Backrooms (2026)

After his second film "The Elephant Man" garnered 8 Oscar nominations, David Lynch got sucked into doing what everyone hoped would be the next "Star Wars". Instead of accolades, "Dune" 1984 got dunked on by everyone and broke Lynch's spirit.In "Dune" 1984, a Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule. There's weaponized sound, a lecherous baron that wants to pull your blood plug, worms that produce hallucinogens and interstellar travel, the late Patrick Stewart in scifi role way before "Star Trek", and a whole lot of style. Did "Dune" 84 deserve the scorn or did it come out too close to "Star Wars"? Tune in and find out!#dune #dune1984 #dune84 #davidlynch #scifi #starwars #kylemaclachlan #virginiamadsen #JürgenProchnow #patrickstewart

In the latest film from Oz Perkins (Longlegs, The Monkey), Liz (Tatiana Maslany) and Malcolm (Rossif Sutherland)—travel to a secluded cabin in the woods for their anniversary weekend. Danger lurks around every corner, but is it human or supernatural? Is there a special cake? Have we discovered another Sutherland? Is Tatiana Maslany a master actor? Tune in and find out!If you like the podcast, please do thumbs up and subscribe. If you leave a review on a podcasting platform, mention a movie in that review you want us to cover and we will do an episode on it. Tell you friends, lovers and grandma's to listen!#keeper #ozperkins #themonkey #longlegs #tatianamaslany #rossifsutherland #horror #horrormovie #spooky #scarymovies #halloween

An abusive, alcoholic guy finds an entrance to the backrooms in the basement of his furniture store. Will his therapist be able to save him both literally and metaphorically? Can you eat fake people? Is it fine to accept you don't need to change? Tune in and find out!#kaneparsons #chiwetelejiofor #backrooms #noclp #horror #podcast #horrormovies #besthorror

Bear has a crush on his friend Nikki. Instead of actually telling her, even when confronted, he instead opts for witchcraft and makes the wish that Nikki will love him more than anyone else in the world. Does his wish pan out the way he wants? Why was this a mega hit across generations of audiences? Is this set in a world of magic??? Tune in and find out what's up with "Obsession".Rate, subscribe, leave a review somewhere and include a movie you want covered in that review. We'll make an episode on it.#podcast #obsession #IndeNavarrette #currybarker #horror #megahit #besthorror #michaejohnston

In Damian McCarthy’s third film, rude novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes. He soon hears of a witch who was captured and imprisoned in the now sealed off honeymoon suite. After a dark turn of events, Ohm begins investigating a disappearance and ends up having to stare into the void of trauma and horror.Is McCarthy treading the same ground over and over? Can he manage to carry his particular brand of horror over to his first mainstream release? Is this a clever attempt at doing “The Shining”? Tune in and find out!Be sure to check out the previous spooky seasons for episodes on “Reanimator”, “The Company of Wolves”, “Hereditary”, “The Wailing”, “Lost Prophet” and oh so many more. If you review this show on a podcasting platform, include a movie you want us to cover in that review and we’ll make an episode on it. Check out our socials (really just instagram at this point” and tell your friends about these two middle aged men in a basement talking about movies.#hokum #damianmccarthy #podcast #horror #halloween #spooky #31daysofhorror #adamscott #witch

In the debut film from Damian McCarthy (director and writer of "Oddity" and "Hokum"), a drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically disturbed woman in a house on a secluded island. The catch? He has to wear a special vest with a long chain secured in the basement of the spooky house.After the wonderful depth and creepiness of "Oddity", we wanted to watch more Damian McCarthy movies. With a creepy setting, fantastic acting, twists and spooky imagery, this is one left one of us deeply terrified to the point they had to finish it out during the day. Which one of us was so spooked? Tune in and find out!

After a long career, the final piece of Michael Cimino's career is the short film "No Translation Needed" (part of an anthology that came out in 2006). We probably shouldn't have bothered. This episode and this short amount to nothing.#michaelcimino #notranslationneeded #shortfilm #youtubeshort #podcast

"Sunchaser" follows millionaire oncologist Dr. Michael Reynolds (Woody Harrelson) who's living a life of luxury in Los Angeles when he is assigned to young cancer patient Brandon Monroe (Jon Seda), a violent former gang member with nothing but contempt for the doctor. Monroe, who is part Cherokee, gets hold of a gun, kidnaps Reynolds and forces him to go to an Arizona reservation, where he thinks a lake's healing powers will cure him. Their journey is fraught with danger but leads to insights for both men.With a hot script from Charles Leavitt, this marks the end of movies for the once masterful Michael Cimino. He came in hot with "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", wowed everyone with "The Deer Hunter", destroyed the auteur movement with "Heaven's Gate" and burned people and his flame from there on out. Is "Sunchaser" bad? Did it get an unfair turn from critics? Do Jon Seda and Harrelson turn in interesting performances? Can you see what seemed to make the script a hot commodity? Tune in and find out!#michaelcimino #woodyharrelson #jonseda #podcast #sunchaser #finalfilm

With the help of his defense lawyer (Kelly Lynch), who is madly in love with him, psychotic killer Michael Bosworth (Mickey Rourke) escapes prison and goes on the run with his brother (Elias Koteas) and his partner in crime (David Morse). Killing time before his lawyer can meet up with them, the three invade the home of Tim (Anthony Hopkins) and Nora Cornell (Mimi Rogers), a bickering couple on the brink of divorce. Now the couple must fight to save their marriage, and their lives.Clearly drawing on Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Cimino makes his first thriller in this remake of a classic Humphrey Bogart film. How does he fare? Why does he keep casting Mickey Rourke? How could a movie with this cast (and Elias Koteas WITH HAIR) not snag an audience? Tune in and find out. #mickeyrourke #eliaskoteas #anthonyhopkins #mimirogers #michaelcimino #davidmorse #kellylynch #thriller #desperatehours

Salvatore Giuliano (Christopher Lambert) steals money from the wealthy and gives the funds to the downtrodden in his native Sicily. As word of Salvatore's work spreads and he becomes beloved by the Italian working class, his head begins to swell. But Salvatore makes a potentially lethal mistake when he crosses his benefactor, the powerful Mafia boss Don Masino Croce (Joss Ackland). Seeking revenge, Don Masino pulls in Salvatore's cousin, Pisciotta (John Turturro), to take out the bandit.Michael Cimino's ability to make a movie continues to fall off a cliff as he adapts a Mario Puzo novel that follows a character from "The Godfather" and isn't allowed to use that character due to rights issues. He instead casts someone with no charisma, avoids casting any Sicilians in the film, cuts almost all of the action to spite the movie producers and makes a truly boring, and terrible film. Buckle up, because we're in the bad place.If you enjoy the episode, please rate, review, and subscribe. You can leave a podcast review wherever podcast reviews are allowed, and pick a movie for us to cover in that very review. #michaelcimino #christopherlambert #johnturturro #podcast #filmography #thegodfather #mariopuzo #thesicilian