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Exploit It!
by Alex Jowski
A weekly look at the films and history of exploitation and cult cinema.
Episodes
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TFTC - Last Respects
This week we're back to Season 7 of Tales from the Crypt with another throughly British episode - Last Respects
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#233 - The Running Man (2025)
RUN, BEN, RUN! 🏃♂️📺 Episode #233 closes Stephen King Summer with Edgar Wright’s THE RUNNING MAN (2025)—corporate propaganda, nationwide surveillance, deepfakes, Lee Pace hunting people, and a balanced breakfast of Fun Twinks.
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Midnight Mass - Episode 7
And here we have finally arrived at the series finale of Mike Falnagan's "Midnight Mass."
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#231 - The Lawnmower Man
Stephen King Summer goes CYBER. 💾🌱 This week on EXPLOIT IT: THE LAWNMOWER MAN (1992)! Pierce Brosnan does science. Jeff Fahey becomes Polygon Jesus. Stephen King calls his lawyer.
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TFTCk - Monsters Ate My Homework
With this bonus we continue through the animated Tales from the Cryptkeeper series as it continues to get every more ridiculous.
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#230 - Him
Football. Masculinity. Sacrifice. The pursuit of greatness. And Marlon Wayans being WAY more terrifying than he has any right to be. Does HIM have something to say—or just one metaphor it keeps tackling us with? 🎧 Listen now!
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TFTC - Fatal Caper
We're finally on the seventh and final season of Tales From the Crypt and the very British episode "Fatal Caper"
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Midnight Mass - Episode 6
This week we're discussing the penultimate episode of Midnight Mass. Things are getting really good.
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#229 - Firestarter
Stephen King Summer continues as we dive into 1984's FIRESTARTER! Drew Barrymore, secret government experiments, psychic powers, George C. Scott being wonderfully creepy, and enough '80s synth to melt your cassette player. Listen now! 🔥🎧
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#228 - CarousHELL 2 & 3
This week on EXPLOIT IT, we're tackling CAROUSHELL 2 & CAROUSHELL 3 with the pair responsible for Duke himself — Steve Rudzinski and Aleen Isley! Killer unicorns. Indie horror. Questionable carousel ethics.
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Midnight Mass - Episode 5
Another bonus as we continue through Mike Flanagan's "Midnight Mass." Things getting serious now.
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#227 - A Deadly Adoption
This week on Exploit It we're diving into one of the weirdest movies ever made... 📺 A Deadly Adoption (2015) Will Ferrell. Kristen Wiig. A Lifetime Original Movie. And somehow... they never break character. Is it satire? Is it sincere? Is it both? Grab a glass of boxed wine and join us as we...
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Midnight Mass - Episode 4
We continue to go through the Mike Flanagan series "Midnight Mass" in our bonus episodes. Each episode in this series continues to be better.
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TFTCk - Too Cool for School
Back to talking about the animated Tales From the Cryptkeeper - Season 3 episode whatever. Season 3 continues to be ridiculous.
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#226 - Pet Sematary 2
It's still #StephenKingSummer, and this week we're digging up Pet Sematary Two (1992). 🪦🐕 We talk zombie dogs, Clancy Brown stealing every scene, Edward Furlong's '90s angst, and why this gloriously over-the-top sequel deserves another look.
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TFTC - You, Murderer
This week we are checking out the Season 6 finale of Tales From the Crypt - the Zemeckis-directed episode "You, Murderer."
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#225 - Shocker
This week on Exploit It, we're getting electrocuted by Wes Craven's gloriously unhinged 1989 cult classic Shocker. Horace Pinker. Killer TV surfing. Enough lightning to bankrupt a power company. Is this the forgotten next Freddy... or the most aggressively '80s horror movie ever made?
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TFTCk - Sharon Sharealike
As we discuss the animated Tales From the Cryptkeeper series, we encounter the most childish episode with "Sharon Sharealike"
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Midnight Mass - Episode 3
This week we have a bonus as we discuss episode 3 of the series Midnight Mass
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#224 - Thinner
Stephen King Summer continues with the 1996 cult horror film THINNER! We're talking cursed weight loss, Richard Bachman, practical effects, mobsters, and why this weird little movie deserves another look.
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TFTC - 99&44 / 100 % Horror
This week's bonus, we're talking about the Season 6 Tales From the Crypt Episode with the oddest title that leads us down a rabbit hole into the history of soap manufacturing.
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#223 - Glorious
This week on Exploit It we're staring directly into the cosmic glory hole with GLORIOUS (2022). Lovecraftian horror. Truck stop bathrooms. J.K. Simmons as an ancient eldritch god. Against all odds... it absolutely works.
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#222 - Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
This week on Exploit It, we're diving headfirst into one of the most gloriously unhinged cult films ever made: Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead (2011) Parasites. Zombies. Body horror. Toilet-based terrorism. Some movies ask "Why?" This movie asks "Why not?"
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TFTCk - It's For You
We're back to the animated Tales From the Crypt and it's season 3. Prime has some issues so this is a random episode from that season.
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Midnight Mass - Episode 2
Talking about the second episode of the Netflix series Midnight Mass.
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#221 - Maximum Overdrive
Stephen King Summer continues with 1986's MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE! The only movie Stephen King ever directed himself. Killer trucks. Murderous vending machines. AC/DC at maximum volume. Pure, uncut cocaine-powered cinema.
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TCTC - Comes the Dawn
In this week's bonus we're discussing the Season 6 episode of Tales from the Crypt - "Comes the Dawn."
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#220 - Day of the Animals
This week on Exploit It, we're heading into the mountains with the 1977 eco-horror classic DAY OF THE ANIMALS! 🐻 Killer bears 🦅 Murder eagles 🐀 Angry rats ☀️ Ozone layer panic 💪 One shirtless Leslie Nielsen declaring war on nature itself It's one of the most gloriously unhinged movies of the...
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TFTCk - Transylvania Express
This week's Tales From the Crypt is from the animated series again. Season 2 Episode 13 - Transylvania Express. It's a rough one.
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Midnight Mass - Episode 1
We're starting a look at a new series every other week for the next few weeks. We will be discussing Mike Flanagan's Netflix horror series Midnight Mass.
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#219 - Sleepwalkers
This week on Exploit It, we're diving into Stephen King's absolutely bonkers 1992 horror film SLEEPWALKERS! Incestuous cat-monsters. Psychic powers. Heroic housecats. A movie that asks, "What if the cats were right all along?"
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TFTC - Doctor of Horror
Finally back to talking about some Tales From the Crypt. This week we're talking about Season 6 Episode 12, DOCTOR OF HORROR.
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#218 - Salem's Lot (1979)
🧛 This week on Exploit It we're heading to Maine for the 1979 TV horror event that traumatized an entire generation. 📺 Salem's Lot 🦇 Tobe Hooper 🏚️ The Marsten House 👻 Floating vampire kids
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Chucky - Season 1, Episode 8
It's the Season One finale of Chucky!
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#217 - Hausu (1977)
HAUSU might be the most gloriously unhinged movie we’ve ever covered on Exploit It. A haunted house. A killer piano. A demonic cat. Floating heads. Pure 1977 psychedelic nightmare fuel from Japan. This week we dive into the absolute madness of HOUSE (HAUSU). 🩸🐈🏚️🎹
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#216 - Marshmallow
This week on Exploit It we head to summer camp for the 2025 sci-fi horror film MARSHMALLOW. What starts as a nostalgic camp slasher slowly mutates into something strange, emotional, and deeply unsettling. 👀🌲
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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...
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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...
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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…
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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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