Giant mechanical spiders, male boob grabbing, and nice trains, oh my! Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, and Alex Acks join forces for this special Pandemic Edition of Torture Cinema. Together, they tackle the infamous 1990s blunder, Wild Wild West, expl

373. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984) — Torture Cinema #99

Mar 30th, 2020 1h 9m

Ubiquitous tentacles, wholesome content, and riding his rainbow in the sky! Shaun Duke and Jen Zink break all the rules we arbitrarily set for Torture Cinema to discuss a film so beautiful and so bonkers bananapants that it might have fixed the

369. The VelociPastor (2018) — Torture Cinema #98

Mar 9th, 2020 55m 49s

Chinese ninjas drug dealers, questionable costumes, and premed / law prostitutes, oh my! Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, and Paul Weimer are back on the Torture Cinema horse with a deliciously stupid Patreon-selected mashup: The VelociPastor. We tackle

Torture Cinema #97: Santa with Muscles (1996) — The Holiday Special

Jan 1st, 2020 1h 22m

Exploding gems, racist wrestlers, and orphans, oh my! In this very special (and totally late) holiday edition of Torture Cinema, Shaun, Julia, Alex, and Jen tackle a truly horrifyingly bad Christmas movie, Santa with Muscles. From Hulk Hogan’s

Torture Cinema #96: Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)

Dec 3rd, 2019 57m 30s

Questionable journalists, questionable comedy, and questionable geography, oh my! Shaun Duke, Alex Acks, Jen Zink, and Trish Matson wander into an unsuspecting Eastern European town to discuss the 1985 “comedy,” Transylvania 6-5000. With their

Torture Cinema #95: Children of the Corn (1984)(Belated Halloween)

Nov 7th, 2019 1h 10m

Creepy cult children, confusingly animated monsters, and Korn, oh my! Shaun Duke, Alex Acks, and David Annandale meet in the corn fields to discuss 1984 adaptation of Stephen King’s Children of the Corn. They discuss the film’s bizarre plot str

Torture Cinema #94: Stan Helsing (2009)

Oct 4th, 2019 1h

Dirty mice, invisible plots, and Leslie Nielsen, oh my! Shaun Duke, Alex Acks, and Paul Weimer throw themselves on Freddy’s clawed hand to discuss Stan Helsing, a movie made by drunk people to torture the dead. Together, they discuss the film’s

Torture Cinema #93: Next (2007) at Worldcon in Dublin (w/ Linnea)

Sep 2nd, 2019 1h 15m

Greasy chest hair, lasting 2 minutes, and animal abuse, oh my! Recorded (sorta last minute) in a hotel room in Dublin, Ireland, this special edition features Shaun Duke, Alex Acks, Julia Rios, Jen Zink, Brandon O’Brien, and special guest / frie

Torture Cinema #92: Starcrash (1978/79)

Jul 31st, 2019 59m 25s

The Hass, chauvinist robots, and Italians, oh my! In a Torture Cinema podcast that meanders almost as much as the movie, Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, and Trish Matson get together to discuss this month’s Patreon selection, Starcrash! Not only do the t

Torture Cinema #91: Damnation Alley (1977)

Jun 24th, 2019 1h 7m

Boat cars, “Killa Cockaroaches”, and cannibals, oh my! Much to Jen’s chagrin, in her absence the team, Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, and Alex Acks, discover a lot to criticize in the 1977 film adaption of a Roger Zelazny book, Damnation Alley! Jen l

Torture Cinema #90: Kull the Conqueror (1997)

May 27th, 2019 1h 3m

Ape men, nicked bits, and shirtless Sorbo, oh my! Shaun, Stephen, and Daniel join forces to fulfill their dudetastic Torture Cinema destiny by discussing 1997’s Kull the Conqueror (starring Hercules). They discuss the history behind the film, w

Torture Cinema #89: The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

Apr 30th, 2019 1h 22m

Canadian Geese, foot fetishes, and vest clones, oh my! Shaun, Jen, David, and Trang, in her first ever Skiffy and Fanty Podcast appearance, discuss the 1973 Hammer Film Productions classic(?), The Satanic Rites of Dracula! The last time that Pe

Torture Cinema #88: Super Inframan (1975)

Mar 25th, 2019 57m 23s

Superman 4, motorcycle gangs, and *eye twitch* tentacle monsters, oh my! This episode exists thanks to the hardwork and determination of our lovely patron, Joseph. Thank you, Joseph, for repeatedly insisting that we watch the 1975 film, Super I

Torture Cinema #87: Xanadu (1980)

Feb 25th, 2019 45m 23s

Pink bodysuits, the bisexual 80s, and legs that go on forever, oh my! Today on Torture Cinema, Paul, Alex, and Daniel review the (not so) particularly beloved 1980s fantasy musical, Xanadu! The film also has the distinction of being Gene Kelly’

Torture Cinema #86: A Special Holiday Torture Cinema Adventure – The Christmas Dragon (2014)

Dec 24th, 2018 1h 3m

Darkspawn, shiny noses, and a new sex term, oh my! This one is DEFINITELY NSFW folks! Somehow the team, comprised of Shaun, Jen, Paul, and Becca, managed to turn this family friendly film into a total raunch fest. Proceed with caution. You have

Torture Cinema #85: Blade: Trinity (2004)

Nov 27th, 2018 1h

Happy trails, Office Building Prime, and proto-Katniss, oh my! So, you know how the first Blade movie was actually kind of awesome and we all went crazy for the killer daywalker with a badass cloak, giant fangs, and the most country sidekick th

Torture Cinema #84: Leprechaun in the Hood (2000) — Happy Halloween w/ Tonia Thompson

Oct 31st, 2018 52m 1s

Afros, magic “flutes,” and tokenism, oh my! Happy Halloween, everyone! Shaun, Jen, and Teri consulted with Tonia Thompson to select movies appropriate for a Halloween special during Black Speculative Fiction Month and she has suffered for it. W

Torture Cinema #83: Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)

Sep 25th, 2018 1h 2m

Crystal lasers, pig people, and recycled costumes, oh my! In today’s episode of Torture Cinema, Paul, Alex, Daniel, and the prodigal son, Shaun, gather together to make absolutely sure that the destroyed civilization of Atlantis stays destroyed

Torture Cinema #82: Gallowwalkers (2012)

Aug 30th, 2018 1h 3m

Lizard tails, Hellraiser, and bad Spanish, oh my! In today’s episode of Torture Cinema, Jen, Paul, and Alex are joined by the wonderful Tonia Thompson, founder of Nightlight Podcast, to talk about a film that should probably be thrown into the

Torture Cinema #81: Frogs (1972)

Jul 30th, 2018 1h 8m

Toads, Sam Elliot’s missing mustache, and weaponized Spanish moss, oh my! In today’s hoptastic episode, Alex, Paul, David, and special guest Michael J. Martinez try to drain the swamp of the southern patriarchy as they discuss the 1972 “killer”

Torture Cinema #80: Lost in Space (1998)

Apr 30th, 2018 58m 39s

Cyborg spiders, diapers, and boob seams, oh my! Jen, Paul, Alex, and Elizabeth (in her Torture Cinema debut) discuss the utterly disastrous 1998 movie adaptation of Lost in Space. From the terrible costumes to atrocious world-building, they col

Torture Cinema #79: Event Horizon (1997)

Mar 26th, 2018 1h 17m

Singularities, Cenobites, and Gothic cathedrals, oh my! Jen, Paul, David, and Rachel get together to review the film that refused to stay buried in a Transylvanian Salt Mine. They discuss (or rather, David schools everyone) how Event Horizon is

Torture Cinema #78 — Lawnmower Man: The Director’s Cut (1992)

Feb 26th, 2018 1h 5m

Killer lawnmowers, crucifixions, and cybersex, oh my! This is our very first Torture Cinema of the year, and so OF COURSE our Patrons had to pick something that was TRULY terrible! In this episode, Julia, Paul, Alex, and Daniel dig deep into th

344. Krampus: The Reckoning (2015) — A Special Holiday Torture Cinema "Adventure"

Dec 24th, 2017 1h 5m

Tang, overbites, and gratuitous boob shots, oh my! In this special Holiday edition of Torture Cinema, Shaun, Paul, Jen, Alex, and Becca mix too much alcohol with a really, truly terrible movie. This one definitely comes with some language and c

342. Cowboys vs Dinosaurs (2015) — A Torture Cinema "Adventure"

Dec 1st, 2017

Dino Olympics, Jurassic Park, and bikinis, oh my! For this episode of Torture Cinema, Shaun and Julia are joined by our intern, Becca, and special guest, Adam Callaway, to drunkenly review Cowboys vs Dinosaurs, an absolutely terrible movie abou