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Commentary Club
by Hypnogoria
Welcome to Commentary Club! Join Jim and Teresa as they talk over various movies and bits of cult TV. So take your seat, make yourself comfy as we do commentaries for all kinds of films, the classic, the cult and the crap!
Episodes
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COMMENTARY CLUB 133 - Local Hero
In this show we revisit a 1980s classic Local Hero (1983), a charming Scottish comedy-drama from director Bill Forsyth starring Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Jenny Seagrove and a very young Peter Capaldi!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 132 - Bambi The Reckoning
In this show we visited the Twisted Childhood Cinematic Universe in order to watch Bambi: The Reckoning a dark reimagining of the famous tale by the folks who brought us Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. Be afraid... Be very afraid!
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 85 - Beauty and the Beast
In this episode of The League of Gentlemen a new beauty parlour has in Royston Vasey and is going down a storm... However the services offered aren't all what they seem...
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 86 - How the Elephant Got Its Trunk
"Get the books of wives..." In the final episode of the League of Gentlemen every comes to head as Papa Lazarou returns to the town... Quando siliabo catnip, catnip!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 131 - Black Dynamite
"Your knowledge of scientific biological transmogrification is only outmatched by your zest for kung-fu treachery!" In a somewhat unscheduled episode born of tech troubles and the whims of the streaming gods, we end up revisiting modern day cult classic Black Dynamite, the action comedy that pays...
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 84 - The Medusa Touch
In this episode of The League of Gentlemen we dropping in at the Hotel Windermere where aging swingers Alvin and Sunny are hosting a special gathering... which ends badly to say the least!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 130 - Jurassic Park
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" In tribute to the late great Sam Neill, we revisit the original Jurassic Park, the first dinosaur theme park with live exhibits and watch it all go wrong... There were raptors all up in...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 129 - Triassic World
"She's been present at the birth of every Gojirasaurus in this facility!" In this show we sample a film from the infamous Asylum, the home of the mock-buster! And tonight's movie is the suspiciously titled Triassic World (2018) - a tale of genetically engineered dinosaurs on the loose funnily...
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 83 - Turn Again Geoff Tipps
"Don't look at me. I'll turn into stone!" Medusa sat there or somethin'" In this episode we follow the fortunes of the hapless but volatile Geoff, who leaves the safety(?) of Royston Vasey to seek his fortune in London as a stand-up comedian...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 128 - Metal Lords
"She doesn't fit in either. Why can't we all not fit in together?" For our cult movie this time, we have a dramatic comedy - a tale of misfits, music, and coming of age - Metal Lords (2022) ! Let's rawwwwwkkkk!!!
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 82 - The One Armed Man is King
We return to Royston Vasey where the boys from the League are very much channelling their love of Amicus movies to deliver an exceedingly dark tale concerning the less than affable Lance who runs the Joke Shop...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 127 - The Hound of the Baskervilles
"There is more evil around us here than I have ever encountered before" For our classic film, we are revisiting the 1959 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles, made by Hammer Films in full-on gothic horror mode, starring Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and André Morell as Watson. Co-starring...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 126 - Shiver Me Timbers
In this episode, we take a look a low budget comedy horror film that turns Popeye into a murderous mutant maniac! It's enough to put you off your spinach!
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 81 - League of Gentlemen Series 3 Begins
In this episode we crack open the third series of the League of Gentlemen, and revisit old characters in a new in-depth format! In this opening episode we have the ballad of Pauline and Mickey...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 125 - REC
"I don't care what they say, we have to tape this!" In this episode, we experience the horrors of REC, the 2007 found footage shocker from Spain that terrified the world.
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 80 - Royston Vasey And the Monster From Hell
In this episode we reach the apocalyptic grand finale of the second series of the League of Gentlemen! Royston Vasey will never be the same again!
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COMMENTARY CLUB - Easter Special 2026 - Night of the Lepus
For our Easter special this year, we watch infamous bad movie Night of the Lepus (1972), in which a surprisingly good cast - Stuart Whitman, Rory Calhoun, Janet Leigh and DeForest Kelley - are terrorised by a plague of less than convincing giant mutant rabbits!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 124 - Scream
In this show we travel back to 1996 and revisit the original Scream, Wes Craven's ground-breaking meta-horror movie starring Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Rose MacGowan and Matthew Lillard!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 123 - The Kissing Booth
In this podcast, we take a look at a notoriously bad modern movie - the teen rom com The Kissing Booth (2018) starring Joey King, Jacob Elordi, and Joel Courtney - and discover if it really deserves a place on the Worst Movies lists...
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COMMENTARY CLUB - Valentines Special 2026 - Groundhog Day
Welcome to our annual Valentine's Day Special, and this year for a change it's not a wildly inappropriate movie but a bona fide classic - Groundhog Day (1993) starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Scooter the groundhog as seer of seers, prognosticator of all prognosticators, Punxsutawney Phil!
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 79 - Anarchy in Royston Vasey
We reach the penultimate episode in our rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, in which the town is riddled with a mystery plague and the Creme Brulee reunion does not go as planned...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 122 - Gorgo
It's cult film time again and so we are watching a movie from the dawn of the Swinging Sixties starring Britain's answer to Godzilla! London's landmarks beware for here comes the marvellous monster mayhem of Gorgo (1961) !
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 78 - Death in Royston Vasey
We continue our rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, with the fourth episode of the second series - Death in Royston Vasey.
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COMMENTARY CLUB CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025 - Rare Exports
For our Christmas special this year we are watching a fantasy comedy horror adventure from Finland, Rare Exports (2010) a tale uncovering a dark folkloric side to Santa!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 121 - The Naked Gun
In this show we revisit classic 1980s comedy The Naked Gun, the spin-off movie from the cult comedy TV show Police Squad! starring Leslie Nielson and Priscilla Barnes!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 120 - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
For our first show for December, we are watching a Christmas movie which happens to be one of the greatest bad movies ever made, the frankly bewildering Santa Claus Conquers the Martians from 1964!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 119 - The Matrix
In this show we swallow the red pill and take a trip back to 1999 and revisit the original Matrix starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lawrence Fishburne, Hugo Weaver, and loads of 1s and 0s!
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 77 - A Plague on Royston Vasey
We continue our rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, with Episode 3 - A Plague on Royston Vasey featuring mystery nosebleeds, a showdown between Pauline and Ross and a very unusual card game...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 118 - It! The Terror From Beyond Space
In this show we are watching one of the great classics of 1950s science fiction, interstellar monster movie It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958), the movie that later was a direct inspiration for Alien (1979)!
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COMMENTARY CLUB - Halloween Special 2025 - The Amityville Horror
It's time for our Halloween special and we are visiting one of cinema's most famous haunted houses with a rewatch of The Amityville Horror (1979) starring Margot Kidder, James Brolin and Rod Steiger.
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 76 - Lust for Royston Vasey
We continue our rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, with Episode 2 - Lust for Royston Vasey featuring a school trip with Herr Lipp and multiple mysterious nosebleeds...
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 76 - Lust for Royston Vasey
We continue our rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, with Episode 2 - Lust for Royston Vasey featuring a school trip with Herr Lipp and multiple mysterious nosebleeds...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 117 - Death Ship
In this episode, we set sail for a crap movie, and wind up aboard Death Ship (1980), an odd mix of ghosts and maritime mayhem!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 116 - Return of the Living Dead
For our cult film selection we revisit, or should that be reanimate, seminal 1980s comedy horror Return of the Living Dead, directed and scripted by Dan O'Bannon!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 115 - The Love Bug
We are back, and a covering a classic movie movie about a mad car that drives itself and misbehaves! No, not Christine! Herbie, in his first movie, The Love Bug (1969)
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COMMENTARY CLUB 114 - The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Another release of a previously for Patreons only episode - a commentary for Hammer's The Satanic Rites of Dracula, which sees the final battle between Van Helsing and the Count! Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones and Joanna Lumley!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 113 - Dracula AD 1972
This week we have another release of a previously only for Patreons episode - a commentary for Hammer classic in which the Count is undead and well and undying in Swinging London - Dracula AD 1972! Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham and Caroline Munroe
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COMMENTARY CLUB 112 - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
This week we have a special release of a previously only for Patreons episode - a commentary for the classic magic fantasy from Disney, Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), featuring witchcraft vs nazis - what more do you want?
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 75 - Destination Royston Vasey
We begin a rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, starting with Episode 1 - Destination: Royston Vasey - where we will meet new characters, fresh horrors, and a new dark saga begins...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 111 - Time Guardian
This week we look at the little seen 1987 sci-fi flop Time Guardian, which features Carrie Fisher and Dean Stockwell doing their level best to minimise their involvement in this dreck.
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 74 - Escape from Royston Vasey
We watch the episode 6 of the first series of the League of Gentlemen - Escape From Royston Vase - the thrilling grand finale of the New Road saga!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 110 - The Thing
This week we revisit The Thing - the 1982 John Carpenter remake that initially flopped badly at the box office, but has since been reappreciated as a masterful exercise in suspense, paranoia and alien body horror!
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 73 - Love Comes To Royston Vasey
We return to the League of Gentlemen with Series 1 episode 5 - Love Comes To Royston Vasey, which sounds delightful but completely isn't! But it does feature classic appearances from failed rock star Les McQueen and Mick the cave tour guide...
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COMMENTARY CLUB - St Patricks Day Special 2025 - Leprechaun 4 In Space
To celebrate that special day of the year when everyone pretends to Irish and drinks too much, we are watching in famous cult classic Leprechaun 4: In Space starring the legendary Warwick Davis and Guy Siner from British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 109 - Total Recall
This week we revisit a classic from 1990, the mind-bending sci-fi action epic Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone, directed by Paul Verhoeven, and with special make-up effects from the legendary Rob Bottin.
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Commentary Club Minisode 72 - The Beast of Royston Vasey
We return to our rewatch of the League of Gentlemen with Series 1 episode 4 - The Beast of Royston Vasey! Featuring a curious autopsy, a visit to Luigi's restaurant, and the first appearance of incompetent theatre group Legz Akimbo...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 108 - Tourist Trap
This week it is a (possibly) crap movie, obscure slasher Tourist Trap (1979) starring Chuck Connors, Tanya Roberts, and a load of dummies... No, literally, a load of dummies!
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COMMENTARY CLUB Valentines Special 2025 - My Bloody Valentine
For our traditionally highly inappropriate Valentine's Day special, we are watching the 2009 remake of My Bloody Valentine starring Jenson Ackles and Jaime King, numerous pickaxes, and roughly sixty gallons of blood...
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COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 71 - Nightmare in Royston Vasey
We return to our rewatch of the League of Gentlemen with Series 1 episode 3 - Nightmare in Royston Vasey! Featuring the death by compressed air, an egregious interview role play, and something nasty, but certainly local, dug up on the site of New Road...
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COMMENTARY CLUB 107 - Dark Star
We return with one of the all-time great cult movies - Dark Star (1974). Written by Dan O'Bannon and the first movie directed by John Carpenter, this student film became a cult film and huge influence on science fiction
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Commentary Club currently has 262 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Welcome to Commentary Club! Join Jim and Teresa as they talk over various movies and bits of cult TV. So take your seat, make yourself comfy as we do commentaries for all kinds of films, the classic, the cult and the crap!
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Commentary Club publishes regularly with 262 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
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Commentary Club is created and hosted by Hypnogoria.
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