Maximum Surge (2003) with Jim and Staring Jon

Chris is joined by George from The Best Little Horror House in Philly and Kron from 5 Day Rentals to discuss the 1994 Japanase children's fantasy sci-fi adventure, Kappa (河童). We've got aliens, we've got coming-of-age, we've got bodily fluids, we've got Tony Shark, we've got it all!   Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord

Chris is joined by Murph from The Weekly Podcast Massacre and Rob from Box Office Gross to talk about the first feature film released as an NFT, Kevin Smith's anthology horror film about "the first meme", KillRoy Was Here (2022)! Conceived as a student project at the Ringling College of Art and Design, this film has famously been described as "not good enough for Shudder." You be the judge!   Follow The Weekly Podcast Massacre: Instagram Bluesky   Follow Box Office Gross: Box Office Gross (Bluesky) Bluesky: Brian and Rob   Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord

Chris is joined by Dan from TYTD Reviews and Triv from Trivial Theater to talk about all things wicker. The Quicker Man is a fan edit by Dead Formats based in the long-rumored 17-minute triple bill cut of the classic British horror film, The Wicker Man. Also discussed is the little known legacy sequel, The Wicker Tree. Cut some capers, man!   Follow TYTD Reviews and Trivial Theater: Bluesky: TYTD Reviews // Trivial Theater Letterboxd: TYTD Reviews // Trivial Theater   Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord   Supplemental Material: Dan on The Best Little Horror House in Philly Kermode Uncut: Which Wicker Man? The Corries - Highland Lament Nicolas Cage Bear Suit Punch The Loathsome Lambton Worm | Full-Cast Audio Drama The Wicker Man: Learning to love the film that broke us Songs of Praise Red Sovine - Vietnam Deck of Cards Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John Flanders and Swann - The Reluctant Cannibal

Dead Formats welcomes back Dakota and Chris from the Two in the Pinku for this very strange episode. They discuss Psycho Hypnosis Ecstasy Part 1 (サイコ　催眠　エクスタシー　Part 1), Psycho Trip Ecstasy (サイコ・トリップ・エクスタシー), and Female Criminal Ten-Handed Punishment (女犯十手裏仕置). The first two are part of an erotic hypnosis series created by JAV legend Tadashi Yoyogi and the second is a surprisingly well-crafted Edo period noir action film from King Records.   Follow Two in the Pinku: Two in the Pinku (Instagram) Instagram: Dakota and Chris Letterboxd: Dakota and Chris   Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord

Chris is joined by Greg and Murph from The Weekly Podcast Massacre to talk The Mask (1961). Chris had a busy weekend and will update the description later. P-A-R-T-Why? Because I gotta!   Follow The Weekly Podcast Massacre: Instagram Bluesky   Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord

Chris is joined by Bones, Dan, and Kron from the 5 Day Rentals podcast to discuss Lone Tiger (1996), an unofficial American adaptation of the Tiger Mask manga starring low budget stalwarts Richard Lynch, Robert Z'Dar, and Matthias Hues. If you love to piss, you won't want to miss out on this one!    Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord

Dead Formats is joined by DK and Chris from Nerds, Geeks, and the Kitchen Sink to discuss Guyver: Dark Hero (1994), the often overlooked direct-to-video sequel to the Mark Hamill cult classic, The Guyver (1991). This film has an amazing practical effects pedigree, ridiculous fight choreography, and stars Solid Snake himself, David Hayter, in his first film role. American tokusatsu at its finest!    Follow DK and Chris: Instagram: Nerds, Geeks, and the Kitchen Sink Bandcamp: Letters to Dracula   Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord

Chris is joined by Jim from Waxing the Porpoise and Staring Jon to discuss Maximum Surge (2003), a "film" Frankensteined together using footage from full-motion video (FMV) games. The trio discuss the history of FMV games, debate the meaning of "virtual habitation system", and reminisce about grade school computer lab shenanigans. The episode concludes with a trivia game featuring questions about defunct soda brands. If you have a GMC Sierra, you won't want to miss this one!   Follow Jim and Jon: Instagram: Waxing the Porpoise Twitch: KineticOnslot   Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord

Chris is joined by Brantley from Horror Drafts and George from The Best Little Horror House in Philly to discuss the 1971 Oscar-winning, apocalyptic horror, pseudo-nature documentary The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971). They discuss the ethics of documentary filmmaking, how the Academy often gets things wrong when it comes to documentary features, and the current state of docs as an art form. Is The Hellstrom Chronicle really even a documentary? Is it an outright comedy or a subversive commentary on the power of rhetoric and the dangers of following charismatic personalities? Which bug is the grossest? One thing's for sure, this episode is "throbbing with obese sexuality" and you won't want to miss it!   Follow Brantley and George: Bluesky: Brantley Instagram: Brantley // Contenders Doc // George Letterboxd: Brantley // George   Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord   Supplemental Material: Contenders (2026) Trailer Hairy Man Road's review of Capturing Bigfoot Roger Ebert's review of The Hellstrom Chronicle Our Drawings (2023) Dootle Dots S1E1

Chris is joined by Dan from TYTD Reviews and Triv from Trivial Theater to look at a couple of Swedish curiosities, The Werewolf Cult Chronicles: Vietnam 1969 (2005) and Fata Morgana (1979). This episode is a special thanks to all of our Swedish listeners out there and includes discussions about the state of Swedish genre cinema, minor Swedish pop-cultural icons of 70s such as 11-year-old rock 'n' roll sensation Per-Erik Jonsson, the music of Björn Skifs, Swedish drag artist Christer Lindarw, and much, much more!   Follow TYTD Reviews and Trivial Theater: Bluesky: TYTD Reviews // Trivial Theater Letterboxd: TYTD Reviews // Trivial Theater   Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord   Supplemental Material: The Werewolf Cult Chronicles: Vietnam 1969 Fata Morgana I HATE DUST Kenny Winker In True Hollywood Style? Localized Emulations of American Genre Film in Contemporary Swedish Cinema by Joel Frykholm Lee Hazlewood - My Autumn's Done Come Per-Erik Jonsson - Good Golly Miss Molly Milky Bar commercial 1978 Buckner & Garcia - E.T.,I Love You Björn Skifs - Hela natten lång