Episodes
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A net negative: The Coffee Table (2022)
We get bleak with the Spaniards. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts, questions, and FT slash fiction Follow us on...
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Not the right place for a bobcat: Freaked (1993)
Not a horror movie - we don't care. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts, questions, and FT slash fiction Follow us on...
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Hot for not long: Motel Hell (1980)
We're checking in to talk about satire, sex comedies, and eating babies on our third of our Patreon picks from Colby. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're...
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Perv slime: Hell Night (1981)
Jamie and Sam tell competing stories: one about failing to climb a fence, one about playing with a scythe. Who is the coolest? You decide. (Also Patreon picks continue with an early entry in the slasher canon, HELL NIGHT) Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get...
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Tarman for President: Return of the Living Dead (1985)
It's punks vs olds vs zombies vs authority on this week's episode. Classic. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts…
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Shaking in John Lewis: Obsession (2026)
Jamie is terrified by this movie. What does that say about his psyche? Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts, questions, and...
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On a victim treadmill: Backrooms (2026)
Nostalgia. Socio-political storytelling. Bad accents. We get into it all. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts, questions,...
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Kooky spooky kabuki: The Gift (2000)
Inside Sam Raimi there are two wolves, find out which one he feeds in our review of THE GIFT. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your...
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Re-ressurrected: Upgrade (2018)
Sci fi tropes, Venom and Elon Musk all under the FT microscope this week as we dig into Leigh Whannell's anti-AI sci-thriller UPGRADE. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us...
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Stolen valour: Evil Ed (1995)
For the final week of Miggy Month, we head to Sweden for some Raimi worship, a fridge gribbly, and some Jamie lore. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're…
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Micturating, eyes down: The Substance (2024)
We discuss how EU regulations might make the substance safe for consumption (and also why it's great). Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us…
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Love and lump: Hokum (2026)
Alcoholic writer goes to a haunted hotel - stop us if you've heard this one before... We saw Hokum at the cinema, so we're talking about it. Spoiler-free until 41.45! Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new...
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You need a Scully: The Innkeepers (2011)
We're back in Ti West territory, but is The Innkeepers a nothing burger or a something hot dog? Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your...
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Not your grandad's gillman: Frankenstein (2025)
Sam, especially, has a lot to say about Guillermo Del Toro's take on Mary Shelley's classic man-makes-monster story. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're…
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Number One Stallion: The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
We're back and we're digging into demons, dementia, and darn problematic found footage horror with The Taking (of Deborah Logan). Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever...
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The Right Movie: Brainscan (1994)
We get into video games in a big way in our review of tech-noir, babblefest BRAINSCAN. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your…
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Upper class whimsy: Ready or Not (2019)
Whether you're ready (or not), we're taking on the Radio Silence parlour game splatter comedy. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your...
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Destruction is disruptive: The Blob (1988)
We're back in the video shop for a classic remake of a classic movie with an edge: it's the big bad blob. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us...
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Spoilers for Fight Club: The Lighthouse (2019)
We talk pre-code comics, two-hand horrors, and mermaid anatomy as we try to decode Robert Eggers's Lynchian, Lovecraftian, folkloric fever dream, THE LIGHTHOUSE. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new…
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Long time loverman: Class of 1984 (1982)
Jamie ruins some Belfast bathroom graffiti, as we discuss punxploitation classic CLASS OF 1984. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your...
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A romp gone wrong: Heart Eyes (2025)
In this special Valentine's pick, we ask: Is this the end of the slasher as we know it? Or just an Easter egg hunt of references? Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever...
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Beast and Bieber: Shock 'Em Dead (1991)
Join us as we drift through a not-very-good hair metal horror comedy and stay very, very focused. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with…
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Life without eyelids: Goodbye 2025, hello 2026
We talk about the horror hits of 2025 and what we're looking forward to in 2026. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts,...
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Bad answers to inane questions: The Monkey (2025)
We're back and we're tackling the big topics across our review of The Monkey: 9/11, generational trauma, nostalgia, cognitive dissonance, and why Jamie can't bowl. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new...
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Horror is my carbs: The Final Transmission Halloween Special 2025
In this HOWLoween SPOOKtacular, we give you our recipe for the perfect spooky season - how we get in the mood, what graces our tellyboxes, the sounds that worm into our ears, and lots more. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video...
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Twisting the knife away: Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Is Sam (the movie character, not the podcast host) mischievous, taciturn, and difficult to predict, or has he been merchandised to the point of inefficacy? Find out what to think as we discuss Trick 'r Treat. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost)...
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Halloweensplaining: Halloween III (1982)
Join us as we discuss if this is a more appropriate halloween movie than Halloween. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts,...
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The wetter the better: Murder Party (2007)
We're back in Jeremy Saulnier territory, this time it's his first feature - MURDER PARTY - also featuring Jamie's review of the new Toxic Avenger movie and a Joaquin Phoenix retrospective. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video...
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Chucky Starkweather's Merry Weekend: The Sadist (1963)
We finally ask the age-old question: is baseball the ultimate counterpount to spree killing? Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your...
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Long John Shotgun: The Mist (2007)
We're back in Stephen King territory, this time with bad CGI and a bad ending... Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts,...
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Rated R for Rad: Popcorn (1991)
This week we discuss borrowed nostalgia, the flattening of the mono-culture, and we introduce you to the Michael Jordan of douchey movie boyfriends. It's POPCORN 🍿 Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new...
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Tripping into Casablanca: Splice (2009)
Sam is mad about science and other stuff. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts, questions, and FT slash fiction Follow us…
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What's so scary about werewolves?
This week we're taking a break from the usual review format to share this conversation from 2023 about what makes werewolves tick. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever...
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Mondo pumperoony: Barbarian (2022)
Don't worry, we absolutely manage to shoehorn a conversation about The Goonies into this episode - in between all of the insight and social commentary. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate…
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Chekhov's ciggies: Wolf Creek (2005)
We spend some time Down Under with the true-crime inspired, well-loved, and uneven WOLF CREEK. We also rant about the cinema and ham-fisted references. You're welcome. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new...
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Pablo Escobar's twink: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
We revisit Wes Craven and talk about his sophomore feature to see if it is really the genre defining classic it's made out to be. Expect controversy. Support Final Transmission: Join our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and...
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Hat on a hat: Sightseers (2012)
Join us for a tour of some of the peak sites of British beauty and esoteric daftness with Ben Wheatley's sophomore effort, Sightseers. Your bit: Support the show by joining our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us...
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Ominous ubiquity: Happy Death Day (2017)
We get our deja vu on with timeloop slasher HAPPY DEATH DAY where also discuss Groundhog Day, slasher masks, and we finally get to the bottom of Jamie's issue with Ryan Gosling. Your bit: Support the show by joining our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video…
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Incongruous balls: Phantasm (1979)
Jamie and Sam revisit a classic, with surprising results (and lots of ball-based innuendo). Your bit: Support the show by joining our Patreon - for just $5 a month, you get (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with…
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Gaslighting Sam: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
It's the sequel to Cabin Fever... what exactly were you expecting? Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts, questions, and FT slash fiction Follow us on…
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Unbridled wackaloonery: Ravenous (1999)
Join us as we introduce you to the punk bands of the Hollywood C-list, our favourite crackers, and discuss if Ravenous is a thinker or a stinker. Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening…
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Slam it in the clambake: Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987)
Was this the movie that made Sam quit the podcast? How did Jamie become a fan of Less Than Jake? Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts, questions, and FT slash...
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Swinging from the fences: Critters (1986)
We get into all things little and gribbly in this week's discussion on Critters - does it rip off Gremlins or something else entirely? Speculation abounds. Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're...
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#NotAllDolls: Dolly Dearest (1991)
Is it a Chucky rip off? Is it a Gremlins rip off? Is it a rip of The Omen? No! It's Dolly Dearest. Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts, questions, and FT…
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Capitulate to daddy: The Collector (2009)
Rip-offs and cash-ins month continues and this week is the turn of Saw-alike, The Collector. Do we give it a pass or is it cancelled? Find out now or be dead, like Bela Lugosi. Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us...
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Compulsive filmmaking: Ghosthouse (AKA La Casa 3, 1988)
We're back and we've got a month filled with rip-offs and cash-ins for you - kicking off with this not-so-subtle slice of Italian cinema. Pitched as the third part in the Evil Dead series, this is actually a rip of Poltergeist. So there. Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited…
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Greta brings the ick: House of the Devil (2009)
We get into the ups, the downs, and the yoinks of Ti West's House of the Devil. Featuring zombie chat, PJ Soles, and many awkward frissons. Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us...
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Valencia, here I come: Timecrimes (2009)
We get into the weeds with time travel and murder and end up in a very confusing place (if you're Sam). Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with your thoughts, questions, and FT...
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Big Marmoset Energy: The Faculty (1998)
This week, we talk about everybody's nostalgic favourite teen high school alien parasite movie. One of us clearly loves it a lot. Guess who? Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us...
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Love with a capital V: Edge of the Axe (1989)
We're back in slashersville for yet another underseen, standalone 80's slasher. Underappreciated? You'll just have to wait and see... Do your bit: Sign up to our Patreon for (almost) unedited and raw video versions of every new episode Rate and review us wherever you're listening Email us with…
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