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Exploit It!
by Alex Jowski
A weekly look at the films and history of exploitation and cult cinema.
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#215 - Series 7: The Contenders
This week on Exploit It, we’re diving into murder as entertainment, early-2000s media rot, and the most casually unhinged game show ever put on screen.Six contestants. One rule. Kill or be killed. 📺🔪#ExploitIt #HorrorMovies #CultCinema #BMovie #Series7 #MoviePodcast
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Chucky - S1, Episode 7
Getting closer to the end of watching and discussing Season 1 of the show Chucky. Here we go through the penultimate episode of the season.
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#214 - Reflection in a Dead Diamond
This week on #ExploitIt 💎We dive into Reflection in a Dead Diamond — a psychedelic Eurospy fever dream packed with glamorous spies, deadly femmes fatales, wild gadgets, and plots that absolutely refuse to behave.It’s loud, stylish, confusing, and dripping in pure 60s spy chaos. 🕶️🔪💋
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TFTCk - Chuck and Melvin and the Beanstalk
We still have to finish getting through these animated episodes of "Tales From the Cryptkeeper" and here we are with one of the worst... "Chuck and Melvin and the Beanstalk."
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#213 - Re-Animator
We’re diving into 1985’s RE-ANIMATOR — where med school meets mad science, glowing green goo, and decisions so bad they should be illegal.Herbert West didn’t just cross the line… he resurrected it.🎧 Tune in if you like:✔️ Practical gore✔️ Unhinged science✔️ Movies that absolutely refuse to behave
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TFTC - Surprise Party
We continue making our way through every episode of Tales From the Crypt... almost finished with Season 6 with "Surprise Party."And just as we get within sight of the end, SHUDDER has announced that Tales From the Crypt will now be streaming starting on May 1st.
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BONUS: Dead White and Blue
As a special bonus this week we take a look at a brand new movie that absolutely has the spirit of Exploitation. We're talking about Dead White and Blue, a unique sci-fi action comedy assembled from 300+ stock and public domain films. The movie is available on Tubi and Fawesome TV. Or you can purchase the DVD or Blu-Ray from the links below. BLU-RAYhttps://moviezyng.com/products/dead-white-and-blue?_pos=1&_sid=660630638&_ss=r&variant=46188248006806DVDhttps://moviezyng.com/products/dead-white-and-blue?_pos=1&_sid=03c4b1891&_ss=r&variant=46188247974038
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#212 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
Prom night? Cancelled. Sanity? Gone. Chainsaw? REVVING. 🪚😱This week on Exploit It, we dive into the unhinged madness of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation—featuring feral Matthew McConaughey, terrified Renée Zellweger, and a plot that feels like it was written during a breakdown.Is it horror? Comedy? Conspiracy theory??Yes.
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#211 - Xanadu
🛼✨ This week on Exploit It, we hit the neon and roll straight into disco delusion with Xanadu 💫Greek muses. Roller skates. Gene Kelly just vibing like he wandered in from a better movie.Is it good? No.Is it a glitter-soaked fever dream? Absolutely.
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#210 - Solarbabies
This week on Exploit It… we enter a world where water is illegal, roller skates are mandatory, and a glowing space orb named Bodhi might be God.Yes. We watched SOLARBABIES (1986) ☀️🛼It’s Mad Max… but make it ✨confused✨#ExploitIt #Solarbabies #80sMovies #CultCinema
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Chucky - Season 1, Episode 6
We're back to talk about the series Chucky with Season 1, Episode 6,.. Cape Queer.
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#209 - The Crush
This week on Exploit It we dive into The Crush (1993) — where a “harmless” teen crush turns into full-blown suburban psychological warfare 💋🔪Alicia Silverstone said: obsession.Cary Elwes said: I will do nothing about it.Bad decisions. Escalation. Rollerblades of doom.
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TFTCk - Hunted
We are back after a hiatus with a bonus look at an episode of Tales From the Cryptkeeper.
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#298 - Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
This week we dig into Dominion: A Prequel to The Exorcist — buried churches 🏜️, shaken faith ✝️, and evil stirring beneath the sands 😈Father Merrin faces a crisis of belief where ancient history, human cruelty, and the demonic collide.
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#207 - Exorcist: The Beginning
This week we descend into Exorcist: The Beginning — ancient churches buried in the sand 🏜️, colonial horrors unearthed ⛏️, and Father Merrin’s first brutal encounter with the demonic 😈✝️Does evil wait for us… or do we dig it up ourselves?
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TFTCk - The Brothers Gruff
In this bonus we're talking about the animated "TalesFrom the Cryptkeeper." This time around is a variation of an old fairy tale with trolls living under bridges with "The Brothers Gruff"
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Chucky - S1:E3
Another bonus as we discuss the series Chucky. This time it is season 1, episode 3, "I Like to Be Hugged."
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#206 - Schoolgirl Hitchhikers
New episode of Exploit It just dropped 💋🚗We’re hitching a ride with Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (1973) — Jean Rollin’s “rent was due” era softcore road trip through 70s European sleaze.Is it art?Is it exploitation?Is it both wearing a plaid skirt and bad decisions?We break down the vibes, the melancholy nudity-that-isn’t, and the poetic trash energy only Rollin could deliver.Elegant. Greasy. Historically unhinged.Listen now.
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TfTC - The Assassin
This week's bonus features us discussing yet another Season 6 episode of Tales From the Crypt - The Assassin. It's got Cory Feldman.
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#205 - The Menu
This week on Exploit It, we’re breaking down The Menu — fine dining, foodie culture, and what happens when a Michelin-star chef finally snaps.Pretentious guests. Conceptual cuisine.One perfect cheeseburger. 🍔Eat the rich… responsibly.🎧 Listen now
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#203 - Cannibal Mukbang
This week on Exploit It, we dive into Cannibal Mukbang — the indie horror where livestream culture, loneliness, and questionable meat choices collide. 🍖📱Parasocial romance? ✔️Mukbang ASMR? ✔️Emotional damage served hot? ✔️Come hungry. Leave disturbed.🎧 Listen now
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TFTCk - Growing Pains
This week's bonus we're talking about the animated "Tales From the Cryptkeeper" and the episode "Growing Pains" which is about loving plants a bit too much.
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#202 - Sasquatch Mountain
We scale the foggy nonsense of Sasquatch Mountain (aka Devil on the Mountain) and confront the real horror:• Lance Henriksen in Bigfoot combat• People arguing while actively being hunted• A Sasquatch with zero chillIt’s mid-2000s creature-feature energy at its purest.Bad decisions. Dense forest. Aggressive fur.Bigfoot didn’t come to negotiate.Listen now. 🌲🦶
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#201 - Friday the 13th (2009)
We head back to Crystal Lake to talk Friday the 13th (2009) — the remake that said “what if Jason… but efficient?”Running Jason. Tunnel Jason. Sleeping-bag-on-a-campfire Jason.Horny teens, brutal kills, zero shame.🎙️ Exploit It is live — come get chopped.
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#200 - Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
We dive headfirst into A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) — the remake that took Freddy’s jokes, threw them in the furnace, and replaced them with vibes and micro-naps.Is it scary? Is it sad? Is it aggressively un-fun?We discuss. We judge. We stab (metaphorically).
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Chucky - S1:E2
Another bonus as we discuss the series Chucky. This time it is season 1, epeisode 2, "Give me something good to eat."
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Chucky - S1:E1
A new kind of bonus as we start our way through the CHUCKY television series. Here we are with the premier episode, "Death by Misadventure."
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#199 - Bad Ronald
This week on Exploit It, we’re crawling into the deeply upsetting 1974 TV movie BAD RONALD — a suburban psych-horror about repression, bad parenting, voyeurism, and the absolute audacity of drywall.No slasher mask.No jump scares.Just pure, slow-burn “why did CBS air this at 8pm?” dread.🏠🧱👀Listen now and never trust your house again.
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#198 - Cult of Chucky
We’re diving into CULT OF CHUCKY, the snowbound asylum sequel where the franchise fully loses its damn mind.Multiple Chuckies. Gaslighting as a plot device. Fiona Dourif going feral. Jennifer Tilly being immortal.It’s therapy… but make it murder.🎧 Listen now
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#197 - Curse of Chucky
We’re cracking open CURSE OF CHUCKY — the goth comeback where the doll stops being campy and starts being mean again.Wheelchairs, family trauma, poisoned dinners, and a post-credit sting that rules.Chucky sobered up. Everyone else paid the price.🎧 Listen now
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TFTC - The Bribe
This episode of Tales From the Crypt has it all. Terry O'Quinn (The Stepfather) is a religiously ordained Fire Marshall. What more can you ask for?
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#196 - Seed of Chucky
New episode of Exploit It 🎙️🩸We’re talking Seed of ChuckyThe franchise entry that went full meta, fully queer, and completely off the rails 🧸💄🎬Jennifer Tilly. Killer doll parenthood. Gender panic. Hollywood satire.Absolute chaos. Zero apologies.Hit play ▶️
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#195 - Grace
We’re talking Grace, the movie that takes grief, motherhood, and body horror and says “sit with this” 😬Quiet. Bleak. Deeply unsettling in that slow, creeping way that sticks with you 🩸🖤Hit play ▶️Feel uncomfortable.Question your life choices.
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TFTCk - Dead Men Don't Jump
In this bonus, we are discussing what is probably the worst episode of the animated Tales From the Cryptkeeper we've come across - Dead Men Don't Jump
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#194 - Thanksgiving
This week we’re carving into Thanksgiving — Eli Roth’s love letter to holiday consumerism, angry pilgrims, and trampoline-based trauma.Mean-spirited? Absolutely.Festive? Disturbingly so.We feast.
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#193 - Deadly Friend
This week on Exploit It, we tackle Deadly Friend (1986) — Wes Craven’s bonkers mash-up of grief, killer robotics, flying basketballs, and suburban trauma.Is it horror? Is it sci-fi? Is it a cautionary tale about teenage inventors?We argue, we laugh, we absolutely side-eye it.
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#192 - A Cheesy Christmas
This week on Exploit It, we crack open A Cheesy Christmas (2024), Steve Rudzinski’s VHS-soaked Hallmark parody stuffed with fake commercials, aggressively sincere romance, and weaponized nostalgia.It’s cheesy. It’s meta. It’s on purpose.Press play or Santa leaves you coal.
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#191 - Silent Night Deadly Night 5
This week on Exploit It, we’re cracking open Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toymaker! 🎄🧸 Killer toys, bonkers lore, and zero Billy—holiday horror betrayal or deranged cult fun? Tune in and scream responsibly!
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#190 - Curtains for Christmas
This week on Exploit It, we’re pulling back the tinsel on Curtains for Christmas! 🎄🩸 Holiday cheer meets low-budget horror chaos—festive fear or cinematic stocking stuffer from hell? Tune in and find out!
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#189 - Amityville Christmas Vacation
This week on Exploit It, we’re decking the haunted halls with Amityville Christmas Vacation! 🎄🏚️ Low-budget chaos, holiday horror nonsense, and peak Amityville audacity! Tune in!
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#188 - Bride of Chucky
This week on Exploit It, we’re tying the knot with Bride of Chucky! 💍🔪 Campy kills, hot goth vibes, and Jennifer Tilly stealing the damn show—franchise rebirth or glorious trash? Tune in!
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#187 - The Blood Spattered Bride
This week on Exploit It, we’re sinking our teeth into The Blood Spattered Bride! 🩸🧛♀️ Gothic vibes, feminist fury, and Euro-horror sleaze collide—arthouse vampire classic or beautifully bloody mess? Tune in for our spicy take!
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TFTC - Revenge is the Nuts
A new bonus episode as we talk about the season 6 episode of Tales From the Crypt - Revenge is the Nuts
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#186 - Late Night With the Devil
This week on Exploit It, we’re going live with Late Night With the Devil! 📺😈 Retro talk show hellscape, demonic chaos, and razor-sharp satire—modern masterpiece or overhyped broadcast? Tune in to hear our verdict!
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#185 - WNUF Halloween Special
This week on Exploit It, we’re tuning in to WNUF Halloween Special! 📺🎃 Retro broadcast chaos, found-footage frights, and perfect Halloween vibes—is it spooky brilliance or just static? Tune in to hear our take!
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TFTCk - All The Gory Detils
In this bonus, as we look at an episode of the animated "Tales From the Cryptkeeper" we are confronted with old-timey misogyny and prejudice in "All the Gory Details"
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#184 - Halloween 2 (1981)
This week on Exploit It, we’re returning to Haddonfield with Halloween II (1981)! 🎃🔪 Hospitals, heavy breathing, and Michael Myers cranking the carnage—perfect sequel or sluggish slashfest? Tune in to hear our take!
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#183 - R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead
This week on Exploit It, we’re diving into the spooky absurdity of R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead! 🎃📚 Teen terror, creature chaos, and Tubi-original weirdness—childhood nostalgia or bargain-bin beastfest? Tune in!
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TFTC - Operation Friendship
Our weekly bonus as we talk about an episode of Tales From the Crypt. This time it's "Operation Friendship"
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#182 - Child's Play 3
This week on Exploit It, we’re marching into mayhem with Child’s Play 3! 🔪🎖️ Military school, murderous toys, and Chucky at his most unhinged—cult slasher sequel or franchise fatigue? Tune in to hear our take!
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