Cult Movies Podcast

The Movie Bubble has migrated from Film Feast over to Cult Movies! Matt Bledsoe, James Coddington, Daniel Epler, and Lexy Van Dyke join the show for a special bonus episode where we discuss everything from William Friedkin to Letterboxd. Come hang out in the bubble with us!

We're wrapping up season five - and the end of book one of Cult Movies - in our usual way. We're headed to Oz with our resident Aussie transplant Lindsay Wilkins to discuss The Wizard of Oz.

We cannot keep this a secret any longer. Let us punish the guilty. Let us reward the innocent. Heather Drain and Rachel McPadden return to discuss Edward D. Wood Jr.'s Plan 9 From Outer Space.

We're hoarding our gold and preparing for the afterlife with Daniel Epler and Mike Scott as we discuss Howard Hawks' Land of the Pharaohs (1955).

This week we embrace the chaos with Matt Bledsoe and James Coddington as we discuss Richard Lester's A Hard Day's Night (1964).

Grab your tap shoes and umbrellas because Stephanie Crawford joins us toe discuss Gene Kelly's and Stanley Donen's Singin' In the Rain (1952).

We're getting horny in the jungle this week with Daniel Epler and Lexy Van Dyke as we discuss Cedric Gibbons' Tarzan and His Mate (1934).

We're running the long con this week with Antonio Palacios from The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and discussing George Cukor's Sylvia Scarlett (1935).

It's a hostful episode and we're getting high on Reefer Madness (1936).

We are putting ourselves to the fullest possible use with Brian and Michele from Movies for Life and discussing Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

We're headed to the Great White Way with Dan Pullen of Movies From Hell this week as we discuss Lloyd Bacon's 42nd Street.

We're dipping back to 1934 with one of the godfathers of comedy, W.C. Fields. Kevin Maher joins the show this week to discuss Norman Z. McLeod's It's a Gift.

We're getting in touch with our inner angsty teenager this week as Carmelita Valdez returns to the show to discuss Nicolas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause (1955).

It's finally here! And there's no one better to talk about Ronald Reagan and a chimpanzee than the boys from Movies from Hell. Bradley J. Kornish and Dan Pullen join us to discuss Fred de Cordova's Bedtime for Bonzo (1951).

We're getting filthy with Heather Drain and Rachel McPadden as we head to Baltimore to discuss John Waters' Pink Flamingos (1972).

We're talking about a French, gay family comedy so why not invite our friends from the horror podcast Chainsaws & Claws on? Patrick Bartlett and Robb Antequera join us to discuss Eduoard Molinaro's La Cage aux Folles (1978).

Smoke 'em if you got 'em! This week we're joined by filmmaker, programmer, and commentator Chris O'Neill and Fun City Editions founder Jonathan Hertzberg to discuss Cheech and Chong's first film, Up in Smoke (1978).

This week Kristin and Anthony are joined by Lexy Van Dyke and James Coddington for a fantastic adventure as we discuss Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940).

No new episode this week but we'd like to share a bit of our conversation with writer and podcaster Dan Budnik from Patreon. We're starting a Marjoe Gortner series over there that will span his entire filmography and Dan helped us kick things off with a great conversation.

Rosalie Lewis of F This Movie! and Blu-ray Boutique returns to the show this week to talk about lovers on the run in Terrence Malick's Badlands.

We're going big this week as we're joined by Mike Scott and Patrick Bromley to discuss Merian C. Cooper's and Ernest B. Shoedsack's King Kong (1933).

Lindsay Wilkins, Daniel Epler, and Matt Bledsoe join the show this week to discuss John Ford, John Wayne, and The Searchers (1956).

We're coming in hot with the season five premier to talk about Dorothy Arzner's Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) with Keith Rich and Preston Mitchell.

We're closing out season four in style with Lindsay Wilkins, Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo. Lindz joins Vinny and Anthony to discuss the Marx Brothers' seminal 1933 comedy Duck Soup.

Lance and Erica from Unsung Horrors are back to wrap up their Roger Corman hat trick with Jonathan Demme's directorial debut Caged Heat.

Kristin, Anthony, Vinny, and Dirk Marshall of VHUS count down their favorite film discoveries of 2022.

A long time in the making, Kristin and Anthony are excited to welcome Spencer Seams, co-host of Shoot the Piano Player Podcast, to the show to discuss Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come.

This week we're thrilled to once again be joined by the hosts of Movies for Life, Michele Eggen and Brian Keiper to discuss Otto Preminger's 1944 noir Laura.

It's a hostful show this week with just us. Kristin, Vinny, and Anthony discuss the film chosen by our Patreon supporters - Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude followed by our pairing recommendations.

We're getting outrageous this week as Lexy Van Dyke and Dirk Marshall join us to discuss Richard Benner's queer comedy Outrageous!

Kristin and Anthony are joined by Carmelita Valdez to discuss Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.

The Pink Smoke is back! This week we're joined by Christopher Funderberg and John Cribbs to discuss Anthony Mann and his 1958 western starring Gary Cooper, Man of the West.

We're headed back to the wild west this week as Dirk Marshall, host of VHUS Podcast, and Ryan Gowland, host of The New World Pictures Podcast, join Anthony to discuss Monte Hellman's 1966 revisionist western The Shooting.

We're back with the second half of season four and Kristin and Anthony are joined by Rosalie Lewis of Blu-ray Boutique and F This Movie! to discuss John Huston's directorial debut, The Maltese Falcon.

We're getting into the Halloween spirit as Tony-nominated composer and writer Joe Iconis joins Anthony this week to discuss Michael Reeves' folk horror classic Witchfinder General (aka The Conquerer Worm).

Vinny and Anthony are joined by Film Feast host Matt Bledsoe to talk about the ultimate sad bastard movie, Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour.

It's Christmas in October! This week we're talking the Frank Capra classic It's a Wonderful Life and celebrating the upcoming release of the book "Santa Doesn't Need Your Help" with author, filmmaker, and Kevin of Kevin Geeks Out, Kevin Maher.

Vinny and Anthony are joined this week once again by writer extraordinaire Jessica Scott to discuss Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve.

This week Kristin and Anthony are thrilled to welcome actor Galen Howard to the show to discuss Samuel Fuller's Shock Corridor.

This week Anthony is joined by writer Heather Drain holding down co-host duties as we welcome writer, researcher, and zine publisher Rachel McPadden to discuss Paul Morrissey's Trash. 

All three hosts are back this week with the fourth edition of Cult Movie Stars. It's Kristin's turn to pick the star and she went with legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. The two movies discussed from his filmography are The Rickshaw Man and Snow Trail.

This week we're joined by director of Salem Horror Fest and producer Kay Lynch to discuss Mario Bava's Black Sunday.

This week TCM Underground programmer, I Saw What You Did host, and newly-branded author Millie De Chirico joins all three hosts to discuss TCMU on screen and page, cult movies, and John Dahl and Peggy Cummins in Gun Crazy.

It's our first Cult Movie Stars episode of the season, but we're changing things up a bit. Bradley J. Kornish and Dan Pullen from Movies from Hell join Kristin and Anthony to discuss the life, career, and whereabouts of Marjoe Gortner. Instead of focusing on two of his films, we dive into the entire filmography of Marjoe because he deserves it.

This week Mike White from The Projection Booth Podcast joins me to discuss the highly underrated and underseen 50s sci-fi flick I Married a Monster From Outer Space.

Lindsay Wilkins, host of Schlock and Awe, is back again to talk brotherly love, John Garfield, and the black list in Abraham Polonsky's Force of Evil.