Suspense is Killing Us podcast is a must-listen for any movie lover who enjoys hilarious banter and insightful discussions about 80s and 90s thrillers. The hosts, Kevin, Travis, and Matt, bring their passion and knowledge of movies to every episode, creating a fun and engaging atmosphere that keeps listeners hooked from start to finish.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the hosts' ability to provide honest opinions without needing to temper them for professional reasons. As non-working actors/critics/writers, they can freely express their thoughts on movies and performances without any bias. This allows for a more authentic and unfiltered conversation about the films they discuss. Additionally, their passion for movies shines through in their detailed analysis and fun anecdotes. They strike a perfect balance between providing context and going off on random tangents, ensuring that the podcast never becomes too technical or boring.

    Moreover, the comedic talents of all three hosts make The Suspense is Killing Us incredibly entertaining. Their great banter, clever references, memorable bits, and spot-on impressions keep the energy high throughout each episode. Even when they are mercilessly ridiculing or belittling movies that fans may love, their humor makes it impossible not to enjoy every minute.

    In terms of drawbacks, there are few to be found in this podcast. However, some listeners may prefer a wider range of movie genres rather than just focusing on suspense films from the 80s/90s. Additionally, while following their recommendations can lead to discovering some hidden gems, not all the movies they cover are great. Some may consider this as wasted time if they don't enjoy watching mediocre films.

    In conclusion, The Suspense is Killing Us is an outstanding podcast that blends humor with insightful discussions about 80s/90s thrillers in a way that caters to both movie enthusiasts and casual listeners. It stands out among other movie podcasts due to the hosts' comedic talents, passion for movies, and ability to provide honest opinions. If you're looking for a podcast that will make you laugh, help you discover underrated thrillers, and offer engaging discussions about the genre, then The Suspense is Killing Us is the perfect choice.



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    Latest episodes from The Suspense is Killing Us

    Ep. 167: DRAG ME TO MEL

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 185:25


    We are joined again by friend of the pod Will Goss to discuss three films starring the 100% normal and definitely okay movie star Mel Gibson. Oh and we also talk about Scarecrow Video collapsing, which is a thing that actually happened. BIRD ON A WIRE (1990, John Badham) PAYBACK (1999, Brian Helgeland) EDGE OF DARKNESS (2010, Martin Campbell)

    Ep. 166: HEIST HEIST BABY

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 158:51


    We're talking about heists, the more elaborate and far-fetched the better! None of this "drill open the safe" hooey, these heists have squibs, Mini Coopers, motor boats and alternate identities that have aged poorly! THE SCORE (2001, Frank Oz) THE ITALIAN JOB (2003, F Gary Gray) INSIDE MAN (2006, Spike Lee)

    Ep. 165: EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 160:03


    Ray Liotta—possibly our main guy—finally gets his very own episode! We like to think he's up there in movie star heaven cackling in approval. SOMETHING WILD (1986, Jonathan Demme) NO ESCAPE (1994, Martin Campbell) KILLING THEM SOFTLY (2012, Andrew Dominik)

    Ep. 164: PELHAMS 1, 2, 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 150:34


    The original Pelham was so good they just couldn't stop remaking it! Even though they probably should have! THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974, Joseph Sargent) THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1998, Felix Enriquez Alcala) THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (2009, Tony Scott)

    Ep. 163: WE HAVE THE RUNS

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 157:09


    Three thrillers featuring the word "run" in the title, each one more or less about someone running to or from something! RUN (1991, Geoff Burrowes) NOWHERE TO RUN (1993, Robert Harmon) RUNNING SCARED (2006, Wayne Kramer)

    Ep. 162: GRUESOME TWOSOMES

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 169:49


    The culmination of our last couple episodes! After all that groundwork we are rewarded with: three mediocre sequels! All the laughs, all the thrills...all over again! ANOTHER 48 HRS (1990, Walter Hill) F/X2: THE DEADLY ART OF ILLUSION (1991, Richard Franklin) ANOTHER STAKEOUT (1993, John Badham)

    Ep. 161: THE BUDDY SYSTEM II

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 173:34


    We check out some buddy cop movies for folks who want some laughs to go with their gun-play. Three 80's classics where the cops make dick jokes between (and sometimes during) kills! Ohhhh nooooo! 48 HRS. (1982, Walter Hill) RUNNING SCARED (1986, Peter Hyams) STAKEOUT (1987, John Badham)

    Ep. 160: MANIFEST DENNEHY

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 155:35


    Three nail biters featuring the king of stocky gravitas, Mr. Brian Denney. F/X (1986, Robert Mandel) BEST SELLER (1987, John Flynn) THE LAST OF THE FINEST (1990, John Mackenzie)

    Ep. 159: INTO THE WOODS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 184:46


    Give a listen to this episode about legendary good actor/bad guy James Woods and the full spectrum of tightly wound yelling guys he can play. Don't jerk us around, fella. COP (1988, James B. Harris) TRUE BELIEVER (1989, Joseph Ruben) THE SPECIALIST (1994, Luis Llosa)

    PATREON BONUS: MULHOLLAND DR.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 76:38


    From our Patreon page! We eventually get around to talking about the movie but as you might imagine this is more of a retrospective of David Lynch's entire career and what it meant to us individually. But if you ever ask us to explain what this podcast is about, we'll politely say "No."

    Ep. 158: TRAINING DAY

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 147:53


    ALL ABOARD for thrills and chills as we get railed by three movies about trains and the bad things that can happen on and/or to them! Hey...ride it. RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985, Andrei Konchalovsky) MONEY TRAIN (1995, Joseph Ruben) UNSTOPPABLE (2010, Tony Scott)

    Ep 157: GET IN SHAPE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 155:36


    Honestly we just wanted to do these three because they all have shape titles, but they all ended up being weirdly similar! How do you square that? CUBE (1997, Vincenzo Natali) SPHERE (1998, Barry Levinson) TRIANGLE (2009, Christopher Smith)

    Ep. 156: TRIBUNALS AND TRIBULATIONS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 170:18


    Well, it's Christmas Day AND it's Emalie's birthday, so you know its the perfect time to talk about three military courtroom dramas! We trust there will be no...objections? A FEW GOOD MEN (1992, Rob Reiner) COURAGE UNDER FIRE (1996, Edward Zwick) HART'S WAR (2002, Gregory Hoblit)

    Ep. 157: GET IN SHAPE

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 155:36


    Honestly we just wanted to do these three because they all have shape titles, but they all ended up being weirdly similar! How do you square that? CUBE (1997, Vincenzo Natali) SPHERE (1998, Barry Levinson) TRIANGLE (2009, Christopher Smith)

    Ep. 146: THE BACONATOR

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 153:26


    Do you smell Bacon? That's right, perpetual bridesmaid Kevin Bacon finally gets his moment in the spotlight with his very own crispy, meaty episode! SLEEPERS (1996, Barry Levinson) DEATH SENTENCE (2007, James Wan) COP CAR (2015, Jon Watts)

    Ep. 145: WHAT ABOUT BOB

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 155:16


    We discuss three movies that perfectly encapsulate the range of late career Robert DeNiro performances: still great, bored and kind of embarrassing! Little bit. Little bit embarrassing. COP LAND (1997, James Mangold) SHOWTIME (2002, Tom Dey) HIDE AND SEEK (2005, John Polson)

    Ep. 153: OLDMAN LOOK AT MY LIFE

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 162:40


    Who should listen to our episode dedicated to young, live-wire Gary Oldman? EEEVVERYOOONEE! CRIMINAL LAW (1988, Martin Campbell) STATE OF GRACE (1990, Phil Joanau) MURDER IN THE FIRST (1995, Marc Rocco)

    Ep. 152: WE ALL SCREAM

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 173:40


    For our final Spooky Season ep of 2024, we're talking about movies that hopped on the post-Scream bandwagon. Self aware riffs on the genre, where teens get slashed despite knowing what "tropes" are. What are you waiting for?! I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997, Jim Gillespie) URBAN LEGEND (1998, Jamie Blanks) CHERRY FALLS (1999, Geoffrey Wright)

    Ep. 151: MAJOR OCEAN PICTURES (feat. Will Goss)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 151:01


    Avast! Here there be monsters! And ghosts! And a kind of electricity-based alien entity that builds robots, look the point is scary shit is happening on scary boats in the ocean. And our pal Will Goss is back to make us feel less afraid. DEEP RISING (1998, Stephen Sommers) GHOST SHIP (2002, Steve Beck) VIRUS (1999, John Bruno)

    Ep. 150: GET TO THE CHOPPER

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 165:07


    Get your chopper and strap on your colors: it's time to be a big, gross, bike riding SOB and come to terms with all of your shit. We are the 1%. The Odin blessed, ass-kicking podcast that will take you to Valhalla! STONE COLD (1991, Craig R. Baxley) HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN (1991, Simon Wincer) BEYOND THE LAW (1993, Larry Ferguson)

    Ep. 149: OOPS ALL SKULLS

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 140:14


    Oh no, there was a mistake at the factory and somehow the only movies we watched were from the little-loved secret society thriller The Skulls franchise from the early aughts! But don't worry, we're the ones paying the price for our mistake. THE SKULLS (2000, Rob Cohen) THE SKULLS 2 (2002, Joe Chappelle) THE SKULLS 3 (2004, J. Miles Dale)

    Ep. 148: SAY IT AIN'T SOVIET

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 156:58


    We take you back to the nostalgia-rich Cold War of the 1980's, when the Russians were, like, still bad guys, but...kind of different? Do svidaniya, don't get any on ya! FIREFOX (1982, Clint Eastwood) LITTLE NIKITA (1988, Richard Benjamin) RED HEAT (1988, Walter Hill)

    Ep. 147: THE KILLING OF A SACRED GERE

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 158:38


    We're finally talking about a very special man. Enigmatic, exciting, seductive and irresistible—of course, I'm referring to The Mothman! But Richard Gere is in a movie about him and he's worth talking about, too! RED CORNER (1997, Jon Avnet) THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES (2002, Mark Pellington) THE DOUBLE (2011, Michael Brandt)

    Ep. 146: HANG THE DJ

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 163:22


    There was once a time known as the mid to late aughts, when the culture was at an ebb and bland bros ruled the land. One director, DJ Caruso, bestrode this brief period like a colossus. Look upon his works and sigh heavily! TWO FOR THE MONEY (2005) DISTURBIA (2007) EAGLE EYE (2008)

    Ep. 145: AVP ALIENS VS POLICE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 145:04


    Freeze, (literal) slime bag! You have the right to remain...from another planet? The War On Crime just got a lot more otherworldly with three cop movies that also feature Space Guns! THE HIDDEN (1987, Jack Sholder) I COME IN PEACE (1990, Craig R. Baxley) MONOLITH (1993, John Eyres)

    Ep. 144: HEIMER ON OUR OWN SUPPLYMER

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 164:43


    We're discussing the late-career output of legendary director John Frankenheimer—a man whose films always looked great, even when everything else about them was bad. DEAD BANG (1989) YEAR OF THE GUN (1991) RONIN (1998)

    Ep. 143: DENNIS THE MENACE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 187:41


    This episode gonna be wicked pissah because we're covering the work of writer Dennis Lehane, who writes bleak crime fiction that often takes place in the Boston area. Make sure to listen while enjoying your Dunkin' and other such items! MYSTIC RIVER (2003, Clint Eastwood) GONE BABY GONE (2007, Ben Affleck) THE DROP (2014, Michaël R. Roskam)

    Ep. 142: TRUCK EVERLASTING

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 136:26


    10-4 breaker one niner good buddies, we're hauling out a big heavy load of trucker-oriented thrillers, copy. So put the hammer down and look out for checkpoint Charlie. What? That's just how I talk. WHITE LINE FEVER (1975, Jonathan Kaplan) ROLLING VENGEANCE (1987, Steven Hilliard Stern) BLACK DOG (1998, Kevin Hooks)

    Ep. 141: BURNING BRIDGES

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 164:49


    The great Jeff Bridges finally gets his own episode, and all three of the movies are about crazy conspiracies! Hopefully he'll be adhering to a strict drug regimen to keep his mind limber. WINTER KILLS (1979, William Richert) CUTTER'S WAY (1981, Ivan Passer) ARLINGTON ROAD (1999, Mark Pellington)

    Ep. 140: MONK-Y BUSINESS

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 163:07


    At long last we are tackling movies that delve into the esoterica of ancient Catholicism! That's right, we got three movies about monks, monasteries and MURDER, two of which finally stick it to the dastardly Benedictines! THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986, Jean-Jacques Annaud) THE ORDER (2003, Brian Helgeland) THE RECKONING (2004, Paul McGuigan)

    Ep. 139: CRIMES OF THE FUTURE

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 147:34


    We're discussing three out of this world sci-fi cop thrillers! Well technically only one is out of this world. The other two have robot spiders and aliens, but they are, in fact, of this world. OUTLAND (1981, Peter Hyams) RUNAWAY (1984, Michael Crichton) ALIEN NATION (1988, Graham Baker)

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    Ep. 138: BANK SHOTS

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 149:14


    The big banks are Big Bads in this trio of finance-based potboilers! You're about to overdraft...on death! BOILER ROOM (2000, Ben Younger) THE INTERNATIONAL (2009, Tom Tykwer) ARBITRAGE (2012, Nicholas Jarecki)

    Ep. 137: RIPLEYS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 154:07


    We're talking about three movies based on Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley series, in descending order of likelihood you've ever seen it! THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY (1999, Anthony Minghella) RIPLEY'S GAME (2002, Liliana Cavani) RIPLEY UNDER GROUND (2005, Roger Spottiswoode)

    Ep. 136: ELLROY WAS HERE

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 162:41


    To analyze the work of cantankerous crime writer James Ellroy, we're discussing an award winning classic, a notorious Brian DePalma flop and also Street Kings. Whatever you desire, this episode has it! LA CONFIDENTIAL (1997, Curtis Hanson) THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006, Brian DePalma) STREET KINGS (2008, David Ayer)

    Ep. 135: IT'S THE GREAT PODCAST, CHARLIE BRONSON

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 162:11


    Special guest Seth Goodkind joins us to discuss the iconic Charles Bronson, specifically the time in his career when he made movies for Golan/Globus that were directed by J. Lee Thompson. It wasn't exactly the prime of his career...or was it? No. 10 TO MIDNIGHT (1983, J. Lee Thompson) MURPHY'S LAW (1986, J. Lee Thompson) KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SUBJECTS (1989, J. Lee Thompson)

    Ep. 134: BERRY THE LEAD

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 153:48


    We take a look at some of the, uh, lesser known output of actress/movie star Halle Berry. Hey, they can't all be GOTHIKA. RICH MAN'S WIFE (1996, Amy Holden Jones) THE CALL (2013, Brad Anderson) KIDNAP (2017, Luis Prieto)

    Ep. 132: CHRISTIAN IDOLATRY

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 170:28


    Greetings and salutations, we're taking a look at the career of counterculture icon Christian Slater! GLEAMING THE CUBE (1989, Graeme Clifford) KUFFS (1992, Bruce A. Evans) HARD RAIN (1998, Mikael Salomon)

    Ep. 131: WINTER BLUNDERLAND

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 152:54


    Baby it's cold outside! And also, baby there's a killer on the loose? We gathered close to the warmth of our televisions to watch three thrillers where more than just the weather outside is frightful. TRANSSIBERIAN (2008, Brad Anderson) WHITEOUT (2009, Dominic Sena) THE SNOWMAN (2017, Tomas Alfredson)

    Ep. 130: JUST CHUTE ME

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 145:09


    Get ready to experience roughy 30-35% pure adrenaline with three totally awesome extreme thrillers that totally rip off Point Break! But are you crazy enough? TERMINAL VELOCITY (1994, Deran Sarafian) DROP ZONE (1994, John Badham) EXTREME OPS (2002, Christian Duguay)

    Ep. 129: BURTIN FOR A SQUIRTIN

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023 139:14


    It's Burt part 2! Yes, Burt Reynolds is back and he's bringing his signature laconic charm, his signature catchphrase ("Yeah") and even his signature directorial style? Well, for one of them, yeah! SHARKY'S MACHINE (1981, Burt Reynolds) MALONE (1987, Harley Cokeliss) THE MADDENING (1995, Danny Huston)

    Ep. 129: RUSSELL MANIA

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 132:03


    We talk about the dizzying highs and devastating lows of our man Kurt Russell and pretty much run out of his movies in the process. We've done them all! Why else would we have 3000 Miles on here? TEQUILA SUNRISE (1988, Robert Towne) BACKDRAFT (1990, Ron Howard) 3000 MILES TO GRACELAND (2001, Demian Lichtenstein)

    Ep. 128: LUMET GALA

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 153:01


    Sidney Lumet is one of the all time greats. He made masterpieces in every decade, going back to the early 1800s. But he also just made regular movies sometimes. We take a look at the ageing master in the final several decades of his career. THE MORNING AFTER (1986) Q & A (1990) NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN (1996)

    Ep. 127: CANCEL CULTURE CLASH

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 152:18


    We're turning up the cringe factor with three movies about fishes out of water, strangers in strange lands, dumb cops forced to spend time with people different from them. What could go wrong? A STRANGER AMONG US (1992, Sidney Lumet) RISING SUN (1993, Philip Kaufman) THE KINGDOM (2007, Peter Berg)

    Ep. 126: MORE BIG WILLIS STYLE

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 144:40


    We're dipping back in to the Willis well, with a little bit of a twist! This time it's three movies where Bruce gets to play the bad guy. Sorry not sorry, pal! MORTAL THOUGHTS (1991, Alan Rudolph) THE JACKAL (1997, Michael Caton-Jones) THE SIEGE (1998, Edward Zwick)

    Ep. 125: GHOST PROTOCOL

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 159:37


    Hello, kiddies! It's time for our annual Spooky Season tradition of talking about movies that are thrilling in a slightly different way from our usual fare! In this case, in addition to the usual murders, now we got GHOSTS, baby! And some creepy kids. STIR OF ECHOES (1999, David Koepp) THE SIXTH SENSE (1999, M Night Shyamalan) THE RING (2002, Gore Verbinski)

    Ep. 123: TO BE FRANK

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 182:58


    Scott Frank is a talented, Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter with a distinctive career and many worthwhile credits. But mainly we just wanted to do Out of Sight. A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (2014, Scott Frank) THE LOOKOUT (2007, Scott Frank) OUT OF SIGHT (1998, Steven Soderbergh)

    Ep. 122: GET UR FRIEDK ON

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 155:54


    We pay homage to the New Hollywood master of grit and grime, the great William Friedkin. A guy who loved movies, hurting his actors and just asking questions. CRUISING (1980) TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985) RAMPAGE (1987)

    Ep. 122: PODCAST HAS FALLEN

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 165:16


    Mike check one two three! That's right, we're talking about The Fallens, featuring the manliest, violentest, thirstiest hero ever to save the world three times: MIKE BANNING! As Mike himself would say: FUCK! OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (2013, Antoine Fuqua) LONDON HAS FALLEN (2016, Babak Najafi) ANGEL HAS FALLEN (2019, Ric Roman Waugh)

    Ep. 121: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER WHY

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 135:53


    We're taking on three movies about spy craft, international intrigue and the murky doings of the CIA. Pretty compelling stuff, right? You'd think so! BAD COMPANY (2002, Joel Schumacher) BODY OF LIES (2008, Ridley Scott) SAFE HOUSE (2012, Daniel Espinosa)

    Ep. 120: INJUSTICE FOR ALL

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2023 169:21


    We're putting the SYSTEM on trial with this episode. And in this case the system is found GUILTY of driving decent men to take hospitals hostage, break their wives out of prison and construct deadly kill bots to take out City Hall. JOHN Q (2002, Nick Cassavetes) LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (2009, F. Gary Gray) THE NEXT THREE DAYS (2010, Paul Haggis)

    Ep. 119: IT'S A LIVING

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 142:29


    It's a SIKU job fair as we take a look at three (fairly insane) movies about occupations! THE PAPERBOY (2012, Lee Daniels) THE COUNSELOR (2013, Ridley Scott) THE ACCOUNTANT (2016, Gavins O'Connor)

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