Really Awful Movies: Ep 139 – Microwave Massacre

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A bit deceptive, as the microwave is not actually used to kill…only to reheat…But still, MICROWAVE MASSACRE is a fun movie with a unique killing implement that could’ve made its way into our book, DEATH BY UMBRELLA! The 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons.

You got a man…and all he wants is a sandwich. However, his wife keeps making him high-falutin’ meals that aren’t sustaining him down at the construction site.

What does he do? Check out the movie! The film stars the King of Deadpan, Jackie Vernon.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 138 – Don’t Answer the Phone!

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Don’t Go in the House. Don’t Go in the Woods. Don’t Go in the Basement.

But DO check out Don’t Answer the Phone!, a highly underrated 1980 horror directed by the excellently named Robert Hammer.

It’s got everything, and by that we mean a psychotic, weeping, daddy-issues Vietnam vet killer who poses as a photographer; his nubile victims; ineffectual LAPD investigators, a Dr Fraser Crane-type radio host…and much much more.

Nicholas Worth (Swamp Thing/Darkman) gives an extraordinarily interesting performance as killer Kirk Smith.

 

Really Awful Movies: Ep 137 – Can’t Stop the Music

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The Village People movie! Yes, Can’t Stop the Music follows the exploits of the infamous 70s disco group whose hits like YMCA and Macho Man are absolutely impossible to avoid (no matter how hard we’ve tried).

Go to a sporting event…and you’re bound to hear the da-da-da…and “young men,” etc, etc

As a bonus: in this film you get a young, roller skating Steve Guttenberg in the lead role and a pre-Caitlyn Bruce Jenner. And you get to find out how the group formed and got its name.

Directed by Nancy Walker (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Can’t Stop the Music is the first…yes…the first…Razzie Worst Picture winner.

Is it deserving of all the scorn? Mostly, but not quite. With a budget of $20 million, the film was released at the tail end of the disco movement and was an absolute flop.

Join us as we assess Can’t Stop the Music.