The Trash Heap

Sylvester Stallone wakes up in an extremely clean future where everyone's a nerd and it's his job to take down history's coolest criminal in Demolition Man (1993). Plus: Madame Web, Robodoc, and more. 100 episodes!

Just what is a Keep, exactly? We spent roughly 5 seconds investigating and devoted the rest of our time to talking about a golem killing Nazis in Michael Mann's The Keep (1983).

Ready to have all the fun ripped out of your favorite coming-of-age, off-beat comedy? Proceed with caution as we take Angus (1995) to the cleaners. Sorry, in advance.

The time has finally come for us to talk about a teen lesbian sex comedy and it's everything we hoped for. You guessed it, it's Bottoms (2023). Plus: PTA, Licorice Pizza, and a fun round of What Would You Do?

Denzel Washington is on a quest to find someone to explain time travel to him in simple terms...and fails in Deja Vu (2006). Plus: the sandwich debate of our lives rages on.

Sorry for the technical difficulties this week. For those who possess the intestinal fortitude to sit through a sub-par listening experience, a look back at Macaulay Culkin's dark & twisted journey through The Good Son (1993) awaits. Next episode: we're plugging in both ends of the mic cord.

JCVD is a single dad battling terrorists at the Stanley Cup Finals in Sudden Death (1995). Can he win back the respect of his kids and still have time to save the Vice President of the United States? Also: Elliot spills the beans on the Secret Service.

Now that Donald Glover is an award-winning mega-star and creative juggernaut, it's time to exhume his first film and see how it measures up. Does Mystery Team (2009) live on as a cult classic or should it stay buried? We're on the case.

Happy Trashoween! Join us for a terrifying trip around the world as we round up some of our favorite international horror picks to take your October view to a new level. Can you survive long enough to make it home? Let's find out.

Our pre-Trashoween kickoff is off to a rocky start with the occult insanity of The Church (1989) and the salacious hijinks of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988). It couldn't possibly get any worse, right...RIGHT!?

The Doctor is in! We're headed to the middle of the ocean to meet a hyena wearing pants, a monkey in a tuxedo, and a genius with a bucket on his head as we take a fresh look at The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996). Plus: vampires, the secrets of licorice revealed, and more.

Nobody listened. Nobody followed the rules. Joe Dante's Gremlins II is untethered insanity of the highest order and we've got a few things to say about it.

Mutants, mayhem, martial arts...and more mutants. It's finally time to bust out of our shells and revisit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990). Don't forget the penicillin.

Paging Mr. Herman...Mr. Herman to the front desk. We remember the late Paul Reubens with a nice chat about the often overlooked Big Top Pee Wee (1988).

Can a whale hold a grudge? We take a deep dive into Orca the Killer Whale (1977) to find the answer. Plus: Italian zombies, Jaws sequels, and more.

Join us on a trip to Hot Take City as we react to the latest trailers for The Meg II, Five Nights at Freddy's, Kraven the Hunter and more. Kneejerk reactions is back.

FIRST TIME WATCH. We're checking out Eraser (1996) for the very first time. Should it be protected at all costs or disappear forever without a trace? Also, prepare your brain for a bafflingly incorrect timeline of Arnold Schwarzenegger's political career, chicken wings, a livestock toddler, and so much more.

It's time to take a trip back to the awkward and quirky year of 2009 to revisit the 3rd film from the creators of Napoleon Dynamite. Grab your favorite yeast, saddle up your battle stag, and prepare yourself for Gentlemen Broncos.

Druid nannies, chainsaw dismemberments, coyote wolves, unchecked references and so much more. Why don't you make like a tree and listen while we unpack William Friedkin's The Guardian (1990).

A post apocalyptic future? Grimy hunks? Dragons? Tomatoes? That can only mean one thing: Reign of Fire (2003).

Was The Batman (2022) a bat-flop or a bat-triumph? Take a wild bat-guess.

Join us for a healthy amount of grieving as we lay to rest one of the great modern action film franchises with John Wick: Chapter 4. Hang out with us April 16th as Belltown Film Society presents Alien Resurrection: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/alien-resurrection-ft-special-guest-here-after-tickets/13111185

The time has come to find out who sucks more: James Woods or an unholy monster that's walked the earth for centuries. Brace yourself for the shocking conclusion. Plus: catholic conspiracies, blood style tips, and more with John Carpenter's Vampires (1998).

This one really bites. Prepare yourself for a brief exploration of everyone's favorite undead bloodsuckers.

Why did Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985) bomb at the box office? We put in minimal effort to speculate while also pondering space vampires, zero gravity beard growth, and more.

Can our hero Conan vanquish the ugly wizard dude, save a most excellent princess, and get a passing grade on his history report or will his god Crom send him off to military school? Listen to find out.

Memory trafficking. Murder. Deception. Y2K. Keanu. Clones. This episode has more than you could have ever dreamed of but it starts with Strange Days (1995). ...you know you want it.

World's collide, titans clash, and we pull no punches with the life-altering, culturally-significant 2003 crossover Freddy VS Jason. We're back from holiday exile and our first show of the new year is a real doozy.

We discuss our favorite films by the late director Albert Pyun, including Cyborg and Nemesis.

Hide out for the holidays with your old pals Elliot + Keith as we bring Slyvember to a screeching halt.

This time we've got scorpions, human jerky, a cabinet full of curiosities, and an island paradise where cops get to do anything they want. Is this the start of Slyvember? You decide.

Celebrate a very special Trashoween with us as we mourn the passing of professional stabber Michael Myers. OR DO WE??

Harmless prequels or godless works of unfathomable cinematic evil? We unearthed Paul Schrader's Dominion: the prequel to the Exorcist and Renny Harlin's Exorcist: The Beginning to find the answer. Trashoween officially starts with the episode The Vatican never wanted you to hear.

We're saying his name 5 times so you don't have to. October has arrived and we're starting things off right by talking a ton of Candyman shit, plus thoughts on urban legends, horror icons, sequels, and more. Happy Trashoween!

Summer finally comes to its frightening conclusion. Sing a song, shed a tear, and spill some blood as Vicky Clerici joins us to chop it up about Sleepaway Camp II. P.S. Sorry about the echo. It's probably Elliot's fault somehow. Check out Vicky's work: https://makeupbilly.com

Summer isn't over until we say a prayer with Saint L.L. Cool J and get eaten by hyper-intelligent, genetically-engineered sharks.

Does this episode just seem like a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy? We're taking on the divisive phenomenon of movie remakes and no one is coming out unscathed.

You may have survived the trailer, but now it's time to come face to face with PREY(2022) in its entirety and bring hunting season to a close. Enjoy an extra large bounty of botching character names, tasteless insults, and grown adults drooling over an alien in a loincloth.

If you're looking for 7 good reasons to run off to the jungle to join a worm cult, then you're in the right place. Sit back, relax, and remove the glowing magic orb from your boob as we unravel The Seventh Curse (1986).

This episode was originally scheduled for a few weeks ago but was bumped due to lack of impulse control. Join us for a locker room seance with Marlon Wayans in The 6th Man (1997), plus a mouthful of banter about Tubi, Ray Liotta, and more.

Just when we think we're out those damn Duffer Brothers find a way to pull us back in for another round with the misfits and maniacs of Hawkins, Indiana.

Listen at your own risk as we get knee deep into Shudder's Cursed Films series and give the infamous Cannibal Holocaust a proper wringing.

After watching the trailer for the new Predator film series entry Prey, we had to slam on the breaks and stop everything for the triumphant return of Kneejerk Reactions. Plus, we cackle about Rob Zombie's The Munsters and Elliot discovers the Dark Web.

Let's take a trip back to the magical land of the 90's when Edward Furlong was a god and CD-ROMs could kill you. Grab some Doritos and crack open a Mountain Dew because it's time to play Brainscan.

After a brief hiatus, we're back with legal calamities, cursed films, and Michelle Yeoh's first starring role.

It's Jackie Chan versus everybody(even the writer/director of his movie) in The Protector (1985). We're talking fashion, frame-rates, food metaphors, New York City after dark and more.

It's double the disaster as Elliot and Keith watched completely different movies with similar titles featuring the iconic team up of Billy Blanks and Roddy Piper. Back In Action (1994) and Tough And Deadly (1995) bring the Billy Blanks experiment to a nerve-shredding conclusion.

Thanks to the overwhelming positivity of Billy Blanks and juicy high school drama, we can't stop yelling about Karate Kid copycat Showdown (1993).

When asthma bullies a young boy's social life into submission, Chuck Norris answers the call and invades his dreams to end the conflict once & for all in the 1992 coming of age tale Sidekicks.

The sparrows are flying again and that means we're here to talk Stephen King movies...the best of the rest. We scoured the deep dark for a few of our overlooked favorites and found a few others that should have stayed buried.

We did it.