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Flickers from the Cave
by Mike, Marty and Julie
cult cinema, horror film, genre film, horror cinema, genre cinema, cult film, cult movies, horror movies, genre movies, b movies
Episodes
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Episode 254 - Poltershite
When you watch the broad range of movies that are featured in the cave, you're going to sometimes run into a random turd. We were hit squarely in the face by two of them this time, but we still managed to enjoy our time with films, and also in our discussion of all the little ways the movies were...
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Sideshow - 22
We're back for Sideshow 22! Recorded on August 16, 2026, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us your thoughts on the show and...
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Episode 253 - Revenge '77
1977 was apparently a big year for revenge at the cinema! We look at two films from that year that don't pull any punches in serving up some icy-cold vengeance! We start off with "The Farmer", the only directorial effort from David Berlatsky, who primarily worked as an editor. A soldier, played…
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Sideshow - 21
We're back for Sideshow 21! Recorded on July 26, 2026, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us your thoughts on the show and...
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Episode 252 - Hail Satin!
There's some real head-banging in the cave this time as we look at two fun little low-budget indies that focus on the evil side of rock and roll! We start off with 2019's "Death to Metal" from director Tim Connery. It's a blend of many stories you've seen before, wrapped up in a big bow with a...
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Sideshow - 20
We're back for Sideshow 20! Recorded on June 6, 2026, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us your thoughts on the show and...
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Episode 251 - Take a Bite Out of Pride
For our annual Pride-month episode, we are looking at two films that combine classic horror tropes along with LGBTQ+ themes. We start off with "Bit" from 2019, a vampire movie with a trans lead and a troupe of feminist vampires waging a war against the douchey men of Los Angeles. It's a fun film...
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Episode 250 - Chucking Hazard
After a career filled with punching and kicking, Chuck Norris finally was taken down. We celebrate his career, while still remembering that he was not a perfect person, and that his politics were regretably FAR removed from our own. Still though, he brought us a lot of entertainment over the…
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Sideshow - 19
We're back for Sideshow 19! Recorded on March 8, 2026, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us your thoughts on the show and...
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Episode 249 - Sweet Money
Episode 249 is here with two very different versions of what it looks like to get entangled in the prison system. We start with 1979's "Penitentiary" from filmmaker Jamaa Fanaka. Starring Leon Isaac Kennedy as "Too Sweet", who gets sent to prison on a bogus charge and gets involved in the…
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Sideshow - 18
We're back for Sideshow 18! Recorded on February 8, 2026, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us your thoughts on the show and...
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Episode 248 - Sweet T
Episode 248 is our annual, Black History Month show. We look at a couple of VERY different, but equally badass lead actors who are fed up with the man and push back...hard! We start off with the legendary "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" from 1971. The brainchild of multi-hyphenate Melvin Van...
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Sideshow - 17
It's the first Sideshow of 2026! Recorded on December 14, 2025, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us your thoughts on the show and...
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Episode 247 - Riotage
Welcome to 2026 and another fun year in the cave! We are looking at two films from PM Entertainment, who produced a string of action movies starting in the 90s. Both films star Gary Daniels and are directed by Joseph Merhi, and they share many other actors including a fun reporter charcter played...
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Episode 246 - Best (and Worst) of 2025
Happy New Year! In this VERY special (and short) episode of the podcast, we look at the 16 films we watched for the podcast this year, and we rank them. There's a lot of common ground and some really fun tangents. We hope you enjoyed our output in 2025 and that you'll be back in the new year for...
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Sideshow - 16
It's the sixteenth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on November 9, 2025, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send…
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Episode 245 - Blood Passers 2
Episode 245 is focused on two sequels from the early 90's. We start off with 1993's "Pumpkinhead 2" where they bring back the monster from Stan Winston's original movie for a whole new story of small-town revenge. It's not as good as the original, but it has enough cheesy fun torecommend it. We...
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Episode 244 - What Scares You Vol. 5 - Creepy Crawlies
Our Halloween tradition continues with another look at "What Scares You?". This time it's those terrible little skittering creatures that make us jump and recoil, the infamous "creepy crawlies"!!! We have a couple of movies from different eras that both feature multi-legged monsters. From way…
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Sideshow - 15
It's the fifteenth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on September 14, 2025, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to.…
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Episode 243 - Pay the Piper
Episode 243 is upon you! We are gathered here today to celebrate the incredible Mr. Brett Piper. This dude has made a ton of movies over his career, but we picked two for the episode, 1986's "Battle for the Lost Planet" and 1988's "Mutant War". Both tell the story of a future earth that has been...
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Sideshow - 14
It's the fourteenth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on August 10, 2025, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send…
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Episode 242 - Jackstream
Episode 242 is here with some fantastically fun scifi movies! We start off with "Slipstream" from 1989. Starring Mark Hamill and Bill Paxton with a truly impressive upporting cast. It's an interesting post-apocalyptic story that largely focuses on AI and the ultimate question of just what makes...
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Sideshow - 13
It's the thirteenth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on June 22, 2025, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us...
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Episode 241 - Psychic Crimes
We are back for episode 241 where we look at an entirely different type of "mind crime". We start off with 1982's "The Clairvoyant" also known as "The Killing Hour". This focuses on an artist who has violent dreams that seem to be depicting a series of murders around the city. It's a totally…
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Sideshow - 12
It's the twelfth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on June 8, 2025, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us…
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Episode 240 - Taste the Rainbow
We always try to plan a special show for "Pride Month" and this year our choices are "Another Gay Movie" from 2006 and "But I'm a Cheerleader" from 1999. Both are fun, and freely available on various streaming services. Please let us know what you thought of the show, and send us some suggestions...
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Sideshow - 11
It's the eleventh episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on April 6, 2025, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us...
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Episode 239 - Angel Wings
We lost the legendary Wings Hauser recently, so we decided to pick two films out of his enormous filmography for this episode of the podcast. Both films are from 1988, and we start off with "The Carpenter" from director David Wellington. It focuses on a couple that has moved into an old house…
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Sideshow - 10
It's the tenth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on March 16, 2025, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us…
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Episode 238 - Truck Be a Lady Tonight
For episode 238, we are back on the highway, with our foot pressing the accelerator all the way to the floor, while we try to outrun that crazy person in the truck! We start off with 2001's "Joy Ride" which stars the VERY young Steve Zahn and Paul Walker as two brothers who pull a prank on the...
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Sideshow - 9
It's the ninth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on February 16, 2025, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. We...
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Episode 237 - Flickers from the Cock Pit
Welcome to the hellscape that is 2025! We are back in the cave for episode 237, this time looking at two films from 1973, both shot largely in the Phillipines and both featuring dangerous women! We start off with "Devil Woman" which is known by several different names (and also listed with a...
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Sideshow - 8
It's the eighth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on December 15, 2024, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us...
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Episode 236 - A Flickers Thing
Please consider episode 236 to be our late Christmas present to you all! We are looking at two recent films from director Ryan Kruger, starting off with Fried Barry from 2020. This is such a trippy, insane and full-tilt experience that it might leave you scratching your head the first time you...
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Sideshow - 7
It's the seventh episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on October 27, 2024, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us...
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Episode 235 - What Scares You Vol. 5 - Getting Old
It has become a tradition around Halloween that we find movies that deal with our ACTUAL fears. For this episode, Mike has revealed his own fear of getting old and the changes that come along with that. We start off with 2014's "Taking of Deborah Logan", which focuses on an elderly woman, fading...
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Sideshow - 6
It's the sixth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on August 18, 2024, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us…
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Episode 234 - RIP Roger
After a VERY long break, we're finally back with a new episode saluting the legendary Roger Corman! We chose two films he directed that are EXTREMELY different from each other. We start with 1964's science fiction flick "X the Man with the X-Ray Eyes" starring Oscar-winner Ray Milland as a...
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Sideshow - 5
It's the fifth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on April 28, 2024, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We once again offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us…
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Episode 233 - Charcoal Barkett
It's been a LONG time since our last episode, but we are returning with something VERY special. Steve Barkett is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker who we had never heard of but who left us with two really great examples of low-budget sci-fi magic. We start with his first directing effort, 1982's "The...
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Sideshow - 4
It's the fourth episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on March 24, 2024, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us your thoughts...
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Episode 232 - The Bloodifimacation
We are back to college for episode 232! We start off with "The Initiation" from 1984. With a great cast including Vera Miles, Clu Gulager and Daphne Zuniga, it's a twisty little tale of a college student with a cloudy past that all comes to light during a sorority initiation. It's a solid slasher...
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Sideshow - 3
It's the third episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on February 25, 2024, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us your…
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Episode 231 - Django and Stubby
Western films made in Italy are very special to us in the cave. They turn the American version of the genre on its ear and give a whole new way to view that era. We look at two interesting examples on this episode of the podcast. We start off with the epically titled "Django Kill! If You Live,...
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Sideshow - 2
It's the second episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on January 28, 2024, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us your…
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Episode 230 - Warhawk in the Cave
Welcome back to the 70's in the cave this time as we celebrate the two films of Warhawk Tanzania. We start off with Force Four from 1975 where Tanzania is part of a 4-person team that are assigned special missions by an unknown group. Their mission in the movie is to recover a stolen African...
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Sideshow - 1
Welcome to the very first episode of the Flickers from the Cave Sideshow! Recorded on December 12, 2023, we talk about all the things we've been watching since the last full episode of the podcast! We offer recommendations and warnings for a LOT of different things to watch or listen to. Send us...
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Episode 229 - Silver Screen Slashers
As we kick off 2024, we are changing a few things in the cave. We are staying true to our mission of finding strange little movies and telling you about them, but we're making some small adjustments to the overall format. To begin the new year, we're looking at two films about movie-fans who are...
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Episode 228 - Be Kind Rewind 2023
Brace yourself for a truly epic episode! As a special gift during the holidays, we bring you a very fond retrospective of the year 2023 and the movies we REALLY liked and the ones we REALLY didn't! But, before we get to that, we spend time remembering the good old days of visiting actual video...
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Episode 227 - All Dolled Up
There is something undeniably freaky about puppets and mannequins. This time in the cave we look at two movies which feature this fact at the core of their stories. We start off with "Magic" from 1978. Directed by Richard Attenborough and starring true Hollywood heavyweights Anthony Hopkins,...
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cult cinema, horror film, genre film, horror cinema, genre cinema, cult film, cult movies, horror movies, genre movies, b movies
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Flickers from the Cave is created and hosted by Mike, Marty and Julie.
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