Saturday Night Freak Show

Sean blasts us into pure '80s cheese with Megaforce (1982)! Barry Bostwick stars as Ace Hunter, leader of the high-tech, elite strike team with tricked-out motorcycles, flying vehicles, and enough one-liners to level a small country. When a ruthless dictator threatens peace, these mercenaries ride in with explosions, mullets, and maximum patriotic absurdity. Listen as we sound off on rocket bikes, 80s AF theme songs, and the career of stuntman turned director Hal Needham, on this week's exciting episode!

Colin pits a wolf man against a vampire woman in Night of the Werewolf (1981), the ninth of thirteen films starring "the Spanish Lon Chaney," Paul Naschy, as the lycanthropy-cursed Polish nobleman, Waldemar Daninsky. This time, an evil witch resurrects his ancient nemesis, the vampire Countess Elizabeth Bathory, leading to a fang-vs-claw showdown. Listen as we dig into naked bloodletting, introduce Stunt Rooms™, and avoid brigands, bandits, and highwaymen as we explore gothic Euro-horror mayhem on this week's exciting episode!

Michaela celebrates our 700th episode with warring ninjas and becomes the Ninja Terminator (1985)! Three parts of a magical golden ninja statue are stolen by a trio of ninja warriors. One becomes a mob boss and tries to steal back the other two, resulting in kick-punching mayhem that punches holes in screenplay logic. Cut and paste master Godfrey Ho directs. Listen as we defy the odds to decipher the story, answer Garfield phones, and deliver messages by motorized toy robots on this week's exciting episode!

Holly hopes to wrestle the power of Grayskull from Skeletor in Masters of the Universe (1987, re-watch), with Dolph Lundgren as the live action version of Mattel's He-Man action figure, teaming up with Courtney Cox to save the Earth from Frank Langella's deliciously hammy villain in this Cannon Films classic. Listen as we get nostalgic for after-school cartoons, toy collecting, mullets, magic and mayhem on this week's exciting episode!

Sean takes us underground with Mimic (1997), Guillermo del Toro's first English language feature about a miracle bug fix for Manhattan's roach problem that evolves into something far worse, and a team of scientists find themselves hunted by creatures that have learned to walk on two legs. Listen as New York City filth, mutant cockroach pustules, and extraneous characters get under our skin on this week's exciting episode!

Colin wonders what you get if you spell Alucarda (1977) backwards, but instead of what he expects, gets a Mexican satanic panic movie instead! The new girl at a strange convent falls under the spell of the troubled title character who unleashes a torrent of non-stop screaming, woodland orgies, and bloody terror. Listen as we delve into heavy metal chapels, discover the origin of the merkin, and administer flagellation on this week's exciting episode!