Fiasco Family Movie Night

The Fiasco Family welcomes Charlotte, from It’s Just a Show, to discuss three rom-coms for the Valentine’s Day return of Fiasco Family Movie Night!

The Fiasco Family is joined by Bill Smiley to talk about moral panics, evidence of satanic rituals, and why Sean still holds a grudge against Tom Hanks.

The Fiasco Family ponders the Devil’s Yearbook as they discuss the 1975 horror flop The Devil’s Rain.

Mike Bockoven returns to help the Fiascos determine how improbable it is that Starship Troopers turned out to be brilliant satire.

The Fiascos sign up to earn their citizenship and tour the healing tank facilities as they contemplate Paul Verhoeven’s upside-down adaptation Starship Troopers (1997).

The Fiascos bring back Melissa Kaercher to talk more about the making of a flop. Buckle up for more discussion of Hudson Hawk!

The Fiascos understand hubris, and sometimes they even admire it. This time they chase the hawk—Hudson Hawk (1991)—and try to uncover what went wrong… and what went weirdly right!

Paul Leni and Leo Birinsky’s Waxworks (1924).

The Fiascos watch the proceedings in a sensational courtroom drama, in Billy Wilder's Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution (1957).

The Fiascos detect radioactivity from the breakdown of the American family in Ray Milland’s 1962 apocalyptic film Panic in Year Zero. It’s the perfect cheery note to start off our 3rd season!

The Fiascos have some announcements about changes for their 3rd season! They also spend considerable time answering a few questions from listeners.

The Fiascos are joined by Melissa Kaercher to end their second season by discussing Larry Cohen’s 1976 alien messiah movie God Told Me To. It’s going to get a little grind-housey.

The Fiascos try to unravel the place of the evil Dr. Mabuse in the history of masterminds, as they cover the banned 1933 film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.

Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General (1968): It’s not the Vincent Price performance you want; it’s the one you didn't know you needed.

Two players vie for the lowest stakes imaginable in the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.

The Fiascos take afternoon tea to chat about Anna Biller’s magical 2016 film, The Love Witch.

Hilary Braley joins the Fiascos to talk about voodoo and vengeance in the high octane zombie film Sugar Hill.

Tim Gerolami guests as the Fiascos discuss Guy Maddin’s 2006 film Brand Upon the Brain! It’s 97% true! Emotionally.

The Atomic Weight of Cheese crew joins the Fiascos to try to make sense of the cinematic debacle Roar, a film that proved that maybe you should not film with untrained animals or filmmakers.

Fact is fiction and fiction may as well be truth in this documentary about deception by Orson Welles.

The Fiasco Brothers pile into their bus and head to the Appalachians for the anthology film about the cult fiction hero, The Legend of Hillbilly John!

The Fiasco Brothers cross the Iron Curtain to learn about the bittersweet reunification comedy Good Bye, Lenin!

A long overdue Hollywood break, an Oscar nod for Cannon films, and a super-Faustian bargain are discussed when The Fiasco Brothers watch Street Smart.

In 1984, history was made. A Walter Hill film flopped. With the assistance of Chad Plambeck of The Atomic Weight of Cheese, we take a tour of the Streets of Fire and discuss what went wrong, what went right, and why we love it.

The Fiasco Brothers pack up their fishing gear and pick up a stranger for a tense ride through the desert as they discuss Ida Lupino’s 1953 noir classic The Hitch-Hiker.

It's the box-office disaster that you'll welcome onto your screen, The Phantom.

The Fiasco Brothers are always up for some ill-advised plans, and there are plenty to be had in Tod Browning’s silent classic The Unknown, starring Lon Chaney.

Pay attention to the sounds around you, and don’t bend any rules. Everything’s vulnerable when the Sneakers are around!

Trim your toenails and bring out your broken appliances! This time The Fiasco Brothers watch John Sayles’ 1984 low-budget science fiction exploration of humanity The Brother from Another Planet.

The Fiasco Brothers watch the docu-comedy The Making of “...And God Spoke”, which portrays sleazy filmmakers attempting to make a Bible picture.

Get ready to hit the buzzer! This time The Fiasco Brothers take a look at TV as reality in Shock Treatment, the 1983 sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The Fiasco Brothers dust off their wayback machine and watch Time After Time, in which H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper, who stole his time machine. No, really.

The Fiasco Brothers plan the perfect podcast episode, but everything begins to unravel when they start discussing 1954’s Dial M for Murder and get stabbed by Grace Kelly with a pair of scissors.

The Fiasco Brothers dive back into independent film to watch Robert Townsend’s 1987 debut directorial film Hollywood Shuffle.

The Fiasco Brothers raise the curtain on Ken Russell's 1971 musical The Boy Friend. It's not what you expect from a Ken Russell film, although one nun does throw off her habit.

The Fiasco Brothers discuss Kevin Willmott’s 2004 alternate-history documentary C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America. Heavy content warnings on this one!

The Fiasco Brothers return for a second season, discussing the career-ending Freudian thriller Peeping Tom (1960).

For our 1st season finale, we called in film writer Jessica Ritchey to talk about the politics of doomsday religions and Cannon Film’s disco freakout musical about the endtimes The Apple.

The Fiasco Brothers put on their best wool suits and leave their umbrellas behind to jump into Singin’ in the Rain and splash around.

The Fiasco Brothers strap themselves into their gravity couches for the Oscar-winning 1950 space extravaganza Destination Moon!

With the learned assistance of Melissa Kaercher (of A Reel Education and Xanadu Cinema Pleasuredome), the Fiasco Brothers discuss Joe Dante’s homage to fright flicks and hoopla Matinee.

The Fiasco Brothers implement a complex smuggling operation to disclose information about the silent 1952 noir film The Thief, starring Ray Milland and his sweaty brow.

The Fiasco Brothers pony up to the bar to discuss the black and white space musical about gender roles The American Astronaut.

Bryan Clark of Attack of the Killer Podcast joins the Fiasco Brothers to praise and rebury The Return of the Living Dead.

The Fiasco Brothers buckle their seatbelts and put on their rain ponchos for the splatter-comedy The Abominable Dr. Phibes, starring everyone’s favorite ghoul—Vincent Price!

The Fiasco Brothers discuss the 2007 movie Honeydripper, a character driven movie by John Sayles that deserved to have had a much bigger audience.

The Fiasco Brothers put on their bird masks and capes to skulk about Brian De Palma's deliciously weird horror musical Phantom of the Paradise.

The Fiasco Brothers dive headlong into explosions and mood lighting with Hal Needham's 1982 flop Megaforce.

The Fiasco Brothers examine Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, the movie that should have launched an incredible film franchise.

The Fiasco Brothers enlist Dave Thomas’s help to discuss Cash on Demand, the 1961 Hammer crime thriller that plays out like A Christmas Carol.