This week we are taking a request from one of our biggest fans, Lindsay "The Original" G and watching her childhood Halloween favorite Hocus Pocus! Starring the incomparable Bette Midler, underrated comedienne Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker looking the hottest she's ever looked in a movie as the Sanderson sisters! The Sandersons are a trio of witches in Salem, MA in 1693 who suck out the lives of little children to restore their own youth and vitality. When the Sandersons are hung as witches, the eldest sister Winifred has cast a spell that will bring them back to life if a virgin lights the Black Flame Candle in their house. Fast forward to 1993, where insufferable teenager, Max, is being a real pissant about having to take his little sister, Dani, trick or treating. To impress his school crush, Allison, Max lights the candle, brings the Sanderson sisters back to life and the trio must find a way to defeat them before they suck the lives out of every child in Salem! This much maligned movie has grown to be a fan favorite during this time of year and Dan and Chrysten can't wait to suck the life out of it, I mean...review it in a concise and objective manner. Join us and see how the Sanderson sisters fare against our big meanies! And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!
They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're all together ooky...Look out, it's KYD! This week your favorite nostalgia nerds took a recommendation from you, our loyal listeners, and watched your second spooky October month choice: The Addams Family! Starring Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd and Christina Ricci in the role that made her a star, this movie about everyone's favorite weirdo family next door is the perfect choice to help get us all into the Halloween spirit! But Dan and Chrysten both remember the sequel better than the original...will they love this one as much as the second one? Join us and find out! And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!
...And more Kurt Russell is what we're gonna give 'em! This week we watch John Carpenter's 80's sci-fi horror classic The Thing! Plus it's October, so something scary seemed appropriate. When a Norwegian helicopter lands at the US McMurdo Station in Antarctica, they are chasing and trying to shoot a seemingly harmless dog. What the team stationed at McMurdo doesn't realize, is that they are about to have a world of terror unleashed on them! A murderous space alien goes on a rampage, taking on the physical traits of its host as it kills them from the inside...so they never know who is really a Thing or lying about not being a Thing! Starring our personal fave, Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley and Keith David. But will Kurt's baby blues help this movie win over our ever curmudgeonly hosts? Join us and find out! And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!
This week we are joined by our fellow nostalgia nerds across the pond, Mark and Sophie of the You Know What I Like...? podcast! We watch and discuss their pick, the 90s fantasy film and Macaulay Culkin vehicle, The Pagemaster! Mac plays a young boy who is afraid of pretty much everything. When his dad (Ed Begley, Jr. sans smart car) sends him to pick up nails at the hardware store, he seeks shelter from an unexpected thunderstorm in a mysterious library. When he slips and falls on the wet library floor he knocks himself unconscious and goes on an incredible adventure guided by three anthropomorphic library books that help him to face his fears and become the hero he is destined to be! Sound cheesy??? Yeah, we thought so too...join us and find out if Macaulay Culkin charms us in this the same way he does in My Girl! Oh, also Christopher Lloyd is in it and he's awesome. Check it out! And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!
This week, we answer Twitter fan, Cugino Bambino's request and watch a movie that we have successfully managed to avoid our entire lives...Mousehunt! We know absolutely nothing about this late 90s Nathan Lane vehicle, other than Nathan Lane is in it and that he...hunts a mouse? Also Lee Evans is there...and he...does stuff too? Maybe also involving the mouse and hunting it? We dunno, we didn't grow up with this one so...you know how that tends to go on this show. Or will it...? Join us and find out! And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!